John Cuthber

I really don't think that anyone who can be described thus is going to live long enough to type, though I'd be happy to hear from any actual medics. The idea that RNA viruses are "puny" is also not supportable. I am immune to one of them and unconcerned about the other. How are you defining "powerful"?

I am sorry to hear that you are dead. How are you typing?

No The repulsion between the two electrons is too large.

I hardly need to "see above" I wrote it. So, it plainly doesn't answer this question. Can you answer it? Are there any?

Things do. My favourite Emo Philips joke" "When I was a kid I prayed that God would give me a bicycle. Then I realised that God doesn't work that way. So I stole a bicycle, and prayed for forgiveness."

Which part of Trump's agenda were not part of the Republican message? They chose him...

What really worries me is that if he dies the Republicans can run a campaign that essentially says "Anything you liked about the last 4 years is down to Republican policies and we will keep doing it; anything you didn't like was Mr Trump's personal policy so we won't do that again" Nobody will notice that, Republican policy was, actually, to support trump. On the other hand, perhaps the Democrats should be chanting " Built no wall!" Trump was elected largely on one issue- that wall; paid for by Mexico. No wall, not a single Peso from the Mexicans. The Dems should be rubbing his nose in that fact.

The baking soda/ aluminium foil/boiling water trick works very well. Cheaper and (importantly) quicker than taking it to a jeweler.

Can you be a scientist and still believe in religion? Yes http://www.vaticanobservatory.va/content/specolavaticana/en.html The Vatican has a perfectly competent astronomy research department. What's telling is that they don't seem particularly lucky when it comes to making discoveries.

The polling probably doesn't take account of voter intimidation which trump seems to be relying on this time.

Are you sure?

It is entirely possible that , as a result of "taking back control", we will lose the Falklands. This was a good thing, but we threw it away in order to change the colour of our passports.

I gather he was emailing supporters to claim victory before the end.

I did that with my iPod nano. The battery lasted for years. But the connections in the complicated interface plug died. Does anyone want a spare ipod nano Battery- never been used. It is that simple; That's why you checked, and then replaced the battery.

Because the equipment doesn't work. But I imagine the OP had something else in mind; specifically the charge storage capacity of rechargeable batteries. That's rather harder to measure.

Except what's best for us is usually what's best for me. I do best when others around me are doing OK. The USA choice is "what's best for everyone?" or "what's best for a tiny elite?"

What could stop it? Are you aware of what the Swiss are currently doing? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54316316

Technically, most people didn't but, Like the system that elected Trump, you don't need to win to win.

No, but I believe some languages (and accents) may be perceived as odd or rude.

OK, I apologise for sloppy wording. I said "We have avoided any European war for decades because we have a reasonable discussion forum." I should have said that the EU hadn't had a war, rather than that Europe hadn't. I had thought that was obvious from the bit about the discussion forum. As you point out, other bits of (geological/ geographical) Europe did. So, thanks for illustrating my point. The Balkan peninsula includes Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and parts of Croatia, Greece, Italy, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey Of which, the bits that were part of the EU at the time, were not at war. So demonstrating my view that the EU has maintained peace. No, I doubt anyone does. And having more opportunities for "jaw jaw" means a lesser probability of "WAR WAR". That's the big point of the EU.

Dissolving salt in water changes the NMR spectrum of the protons in the water molecules. https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.1727486?journalCode=jcp That's evidence of a chemical reaction.

That's the option that the local gas company took with all teh pipes round here. They fed a plastic liner into the main and sealed the ends to the original pipe. Or not... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockline_Plastics_factory_explosion

Depending on what the pipe is made of, and used for, you may find it impossible to get the kerosene out completely, in which case you will need to dig the whole pipe out and replace it. If you start digging at one end then you will, on average, only have to dig up half the pipe to find the leak.

I have a secret; but I'm not telling anyone what it is.

It wasn't " playing the fear card"; it was telling the truth. So, you decided to ditch the veto on any policy that might have led to one. Seriously, Europe seems unlikely to have any wars. We have avoided any European war for decades because we have a reasonable discussion forum. I'd settle for one benefit: We have avoided any European war for decades because we have a reasonable discussion forum. Well, as has been pointed out, it's hard to show "benefits" from the status quo. The obvious benefits involved not getting shafted in international trade deals,and not wasting huge amounts of money on bureaucracy. Bollocks. The North will do what Westminster wants, not what they want. "Ulster" does not have self determination- that's kind of the point... Another party, Westminster (Specifically a group of politicians elected on the basis of Brexiteer lies), is actually going to make the decision. Not sure which of those is more absurdly ironic. Not leaving the EU was the way to maintain good relations, yet you think they should leave. A border isn't needed, but you support strengthening it. Have you, in any way, actually though this through? Yes, it was doing fine until the brexiteers- practically none of whom live there- screwed it up. Why do you support this external interference? Have you, in any way, actually thought this through? I'm still waiting for you to tell us what that "solution" is.