Hmm, should have listened at school.
I did a big job yesterday for a mate, I do rub shoulders with some very successful people. It's mostly to do with my football chums (nice English word). One's a Judge & barrister, one is a deputy ombudsman of London (yes that's big money) but the one I did a job for yesterday sells aircraft. For a year he's been flying over to Greece buying aircraft and now he has to go round the world selling them. Once at a dinner party someone asked him how big his deals were worth. He told us he had just sold a second hand aeroplane engine and he asked 'What do you think that's worth' we all took guesses, the lowest was £300K the highest (me) said £5million. '£22m' was his answer. He also told us he works off a 4-6% commission. Get the drinks in John.Jealous.
It's cropped it's head up a few times this week (the word). I had been going through some folders on my computer and came across a song I had written about 10 years ago. I wrote it in a period of my life when everything was quite stable so felt as though I could write this stuff.I nearly always write a song in either one or two sessions, if it has not come by then it goes in the bin. Anyway the song is called 'Jealous Man', it's a bitter song. I used to sing it at very crowded open mike nights and at the end of the clapping I would say 'I wrote that' and people would clap again. Yes I'm vain, but you knew that.
I never really suffered from jealousy, mostly because my wife at the time was 'Acquired taste' lets say.
Little did I know, someone had the same taste as me.
Weight loss.
For years I have not eaten breakfast, and slowly I pushed back the hour I would start to eat. First I went to 12 o'clock and every day would push it further back. It steadied down at about 3 o'clock and that's where it stayed for years. I felt this allowed me to eat and drink (Guinness) as much as I wanted for the rest of the day. Recently I started having breakfast, not a lot just a bowl of Muesli and the pounds have fallen off.No stimulation to day.
Today is a no stimulation day, no radio (I called it the wireless last week and some said 'wireless'), no TV, no music no anything. Just me in my head, I need some idea's, I need some inspiration. I did have a strange idea, which I ran past John's wife (aeroplane man). She's a very smart bunny. Greece should sell an island. They should find an island that does not have to many inhabitants and sell it to Germany or anyone that may like to have a holiday destination. They would have to sell the mineral rights as well. Just a thought.John's wife thought it was a brilliant idea.
How else are they going to pay back $1,000,000,000,000. It may have to be a big island.
Remember Russia sold Alaska to the Americans.
Off to paint.
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