But I'm not really complaing - they may afterall, sit the goats for us later in the year.....
Jussi did all the goat duties last night - milking and feeding. Unfortunately I was left with the task of plying a neighbour with homebrew. Well someone has to do it I suppose.
And then there was The Apprentice. Superb! The best ever. Rarely do I miss this 0739 train to Edinburgh, but this morning it would have been fun to giggle about the moronic egoists who somehow managed to think that having a superhero with pants over his trousers could persuade people with pants under their trousers to eat a new breakfast cereal to stop them putting pants over their trousers. But the programme carried an interesting lesson in the dangers of group-think. I mean they're all intelligent people who managed to be swept up by a clearly, well, pants idea. This happens all the time in life, work and politics and it shows the value of people with the courage to stand up and shout "Hey - wait a minute there's something wrong here".
If only 'the group' had listened to those bank employees, pundits, economists and even politicians who had made noises about the fallacy of the economic boom over the last few years. Instead they were sacked, ridiculed and scathed for 'talking the economy down'. And we suffer the consequences - for decades to come.
Always listen to the maverick voice. There may be truth in their words.
5 comments:
Would have been good to have had you on that 07:39, Simon.
That said, I've had to stop watching the Apprentice. I cannot stand the unpleasantness of the boardroom and watching these ninnies fluff the simplest of tasks was starting to feel like schadenfreude.
If anyone still thinks they are the cream of the nation's available apprentices, I'd be very surprised.
Stooges picked for their buffoonish delusions of excellence, the tasks are ridiculously staged, designed solely to expose their incompetance for our amusement.
It's The Generation Game for posh thickos:
Laugh as they fail to make a pot on a wheel!
Chortle as they bungle a car-cleaning service!
Clutch your sides as they mug their way through the pantomime of the Boardroom, turning on each other like rats, drowning in a cage!
I like The Little Princess - 07:15, Channel 5. This morning, she struggled to keep a secret. Charming.
You should see the American version - truly, it gives you chills.
Thanks for visiting my blog Simon.
You've got a great blog here. You will see on your statistic thingy how long I have taken reading it. I was here a good while yesterday and finished off today, reading right from the start all the way through.
What a lovely life you are giving your daughter. It's such a shame that most children don't get to experience 10% of the things that Ailsa does.
Your veg beds are looking great. You've got much more growing than I have.
I'll keep checking back to watch the progress.
Chris: - Five TV channels!*!*!!*!!! Wow.
Lizzie: - erm - no thanks.
Jo: - Wow thank you! I'm not sure if google analytics will give me that much detail but your words are much appreciated. And yes it's a fantastic place for a wee lass - though I think she'll be less appreciative when she hits adolescence (apart from hanging around the bus shelter their favourite pass time is to catch a train to Inverness - fine except that to get them to the train station is a two hour round trip!!
Yes, I know all about daughter's! Mine's 10 and growing up fast.
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