Tempus Fugit

Tempus Fugit………it certainly has.

I could say that I have been very busy, of course I have, I could say that there has been more important things that kept me away from the Blog, of course there has been, and I could say I have been lazy which is more likely to be the truth, so lazy it is.

So much has happened since the last entry, Christmas for example has been and gone.

The world has gone into a financial free fall that started off in America with the collapse of the sub prime property market which then had the inevitable knock on effect through the financial world. Institutions started clamouring to try and get their loans back from each other, this led to the share price around the world collapsing and ultimately leading to massive job losses, which then again forced even greater falls in shares which then saw the collapse of some financial institutions. We have gained a piece of new terminology; Credit Crunch.

We have been to Germany to visit family. We travelled Commodore Class on the ferry from the Tyne to the Dutch port of Ijmuiden and very enjoyable it was, a few perks being in the line for first on and first off with the car, an enlarged cabin with a double bed rather than the bunks found in the standard cabin, and best of all a complimentary mini bar not found at all in the standard cabin, yes Commodore Class for us again.

The news over the last few weeks has been about that many of our Members of Parliament have been found out with their collective hand in the in the taxpayers till. If this should come as a surprise to some or not I am unsure, not perhaps that these people have been found out but rather that the public has now discovered that it has been going on for so long and certainly extends back long before this present Government.