Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. December 9th is the anniversary of one of those epochal events that shaped the modern world. The fall of Jerusalem, in 1917, during World War I. A Christian-led army — the British — took charge of the Holy City for theContinue reading “The British”
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Chibson
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Now a days, some guitar snobs might be a little too quick to dismiss the Far East manufactured guitars [Asia, Indonesia, China etc], especially without actually trying any for themselves? Lower labour [manufacturing] costs mean lower prices. The realityContinue reading “Chibson”
Dapagliflozin
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Results day My first results since getting back from a long, six weeks in Australia. CT scans – Abdomen, Pelvis, Chest, Thorax. Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test. I have been on immune system suppressant injections for several months sinceContinue reading “Dapagliflozin”
HS2 – 2 B or Not 2 B?
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. The Great North – South Divide In Great Britain, the term North–South divide refers to the economic, cultural and political differences between Southern England and Northern England, or sometimes between southern England and the rest of Great Britain includingContinue reading “HS2 – 2 B or Not 2 B?”
Retirement
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Retirement is the withdrawal from one’s position or occupation or from one’s active working life. A person may also semi-retire by reducing work hours or workload. Retirement is ranked 10th on the list of life’s 43 most stressful events. Some peopleContinue reading “Retirement”
Sad Generation Happy Pictures
Life– Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation, Hope. Love. Peace – Death ‘Am I sad? Sadder than my peers, my friends’? On some days. I have moments when the crises of the world, our seemingly unfaltering determination for self-destruction, get the better of me and become unbearable. I could literally climb to the top of the highest building and scream, ‘what are we doing’? However,Continue reading “Sad Generation Happy Pictures”
How Much is Enough?
Life– Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation, Hope. Love. Peace – Death The Conservative election campaign is in full swing and Rishi Sunak is at front and centre. A non elected Torie party leader fighting for his political future. During the many media opportunities now flooding our lives Sunak routinely suggests, in well rehearsed, political speak that Jnr. Doctors strikes are to blame for theContinue reading “How Much is Enough?”
Glastonbury in the Sunshine. No Place Like it on Earth
Life– Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation, Hope. Love. Peace – Death. 2023 – My 13th Glastonbury, 13? lucky for some? 100% I got to go to my happiest of happy places once again but this time with a significant twist. Normally, I would do Glasto with my tribe, my Glastonbury posse. The tribe has diminished in recent years, from 7 at its peak toContinue reading “Glastonbury in the Sunshine. No Place Like it on Earth”
Greedflation, Profiteering? A Reflection of Britain’s Broken Economy
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation, Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Big firms ‘driving shopping bills to record highs’ – Analysis by UK union shows large corporations have improved profits with price rises in cost of living crisis. Large corporations have fuelled inflation with price increases that go beyond rising costs of raw materials and wages, pushing shopping bills to record highs, accordingContinue reading “Greedflation, Profiteering? A Reflection of Britain’s Broken Economy “
VAT ON SUNSCREEN
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. The petition of residents of the constituency of North Ayrshire and Arran, debated in Parliament Wednesday 18 August 2021 presented by Patricia Gibson, MP for East Dunbartonshire Why are we even debating this? Surely this is a no-brainer? – In line with other countries, cut VAT on sun protection products (sun screens) andContinue reading “VAT ON SUNSCREEN”
Dying to Live 