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A man of financial substance, Robert has a wide range of interests and opinions to match. More Posts

My new coffee machine

As a coffee drinking enthusiast I recently recently took the plunge and bought a smart new coffee making machine. I did undertake research mainly on-line but it was hard to discern by price or review which was the best. The one I eventually chose a Smeg was in the medium price range and [...]

March 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

BBC licence fee – justifiable?

Just imagine that you had to pay National Rust £147 to access the Internet and you would be subjected to our own views of woman’s issues. But that is exactly what I felt when with a heavy heart I paid my licence fee yesterday. It seemed to me that the BBC has moved a long way from Lord [...]

February 28, 2018 // 0 Comments

Decline and fall

In the week I was personally involved and witnessed 2 mishaps in restaurants. The first on Monday evening was a meeting  at a private dining room of a club in St James of the Dictator’s Club, a group of industrialists who fund raise money for charity. There was some concern from our Chairman, [...]

February 23, 2018 // 0 Comments

Mastering the art

One of the joys of coastal life is the air quality. As part of my new exercise regime, I try to walk at least 3 miles a day. I swim in the gym in bad weather but gyms are not for me: the music is too intrusive and not to my taste, the proliferation of signage reflects the current health and safety [...]

February 17, 2018 // 0 Comments

Consumer Update

Last Thursday I returned to the dry cleaners for the third time after depositing my laundry. After a lengthy circumnavigation of the rails by the assistant and “Have the laundry contacted me?” my corduroy trousers were found. I am not one for Check a Trade or Tripadvisor. I simply do [...]

February 11, 2018 // 0 Comments

Bob and his bedding

I do not suppose that the laundering of my bedding is of intensive interest to our 2 million readers and our other contributors must be holding back their copy for this post to be published. Nonetheless there is a life story of sorts here. When I moved down here, I engaged various trades and [...]

February 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

Modern medicine

Yesterday en route to my doctor I listened to a Radio 4 programme on medicine. It made the point that the modern doctor does not carry a Gladstone bag nor wear a white surgical coat as all the information he/she needs is on his smart phone and the image has changed. It’s precisely because of [...]

February 1, 2018 // 0 Comments

The Lone Piper

Yesterday I attended the funeral of a lady who died aged 100, the scion of a family I know over 4 generations. There are many similarities with my own family, not least an excellent sense of humour which extends not just to droll witticisms but making random events and personalities amusing. On [...]

January 27, 2018 // 0 Comments

Two inspiring meals

No disrespect to Daffers but you do not have to go to “high on the hog” restaurants to have an enjoyable time. On Monday I invited my Italian chiropodist to lunch at a local pizzeria. Trimming the Tickler toe nails might seem an unlikely spring board for a friendship but I have known [...]

January 24, 2018 // 0 Comments

Another day

Guy de Maupassant, in his novel A Life, ended with the observation that life is neither as bad or as good as you anticipate. I thought of this yesterday in reviewing a day in which I had an unexpected highlight and something I was looking forward to proved a disappointment. The highlight was the [...]

January 18, 2018 // 0 Comments

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