tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post2718450794680059010..comments2024-03-27T05:29:09.185+00:00Comments on Grumpy Old Ken: Fame or InfamyGrumpy Old Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17828200865710133059noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post-60451445866757973762013-04-14T07:47:11.332+01:002013-04-14T07:47:11.332+01:00Enjoyed your post, as usual, and as I am bursting ...Enjoyed your post, as usual, and as I am bursting at the seams with joy for something I've just managed to do, I'm thrilled at your kind question: I hope to bring the beauty, art, architecture and culture of Milan, Italy, to the (greater?) attention of English speakers, who tend to see it (incorrectly) as a gray town only for business. 't'ain't so!<br />Right now, I'm so jazzed I can hardly stay in my own skin! I've just successfully put online my first (free) Glossi digital magazine about Milan. Main topic of the first issue? Chiaravalle, a beautiful Gothic monastery just outside Milan. Here's the link (and thanks so much for this opportunity!): http://glossi.com/espressofrommilan/15967-espresso-from-milan-n-0012013?q=MilanStarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06350579051520505525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post-91033720305496020902013-04-13T00:29:58.037+01:002013-04-13T00:29:58.037+01:00So many interesting facts now emerging that debunk...So many interesting facts now emerging that debunk the myths - more pits closed in the '60s and '70s than under Mrs.T. Benefits rose in real terms between 1979 and 1990. Manufacturing output in UK rose between 1979 and 1990. Most of industrial closures arose from pound rising due to North Sea Oil (petro-currency) and imprts becoming cheaper. Mrs.T, Reagan and John Paul 11 regarded in Eastern Europe as the 'Holy Trinity' that together beat communism and freed hundreds of millions from tyranny. If only modern leaders lead rather than rely on focus groupsTroyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05279890687481412751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post-90198676807901471602013-04-11T16:44:50.657+01:002013-04-11T16:44:50.657+01:00Wonderful article! We will be linking to this part...Wonderful article! We will be linking to this particularly great content on our site.<br /><br />Keep up the great writing.<br /><br />my web site: <a href="http://airmax2013uk.webeden.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Nike Air Max 90</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post-37056870045488877732013-04-11T11:52:39.092+01:002013-04-11T11:52:39.092+01:00My mother said I should say only good things about...My mother said I should say only good things about the dead. Margaret Thatcher? She's dead: good!Charlotte Mooneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18240371530362165049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post-50814530521005047912013-04-11T03:15:39.589+01:002013-04-11T03:15:39.589+01:00One thing people can't take from Margaret That...One thing people can't take from Margaret Thatcher is that she was one tough lady and had quite the political career. I respect that.<br /><br />Ginnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686450030075980690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post-29500448836003348462013-04-10T11:22:13.631+01:002013-04-10T11:22:13.631+01:00I am not young being 70 years of age however, on M...I am not young being 70 years of age however, on Monday night I opened a bottle of Brandy and toasted those who were damaged by Thatcher policies and survived to tell the tale - as I have done.<br /><br />She, Thatcher was in my opinion a vile & cruel woman.A Heron's Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563706152609630696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post-78648918857203172722013-04-10T10:47:16.208+01:002013-04-10T10:47:16.208+01:00Valerie
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Same comment re CW applies but I don...Valerie<br />Hi<br />Same comment re CW applies but I don't disagree with you in a way. Mind you, if you visited North Derbyshire, much of it derelict and forlorn, you might not feel so pro Thatcher I fear. Did you ever read my 'piece' to your WI?Grumpy Old Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828200865710133059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post-15431784142223848972013-04-10T10:42:20.577+01:002013-04-10T10:42:20.577+01:00Hi CW
Interesting. as well as a north south divide...Hi CW<br />Interesting. as well as a north south divide in this country there is becoming an old young divide. Mind you, she did some terribly blinkered things. Perhaps now is not the time to debate it.Grumpy Old Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828200865710133059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post-35055965880939105872013-04-10T10:26:33.617+01:002013-04-10T10:26:33.617+01:00I am appalled by the despicable behaviour of those...I am appalled by the despicable behaviour of those 'youngsters' who 'celebrate' Baroness Thatcher's death. She was after all a wife, mother and grandmother and whatever grievances she caused should be forgotten or kept quiet at this sad time. I despair at the way this nation is going. <br /><br />As for Mick Philpott, I can only add him to the list of undesirables that now seems so prevalent.Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12099030819314552958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post-29010345906618472512013-04-09T21:10:20.181+01:002013-04-09T21:10:20.181+01:00My condolences to you and your nation on Mrs. That...My condolences to you and your nation on Mrs. Thatcher's passing. She was one of the last good ones.<br /><br />The other story I saw on BBC news, but hadn't noticed it was in your neck of the woods. I hope those kids haunt him every day in prison.CWMartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.com