I was lambasted by an elderly stranger in Sienna who saw me doing that from an adjacent table and was inconsolable. I'd probably enjoy the combination as much as you but the painful memory inter… (View Post)

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)