Around And Inside Palma Cathedral
Tuesday was a sunny day and I walked down through Palma to the cathedral and explored it.
Although C and I went to Majorca about ten times, we probably never visited the cathedral on such a quiet, sunny day.
The Caballito de Mar Restaurant, Palma Majorca
Five years ago for my sixtieth birthday, C took me to Majorca. We stayed in an excellent hotel outside of Palma and she asked them to recommend a good restaurant that could do gluten-free food. They recommended the Caballito de Mar Restaurant on the avenue along the sea-front, underneath the town. It was excellent, so on my brief trip, I went back.
In fact, I went back again, as the sea bass was so good the first time.
The restaurant made up for the sub-standard hotel.
Two Gold Post Boxes In Leeds
I took this picture in Leeds on Saturday.
Two Gold Post Boxes In Leeds
Someone must have won a gold medal at the Olympics. But then Yorkshire did better than Australia!
Sunday Bloody Times
I’ve read The Sunday Times for years and got a copy at Stansted.
Why oh why, haven’t they changed to a tabloid size, as it is not the paper to try reading on a plane? Especially, as the newsprint they use today, seems to be incapable of folding and sticks together all the time.
Christmas Shopping By Yourself
On Friday, I tried to do a bit of Christmas shopping.
I wasn’t very successful, but then as I don’t have much to buy, was it really surprising?
To me, one of the joys of shopping, was going with C to the shops to buy presents for our children and their families.
I also used to go alone to buy presents for her. And that was what I really enjoyed.
But then I’m a man who enjoys shopping!
What also didn’t help was the bad weather and the fact that Oxford Street was so crowded.
A Problem With Not Recognising Gay Marriage
When some countries recognise gay marriage and others don’t you are going to get a few problems.
This story from the United States, illustrates one small but sometimes expensive problem well.
Edith Windsor was legally married to her gay partner in Canada, five years ago. Her partner has since died and because she now lives in New York, she will have to pay $600,000 in what in the UK would be death duties. If her partner had been a man, she wouldn’t have to pay the tax.
So now the case has ended up at the United States Supreme Court.
I’m not a lawyer and I’ve no idea what would happen in the UK.
But surely in this age, we should clear everything up to make it all clear to everybody.
How To Announce Yourself
As I went through Peterborough on the train yesterday to Leeds, I noticed a couple of law firms in offices by the station. I’m reminded of a little event.
C’s chambers had a satellite office in the city and one day at this time of year, they were having a Christmas party after work. Our son, a trainee solicitor at the time, was also doing some business in the area on the same day, had a legal problem and thought he might find some help and expertise at the party. So he walked in and said.
Does anybody know how to write a writ for habeus corpus?
And that is how one of the oldest tenets in English law; habeus corpus and our son, made their presence felt at a Christmas party in the twenty-first century.
Businesses Get Bees On The Roof
I first saw this in The Times concerning law firm, Olswang.
But there is also an old video story about it on the BBC’s web site.
It obviously seems to be a good idea, as it seems to be catching on.
America, The Sick Man Of The World
Two of the stories I posted yesterday, showed the state the US is in. The first was the story of prisons in the US, and Alabama in particular. I started it with the words.
This story from the United States is terrible.
I felt it couldn’t get worse. But it course of did with the massacre of children in Connecticut.
The story of Gary McKinnon was really about America bullying a poor unfortunate, rather than fixing their leaky computer systems and treating him in the way he would have been in most other countries of the world.
We have also had the excursions into Afghanistan and Iraq, to wreak vengeance for the attacks on New York and Washington on September 11th, 2009. Sadly we were drawn into these ill-thought out adventures.
It’s funny too, how the three main companies being castigated for their tax position are all American.
I could also add in the stunts of bankers based in New York, which started the collapse of the worldwide banking system, the death penalty and the failed prison and justice system and a healthcare system that is the joke of the civilised world.
I shall not be going to the United States ever again and I will not buy products from American companies, where there is an alternative.
