Should we take it you're not a fan, then? (View Post)

Which lunatic nation? (View Post)

Yes; employers had to buy them from the Post Office. (View Post)

There's a bit missing, viz: after £14k should have read "on the grounds that, even in these inflationary times the price was high." (View Post)

In 1968 (!) the bank demurred at assisting me with the purchase of a four-bedroomed, recently built, detached house, with a substantial garden in a 'good' area, costing £14k, on the grounds… (View Post)