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Today marks one year since the Trump-Biden debate. As I'm sure we all agree, it had no real impact on the election :D

I'm not so sure. It doesn't take much increase in demand for road space before the average British town or city becomes snarled up, and with more cars on the road than ever before - people these days generally want to drive everywhere for everything - they will then go either out of town or online.

Wait, this is still a thing? If it is, I reckon they're secretly paid by Amazon to drive people further towards shopping online.

For what it's worth, they tried that in 1981. Reagan fired them all and their union got decertified.

On that note, I saw something like 777 M on a BMW a few weeks ago.

Companies named "Britannia [something]" or even "British [something]". Tends to be the mark of a business that's failed to move with the times (with the possible exception of British Airways, because it's the flag carrier.)

"We didn’t receive any messages, and Captain Blackadder definitely did not shoot the delicious plump breasted pigeon!"

I had similar thoughts recently. I was 6 in 1987 so just about old enough to be aware of the news around this time. Kegworth air disaster, too.

Cars parked on a steep slope having a brick placed under one of the wheels. A friend's parents' Triumph Acclaim seemed to have one permanently in place when it was on their driveway.

Alternatively: Britpop industry to be nationalised?

In the pre-motorway era, having to drive through every town centre on a car journey.

I hear that to repair some of the bad PR, Musk is renaming the company to Hitler Motors.

Mrs Distant has given up on it - we've got Gardeners' World on iPlayer.

Can we stop calling these incidents "protests"? They're blockades, not protests.

Feeling pretty lucky typing this on MacOS!