Thanks to my correspondent "Hamo," I can now reply.
ASKED about the hardy perennial of Palestinians and peace, officials in Israel's new government now reply with dire talk about Iran and the threat of nuclear war.
They are two of an apparently increasing number of men and women who now reply to that ubiquitous greeting with, "Thank you, but I have other plans".
In the TV documentary housing estates, the common refrain that regularly resonates after a certain hour has passed is: "Where's makar?" Ms Lochhead can now reply sweetly: "Here I am, boys and girls".
MacKinlay says he is quitting because the seven-day weeks MPs put in, and the requirement from constituents that MPs now reply instantly by email to every inquiry 52 weeks a year, is exhausting.
A current New Yorker article points out that the Associated Press will now reply on "automation technology" to cover some college sports – technology that "can analyze the data from a game of anything from badminton to basketball and then use it to write a coherent and familiar-looking recap".
