Oh, and if you're going to use a password generator for really Sdfg£$7£$%sbkA sort of passwords for routers and the like - write it carefully on the bottom in indelible pen.

For secure passwords I sometimes use license plate numbers from cars we had when I was a kid. Most men can remember the plates from when they were not much older than toddlers - alphanumeric, non-obvious, and unless someone's very clever, impossible to guess.

Just don't shove it in the microwave to reheat.

Would there be a fuss about setting up a prayer meeting in a disused coffee house?

Mears is softly spoken, mild mannered, polite and knowledgable with a genuine respect for the world around him. He's not out to conquer it, he's out to gently work with it to stay alive.

Grylls is a noisy pillock.

Even my kids have spotted that one's worth watching, the other's not.

"Surprisingly"? What's surprising about a not terribly good coffee failing to rate highly in a blind test?

I've noticed Starbucks coffee on Tesco's shelves lately, though I've never seen anyone actually taking a bag. I asked a shelf-filler and it's noticeably failing to fly off the shelves.

He's got strong fingers. My six year old was trying to light the blowtorch today and couldn't get the lighter to click. No one in our house smokes, but lighters are handy to have!

I have no need of an explanation for Hip-hop, I have a radio with an off switch.

Actually, a while ago I found out why radios have tuning dials. It's so when you move house you can find BBC Radio 4 again.

It's not the praying that bothers me, though anyone who offers to do it for me can waste their time all they like. No, what bothered me was her saying that since becoming a nurse she'd seen all sorts of miracles and then gave an example of someone with a bladder infection getting better.

Me, I'd have put it down to being cared for by the medical profession and having a course of appropriate antibiotics, not prayer.

Huh, what do I know, I'm not religious, a nurse or a patient.

Can't be a teenage goat, or it'd be saying "Whatever."

My brother has a cast-iron one like this, only the spool is horizontal which makes it easier to feed the candle through 'cos it doesn't have to twist. He hasn't run it for years because of the cost of refills.

Dave - I clearly said that she /didn't/ have to take any notice. What I was objecting to is the attitude that it's never OK to criticise other people. I'll criticise whoever I want.
You asked "who are we all you say she shouldn't" and I told you.

Nah, it's a failed alien abduction, clearly.

Dave:- Who are we all? We're the rest of society. If you don't like living in a society, go live on your own in a cave. We /do/ all have a vested interest in stopping people behaving like idiots, and we /do/ all have a right to judge and criticise other people. She doesn't have to take any notice, but that doesn't mean we can't think and say it.

I don't know where this "You can't judge me" attitude comes from. Of course I can judge you and anyone else, it's perfectly natural and we all do it. The people who complain about it are often those who are embarrased about something they've done and are busy blustering to cover it up.

Ah, building codes. We have something similar in the UK. According to which, I may not replace my own windowframes.
D'yer reckon I'm going to take any notice?