Reading this Motley Fool Article entitled 5 tips for struggling 1st time buyers got me thinking.
As has been pointed out, 4 out of the 5 tips rely on parents help in some way or another. Looking with a cold eye on the situation it is now almost impossible for a couple (let alone an individual) […]
Entries from April 2008
5 Tips For 1st Time Buyers
April 30th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Blog - General · Political
New Extreme Pornography Laws in the UK
April 30th, 2008 · No Comments
OK… Watching violent porn / extreme porn is something a lot of people do - while I personally find the idea of watching a film which portrays (with consenting, professional actors of course) a rape distasteful to the point of mild nausea, I understand that some otherwise well adjusted people want to watch this sort […]
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Money money money!
April 25th, 2008 · No Comments
Its taxed when you earn it, its taxed when you spend it, its taxed when you save it, its taxed when you die, its taxed when its inherited, its taxed when they spend it…..
If the government were a private company taking a subscription for services provided I think we would all expect a greater degree […]
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Stop calling Enoch Powell a racist and do some reading for Pete’s sake!
April 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment
Powell’s “Rivers of blood” speech has popped up in the media a lot of late, and I don’t think anyone who refers to it has the faintest idea what they are talking about, especially some loudmouth idiot on questiontime the other day.
They take snippets out of context and wave them around as if it were […]
Tags: Political
What would we do if the internet were turned off tomorrow…?
April 19th, 2008 · No Comments
“And so what have we learned through this ordeal? The internet went away… it came back, but for how long we do not know.
We cannot take the internet for granted any longer, we as a country must stop over logging .. on. We must use the internet only when we need it.
It’s easy for us […]
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South Park - The most important show on TV…?
April 17th, 2008 · No Comments
No TV show has ever had me researching a particular political situation, looking into a social issue, or discovering something new to me more than SouthPark. I discovered a love for Kansas, I became a pastafarian and I became armed with all kinds of facts about Scientology and Mormons all because of this show!
The fact […]
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Economic Stability…?
April 16th, 2008 · No Comments
Think of a traditional business like a butchers shop. The butcher offers a service to customers, employs people locally, uses local (hopefully) produce. This forms a kind of economic wheel which creates a cycle, through which flows an exchange of goods, funds and benefits. In modern society these wheels interlock in a complex web of […]
Tags: Political
Beer Butt Chicken
April 16th, 2008 · No Comments
So summers coming, or thats what the calander says although I’m still convinced we had our summer here in the UK about 2 weeks ago on a thursday. Did you enjoy it?
This is a fave of mine, not only beacause its looks straddle the line between funny and obscene in a most satisfying fassion, but […]
Tags: Food - recipes guides etc
1st post
April 16th, 2008 · No Comments
Well here is the very 1st post on MeVsWorld.co.uk.
As you can read if you can be bothered to in the about section, I’m a full time musician (composer / producer) working in the UK and I have a wide variaty of interests and ideas about various things from the best way to insert a beer […]
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