I agree that it is insanity to tax the estate rather than the recipient. (View Post)

There's been quite a significant rise in piracy of late; presumably that's impacted temperatures? (View Post)

OK, this is sort of, but not really true. As in, if you look solely at the volume of Russian crude exported, then it hasn't dropped much, falling from about 5 million barrels per day in on the eve of… (View Post)

My mother (OGH's wife) has fairly advanced dementia. But she had always been absolutely insistent that she would not be moved to a home. OGH did all the caring for a long while. But now his mobility … (View Post)

The oil comes via the Druzhba pipeline that runs through... Belarus and Ukraine. It doesn't pass through the EU at any point. (View Post)