Where Is Roy Brooks When You Need Him?
I was taken over a property tonight, that if the owner had wanted to sell it, he’d have been in great need of the estate agent, who could sell anything; Roy Brooks.
This article sums up the Roy Brooks, that everybody knew from his adverts in the Sunday papers. Here’s a paragraph from the article.
Who could resist making an app-ointment to view a bargain described thus: “Wanted: Someone with taste, means and a stomach strong enough to buy this erstwhile house of ill-repute in Pimlico. It is untouched by the 20th century as far as conveniences for even the basic human decencies are concerned. Although it reeks of damp or worse, the plaster is coming off the walls and daylight peeps through a hole in the roof, it is still habitable judging by the bed of rags, fag ends and empty bottles in one corner. Plenty of scope for the socially aspiring to express their decorative taste and get their abode in The Glossy, and nothing to stop them putting Westminster on their notepaper. Comprises 10 rather unpleasant rooms with slimy back yard, 4,650 Freehold. Tarted up, these houses make 15,000.”
There is also a book on Roy called Brothel in Pimlico. It sounds like a must-have for every toilet!
The trouble is do we miss Roy’s humour or honest estate agents most?
Has Sir John Got It Right Again?
It must be sometime in the mid-1990s, when I saw John Major give a speech and take questions in the Cambridge Chief Executives Club. He gave his views on Black Wednesday, Kosovo and the Euro amongst other topics. To say it was impressive at the time, would be an understatement, as most of the things he said would happen did.
So the fact that Sir John is now saying the worst might be over, may in itself be indicative of the fact that it is! He spoke on the Andrew Marr show this morning and this is an extract.
Recovery begins from the darkest moment. I’m not certain, but I think we have passed the darkest moment.
There are some oddities in the figures at the moment: Why in the depths of this recession is employment growing? Why is industrial production going up? Why has the stock market risen?
“There are things happening out there that will become apparent and we don’t quite know why or how. My guess – and this is something a minister can’t say but I can – is that in due course we will find that we passed the bottom.
The first time was twenty years ago and no-one believed him. Let’s hope this time, that the voters do! But then voters always vote for those who promises them the most.
I think, I’ll form the Pie-In-The-Sky Party!
No-one will pay any Income tax but companies will may 70% Corporation Tax. There will be absolutely no immigration and the NHS will be free, with no prescription charges to all those living here. Oh! And there will be no more subsidies for trains, but we’ll build motorways everywhere, where we can drive cars, that will not have any Road Tax and severely reduced fuel taxes.
At least with all the cars, we’ll be able to drive ourselves to Hell in comfort.
I Don’t Like The Cutty Sark Either!
The Cutty Sark has won the Carbuncle Cup and the Victorian Society doesn’t like it either.
For what it’s worth, I don’t like it either!
I much prefer the Tenacious, which is a real ship with a purpose and not a collection of timbers put together after a disastrous fire.
Are Those Opposed To Gay Marriage Bigots?
Nick Clegg has got into hot water over the draft of his speech saying those opposed to gay marriage are bigots.
I must admit, that the only people I’ve ever heard, who are against gay marriage, and there haven’t been many, have been opposed to homosexuality as well.
I get a lot of evangelicals knocking at my door trying to convert me and I asked one, what their views on gay people was. They were told politely to Foxtrot Oscar, after I heard their views.
The other thing that annoys them, is when I say my God is female. But it has the right effect and they move on.
Divorce Is A Bereavement
This glib and totally fatuous statement was made by Charlotte Friedman of the Divorce Support Group on BBC Breakfast this morning.
As someone, who lost his wife of forty years and 37-year-old son to cancer in the space of two years, she ought to try widowhood at sixty for a few days.
My wife was a family barrister and I can see her in my mind, laughing at the lady. Probably along, with some of her former colleagues, who have sadly passed away in the last few years.
Is Two Australian Dollars A Day Too Much?
Gina “Who Ate All The Pies?” Reinhart thinks so according to this report in the LA Times.
Obviously, you have to compete, but there are other ways to do it.
CrossRail faced with Europe’s largest project and one of the biggest tunnelling projects ever, decided that it was better to use bigger machines and upskill the workforce. They even created TUCA, which I have called, London’s University of Hole Digging.
The unloved Reinhart, doesn’t seem to believe in the principle that what goes around comes around. There are endless examples, where investment has repaid itself many times, by just being sensible with it. Some of the transport links for the Olympics have allowed youngsters to travel to get their first good job.
I take it, she would feel that we should recreate the East End sweatshops, so that we can employ them at the equivalent of two Australian dollars a day.
Is This The Best Microwaveable Gluten-Free Sunday Lunch?
I wasn’t feeling too well this morning, as I probably got too hot in the sun at the Paralympics yesterday. It seemed to make my hand and arm go rather cold. So I picked up one of Marks & Spencer, roast pork loin with apple & cider sauce dinners from their Fuller Longer range, as I didn’t want the hassle of cooking properly.
Roast Pork Loin With Apple & Cider Sauce
It really is rather a nice meal for something that you just put in a microwave. I wonder whether when John Randall and Harry Boot, invented the cavity magnetron in 1940 at the University of Birmingham, ever visualised, nearly everybody having one in their homes.
Bicycles On The Emirates Air-Line
Although, they say it’s possible on the web site, but I’d never seen bicycles being carried across on the cable-car before today.
As you can see, the seats tip up and the bikes are strapped in by the attendant.
I was in the gondola behind and there was no hold-up at all.
The Catholic Cathedral That Wasn’t
I went over the new Liverpool Museum and they had the model there of Lutyens design for the Catholic Cathedral that was never built.
The Catholic Cathedral That Wasn’t
I’ve seen it some time before. But where or when I do not know. Perhaps it was shown, when they were building the present cathedral. I was in Liverpool at that time.
The Superlambanana With Bling
This superlambanana was outside a jewellers.
The Superlambanana With Bling
Although they are really leftovers from the European Capital of Culture in 2008, you still see them in odd places around the city.
The Anonymous Widower 