I
can't say I've noticed but for the last 10 years Spain, under
instructions from the EU, has been toughening up its laws against
excess noise. Plenty of info on this here, if you'd like
to know more.
Talking
of odd laws . . . Thanks to a drafting error, telepathy has been
cited by a recent law which defines how you may apply for Spanish
citizenship. I made a start on this today and will let you know how
it goes. I may make my tax declaration in the same way.
Shopping
for a birthday gift for my mother today, I looked at some radios
which resembled
those of my childhood. These were labelled 'New Classic”. Which I
assume to be a replacement for 'Retro'. Or even 'Old'.
Did
Shakespeare write Shakespeare's plays? Or was it some other genius?
Here's why 22 experts are sure that he did. Thank goodness.
Britain is closing down its coal-powered plants while Germany is building more. Britain is importing highly expensive wood chips from the USA to burn in her plants but Germany isn't. Britain appears to be determined to rely on wind and sun power. Germany isn't. Guess who's got it right. But at least they've both decided to jack nuclear power.
Britain is closing down its coal-powered plants while Germany is building more. Britain is importing highly expensive wood chips from the USA to burn in her plants but Germany isn't. Britain appears to be determined to rely on wind and sun power. Germany isn't. Guess who's got it right. But at least they've both decided to jack nuclear power.
It
seems the Cypriot banks were heavily implicated in corrupt practices
(which, in truth, sound rather Spanish). As it says here, “This
may explain why the 'colleagues' took the action they did,
possibly with the foreknowledge that this was not a straightforward
bailout. Awareness of deep-rooted, systemic corruption could have
dictated the path." Hmm. One wonders what they'll think when
they finally get their hands on the Spanish economy.
Finally
. . . While dining with my younger daughter in an excellent Thai
restaurant tonight, I noticed that 6 Indian ladies had established
themselves at one end of a table for 12, leaving the other seats
empty. The men arrived some 10 minutes later and perforce occupied the the
other half of the table, leaving the sexes quite separate. A coincidence? I
think not.
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