How come we bailed out the banks?
Can you remember how many companies have been bailed out?
They don't pay tax and then when they fail we
bail them out.
jeudi 12 décembre 2019
Learning about capitalism
Capitalism is a market-driven economy. The state does not intervene in the economy, leaving it up to market forces to shape society and life.
How come we bailed out the banks?
Can you remember how many companies have been bailed out?
They don't pay tax and then when they fail we
bail them out.
How come we bailed out the banks?
Can you remember how many companies have been bailed out?
They don't pay tax and then when they fail we
bail them out.
Wakey wakey
I woke up this morning and wondered who profited the most when the big businesses don't pay their tax.
I know the board members probably get bigger bonuses what about the share holders?
I thought I understood how capitalism worked but it is more complicated than I realised. So I googled a definition.
Capitalism is an economic system. In it
1. the government plays a secondary role.
Does this mean that governments are ruled by BIG Business?
2.People and companies make most of the decisions, and own most of the property. ...
Who are the people?
3.The means of production are largely or entirely privately owned (by individuals or companies) and operated for profit.
Owning the means of production is key to controlling the working class. Who actually produces?
The workers who do the WORK it seems come bottom of the heap.
And when the company do not pay tax the share holders must rub their hands.
I know the board members probably get bigger bonuses what about the share holders?
I thought I understood how capitalism worked but it is more complicated than I realised. So I googled a definition.
Capitalism is an economic system. In it
1. the government plays a secondary role.
Does this mean that governments are ruled by BIG Business?
2.People and companies make most of the decisions, and own most of the property. ...
Who are the people?
3.The means of production are largely or entirely privately owned (by individuals or companies) and operated for profit.
Owning the means of production is key to controlling the working class. Who actually produces?
The workers who do the WORK it seems come bottom of the heap.
And when the company do not pay tax the share holders must rub their hands.
jeudi 21 novembre 2019
Letter to Friend from new home
Chère Hélène, J'ai écrit le dernier email en
octobre, mais j'ai oublié d'appuyer sur le bouton pour l'envoyer.
J'ai eu de nombreux problèmes ici et certains de mes messages importants du notaire ont été envoyés dans des spams, ce qui a rendu difficile la finalisation de la vente de La Ville Joly. Il y a également eu des problèmes avec l'assurance pour la fuite d'eau et le plafond. J'attends toujours que l'argent soit transféré à ma banque ici.
La maison dans laquelle je vis est chaleureuse et confortable. Mon fils a installé la chatière et Bella et Cheeky l’utilisent maintenant. Je pense toujours à Patch et j'espère venir la ramener au Royaume-Uni, mais comme il n'y a pas de vols avant mars, je viendrai probablement ensuite.
J'ai planté beaucoup de jonquilles et de tulipes dans des pots et des jardinières et quelques jonquilles dans le sol. Je suis impatient d'acheter des plantes comme la glycine et le chèvrefeuille et des rosiers grimpants.
J'ai eu de nombreux problèmes ici et certains de mes messages importants du notaire ont été envoyés dans des spams, ce qui a rendu difficile la finalisation de la vente de La Ville Joly. Il y a également eu des problèmes avec l'assurance pour la fuite d'eau et le plafond. J'attends toujours que l'argent soit transféré à ma banque ici.
La maison dans laquelle je vis est chaleureuse et confortable. Mon fils a installé la chatière et Bella et Cheeky l’utilisent maintenant. Je pense toujours à Patch et j'espère venir la ramener au Royaume-Uni, mais comme il n'y a pas de vols avant mars, je viendrai probablement ensuite.
J'ai planté beaucoup de jonquilles et de tulipes dans des pots et des jardinières et quelques jonquilles dans le sol. Je suis impatient d'acheter des plantes comme la glycine et le chèvrefeuille et des rosiers grimpants.
J'ai été babysitting pour mon petit-fils. Il
a 2 enfants, un garçon et une fille. Mon petit-fils et sa femme jouent dans une
pièce de théâtre cette semaine, alors je les aide beaucoup.
J'ai beaucoup d'amis ici et depuis que j'ai vendu ma voiture, ils me font sortir le soir ou le week-end. Je dois souvent utiliser le bus mais il y a de très bons services de bus. Il y a beaucoup de bois ici pour que je puisse rester en forme tout en profitant des arbres. Il y a aussi un grand lac et une piste de ski. Je ne pense pas que j'irai faire du ski mais mon fils Robert et ses enfants skient tous. Ils vont surtout en Italie maintenant.
J'ai presque fini de déballer les cartons. J'espère finir par Noël car ma famille vient organiser une fête. J'ai acheté beaucoup de lumières et des boîtes de crackers de Noël.
Je vais essayer d'envoyer des photos à nouveau. Je ne comprends pas pourquoi le dernier n'a pas fonctionné.
J'espère que vous parvenez à vendre la maison de votre mère. Continuez à jardiner. Vous avez un magnifique jardin.
Bisous,
Freda
J'ai beaucoup d'amis ici et depuis que j'ai vendu ma voiture, ils me font sortir le soir ou le week-end. Je dois souvent utiliser le bus mais il y a de très bons services de bus. Il y a beaucoup de bois ici pour que je puisse rester en forme tout en profitant des arbres. Il y a aussi un grand lac et une piste de ski. Je ne pense pas que j'irai faire du ski mais mon fils Robert et ses enfants skient tous. Ils vont surtout en Italie maintenant.
J'ai presque fini de déballer les cartons. J'espère finir par Noël car ma famille vient organiser une fête. J'ai acheté beaucoup de lumières et des boîtes de crackers de Noël.
Je vais essayer d'envoyer des photos à nouveau. Je ne comprends pas pourquoi le dernier n'a pas fonctionné.
J'espère que vous parvenez à vendre la maison de votre mère. Continuez à jardiner. Vous avez un magnifique jardin.
Bisous,
Freda
lundi 18 novembre 2019
Insanity is never far away
This is to help me maintain my sanity. Part ONE
Technology is driving me insane. I used to have a landline which worked. You could leave messages if I wasn't in and I could do the same to others. I could do 1471 to find out last caller and everything in my world felt fine. I had a mobile which worked perfectly well. I could receive and make calls send and receive messages when I was out and about.
NOW My mobile rarely has a signal. I have a "SMART" phone which is supposed to-
1. Make and receive calls
2. Send and receive emails
3. Enable what's app
4. Enable messenger
5. Take and store photos
6. Send same photos
7. Enable Facebook
and probably other things which I do not want or need.
What is the problem with this cornucopia of availability?
A ,it is all too small . I am 79 and have swollen fingers due to arthritis. Who decided that making things smaller and smaller was a good Idea? Whose fingers have shrunk?
Saving my sanity Part TWO
My new land line (bought for me by my granddaughter) I am sure will be great if only I could "set it up". Perhaps the all the functions will be useful but all I want is to pick it up and listen to the caller when it rings.It frequently tells me "Time is not set" but I have no idea how to set the time and anyway I look at the clock on the wall to tell the time.
Sometimes when I am on one phone ( there are two receivers) the other one rings and then I lose both calls. I could go on but I have tried to read the instructions but was drowned in the jargon. I am sure well almost sure that it said somewhere that if a pressed the right buttons it would sing and who knows maybe it dances when I am in bed.
Technology is driving me insane. I used to have a landline which worked. You could leave messages if I wasn't in and I could do the same to others. I could do 1471 to find out last caller and everything in my world felt fine. I had a mobile which worked perfectly well. I could receive and make calls send and receive messages when I was out and about.
NOW My mobile rarely has a signal. I have a "SMART" phone which is supposed to-
1. Make and receive calls
2. Send and receive emails
3. Enable what's app
4. Enable messenger
5. Take and store photos
6. Send same photos
7. Enable Facebook
and probably other things which I do not want or need.
What is the problem with this cornucopia of availability?
A ,it is all too small . I am 79 and have swollen fingers due to arthritis. Who decided that making things smaller and smaller was a good Idea? Whose fingers have shrunk?
Saving my sanity Part TWO
My new land line (bought for me by my granddaughter) I am sure will be great if only I could "set it up". Perhaps the all the functions will be useful but all I want is to pick it up and listen to the caller when it rings.It frequently tells me "Time is not set" but I have no idea how to set the time and anyway I look at the clock on the wall to tell the time.
Sometimes when I am on one phone ( there are two receivers) the other one rings and then I lose both calls. I could go on but I have tried to read the instructions but was drowned in the jargon. I am sure well almost sure that it said somewhere that if a pressed the right buttons it would sing and who knows maybe it dances when I am in bed.
Saving my sanity Part the THIRD
I was advised to put the apps - (a word I've only heard and can't begin to know the meaning of) (( shouldn't end with preposition)), to continue, to put the apps on my tablet , (by the way that's not medication) . I will continue assuming that people who are reading this will know what all these words mean.( and I thought learning French was hard it was a doddle compared to IT.) I thought of making a joke about IT being it but I want to plant some bulbs and as far as I know I can do in reality.
Any way , I put the what's app app on my tablette ( does anyone know the correct spelling ) and guess what? messenger also appeared and then froze the screen.
There is more to tell but having spent the first hour of my day on face book reading bollotics ( yes that's how you spell it)
I am going to make a coffee and put in a spoonful of brandy and cut a slice of my birthday cake which I bought for myself and plant some snowdrops. I might cry into my coffee , I like it salty.
PS It didn't work. I am really insane now.
I was advised to put the apps - (a word I've only heard and can't begin to know the meaning of) (( shouldn't end with preposition)), to continue, to put the apps on my tablet , (by the way that's not medication) . I will continue assuming that people who are reading this will know what all these words mean.( and I thought learning French was hard it was a doddle compared to IT.) I thought of making a joke about IT being it but I want to plant some bulbs and as far as I know I can do in reality.
Any way , I put the what's app app on my tablette ( does anyone know the correct spelling ) and guess what? messenger also appeared and then froze the screen.
There is more to tell but having spent the first hour of my day on face book reading bollotics ( yes that's how you spell it)
I am going to make a coffee and put in a spoonful of brandy and cut a slice of my birthday cake which I bought for myself and plant some snowdrops. I might cry into my coffee , I like it salty.
PS It didn't work. I am really insane now.
mardi 20 août 2019
OLD BLOG
I have just discovered posts from an old blog which I had posted on my other blog "Living and Gardening in Brittany". As they seem to me to belong to this, my writing blog so I have copied and pasted the passages. Maybe they are not of interest to others but I was delighted to read them. I find that I have often forgotten about things I did in the past and it is really pleasing to read them.
Old Blog
Monday, 21 May 2007
Update
First of all I want to record the last few weeks. I went to London at the beginning of May. I went partly to see my Granddaughter's new flat and new cats. (cat talk may become boring to people who don't like cats) I went also to attend the AGM of an organisation called NPN (Natural Parents Network) and I will write more of that later. Lastly I went to bring back this laptop which I bought from my son. If you ever read my old blog then you will know the effect that computers have on me and indeed what happened to my old laptop
Update
First of all I want to record the last few weeks. I went to London at the beginning of May. I went partly to see my Granddaughter's new flat and new cats. (cat talk may become boring to people who don't like cats) I went also to attend the AGM of an organisation called NPN (Natural Parents Network) and I will write more of that later. Lastly I went to bring back this laptop which I bought from my son. If you ever read my old blog then you will know the effect that computers have on me and indeed what happened to my old laptop
Monday, 21 May 2007
To continue -- I posted that to check that I hadn't lost it because on my last blog often when I wrote a post it disappeared which is quite annoying and contributes to the madness making effect of computers. Anyway back to London.
The weather was superb but the pollution was horrendous. I did not stop coughing the whole time, almost choking on occasions. I loved Greenwich market in fact I could live in Greenwich if it wasn't for the pollution.
The AGM was enlightening and traumatic as always. The organisation is made up of women who had their babies taken away from them for adoption. I think there may be a few fathers but very few. Five women told their stories which were all tragic and heart rending, the whole audience of course empathising and sobbing. NPN has to change because adoption and attitudes to adoption are changing. We were shown what it is like today for women who lose their children. We also heard about the difficulties for people wishing to adopt. Anyone interested to find out more about NPN or indeed NORCAP(who support adults affected by adoption) can check out these websites
Monday, 21 May 2007to continue
My granddaughter's flat is great. she can see the Cutty Sark from her window. I am so proud of her. She and her partener have done well through hard work. what a great place to live for young people. I think tyhe things I miss most here in Brittany are the theatre and cinema.
Which brings me to what else I did in London. We (my boyfriend of 25 years who still lives in England came for a few days) went to see Menopause the Musical which was great fun. No in answer to the crits in the daily papers it wasn't top West End standard but it was trul uplifting for me and judging by the response of the rest of the audience for them too. More importantly and to quote Jenny Linders the shows creater it was not just about entertainment (but I thought it was emensly entertaining) it was about women. Secondly it makes links to charities and organisations which endeavour to help and inform women. For more info. log onto www.menopausethemusical.com
Which brings me to what else I did in London. We (my boyfriend of 25 years who still lives in England came for a few days) went to see Menopause the Musical which was great fun. No in answer to the crits in the daily papers it wasn't top West End standard but it was trul uplifting for me and judging by the response of the rest of the audience for them too. More importantly and to quote Jenny Linders the shows creater it was not just about entertainment (but I thought it was emensly entertaining) it was about women. Secondly it makes links to charities and organisations which endeavour to help and inform women. For more info. log onto www.menopausethemusical.com
Monday, 21 May 2007
still continuing
We went to see Benjamin Brittain's opera Owen Wingrave which couldn't have been more different to Menopause the Musical. The opera's message was peace as was discussed in the pre-perfomance discussion. I enjoyed the discussion more than the opera. So two subjects close to my heart women and peace. I wonder which was more successful in delivering its message.
I forgot to mention that another reason for going to London was to do research for a short story that I am writing which will also possibly be the last chapter of my auto-biography. I wanted to visit the Royal Opera House so this killed to birds with one stone so to speak. Their must be a better way of saying that. I would never want to kill one bird never mind two at once. Anyway, I really wanted to see the main theatre but as Owen Wingrave was being performed in the small theatre I had to make do with buting a fold-out card board model. What I really want to do is to reserve a box. Someday maybe one can dream.
dimanche 21 juillet 2019
An Avid Reader
I am not the only reader in the house apparently. I also often fall asleep whilst reading.
dimanche 23 juin 2019
Philosophy
I have always been interested in philosophy. I am a humanist and have studied Buddhism. This morning I read again a piece about Epicurus.
I am often surprised by the writings of people in the past. I frequently agree with what seem to me sensible and useful ideas. What I can't understand is why modern day thinkers rulers appear to ignore what seem to be incredible truths.
Is it just me or are so many 'christians ' hypocritical.
I am often surprised by the writings of people in the past. I frequently agree with what seem to me sensible and useful ideas. What I can't understand is why modern day thinkers rulers appear to ignore what seem to be incredible truths.
Is it just me or are so many 'christians ' hypocritical.
jeudi 4 avril 2019
Time passes too Quickly Le Temps vol trop vite
Est-ce déjà avril? Ceci est le premier message depuis noël apparemment. J'ai arrêté d'aller à la classe de conversation à Loudeac et au groupe Bien-être. Mon plan était de passer plus de temps dans le jardin, ce que j'ai fait. mais le jardin devient maintenant trop pour moi. Je pense avoir réussi à aller à un Fez Noz mais j'en ai aussi manqué un. Une observation intéressante est que si je suis fatigué, je n'ai rien à écrire.
Alors, comment est-ce ennuyeux.
J'ai visité le Royaume-Uni pour voir ma famille. Je pense que cette photo mérite d'être partagée. Ma petite fille Iris (8ans)>
Alors, comment est-ce ennuyeux.
J'ai visité le Royaume-Uni pour voir ma famille. Je pense que cette photo mérite d'être partagée. Ma petite fille Iris (8ans)>
vendredi 25 janvier 2019
Xmas Day 2019 Jour de Noël 2019
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I dressed as Father Xmas and visited a friend for coffee. They were reluctant to open the door as they didn't recognise me in my outfit.
I then went to another friends for Xmas dinner still dressed in my Santa's costume. They enjoyed the joke and were delighted. We had an excellent meal and explained that due to the financial crisis la hotte was empty
Je me suis habillé en père Noël et j'ai rendu une visite à un ami pour un café. Ils étaient réticents à ouvrir la porte car ils ne me reconnaissaient pas dans ma tenue.
Je suis ensuite allé chez un autre ami pour le dîner de Noël encore vêtu de mon costume de père Noël. Ils ont apprécié la blague et ont été confrontés. Nous avons eu un excellent repas et avons expliqué qu'en raison de la crise financière, la hotte était vide.
Je suis ensuite allé chez un autre ami pour le dîner de Noël encore vêtu de mon costume de père Noël. Ils ont apprécié la blague et ont été confrontés. Nous avons eu un excellent repas et avons expliqué qu'en raison de la crise financière, la hotte était vide.
mercredi 2 janvier 2019
Christmas and New Year celebrations
I am lucky to have so many friends here in Brittany. The conversation group in Tremorel had a pre- Xmas meal in a restaurant. I met an old friend that I hadn't seen for years and we dined in a restaurant in Loudeac.
J'ai la chance d'avoir autant d'amis ici en Bretagne. Le groupe de conversation à Tremorel a pris un repas avant le restaurant dans un restaurant. J'ai rencontré un vieil ami que je n'avais pas vu depuis des années et nous avons dîné dans un restaurant à Loudeac.
Then on Xmas eve I was invited to a very good friend's celebration. We had the usual excellent meal after which we played games and opened presents. Everyone was delighted that I arrived as Father Xmas.
Puis, la veille de Noël, j'ai été invité à la fête d'un très bon ami. Nous avons eu l'excellent repas habituel après lequel nous avons joué à des jeux et ouvert des cadeaux. Tout le monde était ravi que je sois arrivé en tant que Père Noël.
J'ai la chance d'avoir autant d'amis ici en Bretagne. Le groupe de conversation à Tremorel a pris un repas avant le restaurant dans un restaurant. J'ai rencontré un vieil ami que je n'avais pas vu depuis des années et nous avons dîné dans un restaurant à Loudeac.
Then on Xmas eve I was invited to a very good friend's celebration. We had the usual excellent meal after which we played games and opened presents. Everyone was delighted that I arrived as Father Xmas.
Puis, la veille de Noël, j'ai été invité à la fête d'un très bon ami. Nous avons eu l'excellent repas habituel après lequel nous avons joué à des jeux et ouvert des cadeaux. Tout le monde était ravi que je sois arrivé en tant que Père Noël.
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