tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post2093582733327713812..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: In God we trust - all others pay cashUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-7953663166849895502013-06-13T08:02:14.948-07:002013-06-13T08:02:14.948-07:00Did anyone say free money? I'm a worthy cause,...Did anyone say free money? I'm a worthy cause, by the way. Irishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12550611275677498097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-9640609736662450132013-06-09T00:31:51.185-07:002013-06-09T00:31:51.185-07:00Maybe we should go on a joint venture, Tom: sounds...Maybe we should go on a joint venture, Tom: sounds like a good idea to re-animate boot trips between Germany and England - with music and dinners in Gatsby-Style. Our ideal could be Aristoteles Onassis, he was definitely rich even by your standards (though I agree with your definition of rich). But then: would you like to look like Ari?? Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-21155789484357126092013-06-08T11:37:11.656-07:002013-06-08T11:37:11.656-07:00Tell them I will help with their unbearable burden...Tell them I will help with their unbearable burden too, Heron. 10% commission for you - guaranteed.<br /><br />(By 'rich' I am assuming that they notch up at least 10 digits, otherwise - in the words of T. Bunker Hunt - they ain't rich).Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-61917905768069641202013-06-08T11:34:06.160-07:002013-06-08T11:34:06.160-07:00Yes, this is the 61st meeting. They invited me to...Yes, this is the 61st meeting. They invited me to come and represent the talented but impoverished section of society born since the inception, but I declined - mainly because all they could offer was a packet of crisps and a lemonade in the car-park - in my own car.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-85184629879126582002013-06-08T11:30:59.172-07:002013-06-08T11:30:59.172-07:00It wasn't my bloody whim to go to bloody Breme...It wasn't my bloody whim to go to bloody Bremerhaven again. This is the next best thing to business, except we don't make any money. In the old days, we would go by boat and it would take two days, but now there are no boats between the UK and Germany - AT ALL. <br /><br />I used to go to Germany by boat all the time, and sail up the Elber to Hamburg, all the while being serenaded by Polish musicians. Those days are gone, despite the higher standard of living. Soon the higher standard of living will be gone too.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-46721937806959444372013-06-08T11:26:19.826-07:002013-06-08T11:26:19.826-07:00I have broad shoulders. Let me help you with yours...I have broad shoulders. Let me help you with yours too, Weave.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-73027157719391826282013-06-08T11:06:03.211-07:002013-06-08T11:06:03.211-07:00There are a few amongst my acquaintances who I kno...There are a few amongst my acquaintances who I know to be 'rich' and they go to extraordinary lengths to protect what they have. So yes I too agree with CroA Heron's Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563706152609630696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-14037894104568580232013-06-08T10:59:57.475-07:002013-06-08T10:59:57.475-07:00That first group: the 1953 movers and shakers.That first group: the 1953 movers and shakers.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-18950998532285875992013-06-08T10:59:06.833-07:002013-06-08T10:59:06.833-07:00I can only smile at a news account I read of the b...I can only smile at a news account I read of the blacked out limo's arriving at the Grove Hotel, accompanied by a photo of security folks wanding a line of folks arriving, presumably to protest. <br />A shame the fellows in the limos are not free to come in, too, maybe have their wives drop them at the front door. That first group surely took a stroll at night, stretch their legs, smoke a cigar.<br />Such a waste of a perfectly good weekend, jockeying for the best position to shout a slogan or get a protest poster on a TV camera. <br />I can appreciate what they shout at foot ball games: go big or go home. In this case, change the world yourself or go home and take care of your corner. Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-86901867775983932282013-06-08T10:40:20.722-07:002013-06-08T10:40:20.722-07:00In Hampton Court I thought about how rich (most) o...In Hampton Court I thought about how rich (most) of the average people are today: we can buy grapes as much as we like, or pineapple in winter; we have warm water, central heating, enough to eat and drink, are nicely dressed, can travel to Bremerhaven on a whim - and normally in normal life we are treated fair. We don't have to produce heirs (or get beheaded if we can't) - so: I think we are quite happy. <br />And I wish this happiness to the Gates too: wonderful to share, when so many think that much is not enough. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-53536857621451372112013-06-08T08:19:29.659-07:002013-06-08T08:19:29.659-07:00I agree with Cro here Tom. It is nice to have eno...I agree with Cro here Tom. It is nice to have enough for one's needs but too much would be such a burden.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-65777020981161390502013-06-08T06:45:13.041-07:002013-06-08T06:45:13.041-07:00Let me help to share your burden, Cro.Let me help to share your burden, Cro.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-19132791854017898912013-06-08T05:18:17.445-07:002013-06-08T05:18:17.445-07:00I've always thought it would be nice to be ...I've always thought it would be nice to be 'rich', but only up to a certain level. After that it just becomes a burden.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.com