I'm afraid I tend to be thinking about things and not paying sufficient attention to one's posture, deportment and general cast of face.
The promise of Western capitalism of ever rising rates of pay has turned out to be the cheque that bounced
I have neither the learning nor the experience to know whether the doomsayers are right about the human causes of climate change. But I am willing to acknowledge that people who know a lot more than I do may be right when they claim that it is the consequence of our own behaviour. I assume that this is why the BBC's coverage of the issue abandoned the pretence of impartiality long ago.