@Capt__Sarcastic@meld_borg@TerribleMaps He was looking for Cathay (China) and thought the first islands he found were off the coast of Cipangu (Japan)
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@dsarffate0811_@dieworkwear You do know there is a long history of academic research about ‘happy countries’? Takes account of wealth, freedom, self-reported happiness. It tends to be Denmark or Finland or somewhere like that
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@RinseHold@MockfordM@theobertram From my own experience of being a contractor then employed into the a director role, I suspect it was a combination of doing a great job as contractor, realising over a period of months that we all got on well and were very productive together and persuading the boss to hire me
@donna_walk99339@TheTrueXProphet@nicksortor You need a little distance to get the full perspective of what he's done to your country. And I hope you don't believe that factoid you just cited. Child abuse is a terrible thing and I think everyone involved should be punished, even (especially) US presidents, past or present
@garyFstones@RussellScotland@DonaldPond6@wjprescott 8% won’t produce a decent pension. For most people, this needs to be closer to 20%. And NI has nothing to do with pensions or insurance, it’s just another tax.