Someone in the government is trying to put forward a Bill to allow paths to be constructed around our coasts, taking over land belonging to those it will pass through. I believe this has not been thoroughly thought through. When my children were young we used to go walking in the hills, forests and on… Continue reading Another warning, Coastal Paths.
Category: General
Stress In Millennium 2
Being retired with a relatively new, small house, and few responsibilities. I have time for things I never had time for in the recent past, and which so many people don’t seem to have time for today. No! Not flying of to a Costa, just sitting in a deck chair and crowd-watching, reading, walking for… Continue reading Stress In Millennium 2
A Serious Warning, Flooding.
Northern Ireland’s First Minister had Question Time. Firstly the questions had to be submitted days in advance, and answering the question was less important than unrelated views and policies. This meeting coincided with a deluge providing the worst flooding we have seen in Northern Ireland for a considerable time. The Minister for Development made a… Continue reading A Serious Warning, Flooding.
Obscene Wages and Insurance
The Wages Today. I start with a disclaimer. Some of my family think I’m in my dotage. so take what I have to say with a pinch of salt. Donkey’s years ago when the lottery first started, arrogantly thinking I might win, I created a consortium to ensure that the family shared my luck, and… Continue reading Obscene Wages and Insurance
Random Thoughts No. 6
School reports. A grandfather proudly showed me the reports of his 7 year old grandson .I hadn’t the heart to tell him what I really thought. It was divided into 19 separate categories with type-written reports in each category, the smallest, music, was 19 words long, the longest was roughly 42 words, and the average,… Continue reading Random Thoughts No. 6
The Costs Of Tony’s Ego
I’m talking about the overall costs, not just the cost of the farewell bonanza, which I would find hilarious, if it wasn’t for the bad taste, the arrogance, the cost to the country in conception terms and the financial costs also. I have never heard of a politician going on a farewell trip round the… Continue reading The Costs Of Tony’s Ego
The Extended Family Heading For Doomsday
In re-examining some of the statements I have made in the past, I’m wondering if the nanny state is as much responsible for the loss of the extended family as a drop in the birth rate. Let me go back in history. In 1931 my whole family fell apart. There was only unemployment benefit, and… Continue reading The Extended Family Heading For Doomsday
Random Thoughts No 5, I am sick of Bandwagons
Every week there is something new which demands our attention, affects our lives and causes change for change’s sake. Much is in the cause of appearing to care, rather than caring Gas-Guzzlers are being taxed unfairly I believe, because the government wants to appear eco-friendly. I personally hate them; parking spaces were never painted to… Continue reading Random Thoughts No 5, I am sick of Bandwagons
The Demise of the Corner Shop, and M&S
The thought that in the not too distant future Soph and I will not be driving, and will therefore be forced to take taxis to go shopping, brought to mind the corner shop of old. Like farms where the barns had the most pleasant smell of hay, feed, leather and horse, these shops had the… Continue reading The Demise of the Corner Shop, and M&S
Do you quesrion our future?
I’m a belt and braces man, where it comes to serious matters. I don’t fly by the seat of my pants, so when I read that Gordon Brown has sold off our gold reserves for a pittance, alarm bells ring. My problem is that I do not understand high finance. I was brought up in… Continue reading Do you quesrion our future?