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wellknownname t1_ixleboh wrote
Reply to comment by tewas in Manchester United may be up for sale, so is the team profitable? [OC] by NicuCalcea
On the contrary, for tax purposes you would prefer to expense the whole thing immediately rather than have to amortise over several years. Actually I suspect that is what happened for tax purposes - the UK is unusual in that tax treatment of assets does not follow the accounting treatment but uses a system of 'capital allowances' instead, and the HMRC manuals do not seem to suggest there are capital allowances on football players.
wellknownname t1_j20f7kf wrote
Reply to comment by evclides in TIL that Persian limes, the fruit that most Americans and Europeans know as simply “limes” are actually a hybrid of lemons and real limes, what we call “Key limes” today by evclides
I'm Jewish and I use one on sukkos. They smell amazing, better than any other citrus fruit, and the entire tree (stalks and leaves) carries the same perfume. They aren't much to eat though. There are various slightly different types that are traditionally believed never to have been grafted and most are almost entirely pith. They make nice jam but I've always been too scared to make my own - they are so fragile that apparently the growers use obscene amounts of pesticides on them.