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Category: My Grumpy Opinions

  • Beat those jams – flying car about to become reality!

    I have got to admit that I am a big science fiction fan. I love any film about the future and I often wonder what life will be like in a few hundred years time. If technology advances at the same rate that it has in the last 50 years then in 200 years time…

  • Atheists drive home message with bus adverts

    We British are a strange breed ! We are great at coming up with a campaign such as this one. I can understand why a campaign like this should be run, although I doubt it will have much effect. Disputes about God’s and religion cause so many wars that it makes you wonder whether if…

  • My Defining Moments of 2008

    As 2008 draws to a close nobody can say that this has not been 12 months that has changed the world. The year 2008 was the year of the US elections and the year that the first African-American was elected to become the 44th President of the United States. On 4 November 2008 Barack Obama,…

  • Manchester congestion charge driven out of town

    I don’t live in Manchester but it was interesting to hear that the residents of Manchester had voted against a charge for using their cars in the city. There were two charging zones proposed. Within the M60 outer ring road and an inner city charging zone. The deal was, as far as I am aware,…

  • Barack Obama and the descent of the US into the third world.

    I was glad to see that Barack Obama has won the US Presidential race. There wasn’t really much of a choice though in my opinion ! The United States seems to be very good at choosing candidates that in any other country wouldn’t stand a chance of being elected. John McCain was too old and…