If you are in a hurry, and want to discover what prompted this post, then I suggest you cut to the final paragraph. I have always had a dislike of tipping. I first came across it in the 30s, when I discover that the father of a friend of mine was a floor manager in… Continue reading Tips, backsheesh
Month: November 2008
Stop bleating like sheep, and roar like a lion
The other day I came across something I had written on Tuesday the 19th December 2006, entitled Crazy Mathematics, under Serious Stuff, with a forecast of the problems that would lead up to the credit crunch. I’m not stupid enough to think I’m original in my ideas and thoughts, even less do I think what… Continue reading Stop bleating like sheep, and roar like a lion
Advertising
Advertising I have written about advertising on a number of occasions, especially last May when I berated the advertisers for insulting our intelligence, because so many were using puppets to mouth their messages, for the sake of economy. I now find it very interesting that large companies are advertising more, and I personally believe the… Continue reading Advertising
The bane of sophistication
Sophistication is a two edged sword, on the one hand it has made our lives easier, and on the other it has complicated communication, information and misinformation, to such an extent that we are up to our knees in lies, half-truths, and manipulation. At one end we learn that we can communicate through music with… Continue reading The bane of sophistication
Can’t believe what I read and hear
I can remember when we all believed what we read in the newspapers, what we were told on the radio, and what it was alleged the government was saying. The older I get the less I believe, and now I am in a state of total bemusement, because what I’m told, what I read, what… Continue reading Can’t believe what I read and hear
There are times to speak out, and times to be silent
It is all right for a nonentity like me to speak his mind, there is a small audience, and in addition, you may not think it, but I’m careful in what I say and whom it can affect. The megaphone politics across the pond, damages more than it improves the thoughts of the electorate. It’s… Continue reading There are times to speak out, and times to be silent
More than one obscenity in the Jonathan Ross case
For me, the cat is now out of the bag. I know it’s a silly phrase, but I have never really had time for celebrity worship, and have spent all my life totally unaware of their lifestyle until the silly business of Jonathan Ross’s indiscretion, minor in my view, which has been aired on the… Continue reading More than one obscenity in the Jonathan Ross case