tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post1924987416527291409..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: Work hard, play hardUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-84705474064225984272016-08-21T06:11:18.952-07:002016-08-21T06:11:18.952-07:00There is a fabulous Georgian glass exhibition just...There is a fabulous Georgian glass exhibition just over the road, donated by the widow of an obsessive collector. I play that game about once a month. Yes... that is the one I would have above all others... or maybe that one...Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-53816823816257786152016-08-19T07:46:19.452-07:002016-08-19T07:46:19.452-07:00I'm with you there. What gets me is the blogge...I'm with you there. What gets me is the bloggers who talk about their multiple houses, etc. with no sense of irony. Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02865639536906898385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-45182928649727121472016-08-19T07:05:17.129-07:002016-08-19T07:05:17.129-07:00I will join your team of not doing a smash and gra...I will join your team of not doing a smash and grab at museums. However, I always play the game of "what will/would I take" at museums....Onevikinggirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07332629675054714173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-24933329714448396182016-08-19T06:20:37.657-07:002016-08-19T06:20:37.657-07:00Sometimes, I am very attempted to smash and grab a...Sometimes, I am very attempted to smash and grab at museums, but it is getting increasingly difficult to get away with it.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-86128988896837278272016-08-19T03:40:56.019-07:002016-08-19T03:40:56.019-07:00Excellent post, Tom. Sometimes you really hit it o...Excellent post, Tom. Sometimes you really hit it out of the park! I look at my fishing rods, at the canal out the back and then I sigh and think of all the other things I love and try not to buy: Vintage steam trains, plots of land, unsigned oil paintings and of course - watches. <br />Loving, not having, is really the key. There is always the museums.Onevikinggirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07332629675054714173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-59366548868938248612016-08-19T03:20:45.008-07:002016-08-19T03:20:45.008-07:00No chance of that!No chance of that!Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-80006755851818145122016-08-19T03:19:56.196-07:002016-08-19T03:19:56.196-07:00And if she was mugged, then that's a great sto...And if she was mugged, then that's a great story for the journalist who provided the mugger with her whereabouts.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-55981326946639836152016-08-19T03:18:39.053-07:002016-08-19T03:18:39.053-07:00I don't envy the extreme wealth of my clients ...I don't envy the extreme wealth of my clients - and I mean extreme. Too much responsibility...Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-48900729609685695672016-08-19T00:33:06.100-07:002016-08-19T00:33:06.100-07:00It is less likely that you will be mugged for your...It is less likely that you will be mugged for your £70 watch than if you had £20,000 on your wrist. There was an article in the media a few weeks ago about Princess Eugenie and it careful explained all the coffee shops she used and where she worked etc. Also detailing her very expensive watch and jewellery. Watch out Eug. I thought!!Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576715462615744934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-65555173327362020732016-08-18T17:18:05.278-07:002016-08-18T17:18:05.278-07:00Tom, you are probably ahead of the market trend. ...Tom, you are probably ahead of the market trend. it will catch up with you eventually. Of course, you know that quote about, "In the long run, we'll all ...."<br /><br />Some folks nurture their acquisitiveness ruthlessly. Please don't go that route. Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-29063964232059871822016-08-18T13:52:07.248-07:002016-08-18T13:52:07.248-07:00I often have a hard time controlling my envy of th...I often have a hard time controlling my envy of those with inherited privilege and wealth, especially when those who have benefited from it do not acknowledge their good fortune.Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02865639536906898385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-64332850569834996032016-08-18T13:14:19.491-07:002016-08-18T13:14:19.491-07:00It has been a long time since I have been ready to...It has been a long time since I have been ready to go at Dawn's crack, but I don't blame myself for this..Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-24337773760457975942016-08-18T13:13:09.302-07:002016-08-18T13:13:09.302-07:00I am asking with this post if I am not acquistive ...I am asking with this post if I am not acquistive enough. I show signs of it, but I am not - obviously - in tune with the market.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-55592441600142217502016-08-18T13:11:27.456-07:002016-08-18T13:11:27.456-07:00Do not assume that I - and others - have not worke...Do not assume that I - and others - have not worked very hard in our lives. Most self-made men or women never admit to their inheritances.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-33885633502579106472016-08-18T13:09:53.674-07:002016-08-18T13:09:53.674-07:00Me too. My box is stuffed, and occasionally things...Me too. My box is stuffed, and occasionally things escape in the middle of the night.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-76758098153150098392016-08-18T13:09:03.630-07:002016-08-18T13:09:03.630-07:00You stray into the realms of 'Carry On' an...You stray into the realms of 'Carry On' and soft porn.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-23848789694045983142016-08-18T11:41:37.138-07:002016-08-18T11:41:37.138-07:00Aha ! That's just where you are wrong Weave......Aha ! That's just where you are wrong Weave............... Ha ha! (yes, I am going nuts).Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-5408672094100544692016-08-18T11:02:14.465-07:002016-08-18T11:02:14.465-07:00Sometimes - like today Tom - you speak a lot of se...Sometimes - like today Tom - you speak a lot of sense! (apart from that fishing rod which sounds as though it will languish in the boot for years to come).The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-15755628666814457082016-08-18T08:48:49.786-07:002016-08-18T08:48:49.786-07:00Still luv my R. O.P. Datejust (steel & gold), ...Still luv my R. O.P. Datejust (steel & gold), on my wrist 24/7/52 in wet or dry. Had a friend whose gold similar got ripped off her wrist in broard daylight in a goodish part of London.<br />Our refuse collectors come at crack of dawn which in the summer is cool, but they still do it in the winter in pitch dark.pottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834163803780455512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-84757202410247394432016-08-18T07:29:09.498-07:002016-08-18T07:29:09.498-07:00I've just a comment at Cro's place relayin...I've just a comment at Cro's place relaying my relief at not having to own or drive a car here in the city. (I was going to leave that comment on your earlier post, but forgot to do so.)<br /><br />My years of working at the Metropolitan Museum helped me to increase my appreciation for beautiful objects without developing any real desire to acquire them myself. I'm in agreement with Jacqueline's last paragraph.<br /><br />And before I forget, I agree that the Coldplay tune is a good one.<br /><br />Best wishes.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-79878276364012537722016-08-18T06:39:23.728-07:002016-08-18T06:39:23.728-07:00I do think that, generally speaking, one needs to ...I do think that, generally speaking, one needs to work hard to be successful ..... not many get something for nothing { although, there are always the lucky few of course ! }<br />....... and, I'm not really impressed with £20,000 Rolex watches or mega bucks handbags .... I'd much rather have something that I've found in a vintage shop that is individual but then, that's my style.<br />It's a good job that there are successful, rich people around to buy the products to keep people in the jobs that make them { not a very well constructed sentence but you know what I mean !! } XXXXJacqueline @ HOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154045482594773377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-68954241679168329082016-08-18T06:28:32.774-07:002016-08-18T06:28:32.774-07:00When these sort of regrets flit by I spend little ...When these sort of regrets flit by I spend little time considering them these days. Actually, they don't flit by, they linger, wings beating, making them easy to capture and stuff in a box. I think I've always done this.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-30427960294406279972016-08-18T05:44:40.585-07:002016-08-18T05:44:40.585-07:00Early rising Milkmen (if such men still exist) do ...Early rising Milkmen (if such men still exist) do not appear wealthy, but maybe their rewards are more 'rewarding'.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.com