Problem with rice, we eat so much of it, it's hardly there! 

 

I'm not sure that's an EXACT quote .... but close enough I'm sure.

I think Orwell has that covered.

This from memory, so could be a bit off.
Winston Smith's girlfriend worked for a department whose stated aim was to censor unsuitable material.
The actual job was making tacky pornos, to keep the proles glues to their spy-tellys.

QuoteNo dont plug it in, and remove any batteries.

Then pump half a dozen shotgun rounds into it and feed the remains through a wood chipper.


Then go live in a cave inside a Faraday cage!

And realise that George Orwell's 1984 failed to take account of the adage that "one catches more wasps with honey than vinegar."

Welcome to the jam jar.

No dont plug it in, and remove any batteries.

Quote  I'd have thought our Russo-Japanese range would be one of the most comprehensive on the market now?  There's a couple of additions planned but only limbers and an extra artillery piece I think.

You're probably correct.

I assume it's a minority interest range (might not be a great commercial prospect).

Historically interesting, mostly for the early warning of what industrialised warfare would become.
Best known for the Naval campaigns.

I'm guessing that the only way to stop it eavesdropping would be to tape over the microphone/speaker.

Thanks, Forbes.😀
Did we end up with a discussion regarding using dry rice to try and 'draw out' the moisture ?

Your grandad/dad was on drugs;

Meth use in WW2

The reason I won't have anything like it near me. It is known that the ads you get can be influenced by what Alexa, etc, hears.