Baltic spa Spa treatments aren't only for exhausted mums - at the four-star Baltic Beach Hotel in Jurmala in Latvia, there's all sorts on offer for dads too, as well as fun treatments for youngsters.
The country's politics yo-yo between weak civilian governments and unrepresentative military ones the sort currently on offer under Pervez Musharraf, the president and army chief, albeit with some democratic wallpapering.
Australia's referendum on the republic in 1999 provides a case study of how an impulse for change can dissipate over the detail, as voters fretted about whether they wanted the sort of presidency on offer, or a directly elected one instead.
Yet shops are quiet and shopkeepers speak of slow trade, delivery restrictions and a harsh end to a catastrophically wet July (this was particularly bad for clothing retailers as no one wants to buy the sort of clothes on offer).
Considering this week's entry, Troma Entertainment's "Nymphoid Barbarian in Dinosaur Hell" (1990), the Miser suspects you can guess the sort of thrills on offer.
This is surely the most picturesque picnic spot in London, but there are also four self-service restaurants/cafes serving food that's superior to the sort of fare on offer at most attractions: think cinnamon, mint and pomegranate-braised spring lamb (£12.50 or £4.95 kid's portion) rather than burger and chips.
People are listed by expertise, not price, for starters; and given the sorts of services on offer, the implication is that price is perhaps not the first consideration for would-be customers.
Ask to try the different sorts of crutches on offer.
"The, you know, famous artists who won about five Arias, Flume, who does wonderful music from that sort of operation, is absolutely live entertainment and will be the sort of live entertainment on offer," he said.
But no other sort of change is on offer.
