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Only me: April 2015
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Thursday, 30 April 2015. Economy in 2015 Election. In the UK as the election approaches the main thing the most political parties agree on is that the economy needs to grow and grow fast to give us all a “better” standard of living and to pay for the social services (including the NHS). What is the economy? Surely that is international trade? There would appear to be three elements then: Production, Consumption and The Supply Of Money. The reality of how money is created today differs from the descriptio...
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Only me: Supermarkets - Which is cheaper?
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Thursday, 30 April 2015. Supermarkets - Which is cheaper? The simple answer is none. They've all moved. It's what you buy where. Even found Waitrose has some bargains, though nothing at M&S. I've been using a free web site called mysupermarket.co.uk to put together my shopping list. I put together the list based on Asda, but you can choose most of the major supermarkets. You can compare the cost of getting your shopping from one or other shop as a whole, but comparing item by item is time consuming.
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Only me: "...artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race." Stephen Hawkin
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Monday, 15 December 2014. Artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race." Stephen Hawkin. On the 2 Dec 2014 Stephen Hawking gave an interview to the BBC. In which he said "The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.". There was no explanation as to Dr Hawking's reasoning and I couldn't help wonder what had drawn him to this conclusion. For me definition of ". Is key. By. I assume this can only mean that it becomes self-aware and is able to exceed...
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Only me: June 2015
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Tuesday, 9 June 2015. Refurbishing 1 - Lime and Cement Mortars. I recently moved into an old London house (built in 1864). It has not been refurbished, but had some work done on it in the 1970's when the outside toilet was modified to lead off the kitchen and become a bathroom. Central heating was installed in the 1980's. The old steel gas pipes are still in place and connected although the fittings have long gone and ends capped off. The mains water supply is lead pipes. The first job is to stop the dam...
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Only me: Cabbiges and Petrol
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Thursday, 1 January 2015. Sainsburys, Tesco's and Morrison's have had their market share reduced by low cost supermarkets, specifically Aldi and Lidl. Adversely affecting their share price. Here is a personal observation of what is wrong and what they need to do to put it right. And that is just one product! So why have I moved to Asda and Lidl? So what do I think Sainsburys and Tesco need to do? 1) Reduce the duplication of products. One own brand and one named brand of baked beans, done! Sonearly a yea...
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Only me: January 2015
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Thursday, 1 January 2015. Sainsburys, Tesco's and Morrison's have had their market share reduced by low cost supermarkets, specifically Aldi and Lidl. Adversely affecting their share price. Here is a personal observation of what is wrong and what they need to do to put it right. And that is just one product! So why have I moved to Asda and Lidl? So what do I think Sainsburys and Tesco need to do? 1) Reduce the duplication of products. One own brand and one named brand of baked beans, done! Sonearly a yea...
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Only me: July 2014
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Thursday, 31 July 2014. Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutly. If a prison kept all the people in their cells with no work and no money, the hard line among us, and even the moderates, might say "they are criminals and that is what they deserve". If you then found out that they had not done anything wrong and they were in prison because of where they were born, we'd start to question the justice in the situation. Would the prisoners be justified in trying to kill the guards? The situation is the result of an...
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Only me: May 2015
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Tuesday, 19 May 2015. Why do we blame the poor? My only qualification for my opinion is I've lived 60 years. Through observation it seems obvious to me, yet many my peers who worship the gods of football, beer, money and possession they seem not to have noticed. I wasn't his only victim and he was shunned by most of the other kids down my street (this is in the 1950's/60's when you could play in the streets). These bullies would normally have a gang of three or four others that followed them around.
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Only me: May 2014
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Saturday, 31 May 2014. The future of the UK in the world. There may never be another empirical power in the world as education and communication inform populations. The US public eventually pull back military expeditions. Will the Russian people do the same in Ukraine? Both national and corporate empires required investment to develop maintain technologies and both seem to get to a stage where their size prevents innovation. Where the received wisdom stifles innovation allowing competitors to catch u...
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Only me: April 2014
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Wednesday, 30 April 2014. Yesterday I took part in a pub quiz where one of the questions (really it was the answer) did not seem believable.It maybe trivia but, I spent this this morning researching it and thought I's share the result. The question: What event in the UK was the first where the TV audience exceeded the Radio audience? The answer: The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The given wisdom is, that 20-million people watch it on TV and only 10-million listened on the radio (wireless). I think th...
