While we're on fruit, we have about 300 plums on our tree. At least one bough has grown so laden with fruit that the tree can no longer support its weight and it has snapped off ( though I have … (View Post)

"We as a nation"? Liverpool fans aren't representative of "we as a nation", thank God. (View Post)

Don't think I recall any barriers - though I confess navigation got a little confused at each end! It did seem remarkable that you could (in theory) get a horseup there, though I did see a handf… (View Post)

I have something of a bugbear of the phrase "who cares?". The implication is "no one cares", when often what the speaker should be conveying is "I, personally, don't car… (View Post)

It's pretty sick that that headline in the Times (which may or may not be down to Janice Turner) uses 'vast company profits' pejoratively. (View Post)