2026-04-25T22:01:24+02:00 https://nostr.ae Lord HeeHaw II https://nostr.ae/npub1mykd5mdgazztrns7wuftusunfy7xfh8r9p4t54fz8um79fxthvpsuyphpx https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/accounts/avatars/109/433/718/783/380/680/original/eb9435e2d93434e6.jpg https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/accounts/avatars/109/433/718/783/380/680/original/eb9435e2d93434e6.jpg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsryvpmz6yfrf8udk2yc3n3mpvxs5c7vmfllejlzfzse4g8heerj7czyrvjeknd4r5gfvwwrem390jrjdyncexuuv5x4wj4ygln0c4yewasx5wq3ee In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0yd9xcrj063tfx85erffmyjcnqv6gne5cs8eulc95sh3f2pu9axgdfrg2w'>nevent1q…rg2w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thank you! 2026-04-18T17:33:24+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs24qrqne4ry9d8ctzrtuwxqxl25s6fxqt0u7th7dm97l4uppx24wqzyrvjeknd4r5gfvwwrem390jrjdyncexuuv5x4wj4ygln0c4yewasxhuv237 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq7zr5kqf622238akx5cdlp9na3zxgfuqlc42sgftyxzt2advyuncadynjq'>nevent1q…ynjq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Does anybody out there know who provides the software for this miserable, misrepresented system. <br/>Just asking. 2026-04-18T10:03:12+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspf6k6l2np400wmdgdckw53emup69rsf9p7kchaqvdk5v5nmzfztczyrvjeknd4r5gfvwwrem390jrjdyncexuuv5x4wj4ygln0c4yewasxmy8mnm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0v3e7jzrfu88v028xjddc79kqgayn5t4msp3fphxx9c6wjyx4rrswwgj33'>nevent1q…gj33</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Unfortunately he doesn&#39;t believe he&#39;s capable of bad moves. <br/>We all know different. 2026-04-13T10:41:09+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy75ruu6df4k0xh4ze30tqslzchy8kl3x7lygmh6qmxhanh0aw7qczyrvjeknd4r5gfvwwrem390jrjdyncexuuv5x4wj4ygln0c4yewasxd7ndnc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs99su7klyx0qc8pvf9uxntmv5679dusy5kkfmw5kgyzttwdzwdwxs3gkwv2'>nevent1q…kwv2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So, in how many political systems have you actually qualified to actually cast a vote? 2026-04-12T23:28:04+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs96jvfehw5l3r7arp5uglp6n2lmlw67hdjmy86nwf4w3lttxfhuzczyrvjeknd4r5gfvwwrem390jrjdyncexuuv5x4wj4ygln0c4yewasx4wa42f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswelkmsgvy6vt8k8fevrl8rerqgn4xjed9x8f0s9qlsgn0k5323ds4ggv7f'>nevent1q…gv7f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>To vote or not to vote . . . . I stand by my statement. And while I support a very large proportion of what @benroyce says, I think it would improve his viewpoint of electoral democracy if he were to be able to stop viewing the exhibition in the lobby only through the US letterbox. When there are 30 candidates, and none of them are worth a vote, then it&#39;s a tad hard to label the non-voter a moron. It&#39;s not always a simple strategy game. 2026-04-12T22:24:12+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs84zjkyke8974v45l7pl0y8za78makzazmlrudlrsemlejscctylqzyrvjeknd4r5gfvwwrem390jrjdyncexuuv5x4wj4ygln0c4yewasxgu4tr9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr46fdnudpawaksuualvw86xfnkj5936sdvj5petaywphp5fhgj0crmn7jn'>nevent1q…n7jn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I like the Australian system (I think STV), other than compulsory voting. Not voting can also be a statement of political choice, even if it is too often abused. 2026-04-12T22:03:21+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw2ntjyj574p43t5wugetgqgtwyzpvmnvln4a8n5cff77uq6297eqzyrvjeknd4r5gfvwwrem390jrjdyncexuuv5x4wj4ygln0c4yewasx4vyu24 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf5869zcx4hctpuav3fl3mhlx3akeqq0a6qcvcmz3ejmdcu9e9m9slljz0f'>nevent1q…jz0f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is one of the best news items I&#39;ve read in a long while, despite the verdict&#39;s leniency. 2026-03-24T22:47:20+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfv33u03dwftkp7agxm6ylv0spf5k4edge0an34p4xahwz83wvyaqzyrvjeknd4r5gfvwwrem390jrjdyncexuuv5x4wj4ygln0c4yewasxkwpvxu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswela8l9ptqgaxgzp7zu82a8qyw75lqenqx4re4jls2w4fmh9v9nqav09vq'>nevent1q…09vq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Peace negotiations can never achieve anything when one party is not open to compromise, and Russia (the agressor) isn&#39;t. <br/>So what purpose do they serve? They are a PR exercise for Trump and Putin. No more, no less. 2026-02-23T08:36:31+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp4f3wldyt4ln9v02tctc052qqaguan24f78j3xryp577ha0940lqzyrvjeknd4r5gfvwwrem390jrjdyncexuuv5x4wj4ygln0c4yewasx6mx8p0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8y4gx4fgf3ym8ypdmvdjphpwgnslhpf29apjn09uyuu2w0e9j9kq04dx5p'>nevent1q…dx5p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This might not be the most fitting response to your very much welcomed post. I was going to write &#34;Only a fool&#34; to your final question, but this is the most emotional, soulful rendition of foolishness I know of, and echoes my feelings of deep sorrow about what MAGA, and the Trump baboon truppe&#39;s deceit have done to the Ukrainian people. <br/><br/><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D-sQiySX79g">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D-sQiySX79g</a> 2026-02-21T11:19:29+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspwfypn3awm59vrwkr9t0slvnn5snsfaq375tjhhgfnrx8sw3knvgzyrvjeknd4r5gfvwwrem390jrjdyncexuuv5x4wj4ygln0c4yewasx3jp5hq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvrlwgsszr3xr8x29ewe06c2t967vrm4wce4xq6tvfwccm45277sskmxws0'>nevent1q…xws0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is exactly the right response, and as Cory says, the revokation of the EU-US trade agreement should be permanent, or until it suits us to negotiate change. The &#39;Never&#39; in never again must have meaning. 2026-01-18T18:08:14+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst4d2vq7jm7rzuusknfws57glrklh0wu37fw96xqq06h9gs5rvg7czyrvjeknd4r5gfvwwrem390jrjdyncexuuv5x4wj4ygln0c4yewasxc0y0ve In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyztvgqahjjpz8qctlqzmk4n7f94ed7wq4kyj5dsaasrh37vuu59g9y970c'>nevent1q…970c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was visiting a German winemaker many years ago when he began griping about Germany&#39;s intention to raise the minimum wage from €8.50. I couldn&#39;t keep quiet, and told him in my view the current rate led to 2 social security claimants; the guy only getting €8,50, and himself and his business. He wasn&#39;t happy, and less so when I told him I wasn&#39;t happy either at having to subdidise his holidays on Sylt, which he had just told us about in glowing terms. 2025-12-04T13:53:19+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyv7e0p38aqngm65d3jswf63xsafjwsahfsvcp8g24vtkv6z5hh7gzyrvjeknd4r5gfvwwrem390jrjdyncexuuv5x4wj4ygln0c4yewasxsn232t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2ctf0qsjlaar8lmmfu0t8k9lwc0vs9c75gd6thyv4juath25lexsh7qj9n'>nevent1q…qj9n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And what will he say to the next big-eyed neighbour land, which says the Russians took what they wanted so why can&#39;t we?<br/>The very idea that Ukraine should be &#39;driven&#39; to any decision is indefensible. Shame on Kellog, shame on Trump, but above all shame on Putin. 2025-11-23T12:20:23+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx672tycdjef2fmcm2feyx5egsv4gtth7ag44k8mnmz29agc2g33qzyrvjeknd4r5gfvwwrem390jrjdyncexuuv5x4wj4ygln0c4yewasx3gy4q4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs99wz7gqh4jsqm82axhqhufgu9atfpgp0xhjjhc29naer6e7r4atcduxl9e'>nevent1q…xl9e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Unfortunately the present Labour Government have fallen prey to the general English tendency to preach good intentions while implementing wholesale anti-democratic legislation. I could have understood, and indeed expected this under a Tory government, but Labour. So many lost souls will be turning in their graves there will be no need to maintain or replant our cemetries. 2025-10-09T09:56:42+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdkte4ra5xu42xp6jdsge8evqk4cr3jcc28g62v4qujzx39af3mpszyrvjeknd4r5gfvwwrem390jrjdyncexuuv5x4wj4ygln0c4yewasxh47jnk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8l42ksgwqwlh8nc75scma6ws5d4jhgmpcv7k9yywzha8kw70p3rszza9t6'>nevent1q…a9t6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I went there, and I&#39;d buy it just to support your heroic stand, but I couldn&#39;t find a clear and meaningful way to pay anything at all. Or is it a pay what you think appropriate offer? 2025-08-09T17:01:56+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2xhycrm8c32rkj6lh5yu9pzzamn2whjzrw07m5gvcxqhtyqzqu4szyrvjeknd4r5gfvwwrem390jrjdyncexuuv5x4wj4ygln0c4yewasxtuf97t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszqqlljmkmsyvk5mtpgz5r82cd76r86332rlddmg94nch4auyjpcgeumsh0'>nevent1q…msh0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But they&#39;ve been doing this for years, and barely anybody grumbled. 2025-07-17T17:36:49+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg4e6xaug0cvg7qvyn0h9hq03f66p6m04gph9cnyya9peurw6taxczyrvjeknd4r5gfvwwrem390jrjdyncexuuv5x4wj4ygln0c4yewasx7tnm8w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfkgez0yk6pgsldf9ye56mra3acq3eudeptpv3alx2ltayjuk0urckffcuv'>nevent1q…fcuv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Probably 2025-07-17T16:12:00+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyak3eenwe0yknns8ckj4kz4989y2r90spyclwflxq904ylnx9taszyrvjeknd4r5gfvwwrem390jrjdyncexuuv5x4wj4ygln0c4yewasxu775sm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdg43e0fm2uu3jznzxeaza7tpr6j2zqszckl9gk5vfnyy9dxfv0lqrhzr6c'>nevent1q…zr6c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And the other thing I realised, but that took a little longer: at my age, after, A-Levels, the was University or nothing. The idea of learning a trade was looked down on. Here the two routes to a future perspective were viewed as being of equal worth and status. That coupled with the concept of Leben langes Lernen (lifelong learning) had a very positive affect upon the propects for the majority of the populace. 2025-07-15T10:46:34+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsydeywa9cu9fslyv6589ef6gts4ra8qtqgpr2c4z4cz2ay5hne8aqzyrvjeknd4r5gfvwwrem390jrjdyncexuuv5x4wj4ygln0c4yewasxwk8srr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0fw85uvngaaf23aqw347ue8cd90xxjs8gdumw0snt4q5ay86989shqu0mn'>nevent1q…u0mn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Mine too. We are just moving and one of the biggest problems is the number of books we have. I have 650 documented, and my wife must have just as many undocumented. <br/>The first priority is reassembling the bookcases, otherwise we are just creating more obstacles for inconsequential things like beds. 2025-03-19T12:35:42+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqum8304yp69pzauq26zp6jxexflpzhllyxngnnz3dkqezjawcp3qzyrvjeknd4r5gfvwwrem390jrjdyncexuuv5x4wj4ygln0c4yewasx2qzerw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstnd7dp40h5dgl708g36yv60de33lf9hezu3wm22utdeh5n82tqmsw7qqys'>nevent1q…qqys</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I heard talk last week the RRF (Rapid Reaction Force) has been resurrected, or did it never go away? <br/>I hosted one of their units here a number of years ago. It was a good set up. 2025-02-23T17:13:15+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszqqwmf58cwux8krmle4x42d89g2tvyl5h2wyqlgksu5vrq0g7clgzyrvjeknd4r5gfvwwrem390jrjdyncexuuv5x4wj4ygln0c4yewasxgxy7zd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstnd7dp40h5dgl708g36yv60de33lf9hezu3wm22utdeh5n82tqmsw7qqys'>nevent1q…qqys</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Exactly! 2025-02-23T17:10:06+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszmjleheeer8t00758xtz93vt5ctvhne944vun2nl70xty9dkeeeszyrvjeknd4r5gfvwwrem390jrjdyncexuuv5x4wj4ygln0c4yewasxc3q5ft In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs87jgqhggkmu33vtr89pplxeadr5r3xv6xzz3cnpfdxdchqsxqkfcu6s6dt'>nevent1q…s6dt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The only cookie I ever knew was a school friend. So thanks, but no thanks. 2025-01-08T23:29:10+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8jmpttrfvjqrk4adgsaykqadea4mtuqxl3fncd7csarfwpcrequszyrvjeknd4r5gfvwwrem390jrjdyncexuuv5x4wj4ygln0c4yewasxvx02yy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswwtc2nqxhv7era5zeth7vzfq9atru0wtl2jf2g6zhwhsma7w2knqun9qc4'>nevent1q…9qc4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The sooner Ukraine can take the gloves off and fight back in an unrestricted way the better. It&#39;s laudable the Netherlands made it plain Ukraine can use the F16s they gave in any way they think fit. 2024-11-17T08:44:44+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsquaxwas59tpa3t7pgkulens47ftfx52sy5x88wl9jwtr3tqh8svgzyrvjeknd4r5gfvwwrem390jrjdyncexuuv5x4wj4ygln0c4yewasxnzp4x9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspyas9weaznu78xkpvcdcaevkfex44kpwxt0pxfplwx60v7astlfcvzmdl7'>nevent1q…mdl7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>1. What (please) is GR ? <br/>2. Just for Info: I have many books with neither ISBN nor barcodes. Most of them I&#39;ve listed on Library thing, but I no longer have the time. 2024-10-16T10:00:00+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx0yllxxvec2lcezrmveuhtdu5tj557pcxt2rkt5k64psanyx9geszyrvjeknd4r5gfvwwrem390jrjdyncexuuv5x4wj4ygln0c4yewasxaxeey6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg0jgr5xu24egunh9hjdfncdcfkp6f8xw96k6hv3xk64lwnm9fyvqtglf6w'>nevent1q…lf6w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The sooner we drum Hungary out of the EU the better. If they want to rejoin and rejoice with Russia let them get on with it, and fast. I, for one, don&#39;t need to be associated with them. 2024-09-21T22:42:22+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqjxg6w6u5ttyrhc260qvu7a94faw2wjdzzsmlehp5syvtzfz4e5qzyrvjeknd4r5gfvwwrem390jrjdyncexuuv5x4wj4ygln0c4yewasx3v320g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdawe9muxvflgwsa4wafcxy7vtfj0m9yhjrnf9adput58vcc02zqgn4csgu'>nevent1q…csgu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I understand what you&#39;re saying, but might I make a suggestion? Which is don&#39;t comment in the first person plural unless you&#39;re absolutely certain the comment applies to all, or use conditional tenses to always have a get-out. 2024-09-11T08:27:56+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8mtwkxggjttkzy7hanteqy8lg6gjke0yedv3qt7yyjh4v5u4ndxgzyrvjeknd4r5gfvwwrem390jrjdyncexuuv5x4wj4ygln0c4yewasx99y3vw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8jvyjyufvez8q8wfqe33tymr3n3j272j9wsut7nwplwwxztwkxaqnqehvt'>nevent1q…ehvt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve never been a student nor an academic, but I&#39;ve read all of Dickens in my post-school days, along with Mary Shelley, Jules Verne, Victor Hugo, and a number of others. But I prefer essayists, and won&#39;t start on those. <br/>Sometimes knowing the past helps to understand the present, and points a finger towards the future. 2024-09-10T23:25:48+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstu3r2q8s7ygves0k4pagm4r6mmel94fulttqqrtwp7g2e485z3sszyrvjeknd4r5gfvwwrem390jrjdyncexuuv5x4wj4ygln0c4yewasxrdd8uu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstrn5ahxwum57335rq5q3fdqpter4puhevcz948my3u8m2rw6v6vgremk24'>nevent1q…mk24</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>When are we going to do the decent thing and give Ukraine freedom to respond in kind? It shames me to have to ask this question. 2024-09-05T21:58:16+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2k3rtmecfd5jhxyr8pqs8tyuqc3l8gkr6feq7zvc7sn826p4cewczyrvjeknd4r5gfvwwrem390jrjdyncexuuv5x4wj4ygln0c4yewasxumjszn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd59j4gdsuu8vdzcnyzner8w3z93zcdvlueqknjamwz6ydq923h2cg5z2ja'>nevent1q…z2ja</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have somwhere in my saved links a description of similar to, but not, concrete building blocks which use a bonding agent (like mortar but not mortar) which can be disassembled and reused. No it&#39;s not that famous toy manufacturer, but the principle is the same. There were no financial disadvantages to their use.<br/>I might just look it up again this morning. 2024-08-04T10:45:30+02:00