In the previous post, I am very pessimistic. To show also a brighter side of life, I would like to share few more funny facts (impressions) about this country.

They sell bottled beer in Tesco and shops like that. They hardly ever sell local brands, which is weird. It is also hard to find 0.5 l bottles. Either the bottles are 'too small' for 0.5 l (so maybe 0.3 l? I did not check), or they are 660 ml. I have seen only very few 'normal-sized' bottles: all of them German or Czech stuff.

There are many, many, many betting shops here in Manchester. Are people so much into this here? Wow.

It appears that people sleep late on Saturdays and Sundays - at 10 am the streets are still nearly empty. On weekdays, the streets are empty at 7 am, and at 8 am, the trams arrive at Piccadilly Gardens, and suddenly it appears that the whole city is in the streets.

You can have two hot meals a day for less than ca £5, if you select the right boxes with ready-made meals from the right shelf. Incredible, isn't it.

I have found on the internet that the Queen does not have a passport, but that all other members of the Royal Family do have a passport. However, I still don't know whether the Queen has NIN.

For the non-English speaking and/or not legally qualified readers: did you know that there's a difference between company and firm? I mean, a real, legal difference. Means also that my company is in fact not a company, it's a firm, but hey, I will continue referring to them as the company or something like that. Saying firm would feel like working for CIA. :-)

In our company, we have some internal guidelines on conduct etc. One of the things that I am forbidden to do is making vexatious or frivolous allegations. Nice! Extra points for everyone who is not native English speaker and who knows what this means anyway.
(Our internal guidelines also use words like dishonesty, immoral and indecent, and so on.)

It is true that British people eat sandwiches! During lunchtime, there are so many people buying them in our local Tesco that the fridge stays open (no one bothers to close it). People then go and eat outside, on the benches in the nearby garden.
I am currently testing the sandwiches. They are not bad; the worst are of course those which have 'low 'calories' or 'healthy living' mentioned on their box. :-)