Archive for November, 2007

xmas invite

By the time this post appears it should already be December so how about a virtual xmas party for all nooksters ?
What would you wear and what gift would you give to your fellow nooskters ? (I don’t mind abstract suggestions but lets keep it friendly and leave out things like “a sense of humour” […]

interest rates

I’m no financial guru but it seems to me that using interest rates to control inflation is a pretty blunt tool.
Raise the interest rate and people with mortgages pay more but also:
The value of the dollar increases, exports become more expensive and imports become cheaper.
So, whilst trying to slow growth they’ve actually made cars, white goods, […]

who do you trust ?

Who do you trust to drive you mad repeating the same @#%*@*& advert every ten minutes til you’re sick of it ?
I know who gets my vote.
 
 

saving water

Just two small things.
If you take a bucket into the shower, remember to take it out again afterwards !
And is it OK to linger longer to make sure the bucket’s full ?



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hannahsgranpa. Ubergrumpy old man with no sense of humour. Cultured, gifted and infinitely modest. My philosophy, like colour television, is all there in black and white. Life's too short to be serious.

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