True. My admission is that I loved the pluriel and kind of had a thing for the Picasso.

And it closed just shy of even. Urgh

Citron Cactus. I have such bad tastes in cars that I now won’t own one knowing what I buy with be a dog

Or that they didn’t dare wake him as he’d killed people for less. Lovely chap

I live in the UK and do this more so that I can sodding sprint out when summer decides to end 30 minutes after blazing sunshine and then it rains for 40 days and 40 nights

I had to execute a contract with a supplier in Mexico recently and they have a law (REPSE) that means you cannot engage a sub contractor when instead there’s a reasonable argument that you could employ them instead.

It’s to protect an empire being manipulated and not receive benefits. They really do look out for their employee rights which is great to see

But knowing us, we’ll just have stolen the lions from another country during our angry-little-man phase :)

Omg, I had no idea that the word “flamenco” means flamingo in Spanish. Idiot

Thank god, I thought I was a cretin as I didn’t get thro a season of it

Yes sorry, I meant City of London I. E. the finance/banking area. But even then it’s not strictly correct as alot of that industry are ou at Canary Wharf.

It is yes another silly situation the UK has got itself into!!!

Yes this was my thinking. And in fact the salary reflects where in our country the role is so you could argue that the cost of commuting is baked in. Certainly in London it’s called “London weighting” where extra money is added to your salary.

Still, the original Op seems to in Belgium/NL so good result for him/her

That’s a really interesting insight, thanks. We just get so used to the norm that we know.

5 day is brutal, my friend in the city (London’s finance sector) has this and it’s therefore more restrictive than it ever was before covid.

He has something like a day a month where he can elect in advance to WFH for specific reasons.

It creates scenarios where a friend in the US drives 40 minutes just to swipe his card/ go have breakfast and then heads home again

Which country are you in where you get to expense the commute to your designated office?

I’m in the UK and have never heard of this. Sure, if you’re a home worker but that’s not who RTO is targeted at. Or if you’re asked to travel to a non-designate site, client site etc

I mean that’s an insane percentage increase. My bro in Berlin (I’m in London) was saying they’ve seen 50% but you guys win! In the UK we’re at about 10% increase since the Israel/US/Iran war

It’s a really good point. Sorry, I wasn’t trying to imply people are whining but I can understand in the current environment why it would come across like this.

I also didn’t realise something so critical has doubled, we historically have relatively cheap food in the UK and I can only imagine the uproar if that doubled over a short period.

I know it’s what you get used to but that sounds still absurdly low when compared to your [country’s] median disposable income. I assume the UK the real cost is twice that.

I see it quite often, and order it myself as I quitr like it and the distillery is only 30 minutes from where I live.

I know you didn’t ask but my favorite gin is Xorigeur Menorcan gin but that may be as a result of where I drink it most!! :)

(AI warning note) I see while their sales have dropped about 25% in the UK since peak GIN-mania, it’s actually picking up more of the overall market share. So 12% market share in 2020, 17% in 2024

Ah, no, you see, what you’re actually referring to is “energy recycling”. See, doesnt that greenwashing sound so much better?

It’s how Norway from memory tops the recycling league

I’m using it, all I know is it’s called “Le Chat”, is that what’s meant by model? - as you can tell I’m not very technical.

I use it for generic simple queries. No idea how it compares with the others as I’ve not used them. I’m using it, as the title suggests "they’re not American*