Alun Rees

Bad news for bikers?

I am, very rarely, a MAML – a middle aged man in leather, despite the fact that my lovely Virago – which is a proper noun and the name of a Yamaha motor cycle (as opposed to the dictionary definition of virago – here) – is hardly roadworthy at the moment, still I can, andContinue reading “Bad news for bikers?”

The Monday Morning Quote #682

“At some point you’d have to live as if the truth was true.” Tamara Lindeman aka The Weather Station in “Loss”, a track from the album “Ignorance”

The Monday Morning Quote #681

“Talent is no good unless you practice” Sharon Shannon….and here’s the proof:

The Monday Morning Quote #680

“It is ok to fail. It is ok to not be ok. It is ok to be cold. It is ok to be exhausted. It is when you feel nothing that you really have a problem.“ Brian O’Neill via Slugger O’Toole Thanks for introducing me to the descriptive phrase, “Curling Parenting”.

The Monday Morning Quote #679

“Always take as long as the job tells you, because it’ll be there when you’re not; and you don’t want folk saying ‘What fool made that codge?’“ Alan Garner, Author. Quoted in FT (Dec 18/19 2021)

The Monday Morning Quote #678

“There’s a set of rules that anything that was in the world when you were born is normal and natural. Anything invented between when you were 15 and 35 is new and revolutionary and exciting, and you’ll probably get a career in it. Anything invented after you’re 35 is against the natural order of things.” Continue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #678”

The Monday Morning Quote #677

“You are under no obligation to remain the same person you were a year ago, a month ago, or even a day ago. You are here to create yourself, continuously.” Professor Richard Feynman

The Monday Morning Quote #676

The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been. –Madeleine L’Engle, writer (1918-2007) This will come to great relief to my wife – I hope….

Price yourself like Apple?

The way successful businesses price products and services always interests me, this is from the Wall Street Journal via Charles Arthur’s Overspill Why $19 is Apple’s favourite price for accessories • WSJ Analysts say $19 is also a sweet spot for well-to-do consumers willing to pay extra for basic tech products and services. “When youContinue reading “Price yourself like Apple?”

…and politicians wonder why the professions don’t rate them…

or “The Moral of the Roller-Skating Christmas Pudding” From David Allen Green’s “The Law and Policy” blog. According to a National Audit Office report, the Crown court backlog increased by 23% in the year leading up to the pandemic, increasing from 33,290 on 31 March 2019 to 41,045 on 31 March 2020. “The backlog increasedContinue reading “…and politicians wonder why the professions don’t rate them…”