Took two coachloads of schoolkids to Ypres many years ago. My best memory is walking into cholcolate shop on the main square and saying "I've got a hundred English teenagers outside, what will you give me if I bring them into your shop?"
The answer was loads of free chocolate for me and a 10%...
Ouch! I'd rather do a real firewalk!
(Even though the physicist in me tells me that would be less painful than stepping on one brick because of pressure=force/area and more bricks spreading the load more than one, the o;d bed of nails thingy, the me that's trod on many Lego bricks tell him...
I've got a fiver on us to win, at pretty shit odds, and another fiver on us to do 'em 3-0 again at 33/1.
Not because I think we will, but just cause it'll make it all the sweeter if we do.
Or that fact that some jobs pay more than others.
A stockbroker, for examply, doesn't work harder than a nurse, nor do they contribute more to society.
The daughter had higher grades because she'd worled harder.
Her father's assertion that someone wealthy paying more tax is on a par with her sharing her grades only works if the amount of money one has is proportional to how hard they've worked.
It isn't, not even close.
If the majprity of wealth was with those who had worked the hardest then it would be a fair point.
However, it isn't, and anyone who thinks it is is delided.
Why do I have to pay more just because I live abroad?
£22 UK resident paying by direct debit.
£30 Non UK resident.
Bear in mind that even though I live abroad I have (like many expats) a UK account that I can set up a direct debit from.