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Hi, Try doing it the other way round.

Hi, Well, I believe if a person has spent all their life working/saving they deserve an income when they are no longer able to generate an income through work. Retail banking was about lending money to business from the savings of such people. Bazle seems to disagree.

Hi, That's not the point. One deserves a return on ones money. I can see one of 2 outcomes to where we are today. A financial reset, or WW3. Things will never revert to what we believe to be "normal".

Hi, Absolutely. An old boy I know told me someone had left him £15,000 in a will. He is used to leaving his money in a bank and getting interest. He is getting nothing now and it's hard for a guy in his 80's to start learning about other methods of investment. I feel sorry for him as he likes to spend money and it would be nice if he could get a little in interest to spend.

Hi, Most people were happy when they could get a decent amount of interest in the bank. These days seem to be over.

Hi, Not read this book yet. It seems a book for the hour. https://www.amazon.co.uk/PROPAGANDA-Edward-Bernays/dp/0970312598/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1490089081&sr=1-1&keywords=propaganda+edward+bernays PROPAGANDA by Edward Bernays It should be studied in schools, both as a historical work and also to help arm young people against the assault of psychological warfare we are confronted with each time we walk down the high street, enter a supermarket, open a magazine or newspaper, turn on the TV or listen to the radio. Bernays likes to point out the fact that we like to think that we are "free", but we are often led by the "experts": in business, in politics, in science, philosophy, ethics. The PR agent serves the interests of the minority who control the interests and habits of the masses (what Bernays calls the "invisible Government"), by using the media industry itself, without its exclicit knowledge. He describes an example from the fashion industry that is so obvious, that one feels very stupid in not noticing it.

Hi, The weekend showed the difference between the present Chelsea and Arsenal teams. Both visited deadbeat midland towns. While Chelsea prevailed against a tough Stoke team, Arsenal were bullied by a limited WBA. We were crying in our beer around the Seven Sisters Road. I'm sure they were dancing on the tables in Rileys.

Hi, Good point. Those guys couldn't really be blamed though, after what Clough said to them. Clough was a genius, look where Derby and Forest are now.

Hi, Yeah, the same with Jose at Chelsea last year. These days, if the players want you out.......

Hi, Chelsea face Man Utd on monday night in the game of the long weekend. United will do well to get anything out of this game having been beaten 4-0 earlier in the season at the Bridge. Can they maintain their unbeaten run since ?

Hi, Spurs look good in victory against Everton. Man Utd drop 2 points against 10 men. Liverpool reignite chase for the Championship. Man City are getting better as Springtime arrives. Are they going to win the Champions League ?

Hi, Liverpool, who were the victims of the new manager bounce factor, face a season defining game v Arsenal. Might go to the Twelve Pins to watch it. Spurs play Everton, I'll be on Everton +1 on the AH, can't see Koeman setting up his team in a way that will give Harry Kane so much space as he has had recently. West Ham host the champions elect on Monday night. That will be a great night under the lights. https://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/the-twelve-pins-london This is a grubby dark dingy pub. Not many would venture here on a weekday. But on Arsenal or Premiership games this pub comes alive. The staff are wonderfully quick no matter how packed the place is. Within 1 minute you'll be served and they tolerate a lot but get stuff sorted quick. Probably the best atmosphere to watch a football match. Even better than going to the stadium in truth. It's a hardcore Gooner pub with a lot of memories to go with it for most. So for a football pub, especially if you're an Arsenal fan this is a must gameday.

Hi, IMO everything went well for them last year. They have found it harder this season, all champions do. The players got big pay rises and partied too much. Kante, their most important player, moved on to Chelsea. Others had their heads turned by big offers from other clubs. Ranieri was too faithful to the players who had won him his biggest achievement in football. A combination of things. No one expected them to do as well this season. Shakespeare has little experience as a manager so who knows ?

Hi, Sad to see Ranieri sacked. The boy did well.

Hi, Great memories of these bands. Sandwiched between Glam Rock and Punk Rock came Pub Rock: a bunch of back-to-basics Brit bands, tired of the increasingly pretentious direction music was taking during the early 1970s, who unloaded their amps into the back-rooms of pubs. Will Birch's No Sleep Till Canvey Island is an engrossing and breezily illuminating study of a previously ignored period in British pop history, summed up by Brinsley Schwarz's Nick Lowe as "the regrouping of a bunch of middle-class ex-Mods who had been through the hippie underground scene and realised it wasn't their cup of tea". The Brinsleys persevered, as did Graham Parker & The Rumour, Ian Dury, Bees Make Honey, Eggs Over Easy and Ace. Then along came Dr Feelgood. The Southend-based R&B quartet electrified everyone who saw them--and among the audience at their 1974 Guildford show were Paul Weller and Graham Parker. Pub Rock was turned on its head again by the arrival of one Andrew Jakeman--"the manager from another planet"--who within two years had transformed himself into "Jake Riviera", and DP McManus into "Elvis Costello"--but that's another book. The only problem with Pub Rock was that it was essentially a live phenomenon. Crowds packed into sweaty pubs to watch the bands pumping out high-energy R&B or English rock & roll, but the experience could never transfer effectively to disc--which probably led to its hung-over end: "the blind" as Birch writes, "were in most cases, leading the blind drunk!"--Patrick Humphries

Hi, A good way to bow out.

Hi, Going out in style. http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/news/article/2/10767011/fame-and-glory-dies-of-suspected-heart-attack The son of Montjeu won 14 of his 26 starts for Aidan O'Brien including top-level victories in the Criterium de Saint-Cloud (2008), Irish Derby (2009), Tattersalls Gold Cup (2010), Coronation Cup (2010) and the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot (2011). He was retired to Coolmore stud at the end of the 2012 season having amassed over £2.3million in win and place prize-money. Coolmore tweeted: "Fame And Glory sadly passed away this morning after suffering a suspected heart attack when covering a mare."

Hi, The big boys dont like that trip to Burnley. Spurs continued their poor away form against the top 6 and lose to Liverpool.

Hi, Chelsea have their toughest game in the next 6 this round. Burnley have a great home record and will be difficult. Liverpool and Spurs face a do or die game if either are to have any chance of catching Chelsea.

Hi, When I see pastrami I always think pussy. Thats me.

Hi, A different kind of song.

Hi, That's too simple an answer, Sam.

Hi, I've had better weeks, its true. Money isin't everthing, I'll always remember George, forgotten Beckham already.

Hi, When I came in from the pub it was 21-3. Then Atlanta got another touchdown and it looked over. How did they lose it ???

Hi, George Best is one of the all-time greats. Must have had a few beers at this stage. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2780648/david-beckham-emails-unicef-charity-knighthood/ Harry Flash 3 hours ago @astrit koka George Best said of Beckham "He can't kick with his left foot, he can't head, he can't tackle, and he doesn't score many goals. Apart from that, he's alright". I think George was a pretty good judge