I wonder how much it would cost to heat his home if he lived in a cold climate.

@Anonymoose there is no legal system for the UK. Scottish law differs from the legal system of England and Wales and the system for Northern Ireland is different again.

In England and Wales the government have supposedly clarified the situation, but it is still up to the courts to decide whether the force used in defending your property is proportionate. A lot hinges on how the court decides a reasonable person would have reacted, and how that putative reasonable person would have perceived the threat. Would a court of law consider it reasonable to stab a uniformed police officer, even if you found them uninvited in your home? Unlikely.

Whether or not their entry is illegal would largely depend on whether they cause any damage or steal anything. In legal terms "damage" can be as little as a muddy footprint on the carpet, in causing any damage they would be committing burglary. If they do not cause any damage then without a warrant they would be committing trespass, which is a matter for the civil courts.

OK so that is somewhat over simplified, but with a system of common law you have to over simplify unless you want a two week argument in a court.

I used to love the show as a kid, but at the time I never clocked that these were celebrity cameos. By coincidence my son has just started watching reruns of the show in the last couple of weeks and he has no clue who these people are either.

But Shirley drawbridge is a single word?

A pound coin has been the standard in the UK for years. However there have also been keyrings on sale for years which feature a piece of metal the size of a pound coin, this can be removed to use in place of a pound coin in your trolley. The strange thing is that these keyrings often cost more than a pound. People claim they use them for the convenience. To me it seems much more convenient to keep a pound coin in the change rack of my car. It makes no sense to spend more than a pound to buy something that will do only one job that a pound will do.

My own. Simple.

I once stayed in house that had what appeared to be a wardrobe or cupboard at the end of a landing. On opening the cupboard I found it actually concealed a staircase. The owner told me that it dated back to the time when the house was built. He showed me a few more "cupboards" that lead to passages and stairs. Apparently this was the architect's peculiar take on the hidden doors that were often built into houses to allow the staff to get around without using the main corridors.

Wouldn't know since Google search is so heavilly weighted that I find it useless.

But how did the dog get onto the stairlift, surely he didn't jump? And you're not telling me that the owner would want to regularly pick up such a lard ass.

I seem to remember a Gibson bass was pretty useful as a deadly weapon. Not only was there the weight (it could deliver a deadly blow if things got nasty at a pub gig) but with the right amp settings you could make people ill with the feedback from that horrible plummy tone.

Erm, we all knew about this three decades back. It was what you did when you needed a rest - the trouble was that it could mess with your patterns if you didn't come out of hiding at exactly the right point. IIRC on some levels you could actually use it as part of the pattern.

Don't know what the average jail term in for contempt of court over in Colorado, but here in the UK she'd have probably got a month. Cut that in half with time off for good behaviour and that's how long jury duty lasts. Which would you rather a couple of weeks listening to dull cases (they usually are) or a couple of weeks in prison?

BTW I was always taught that the correct position was 9 and 3 anyway as were most people I know. Is this 10 and 2 thing peculiar to the US? Car manufacturers seem to assume the 9 and 3 position since things like the indicator and wiper controls tend to coincide with that hand position. Put your hands at 10 and 2 and you have to move them to reach the controls. At 9 and 3 those controls are at your fingertips.

@Frau unless the wheel is not circular surely you will get the same leverage at 10 and 2 or 9 and 3, your hands being the same distance from the centre of the wheel.

One thing that does increase your leverage is sitting closer to the wheel. Ask any rally driver. You can apply much more force with your arms bent at 90 degrees or so than with them almost straight. Many car drivers however seem to go for the almost straight position to the extent of reclining their seat to achieve it.