Watch out for killer OAPs…

I took a short walk along the river with Fleur on Saturday. Not a long walk as it started to rain and get cold and dark. Considering that that week had been sunshine and warmer than normal, it was a shame that I had to come in early.

I did get to walk across Galleons Lock itself, with its low chain and long drop into the river Thames. I’m not sure it’s the safest place to walk or should even be allowed in our nanny state of health and safety…

Also at the weekend I watched a movie called Harry Brown. I really enjoyed the realism and darkness of this British films starring Michael Cane. Caine plays the title role of an OAP former Marine who goes vigilantly on some local scum who killed his friend and generally behave like animals. Sadly the scum are some of the people I see every day at work. Unlike clever criminals, these people dress and act in an obvious way that it’s hard to miss. However, this is mainly due to their belief that they are untouchable, cocky beyond measure and fully aware of the limitations of the law. It’s all the more fitting that the true justice in a society that fails to protect the citizen from these animals is terminal bloody violence from the last person you would expect to exercise revenge.

I love the fact this movie was shot locally in East London and in South London, near to where Michael Caine was born. The underpass that features in the film is opposite where my friend Sonny lives and serves to hammer home the realism for me. A great film and well worth seeing.

Moan of the week. Has anyone seen the commercials on Television for Quickquid. These are loans for poor people with a mind blowing interest rate of 2222.46% APR. It’s shame that the poorest people get even further into debt with these loans. How can that be allowed?
I’m off for the next couple of days on a training course at the Staverton Park De Vere Spa hotel in Northamptonshire. The course is to teach me coaching techniques to get the best out of my team at work. These courses are really expensive to run for the company and I’m hoping to learn something new.
I got a new application for the iPhone called Ageing booth. I love it but it didn’t work too well on the dog!!! See the results on me…

My beautiful girlfriend has given me a book to read, The girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Has anyone else read it? Fleur thinks it fantastic, so I’ll take her word for it and give it a go. I’m not really into novels. This could be something new for me to get into.

Love and Laughs,

M