We are indeed on the skids. The contrast between theory and practice gets wider and wider as more and more well-meaning regulations become impossible to enforce. So we're reduced to one particul… (View Post)

10 hours of dehydration relieved by a bottle of wine. A warm, humid night in Miami. What could possibly go wrong? After 20 years I still blame the rental company for "giving" me (at no extr… (View Post)

Mrs S was filthy rich and I was filthy. Seems to work. (View Post)

This is a very unwelcome development. When I click into the main site I want to see what people are talking about now, not five hours ago. If anyone's listening, please make it stop. (View Post)

It's a question of euphony and sometimes subjective. The BBC is wrong about "Iris's cat" imho. But "Mr Daniels' dog bit Mr Roberts's cat" is acceptable, and il… (View Post)