<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173</id><updated>2012-01-27T06:55:14.072Z</updated><category term='Reviews'/><category term='Reporting'/><category term='MGTOW'/><category term='The Cloud'/><category term='The Submarine'/><category term='Donate'/><category term='The ruins of the past'/><category term='Alpha Strategy'/><category term='Safe Haven'/><category term='Beyond Game'/><category term='Money'/><category term='Ghost Diploma'/><category term='Freedom fund'/><category term='London'/><category term='Video'/><category term='Prepping'/><category term='Small economies'/><title type='text'>Ghost Nation</title><subtitle type='html'>Hope sold here.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>380</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-314622025844933587</id><published>2012-01-24T07:33:00.002Z</published><updated>2012-01-24T07:37:38.897Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beyond Game'/><title type='text'>Making an inventory.</title><summary type='text'>

The Game gurus tell us that she should never qualify ourselves to women. This is good advice because it indicates we know exactly what we have to offer. But do we? Do we really know what we offer?

Most of us have never really asked the question. Some people even misinterpret Game to mean that we should never even ask the question of ourselves because doing so is a form of qualification. It is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/314622025844933587/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=314622025844933587' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/314622025844933587'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/314622025844933587'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2012/01/making-inventory.html' title='Making an inventory.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pDB1noYMyQs/Tx5fsv7Ym-I/AAAAAAAADqU/rPDBPwx5Lxo/s72-c/toyota_prius_10_05.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-2335955390199882693</id><published>2012-01-21T17:47:00.001Z</published><updated>2012-01-22T18:46:19.342Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freedom fund'/><title type='text'>Couchsurfing Verified.</title><summary type='text'>

Couchsurfing is the ultimate MGTOW lifestyle. This is a form of alternative travel for those who do not even want to pay for a hostel. Simply crash on someones couch.

Couchsurfing is completely free but this is not the motivation of most members who are seeking a more authentic way of travel.

Couchsurfers are a very friendly lot. I was once approached in the high street of my local town by a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/2335955390199882693/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=2335955390199882693' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/2335955390199882693'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/2335955390199882693'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2012/01/couchsurfing-verified.html' title='Couchsurfing Verified.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_YBOlO7wEg0/Txr7JZ5PV-I/AAAAAAAADqM/twkzvc79hz0/s72-c/couchsurfing1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-6425554380951827004</id><published>2012-01-21T16:50:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-01-22T18:40:49.859Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freedom fund'/><title type='text'>Purple Stuff.</title><summary type='text'>

I have over the last six weeks or so bought a number of purple items to show my support for fathers. On one level this is pointless as most people do not know that purple is the colour of Fathers 4 Justice- but I know, and I tell others of my support when I can.

I obtained a good quality tie as a 'free' gift when buying some shirts and have also bought some purple ink for my fountain pen. In </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/6425554380951827004/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=6425554380951827004' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/6425554380951827004'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/6425554380951827004'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2012/01/purple-stuff.html' title='Purple Stuff.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9KiMMNmfKNk/TxrtQTIrWQI/AAAAAAAADqE/Q2NJyoBEVBA/s72-c/Purple+ink.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-5985440156084266968</id><published>2012-01-21T16:04:00.001Z</published><updated>2012-01-22T18:45:44.701Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freedom fund'/><title type='text'>Premium Bonds.</title><summary type='text'>

Premium Bonds are a UK government security that I rather like despite the declining state of the nations finances. More or Less (a BBC4 radio programme) estimates that government cuts only amount to a 0.6% reduction in real terms and government debt will continue to pile up for many years.

Despite this I believe the bonds to be safe. This is because it is political safer for the government to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/5985440156084266968/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=5985440156084266968' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/5985440156084266968'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/5985440156084266968'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2012/01/premium-bonds.html' title='Premium Bonds.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-77gE_p4NWlc/TxrkTMNX5bI/AAAAAAAADp8/-6GffQOpVtg/s72-c/Premium_Bonds_brochure.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-3474607935266198420</id><published>2011-12-20T19:08:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-20T19:19:42.385Z</updated><title type='text'>London Calling.</title><summary type='text'>

The way to make money is to make people aware of problems they never knew they had. Once the public is frightened their wallets come out and their minds take a nap. This is true of politics as well as business. The political class are always trying to sell us a problem that requires government action.

Game is another variation on this. They have convinced many of us that we are far more </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/3474607935266198420/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=3474607935266198420' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/3474607935266198420'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/3474607935266198420'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/12/london-calling.html' title='London Calling.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BIMpfg6u_H8/TvDcUP-1w3I/AAAAAAAADps/uGLvv_X2T88/s72-c/tumblr_lubgglxDWo1r5gmoeo1_500.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-8884269225881067527</id><published>2011-12-19T16:39:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-19T16:52:27.953Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghost Diploma'/><title type='text'>The Ghost Diploma.</title><summary type='text'>

It is an unrecognised law of economics that whenever a government recognises two factors to be linked they cease to be so.

One example is the notion that property ownership makes one middle class. It was an easy mistake to make- middle class people were largely property owners while working class people were not. All that was needed (thought the political class) was to convert as many renters </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/8884269225881067527/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=8884269225881067527' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/8884269225881067527'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/8884269225881067527'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/12/ghost-diploma.html' title='The Ghost Diploma.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u2aOseEcO8w/Tu9rvH_5UUI/AAAAAAAADpk/YRF89I1Jovc/s72-c/1_1299415996_6_day-118---terror-at-tuol-sleng.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-1783550108915029703</id><published>2011-12-16T04:29:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-12-16T05:07:04.679Z</updated><title type='text'>Black Tourmaline.</title><summary type='text'>

Life is a subjective experience. This is why we cannot measure spiritual experience in the same way that we can measure physics. In other words an atheist may believe there is no God but he cannot say for sure there is no relief to be found in prayer. The only way to comment on spiritual matters is to experience them- and this is the one thing an atheist cannot do.

This is why I allow myself </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/1783550108915029703/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=1783550108915029703' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/1783550108915029703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/1783550108915029703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/12/black-tourmaline.html' title='Black Tourmaline.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FH4sZHQqLdA/TurJ8i-99zI/AAAAAAAADpM/cQt_UNLXfjY/s72-c/gemstones1055_black_tourmaline_gemstones_strand.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-2921872628138894806</id><published>2011-12-16T02:53:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-16T02:55:22.832Z</updated><title type='text'>Be happy.</title><summary type='text'>

They accuse us of hating women, being impotent and/or a rapist.

Our answer? To be happy.

They bring up the self made drama of their lives, make us responsible for their damaged mental state as if we were God and had made them this way ourselves.

Our answer? To be happy.

Feminism has all the power right now but nobody wants to be like them. Nobody wants to be miserable and screwed up.

This </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/2921872628138894806/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=2921872628138894806' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/2921872628138894806'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/2921872628138894806'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/12/be-happy.html' title='Be happy.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RtC2A1JAdDM/TuqzDNBueEI/AAAAAAAADpE/buoTbqFYL1s/s72-c/thumbnail.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-3367570967210061545</id><published>2011-12-16T01:29:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-16T01:34:57.018Z</updated><title type='text'>The quick road to Alpha.</title><summary type='text'>

What is an Alpha after all? Is it a man with the walk, a man with good stories or (god forbid) a man who is good with women? It is important not to define Alpha by counting the number of women a man has been with. This leads to helplessness because it leaves judgement in the hands of others. It sets up a dreadful cycle of expectation by which a man knows he is Beta because of the way he is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/3367570967210061545/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=3367570967210061545' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/3367570967210061545'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/3367570967210061545'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/12/quick-road-to-alpha.html' title='The quick road to Alpha.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-muaU7nkj5rc/TuqgNL17URI/AAAAAAAADo8/XW6yzDj-mic/s72-c/thumbnail.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-6990084512922470437</id><published>2011-12-15T21:21:00.001Z</published><updated>2011-12-16T00:15:22.891Z</updated><title type='text'>David Cameron- a Man Going his Own Way?</title><summary type='text'>

It looks as if the UK may be facing a double dip recession that is largely politically inspired.

Markets prefer almost anything to continuing uncertainty and this is what the political class have been giving us for some time. It does seem that things are at last being forced to a conclusion. Whatever happens will be painful but probably less painful than the present fog of doubt. We are most </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/6990084512922470437/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=6990084512922470437' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/6990084512922470437'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/6990084512922470437'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/12/david-cameron-man-going-his-own-way.html' title='David Cameron- a Man Going his Own Way?'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YEqLXObU5YQ/TuqGaTe5KeI/AAAAAAAADo0/DLVMYtIabA8/s72-c/thumbnail.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-7145312350830539402</id><published>2011-12-13T06:40:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-13T06:47:17.441Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beyond Game'/><title type='text'>What a difference a word makes!</title><summary type='text'>

I believe that there is a world of difference between saying someone is Alpha and saying they are being Alpha.

Let me explain. Suppose you were doing a job you hated and were being bullied by your boss. Normally you would walk out and yet few of us can do this in the present climate so you stick it out.

Is this being Alpha? No, not really but sometimes life puts one in a Beta role. The point </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/7145312350830539402/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=7145312350830539402' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/7145312350830539402'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/7145312350830539402'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/12/what-difference-word-makes.html' title='What a difference a word makes!'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RppBJ4-uez4/Tub020blc6I/AAAAAAAADos/KGhyR_iVmjY/s72-c/james-bond-octopussy_5.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-9071085971021142518</id><published>2011-11-26T08:44:00.001Z</published><updated>2011-11-26T17:09:15.806Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beyond Game'/><title type='text'>Of picking up the wrong fork.</title><summary type='text'>

A gentleman's perfume shop. The oldest in the world.

The main difference between men and women is that women focus upon their own bodies while men focus upon the bodies of women. When a heterosexual woman watches a porn film she watches the woman almost exclusively and wonders what it would feel like to be her. Women actually become excited by their own beauty and sexuality as they walk or </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/9071085971021142518/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=9071085971021142518' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/9071085971021142518'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/9071085971021142518'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/11/capturing-female-sexuality.html' title='Of picking up the wrong fork.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p7uj8oD2EM4/TtC4wj493JI/AAAAAAAADok/nTLjES_PBuo/s72-c/2219662065_b3c01f151e_z.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-2976495794772277256</id><published>2011-11-25T14:27:00.001Z</published><updated>2011-11-26T10:36:18.488Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beyond Game'/><title type='text'>Status simplified.</title><summary type='text'>



A gentleman is a lion and not a pussycat.

The pick up community make status a very complicated thing that involves talking a woman half to death. In my own experience there is no need to work that hard.

What follows is a list of things that have given me status in the past. I measure this chiefly by the way women react to me. They amount to a door opener and allow authentic communication </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/2976495794772277256/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=2976495794772277256' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/2976495794772277256'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/2976495794772277256'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/11/status-simplified.html' title='Status simplified.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jppNo0NHcCc/TtCl7kxndtI/AAAAAAAADoc/2wfOSfLWaPA/s72-c/daniel-craig-bond-415x275.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-1185422562469606703</id><published>2011-11-24T22:40:00.001Z</published><updated>2011-11-25T00:21:12.260Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prepping'/><title type='text'>Suicide.</title><summary type='text'>

Suicide is not commonly assumed to be a survival threat even though it is the leading cause of death to men between 18 and 34. This may be because suicide is voluntary and therefore completely under the control of the individual- but is this really true? If one becomes severely depressed then life becomes an agony that can no longer be withstood. Suicide is not really a choice in these </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/1185422562469606703/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=1185422562469606703' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/1185422562469606703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/1185422562469606703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/11/suicide.html' title='Suicide.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mXFEWtld4O0/Ts7YuAgUAqI/AAAAAAAADoM/lW7iGb0zQk0/s72-c/sunrise_01_406x304.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-4429913154263930606</id><published>2011-11-22T19:10:00.001Z</published><updated>2011-11-24T23:33:56.077Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prepping'/><title type='text'>The Prepping Index</title><summary type='text'>



How do we decide which threats to prep for when there are so many to choose from? One approach is to go for the dramatic and the exciting- the classic Zombie apocalypse.

I prefer a more scientific approach. Indeed, I have reduced it to a formula.

P x S x A= Prepping index.

P = Probability. In other words we should prep for likely events.
S = Severity. It is better to be prepared for severe</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/4429913154263930606/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=4429913154263930606' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/4429913154263930606'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/4429913154263930606'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/11/survival-formula.html' title='The Prepping Index'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OqWzL7claT0/TswZZc_YIGI/AAAAAAAADoE/8yH_hFDeAus/s72-c/f-Zombie-Apocalypse-9427.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-9110037233366350004</id><published>2011-11-22T08:54:00.001Z</published><updated>2011-11-22T20:13:36.182Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beyond Game'/><title type='text'>What is the point of Alpha?</title><summary type='text'>What is the point of Alpha if you are a man going his own way? Surely Beta will do if you are seeking solitude?

I do not seek Alpha for a girlfriend. I seek it primarily to feel good. It is quite delicious to walk down the street and enjoy the experience of being you. A side effect of this is that women tend to become much more interesting and fun and life simply becomes easier. Women tend to be</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/9110037233366350004/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=9110037233366350004' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/9110037233366350004'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/9110037233366350004'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/11/what-is-point-of-alpha.html' title='What is the point of Alpha?'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-8022258114482321480</id><published>2011-11-22T06:30:00.001Z</published><updated>2011-11-22T20:14:06.341Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Money'/><title type='text'>I swam with sharks.</title><summary type='text'>



I swam with sharks and lived to tell the tale.

I attended the World Money show in London which is an event for financial traders. Where is the pleasure in associating with people who spend their entire lives in the pursuit of unearned riches? Trading is a zero sum game. It is not economically productive in the way that investing in a company may be. The only way to make money trading is to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/8022258114482321480/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=8022258114482321480' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/8022258114482321480'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/8022258114482321480'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/11/carnival-of-sociopaths.html' title='I swam with sharks.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6Wcp7ms0O6g/TstgXijgEjI/AAAAAAAADn0/z0DSxhmkl50/s72-c/shark-wallpaper03.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-13895303797822763</id><published>2011-11-09T15:49:00.001Z</published><updated>2011-11-09T16:04:30.295Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beyond Game'/><title type='text'>First know yourself.</title><summary type='text'>

The first thing one should do when planning to lose weight is to know oneself. There is simply no point in adopting a style that does not suit us. Nearly all diets have this obsessive compulsive quality to them. Calorie counting reminds the dieter of everything they cannot eat and is a form of self torture. We all crave what we cannot have.

I know myself sufficiently well to know that any food</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/13895303797822763/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=13895303797822763' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/13895303797822763'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/13895303797822763'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/11/first-know-yourself.html' title='First know yourself.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8Z8OJNY6p9Y/TrqkhtyTO_I/AAAAAAAADnk/mhjfZEVV2NQ/s72-c/stick_man.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-7733805634155557639</id><published>2011-11-09T08:17:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-09T09:54:37.002Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beyond Game'/><title type='text'>How I became a niceguy.</title><summary type='text'>



When I was a kid I was something of a natural among children. Adult women would dote on me and I had an army of girls in my class who wished to look after me. It was all rather a bother to tell you the truth. There things always come at the wrong time.

I transformed myself into a creepy niceguy by the time I was eighteen and so began my long sexual famine. How did this happen? At the age of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/7733805634155557639/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=7733805634155557639' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/7733805634155557639'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/7733805634155557639'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/11/how-i-became-niceguy.html' title='How I became a niceguy.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wvVvzgSN85w/TrpGFydO97I/AAAAAAAADnc/gZpGXu0W8X0/s72-c/mrniceguy-434.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-7222281144195205211</id><published>2011-11-08T13:09:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-08T13:14:05.875Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alpha Strategy'/><title type='text'>I am going the the World Money Show in London.</title><summary type='text'>

This two day event (11th and 12th) is free to the public and it would be good to meet a Ghost or two there.

This is where financiers and bankers go to be loved. Here we see Jim Rogers 'The Adventure Capitalist' doing his rock star bit.

Hard to stomach? Last year they gave us all free drinks at the end. Details may be found HERE

</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/7222281144195205211/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=7222281144195205211' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/7222281144195205211'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/7222281144195205211'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/11/i-am-going-the-world-money-show-in.html' title='I am going the the World Money Show in London.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9siS73RuNfo/Trkpr2UF0II/AAAAAAAADnE/yTJz3zIyPrM/s72-c/rogers_car_podium_standard.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-8057614275395612998</id><published>2011-11-06T11:52:00.003Z</published><updated>2011-11-08T12:40:58.070Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MGTOW'/><title type='text'>Is Ghost Nation still a MGTOW blog?</title><summary type='text'>

I hope that it is.

I hope that I have simply moved from the theory to more practical matters. We need to be free- and there is no freedom without money.

Everything I have previously said remains true.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/8057614275395612998/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=8057614275395612998' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/8057614275395612998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/8057614275395612998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/11/is-ghost-nation-still-mgtow-blog.html' title='Is Ghost Nation still a MGTOW blog?'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LeD5aC78JCY/TrZ2FCD4zOI/AAAAAAAADm8/IrjbZDyF5V8/s72-c/MGTOW_Avatar_by_GHOSTpssrby.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-8865851280715377101</id><published>2011-11-06T08:15:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-11-08T12:40:11.512Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Small economies'/><title type='text'>Small economies.</title><summary type='text'>


Oh! How dull life can become when one is saving for financial freedom!! If one cannot combine this with some pleasure we will surely never make it!!!

I am creating a new area of this website to do just this. Many of us have been told that buying quality is the cheaper option in the long run. I intend to test this theory by treating myself to a small luxury each month. This is a convenient </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/8865851280715377101/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=8865851280715377101' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/8865851280715377101'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/8865851280715377101'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/11/small-economies.html' title='Small economies.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-3056795736751183569</id><published>2011-11-02T09:37:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-11-05T14:28:46.806Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Money'/><title type='text'>Talk is cheap.</title><summary type='text'>

Talk is cheap and none more so than in the financial markets. Everyone wants to be a guru and the more they fear their positions will wipe them out the more certain they like to appear.

Amongst all the guff there are useful sources of information.

The Economist Information Unit (owned by the Economist magazine) produces a number of useful bulletins. All of these are free of charge and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/3056795736751183569/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=3056795736751183569' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/3056795736751183569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/3056795736751183569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/11/opinion-is-cheap.html' title='Talk is cheap.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zEl4Q9HScNc/TrEat3LSQzI/AAAAAAAADlY/kj54vvjsSN0/s72-c/omg.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-8359534165808269767</id><published>2011-10-31T15:38:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-01T10:05:03.754Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alpha Strategy'/><title type='text'>Surfing the Coppock Death Wave.</title><summary type='text'>

I have just returned from one of the most depressing mornings of my entire life. I attended a seminar held by the Investors Chronicle magazine which is probably the most reputable investment magazine in the world. As you read what follows you should realise that this company makes its living from private investors and speculators and its current advice seems to be- do not even think about it.

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I am becoming more and more drawn to the philosophy of the Seducing with Style blog- and not just for the obvious reasons. Every man has a style- a message he continually transmits to the world by his clothing and movements. The majority of men are completely unaware of what these messages might be while the majority of women are extremely aware of everything they do. This accounts for a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/1959673623732498895/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=1959673623732498895' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/1959673623732498895'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/1959673623732498895'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/10/seducing-with-style.html' title='Seducing with style.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cXkLS6vC9tk/TqkfSBlDcKI/AAAAAAAADk8/xk52cBMPeUA/s72-c/gentleman_and_scientist.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-5055226400978163049</id><published>2011-10-24T08:34:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T09:50:29.810+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beyond Game'/><title type='text'>The little sister test.</title><summary type='text'>

Game is largely about comfort. This is not the state of comfort between a man and a woman but between the man and himself. When a man is comfortable with the ethics of his own actions a woman is likely to trust him. This (ironically) is why jerks and sociopaths are so successful with women. They have a clear conscience because they have no conscience.

Assuming that we are not sociopaths this </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/5055226400978163049/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=5055226400978163049' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/5055226400978163049'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/5055226400978163049'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/10/little-sister-test.html' title='The little sister test.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G_p3aObxa7E/TqUZm-igEhI/AAAAAAAADkA/eKDv6-bruwE/s72-c/is.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-2662838130528919956</id><published>2011-10-23T17:21:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T18:25:03.978+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The ruins of the past'/><title type='text'>The future of loyalty (there is none).</title><summary type='text'>

It came to me just now that customer loyalty programmes are a product of the past. This may seem a strange thing to say when new currencies are being launched almost every day and when the entire industry was spawned by new technology. It is the Internet that made it possible for so many companies to launch their own schemes at such a low cost. There is no need to print vouchers or issue </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/2662838130528919956/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=2662838130528919956' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/2662838130528919956'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/2662838130528919956'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/10/future-of-loyalty-there-is-none.html' title='The future of loyalty (there is none).'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oSQWAsXjHIA/TqRARoOtPrI/AAAAAAAADj4/A6T0Qw_sYV8/s72-c/fsImageResize.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-7428574494310277427</id><published>2011-10-23T13:40:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-29T13:45:38.923+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alpha Strategy'/><title type='text'>Live better and more cheaply.</title><summary type='text'>Living more cheaply is easy- simply eliminate everything that makes life worth living. Living cheaply while living well requires creativity.

There is a paradox to living cheaply. In order to be successful one must discover new pleasures in life. If your focus is on eliminating everything you enjoy then you will fail in your quest because you will be in conflict with yourself on one level or </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/7428574494310277427/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=7428574494310277427' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/7428574494310277427'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/7428574494310277427'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/10/live-better-and-more-cheaply.html' title='Live better and more cheaply.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-7284830113817035898</id><published>2011-10-23T13:37:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T14:06:35.854+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alpha Strategy'/><title type='text'>Educate yourself for an uncertan future.</title><summary type='text'>

Education is far more than the piece of paper you have that qualify you to do your job. Education is something you do for yourself, not  for your employer and certainly not for the sake of state regulation.

What follows is a list of skills I believe every human being should possess. It is quite possible to stumble through life without them but it is likely to be a shallow experience.

MAKE </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/7284830113817035898/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=7284830113817035898' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/7284830113817035898'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/7284830113817035898'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/10/educate-yourself-for-uncertan-future.html' title='Educate yourself for an uncertan future.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YMR7u6nl8no/TqQNE6TzTeI/AAAAAAAADjw/RqhVCYi8ThI/s72-c/11389875.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-5718977466968757744</id><published>2011-10-23T12:35:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T13:00:16.680+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alpha Strategy'/><title type='text'>Inflation proofing your future.</title><summary type='text'>

Inflation is the ultimate stealth tax because almost nobody realises it is created by governments who create credit from nothing. This accounts for its great popularity (among governments). All governments- even those with central planning- use inflation in this way.

Inflation has the effect of nibbling away at your real wealth so that you hardly notice it. Your stock portfolio and the price </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/5718977466968757744/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=5718977466968757744' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/5718977466968757744'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/5718977466968757744'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/10/inflation-proofing-your-future.html' title='Inflation proofing your future.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KvQTqy_PU-U/TqQBwWAuKKI/AAAAAAAADjo/HMQ2Xy72PRY/s72-c/inflation.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-8890088509630515203</id><published>2011-10-23T09:49:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T14:56:37.973+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alpha Strategy'/><title type='text'>The real adventure.</title><summary type='text'>

We are all wealthy to the extent that we can amuse ourselves.

Imagine two individuals.

One person has money (which he inherited) but cannot amuse himself. He needs to be entertained by others in order not to be bored and spends money continuously to avoid this. None of these things have lasting value to him and he experiences life as an emptiness filled with light and sound.

Such a person </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/8890088509630515203/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=8890088509630515203' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/8890088509630515203'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/8890088509630515203'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/10/cool-but-cheap.html' title='The real adventure.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-flOYH3Cb6eQ/TqPatvl9pjI/AAAAAAAADjg/LDK_BiFOQg0/s72-c/work_331133_12_flat%252C550x550%252C075%252Cf_fair-ground.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-3154657868627128541</id><published>2011-10-20T20:53:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T18:52:44.797+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reporting'/><title type='text'>We must not miss this train.</title><summary type='text'>

I attended the St Pauls protest in London today. I took some photographs and made some new friends. What I found may surprise you.










</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/3154657868627128541/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=3154657868627128541' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/3154657868627128541'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/3154657868627128541'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/10/get-on-this-train.html' title='We must not miss this train.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0ZzBAuPiB1A/TqB7QVfD4oI/AAAAAAAADi4/80C9QsWLfzU/s72-c/St+Pauls+037.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-18279533870063076</id><published>2011-10-20T20:47:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T18:53:22.178+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reporting'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>

Everywhere I looked Austrian and Conservative ideas were triumphing over socialist solutions.




</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/18279533870063076/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=18279533870063076' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/18279533870063076'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/18279533870063076'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/10/everywhere-i-looked-austrian-and.html' title=''/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ByQt7W9OZ2A/TqB5_2zfqxI/AAAAAAAADio/3Tqc5f31CdA/s72-c/St+Pauls+051.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-4016489502013174469</id><published>2011-10-20T20:39:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T18:54:03.940+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reporting'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>

The entire event was surprisingly individualistic and right wing. Note the slogans on this tent that could easily have been found on a Fathers 4 Justice event.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/4016489502013174469/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=4016489502013174469' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/4016489502013174469'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/4016489502013174469'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/10/entire-event-was-surprisingly.html' title=''/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K1RFBnGO4zQ/TqB4Qbq3UgI/AAAAAAAADig/uEz2DNLOJuY/s72-c/St+Pauls+027.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-5252502920738422141</id><published>2011-10-20T20:32:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T18:54:40.997+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reporting'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>

The demonstration has developed into an instant university where brilliance and complete nonsense may be heard in equal mesure. This guy is some sort of tax haven expert who advocated a whole raft of regualtion and extra taxation (wrong wrong wrong).

</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/5252502920738422141/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=5252502920738422141' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/5252502920738422141'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/5252502920738422141'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/10/demonstration-has-developed-into.html' title=''/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DrVwgNNTnZc/TqB2eFbvbgI/AAAAAAAADiQ/6Xz_1EABk2s/s72-c/St+Pauls+022.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-4782205247165644979</id><published>2011-10-20T20:24:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T18:55:07.234+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reporting'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>

There was a carnival atmosphere with plenty of interesting art.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/4782205247165644979/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=4782205247165644979' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/4782205247165644979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/4782205247165644979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/10/there-was-carnival-atmosphere-with.html' title=''/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N_gfkeSwpTc/TqB1Hf1GIUI/AAAAAAAADiI/zehZwE4Mcb4/s72-c/St+Pauls+039.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-8255288205922773530</id><published>2011-10-20T20:20:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T18:55:47.991+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reporting'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>

Anonymous was always going to attract conspiracy minded individuals. Many of these people believe anything no matter how absurd provided that the government say it is wrong. The fact that 'they' do not want us to believe it is proof enough.

It is refreshing to see that most people on the demo seem to have a more sceptical and pro science attitude as you will observe from the graffiti on the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/8255288205922773530/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=8255288205922773530' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/8255288205922773530'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/8255288205922773530'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/10/anonymous-was-always-going-to-attract.html' title=''/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zn09aa9cXt0/TqB0VWRZDbI/AAAAAAAADiA/nDkXiuBJ4eo/s72-c/St+Pauls+072.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-7212544455492395951</id><published>2011-10-20T20:13:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T18:56:18.843+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reporting'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>

Meet Robin Smith, articulate and thoughtful former Conservative councillor who now promotes land value taxation. I will interview him on another date as I am broadly in favour of land value taxation. The object is to tax unearned income and while allowing everyone to enjoy the fruits of their labour. Income tax is a tax upon work and tends to discourage production. Employers payroll taxes are </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/7212544455492395951/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=7212544455492395951' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/7212544455492395951'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/7212544455492395951'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/10/meet-robin-smith-articulate-and.html' title=''/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-biylgffNBU4/TqBycjqCIvI/AAAAAAAADh4/NpblOZceDLo/s72-c/St+Pauls+062.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-3631494454873240032</id><published>2011-10-20T12:52:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-21T18:44:18.946+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alpha Strategy'/><title type='text'>The cheese crate survival kit.</title><summary type='text'>

I have recently returned from Fortnum in London where I buy artisan cheese. This is practically the only luxury in my life and it comes in a very nice little cheese crate.

The crate costs £60 (fully filled) but the pasta costs only 18p a bag as it is supermarket value fare. 

This is actually quite a good investment as the price of food is increasing at around 6.5% a year. In addition to this </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/3631494454873240032/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=3631494454873240032' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/3631494454873240032'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/3631494454873240032'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/10/alpha.html' title='The cheese crate survival kit.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pqmXYDixF6E/TqAI5V1eR_I/AAAAAAAADhw/bs_8g0MUtAE/s72-c/alpha%2B003.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-2289864477334831416</id><published>2011-10-19T08:19:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T18:57:03.006+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Video'/><title type='text'>The Plan? Spooky but thrilling.</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/2289864477334831416/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=2289864477334831416' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/2289864477334831416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/2289864477334831416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/10/plan-spooky-but-thrilling.html' title='The Plan? Spooky but thrilling.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/gP9q61Fjlqo/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-3192878116937309764</id><published>2011-10-16T15:03:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T18:58:19.813+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Video'/><title type='text'>The infamous Sharon Osborne castration clip.</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/3192878116937309764/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=3192878116937309764' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/3192878116937309764'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/3192878116937309764'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/10/infamous-sharon-osborne-castration-clip.html' title='The infamous Sharon Osborne castration clip.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/wP4VeMJp9pE/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-6077314439768333933</id><published>2011-10-16T09:36:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T18:58:47.581+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Video'/><title type='text'>Anonymous embrace Austrian Economics?</title><summary type='text'>
</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/6077314439768333933/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=6077314439768333933' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/6077314439768333933'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/6077314439768333933'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/10/anonymous-embrace-austrian-economics.html' title='Anonymous embrace Austrian Economics?'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/vY4VZr8Ox94/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-7595214343014484516</id><published>2011-10-15T08:51:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T21:11:02.615+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Money'/><title type='text'>£6.91 Yay!</title><summary type='text'>Quidco sent me an email early this morning to say that they were sending me my first payment- for £6.91.

I am far happier about this than I really should be. £6.91 is not much. So what is Quidco? It is a website that allows you to make online purchases and receive the sales commission to your own bank account. Everyone should be a member and you may join free of charge.


My own policy is to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/7595214343014484516/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=7595214343014484516' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/7595214343014484516'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/7595214343014484516'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/10/691-yay.html' title='£6.91 Yay!'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-6208180969582464556</id><published>2011-10-13T18:23:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T21:11:34.811+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Money'/><title type='text'>How to stay in credit.</title><summary type='text'>

Most of us have enough to live on. The only reason we finish the month with a thumping great overdraft is that we cannot resist temptation.

So what is the solution? Are we to rely upon self denial and will power? How well has that gone so far? Probably not very well. The solution is to find ways to make us want to behave sensibly.

One way I do this is to reward myself when my bank account is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/6208180969582464556/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=6208180969582464556' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/6208180969582464556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/6208180969582464556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/10/how-to-stay-in-credit.html' title='How to stay in credit.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sJ_yMIDWJBk/Tpcfrqm0LNI/AAAAAAAADhc/ZIkWWDj01t8/s72-c/Tesco-Supermarket-meal-deal-taste-test-431x250.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-1012263820195075057</id><published>2011-10-13T16:38:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T21:12:06.579+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Money'/><title type='text'>A visit to the Apple Store.</title><summary type='text'>

I visited the Apple Store today as my iPad (6 weeks old) no longer works. It was an educational experience. Outside of the shop two groups were gathered to the right and to the left of the front door. One group was somberly dressed and stood around a makeshift shrine to Steve Jobs. The other was dressed as furry animals and they were getting ready to queue up all night for the chance to be </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/1012263820195075057/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=1012263820195075057' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/1012263820195075057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/1012263820195075057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/10/visit-to-apple-store.html' title='A visit to the Apple Store.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cKRTPYqmzZo/Tpcgf1x8aQI/AAAAAAAADhk/Nz8aeY7u7ZU/s72-c/applestore-415.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-5115177115263346305</id><published>2011-10-01T20:30:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T21:12:41.421+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Submarine'/><title type='text'>Spanish. Why and how.</title><summary type='text'>

Why Spanish?

1. The two most useful languages to have in the world are English and Spanish. Chinese is spoken by a great many people of course but it is not really a single language and it is difficult to learn. In any case it will be some time until westerners really wish to compete in the Chinese job market.

2. Knowing at least one foreign language is necessary if one is to teach English </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/5115177115263346305/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=5115177115263346305' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/5115177115263346305'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/5115177115263346305'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/10/why-learn-spanish.html' title='Spanish. Why and how.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-A6gF0O27WVg/ToeXdQCcPyI/AAAAAAAADhY/l8PCPZ6c-7M/s72-c/tumblr_kv235mv2F11qapbryo1_500.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-4939450693095762077</id><published>2011-10-01T13:00:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T21:13:10.603+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Money'/><title type='text'>The Misers Bathroom.</title><summary type='text'>A few days ago I did something very unusual. I spent some money.

I bought myself a huge black blanket towel along with a matching bathmat and one of those funny rugs that go around the toilet cistern.

I expect each of these items to save me money one way or another. The blanket towel (£28) replaces a couple of mismatched towels that I am currently using. These now reside under my bath where </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/4939450693095762077/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=4939450693095762077' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/4939450693095762077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/4939450693095762077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/10/misers-bathroom.html' title='The Misers Bathroom.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-8115136228596202985</id><published>2011-09-28T18:26:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T21:13:41.073+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beyond Game'/><title type='text'>Mortality.</title><summary type='text'>



We must all face our mortality so that we may better evade it.

The terror of death is largely based upon the fear that something static, something called 'you' will be lost. I fact this thng we call 'us' is mainly illusion. Our perceptions, loves and hates, our view of the world and even our memories shift and change from moment to moment. This thing that we call 'us' that we so fear losing </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/8115136228596202985/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=8115136228596202985' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/8115136228596202985'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/8115136228596202985'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/09/mortality.html' title='Mortality.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YGS19cGNba0/ToTbC5gD28I/AAAAAAAADhQ/lh8nbtOT4NE/s72-c/untitled.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-3657730270493250062</id><published>2011-09-27T09:48:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T14:55:12.055+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alpha Strategy'/><title type='text'>The duty to be happy.</title><summary type='text'>

The central problem of Britain is that good deeds do not (seem to) pay. If you work hard, provide for your children and are faithful to your wife then you will become a target for predatory divorce lawyers who see you (a nice guy) as food for the billing department. You will lose the children that have been your motivation.

Thrift is also punished, as is responsible behaviour generally.

In </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/3657730270493250062/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=3657730270493250062' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/3657730270493250062'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/3657730270493250062'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/09/duty-to-be-happy.html' title='The duty to be happy.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Id2eO_Kj5cU/ToTZgG91WuI/AAAAAAAADhM/oqBxDbkrncc/s72-c/HAPPY.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-6364260475091978630</id><published>2011-09-26T06:02:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T21:14:30.239+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beyond Game'/><title type='text'>Joy.</title><summary type='text'>

Joy is an idea that is rarely understood these days. It is not the pleasure of consumption or any transient pleasure. It is a deep wellspring within the soul that comes from living the life one was born to live.

Nobody can tell you where your joy may be found because nobody can tell you your purpose- but we can all recognise joy in others. It is an aliveness that makes others feel alive too.

</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/6364260475091978630/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=6364260475091978630' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/6364260475091978630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/6364260475091978630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/09/joy.html' title='Joy.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NYTDc-WfA2k/ToAH10GxCvI/AAAAAAAADhI/MrU7v4f9KlI/s72-c/images.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-4857893617409222482</id><published>2011-09-25T13:30:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T21:15:00.191+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Safe Haven'/><title type='text'>Furgality and survivalism.</title><summary type='text'>



Think of any survival event, war, famine, ecological disaster, socialism- anything. What do they all have in common?

They all require that we live on less than we do now. Once we realise this we can see that saving sixty percent of our income is actually survivalist training. It makes us self reliant and resourceful and teaches us that it is possible to be happy without prestige purchases.

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We all know that we should sleep well but can we put a specific price on a good nights sleep? Can we sleep more productively?  in other words, can we get more benefit from sleeping the same number of hours? I believe the answer to both questions is yes.

The value of a good nights sleep is about ten percent of whatever you are paid. This is because everything is done that much more quickly when</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/2947463039166603913/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=2947463039166603913' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/2947463039166603913'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/2947463039166603913'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/09/value-of-sleep.html' title='The value of sleep.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hp4gRg8GYh0/Tn2XEjCMsUI/AAAAAAAADg4/Ins7goC_5Ec/s72-c/t01122_9.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-5849674979934876369</id><published>2011-09-20T08:59:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T21:16:16.700+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Money'/><title type='text'>Self insurance.</title><summary type='text'>

Insurance is an interesting thing. A company can only afford to pay a tiny fraction of the claims it insures and is little more than a bubble of confidence and promises. More and more people are turning away from this smoke and mirrors form of finance and opting to self insure. This is not easy because it is necessary to put ones own house in order.

Insurance has become a means of living ones </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/5849674979934876369/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=5849674979934876369' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/5849674979934876369'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/5849674979934876369'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/09/hoe-to-be-insurance-company.html' title='Self insurance.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EVHWJ2cENEg/Tn2YYDGB9GI/AAAAAAAADg8/O5icuC3O_Ik/s72-c/car-insurance.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-8996129071728076136</id><published>2011-09-16T14:51:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T21:16:56.138+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beyond Game'/><title type='text'>An unsocial life.</title><summary type='text'>

The typical pick up artist follows the following career path.

1. AFC.
2. Lots of approaching using canned routines.
3. Natural game.

It has become fashionable to criticise canned routines but they are progress to an AFC- but not a final destination.

The same is true of social development. Here is the career path of someone coming out of their shell.

1. Find himself socially isolated due to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/8996129071728076136/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=8996129071728076136' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/8996129071728076136'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/8996129071728076136'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/09/unsocial-life.html' title='An unsocial life.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cvssLYY4IaM/TnWmGl1G3NI/AAAAAAAADg0/e5XCnmaOna4/s72-c/socmediavalues.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-4170015410638753922</id><published>2011-09-14T22:17:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T21:17:26.867+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Money'/><title type='text'>Cutting up my union card.</title><summary type='text'>

I am cutting up my union card and saying goodbye to the comrades. I was never a true believer and only joined for the benefits- which still seem attractive. The resigning issue is that my union (the GMB) is launching a nakedly political series of strikes to cause a democratically elected government to reverse its policies. The present government have not sprung their deficit reduction plan on </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/4170015410638753922/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=4170015410638753922' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/4170015410638753922'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/4170015410638753922'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/09/ghost-walking.html' title='Cutting up my union card.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k_VYga3oQoM/TnJZFmF6txI/AAAAAAAADgw/m5UNw3KnduI/s72-c/tory-poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-2095905537224840453</id><published>2011-09-13T12:51:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T21:18:08.225+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='London'/><title type='text'>The City is not London.</title><summary type='text'>

The City is a small patch of land next to the Tower of London and containing the Bank of England and St Paul's. It is surrounded by the old Roman wall and is no more than one square mile or so across.

Everywhere you go you will see dragons. Every street has six or ten. they are on the street signs, on plinths and may even be found crawling across roof lines.



The City has its own flag and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/2095905537224840453/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=2095905537224840453' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/2095905537224840453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/2095905537224840453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/09/flag-of-city-of-london.html' title='The City is not London.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dy-4ljLoQGc/Tm9DjyBf_iI/AAAAAAAADgA/fz9EgbZfFIw/s72-c/roman-wall-city-of-london-62335.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-3605575028936892881</id><published>2011-09-13T12:19:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T21:19:25.579+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='London'/><title type='text'>The verge of self parody.</title><summary type='text'>







It is worth taking a look at this strange thing because it is the last remaining City State of Europe (over a thousand years old!) and because it incorporates many of the ideas discussed within this blog. It is the one institution that remains resistant to feminism authough it is completely open to women who wish to participate.

There are two things we must understand about the City. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/3605575028936892881/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=3605575028936892881' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/3605575028936892881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/3605575028936892881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/09/medeval-state-in-london.html' title='The verge of self parody.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Iq_IHu2fVbg/Tm-7Qf0slPI/AAAAAAAADgc/kmpTQlGzIMo/s72-c/_48433006_reuters2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-2659399464751939107</id><published>2011-09-13T10:15:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T21:20:08.805+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='London'/><title type='text'>Joke buildings and joke wars.</title><summary type='text'>

The City is famous for its joke buildings. This one assumes the shape of a paddle boat and even its windows are round. Even the restaurant workers on the upper decks wear nautical uniforms and yet up close it appears as a normal office building. Most people do not get the joke.



Loyds insurance market is another example. The Loyds is an inside out insurance company that transfers risk from </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/2659399464751939107/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=2659399464751939107' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/2659399464751939107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/2659399464751939107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/09/city-is-famous-for-its-joke-buildings.html' title='Joke buildings and joke wars.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-v4w32X1ZRHM/Tm8P3HKYI2I/AAAAAAAADfE/shtfM9OOTcQ/s72-c/1_454x340.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-4542316762543757101</id><published>2011-09-13T10:10:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T21:21:05.493+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='London'/><title type='text'>Secret parks green men and mystery stones.</title><summary type='text'>

The City is one of the three great trading centers of the world and yet it maintains a tranquil air that I suspect Manhatten has lost. This is partly due to the City having maintained the Roman street plan with narrow passageways and courtyards that cars cannot reach. This is Postmans Park which has a memorial to civilans who gave their lives saving others. Each square has a seperate purpose. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/4542316762543757101/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=4542316762543757101' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/4542316762543757101'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/4542316762543757101'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/09/city-is-one-of-three-great-trading.html' title='Secret parks green men and mystery stones.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c3l7Ay4OILg/Tm8bGDjJ9DI/AAAAAAAADfU/uGFwSkAF6yI/s72-c/PostmanPark5.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-818541148564235177</id><published>2011-09-13T09:08:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T21:21:54.943+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='London'/><title type='text'>Invisible clocks and golden grasshoppers.</title><summary type='text'>

The City is also home to the largest sundial in the world- and yet it is invisible to those who work there. This is Paternoster Square and the structure you see behind you is the center point of a sundial. Unfortunately the only way to tell the time is to hire a helicopter and hover above the square.

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I will make my money posts each Monday in future. Money Monday. This frees Thursdays for conspiracy theories- Tinfoil Thursdays.

The most painless way to save money is to find activities one enjoys that are also free. I registered on a site that encourages walking and followed their directions for a simple stroll down the banks of the Thames. I found a carnival, several live acts and this </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/3405689515399008225/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=3405689515399008225' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/3405689515399008225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/3405689515399008225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/09/i-sent-this-from-my-3-mobile_9624.html' title='I had to stop for I feared my head might explode.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nu-ZsWFYUAE/Tm4QkKmBghI/AAAAAAAADe8/YetN9RbXQWQ/s72-c/11092011054-747830.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-3294646019657999680</id><published>2011-09-12T14:59:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T21:23:31.658+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='London'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>



"We Wanted to be the Sky" as is usual in London there are more questions than answers. The entire waterfront is designed be as enigmatic as possible with moon clocks, underwater statues, unfinished poems carved in rock, and fish with spectacles that spit water at passers by. Nothing is quite explained.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/3294646019657999680/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=3294646019657999680' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/3294646019657999680'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/3294646019657999680'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/09/i-sent-this-from-my-3-mobile_5283.html' title=''/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WfFCxgF5mr0/Tm4QUbRZSOI/AAAAAAAADe0/zZuvieGQB-E/s72-c/11092011052-784750.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-9143991164083694777</id><published>2011-09-12T14:58:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T21:24:42.142+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='London'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>



This man was spotted with a dancing Mexican Doll hat and he was here to learn Korean dance. Someone asked him if it was truly Mexican. "No!" "It is totally English!" he said with in an outraged voice.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/9143991164083694777/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=9143991164083694777' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/9143991164083694777'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/9143991164083694777'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/09/i-sent-this-from-my-3-mobile_6543.html' title=''/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ivzlYLSNlM8/Tm4QBBLKLWI/AAAAAAAADes/7amRTSwIkpQ/s72-c/11092011053-708654.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-6253106306021933656</id><published>2011-09-12T14:57:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T21:25:44.270+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='London'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>



This warehouse was squatted by anarchists who run it as a chaotic art gallery. Part of this complex is Britain's most expensive restaurant where Tony Blair and The President who plotted the takeover of Iraq. Horses heads, hands, eyeballs and even the prow of a boat grow from the walls without explanation. The gallery itself was largely unlit when I last visited so that I had to find my own </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/6253106306021933656/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=6253106306021933656' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/6253106306021933656'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/6253106306021933656'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/09/i-sent-this-from-my-3-mobile_9263.html' title=''/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J0FMN7BVN-k/Tm4Pt-nBIrI/AAAAAAAADek/NiYSyTvqaFc/s72-c/11092011055-731568.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-4620432124772327453</id><published>2011-09-12T14:45:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T21:27:11.658+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='London'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>



I found these guys in a riverside petting zoo. A Jazz band played and a group of skinheads sung a song based upon a Hindu legend. I was sprayed with incense and told that I was blessed.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/4620432124772327453/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=4620432124772327453' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/4620432124772327453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/4620432124772327453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/09/i-sent-this-from-my-3-mobile_2490.html' title=''/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Vt9wnfRWrL0/Tm4NEQSBukI/AAAAAAAADec/IBASh9hqW9k/s72-c/11092011064-752801.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-1063124354317211779</id><published>2011-09-12T14:37:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T07:13:35.286+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='London'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>



This wacky shopping zone contains an all year Christmas Zone where Father Christmas rules in June. The pavement is textured and contains lights and little rivers of coloured water. A full size replica of the Golden Hind sailing ship is moored outside.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/1063124354317211779/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=1063124354317211779' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/1063124354317211779'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/1063124354317211779'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/09/i-sent-this-from-my-3-mobile_9346.html' title=''/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yvDDfSnIbVo/Tm4LOp--W9I/AAAAAAAADeU/tAAbWptsr5M/s72-c/11092011061-782769.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-2263113937100291521</id><published>2011-09-12T14:29:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T07:14:16.390+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='London'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>



Proceedings were overseen by this sixty foot straw fox. It was all rather sinister, he was surrounded by the remains of an authentic Bangalore street cafe with oil drums for seats and torn Bollywood film posters as if he had recently eaten the customers.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/2263113937100291521/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=2263113937100291521' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/2263113937100291521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/2263113937100291521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/09/i-sent-this-from-my-3-mobile_4842.html' title=''/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O3ui7rX77-s/Tm4JUoPanCI/AAAAAAAADeM/CPUvkv6iwcA/s72-c/11092011059-794056.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-5392225801503636711</id><published>2011-09-12T14:23:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T07:14:39.579+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='London'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>



If you look closely you will see that the buildings are painted like a film set. Some of the people and some of the animals are made of wood.

The only advice I can offer tourists or visitors is to walk and look around you. Be open to whatever London brings. It will change you and the less you spend the closer to the magic you will get.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/5392225801503636711/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=5392225801503636711' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/5392225801503636711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/5392225801503636711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/09/i-sent-this-from-my-3-mobile_12.html' title=''/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eEWOeER3840/Tm4H6ldsDdI/AAAAAAAADeE/kqTFjwVyNyk/s72-c/11092011058-734153.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-142270765486629529</id><published>2011-09-08T08:56:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T07:15:00.150+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Money'/><title type='text'>Second Thursday.</title><summary type='text'>If you would like to know about the Thursday Club concept please go HERE.

It is now week two and time to make my second deposit- this time for twenty pounds. Well.. twenty pounds may be almost nothing but it weighs upon the mind to a surprising degree because I know that next week it will be thirty.

I have completed the following actions that will go some way towards financing the additional </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/142270765486629529/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=142270765486629529' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/142270765486629529'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/142270765486629529'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/09/second-thursday.html' title='Second Thursday.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-1042867492877038376</id><published>2011-09-07T10:45:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T07:15:21.514+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Cloud'/><title type='text'>Wunderlist.</title><summary type='text'>

It is quite rare to find something that is free, simple and useful all at the same time but I believe I have done so with Wunderlist. This is a proudly German outfit that believes its product to be wundarbar.

So what is it? It is a simple list creating programme that allows one to set a private or a public to do list. There is nothing particularly groundbreaking in all of this except that it </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/1042867492877038376/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=1042867492877038376' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/1042867492877038376'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/1042867492877038376'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/09/wunderlist.html' title='Wunderlist.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GRPrvJhJFVs/Tmc-aVIKL8I/AAAAAAAADdo/JVah8h9QnHY/s72-c/is.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-8046522943927017389</id><published>2011-09-05T10:53:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T07:16:03.888+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The ruins of the past'/><title type='text'>I smell dragons blood.</title><summary type='text'>

Social phenomena are never catastrophic. They merely act that way. We seem to be waking up to a new revolution a week, each of which seems to have erupted like a storm from a clear blue sky.

In fact power has been bleeding from the likes of Gaddafi for years. Power politics reminds me of financial trading- a stock will continue to decline or rise according to its own momentum over long periods</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/8046522943927017389/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=8046522943927017389' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/8046522943927017389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/8046522943927017389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/09/power-bleeds-slowly.html' title='I smell dragons blood.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fdXUHXtNv-I/TmSduTx8AGI/AAAAAAAADdk/Ef9PUGRNATE/s72-c/SCHUTTE_2249.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-5346642071540924134</id><published>2011-09-03T15:00:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T07:17:03.772+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Money'/><title type='text'>An interesting day so far..</title><summary type='text'>


I attended the Ghost Breakfast not really expecting anyone else to be there- and I was right. Nevertheless I had a good time feeding my face and downloading nearly two gigabyte of apps from the apple store.



Weatherspoons must be the last remaining bargain in London. I had a bacon bap and a latte for £2.29 which is less than you would pay just for the drink anywhere else.



I then did some </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/5346642071540924134/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=5346642071540924134' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/5346642071540924134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/5346642071540924134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/09/i-sent-this-from-my-3-mobile_03.html' title='An interesting day so far..'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NbS9Q_Sp5Mw/TmIzHK3Uc1I/AAAAAAAADdc/8Q-SJ66GAs0/s72-c/03092011048-760132.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-8746965666736674977</id><published>2011-09-03T15:00:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T07:19:53.111+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Safe Haven'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>



This banner makes reference to Garry Glitter a former rock star who was also a pedophile. He was alleged to have had sex with a girl of about the same age as one of the Prophets wives.

The mainstream media like to call the EDL racist because so many of them are working class and shave their heads but if you look closely you will see that around ten percent are black or Asian.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/8746965666736674977/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=8746965666736674977' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/8746965666736674977'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/8746965666736674977'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/09/i-sent-this-from-my-3-mobile.html' title=''/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t0Bh9AZByuU/TmIy68grKHI/AAAAAAAADdU/5VWTuqZz1F0/s72-c/03092011047-710671.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-7625782572409020727</id><published>2011-09-01T21:04:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T07:20:24.819+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Money'/><title type='text'>Welcome to the Thursday Club.</title><summary type='text'>

Why is it that most people are poor? Is it that they have no income? No. Most people will earn millions in their lifetime (just do the maths) and yet most people are poor.

It is simply that we do not get into the habit of investing for our futures. So how do we start?

I propose to transfer just ten pounds to a high interest deposit account. Ten pounds is not a great deal of money and we can </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/7625782572409020727/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=7625782572409020727' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/7625782572409020727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/7625782572409020727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/09/welcome-to-thursday-club.html' title='Welcome to the Thursday Club.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7MQUdavaPIk/Tl_mNVJ0n2I/AAAAAAAADdM/GmEcjhsa-vg/s72-c/155450_164108250296747_164101433630762_296925_906364_n.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-3154151533705081204</id><published>2011-08-31T23:56:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T19:06:29.710+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Safe Haven'/><title type='text'>How to cut the power bills.</title><summary type='text'>

Most of us are paying more for our electricity than we were a year ago. What can we do about it?

The knee jerk reaction is to reduce the wattage of everything. Surely it will save money to have low power appliances?

Not necessarily. Where does all that wasted power go anyway? It is turned into heat. In other words your energy efficient appliance is not energy efficient of you have to heat </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/3154151533705081204/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=3154151533705081204' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/3154151533705081204'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/3154151533705081204'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/08/how-to-cut-power-bills.html' title='How to cut the power bills.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VRjXAAJUd5k/Tl688OSkBQI/AAAAAAAADdE/-s4-1Vl2NeY/s72-c/lightning_storm-3310.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-5937580461160843199</id><published>2011-08-31T01:51:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T07:21:22.894+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Safe Haven'/><title type='text'>Ghost Breakfast - London. Saturday Sept 3rd.</title><summary type='text'>



Join me for the London Ghost Breakfast at 9am at the Crosse Keys pub in the City. A range of traditional English breakfasts willl be available quite cheaply (at least by City standards.). I will be there to download some apps to my beloved iPad and to talk to any readers who may wish to drop in.





This is my mug shot for those who have not met me. The address is 9 Gracechurch St, London </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/5937580461160843199/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=5937580461160843199' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/5937580461160843199'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/5937580461160843199'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/08/ghost-breakfast-london-saturday-sept.html' title='Ghost Breakfast - London. Saturday Sept 3rd.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OwVKkRHUh6o/Tl2DygMLW9I/AAAAAAAADc4/WXYSrEjsXAs/s72-c/Crosse-Keys-London-Bars_co__uk_.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-1137747439332287630</id><published>2011-08-28T06:01:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T07:22:04.501+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beyond Game'/><title type='text'>A very odd website.</title><summary type='text'>Man repeller.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/1137747439332287630/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=1137747439332287630' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/1137747439332287630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/1137747439332287630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/08/very-odd-website.html' title='A very odd website.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-7384907635311847074</id><published>2011-08-27T22:42:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T07:28:45.452+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Safe Haven'/><title type='text'>Before the Fall.</title><summary type='text'>

We are all survivalists now. No wise person can exist without an up to date C.V.



This is why economic recovery is so slow and faint. When individuals come to money they do not spend it as they once did- they reduce their debts as they have no idea what the future brings. The same is true of companies. Many companies have done good work on their overheads and are now profitable with quite low</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/7384907635311847074/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=7384907635311847074' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/7384907635311847074'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/7384907635311847074'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/08/before-fall.html' title='Before the Fall.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jIpHEZ8k-TE/TlllRul_v0I/AAAAAAAADco/XHg2hAPzEIU/s72-c/art-of-survival.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-4566613390831637018</id><published>2011-08-21T08:49:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T07:31:42.641+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beyond Game'/><title type='text'>43 DHVs</title><summary type='text'>

The DHV (demonstration of higher value) is a game concept which basically means bragging without bragging. The PUA sprinkles his conversation with stories that make him look good. This high value is inferred and not openly stated.

When this goes wrong it goes VERY wrong and makes one seem a braggart. This was one reason  natural game evolved. This teaches men to have awesome lives for real. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/4566613390831637018/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=4566613390831637018' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/4566613390831637018'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/4566613390831637018'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/08/43-dhvs.html' title='43 DHVs'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-M0OFX2GkJ8A/TlC55AB1BvI/AAAAAAAADck/8gl1-g9eSgk/s72-c/dover_castle_01.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-48369554606789191</id><published>2011-08-19T21:45:00.008+01:00</published><updated>2011-08-20T14:25:13.934+01:00</updated><title type='text'>The only Game to play is your own.</title><summary type='text'>Game has many schools and the one thing they all teach is to switch off the computer, stop studying Game and go out more.

This is not to say that wisdom cannot be found in guru-land. Everything the gurus say is true- for the gurus and people who resemble them. 

The student must ask two questions of himself. Firstly, does the guru have values he can believe in? I would not use Speed Seduction </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/48369554606789191/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=48369554606789191' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/48369554606789191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/48369554606789191'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/08/only-game-you-can-play-is-your-own.html' title='The only Game to play is your own.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hNnnQ4xpTf0/Tk7MOPEL3II/AAAAAAAADcg/DyO3hi76lUU/s72-c/imagesCAIG2D3P.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-3903373682252167488</id><published>2011-08-17T14:41:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-08-17T14:42:14.196+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Woman crashes car into wrong house.</title><summary type='text'>She thought it was the home of her love rival.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/3903373682252167488/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=3903373682252167488' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/3903373682252167488'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/3903373682252167488'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/08/new-zeeland-woman-crashes-car-into.html' title='Woman crashes car into wrong house.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-2881272380172214480</id><published>2011-08-17T08:56:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2011-08-18T06:46:45.285+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Preparing to Ghost</title><summary type='text'>Never let the sun go down on you and not find you free in the morning. This is a practical matter and not an aspect of revolutionary romanticism. Here is my own daily list. Maybe it will inspire you.

1) Dispose of two things. This may be physical junk, emotional junk or administrative junk. In order for this to count it must be a permanent fix to a problem that is bugging you. Fixing a dripping </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/2881272380172214480/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=2881272380172214480' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/2881272380172214480'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/2881272380172214480'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/08/prepating-to-ghost.html' title='Preparing to Ghost'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ad9SkIdCUVw/TkuB5kZWyKI/AAAAAAAADcc/HsqfmiqFklk/s72-c/sunset_beacon_heights_barri_470x353.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-3856893079418860227</id><published>2011-08-16T12:11:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T11:52:57.608+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alpha Strategy'/><title type='text'>The Callan Method.</title><summary type='text'>



This is an English school in a box- costing me less than a hundred pounds in total. What does this get me in principle?

1. A location independent profession that is in demand in most of the more interesting areas of the world.

2. An interesting paying hobby for the U.K.

3. An aid to rebrandng myself. It is better to be seen as a teacher than a security guard.

4. A means of meeting women. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/3856893079418860227/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=3856893079418860227' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/3856893079418860227'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/3856893079418860227'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/08/i-sent-this-from-my-3-mobile_16.html' title='The Callan Method.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PvEwQ6ORuWY/TkpQWd23KXI/AAAAAAAADcY/n4Q3PcHTC24/s72-c/16082011039-780852.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-530917241472821962</id><published>2011-08-15T03:10:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T11:53:46.288+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alpha Strategy'/><title type='text'>Urban survival kit.</title><summary type='text'>



This is an urban survival kit designed to fit easily into a briefcase and guard against most problems you may realistically encounter in a city.

1. Phone charger.

2. Post it notes, pens and highlighter.

3. Pound coins (for supermarket trolleys and so on).

4. High powered LED torch. This is useful in the event of a tube blackout.

5. London street map.

6. Dry socks. There is nothing worse</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/530917241472821962/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=530917241472821962' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/530917241472821962'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/530917241472821962'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/08/i-sent-this-from-my-3-mobile_15.html' title='Urban survival kit.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EUsmxJZPchA/TkiADS0U1_I/AAAAAAAADcQ/Yt2G2IzquGM/s72-c/15082011038-720835.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-7553338771005054444</id><published>2011-08-15T02:33:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-08-15T02:33:10.469+01:00</updated><title type='text'>The rule of three.</title><summary type='text'>One interesting notion within the prepper community is the rule of three. In other words none of us should be scuppered if our two original plans go down. The rule of three is a good approach to life in general. If we really need to get to a place it is good to have the location on our smart phone, but it is also good to have a map in our pocket and a number to ring as well.

Prepping is not </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/7553338771005054444/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=7553338771005054444' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/7553338771005054444'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/7553338771005054444'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/08/rule-of-three.html' title='The rule of three.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-8018322236998323872</id><published>2011-08-10T17:34:00.012+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T11:54:29.733+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alpha Strategy'/><title type='text'>Two weeks rations (the Opportunity Box).</title><summary type='text'>



I now have fourteen days food in storage. The cost of the food is modest- no more than twenty pounds in total. The main cost has been the storage space.

Storage space is always at a premium when one is an urban survivalist and I had to buy a food hamper, eat the contents (yum) and then buy some plastic stacking boxes to replace them with. This cost was in the region of two hundred and fifty </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/8018322236998323872/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=8018322236998323872' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/8018322236998323872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/8018322236998323872'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/08/i-sent-this-from-my-3-mobile_525.html' title='Two weeks rations (the Opportunity Box).'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZGjuILB0wzY/TkKzAyOVBWI/AAAAAAAADb8/vgrm45IYGso/s72-c/05082011031-751784.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-5178804113332013370</id><published>2011-08-04T15:49:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2011-08-05T10:46:45.244+01:00</updated><title type='text'>A Man and his Blog.</title><summary type='text'>One of the few advantages of having a wife is that it keeps a man busy. In other words the married man is as purposeful and busy at home as he is at work. This is because he is effectively employed by his wife and closely supervised all of his waking hours either by his wife or his employer. Only in his dreams is he free and many men have lost the art even of holding dreams.

Some men seem to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/5178804113332013370/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=5178804113332013370' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/5178804113332013370'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/5178804113332013370'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/08/man-and-his-blog.html' title='A Man and his Blog.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EqLPonUrkGE/Tju787l-pTI/AAAAAAAADbc/XyW9G6YvzJQ/s72-c/pyramid.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-5832693708808195719</id><published>2011-07-29T09:56:00.059+01:00</published><updated>2011-08-04T15:21:43.883+01:00</updated><title type='text'>The door with the 'Keep Out' sign.</title><summary type='text'>There are a number of subjects that most men are simply not supposed to know about. There is no law about it. It is simply not done. This has less to do with feminism than practicality and economics. The subjects are the preserve of people with plenty of time and money. They appear to be economicaly useless at first glance but is this really the case? Could it be that the ruling group simply see </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/5832693708808195719/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=5832693708808195719' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/5832693708808195719'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/5832693708808195719'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/07/once-men-know-certain-things.html' title='The door with the &apos;Keep Out&apos; sign.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MWZtjI4SYQI/TjKIYBOv2DI/AAAAAAAADbM/4Q5u8T_fTPA/s72-c/bbarn-door-keep-out_jpg_w300h305.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total><georss:featurename>Westminster, London, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>51.5001524 -0.12623619999999391</georss:point><georss:box>51.322796399999994 -0.39052969999999393 51.6775084 0.1380573000000061</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-4412614447465792581</id><published>2011-07-29T07:43:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2011-07-29T07:46:58.163+01:00</updated><title type='text'>What to do with old books.</title><summary type='text'>I bought a large tin of Thorntons toffee a week ago (Brazil nut, treacle, raisin and plain) and will use it to dispose of books.

Many of us have far more books than we will ever look at again. These tie us to a place. Our homes fill with books but we become less free as a result. In fact there is no shortage of information on the Internet and there is no need to hoard paper in this way.

I am </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/4412614447465792581/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=4412614447465792581' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/4412614447465792581'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/4412614447465792581'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/07/what-to-do-with-old-books.html' title='What to do with old books.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8BsjGRNMBWQ/TjJWiSZwJWI/AAAAAAAADbE/UwhWTqHLhso/s72-c/Thorntons_Special_Toffee_Tin_840g.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-4801699774675884005</id><published>2011-07-27T14:59:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2011-08-10T18:12:23.991+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Let them eat cake.</title><summary type='text'>I have just ordered a hamper from Clearwater Hampers. I am still not sure it was a good idea (due to my extreme poverty) but I am sure I will enjoy it when it arrives.

Fortunately I am a member of Quidco and so I receive 12.5% back as a cash bonus. Nevertheless at £214 it is an expensive luxury. The only way I can justify it is by making the hamper into a bug in box once I have eaten the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/4801699774675884005/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=4801699774675884005' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/4801699774675884005'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/4801699774675884005'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/07/i-have-just-ordered-hamper-from.html' title='Let them eat cake.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XKWr2lEtqDo/TjAXysHs2II/AAAAAAAADa8/k5Y4FguVoRc/s72-c/CC18.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-4525218276659432609</id><published>2011-07-27T14:09:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-07-31T08:07:25.843+01:00</updated><title type='text'>The English Survivalist.</title><summary type='text'>The biggest problem Survivalism faces in England is that it is.. well.... not polite.

It is really rather rude to threaten the neighbours with a sawn off shotgun simply because food is running low. We would far rather invite them in for a nice cup of tea and a chat- even if the world is ending next Tuesday.

Fortunately England has now come up with its own, very civilised brand of Survivalism </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/4525218276659432609/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=4525218276659432609' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/4525218276659432609'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/4525218276659432609'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/07/english-survivalist.html' title='The English Survivalist.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TyqoMDl0FW4/TjT-xy9n26I/AAAAAAAADbU/eRFGedBomtg/s72-c/blast.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-2559268967146033278</id><published>2011-07-27T12:39:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T11:56:30.589+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alpha Strategy'/><title type='text'>Frugality and Survivalism.</title><summary type='text'>

We generally find that Survivalists turn their back of consumerism and the whole 'sell your soul to the company store' ethic. Consumerism and Survivalism seem incompatible although it takes a little while to understand why.

The penny drops as soon as we begin to economise. Life not only becomes cheaper- it also becomes greener, less stressful and more suited to long term survival.

My own </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/2559268967146033278/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=2559268967146033278' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/2559268967146033278'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/2559268967146033278'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/07/frugality-and-survivalism.html' title='Frugality and Survivalism.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0SwvzmrovNM/Ti_6L-iQtWI/AAAAAAAADa0/v7neIB-D2yg/s72-c/new-survivalism.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-3612434367529337371</id><published>2011-07-26T14:32:00.010+01:00</published><updated>2011-07-27T09:36:54.433+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Ditch the insurance.</title><summary type='text'>Many of us pay into insurance schemes because this is what sensible people do. Sensible sucks. Sensible is Beta. Sensible is death to the soul.

Self insuring is the act of having sufficient funds to deal with life. You have access to this money and so there is no longer any need to pay someone else a premium for access to theirs.

The great thing about self insuring is that it is stress </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/3612434367529337371/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=3612434367529337371' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/3612434367529337371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/3612434367529337371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/07/your-own-little-insurance-company.html' title='Ditch the insurance.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pb9pvPxDmjg/Ti-6FS2-QHI/AAAAAAAADaw/g-7iaZVV3Yg/s72-c/commercial-insurance.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-7388614083218959510</id><published>2011-07-24T10:10:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2011-07-24T10:23:40.938+01:00</updated><title type='text'>A real time experiment.</title><summary type='text'>USA
Inflation 3.56% (current trend down)
Unemployment 9.20% (current trend up)

UK
Inflation 4.2% (current trend down)
Unemployment 7.7% (current trend down).

We see that the UK is recovering from the crunch better than the USA. The two economies are very similar except that the USA is printing money at a greater rate. This amounts to an economic experiment on the virtues of deficit financing. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/7388614083218959510/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=7388614083218959510' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/7388614083218959510'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/7388614083218959510'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/07/real-time-experiment.html' title='A real time experiment.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7V_feripEWE/Tivki9V0SOI/AAAAAAAADas/DP6So2FjYwQ/s72-c/inflation.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-641704983787207459</id><published>2011-07-23T15:16:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2011-07-23T15:41:00.265+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Everyone needs a second job (like a hole in the head).</title><summary type='text'>Many of us are short of cash or afraid of the future. One solution is the second job. This is tempting but it is generally a mistake.

Rather than increasing your hours further - have you thought of reducing them?

Take a typically overworked American who may work sixty hours a week, or a typically overworked Brit who may work forty five hours if they have the misfortune to be male. Let us </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/641704983787207459/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=641704983787207459' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/641704983787207459'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/641704983787207459'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/07/everyone-needs-second-job-like-hole-in.html' title='Everyone needs a second job (like a hole in the head).'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0lJLHKfc4-U/TirZXJkNvHI/AAAAAAAADao/M_vgu0Fnilw/s72-c/overworked.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-4877244333012696535</id><published>2011-07-23T10:26:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2011-07-23T14:26:38.595+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Cloud'/><title type='text'>You are not who you think you are.</title><summary type='text'>Traditional wisdom has it that an individual should spend the first half of his life as an outward journey and the second as a return to the self. What does this mean in reality?

Up until middle age life is an outward journey of discovery. One discoverers ones own values, acquires new skills and learns about the opposite sex. Life is a process of exploration and discovery but also of struggle.

</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/4877244333012696535/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=4877244333012696535' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/4877244333012696535'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/4877244333012696535'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/07/you-are-not-who-you-think-you-are.html' title='You are not who you think you are.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-82uJOMliqB8/TiqUjNBewwI/AAAAAAAADak/S7copEHWTME/s72-c/untitled.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-6157947145287052946</id><published>2011-07-18T16:42:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2011-07-23T06:19:35.666+01:00</updated><title type='text'>I ditch a Witch (yes a real one).</title><summary type='text'>I have just broken with one of my Harem- a real life living breathing spell casting witch. She really does use magic. I am not just insulting her.

Basically my rationalisation hamster has just fallen off its wheel. Here are the red flags.

1) Upon first giving her my number I received multiple messages. I was unable to answer these as I was asleep (I work shifts). I also found out that she had </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/6157947145287052946/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=6157947145287052946' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/6157947145287052946'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/6157947145287052946'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/07/i-ditch-witch-yes-real-one.html' title='I ditch a Witch (yes a real one).'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TAQH00-Bb_M/TiRVLk_96uI/AAAAAAAADac/VqjCnuH_iZE/s72-c/Hollow_Witch_by_asuka111.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-1737404620206764071</id><published>2011-07-18T12:25:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-07-18T12:25:46.090+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Never let your enemies see you bleed.</title><summary type='text'>No doubt. No fear. No regrets. Nothing to comfort the feminist or the mangina. Never let your enemy see you bleed. Ever.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/1737404620206764071/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=1737404620206764071' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/1737404620206764071'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/1737404620206764071'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/07/never-let-your-enemies-see-you-bleed.html' title='Never let your enemies see you bleed.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DhqnYjBaU0M/TiQYEKBjniI/AAAAAAAADaY/dHbPvkOxdHo/s72-c/napcrossingalps.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-6539324520052285904</id><published>2011-07-18T08:39:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2011-07-19T22:17:54.714+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Twitter from space.</title><summary type='text'>This is a map of what the world is thinking. The most brightly lit areas are the most prosperous and democratic. The blueish areas are chiefly text while the yellow areas are chiefly pictures. These are the areas most open to new ideas and it is interesting to note that each of these areas has developed its own MGTOW and Game philosophies. India is coming on line right now but for some reason </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/6539324520052285904/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=6539324520052285904' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/6539324520052285904'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/6539324520052285904'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/07/twitter-from-space.html' title='Twitter from space.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JNRFDsOg9Zw/TiPjGWgOXaI/AAAAAAAADaU/KlrLlxs5tkQ/s72-c/world_1946665i.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090111107633220173.post-249005342015800569</id><published>2011-07-17T11:20:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-07-17T11:26:06.586+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Strength.</title><summary type='text'>Thank you. I am much better.

Getting ill is very much like getting in debt. If your basic health is good you feel that you may make more withdrawals than deposits- and then suddenly it all catches up with you.

Men are more willing to become ill than women- just as we are more willing to die than women. I wonder why this is? Men are notorious for not seeing a doctor until they are at deaths door</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/feeds/249005342015800569/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7090111107633220173&amp;postID=249005342015800569' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/249005342015800569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7090111107633220173/posts/default/249005342015800569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ghostnation.blogspot.com/2011/07/strength.html' title='Strength.'/><author><name>Richard Ford</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113396173629495898626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gnmf9j9Pm0A/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADm0/dod4ykKTsQg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Qu0ua7mA48I/TiK4qXNq6DI/AAAAAAAADaM/lA370F4-9r4/s72-c/tarot_strength.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
