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Damn, I had money on him bouncing up and down on his bed.

Most have a manual mechanism to operate them from the inside. Mine are a bit fancy - theyhave a motor and a remote control.

Maybe this is a weird European thing, but my metal blinds are outside, so yes, they are very effective at reflecting radiated heat away. The triple glazing does a decent job blocking convected heat and last but not least good quality curtains to block any conducted heat that makes it through. It's never going to be 100%, but I'm confident it's 100% better than yoghurt!

Maybe my understanding of blinds is wrong, but the ones on my window get pretty close to completely dark. Add a decent curtain (with insulation and blackout) on the inside, and I can keep the flat comfortable passively.

Whatever else you do, close the damn windows and doors during the day, and fling them wide open as soon as its cooler.

I'm really not impressed by Tony's chocolate: it's too sweet and not dark enough. I'm used to 80%+ and I always look for the lowest sugar content option.

AZ said they want to move to the New York stock market last week...

Isn't that just an annual holiday? Don't you get those in the U.S.?

At least we all got a £50 bonus!

I want to point out that this is not unique to the U.S. - farming in Europe and the U.K. suffers from the same problem. I suspect that many other countries have the same issue too.

I wonder what the effect of raising wages for farm labourers would be? Surely, it would cause inflation. Does everyone get a pay rise, including the farm labourers, to compensate (inflationary spiral) or will we revert back to norm by excluding them?The truth is - we (yes that includes me!) need to get used to a much simpler lifestyle if we are going to fix this. That will be political suicide though... so here we are with the only compromise that is politically viable.

Not much, though - I'm English, and we worked out it would cost £20k for the various visas. On top of that, you need to pay an NHS premium, even though you would already be paying for it through the usual national insurance deduction from your salary. It will also take 10 years before they are a citizen.

We decided to stay here (Germany). Less costs and, sadly, better health care.

God, I hope this doesn't give Reform a chance to win the next election.

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