Posts made in July, 2009
August 2009 News
Market Update Perspective, and some would say Smoke and Mirrors, continues to pervade in the ever-changing marketplace. With a list covering from A to Z of Lenders who are no longer trading, the problem is that remaining Lenders keep moving goal posts. The natural excitement of a ‘provisional Yes’ for many applying for funding is soon replaced by taking the bunting down when...
Read MoreAugust 2009 Muse and Views
Digging Deep for Change A private excavation in the late 1930`s, initiated by landowner Mrs Pretty on her land at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, was made by Basil Brown, “a local archaeologist of no formal education” along with her gardener and gamekeeper. Using only spades and barrows they unearthed what is thought to be the burial chamber and ship of King Raedwald, the first King of the English...
Read MoreIt’s all Foreign to us….
As the Summer hums along, the inevitable lists of books to read, places to visit and things to do are appearing in the weeklies. Fuse that with the latest trend for Staycation and we wondered how we’d fare with a ‘working holiday’. Places to visit would be limited unless we swapped desks around or changed our view points; the book list might be quite lengthy looking at all the recent...
Read MoreSearching for the Holy Grail
Not having an original 60’s San Franciscan Hippy Hiller amongst us doesn’t stop us appreciating that some of the best things in life are free; family, friends, sunshine and moonshine the more obvious and less debatable ones. Snapping at the heels of Freebies is Good Value, which is equally turning out to be the elusive Holy Grail as the ever shrinking economy is squeezing everything around...
Read MoreA Series: Outside the Box – Those That Draw Beyond Confines No.10 The Welder
Movement, Men and Machines or ‘Kraftwerk’ The Tour de France takes around 23 days to complete and covers 3,500 km /2,200 miles. Rock Band Queen sang about the freedom of freewheeling on a bike… Bicycle..Bicycle..I want to ride my Bicycle… and Norman Tebbit as Employment Secretary is famous for the story about his unemployed father in the 30’s getting on his bike and...
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