Month: November 2008
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VAT Rate changes – more work for the printing industry, more non revenue generating office work for me
Great*, The VAT Rate has changed from 17.5% to 15%. *Great as in, I’m not sure if I like it or not! I think that may actually help the economy but for a different reason to what Alistair Darling may expect…. it means that all of our printed price lists will be out of date…
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Staying Alive (Alexander Fullerton)
Wow! This was a big surprise. The setting is a town in France where the author himself meets with an old lady. She, it is revealed, was the inspiration of the heroine in his earlier 3 books (and there are 3 earlier books which I’ll now start looking out for). Rosie was a special agent…
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2001 A Space Odyssey (Arthur C Clarke)
Strangly, I haven’t seen the film. Or at least, I haven’t seen the film all the way through. Part of me has always felt that having seen the film the book is not worth reading. Part of me has always felt that having read the book the film is not worth seeing. I know, that’s…