A passing thought

Everyone knows you drive on the left in the UK. (If you don't know this, please don't drive here.)
Everyone who drives in the UK knows you pass on the right. Makes sense: Slow traffic hugs the outside lane where the entrances and exits are (expecially on motorways).
When it comes to escalator placement, same rule. The one on the left is the one you use. The one on the right is for people arriving on your floor.
On an escalator, then, slow traffic (standing) is on the left, right? And people in a hurry walk down on the right, right?
Wrong. Stand on the right, pass on the left.
Why? I blame the metric system and privatisation.

Taxidermy

Tax preparation in the US: $500.
Tax preparation in the UK: £1200 (approx. $1800).
Doing both returns as required of expats: Priceless.