French Life
It’s that time of year again when a myriad of magazines appear on the joys of living in France appear in our house. And it really does appear to be a saturated market. Living in France, French Life, France, French Property News. You certainly have plenty to read over your croissants and [...]
July 19, 2009Time to let – not buy
For the second time this month a sign of slump in the UK property market has materialised in our street. It appears that nice old lady Doris from over the road (or more likely her daughter) has decided that looking after a house on her own is too much. So [...]
July 19, 2009No Britons Involved
I don’t know if the callous news reporting of the Indonesia hotel bombings caught your attention earlier this week. They got a mention – but not much, while the search for a Brit who may (or may not) have been nearby at the time the bombs went off. But the tone of the [...]
July 19, 2009Bank makes money shock
Astonishing headline investment news this week. Apparently Goldman Sachs made massive profits last year. This you remember, after they, like other banks were only in business after being baled out by the US government. Needless to say, the media hailed the bank’s startling profits as a major achievement in the midst [...]
July 18, 2009Prime Minister under fire on helicopters
Earlier today our much criticised and somewhat useless Prime Minister Gordon Brown took some serious hits under fire at Prime Minister’s Question Time. Rather predictably he was facing a repeat of the difficult questions on soldiers’ kit. Of particular interest was the lack of helicopters available to British armed forces in a prolonged [...]
July 17, 2009Talk about lively weather
By crikey, the weather is distinctly on the frisky side today. It’s raining buckets, cats and dogs with multiple lightning bolts and deafening thunder claps thrown in for good measure. Despite hopeful looks, the dog can forget about a walk. The weather is truly grim – and it seems to [...]
July 17, 2009Getting Faster Business Broadband
A recent feature on BBC’s Click programme was asking some seriously relevant questions on high speed internet access. The really interesting point the programme was making was the big difference in the actual speed of service in relation to claimed speed of service. Not surprisingly, Asia leads the way in broadband, [...]
July 15, 2009Do we really need credit cards?
Today I decided that I don’t need my credit cards. They are chopped up and gone. You heard it here first! Now that the bank interest rates have gone so low you are effectively choosing between nothing much at any of the banks. There is surely no point at all in buying [...]
July 15, 2009Sporting Etiquette
I see that crusty old golfing curmudgeon Colin Montgomerie is in a strop (again) because he has been accused of cheating by another grumpy golfing Scot. Mind you – who can blame him, golf is one of the few, if not the only sport I can think of where honesty is de rigueur.
Think about [...]
House prices continue to fall
Glory be – the estate agents will be singing hallelujah tonight – a ‘Sold’ sign has gone up a few doors down my road. One of those Sold signs is such a rare sight nowadays, that they must be collectors’ items. I don’t know about you – but I haven’t seen one [...]