alanti:Going back to that daft law....perhaps it was there so at least it appeared some people worked between 3 and 5....or was it so they could sober up and be rearing to go for the second session.....and economy built around beer.
Law wise think it finally got cast in stone WW1. WW2 came and some relevance I guess, but soon market towns got exemptions for certain days etc............Loads of debate over not wanting more drunks and clubs happy with existing etc but finally changed several years ago now..........Never stopped the drunkeness in a culture where way too much alcohol is consumed.....................
Yes the Sq mile finance culture was beer or wine, and jounalism / legal districts much the same. The unwritten rule was you never did business in the afternoon with the person you had been to lunch with. Slightly odd as fine to do business with anyone else who was likely just as chit faced LOL
How times have changed. Some of the new PC crap has taken things too far the other way...................
Anyway back to the turtles and glad that one is working out OK. I to would not want a Stephen Hawkin existence. My hat off to the professor for doing it, and glad Andy is doing OK as said:)