A private-sector supplier will build to the standards required, and no more. They’re not going to provide ‘gold-plated’ wheelchair access at the expense of seats or cost to themselves, especially in … (View Post)

My wife’s friend in Ukraine was spurred on to take English classes, after her teenage kids started speaking it to each other at home! (View Post)

I love that Major went from meeting the Queen pretty much straight to the Oval to spend the day at the cricket. (View Post)

See the USA for this concept taken to the extreme, where the Congresscritters will vote for or against pretty much anything based purely on who proposed it, and the media commentators will either lov… (View Post)

No, not really. You adapt the way you do things to the weather, and the place is obviously set up for it, but it still comes as something of a shock every summer just how hot and humid it gets. Right… (View Post)