I can understand, but don’t necessarily approve of young children having a piece of blanket that they carry to give themselves security. In my early days I don’t remember children having bits of cloth, rather a heavily damaged soft toy, often a gollywog. The learning curve for a very young child is exceptionally steep. We… Continue reading Things I don’t understand, 7, Modern aesthetics
A letter to sauce manufacturers
Over the years I have wasted a considerable amount of sauce, because the jars contain enough sauce for four people, and in those days we were only two. Now I’m living on my own I have had to take steps to save this happening to a greater extent, and as a result I believe the… Continue reading A letter to sauce manufacturers
Things I don’t understand, 6, the EU
It said in the press today that the government is fighting to retain the way with which we pay surgeons. As far as I know this is the only country in the EU that has a national health service, so what the EU is making a fuss about is illogical, because, if I’m right, all… Continue reading Things I don’t understand, 6, the EU
Things I don’t understand, 5
Natural development. Please understand, I’m not trying to educate you, I am just trying to draw attention to the way that nature has developed systems, which I believe are far from the ability of man. I came in possession of a government pamphlet that describes the working of the ear and the diseases that can… Continue reading Things I don’t understand, 5
Things I don’t understand, 4, Supermarkets
This credit crunch is hitting everyone, even large cartels, and from what I read, the average solution appears to be to cut down on staff. Even large companies engaged in professional type commerce, such as the law and architecture are doing it. If you go into any supermarket today you will find it difficult to… Continue reading Things I don’t understand, 4, Supermarkets
A miscellany of rants
The Banker’s handshake On Monday of this week I glance at a headline in the Daily Telegraph, which said a banker had received a £10,000,000 pension. I had not time to read the rest, but that statement set in motion a number of thoughts, and the greatest was that I couldn’t see how he could… Continue reading A miscellany of rants
Fear
I was watching a CD of the second world war, which was concerning people who went to Europe under-cover, and I realized from my reactions to the film, that I would have been useless in that form of warfare. It must take a tremendous amount of guts, and a special type of person to be… Continue reading Fear
Hydrogenated oil
Hydrogenated oils My next-door neighbour and I were talking about injurious additives in food, usually taken over a long period, and the incredible rise in obesity in the population as a whole. We talked about all the usual reasons, junk food, boxed meals, carry outs and suchlike when she suddenly introduce something I had never… Continue reading Hydrogenated oil
Things I don’t understand, 3
In some ways, over the last decades or more, the wishes of the individual have taken precedence over the welfare of the majority, generally due to personal greed and self-aggrandizement of a relatively few. Just for a second let us just take sport. Our regional teams in practically every professional sport are chock-a-block with foreigners.… Continue reading Things I don’t understand, 3
Things I don’t understand 2
Euthanasia I have written about before, taking into account religious beliefs and the control exerted by the State. In the past, there was some justification for this control, because religion, right up to 1945 was the mainstay of the average home in Britain. But now we have an almost totally godless world, where members of… Continue reading Things I don’t understand 2