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Mumbai Meleé
Read more: Mumbai MeleéWoa! There it is. Back home now and all we managed to do was work, eat, drink and sleep. We saw the hotel, the office and the route between: not much of an adventure? Yes, the adventure was…
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This week’s Big Adventure: Mumbai
Read more: This week’s Big Adventure: MumbaiMy current client has placed me in Mumbai (neé Bombay) for a week. It’s now 04:00 here and I’m up at 07:00. Oh dear. India impresses so far. The airport was the most efficient I have ever seen:…
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Saab 9-5 Aero vs track
Read more: Saab 9-5 Aero vs trackThe Hirsch suspension was well worthwhile, but I won’t bother with the engine upgrade: the car can’t put down the power it has now. It’s fine on the road of course, but powering out of bends on the…
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Hirsch sports suspension
Read more: Hirsch sports suspensionOn Friday, the Saab was treated to Hirsch sports suspension: stiffer springs and matching dampers all round, lowering the car 10mm. A great decision. The ride remains comfortable but the car has taken on a whole new taughtness.…
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In London, you can tell it’s Christmas!
Read more: In London, you can tell it’s Christmas!And not because everyone is being so kind to one another. Yes, all the restaurants are full, all the time. All the roads are chocca, and all the drivers are even more pushy. The scooter riders are worse…
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It’s as if the FSA heard me
Read more: It’s as if the FSA heard meOnly the next day, the FSA do something about sub-prime lending. It would be implausible to think I had influenced them from this blog.
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Housing, mortgages and the FSA
Read more: Housing, mortgages and the FSAIt struck me as I woke – ! – how hopeless is the FSA’s regulation of the mortgage lending industry? Now, every time you buy something which could potentially involve credit, whether or not you take it, you…
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The Decanter Fine Wine Encounter
Read more: The Decanter Fine Wine EncounterI thoroughly recommend the Decanter Fine Wine Encounter at least once. I’ve never tasted so much wine or enjoyed learning about it so much. It turns out I am a “Barolista”.