Recent content by Ian Gills

Yes it was but he left the handbrake on. The worst thing I got on my wedding was glitter all over our home when we returned to it.

Why would I need a cup?

I'm not upset about it. It's just an observation. And a strange one in a country where most drivers won't let you into their lane even if you're indicating. That's why I drive an old car. They move out the way if you drive an old car and just start turning in. Especially the people...

...are way too long. You have to sit there at the lights while every man and his dog passes with their flashers going. Not so in England. Yes, you should give way to the hearse and one, or perhaps two, immediate family vehicles but you have gone way over the top here. In England, funeral...

Violence breeds violence. Americans should be the first to see that.

I do have a heart and it is beating. But that's all I know. They haven't called with the results yet. True to form, I identified another problem in America. Lab technicians afraid to speak! They just say "wait 'til the doctor calls you", yet they must have a hunch. It must be another...

All that effort? Buy a new one!

Another laugh at my expense?

I am going for a heart scan tomorrow at an American hospital. Just routine, apparently, but fingers crossed nevertheless. I will be going armed with two of my usual. The first is when they ask for insurance. I always say public option. The second is when they ask why I am there. The...

Used car radiator...

Time to take out the car radiator then...

Though I have never seen it nor tried it, I imagine Moonshine must be cheap. But does it taste nice? I buy liqour for the taste and not the price. But if it tastes good and is cheap then that would be a win-win. And why is it illegal?

Look, there were 10 years of negotiations to try and find a peaceful solution to this, so what they are doing is probably the right thing. The travellers built without planning permission. And the case was heard by your equivalent of the Supreme Court, I think on more than one occassion. Just...

I think America should write that check.

Later in the 19th century, Romani immigration was forbidden on a racial basis in areas outside Europe, mostly in the English speaking world (in 1885 the United States outlawed the entry of the Roma) and also in some South American countries (in 1880 Argentina adopted a similar policy).