Petrol Pump Prices

Post Note 5 July: Crude has crept up in the last week to around 100$/barrel. It will be interesting to see how fast pump prices respond to this!

Post Note: Planned fuel duty increase delayed until January 2013.

Brent Crude had fallen to 90$/barrel this afternoon which is significantly down from 3 - 6 months ago. Prices at the pump are also dropping.

The AA has a report out (a few days old) showing the impact on Pump Prices. It is not all good news as these price falls mean that economic activity worldwide is down and/or production is outstripping demand. Our own revenues fall as a result.

Nevertheless: enjoy it whilst it lasts.

Petrol Prices

Post Note: Cheapest prices I saw today: between Sleaford and Leicester was - Unleaded 126.7p and Diesel 131.7. Several others were below 130p for Unleaded. So Sleaford is still on the high side generally.
Lets see if this Headline http://uk.news.yahoo.com/supermarket-slash-fuel-prices-122529694.html is repeated here!
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 The world spot prices for crude oil have dropped quite smartly over recent days and weeks. Brent Crude is now down to 90$/Barrel. The AA Price guide shows prices down below £1.40 perlitre of both unleaded and Diesel. Often near £1.30 and if trends continue should drop further. It is not all good news as this means over-supply or lack of demand internationally or both. i.e maybe a downturn in Economic Activity.

Enjoy it whilst it lasts.

When Insults Had Class

These glorious insults are from an era before the English language changed to 4-letter words.

The exchange between Churchill & Lady Astor:

She said, "If you were my husband I'd give you poison."

He said, "If you were my wife, I'd drink it."
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"He had delusions of adequacy."

Walter Kerr
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"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

Winston Churchill

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"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."

Clarence Darrow
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"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary."

William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway).
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"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it."
- Moses Hadas
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"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."

- Mark Twain
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"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.."

Oscar Wilde
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"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend.... if you have one."

George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill
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"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second .... if there is one."

Winston Churchill's response
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"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here."

Stephen Bishop
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"He is a self-made man and worships his creator."

John Bright
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"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial.."

Irvin S. Cobb
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"He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others."

Samuel Johnson
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"He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up."

Paul Keating
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"In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily."

Charles, Count Talleyrand
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"He loves nature in spite of what it did to him."

Forrest Tucker
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"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?"

Mark Twain
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"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork."

Mae West
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"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.."

Oscar Wilde
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"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts ... for support rather than illumination."

Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
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"He has Van Gogh's ear for music."

Billy Wilder
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"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it."

Groucho Marx

Fields in Trust Status: could Holdingham benefit?

Post Note: At least it is now in the open and has hit the local newspaper. It is slightly ironic that suddenly County Councillors and the local MP are against spoiling the landscape with Wind Farms but seem mute on damage to the appearance of the place when it comes to Sleaford and immedite surroundings. Anyway we will see how this develops.
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It looks as though a visit by Fields in Trust is on the cards! This hopefully will help explain things and reassure Councillors on issues that have arisen. Todays Sleaford Standard covers the story so at last things are out in the open.


With the Queens Diamond Jubilee celebrations upon us it seems an appropriate time to look at one aspect of the celebrations that might impact on Sleaford. For this Blog I refer to Holdingham in particular. I am referring to the Queen Elizabeth II Fields Challenge  , and Fields in Trust, which may (or may not) be a good way to protect our open spaces and play areas. Lincoln Road and Woodside are our main areas that fit the bill but others may arise in the future as the area develops.
 I have covered the topic on  Sleafordchat but other open spaces within Sleaford should be looked at.