Way back before anyone had a timepiece the sun told them when to begin the church service. A lot of churches in UK have scratch sundials. You poke a makeshift gnomon (ie a stick) into the hole and when the shadow gets to one of the designated marks you start the service. Here's one on the holy water stoup at the church in Ovington, Norfolk.

When robots get full AI they’ll, presumably, have to follow Asimov’s rules for robots designed to prevent robots harming humans. If they do we are doomed. To prevent harm coming to us they’ll lock us up in brick cells (temperature controlled obviously) and feed us nourishing glop through a small glop slot. “Open the cell door Hal”. “I’m sorry Dave, I can’t do that, you may come to harm”.

The father/Grandfather of this pair must have been a bad 'un for his unkindness to be mentioned on these gravestone inside the church.

These are from churches in East Anglia, UK.

A MilliHelen is 1,000th of a Helen = the amount of female beauty required to launch exactly one ship.

Hi, yes I've been inside a few times. It's open most days in the warmer months. A lovely peaceful place.

This old lady won't admit her age though she won't see 800 again, or maybe it's 900. West Harling, the village that surrounded this church of All Saints has vanished with the years. Only a couple of houses remain, the rest is forest.

I must take a minimum of 1000 photos per month. Once they are on the computer I just delete them from the card. I have never bothered to format and everything seems ok. Coming up to three years for the same card. I do carry a spare but only because on rare occasions I have filled up the first card.

If you close the gap with a shim will the ball head still function? Maybe the gap is supposed to be there. Just a thought. I'm not familiar with the setup though.

There was a tree in my garden that I decided to use for firewood. So I chopped it down then I chopped it up.

Those car parks will be used for housing, not green spaces. Those million who don't get killed in car crashes will need somewhere to live. Technology will destroy jobs. The unemployed will be resentful at having to live at subsistence level and will probably revolt. The population will continue to increase using the extra resources created by technology, one day those extra resources won't supply the demand. The best way to ensure a happy future for the human race is not technology (though that can certainly help) but to find a way to reduce the population on this planet.

It's the owners of a veggie restaurant who are complaining. They won't accept the new notes, don't want them on the premises in fact. If a customer happens to be wearing something made of leather, belt, shoes etc.I'll be amazed if they are asked to leave. Hypocrisy.

What you need is a monarch like we have in UK. The queen takes no part in politics and has little political power. She is the head of state. But, if things go really wrong she can say to the head politico, the Prime Minister in our case, "You're FIRED". Parliament gets dissolved and an election is held. A useful thing to have. Still, you've made your choice between The Lady and the Trump. Give him a chance, he may turn out to be a good President.

Try your local auction house. Here in UK i've seen film cameras and equipment, which cost a lot of money when film was in, going for peanuts. Joe Public doesn't want film cameras so it's a buyer's market.

I met him in 1966. I was in the army and we were driving in Kenya. We came upon a film company. They were making a film called Africa Texas style. John Mills directed and it starred Adrienne Corri and Hugh O'Brian. The whole truck load of us were given tea and biscuits. After some time chatting with cast and crew we moved on. The film spawned a TV series called Cowboy in Africa starring, I think, Chuck Connors. That's it. Exciting eh?