Banks and some other financial services companies are required by the regulator to ensure that employees have a minimum of a certain number of consecutive days' holiday annually. It's a bit… (View Post)

I thought a jar of picked tomatoes (or, if you haven't got any of those, a jar of pickled gherkins or onions) was the MANPAD de choix for this kind of situation. (View Post)

1945 was a top year for Bordeaux especially (I've had the Gruaud Larose, which was absolutely superb at about 60 years old). 1944 wasn't particularly good, though. (View Post)

I think it's just the blood-pressure issue, although Wikipedia points to other problems as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_effects_of_salt#Long-term_effects (View Post)

What a bizarre post. There's not, as far as I'm aware, a single person in the world who says we're under any legal, ethical or moral obligation to align with the EU. But, in the case o… (View Post)