Posts Tagged with "Observations"

Things that piss me off.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

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Things that piss me off.

I watched Gran Torino and was struck by the way the the Clint Eastwood character growled when things pissed him off. I’ve started to use ‘public’ transport now on my daily commute to work and one thing you don’t appreciate is quite how many of the ‘public’ you get to meet and there are several [...]

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A simple life in a rural idyll?

Saturday, November 28, 2009

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A simple life in a rural idyll?

Whilst browsing one of my favourite blog writers Lucky Jimm I came across reference to a 25 year old community in Tuscany (Italy) in the Valle degli Elfi (Valley of Elves), where people live as we used to, helping each other, not reliant on external resources but sorting out what needs to be done and [...]

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A pauper at the door

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

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The Hotel Negresco in Nice now has a sign that says that no visitors are allowed in the Hotel and access is restricted to those staying there. Fair enough I guess, but it feels like a stark reminder of my place in the pecking order of life. Rooms at the Negresco start at around €285 [...]

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From bread queues to super yachts

Friday, September 25, 2009

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Nearly every other person it seems here on the French Riviera is Russian. They’ve seemed to have wholeheartedly embraced the consumer dream and most places now have signs in Russian script. Esepcially the real estate and yacht outlets. Wonder what Marx or Lenin would make of it all.

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