Aaaaaargh!

[biffvernon]

I was assuming you'd be buying them over there (along with the bent nails) and the 10 litre boxes are better because they are, well, er, bigger.

 

[plumbers mate]

So long as you use real cork, not plastic ones - the cork forests are vanishing quicker than wood windows from houses.

 

[Penners]

Unfortunately it's not me you have to convince on that topic. It's Mr Jacob's Creek and his ilk.

Am I right in thinking that cork is oak bark?

 

[biffvernon]

Yes, the cork oak (Quercus suber)

 

[Penners]

Interesting that Wikipedia says only 15% of the 340,000 tonne/yr cork harvest goes to make wine corks. I wonder what other uses it has, other than cork tiles for nice, warm bathroom floors.