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

Cruising – part two

Readers may be interested in the process – or lack of it – by which copy finishes up on the National Rust. Any or all of us can contribute and the editor decides what makes it. You might have thought this this would engender a competitiveness but on the contrary we are a collegiate lot. [...]

July 5, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Eyes Have It

Yesterday I visited my eye consultant as a follow up after a minor procedure to remove a membrane. The whole procedure conducted by a laser a few weeks ago lasted only a few moments and was painless. I reflected on the developments of eye surgery in my lifetime. My grandfather had a detached retina [...]

June 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

Royal Ascot

A recurrent theme of the Rust Is ‘Fings ain’t what they used to be’ – not even nostalgia is as good. There is no doubt that memory can play tricks but not in the case of Royal Ascot an event I attended with my late parents for some 30 years but now have little wish to do so [...]

June 21, 2017 // 0 Comments

Casting around

It must have been over 20 years ago that I dated an aspiring young actress. She had no interest in me and we left it that she would contact me. She never did. The only thing I can remember about her was her name. Last night on Saturday Review a play Common at the National Theatre was reviewed and [...]

June 11, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Longest Day

This will day that will long in the memory, not least for the exit poll when I finally “hit the hay” at 10.00pm. My first appointment was to see my ophthalmic surgeon and hopefully see him afterwards for a minor procedure to remove a membrane from my left eye. I assured my p/a the ever [...]

June 9, 2017 // 0 Comments

British Gas/ parts 4 and 5

I honestly thought I would not be boring you on the ongoing saga of British Gas and that after the appointment was made yesterday morning for an electrician to repair the damage to circuitry they caused that would be the end of the affair. I had severely underestimated their gross inefficiency. At [...]

May 31, 2017 // 0 Comments

British Gas saga (part three)

Having stayed in all Saturday afternoon two weeks ago for the British Gas electrician to repair the damage they caused in installing a smart meter he never appeared, nor did I receive any word of apology. I duly complained and my complaint is being processed. I did receive a voice mail message from [...]

May 26, 2017 // 0 Comments

An enjoyable lunch

Yesterday I had lunch with an very old pal of mine, a heavy hitter in the ad world and a sports media personality who was a former footballer. I thought I would be reprising my trip in Nice but our conversation was more catholic. My ad friend, picking up on Alice Mansfield’s theme, is an [...]

May 10, 2017 // 0 Comments

British Gas saga ( part two)

My father had a wonderful phrase to describe a dashboard of the motor cars which he liked to trade every two years: “It’s got the mug’s eyeful” I cannot think of better description of the smart meter whose most useful feature is the clock and has many of which I am unaware [...]

May 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

Brave new world

One of the leitmotifs of the Rust is the difficulty we oldies experience in dealing with the new techno/internet world. We are the generation that went overnight from ignorance to word and world of windows over night. Being a bachelor I am not susceptible to the same pressures to get things done [...]

May 4, 2017 // 0 Comments

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