IIRC among the first acts of the Conservatives in 1979 were to increase VAT considerably and reduce the top rate of income tax. So "ordinary folk" paid more and wealthier people had more to… (View Post)

Bungalows are favoured by older people, like the Coles, because, by definition, they don't have stairs and the toilet is on the ground floor. It's when stair-climbing gets difficult that the advantag… (View Post)

Welsh love-spoons are quite long and carefully crafted. That might be a pointer. (View Post)

I'm 5'6". I had occasion, some years ago, to go to Newmarket and wander about the streets "observing". It was the only place in UK I've been to where most men were my height or below. … (View Post)

Looking, in the wee small hours, at the previous discussion, I managed to focus on the fact that it is @boulay's birthday. IIRC it's a big one. Happy birthday! (View Post)