23 March 2011
Budget Day. The first for the new Conservative government. I feel for the Chancellor of yhe Exchequer. He finds himself between a ‘rock and a hard place’. The Labour government left him with an enormous debt. (See 19 January 2011 entry) Added to which he has the continuing drain on our resources for the war […]
22 March 2011
At last the weather improved sufficiently for me to return to my old golf club at Worlington, Mildenhall.. It was a mild day, not sunny but very pleasant. Barry took me and I arrived just before 11 to be picked up by Griggsy in his buggy and was driven around the second nine holes by […]
21 March 2011
A full day to start the week. Charlie Danger. A consultant to Ability Net, came to give me my last training session in voice activation. This time we cracked the question of adding media to the blog which was one of the main purposes of the training in the first place. The problem has been, […]
Dubai Fountain
To take the stress out of your day sit back and enjoy and hopefully your stress will vanish. To watch the fountain, click on the link below. It was done by the same people who did the Bellagio Hotel in Vegas. When it starts, click the “full screen button” at the bottom right of the “small […]
Seeds
A successful business man was growing old and knew it was time to choose a successor to take over the business. Instead of choosing one of his Directors or his children, he decided to do something different. He called all the young executives in his company together. He said, “It is time for me to […]
20 March 2011
It is still incredibly cold, even for March. A severe frost overnight but rescued during the day with an azure blue sky and bright sunshine. Unfortunately it seems it may get colder again next week which might mean I shall once again be robbed of the opportunity of returning to my Tuesday visits to the […]
18 March 2011
Today’s highlight was a visit from our dear friends Nancy and Brian Osborne. I’ve known Brian for the best part of 30 years since we both played golf together in the Chartered Surveyors Meeting at Sunningdale. We subsequently paired up to play in the East Anglian Foursomes at Hunstanton, Norfolk, but to be honest, we […]
17 March 2011
In the event, we spend a very quiet day yesterday having our celebratory champagne dinner in the evening. Smoked salmon mousse to start with, followed by one of my favourite dishes, Lamb Shank with mixed roast vegetables, and finishing with, again with one of my favourites a raspberry pannacotta. We exchanged gifts. As is our […]
16 March 2011
Today  is our 48th wedding anniversary. Last year I alluded  to my Autobiographical notes, where the full story of the event which led the girl who said, after I have proposed to her, if you were the last man on earth I wouldn’t  marry you, is recorded. As I have recounted this extraordinary love story […]
14 March 2011
The weekend papers and the daily News is still full of the disastrous earthquake and tsunami in Japan. It looks as though there will be at least 10,000 dead. I have the deepest sympathy for the victims of this calamity although, to be absolutely frank, I’ve never warmed to the Japanese as a race. They […]