Fiction
Nanny Knows Best – Prologue
“And when we were children, staying at the archduke’s, My cousin’s, he took me out on a sled, And I was frightened.” The Client gurgled in satisfaction as Nanny eased him back into his Chair™ [more…]
Month: April 2022
Economics
Reality begins to dawn
Shortly before the Chancellor’s Spring Statement, BBC2’s “Newsnight” featured Kirsty Wark interviewing two economic experts, one Conservative, one Labour. She asked each of them to describe the measures they would recommend to the Chancellor, Rishi [more…]
Economics
How Bad Is Currency Debasement of the Dollar?
Well, currency debasement is pretty bad, as a few key statistics will reveal, but first some background. At the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944 the US agreed that it would redeem dollars for gold at [more…]
Fiction
The Colombian Sojourn – Chapter 31
The Thames Valley and North Devon The endgame and the cat who walks on his own Edge felt the exhaustion wash over him in the claustrophobic interview room. The two, armed plod didn’t help and [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred And Thirty Seven
Monday Morning all, another pleasant morning. This is my sort of weather dry and mild. I don’t like it cold, I don’t like it hot and I certainly don’t like it wet. In the future [more…]
Christianity
The great delusion
It is abundantly clear, to those that have eyes to see at least, that the average man or woman has been shaken to their very core by the events that have occurred over the past [more…]
20th Century
Nostalgia Album, Part Nine
At the end of the Second World War, on my father’s side of the family, the generations had passed with both grandparents dying in their sleep at ripe old ages. By VJ Day the cast [more…]
Literature
Language today! Progress? No!
I do not know about you all but I am disgusted daily at what passes as normal and correct language. Swear words are the normal. I understand having been many years military and law enforcement [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 214
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Friday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 213 and a GP mug Glazinova (Contact [more…]