Author: graybo

You know, I am sure that in ancient times, if the populace had been faced with such a long, grey, wet, unpleasant winter and early spring, they would have been out sacrificing a few virgins to appease the gods. Having woken to yet another grey drizzly morning, I’m willing to try anything.

Meg (yes, Meg again) seeks a secret monk. These are odd times in which we live.

I sense an improvement in my mood. Will have to see what develops.

“Meanwhile, back in Communist Russia” has to be the best name for a band I’ve heard in ages. They sound pretty good, not unlike Arab Strap, who I have a soft spot for.

seems lately that whenever I post to this thing, I have to come back later and edit it for typos. I really must read what I type more thoroughly.

global branding is a trend that has been growing in recent years, from the ubiquitous golden arches through to the renaming on Marathon as Snickers to suit the American market. In the last few weeks, I’ve noticed that Jif (the household cleaning products) has been rebranded as Cif. Now I can understand that Jif might be a problem, particularly in hispanic countries (“Hif”), but isn’t Cif going to have similar problems. I’m sure that in some languages the “c” will be hard,and in others it will be soft. The Portuguese would pronounce it differently again (but there is not accounting for them).
So what should they have called it?
“DIF – not the same as other brands!”
“WIF – smells good!”
“NIF – with new lemon fragrance!”
“BIF – hits germs where it hurts!”

hmmm – FTSE100 down 130 points, on top of all the falls over the past few weeks. I wonder if it is such a good idea to have my endowment and pension both linked to shares? Guess I should be taking a long term view, and besides, what would be the point of cashing in now? Would just compound my losses, so best to sit on it and hope things improve.

ooo – and it is Fi’s birthday today! happy birthday mate!

TPL update – a really very good 40 points, taking my total to 776. No matches this weekend. This score combined with recent performances by my team could see me vying for a Champion’s League place, although I’d have to return some stunning results to get anywhere near the top spot.

how much rain did we have last night?? lots is the answer to that, all on top of the snow which fell late yesterday. And all this just as workmen have begun removing the network of pipes around Chichester – I checked the level of the river on my way in to work this morning, and it is just at the bottom of the flood marker, but it will take a day or two for all this water to filter down through the chalk and into the river itself. Parts of the A27 around Westhampnett were coned off this morning, and there were great floods across the road in places. Not good – just when things were starting to dry out a little. Certainly the level of flooding here at the nursery is approaching the levels we saw in late December.