I Can’t Get Warm
I am so cold it is incredible, no matter what I try, I just can't warm up. This must be a combination of getting older, fighting off a common cold, and the extraordinary weather we have been having over the last ten days or so. Of course I don't need to tell this to anyone locally, you know how bloody cold it is, but to my readers in Australia who are lapping up the sun and watching cricket at a sensible hour, we are experi...
Do Role Models Really Exist?
So much is talked about sport stars or pop stars being idols or role models to our children but I am beginning to think, in fact I know this is total bullshit. None of my children idolise anyone, and I don't see that disposition in any of their friends either. They like varying things and moderately admire certain comedians, singers or sports players, but I don't see any of them trying or wanting to be ...
What A Bad Week This Is
I am not having the best of weeks this week, I have a heavy cold and sore hip joint, plus I stayed up to watch England fail at cricket after I stupidly caved in despite my anti Murdoch stance and signed up to Sky for the much anticipated Ashes series. Staying up all night and paying good money to see an irritating Aussie taking a hat trick against our middle order batsmen was not what I anticipated, but I should have expected it I ...
The State Of The national Game
I had an experience of enlightenment the other day when I went to watch the local U15 football team play in what was regarded as a big Hampshire cup game. The reason I did this was because a fair few of the lads play for our cricket team and are friends with my son George, and the manager of the team helps me with the local cricket team. Consequently I know them quite well, and I also know them as talented sportsmen, some are ...
I Really Can’t Get My Head Round The Monetary System
So it looks like we are going help our neighbours across the Irish Sea with a seven billion pounds loan. Correct me if I am wrong, but is that seven thousand million pounds, I thought we were broke? All these public service cuts were supposed to be enforced because we are skint, yet we can find seven billion pounds. The argument goes that the Irish will pay it back with interest. How are they going to do that then, they haven't got any ...