Author Archives: theqbitblogger

In England at the last count( 2019 ) there were 24.4 million dwelling homes. The average size of an English dwelling is shrinking but on average a dwelling is 85m2 or to be circa and to speak English about 1,000 square feet. In total and hopefully Ive got my noughts right about 24.4 billion squareContinue reading “Shrinking Space. Going Nowhere.”

To read that the Headline ‘ Storm hero Pilot becomes Ilkeston Funeral Director ‘ captured me today. The Pilot had as a Monarch Airline Pilot performed heroics in landing a plane full of passengers in a storm at Birmingham Airport in 2017. Covid 19 brought an end to his Aviation career. Now the 39 yearContinue reading “Dying to Meet you.”

If Lionel Messi were to sign for Manchester City from Barcelona then the Premier League season 2021 will be over before it begins. Sheikh Mansour the Manchester owner has only to find £625m and LM will be in Manchester in the AM. Messi Mesmerises defenders and spectators but with no spectators and the other ManchesterContinue reading “The Reign in Spain.”

A long time ago a couple Elimelech and Naomi escaped a famine in Judea and fled around 1800 miles to Moab ( Jordan ). There , their two sons married local women Ruth and Oprah. Sadly the three men of the household all died and the three widows now remained. Naomi, planned to return toContinue reading “Your Unique Blueprint”

The Actor Ben Cross aged 73 died suddenly this week. Cross, star and great actor played Harold Abrahams the British runner in the 1981 movie Chariots of Fire, the true story of the 1924 Olympics when the great Scot Eric Liddell upheld his Christian belief not to ‘ run on the Sabbath ‘ Prior toContinue reading “Chariots of Fire”

Reports today that Lorry drivers will soon be able to take their grip of the steering wheel and watch videos or text whilst moving shows again that we have entered a new era. Speaking of grip I was amazed to see the silence of London yesterday particularly the Parliament area. How can it be thatContinue reading “Boris on a White Horse”

Maximilian Kolbe died 79 years ago today in the year 1941. He died by way of lethal injection in a cell in the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp at the hands of the Nazis. Kolbe chose to die when he offered to replace fellow prisoner Franciszek Gajowniczek who had attempted escape. He was condemned to death byContinue reading “Maximilian Kolbe”

I was reading yesterday about the profile of Tim Ccok, CEO of Apple. On the face of it he looks , lean bespectacled nice guy. The article painted a different picture speaking of his highly intolerant leadership, his tendency to publicly explode to humiliate people and generally ruin their lives. One of course can makeContinue reading “Too many Cook spoil the Broth.”

Last Sunday I took my wife and daughter to Barnstaple in North Devon. It was a trip down memory lane as we lunched at the Nobody Inn at Doddiscombsleigh on the Sunday. I last went there 43 years ago and on leaving the owner said she hoped to see me again before 2063. The placeContinue reading “Many Cows, 2 Cream Teas and a Car Wash.”

The Conservative Government are making the same old same old attempts to solve the housing shortage. The paper prepared last week authored by Robert Jenrick the Communities Minister addresses the obvious, easing of Town Planning Consents. This policy is doomed to fail and Boris the Builder will not get on site to start building anything.Continue reading “Make a Better Britain”