Monthly Archives: April 2010

On yer bike!

Posted on April 22, 2010 by paulroberts69

With the lovely weather we’ve been having, I finally got around to getting out on my bike yesterday evening. I’d quite like to try and cycle into the office sometime, which is only about 10 miles, but as I’m so … Continue reading →

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First election debate

Posted on April 16, 2010 by paulroberts69

Well I thought Nick Clegg did very well in the election debate tonight, in fact I think he did much better than Cameron and Brown, but unfortunately I still won’t be voting LibDem. They want to abolish higher-rate tax relief … Continue reading →

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Taylor’s started crawling

Posted on April 15, 2010 by paulroberts69

Yesterday, Taylor was 11 months old and by coincidence, she finally started crawling! I got home and Lenny was all excited and desperate to show me something. I thought "Ey-up, maybe my luck is in!", but she put Taylor down … Continue reading →

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2010 Pension Statement

Posted on April 13, 2010 by paulroberts69

I got my annual pension statement in the post today. A couple of years ago I moved from a pretty inflexible Barclays pension to one with Scottish Equitable that gives me a lot more choice. As I’ve never had a … Continue reading →

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Global stock market crash imminent?

Posted on April 7, 2010 by paulroberts69

There is something very weird going on at the moment. My pension pot has jumped in value by £20K over the past 2 months and my ISA has gone up by £5K in the past month alone. All the charts … Continue reading →

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1997 and the Tories were spot on, weren’t they?

Posted on April 1, 2010 by paulroberts69

Remember this Tory poster from the 1997 election campaign? When you look at the state of the country now after 13 years of labour, you can’t help feeling that they were right!

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