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Sep 11, 2006 at 10:43 o\clock

HI FOLKS

by: davecathy

I have been away. August is a month in this town where most things come to a grinding halt, as it is the peak of the holiday season. I have been busy entertaing guests, be they friends or relatives, been up to London for a few days, and generally having a very pleasant time.

September is proving to be very different, full of committees, group meetings,  fast approaching deadlines, and putting myself about a bit. I thought retirement was all about sitting back and being relaxed. Hell, no, but it makes life exciting and stimulating.

Thank you to all who took the trouble to answer my last piece about education, every comment is valued, and i will probably have a bit more to say when i am fully back in harness. I just need to think of some new contenscious (lovely word) subjects to raise, but I don't think I will have much trouble in that department, as there are several things that are raising my blood pressure at the moment. 

Putting forward strong views does not, I hope, mean that I am some sort of self-opinionated loudmouth, but I do like to get a debate going, as it is only by hearing the views of other people that you advance your own thinking. 

   

Comments for this entry:

  1. bluestone wrote at Sep 11, 2006 at 12:16 o\clock:oh debate away! It is harmless, economically viable, low in calories and encourages neurones to connect and grow!! :)
  2. insider2 wrote at Oct 18, 2006 at 00:11 o\clock:It would be nice to see you active again on your blog. I myself was away for a while. I see another friend "enzedder" has been realy quite too.
  3. insider2 wrote at Nov 12, 2006 at 19:55 o\clock:I see the UK government celebrated Remebrance Day by arranging for 4 UK servicemen to be killed in Iraq - these fuckers have learned NOTHING! War never solved anything!
  4. davecathy wrote at Nov 12, 2006 at 22:25 o\clock:Martyn, you know me, I am willing to have a reasoned debate or discussion on any subject at any time, but it would be impossible to have an intelligent conversation when you employ such abusive, offensive, vituperative and vicious language. Where there is hatred, there can be no reason.
    However, I will just say that the freedom of speech you push beyond reason comes not by accident, but through the spilled blood of countless men, and that freedom is contstantly under attack from many sources who would behead such outspokeness.
    Dave
  5. insider2 wrote at Nov 12, 2006 at 23:06 o\clock:My apologies for using a profanity in my last comment.
  6. insider2 wrote at Nov 18, 2006 at 23:13 o\clock:I'm reading a book called "Our Endangered Values:America's Moral Crisis", written by Jimmy Carter. It's the usual catalogue of the devastating errors of domestic and foreign policy by the Bush Administration but in this case the writer is of impeccable qualifications. He was US President 1976-1980, before that he was a nuclear engineer on US submarines and was Governor of the US state of Georgia. Since leaving office he has won the Nobel Peace Prize for his worldwide work as an elder statesman. This man knows of what he speaks. The book is available in paperback, ISBN 0743285018. I strongly recommend this book, but Americans beware! This book may well make you ashamed to be an American!
  7. insider2 wrote at Jan 15, 2007 at 06:06 o\clock:I see that kie me you have been silent on Blogigo in the last few weeks. Me too but I just got so upset with the crap that was going on that I had to start again.

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