Thursday, August 19, 2010  Corte Inglés delivery costs  If you
order items from their internet site, you get charged delivery
costs. If you order the same items on the phone, delivery is
free.  Perhaps if you order them delivered by horse-drawn
carriage, they will give you a discount.  Monday, August 16,
2010  Wall Street Journal gripes about Europe  I picked up a
Wall Street Journal at the airport for amusement.  Page 1
headline: “New worries cast shadow on euro zone”. The gist of
the story is that a slowdown in the US and China could affect
the rebound of the European economy. Not as much as a slowdown
in the US and China might affect the US and China, but I guess
the point of the story is to somehow knock Europe down a peg or
two after the rather robust European economic trends. Even
Spain. Eg:   “ECB sees lackluster growth” complains that the
European GDP is “only” projected to increase by 1-2% per year
over the next couple years. After predicting the imminent end of
the Eurozone just a month or two ago,