Roger Mills coughed up some electrons that declared:

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Tim S wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8260233.stm

"B&Q owner Kingfisher has seen its half-year profits increase by more
than a third, saying it was benefiting from a "renewed consumer
interest" in DIY."

If the claim is correct, I sense a small amount of hope for humanity.
Could the general trend of people becoming more helpless be reversing?

Or will A&E just get busier...

I suspect the latter! Followed by lots more 'Part-P'-type legislation
limiting what you can legally do without the appropriate 'qualifications'!

How do you fancy having to pass a test before you can use your angle
grinder? g

Probably result in a better "success" statistic


which will then be filed in the bottom drawer like most other civil service
stats...