Hi Everyone
In the week that Russia invaded Ukraine, I said in my blog that we must make sure that Ukraine remains a free independent democratic country at whatever the cost. I am now even more convinced of that. The problem of course is the two countries have to achieve peace while allowing Putin to tell the world that he has won some sort of victory. Here we have two armies and Putin and as he cannot contemplate defeat the world gets ever more dangerous. In the same week, I watched an investigative programme about the testing of the atomic bomb in the 1940s resulting in many servicemen's lives being put at risk in the name of science, and how many lives were shortened as a result of the tests in Australia and America. Predictably there have been years of coverup and denial to the point that there are now only a few survivors still seeking the truth apology and compensation. The same programme reminded us that one atomic bomb killed 100,000 people in Hiroshima and left many more with life-threatening problems. It took two atomic bombs to finally bring an end to WW2. Perhaps it would be a good idea to be constantly reminded of that horrific event in the hope that it never happens again.
I cannot remember the Senior Partner ever walking through the front door of the Fruit, Vegetable, Flower, Game, and Lolly shop and I was there for just over twenty years. Whenever she went out she went through the back door which thirty yards later took her to the Junior Partners car. The row of shops started with a grocery shop then the FVFGL shop, followed by a fresh fish shop, another grocery shop, a shoe shop, a mini library and gift shop, and finally a shop selling beer, spirits and soft drinks. This lovely mix of businesses were all well kept and were all lived in by their owners. Now that same row starts with an empty shop then a dog groomer, another empty shop, a Chinese takeaway, another empty shop and finally a sun bed and vaping shop. All have dismal grey aluminum shutters and none of them are lived in. Just one example of thousands of shopping streets in today's Britain, and they called the 1950s the bad old days. Now it pains me to see the sad demise of those shops, and unbelievably, the back of the shops where the Senior Partner escaped to the car is even worse with bins and litter everywhere.
I know that I have a few regular Rubbish readers, mostly family, friends and acquaintances but the site statistics tell me that I have one reader in Russia and another in China. With a population of millions in both countries, it is unlikely that it is Putin or Mr China but hopefully two people who enjoy my take on life and are seeking the freedoms that we have enjoyed for all these years.
Just a Thought:
My friend got sacked from the bomb squad this week. Pity really, he was having a blast.
My friend bought some new electric garden trimmers. They are cutting hedge technology.
Brian
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