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The Blogger is 838 months old today and celebrates momentarily reflecting on all the mornings I have seen. Some Good mornings and some Bad but mornings they all were raising hope and expectation for the day that lay ahead. Next week I will start my morning under the surgeons’ knife as it were. I willContinue reading “1 in 500”

In 1863 the Football Association was founded and today there are 40,000 clubs associated to it in Britain. 15 million fans follow it regularly and it is the most popular Sport here and has over 4 billion followers worldwide. The Premier League it’s top flight is one of the most lucrative. Television revolutionized the gameContinue reading “Match of the Day”

What is a hedge against inflation. What does it exactly mean ? No better explanation than an extract from Google below ; ‘ An inflation hedge is an investment that is considered to protect the decreased purchasing power of a currency that results from the loss of its value due to rising prices either macro-economicallyContinue reading “Hedge against Inflation.”

There are days you wake up and the date is familiar and then you remember. Today 4th March was my Mother’s birthday and were it not for the fact she died 19 years ago today she would have been 97. Ok I’m getting sentimental but there isn’t a day that passes where she doesn’t comebackContinue reading “4th March 1926”

On average by the time the sun sets upon the United States of America each day , 132 people will have taken their own life. Worldwide over 800,000 people do so and in the USA men are 4 times more likely than women to do so. It is the 12th leading cause of death inContinue reading “132 per day.”

Life expectancy is the great unknown and someone asked me this recently. My reply was a tad glib but I replied ‘ when does the washing machine break down ? ‘ The fact is that this is an unknown but be assured like life it will end. This past week was a timely reminder havingContinue reading “When does the washing machine break down ?”

General Charles de Gaulle famously said NO twice in 1963 and 1967 to Britain joining the European Common Market. His prophetic veto came to pass. Charles had the power to say No and his utterance held. In Matthew 5 verse 37 Jesus tells us to ‘ let your yes be yes and your no beContinue reading “The Power of No.”

Call me sentimental but I remember as a young boy watching England play The Rest of the World in 1963 at Wembley. The match was to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the English Football Association. 60 years on I now know the result. England lost as the Rest of the World took over all itsContinue reading “England and The Rest of the World.”

Labour is red , Conservatives are blueNeither of these parties will see us throughLiberal are orange and of little appealWe need new leaders with lots of zeal. We’ve fallen out of love with PoliticThis Valentine day so very sickSick of the scandal and perpetual liesInflation rising like those balloons in the sky. Workers on strikeContinue reading “Valentines Day 2023.”

Party celebrations are synonymous with balloons , why I’m not really sure because they pop or deflate next day in a sad sag.Lately balloons have been prominent not because there is a party but for other reasons and these too are popping. Take the balloons over the USA that are being taken down allegedly beingContinue reading “Balloons always pop.”