Time is probably more important than means of transport. Spending 40 minutes cycling is just as bad as 40 minutes driving on average - yea it's nicer in good weather but it's a whole lot worse when it's bad.

You've just got yourself a job with Tesla!

I have this cunning plan involving remote control, a TV monitor and a game controller

Me too, but I get some of my best work done before others start!

At that time I take the dog for a walk then go to bed!

As a non-American it always seemed strange to me that a country with a lot to lose would be doing least about it. Predictions are for the grain belt to move from the USA to Canada and from Southern Europe to Northern Europe, Scandinavia and Russia. It could make things politically interesting

I'm worried that Putin won't be amused and will give them something to be sad about.

Just starting?

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This actually contains the answer to the OP's question:

The reference 14 expands further:

Obviously the socialism is not extreme enough. If you allow each parson a set of clothes, cooking utensils and provide them with a standard furnished flat it will become obvious if someone suddenly has two cooking pots and someone else's is missing.

Seriously though, people found opportunities to steal in both socialist and non-socialist countries.

If they let students keep equipment through the whole of their schooling then keep it in the end, also when necessary hand them in for an upgrade this wouldn't happen. The additional cost would not be much either, if they didn't replace them for the last few years their value would have mostly depreciated.

Bhindi with fenugreek and tamarind ... do you get the impression the researcher was South Indian?

The problem is that we English and Scots like the type of bread made with high gluten/protein wheat, but that has to be imported from warmer climates, primarily Southern Europe and the USA. The Irish are quite happy with the softer and denser bread that comes from locally grown wheat. (I haven't mentioned the Welsh as I don't know what type of bread they like).

The Chorleywood process and the aerated bread process before give a very rough approximation to this type of firm light bread, but of course not nearly as good as bread made traditionally with strong bread flower. This leaves us with a choice, pay more for an artisan loaf made in the traditional way with strong flour, or pay very little for a sliced supermarket loaf that is a poor (but for many people acceptable) imitation. Most of the time I go for the imitation, with a proper loaf being a treat. Occasionally I go for Irish bread.

That should have been 1862 !

From Wikipedia - Aerated Bread Company:

Having been thoroughly unimpressed by the Scottish bread of the day, he [Dr. John Dauglish] began to make his own, and to study the science associated with the process. When he applied his earlier studies in chemistry to the process of bread making, he determined that it would be possible to produce carbonic acid gas in bread without yeast. He established that if one could instead introduce carbon dioxide to the process—by dissolving it into solution in the water—this would eliminate the need for fermentation, dramatically reduce the need for physical contact with the dough on the part of the workers, and consequently introduce a greater level of cleanliness into the bread-making process. Dauglish sought to abolish manual kneading, which he believed was unclean and unhealthy