I think that is precisely the point. It wasn't written for *us*, so why do so many treat it as if it was? It may as well be written in latin, given that to get the "true" meaning you need scholars to provide you with context, to steer you must past imperfect translation and to point out which side of the contradictions to fall on. One might wonder why it is so nebulous, and who it serves by being so.

I mean, Christians can't even agree on which day to go to Church. Not sure why I'd pay too much credence when there doesn't seem to be much consensus on what The Word actually is.

Recently I was surprised to see a ruler that had centimetres on both edges.

I have no fucking idea what imperial weights are but more often than not I'll give my height in feet.

Yes.

I also predicted the ending.

Seeing his hands covered in chalk dust made me want to wash mine thoroughly. Don't know why I didn't see that coming.

1) Some sort of viscous liquid, like honey.
2) Yeah... I thought v1=1 and v2=3, but then I realised that was actually more like t1=3, t2=1 which is not quite what the question asked.
3) Most of the bike will go forwards.
4) First thought was the wheels, but it would only ever be the very outside edge of the wheel in contact with the ground, only on driven wheels, and only if the wheel was slipping.

edit. I knew there was a reason it had to be a train and not a car. The rims of the train wheels extend past the contact point with the rails, so they will be moving backwards (well, part of them) even if the wheels don't slip.

Perhaps I am being obtuse but I feel that one of us, or perhaps both of us, are not understanding the other.

A parallel: After Brexit there was some rather ugly anti-immigrant stuff flying around. "Polish vermin" etc. I did, in my bitterness, fantasise about a UK without immigrants because it would be such deliciously ironic justice. I mean, in reality I'd have my Polish friends and a country that actually functions rather than "I told you sos" and packing bags... but still, sometimes I do wish lessons would be learned the only way some will ever learn them.

I definitely leave the comma IN and OUT because I believe a life should be lived in balance, and also without an overabundance of care for proper punctuation.

I sense the beginnings of a lame superhero origin story.

TILAPIAMAN

Soooo...you're saying we need to find another way to get rid of Trump. Gotcha.

Love, love is verb /
Love is a doing word

I'm not sure it should be unconditional though. And Eros is fun sometimes.

This one certainly rings very true to me.

Who else spent their late teens and early twenties trying to maintain a cool disinterested facade before eventually realising that it was unbearably lonely because anybody who tried to get close to you invariably slipped into a coma? o/

On the Citicorp Center:

http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/structural-integrity/

Interesting story.

To quote Trump, "Sad!".

Don't bite a gift horse in the hand that feeds the mouth. Or some similar proverb.

Interesting.

I don't say "advertisement" like a normal Brit even though I was born and raised here. Just throwin that out there in case anybody ever has to play me in a movie.

I knew one Polish woman that spoke like she was from California. She'd never been there, she just picked up a more Americanised version of English from TV, film etc. I wonder if this guy would be able to tell where she was from.

Not in a position to make any judgement about its validity, but it certainly is an interesting idea.

I'm so glad I wasn't the only one.