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Andy Burnham is visiting a school and sitting in on an English lesson. The pupils are learning about tragedy.
"Who here can give me an example of a tragedy then" says Andy, feeling cheery.
One hand goes up, and the boy proffers "If my father was driving his tractor and ran over our dog, that would be a tragedy".
"Not so" says Andy. "That would be an accident, for sure, but not a tragedy."
A second hand goes up, and a girl volunteers "If a bus carrying fifty children went careering off a cliff and they all died, that would be a tragedy".
"No" says Andy, inwardly resolving to reassess the English curriculum. "That would be a great loss, but not a tragedy."
No hands go up this time, until finally, Little Jimmy pipes up "If you were in your plane with your deputy, Prime Minister, and our own military shoots you with a missile and blows you to tiny bits, that would be a tragedy."
"YES!" says Andy, delighted that one pupil appears to have learned something. "And can you tell me why?"
"Well" says Little Jimmy, "It wouldn't be a great loss, and it probably wouldn't be an accident either!"

So what you're saying is, I've got 3 years to convince @Alex to bring back the IHPS. Challenge accepted.

Just kidding, I know when to stop flogging a dead horse. Congrats to Alex and Haraki-san. It's good to see the company pass to safe and trusted hands - not enough of that about these days.

@Tago-Mago Quite probably. My brain melts slightly with timezones.

@Tago-Mago no, GVT is currently equivalent to BST, because of daylight savings. If you turn up at 1800 GMT, you’ll be an hour early.

@Anesthetist

Thank goodness for cooler weather.

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I'll try to hop on once the kids are in bed, should be around 8pm GVT.

Just in time for heatwave #5 of the summer. Great!

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@Alex Ah, same reason I've shaved off the chin and am wearing chops. 'Nuff said!

@Alex woah, when’d the beard turn up? I missed that… Looks good on you mate!

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Welcome home! Thanks for sharing your journey.

Took Little Miss to the Circus. I recommend the Circus.

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@goosehd Dunno. I was going off Google Translate pointed at the screen. I doubt it's mined though, esp. on the Latvian side, as it's a nature reserve. Nothing about mines on the Wikipedia pages for the spit either.

@goosehd Something about an "armoured nature reserve zone".

@endo Careful pointing your camera at Russia. You don't want to start something! I look forward to your snaps.

@SKT I'll give you a pass then, especially given it was to remove a shock of white hairs on my chin (and a big spot of alopecia) that I gave the chops a go in the first place! My little girl (3) was teasing me about being old, and I turn 40 this year, so couldn't have that.