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It seems to me that we are being subjected continuously, verbally, by presentations on TV and in the press, that there is such a diversity in the solution to our problems that only an election could solve them. To me this is rank nonsense, because it is universally accepted that we are living in a… Continue reading This is no time for an election

Am I the only person who thought that when I put my cash card into the slot and typed in the code number, within microseconds money had been transferred from my account to the payee’s? Perhaps not as quickly as that, but if I can send an e-mail and receive an answer within a matter… Continue reading OurBanks are in the Stone Age

I have noticed over the last seven or eight years that the number of people owning dogs has reduced, and that every year the size of the dogs seems to reduce also, presumably because there are no parks for the large ones to romp on, that the regulations concerning dogs on a lead have become… Continue reading Mainly about dogs

The old saying, ‘big fleas have little fleas… ad infinitum’, is virtually saying there is no equality in nature. Similarly, the old adage that ‘with socialism all are equal, but some are more equal than others’, gives confirmation that in relationships there is no such thing as equality. I’m not writing about inequality per se,… Continue reading Inequality

In thinking about our problems today, I started looking back over the centuries at the horrendous mistakes that have been made, not only by this country but by the whole of Western Europe since the Middle Ages. The worst of them all I believe was the slave trade. This, like most of the other mistakes,… Continue reading Horrendous mistakes

When I was a boy in the 30s we were taught in Sunday School that the world would come to an end at the millennium – translated as sometime in the future. In retrospect the whole idea was obviously crazy, because in 70 years there would be the millennium, and nobody seemed to notice the… Continue reading Does chaos rule

I read on Google today that the change in VAT is allegedly bringing about a price war between the big retailers. Presumably implying that the 2p change in VAT is going to make that much difference. It seems so contrary to what I had expected. About a mile and a half from where I live… Continue reading 27,11,08, Just a Question

In some ways it can be a curse to have an analytical mind, as it makes one pull things apart to find out what makes them tick. In Part 1 of these two posts I criticised a lot of the drama on TV because of aimless chatter and impossible wreckage. Then I discovered ‘Love Actually’,… Continue reading A laymans take on TV drams, 2 of 2

To people of my age the television, and television drama in all its guises, is the staple of the evening, often bolstered by DVDs, when the menu is repetitive. This tends to make one take more interest in the reason why one prefers one film to another, in retrospect. When I was at University I… Continue reading A laymans take on TV drama,1 of 2

It is rather ironic that Harriet Harman, the Equality Minister, has chosen Joan Bakewell as the official voice of old people, thus, I presume, distancing herself from what her mouthpiece might say. Joan is advocating a sort of selective euthanasia, but is a bit vague as to who is going to do the selecting, while… Continue reading Polirical and commercial rashness