2024

Why is is LG ?  I have heard lesbians referring to themselves as gay.

I get some of it, but do not understand it totally.
A couple of weeks ago I was interviewing in Cardiff and my co interviewer said to me "I think this candidate is trans" I suddenly realised I was not sure which pronoun to use when introduced. My co interviewer (who I have always presumed to be gay) told me to use "they".
How the eff do you use "they" when addressing one person?
So I stumbled and just said very nice to meet you.

It's all a bit ridiculous, but I don't care enough to get wound up about it whilst recognising that I have been a character from "Life on Mars"

Yes, I was patiently schooled afterwards. I get using "they" when discussing the person. But struggle other scenarios

You'll get used to it. 👍

I know where you are coming from Oldie. To use 'they' is just incorrect grammar isn't it, not that I'm an expert on that !
It would be easier to use 'it'.

True story. I was asked in work what I wanted for my pronoun. I told them that I wanted to be called "motherf**ker". My perogative, my decision. They never asked me again.

I go to Cornwall usually at least twice a month. After any heavy rain you don't go swimming in the sea because of the sewage discharges.
The real issue here is that the water companies are not breaking the law. The laws in place have been put there by successive governments over the years. It's up to the politicians (lawmakers) to change the laws, and the punishments.
First off, they can make a law where all sewage on the coast has to go through a pipeline that discharges ten miles out at sea.
Next, they have to make any punishments for breaking the law very harsh. Monatary fines are good, but the water companies would rather pay the fines than pay for the solution. Penalties and punishment needs to be directed at the very people at the top of these organizations, and that goes for any company that pollutes the environment, not just water companies.

Rescue operations continue in Spain after flash floods kill at least 95..by Sam Hancock, with Bethany Bell and Nicky Schiller reporting from Valencia

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Emergency teams in southern Spain are continuing to look for those feared missing after flash flooding killed at least 95 people in the region

Hundreds of soldiers have been deployed to Valencia, one of the worst-hit areas, to help with the rescue effort; some places can only be reached by helicopter

It comes after Spain's King Felipe VI warned yesterday that there had been "enormous destruction" to infrastructure and, as a result, some communities were harder to access

Footage uploaded to social media showed floodwaters causing chaos in some areas, dragging cars through streets and leaving some people clinging to trees

Local authorities have issued warnings about false information circulating online, including whether Valencia's tap water is safe to drink



British man, 71, dies after being rescued from Spain floods..by Alex Smith & Ian Aikman, BBC News

A British man has died hours after being rescued from his home on the outskirts of Málaga, Spain, after intense flooding hit parts of the country, local officials say.

The 71-year-old - who has not been named - had been taken to hospital after the rescue, and was "suffering from hypothermia", according to the president of the Andalusian government, in southern Spain.

He died after suffering "several cardiac arrests", Juanma Moreno said.

At least 95 people have died after heavy rain and hailstorms triggered flash floods on Tuesday.

Most of these deaths - 92 - have come in the eastern city of Valencia.

Two more died in the central Castilla-La-Mancha region.

There are fears the death toll could rise in the coming days as many people remain missing across affected areas.

Local officials in the town of Chiva, near Valencia, said it was "impossible" to put a final figure on the number of people who have perished.

More than a year's worth of rain fell there in just eight hours on Tuesday.

Footage posted on social media from the region shows neighbourhoods destroyed and cars piled up in the street.

Meteorologists believe the extreme weather is due, in part, to the Dana phenomenon - when a pool of cold air interacts with an area of low pressure to create an intensely unstable atmospheric environment.

While studies suggest Dana events occur many times each year in the western Mediterranean, the intensity of such rainfall events appears to be increasing due to climate change.

Well we know the answers to a lot of my questions now and it has been interesting.
Could get even more interesting in Europe now that the governing coalition in Germany is falling apart,could cause problems for the EU ?