Hobbies
Postcard from Thailand Part IV
12th January Laos * ປະເທດລາວ *…well, almost Mrs ABS’s father needs a new visa every few years to live in Thailand and, rather than fly to Bangkok, it is easier and cheaper for him to [more…]
Human Interest
The Italian Job, Part 3
Preparations and Planning As time in November progressed, I returned home and did my best to throw myself into projects to keep myself occupied while I was between jobs, having left my previous contract a [more…]
Culture
A View From (Inside) The Greenhouse; A Taste Of Englishness
As we get nearer to the end of the growing season the house has taken on a verdant if somewhat chaotic aspect. Normally, by now, the green would be interspersed with shades of red, orange, [more…]
Economics
Storing gold in the right place and in the right way
By now, I’m pretty sure that all of my clients and regular readers fully understand why allocating a part of their wealth to physical precious metals is not just the smart move, but an increasingly [more…]
20th Century
Journeys Back in Time…
A sunny Sunday in July, and it turned into a pretty special day. In glorious summery weather, we got to ride on a couple of beautifully restored vintage seafront bus services running from just outside [more…]
Communism
Everyone’s favourite villain
Of course there are only a handful of candidates for the title of everyone’s favourite villain and in this case it is Klaus Schwab. He has been known as the King of Davos for 55 [more…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Thirty-Six
Good to see South Wales Police concentrating their efforts (and our money) on the really, really, important aspects of blatant criminality. We have residential parking; fourteen places with allocated bays but on any day at [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Ninety
Monday Good morning, all my lovely readers. I wasn’t looking forward to waking up to another wet morning, but the forecasters seem to have got it wrong again, as when I trotted down the garden [more…]
Arts
Book Review, ‘Karla’s Choice’ by Nick Harkaway
The children have a WhatsApp group where they conspire to buy me useful things for Christmas and birthdays. This is a big improvement on the old scattergun approach, where everyone either bought me the same [more…]