I'm starting to feel sorry for the bloke. After all, I presume he means 
well. For years we've been fed he was the master of detail, the fine print, 
and works all hours to get it right. So what happened yeaterday? Having spun 
an announcement that all pensioners would get "insulation and lagging" 
Gordon finally announced they would. Then it appears according to Harriet 
Halfwoman, only "old" people would get it. That rules me out then on two 
counts, a) I'm not old, only too old to care, and b) I've already got 
"insulation" which I paid for myself!

Poor old Gordon, he is a Scot and like all Scots is a heart attack waiting 
to happen. He should retire, it beats working as I know very well!

"Toooldtocare"  wrote in message 
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> I'm starting to feel sorry for the bloke. After all, I presume he means 
> well. For years we've been fed he was the master of detail, the fine 
> print, and works all hours to get it right. So what happened yeaterday? 
> Having spun an announcement that all pensioners would get "insulation and 
> lagging" Gordon finally announced they would. Then it appears according to 
> Harriet Halfwoman, only "old" people would get it. That rules me out then 
> on two counts, a) I'm not old, only too old to care, and b) I've already 
> got "insulation" which I paid for myself!
>
> Poor old Gordon, he is a Scot and like all Scots is a heart attack waiting 
> to happen. He should retire, it beats working as I know very well!
>
>
A couple of days ago, I was listening to good old radio 4. The governor of 
the Bank of England was saying he would have to write to the chancellor 
explaining why interest rates did not come down.
So I thought I can help you.
I wrote the  letter for him.

Dear Chancellor,
You and your mate Brown are a pair of wankers.

There short and to the point.
Sorted

"Toooldtocare"  wrote in message
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> I'm starting to feel sorry for the bloke. After all, I presume he means
> well. For years we've been fed he was the master of detail, the fine
print,
> and works all hours to get it right. So what happened yeaterday? Having
spun
> an announcement that all pensioners would get "insulation and lagging"
> Gordon finally announced they would. Then it appears according to Harriet
> Halfwoman, only "old" people would get it. That rules me out then on two
> counts, a) I'm not old, only too old to care, and b) I've already got
> "insulation" which I paid for myself!
>
> Poor old Gordon, he is a Scot and like all Scots is a heart attack waiting
> to happen. He should retire, it beats working as I know very well!

These stupid energy savings measures are a load of old tosh. The poorest
people in this country live in flats. All bar the top flats don't need loft
insulation and of course, the top flats are normally the warmest anyway. As
for cavity wall insulation, I'd love to have it, but with my building's
structure, we can't have it. I also live in a conservation area and the
building is not allowed to have double glazing. Most of the poorest people
in Kent live in Edwardian and Victorian era flats that by enlarge are in the
same predicament and flats such as these cost a fortune to heat.

Well thought out isn't it?

<nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote in message 
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>
> "Toooldtocare"  wrote in message
> news:vNednRFYD67FtVHVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@bt.com...
>> I'm starting to feel sorry for the bloke. After all, I presume he means
>> well. For years we've been fed he was the master of detail, the fine
> print,
>> and works all hours to get it right. So what happened yeaterday? Having
> spun
>> an announcement that all pensioners would get "insulation and lagging"
>> Gordon finally announced they would. Then it appears according to Harriet
>> Halfwoman, only "old" people would get it. That rules me out then on two
>> counts, a) I'm not old, only too old to care, and b) I've already got
>> "insulation" which I paid for myself!
>>
>> Poor old Gordon, he is a Scot and like all Scots is a heart attack 
>> waiting
>> to happen. He should retire, it beats working as I know very well!
>
> These stupid energy savings measures are a load of old tosh. The poorest
> people in this country live in flats. All bar the top flats don't need 
> loft
> insulation and of course, the top flats are normally the warmest anyway. 
> As
> for cavity wall insulation, I'd love to have it, but with my building's
> structure, we can't have it. I also live in a conservation area and the
> building is not allowed to have double glazing. Most of the poorest people
> in Kent live in Edwardian and Victorian era flats that by enlarge are in 
> the
> same predicament and flats such as these cost a fortune to heat.
>
> Well thought out isn't it?

It is a funny thing, this conservation stuff. My sister lives in a fancy 
village in Sussex in a little terraced cottage that 50 years ago would have 
gone for a  hundred. I won't tell you what she paid for it, I was horrified 
at the time, but now it is worth a mint! She wanted an extension, small 
thing, just one room. Because it was listed it took seven years to get 
planning permission and then "they" stipulated that it must not be double 
glazed. So now we have the PM organising grants for double glazing and 
insulation and some parastatal quango saying no to double glazing if you 
live in a "desirable" area! Madness!

"Charles Holder"  wrote in message 
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>> A couple of days ago, I was listening to good old radio 4. The governor 
>> of
> the Bank of England was saying he would have to write to the chancellor 
> explaining why interest rates did not come down.
> So I thought I can help you.
> I wrote the  letter for him.
>
> Dear Chancellor,
> You and your mate Brown are a pair of wankers.
>
> There short and to the point.
> Sorted

What happened to your tyres? Did you get a puncture like Gordon?

"Toooldtocare"  wrote in message 
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>
> "Charles Holder"  wrote in message 
> news:6j2ptgF17896U1@mid.individual.net...
>>> A couple of days ago, I was listening to good old radio 4. The governor 
>>> of
>> the Bank of England was saying he would have to write to the chancellor 
>> explaining why interest rates did not come down.
>> So I thought I can help you.
>> I wrote the  letter for him.
>>
>> Dear Chancellor,
>> You and your mate Brown are a pair of wankers.
>>
>> There short and to the point.
>> Sorted
>
> What happened to your tyres? Did you get a puncture like Gordon?
>
>LOL
No my tyres are fine.
However I've been a bit flat the last week or so.

Now next years holiday is screwed up. Booked nice and early with XL. 
dooooooh.