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Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 15th March 2024, 09:31 AM
Replies: 1,868
Views: 45,498
Posted By Agatha
TOCs may well make timetabling errors, but if a...

TOCs may well make timetabling errors, but if a train always arrives after the scheduled time it is correct to say that it is invariably late. The actual arrival time compared with the scheduled...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th March 2024, 05:33 AM
Replies: 52
Continuation Electric Vehicles II
Views: 1,633
Posted By Agatha
I've just checked my electricity contract and...

I've just checked my electricity contract and it's fixed until November at 27.29p/kWh (which is double what I paid the previous year).

However the car is unlikely to arrive before September, so I...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 15th March 2024, 05:19 AM
Replies: 1,868
Views: 45,498
Posted By Agatha
Not so. Invariably is invariably used to mean...

Not so. Invariably is invariably used to mean "not variably, without exception". It's not conditional, it's an absolute.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 10th March 2024, 09:53 AM
Replies: 78
Views: 5,306
Posted By Agatha
We have a thread for transgender issues...

We have a thread for transgender issues (https://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=369304); this is not that thread.
Forum: USA Politics 9th March 2024, 01:56 PM
Replies: 173
Views: 2,364
Posted By Agatha
Please remain civil, and stay on topic.

Please remain civil, and stay on topic.
Forum: USA Politics 9th March 2024, 01:40 PM
Replies: 2,700
Views: 67,993
Posted By Agatha
This thread seems to have drifted very far from...

This thread seems to have drifted very far from the topic. Please return to discussing the 14th Amendment in this thread, and take other Trump-related discussion to more appropriate threads.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 9th March 2024, 05:50 AM
Replies: 970
Views: 29,328
Posted By Agatha
34 & 44 on the list are not females. ...

34 & 44 on the list are not females.

Ninjad by Matthew Best!
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 5th March 2024, 01:08 PM
Replies: 1,340
Views: 233,988
Posted By Agatha
Snow Widows by Katherine MacInnes. It's a fresh...

Snow Widows by Katherine MacInnes. It's a fresh perspective on the ill-fated Scott expedition to the South Pole, drawn from the letters and diaries of the wives and mothers of the expedition...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 4th March 2024, 03:30 PM
Replies: 1,124
Views: 31,395
Posted By Agatha
Be civil, and address arguments made. Do not...

Be civil, and address arguments made. Do not attack the arguer.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 4th March 2024, 02:58 PM
Replies: 52
Continuation Electric Vehicles II
Views: 1,633
Posted By Agatha
My current petrol car no longer gets map updates...

My current petrol car no longer gets map updates as Mercedes have changed the system, and I don't get Apple CarPlay on that model. I can pay for access to maps on their website, put them on a memory...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 29th February 2024, 12:31 PM
Replies: 970
Views: 29,328
Posted By Agatha
The letter to the Home Secretary referred to PACE...

The letter to the Home Secretary referred to PACE 1984, which I suspect used gender as synonymous with sex when it was written.

All the news reports I have seen suggest that Blake has no GRC. But...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 29th February 2024, 10:29 AM
Replies: 970
Views: 29,328
Posted By Agatha
According to the reply I received from Thames...

According to the reply I received from Thames Valley Police, the police currently must record crimes by gender rather than by the sex of the perpetrator. The reply included a link to a letter from...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 23rd February 2024, 01:44 PM
Replies: 430
Views: 5,636
Posted By Agatha
Whilst I recognise this is a contentious topic...

Whilst I recognise this is a contentious topic and feelings may run high, please remain civil.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 21st February 2024, 03:17 PM
Replies: 4,025
Views: 84,690
Posted By Agatha
The discussion continues here....

The discussion continues here. (https://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=370051)
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 20th January 2024, 12:13 PM
Replies: 2,179
Views: 135,413
Posted By Agatha
The thread continues here....

The thread continues here. (https://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=369679)
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 14th January 2024, 12:56 PM
Replies: 427
Views: 15,029
Posted By Agatha
Do not personalise your posts. Address the...

Do not personalise your posts. Address the arguments.
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 9th January 2024, 02:54 PM
Replies: 415
Views: 38,118
Posted By Agatha
Will you all please remain civil. We have...

Will you all please remain civil.

We have dedicated threads for discussions of vaccines, so do not derail this one.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 9th January 2024, 02:25 PM
Replies: 2,182
Views: 102,665
Posted By Agatha
Please continue the conversation in the new...

Please continue the conversation in the new thread: https://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=369574
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 8th December 2023, 02:38 PM
Replies: 3,026
Views: 91,583
Posted By Agatha
Please continue the conversation in the...

Please continue the conversation in the continuation thread here. (http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=369304)
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 8th December 2023, 02:18 PM
Replies: 1,706
Continuation Musk buys Twitter II
Views: 70,244
Posted By Agatha
A bunch of posts discussing Teslas have been sent...

A bunch of posts discussing Teslas have been sent to a more appropriate thread (http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=363760), and some off topic posts have been consigned to...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 24th November 2023, 04:16 AM
Replies: 1,706
Continuation Musk buys Twitter II
Views: 70,244
Posted By Agatha
Please will you all try harder to focus on Elon...

Please will you all try harder to focus on Elon Musk and Twitter/X, and refrain from discussing matters for which there are already dedicated threads.

And please do not personalise your posts.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 23rd November 2023, 06:45 AM
Replies: 71
Views: 4,895
Posted By Agatha
The discussion about the Falkland Islands has...

The discussion about the Falkland Islands has been split to here. (http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=369097)
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 13th November 2023, 04:12 PM
Replies: 1,709
Views: 46,227
Posted By Agatha
I just looked up the full reshuffle and my MP...

I just looked up the full reshuffle and my MP (used to be a solid labour seat, now he has 13k majority) has been promoted to Minister of Housing. We're doomed.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 13th November 2023, 03:47 PM
Replies: 1,709
Views: 46,227
Posted By Agatha
So am I. It's the only way I can make sense of...

So am I. It's the only way I can make sense of it all.

I can't see any real support for Andrea Jenkyns just yet, but I bet there are some MPs waiting to see which way the wind is blowing before...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 13th November 2023, 03:17 PM
Replies: 1,709
Views: 46,227
Posted By Agatha
I had to drive to London (from Derbyshire) today...

I had to drive to London (from Derbyshire) today for a funeral and it was stunning to hear this crapshow unfold in real time.

How can Call-Me-Dave be held to account by the Commons as a member of...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 12th November 2023, 02:36 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,836
Posted By Agatha
I heard Mad Nads on the radio the other day,...

I heard Mad Nads on the radio the other day, expounding her theories. Barking mad.

It's a pity El Tel has carked it, otherwise I wouldn't have been at all surprised to see her on his show wearing...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 7th November 2023, 12:15 PM
Replies: 1,764
Views: 43,501
Posted By Agatha
Please go here ...

Please go here (http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=368911) for the continuation of this thread.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 4th November 2023, 10:16 AM
Replies: 1,764
Views: 43,501
Posted By Agatha
Unpaywalled for ease of reading:...

Unpaywalled for ease of reading: https://archive.ph/aSILV
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 29th October 2023, 04:36 PM
Replies: 932
Views: 24,510
Posted By Agatha
Pitiful. You weren't referencing their company,...

Pitiful. You weren't referencing their company, you were explicitly referring to the two men themselves.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 29th October 2023, 02:39 PM
Replies: 932
Views: 24,510
Posted By Agatha
No, the registered name of the company is...

No, the registered name of the company is Institut für Materialprüfung und Werkstofftechnik Dr. Dölling + Dr. Neubert GmbH.

But you weren't referring to the company in this...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 29th October 2023, 02:12 PM
Replies: 932
Views: 24,510
Posted By Agatha
I know what it means. I cannot understand why...

I know what it means. I cannot understand why you previously referred to Dr Neubert as "Dr Neubert GmBh" (not even correctly GmbH).
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 29th October 2023, 12:42 PM
Replies: 932
Views: 24,510
Posted By Agatha
Oh good grief. Still, I'm sure that when...

Oh good grief.

Still, I'm sure that when Vixen checks back into this thread she will explain why she made the claim that Lt Cdr Braidwood had an OBE. And also why she included GmBh as part of Dr...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 29th October 2023, 07:27 AM
Replies: 1,764
Views: 43,501
Posted By Agatha
Nobody is claiming that the cause of the fire has...

Nobody is claiming that the cause of the fire has been settled or confirmed. That's your strawman.

It has been confirmed by Beds Fire & Rescue that the fire started in a diesel car, but not how...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 29th October 2023, 05:24 AM
Replies: 932
Views: 24,510
Posted By Agatha
Braidwood was not awarded an OBE. Nor did he...

Braidwood was not awarded an OBE. Nor did he ever claim he had been awarded one, and his family have not made such a claim either as can be seen from the acount of his funeral where they do note his...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 27th October 2023, 06:19 AM
Replies: 1,764
Views: 43,501
Posted By Agatha
Several off-topic posts have been removed. This...

Several off-topic posts have been removed. This thread is not the place to discuss matters pertaining to the sinking of MS Estonia.
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 26th October 2023, 06:17 PM
Replies: 208
Views: 2,994
Posted By Agatha
A regime that operates concentration camps is by...

A regime that operates concentration camps is by definition totalitarian. A free democratic society cannot have "undesirables", "ethnic cleansing" or segregation.

It's nobody's fault but yours...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 26th October 2023, 06:07 PM
Replies: 3,919
Views: 294,608
Posted By Agatha
Please confine discussions of forum management...

Please confine discussions of forum management matters, such as the forum rules about avatars, to the FMF subforum. (http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=99)
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 26th October 2023, 03:54 PM
Replies: 208
Views: 2,994
Posted By Agatha
If all these people in your hypothetical had all...

If all these people in your hypothetical had all these freedoms - to oppose the regime without sanction, to migrate away from a country containing a concentration camp, and even more vanishingly...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 26th October 2023, 03:24 PM
Replies: 208
Views: 2,994
Posted By Agatha
FTFY. Because you set your hypothetical up...

FTFY.

Because you set your hypothetical up to have only those two options. Your proposed concentration camp isn't in the banlieues of Paris or the wilds of Yorkshire where I have a vote and a...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 26th October 2023, 02:46 PM
Replies: 208
Views: 2,994
Posted By Agatha
If I was living in a country in which a...

If I was living in a country in which a concentration camp was situated, the likelihood is that I would not have the freedom to object to the very existence of the concentration camp, nor would I be...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 25th October 2023, 01:22 PM
Replies: 1,764
Views: 43,501
Posted By Agatha
If you can replace who/whom with him, her or them...

If you can replace who/whom with him, her or them (but not he, she or they), then its whom. If you can replace who/whom with he, she or they, it's who.

Do you want to speak to him? > to whom to...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 25th October 2023, 03:18 AM
Replies: 90
Views: 3,949
Posted By Agatha
We have threads to discuss the conflict in the...

We have threads to discuss the conflict in the Middle East; this isn't one of them. Please remain on topic.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 20th October 2023, 05:31 AM
Replies: 1,764
Views: 43,501
Posted By Agatha
Er, no. That's not what they do. It's clear...

Er, no. That's not what they do. It's clear from their website that they don't regurgitate press releases but that they independently fact check.

It's also clear to anyone with English as a...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 20th October 2023, 04:50 AM
Replies: 1,764
Views: 43,501
Posted By Agatha
The words that Full Fact used were "confirmed to...

The words that Full Fact used were "confirmed to Full Fact". There is no way to read that as a précis of Mr Hopkinson's statement; indeed, a quick read of Full Fact's website shows clearly that they...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 20th October 2023, 03:47 AM
Replies: 1,764
Views: 43,501
Posted By Agatha
What do the words "[B] confirmed to Full Fact...

What do the words "[B] confirmed to Full Fact that the initial vehicle involved in the fire was a diesel, not a hybrid" convey to you?

Do you think it means that Full Fact merely relied on a...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 18th October 2023, 01:54 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 4,605
Posted By Agatha
The one that was made up by Ella Gareeva and...

The one that was made up by Ella Gareeva and Abraham Christie to try to prevent Ella's children from seeing their father? That was wild. I was actively involved in combatting their invented...
Forum: Trials and Errors 17th October 2023, 03:23 AM
Replies: 1,494
Views: 77,409
Posted By Agatha
If you want to communicate with members of...

If you want to communicate with members of another website, please take your arguments there.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 7th October 2023, 06:24 AM
Replies: 261
Views: 7,404
Posted By Agatha
I have the opposite problem in that the checkouts...

I have the opposite problem in that the checkouts are rarely at the right height for wheelchair users. I see a lot of people shopping in wheelchairs (including me, obviously)

I either use a...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 30th September 2023, 01:11 PM
Replies: 2,999
Views: 597,516
Posted By Agatha
Please don't allow your frustrations to tip you...

Please don't allow your frustrations to tip you across the line into incivility.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 30th September 2023, 01:07 PM
Replies: 310
Views: 10,036
Posted By Agatha
Telegraph article unpaywalled:...

Telegraph article unpaywalled: https://archive.ph/LgsFb
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