When I woke, because it is Sunday, I thought about religion as I saw it as a child. Our Church of England did a lot for the young. It had a full gamut of Scouting with a band, girl guide troops, and there were lectures every Wednesday evening for the young with a religious content,… Continue reading I Miss The Bells
Category: General
From, it was ever thus, to Holier than thou.
What grips me is that we, the ubiquitous man in the street, are taken to be stupid and inexperienced, when the majority of us are fully aware of what is going on. Take the case of the junket that went to Australia in the late 60s or early 70s, at the behest of a contractor… Continue reading From, it was ever thus, to Holier than thou.
Am I crazy or is everything out of proportion?
All this business about expenses has yet to be proven in every case, and it probably amounts to little more than a million if that, yet our Prime Minister, along with the Cabinet are getting their knickers in a twist about it. But at the same time of course, billions and billions have been lost… Continue reading Am I crazy or is everything out of proportion?
Do we get what we deserve ?
Do we get what we deserve? At times of political upheaval, there is an old cliche that says the populace gets the government it deserves. Just for once I am not going to talk about the government, but the implications posed by the front page of my broadband. It has a panel of five or… Continue reading Do we get what we deserve ?
An analysis of the Warlock hunt
You can’t call the extreme criticism deluging Gordon Brown as a witchhunt, because after all he is a man, so it must be a Warlock hunt. From time to time I have criticised his statements, and his government, as so many people have, but I now believe that it has risen to such absurd proportions… Continue reading An analysis of the Warlock hunt
My thoughts on identity cards are not unique
Most people today are sophisticated enough to realise that market research polls are based on the opinions of a carefully selected representative panel of people. I am firmly convinced that the majority of people do not want yet another outlet for their identity, they feel enough is enough. What I don’t understand is why the… Continue reading My thoughts on identity cards are not unique
A stretch of the imagination
Using my experience and my current needs, I wonder if I have the solution to the problem of purchasing those little items for the larder that are often forgotten about. Years ago I had a friend called Leslie, who was a shrewd operator, a fine businessman, who ran a large grocery Emporium in a country… Continue reading A stretch of the imagination
Now I am even more confused
I rarely write about Northern Ireland because not many people are interested in it, since it was a daily diet of murder and mayhem, but now I am urged to say something because I believe our local and international politics are going down the tubes. 40 years on, we are not the country we were,… Continue reading Now I am even more confused
I am not surprised, I am aghast.
Everyone will know that I sound off from a basis of ignorance, and am doing it again, this time about Swine Flu. Before I explain why I am dazed, amazed and think the government crazed, I want to set down a few basic thoughts. Ever since the Falklands War, when it was bruited abroad that… Continue reading I am not surprised, I am aghast.
How our money is spent
It all started roughly around the time that I was on honeymoon with Sophie, November 1944. She was frightened out of her wits when she heard her first Buzz-bomb, I was used to them, teaching in the South England, with them flying over everyday. If you heard them you were safe, once the sound stopped,… Continue reading How our money is spent