Rabbit Thought of the Day

The rain that was forecast never arrived. My dad taught a lot of things when I was young. One of his sayings was and I will never forget is

"Son never trust the weather man, he lies through his teeth"

At least I think thats what he said.

Rabbit

A news report on the BBC website;

'British Airways has said that two of its senior executives will leave the company after the opening of its Terminal 5 was dogged by problems.

BA said Gareth Kirkwood, director of operations, and David Noyes, director of customer services, would be leaving. The company said it would now look to appoint one person to cover both roles.

The opening of Terminal 5 was beset by a catalogue of problems, with staff not able to get into work, thousands of bags mislaid, and flights cancelled.
Terminal 5 opened on 27 March, but were not able to offer its full short-haul schedule until 8 April.'

I suppose they will get a good pay off, we Brits are good at paying failures.

That’s what profit Tesco made every minute last year? Tesco has reported an 11.8% rise for 2007 to £2.846bn. The UK high street has suffered in the last 12 months as households have been squeezed by higher mortgage, fuel and food costs but Tesco’s remain upbeat.

The supermarket group said it would create 30,000 new jobs worldwide this year, with about a third planned in Britain. The results confounded analysts, many of whom had predicted that the wheels had started to wobble on the Tesco juggernaut. Tesco shares rose 17.5 pence, 4.5%, to 408.5p in morning trade.

A wounded Iraq civilian has been awarded a 2 million pound settlement after he was accidentally shot by a British solider. The man was wounded in September 2003 when a solider who he had befriended dropped his gun making it go off. The wounded man suffered spinal injuries which have left him paralysed. He moved to the UK where he began legal action.

While he does deserve this compensation, he does need care for the rest of life. It is far higher then any compensation paid out to injured military personnel. The maximum a serviceman can expect to is a lump sum payment receive of £285,000. The MoD have defended the payment, saying this is a one case and does not set a precedent.

What it does show quite clearly is that the MoD and the Government care little about the lives of our servicemen. They only pay lip service to the injured and care even less about the men who are killed, it time for a rethink we need this sorted out now, its not only this Government who treat our military like this the Conservatives were just as bad if not worse.

Am looking out of my office window, to a lovely blue sky, although there is a chill in the air, it's great start to the day. While I look out I wonder if there isn't a better place to be, walking down a deserted beach for instance. I beleive rain is forecast for later, but at this time and moment its a beautiful day.

Rabbit

It’s all doom and gloom today in the news, house prices are falling like a stone (if you believe every thing you read), and The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has said that 78.5% more surveyors reported a fall rather than a rise in house prices in March.

I am not an expert in the money markets but even I have seen this coming, mortgage lenders have been increasing the amount of money they have lent to borrowers to but their overpriced houses. It has been reported that some people have been borrowing amounts equating to 10 times they annual income. No wonder some are now in trouble, okay interest rates have come down a little, but other cost have risen, fuel for instance which included petrol, gas, and electricity have all risen over the last 12 months and well above the rate of inflation.

The credit crunch seems to be the in term at the moment; although interest rates have fallen I can see a lot of people getting themselves into severe difficulties in the near future, and their dream of owning their own homes will come to a sudden and dramatic end.