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macca 53 May 2024 5:12pm, 21 May 2024 32,471 posts	0 macca 53 Chrisity wrote:The second most widely spoken language in England is Polish. That’s surprising to me too - although it might be rationalised by the fact that they are the newest wave of immigration and earlier waves (now in second or even third generation regards English as their mother tongue). My home town has around 8-9% of its population from Poland.
DeeGee May 2024 2:59pm, 22 May 2024 22,901 posts	0 DeeGee The "gala" launch of BBC2 had to be put back a day because Battersea Power Station caught fire about 30 minutes before the official launch of the channel and there was a massive power cut across West London. BBC1 was unaffected as they still used facilities at Alexandra Palace. Therefore the first programme to be broadcast on BBC2 was "Play School"
GordonG May 2024 3:43pm, 22 May 2024 10,365 posts	0 GordonG Chrisity wrote:The second most widely spoken language in England is Polish. It's probably also accurate to say that the second most widely spoken language in British prisons is Polish, given that they make up the second largest group of foreign nationals in British prisons. Though they still lag behind Albanians...
Eynsham Red May 2024 6:57pm, 22 May 2024 11,016 posts	0 Eynsham Red That it seems nobody at 10 Downing Street owns an umbrella that could be used to give the PM some shelter during his announcement. (Or maybe he was standing in the rain to gain some sympathy votes 🤔)
57.5 Degrees of Pain May 2024 9:34pm, 22 May 2024 18,505 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain Eynsham Red wrote:That it seems nobody at 10 Downing Street owns an umbrella that could be used to give the PM some shelter during his announcement. (Or maybe he was standing in the rain to gain some sympathy votes 🤔) Steve McClaren for PM!
ChrisHB May 2024 11:17pm, 22 May 2024 23,080 posts	0 ChrisHB That my waterproof jacket isn't remotely waterproof.
Ocelot Spleens May 2024 4:08pm, 23 May 2024 38,938 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens What a fan Tifo is.
GordonG May 2024 11:01am, 24 May 2024 10,371 posts	0 GordonG That "Kosher salt", as often referred to in recipes, refers to salt without additives like iodine, and isn't a religious reference. [Wiki: The term kosher salt gained common usage in the United States and refers to its use in the Jewish religious practice of dry brining meats, known as kashering, and not to the salt itself being manufactured under any religious guidelines. ]
GlennR May 2024 7:43pm, 25 May 2024 75,448 posts	0 GlennR [Yes, bigger grains help with the brining process]
57.5 Degrees of Pain May 2024 7:57am, 27 May 2024 18,582 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain That there are two CFA Franc currencies, though their value is equal. And one is due to be replaced.