Bonce's own personal thread. Volume VIII

Got in too late to get a bet on Decoy. Lucky me.

Neigh!

I've just received a promotional email from The Range advertising Christmas decorations.

We are still in August FFS!

karlypants wrote:I've just received a promotional email from The Range advertising Christmas decorations.

We are still in August FFS!

I'm banning all talk of Christmas at home. Christmas always started for us when the Harvey's Bristol Cream ads started appearing on telly.
That was the off. It was the only time of the year you'd see an ad for a watch. Ticka Ticka Timex.

Ed Asner RIP.

I don't expect many to be old enough to remember Asner in his prime but he was one of those who put his beliefs of fairness and equity before his career - he was a top actor back then and got basically cold shouldered out because his stand on things he believed mattered -

Taken from wiki -

The sudden cancellation of Lou Grant in 1982 was the subject of much controversy. The show had high ratings, being in the ACNielsen top ten throughout its final month on the air. However, the CBS television network declined to renew it. Asner believed that his left-wing political views, as well as the publicity surrounding them, were the actual root causes for the show's cancellation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Asner

I've experienced the same myself so kind of have an affinity of sorts with him and others who have stood up to be counted when life would be a whole lot easier if you just kept your head down and let the shit continue.

BBC obituary here -

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-58380089

Sluffy wrote:Ed Asner RIP.

I don't expect many to be old enough to remember Asner in his prime but he was one of those who put his beliefs of fairness and equity before his career - he was a top actor back then and got basically cold shouldered out because his stand on things he believed mattered -

Taken from wiki -

The sudden cancellation of Lou Grant in 1982 was the subject of much controversy. The show had high ratings, being in the ACNielsen top ten throughout its final month on the air. However, the CBS television network declined to renew it. Asner believed that his left-wing political views, as well as the publicity surrounding them, were the actual root causes for the show's cancellation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Asner

I've experienced the same myself so kind of have an affinity of sorts with him and others who have stood up to be counted when life would be a whole lot easier if you just kept your head down and let the shit continue.

BBC obituary here -

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-58380089

RIP Ed. First saw him in the Mary Tyler Moore show. Versatile actor, with a good comedic string to his bow.

Nice to see a double child murderer and rapist back on the streets. Still, they got that bastard Geronimo.

This is what I hear when Bob and Sluffy explain our financial doings.

.....or this, Bonce:

or this,  

I'm glad I'm not alone.

Tbh it really isn't that hard to follow what Bob and I talk about if you have any interest in it.

It's really like doing a crossword puzzle in a way, in that you have a few clues to start off with and you have to come up with some logical and factual plan as to how all the clues and your solution fits together.

Of course you have to have a certain amount of specialist knowledge to be able to do so - Bob and I have spent the greater parts of our life's working in careers that have given us those skills, but I try to explain my flow of logic to anyone interested enough to read what I am saying on here.

I don't honestly understand why people have no interest about such things, after all most of us earn money, and spend it - which is after all what any company does.

If you spend more than you earn, then you run in to difficulties - same as a company - and if you have to borrow - say for a mortgage, new car, holiday, etc - you have creditors who you need to pay back - just the same as companies have.

What is really that difficult to understand, or not be interested in - after all most of us are doing the exact same things, every day, in real life?

Had a look in IKEA, but couldn't find anything similar.  

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7998509/Replica-Britains-King-Edward-VII-love-chair-goes-sale.html

Just taken delivery of a package from a seller on ebay. To my consternation, he'd put his ebay name under the address. 'From bigboy'.
No wonder Steve the postie gave me a funny look.

boltonbonce wrote:Just taken delivery of a package from a seller on ebay. To my consternation, he'd put his ebay name under the address. 'From bigboy'.
No wonder Steve the postie gave me a funny look.

And so it goes on.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-58536338