Westerners are so arrogant that they think we’re not part of the world - yes, absolutely. The holistic view of the world has been trumped by individualism.

Generally, yeah. Your initials and family name - of the account payer only. First line of your address. I think the Terminator film, amongst others, shows this being used to locate someone.

It “could” be a sewer/pipe cap but your geographic location and time period suggests it probably isn’t. I’ve seen reasonably similar items that serve this purpose.

Dutch not Danish?

A for horses, B for lamb, C for miles, D for Kate etc. etc. The cockney alphabet.

Yeah - an application of heat to create a chemical change. You’re correct there. My answer was incomplete.

I think the machine in question is called a Crembobulator.

Cooking (in the English I was taught) involves the application of heat - frying, baking, roasting, boiling etc are the names for specific ways to do this. A sandwich would be made or prepared.

When did England become an island?

Unknown people can be called persons unknown…

Exactly. He may well be rich relative to a poor person but in the scheme of overall wealth hoarding he’s not even a blip on the radar. The reason he got the sentence he got is nothing to do with his assets. It would be glib to suggest otherwise.

Huw Edwards may - or may not - be many things but rich is not one of them. He was a television news anchor on the BBC. A bang-average Premier League footballer could easily out earn him.

Catholic Church enters the chat.

Yeah, sorry. I forgot the cows. His entire diet is: “beef, benzos and word salad.” I wish that, just for once, he’d drink a large glass of “shut-the-fuck-up” one day.

I think this dude is the guy I remember from Mastodon - I didn’t spend much time there. Pens some real bangers if so.

It’s easier for most people to believe that different coloured or dressed folk, or those that look the same but speak differently, are the reason your life is difficult. It couldn’t possibly be the people that look and sound like you that are your problem. In the UK it’s been said before that a white British guy in a factory job has more in common with a Jamaican bricklayer or a Polish chamber maid than they do with Boris Johnson. I believe that position.

No party wants to lose voters. No company wants to lose customers. No house of worship wants to lose congregants. It’s that simple; I believe.

Back on the Benzos? Go tidy your room and have a shower; you’ll be fine.

There’s a world of difference between an annoying vegan and veganism being annoying.

(One quick websearch later) Ah, I see. Thanks - that makes a lot more sense to me now. Good luck.