Christmas has been with us, this year, since mid September, Marks and Sparks, restaurant fliers through the door advertising Christmas lunches and dinners at reasonable rates, and this week in Ballymena, in Northern Ireland, the shops are full of declarations, and the Council has erected a rather shaggy tree in the middle of a square,… Continue reading 20.10.07, Comment, Phantom Christmas.
Month: October 2007
20.10.07, Comments, Obesity and Transport.
This suggestion comes under the heading of logical ideas which are never likely to go any further. About a year ago, I wrote a piece on obesity and longevity, where I equated longevity with a healthy, energetic and sparse upbringing. I expect you will have heard of the billions to be spent in the short… Continue reading 20.10.07, Comments, Obesity and Transport.
19.10.07, Comment, Get and pay experienced politicians
The Non Election Panic. Shock and fear induce panic. What happened when Gordon Brown changed his mind says more about our current politicians, in all parties, which was enough to worry any sane person, because they were not worried about the state of the country, about the seriousness of our financial situation, they were worried… Continue reading 19.10.07, Comment, Get and pay experienced politicians
18.10.07, Comments
Fashion and global warming I was fascinated to discover that the fashion moguls in America are now consulting the scientists concerning the weather forecasts, as global warming and the changes in climate have serious effects on their business. Apparently, and I quote from the Daily Telegraph, someone called Beppe Modenese, the founder of the Milan… Continue reading 18.10.07, Comments
Author’s Note
End Of An Era, New Policy. I have been threatening this for some time, and now it is about to come to pass. I shall no longer be posting bits and pieces of my history, nor posting on a daily basis, merely when I have something that I feel that you might like, or should… Continue reading Author’s Note
17.10.07. Comments
Immigrants According to the press, 2.2 million immigrants arrived in this country in the last five years. I must admit that I am finding that I’m dealing with foreigners, mostly on the telephone, but also in the shops and that to some extent, I have a language problem in so much that being slightly deaf… Continue reading 17.10.07. Comments
Belfast, ’69 in order, The Troubles, Faces of the Same Coin.
In the way that folk accepted the steady bombing of the cities during WW2, as something that if hated, had to be inured, the majority of the Northern Ireland population felt the same way during the 30 odd years until very recently. The Story Of The Ludicrous Gift I have referred before to the ‘liberation’… Continue reading Belfast, ’69 in order, The Troubles, Faces of the Same Coin.
Comment, 16.10.07, More GlobWarm Idiocy, Milk.
The government is letting our dairy farmers down. I could have been forgiven for thinking it was another April the first joke, but in fact it was another idiotic suggestion, rather than directive, from a government source. They want us to start drinking Long Life Milk instead of fresh milk, to save the planet. They… Continue reading Comment, 16.10.07, More GlobWarm Idiocy, Milk.
Belfast,69 0n in order,The Troubles, The Irish Condition
A Near National Disaster In the 40’s, you would have thought Ireland was nearer Australia than Britain for all the majority of the residents of Britain knew about the place and, I’m afraid, when I was dispatched there by the Navy in ’42, I fell squarely into that category too. In fact I knew more… Continue reading Belfast,69 0n in order,The Troubles, The Irish Condition
Random Thoughts 47, DHSS
Addressing the rise in serious, Alphabet diseases in the DHSS. This is not, repeat not, a criticism of hospital staff, but of management and the Government. Recently I had a small surgical operation, and had to return to have the stitches out. At one point, the nurse attending me had a problem, and sought the… Continue reading Random Thoughts 47, DHSS