Oasis split
I gather from the news today that Oasis is no more. I was quite surprised to hear this as I thought they split years ago – shortly after even the people who buy and download their dreary music noticed it was all exactly the same. Somehow the splitting of a group which basically [...]
August 29, 2009Giving money a passport for growth
This week appears to have ended with the rest of Europe apparently coming out of recession. Yet we in Britain are somehow even deeper in the mire. No wonder finance gurus are recommending offshore bank accounts and finance. In fact with no end to the recession in sight there will surely never [...]
August 28, 2009Living Gems
I have just discovered that I have some living gems In my back garden. Previously I thought they were just fish that happened to be in the pond that came with this house. But having scouted around google I now know so much better. Koi are prized assets with a legion of [...]
August 27, 2009HDTV in sharper focus
Have you seen that a rather bizarre advert for SKY Sports on HDTV? It is quite ridiculous. Unless you are a Sky aficionado or an occasionall viewer of Sky Sports News on freeview you might have missed this little gem – so I will explain.
It shows a memorable Manchester United goal against [...]
Cheats in sport
It’s amazing how cynical and blinkered old pros are when it comes to cheating. The Eduardo dive has caused a veritable storm in a Champions League Cup, never mind a teacup. It was a dull game, going nowhere. Arsenal missed a few easy chances then got what the commentator and [...]
August 26, 2009Are home insurance companies ducking out?
This week has found me ringing round a few insurance companies to see about getting cheaper home insurance for my mother’s house earlier this week. She lives in a nice little house in a sleepy little Suffolk village that has not yet been totally ruined by an influx of Londoners. On more [...]
August 25, 2009Helicopters not taking off
Did you catch the baffling story of incompetence in the Times about the ludicrous mismanagement of the purchase of eight Chinook helicopters? Apparently at the moment we only have 12 in Afghanistan…. And one of those was knocked out by a man with a beard firing a second-hand rocket at it the other [...]
August 25, 2009Upstream without a paddle
Hmmm – like many of you I get my internet service from British Telecom. And like most of you I am probably not overly impressed. My first grouse with BT is just how feeble the service actually is out in the boondocks. The second beef is that they have reduced my connection [...]
August 24, 2009Dying to Vote in Afghanistan
A shameful statistic was released yesterday. We in this country might be obsessed with an idealistic view of democracy - but Afghanistanis evidently don’t share our enthusiasm.
Apparenly, only 150 Afghan voters dared to go to the polls in the area of Helmand province where four British soldiers sacrificed their lives to help [...]
Romanian Benefit Fraud
Like many people, I have to say until today that until I picked up the Sunday Times today I had never heard of Tandarei. This town may sound like something tasty from an Indian restaurant menu – but according to the Sunday Times hacks at least – this is a place that leaves a [...]