what I have learned today.

[Mr Larrington]

Not to leave wheels turned out after parallel parking.  Bloke here did that and his car was scraped by a drunk driver.
With no out turned wheel it would have scratches and a wing mirror. With the out turned wheel taking full impact, a write off.

On an 'ill, I was taught that you should do so, such that handbrake failure would have the car roll into the kerb

Legal requirement to do so in certain parts of the US I believe (SF?) - you can be ticketed if the wheels are seen to be straight.

(Historic cause for consternation among owners of Citroen CXen, I believe, where the Diravi power steering would straighten the wheels up without you asking.)

The tale is told of a chap who forgot about the DIRAVI effect when stopped at a bit of an angle at an autoroute toll booth in an SM.  With expensive consequences.

[CAMRAMan]

That ASDA's Polish kefir is a close substitute for the filmjölk I miss from my days in Sweden. A really good sour foil to the sweetness of my home-mixed fruit and fibre.

[Mr Larrington]

Today I are mostly learning that Marmalade Atkins and Francis Urquhart are both creations of the strange head-branez of Andrew Davies.

[Regulator]

Today I are mostly learning that Marmalade Atkins and Francis Urquhart are both creations of the strange head-branez of Andrew Davies.

Wasn't Francis Urquhart from the brain of Michael Dobbs?   Davies did the TV adaptation but the character is almost identical to Dobbs' book.

[Mr Larrington]

(Facepalms furiously)