Rambla scrambla

You’re standing there watching a gang of hardnuts running a find-the-lady game. Your wallet’s safely in your pocket with your hand on it, and you know better than to get involved in this type of scam. What you may not know is that this is a new version in which the game is nothing more…

Fresh growth

“Spring is here, spring is here, Life is skittles and life is beer,” sang Mr Lehrer, but first it’s time to park that old Ebro or Simca under an old olive tree (or a holly oak, or whatever takes the wrecker’s fancy): You can see these two rustbuckets (as well as a genuine iron mine)…

Hate plates

In the States civil servants get paid to censor vanity plates. Here are a couple that didn’t make it in Florida: I H8 GOD MY HO KIZ MY A ATHEIST (but only temporarily) And here are some that did: IAM GOD KICKAZZ (but only temporarily) Apparently Kentucky is the home of free expression, allowing HATE…