Monday, 12 May 2008
This lovely old bottle is what i gave up going to Bristol for.What a beauty as well.This is literally a once in a lifetime find that i got on Ebay.It was found behind a wall in an old house in Plymouth and was an isolated find unfortunately.It dates from around 1800.I cant tell the condition of the glass but the top of the bottle has been rubbed clean and is shiny so i doubt the glass has been attacked by burial in soil.It does unfortunately have a large hole in its side [not shown] which can be restored professionally using coloured resin which will be virtually undetectable unless under close examination.Its standard procedure with very very rare damaged items.
If it was undamaged then it would have cost 1250 instead of 125 possibly even more as a matching pair sold for 3500 quid.
It was a calculated risk that the bottle would sell for what it sold and not reach the middle hundreds in price and i was very surprised it didnt.I sniped this item at the last 3 minutes like i always do but it was so easy as everyone else seemed to be asleep !
There are only a handful of these bottles in existence and they are in very well known collectors collections.
The seller said they would have another look for the missing bits as they are probably still there somewhere.
Wednesday, 7 May 2008
News just in !!!!
I have no way of determining if this is fact or fiction but as i err on the side of caution i would say it is more likely to be true rather than fiction.
Anyway after Hurricane Katrina , remember that ? That was when the bush adminstration were rather slow to act in helping those afflicted as they were not Bush supporters.
However the bush administration ,never ones to miss an opportunity to make money no matter how amoral decided to contract out removal of Gold fillings from the teeth of the dead just like Nazis.This was contracted out to Halliburton .What a surprise.Halliburton are an extension and a private enterprise subsidary of the federal government.Halliburton are also contracted out to supply the military in Iraq and provide other logistical support as well like flying the dead bodies of service personel from Iraq.
Various prominent Neocons have their fingers in many pies.Halliburton and Brown and Root being the most profitable .
How Ironic and they probably make money out of that as well.
Those who start the war profit most out of it ?
What a surprise but not really as war is an industry the same as any other.
I could go on but i wont but thats pretty awful really if its true.
Anyway after Hurricane Katrina , remember that ? That was when the bush adminstration were rather slow to act in helping those afflicted as they were not Bush supporters.
However the bush administration ,never ones to miss an opportunity to make money no matter how amoral decided to contract out removal of Gold fillings from the teeth of the dead just like Nazis.This was contracted out to Halliburton .What a surprise.Halliburton are an extension and a private enterprise subsidary of the federal government.Halliburton are also contracted out to supply the military in Iraq and provide other logistical support as well like flying the dead bodies of service personel from Iraq.
Various prominent Neocons have their fingers in many pies.Halliburton and Brown and Root being the most profitable .
How Ironic and they probably make money out of that as well.
Those who start the war profit most out of it ?
What a surprise but not really as war is an industry the same as any other.
I could go on but i wont but thats pretty awful really if its true.
Famous quote :
"One of the penalties for not taking an interest in Politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors"
Plato -
4000 BC.
There you have it in a nutshell.
But in the meantime carry on stuffing your faces, watching Eastenders,going shopping,and watching ITN News , and all the rest of it.
But someone has to pay attention to what is going on and first thing to do is tell the truth.Whats more amazing is that believe iot or not people will listen and take notice of what is being told to them.This is what i found over on Liveleak when i commented on a "Have your say" Video after an initial ly not very good reaction .The author of the videa on Muslim Fudamentalism first of all disagreed with what i was saying and various insults were thrown around.I could see his point and he was partly right but only partly as its part of a larger problem that involves many different things so i explained the bigger picture and he got it !!
Amazing !!
I only deal in facts and hopefully my posts have altered someones world view and however many others are reading.
I only deal in facts as you cant be attacked for stating facts as a fact is irrefutable.It cannot be criticised.
Its a bit more difficult to do this with some of the mentally retarded americans that i have come across on the same comments page for the video.There is no excuse for that sort of ignorance , not if you have computer/internet access as all the information is there and you have the critical thinking part of your brain functioning.
You cannot tell a bush supporter anything.They just wont have it.None of it.They just disregard it.
Whats even more stupid is that they call themselves Patriots.
Yet they have not an iota of a fucking clue what is going on in their own country.
"Support Bush and stamp out the evil Muslims and fight for Democracy!"
What Democracy ?
Do they inhabit some other alternate reality that i have somehow become connected to via the Internet?
What the fuck are they talking about ?
Their idea of Patriotism is waving a flag around ,lapping up bullshit media and TV that they are fed on a daily basis and "Supporting your President".
This seems to be about it.
Fucking brain dead morons.
Not forgetting the odd right wing white supremacist who said "We need another crusade to wipe out the Muslim Pigs !"
I told him to either sign up and go and fight in the "Crusade" or else shut the fuck up.
It was just some shaven headed fucking Prick with a Swastika across his Chest.
They make me embaressed to be Human [nearly ];)
He didnt even know what NAFTA is.I know more about their country than they do and i dont even live there.
Have they heard of Fema ?
NO course they havent.
So i posted all the relevant Fema Exceutive Orders to them that are online which they are too fucking lazy and stupid to look up for themselves.
Well i presume they can read and have read them but they probably wont understand them anyway even though i am not a Lawyer yet i can understand legal terminolgy and jargon and all the rest of it.
It isnt difficult.
Last of all its a common misconception that all Americans are stupid.
Not true in the same sense that not all Muslims are Rabid Fundamentalists.
Anyway the campaign will continue as revolutions start from the ground upwards by networking and exchanging views and solutions and educating those who are dont know what is going on.
Information is Knowledge - Knowledge is power.
However you can lead a horse to water but you cant force it to drink.Others may say otherwise but its not my style.
Plato -
4000 BC.
There you have it in a nutshell.
But in the meantime carry on stuffing your faces, watching Eastenders,going shopping,and watching ITN News , and all the rest of it.
But someone has to pay attention to what is going on and first thing to do is tell the truth.Whats more amazing is that believe iot or not people will listen and take notice of what is being told to them.This is what i found over on Liveleak when i commented on a "Have your say" Video after an initial ly not very good reaction .The author of the videa on Muslim Fudamentalism first of all disagreed with what i was saying and various insults were thrown around.I could see his point and he was partly right but only partly as its part of a larger problem that involves many different things so i explained the bigger picture and he got it !!
Amazing !!
I only deal in facts and hopefully my posts have altered someones world view and however many others are reading.
I only deal in facts as you cant be attacked for stating facts as a fact is irrefutable.It cannot be criticised.
Its a bit more difficult to do this with some of the mentally retarded americans that i have come across on the same comments page for the video.There is no excuse for that sort of ignorance , not if you have computer/internet access as all the information is there and you have the critical thinking part of your brain functioning.
You cannot tell a bush supporter anything.They just wont have it.None of it.They just disregard it.
Whats even more stupid is that they call themselves Patriots.
Yet they have not an iota of a fucking clue what is going on in their own country.
"Support Bush and stamp out the evil Muslims and fight for Democracy!"
What Democracy ?
Do they inhabit some other alternate reality that i have somehow become connected to via the Internet?
What the fuck are they talking about ?
Their idea of Patriotism is waving a flag around ,lapping up bullshit media and TV that they are fed on a daily basis and "Supporting your President".
This seems to be about it.
Fucking brain dead morons.
Not forgetting the odd right wing white supremacist who said "We need another crusade to wipe out the Muslim Pigs !"
I told him to either sign up and go and fight in the "Crusade" or else shut the fuck up.
It was just some shaven headed fucking Prick with a Swastika across his Chest.
They make me embaressed to be Human [nearly ];)
He didnt even know what NAFTA is.I know more about their country than they do and i dont even live there.
Have they heard of Fema ?
NO course they havent.
So i posted all the relevant Fema Exceutive Orders to them that are online which they are too fucking lazy and stupid to look up for themselves.
Well i presume they can read and have read them but they probably wont understand them anyway even though i am not a Lawyer yet i can understand legal terminolgy and jargon and all the rest of it.
It isnt difficult.
Last of all its a common misconception that all Americans are stupid.
Not true in the same sense that not all Muslims are Rabid Fundamentalists.
Anyway the campaign will continue as revolutions start from the ground upwards by networking and exchanging views and solutions and educating those who are dont know what is going on.
Information is Knowledge - Knowledge is power.
However you can lead a horse to water but you cant force it to drink.Others may say otherwise but its not my style.
Voluntary work :
I am doing voluntary work at the basement annexe of the Regency town house.This involves reinstating the missing section of the paved courtyard with reclaimed yorkstone slabs that were reclaimed and given to us by Brighton College.These were missing because fuckwits in the past [1907 i think] ripped them up when they were required to improve the sanitation and lay new drains.In the process they destroyed all the old drains and culverts as people always do with old stuff.The slabs have to be laid and levelled individually as they are irregular thicknesses etc and not like what you buy from the garden centre.
The thing is there is a total lack of funding to pay for work to restore the place and turn it into a heritage centre that will train and educate others in local history and building conservation and things like that.
50,000 would do it.We could do an awful lot with 50,000 quid.
I think it is very unreasonable to have to find this money from private sources when i dont see why Brighton council couldnt find 50,000 to invest in it for something that would benefit the entire community and train craftspeople in building conservation and do a lot for the local tourism industry.
So here we are doing it for free.Theres myself ,the curator,and neil the plasterer and whats more all 3 of us are feeling the pinch financially myself being the worst off at least until July [hopefully].Projects keep stalling at the moment and i find myself scratching around for work.Its going to be bank of mum and dad for me if i am not careful and i need to make some money.I only need 10,000 in the interim and other parents give their kids far far more than that so i dont feel bad asking.I have got to cost to the penny a building project that is doing nothing at the moment.Just sitting there.If i do it right and cost it right and get a very clever architects scheme then i am certain that there is 250,000 in it to be made.Then i would happily give away 50,000 of it to the Regency Town House project as a way of avoiding paying tax on it but i think it falls short of the criteria for having to pay capital gains tax anyway.The buyer would have to pay stamp duty themselves as if they can afford to buy a house worth over half a million then they can afford stamp duty.
This project really is unique and could be one of the most interesting homes in Brighton.
I have to cost it out ,get planning approval in principle that i know i will get anyway and get a feel for what the market is and sell the idea to my dad and get on with it as it may be the last project that we ever work on together.
Fuck the property market and the credit crunch.Good properties always sell especially if they are unique.Its all the overpriced boring dross on the market that wont sell.There is a glut of it plus the glut of Buy to Let properties here and i have to say i am shocked at the price of rents in this town.Everyone stops spending as a knee jerk reaction to what the media tells them.I personally couldnt give a fuck and i just carry on.People and the banking system and their collective greed have bought it on themselves anyway.Its all a house of cards and a mickey mouse economy and banks should just wipe the interest or the debt or at least some of it as they are underwritten to cover themselves for bad debt anyway.
Back to the funding issue :Its partly because of the policies of the left wing labour council who wont invest money in things like this as its all about things that are old instead of new and Labour have a very poor track record of investing in Heritage projects partly due to the fact they have been infiltrated by common Purpose[who hasnt?] rather like the Heritage Lottery Fund.They are4 all into modernisation and doing away with the past which is typical of their ilk.
Pathetic.
They would rather invest public money into quangos and studies and comittees and sit and yak all day about Modernisation and their favourite pet subject "Diversity".
"Is there enough Diversity in Brighton ?"
Oh shut the fuck up.
Who gives a fuck ?
Go back to Fucking sleep.
And isnt it funny that where you find those who preach "Diversity" there is usually a lack of it ?
Fucking Load of Cunts.
Instead we get god knows how much money spent on the Brighton Festival which is on the whole as far as i am concerned a load of pretentious twaddle that i never participate in apart from looking at some very nice paintings by local artists.
"What paintings on canvasses that you hang on the wall ? How old fashioned!!" A bit like paying with cash in shops instead of waiting an eternity for someone else to pay with a silly plastic card.
Shame on the council who neglects its own built enviroment and heritage which is the main reason why tourists comre to Brighton in the first place to see the World famoused [fucked up and becoming even more so] Regency Architecture.
Brighton is already listed as a fucked town anyway in reference to its built architecture.
All we want to do is improve it and educate and all the rest of it.The basement annexe is the only complete below stairs enviroment [servants quarters] in the south east and quite possibly much further afield and we were very very very lucky to aquire it in the first place.It was bought off a property developer who could easily have told us to fuck off if they werent sympathetic.I would still work on a reduced rate if we could get funding and even do it for free.
At the moment the other 2 are getting a bit disillusioned with it all as nothing gets done and the place sits unused and sad and deteriorates.
Fucking absolute load of Cunts this government are.As bad as tories if not a lot lot worse.Tories wouldnt have sold us out to Europe [at least not all of them] and they always seem to be able to find money to fund the war effort.
There are heritage projects all over the country that need funding that would enhance the enviroment and the community and provide jobs and training for todays dispossesed youngsters where they could learn very valuable skills instead of going on the dole or going to university to get a mickey mouse degree and get into debt.A lot of these projects are in areas where there already is an employment problem.
Like Neil said if we filled the basement annexe with Queers or Immigrants or a Diversity study centre or any of that other rubbish that the PC brigade get off on then we would get money thrown at us left right and centre.
Sad.
I dont know why the fuck i bother.
Well actually i do know why the fuck i bother but anyway if i/we didnt bother nothing would get done.
The thing is there is a total lack of funding to pay for work to restore the place and turn it into a heritage centre that will train and educate others in local history and building conservation and things like that.
50,000 would do it.We could do an awful lot with 50,000 quid.
I think it is very unreasonable to have to find this money from private sources when i dont see why Brighton council couldnt find 50,000 to invest in it for something that would benefit the entire community and train craftspeople in building conservation and do a lot for the local tourism industry.
So here we are doing it for free.Theres myself ,the curator,and neil the plasterer and whats more all 3 of us are feeling the pinch financially myself being the worst off at least until July [hopefully].Projects keep stalling at the moment and i find myself scratching around for work.Its going to be bank of mum and dad for me if i am not careful and i need to make some money.I only need 10,000 in the interim and other parents give their kids far far more than that so i dont feel bad asking.I have got to cost to the penny a building project that is doing nothing at the moment.Just sitting there.If i do it right and cost it right and get a very clever architects scheme then i am certain that there is 250,000 in it to be made.Then i would happily give away 50,000 of it to the Regency Town House project as a way of avoiding paying tax on it but i think it falls short of the criteria for having to pay capital gains tax anyway.The buyer would have to pay stamp duty themselves as if they can afford to buy a house worth over half a million then they can afford stamp duty.
This project really is unique and could be one of the most interesting homes in Brighton.
I have to cost it out ,get planning approval in principle that i know i will get anyway and get a feel for what the market is and sell the idea to my dad and get on with it as it may be the last project that we ever work on together.
Fuck the property market and the credit crunch.Good properties always sell especially if they are unique.Its all the overpriced boring dross on the market that wont sell.There is a glut of it plus the glut of Buy to Let properties here and i have to say i am shocked at the price of rents in this town.Everyone stops spending as a knee jerk reaction to what the media tells them.I personally couldnt give a fuck and i just carry on.People and the banking system and their collective greed have bought it on themselves anyway.Its all a house of cards and a mickey mouse economy and banks should just wipe the interest or the debt or at least some of it as they are underwritten to cover themselves for bad debt anyway.
Back to the funding issue :Its partly because of the policies of the left wing labour council who wont invest money in things like this as its all about things that are old instead of new and Labour have a very poor track record of investing in Heritage projects partly due to the fact they have been infiltrated by common Purpose[who hasnt?] rather like the Heritage Lottery Fund.They are4 all into modernisation and doing away with the past which is typical of their ilk.
Pathetic.
They would rather invest public money into quangos and studies and comittees and sit and yak all day about Modernisation and their favourite pet subject "Diversity".
"Is there enough Diversity in Brighton ?"
Oh shut the fuck up.
Who gives a fuck ?
Go back to Fucking sleep.
And isnt it funny that where you find those who preach "Diversity" there is usually a lack of it ?
Fucking Load of Cunts.
Instead we get god knows how much money spent on the Brighton Festival which is on the whole as far as i am concerned a load of pretentious twaddle that i never participate in apart from looking at some very nice paintings by local artists.
"What paintings on canvasses that you hang on the wall ? How old fashioned!!" A bit like paying with cash in shops instead of waiting an eternity for someone else to pay with a silly plastic card.
Shame on the council who neglects its own built enviroment and heritage which is the main reason why tourists comre to Brighton in the first place to see the World famoused [fucked up and becoming even more so] Regency Architecture.
Brighton is already listed as a fucked town anyway in reference to its built architecture.
All we want to do is improve it and educate and all the rest of it.The basement annexe is the only complete below stairs enviroment [servants quarters] in the south east and quite possibly much further afield and we were very very very lucky to aquire it in the first place.It was bought off a property developer who could easily have told us to fuck off if they werent sympathetic.I would still work on a reduced rate if we could get funding and even do it for free.
At the moment the other 2 are getting a bit disillusioned with it all as nothing gets done and the place sits unused and sad and deteriorates.
Fucking absolute load of Cunts this government are.As bad as tories if not a lot lot worse.Tories wouldnt have sold us out to Europe [at least not all of them] and they always seem to be able to find money to fund the war effort.
There are heritage projects all over the country that need funding that would enhance the enviroment and the community and provide jobs and training for todays dispossesed youngsters where they could learn very valuable skills instead of going on the dole or going to university to get a mickey mouse degree and get into debt.A lot of these projects are in areas where there already is an employment problem.
Like Neil said if we filled the basement annexe with Queers or Immigrants or a Diversity study centre or any of that other rubbish that the PC brigade get off on then we would get money thrown at us left right and centre.
Sad.
I dont know why the fuck i bother.
Well actually i do know why the fuck i bother but anyway if i/we didnt bother nothing would get done.
Monday, 5 May 2008
Thursday, 1 May 2008
Bizarre story :
I[used to] know this guy who lives in Horsham called Romano who is a bit wacky and is a born again christian and deaf though not deaf with a hearing aid.A completely mad Italian.Mad as in wacky not insane.He is a musician and plays and writes songs .Not my cup of tea but good as a musician.He had something to do with a one hit wonder called Hinda Hicks who was on Island records .She was a local and romano was pissed at her because she signed to Island and was always bitching about her having a hit but then she never had another !
Then there is the story that he wrote and composed Axel F by Harold Faltermeyer the Beverley Hills cop theme tune.He reckons it was stolen and he wrote it and from what i have been told by others there may have been some truth in it .
So i dont know but you couldnt make this stuff up.
Then there is the story that he wrote and composed Axel F by Harold Faltermeyer the Beverley Hills cop theme tune.He reckons it was stolen and he wrote it and from what i have been told by others there may have been some truth in it .
So i dont know but you couldnt make this stuff up.
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