Why do you feel sorry for the young? There's now 100,000 trucking vacancies available over the next few years which will pay a better wage. We just need to legislate to stop insurance companies … (View Post)

They are in the EU. But I have had to cross the road in India and the HGV drivers take no prisoners... (View Post)

I once introduced a teenager to purple sprouting broccoli, which I prefer to calabrese and, indeed, regard as a seasonal delicacy. She was unimpressed, expecting "little trees". (View Post)

Is it just because doctors are well-paid but not generally people motivated by money? An investment banker will put up with the pressure and the hours, and go buy a Ferrari. Your average GP might hav… (View Post)

And the final -ið is the definite article. Scandinavian languages like to tag them onto the end. There is a Danish newspaper called Morgenblad I think. For other uses of the word blade = leaf, in Old… (View Post)