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Building a head of steam

Deep down I am a stubborn individual with a high pain tolerance and low self-esteem who does not care what people think, which makes me a difficult man to cross. Within my family I have an unjustified reputation as a good boxer. In fact I hated boxing as a participation sport and in my explosive [...]

September 3, 2014 // 0 Comments

The inevitabilty of pain

I don’t know about you, but I am comfortable with my slightly insular approach to life. I hate being bothered by people, largely because it is not my nature to bother others (so why do they do it to me?) … It’s also a major frustration when either things that ought to happen, don’t [...]

July 1, 2014 // 0 Comments

An eye opener

In my pomp I had a battery of secretaries and personal assistants to cater to my every whim and to ensure my energies were better deployed on the great affairs of commerce. It has come of something of a shock to the system therefore that in retirement I have to deal with chores personally. In [...]

June 26, 2014 // 0 Comments

Paying by numbers

At a lively restaurant lunch for six yesterday (Sunday 22nd June) to mark the departure from these shores of my 92 year-old aunt’s highly-regarded and indeed beloved carer, my father quietly arranged with the manager that he – not his sister – would pay the bill. For some reason, when he was [...]

June 23, 2014 // 0 Comments

An expedition into the future

Yesterday I ventured out to a PC World superstore in order to buy a new free-standing keyboard for use with my laptop. I’ve always found the ‘sit up and beg’ aspect of built-in laptop keyboards less than user-friendly for my personal ‘two-fingered’ style, unchanged since I first learned [...]

June 11, 2014 // 0 Comments

Internet v High St

A few months ago there was an interesting piece on the Rust about the internet’s threat to the High St. May I be permitted to contribute to this? The main street of Kemp Town or Camp Town, as it is known for its preponderance of gays, is a typically affluent shopping street of [...]

June 4, 2014 // 0 Comments

A window on the world

A problem arose in my new coastal residence as the French windows on the balcony were stuck. In this situation I am more than happy to engage  a local tradesman to provide employment to the neighbourhood. I was duly recommended a fellow from a nearby town. He was by birth a Lancastrian and his [...]

May 13, 2014 // 0 Comments

Betting shops

Interested by the story that betting shops face closure because of a new tax, I visited one in Marylebone High Street. The high street is a combination of stores like Waitrose,Tesco and Boots and smaller shops  like Fromagerie  for cheese and Ginger Pig for meat, as well as numerous restaurants. [...]

May 1, 2014 // 0 Comments

Modern life

Something slightly unusual happened to me yesterday. Having set off first thing to take my car to my local ‘little man with a garage’ for its annual MOT, I returned home (using my Freedom travel pass on a bus) and then set about occupying myself until I received the call to go and collect it. [...]

April 18, 2014 // 0 Comments

Boring but important

It’s tough to make any article on pensions interesting, but I’m going to try by relating a cautionary tale. A  friend of mine, who just reached 60, was minded to take his pension which was guaranteed by the provider at 10% of the fund. This seemed too good to be true and like most [...]

April 18, 2014 // 0 Comments

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