tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post4656134761608693771..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Long Live the RecessionBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-47364462061906737882008-11-28T20:38:00.000+00:002008-11-28T20:38:00.000+00:00Delusions are rooted out only to come flooding bac...Delusions are rooted out only to come flooding back in again at a later date, and not that much later either. 'Mankind cannot bear very much reality' as old Tommy Stearns once wrote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-72317231954410884802008-11-28T17:24:00.000+00:002008-11-28T17:24:00.000+00:00Dunno about the sharp decline -- you should be at ...Dunno about the sharp decline -- you should be at the mall near my house today. My daughter works in a resto there and can't find anywhere to park -- so many "Black Friday" shoppers. Couldn't get me to go near the place today with a ten-foot pole, not even one named Thaddeus Kosciusko.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-84923530311959494472008-11-28T12:38:00.000+00:002008-11-28T12:38:00.000+00:00Funny money hey? we could have dealt with that in ...Funny money hey? we could have dealt with that in the first place and got rid of our social construction fiat currency and had something harder, like gold or some sort of paper gold?<BR/><BR/>I think you are right to point out the morality issue, civilizations fail when morality fails. In the wider world I think the economics of this, credit boom to future generational debt, are just reflections Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-91316131745839397962008-11-28T10:39:00.000+00:002008-11-28T10:39:00.000+00:00Some words of wisdom from a seasoned recessionite....Some words of wisdom from a seasoned recessionite.<BR/>Stock up with...Carnation milk, firelighters, bogroll, Heinz (or Aldi) beans, Campbells soup, tinned salmon, pilchards, sugar and tea. Save all old magazines, to be used inside of shoes when the soles wear out.<BR/>Any spare dosh do the following..<BR/>Buy shares in Funeral parlours, Asda, ladbrokes and Harry Ramsdens.<BR/>Join the TGWU or maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-45985874633887748322008-11-28T10:07:00.000+00:002008-11-28T10:07:00.000+00:00true enough, Mr. A.true enough, Mr. A.Ian russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-84100082233442556362008-11-28T09:29:00.000+00:002008-11-28T09:29:00.000+00:00Curious that you say London became nastier during ...Curious that you say London became nastier during the boom. In what way? It is a much more pleasant city than it was twenty five years ago (if you watch old episodes of minder it looks rather sleazy). Drugs have grown in prominence - they have made much behaviour nastier in cerain circles. But Blair/Brown showered cash on regeneration, health and education and there were lots of jobs on offer Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-20898170899487094042008-11-28T08:56:00.000+00:002008-11-28T08:56:00.000+00:00Our parents and grandparents grew up with the mant...Our parents and grandparents grew up with the mantra ''wait until Christmas''. We're raising our own children in a society where Instant Gratification and HP have supplanted Christmas, or indeed any waiting at all. Perhaps a little austerity check is timely.A Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03933820566793650208noreply@blogger.com