This is not just a bit of fun, it is a search by someone not particularly politically orientated, or knowledgeable, to find a system which will improve on the one we have. Instead of writing this as I usually do, I shall do what it says on the tin, put down random thoughts. I have… Continue reading Random Thoughts 37, Is Political Change Required?
Category: General
Random Thoughts 34, Transport and The Environment
Ask schoolchildren about the environment and they will probably know more than you do, added to which they are probably more enthusiastic about preventing global warming. Ask some old man like me the same question and he will tell you that he’s sick of it, it is used as a stick to beat us with,… Continue reading Random Thoughts 34, Transport and The Environment
Belfast 1951 to ’60 in order, Characters 3.
DAN and other Chauffeurs Dan was a Chainman, someone on a survey team who is essential, but bottom of the pecking order. He runs the errands, stand in water, snow, burning sun, holding whatever he is asked to hold without complaint. Dan was sandy haired, short, tough and generally smiling. He dressed like a country… Continue reading Belfast 1951 to ’60 in order, Characters 3.
Random Thoughts 33, Sport
For pure electioneering, yesterday, Gordon Brown, The PM, surrounded by professional footballers, youths and children, extolled the merits of supervised sport and training as the way forward to produce a healthier nation and subvert the street violence so prevalent. Where has he been? People with Blogs have been preaching it for ages. If you read… Continue reading Random Thoughts 33, Sport
Random Thoughtss 32, MRSA, Pensions
MRSA. There seems to be no end to the various viruses attacking patients in hospitals, I started to wonder about it. I know that I should not be writing this, I have never worked in a hospital, I have only been in hospital for operations twice, and apart from sticking a plaster on a cut… Continue reading Random Thoughtss 32, MRSA, Pensions
Random thoughts 31, Blair’s One Gold Star.
Say what you like, Blair deserves at least one gold star, he taught us that at face value, you can believe nothing that comes out of Westminster, irrespective of the colour, be it red or blue. Most of it is so patently absurd, so thoughtless, an eleven-year-old could see it as tripe. Take the latest… Continue reading Random thoughts 31, Blair’s One Gold Star.
Random thoughts 30.
It Is Beyond My Understanding, the circus that surrounded the kidnapping, or murder, of that smiling child, Madeline McCann. I make no comment other than on the exceptional circumstances the parents found themselves in. Firstly, they are both doctors, with more than adequate incomes. Why then was a fund raised for them, what was it… Continue reading Random thoughts 30.
Random Thoughts, 29. Are our children being short changed
I am not suggesting that a high proportion of children are not well fed, well clothed, and their every wish fulfilled. Indeed, it is this very fact that everything is done for them, the world is their oyster, that perhaps is one of the problems that teenagers are facing today. I believe there is such… Continue reading Random Thoughts, 29. Are our children being short changed
Are Social Mores Being Degraded On The Altor Of Advertising?
It is reasonable to assume that generally, Radio, TV and the Press gain most of their revenue from advertising. The corollary, therefore, must be that the quality of the product of these organisations is determined by the tastes of the advertisers. One thing that has always defeated me is how the vast number of photographers,… Continue reading Are Social Mores Being Degraded On The Altor Of Advertising?
Is Adrenalin To Blame?
The other day I was contemplating the chaos throughout the World caused by suicide bombers, young dissidents and the like, with no end product to show for their efforts but mayhem. I wondered if I was right to blame it all on adrenalin. So I examined my own life in relation to circumstances where adrenalin… Continue reading Is Adrenalin To Blame?