One for you Mr. Gates I reckon. If one person can do that with old scrap, why can't a single Western Democracy style government do anything remotely competent with 10's of $Bn?

That was a truly lovely event. The stats can be got from various websites so I'll leave them for now. Suffice to say I went much quicker than last year, mostly on the run thanks to being able to run the whole way this time but also, a little to my surprise, on the bike as well, which is encouraging. I though I had done enough bike training without ( Read more... )

I see that the attempt to pin blame on other people has begun in respect of the people that ran Rover for its last few years, most notably the attempt by Baron Mandelson (go on then, name me a good Baron by the way) to bar them from running another company. Bear in mind that these people were, by many accounts, a collection of moderately talented ( Read more... )

Well, I have done the last long(ish) bike ride for this. 60km, including the A39 hill and Burrington Coombe. I think the fact that I am typing this with a vague sense of relief may well be natures way of telling me to lay off long Tri's for a while.Give it until about Christmas and I'll know for sure.

Finally got this exactly right, including the roasties. I can even remember what I did slightly different this time as well. And to cap it all, Al even ate his without the usual air of unwillingness he had shown when it was server previously.

Luckily for me, there is enough left over for my next two evening meals as well :)

I have, in the last couple of days, gone from getting about 3 spam messages per week to getting about 6 per day. Is there a cure for this or does it go away in the end or has the time come to dump my current email address?

Small rise in Q2 GDP says I? Shows what I know then. On the plus side, it may mean cheap mortgage payments for a while longer I suppose

Izzy wants to learn the Violin. That's fine, I have managed to source a half size violin for her (thanks to her Aunty Karen) and I have enough musical knowledge to kit the thing out  with new strings and set her going. I can also clear space in my house and time in my life to help her practice it as well, so what a good parent I am ( Read more... )

Buckets of cherries from my cherry tree, which has yielded naff all for the last several years, all picked today to stop the blackbirds thieving them all. Honestly, when I watch them fly in, peck one hole in a cherry and then fly off again, I do start to have some sympathy with my cat .

Haven't done any predictions for a while so about time I tested my alleged knowledge of this by trying to get things right before then event rather than after ( Read more... )