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Category Archives: money
Legal drugs
In this case, ibuprofen. Nurofen. Ibuprofen is an NSAID, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. In other words a painkiller, and one of the weaker NSAIDs, so, at low doses, it carries the risk of fewer side effects. So we have so-called specific … Continue reading
Posted in animal rights, animals, consumerism, drugs, health, money, public relations
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Jimmy Savile – how’s about that, then?
What is there to say? Shocking? Terrible? Those poor girls and women? And boys apparently too. I don’t need to say all that because everyone else has said it. A couple of things I will say. They are currently allegations … Continue reading
Posted in childhood, feminism, journalism, life, media, money, musings, news
Tagged celebrity, jimmy savile
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Journalism (7) – public relations
But the lure of the newsroom and reporting called again. Or perhaps the politics of the government circuit in the 80s wasn’t for me. Or maybe we just wanted to escape from the south-east with our property boom money before … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, health, journalism, life, media, money, musings, public relations, work, writing
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Oh those ragged trousers!
Will they ever go away? Doubt it somehow. It is more than 100 years since Robert Noonan Tressell died (1911), and nearly 100 since his famous book was published in 1914. The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists is a unique book. And sadly … Continue reading
Consumerism (6) – living boxes
After all, home entertainment sounds so dreary. And I can hardly title a blog, TVs, computers, gadgets, smartphones, iPads, video/DVD recorders, fax machines, can I? All suggestions for a better title will be carefully considered and will most likely be … Continue reading
Posted in consumerism, environment, environmentalism, internet, journalism, life, media, money, musings, shopping, work, writing
Tagged computer, gadgets, gaming, technology
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Consumerism (5) – burning up
Needing a break from the intellectual analysis of world poverty, I thought I would take a look at something simple. And totally related to world poverty – gas guzzlers. Of which we have a glorious three. I like to be … Continue reading
Posted in consumerism, cycling, environment, environmentalism, europe, life, money, poverty, travel
Tagged cars, dawes, land rovers, metro, triumph dolomite
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Week One
To date: One less internet friendship (although I have no idea why, as for once, I did not break it off). A letter from the newly appointed management company for the block informing us that the proposed budget for next … Continue reading
Posted in communal living - flat life, friendships, internet, life, money
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It ain’t my day
And now the washing machine goes pear-shaped 😦 Oh well
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The little things
The other day a friend told us about something another friend had for sale. We agreed to go and look at it, preferably early in the morning over the weekend. Our intermediary was happy with that as he gets up … Continue reading
Funding for health services
One of the comments on my last post about smuggling cigarettes (“Risk free or duty free?”) suggested increasing the taxes on cigarettes in Gibraltar and added that the additional revenue generated could go directly towards treating smokers. (With which I … Continue reading