tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post4567166776112552882..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: Brother, can you spare a dime?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-68834349881381432462015-06-30T13:34:41.400-07:002015-06-30T13:34:41.400-07:00All horribly true, Weave. My clients accountants f...All horribly true, Weave. My clients accountants forgot to pay me two months ago, and I overdrew by £1.90 on my overdraft. They charged me £5 per day on that.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-88893071869312660542015-06-30T07:14:58.297-07:002015-06-30T07:14:58.297-07:00Doesn't nearly the whole of the modern age liv...Doesn't nearly the whole of the modern age live on credit? Nowadays are there any Bank Managers? If so it is a long time since I saw one in our area. And I can just go and take a whole wodge of money from the hole in the wall - just like that. There was a letter in the Times the other week from someone who overdrew by £2 one week in the 60's and was summoned to meet his Bank Manager who told him he feared he was living above his income.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-81901807268369863342015-06-30T05:45:36.184-07:002015-06-30T05:45:36.184-07:00I used to look retsina, too, but I think the reaso...I used to look retsina, too, but I think the reason why was because I was with someone I adored when I drank it the first time, and that memory trumped my taste buds for quite some time.megan blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04555646904983619596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-44231079928647470372015-06-30T03:05:30.499-07:002015-06-30T03:05:30.499-07:00I hate that quote, mainly because I am so lazy tha...I hate that quote, mainly because I am so lazy that I have been living beyond my means for most of my life, without the comforting knowledge that I will be bailed-out as soon as my parents die.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-79459202018277834392015-06-29T22:41:47.712-07:002015-06-29T22:41:47.712-07:00I love Cro's quote - useful for private people...I love Cro's quote - useful for private people too - and when I look around I see a lot who are not able to get the meaning of it. (I wrote in my book about that topic, and the Swiss liked that so much they bought 6000 books to offer them to young people for free) <br />Buying as the highest form of entertainment - as long as people believe that and throw away useable things for new ones, invent things that 'die' at a special date,as long as we do that our planet earth will suffer. <br />Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-33564915290696191192015-06-29T21:12:19.158-07:002015-06-29T21:12:19.158-07:00ALL politicians (especially Greek) should be force...ALL politicians (especially Greek) should be forced to study the words of that fine economist Wilkins Micawber. Annual Income £20, annual expenditure £19. 19. 6d; result happiness. Annual income £20, annual expenditure £20. 0. 6d; result misery.<br /><br />It really ain't that difficult. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-10925597291676090152015-06-29T15:51:52.862-07:002015-06-29T15:51:52.862-07:00Well that's reassuring to hear, even coming fr...Well that's reassuring to hear, even coming from you. Maybe I haven't gone so way off the mark after all.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-9125444073841569432015-06-29T15:50:28.760-07:002015-06-29T15:50:28.760-07:00I used to like Retsina - Can't think why.I used to like Retsina - Can't think why.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-11030711011148576362015-06-29T15:26:53.258-07:002015-06-29T15:26:53.258-07:00Tom, you have explained in simple terms the crux o...Tom, you have explained in simple terms the crux of the matter and the austerity that is now prevalent in europe and these islands.A Heron's Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563706152609630696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-6772796342024367182015-06-29T14:36:53.800-07:002015-06-29T14:36:53.800-07:00Ive always liked ouzoIve always liked ouzoJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.com