It won't matter how often one says it, it still isn't a tax. Taxes are both involuntary and universal. Buying a lottery ticket is neither of these things.
I generally agree with what you say about lotteries, @henrythedog, but I think that in this case the cost is spread much more evenly across all strata of society. Not only poor and stupid people play the Christmas lottery. It is a huge tradition...
We are firmly in the rain pants / jacket camp.
In rain we remain bone dry. No condensation either.
I think it comes down to the quality of the gear.
And we stop to put the gear on 'before' it rains.
Though our rain gear gets used more as an...
I’ll bang on on this until I get bored. Then I’ll stop.
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