J.D. Salinger.. 1919...2010

So, all the 'smart people' are out, telling us what to think 

of you..... well I wouldn't know about all that....

But on behalf of a teenage kid I once knew, thank you,

thank you J.D. Salinger ....

seal of seasons ....

I wanna tell you a story, I think it's true.

Once upon a time there was a bank called RBS, this bank

gambled away all it's money and was about to go bust.

    Our government stepped in and said, hey, don't worry

we have billions of tax- payers money we can give, so,

panic over.  A while later, a very, very healthy company

called Cadbury, was the subject of a hostile but succesfull 

bid from Kraft, a foreign company.

     Sadly, Kraft didn't have enough cash to buy Cadbury,

so they have to raise it from banks etc. One of these banks

is... yep, RBS, the bank we now own. It follows of course 

that we, or our government, can have a say in all this,

after all it is our bank, our money........

Oh no we feckin' can't.

        In my previous post.....

I guess what I should have said is ' all Brummies are cursed with good hands,

 and we USED to create/manufacture anything, but those days are long gone.

Now Cadbury is in the hands of foreign owners, and will soon be taken from

this land, preceded by so many great names lost to England, since sweet lady

Thatcher opened the door.

         The press, national and local, are having a field day, and our glorious 

leaders are spouting their usual empty words, they are all powerless. Money

talks, and has the last word as always. We as a nation may grumble for a

while, then just roll over and let it happen, maybe we're just gutless now

and no-longer have the stomach for a fight, or are we visionaries, leading the

world in globalization , tearing down national barriers, shrinking the planet,

breaking the seal of seasons ......

... 'ave it ......

So, the Blues my Blues ......

Most football matches were called off last week-end (well it snowed didn't it?)

apart from the Blues and the Baggies ( and some poncy southern team).

Blues had a full-house, set a new club record of twelve games undefeated and,

most of us left Stans peed off at only drawing with Manure.

    Full-house eh..... looks like we'll have to get used to the 'Glory Huntin' fans'

as our  family (Eck and his team, Carson and us) are set to conquer the world. (wink smilie)

So for our new world wide fans, here's some info on Brummies...

     All Brummies are cursed with 'good hands' , we can create/manufacture anything

including wealth, though that is stolen from us by southern softies, bankers, and public

school politicians, but we..... well we just 'get on with it'.

We are not, repeat not part of the 'Black country', they are Yamyams, we are Brummies.

Ask any Yamyam what a Brummie is and they'll say "a miserable git". Ask any Brummie

about a Yamyam, and they'll say, "they need a passport"

    However, we do share a common border, and  we, (Brummies) speak Old English,

and if you can't understand us, well tough titty. Yamyams however, due to our sharing

said border, have stolen many of our words and phrases and not even we can understand

them now. So should you mistakenly cross the border into Yamyam land, here's a link

you may find useful, nay essential on your quest to leave as soon as possible.....

www.sedgleymanor.com/dictionaries/dialect.html

(you may have to c&p etc.)

Anyway, being a Blues fan right now? It's bostin .......  KRO

stop, and open your.....

Well, a new year, a new decade and everyone's back at work, or not.

Seems I'm the only one enjoying the cold weather and the snow it

has brought, seems you're all to busy chasing the next few quid to

stop and open your eyes to these beautiful sights set before us.

    I take a short cut when driving back from Runway Farm, using

a country lane untreated, and unused by most traffic .  Brees Lane,

across Table Oak and into Holly Lane where, for most of it, the

tall trees meet above your head. Right now it's as if they have been

covered by the most beautiful lace shawl ever created .

    Well there's beauty and then there's ............

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