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sounds about right. Modern politicians really have not got a clue. Urban Greece might be going down but it's countryside is still sufficient in crops to grow to survive. Might not suit all those who have grown up with modern technology, but maybe those adapting to older ideas are ahead of the game. ...

Strange I had a problem getting money out of a Barclays ATM the week before. I almost panicked thinking something was wrong with my TSB account, until I checked it online later that night. Did think some banks might be trying to restrict cash access, but maybe it was just a system error. I do wonder...

Whenever there is talk of making more people take out insurance, I see those banksters rubbing their hands with glee. And yes I know it is insurance companies not banks, but having worked in financial industry I know there are very close connections. A poll of how many people have actually had to us...

It is this type of thing that makes me worry we are becoming too dependent on technology. The internet is a wonderful tool, but it is sucking us all down a hole which we ill find it difficult to get out of. Just spent a week down in France(200mile approx south of HWH) and no internet, peace and quie...

just what I was thinking, but had not realised there as real evidence. Land is a good investment, but only if you can look after it yourself. Most empires crumbled because they could not control things from a distance. Maybe it is one big scam. Those making the first investments attracting others th...

reminds me of the film -The Shawshank Redemption
quote from Wiki

In 1963, Norton begins exploiting prison labor for public works, undercutting the cost of skilled labor by skimming the profits and receiving kickbacks. He has Andy launder the money using the alias "Randall Stevens".

Not 'ironic', very likely. Many laughed at the 'Y2K' bug, especially as there were no problems, but there are other 'dates' which could still cause problems. Combined with some who think that just because something is designed to do something, something won't go wrong, simply because computer progra...

JavaScriptDonkey said Drivers that reverse out in to traffic with out due care should be charged with manslaughter. A few 15 year sentences will cure people of the habit. One way to stop this might also to make it compulsory to reverse into parking places in car parks. It won't be good news for supe...

just caught a bit of the women's marathon , and the runners collected drinks then dropped the empty cartons on the ground. Not a very good example to our children watching. It might be trivial, but those in sports are meant to set a good example. A bin could have been provided, no more trouble than ...

Good news, interesting slant on the 'end of the world on 21st December', possibly for fat cats. More is probably spent promoting things we don't really want(need) which are also unhealthy, than healthy good things which sell themselves. Worries me when I see adverts for healthy things(are they reall...

the pound is doing better against the euro, or more likely the euro is doing worse against the pound. In any case that is a bit of good news for expats living off UK pensions. France has always been expensive, its just a case of re-adjusting to local conditions. Oddly Spain is the place to go for DI...

I would have been happier if it was the TSB not Llloyds that was merging. When Lloyds and TSB merged, TSB were in the process of writing a whole new system(well a software house was doing the work), but that was dropped. The same software house, coincidentally took over the running of the Coop bank ...

Mud Wrestling?
- it is brown and looks like mud

Traveling through mid Wales over past couple of years I keep seeing these signs trying to stop wind turbines. I would like to see someone put up a sign saying 'No windturbines, no electricity', or 'Windturbines or electricity, your choice!' I wonder how many local people(I would not describe many as...

Looking at the weather this summer, I do wonder why so many people want to move here. I can't wait to get out of here and move somewhere healthier and warmer(slightly).