That's right. Today the Bank of England announced its biggest interest rate cut in 27 years and what does it mean to us having just taken out a huge commercial mortgage? Nothing. Because a condition of the loan was that we had to take out an interest rate "collar" whatever that is and this means that when your rate goes down, ours goes up. Call it sod's law. We told the bank we didn't want it but we had no option. No collar-no loan. At least there will be a small saving on the overdraft and other loans.
Marion and I went to see the latest Bond movie last night. I always think of James Bond films as being a large measure of action with a dash of sex and glamour and a slice of humour, shaken not stirred, but whilst Quantum of Solace has plenty of action it is distinctly lacking in the other ingredients. The film starts with a brilliant car chase and an even better chase across the rooftops of Sienna but it's all downhill from then onwards with a turgid plot and not much else until the usual final showdown which is dwarfed by (and not a patch on) the opening sequences. I think this genre of film has to be judged alongside last year's Bourne Ultimatum which raised the bar so high and, although Casino Royale was OK, I think it will be some time before anything comes close to Bourne.
Just getting the staff orders for the Christmas lunch together. There are so many sirloin steaks on the list that the local cows are getting twitchy. Looking at the vegetarian options chosen, the tomatoes have nothing to worry about.
Happily our sales continue to surge ahead with growth of over 7% in our first two months of our new financial year. We hope that we can continue to beat the recession. We're still waiting for some big late payers though and that could be a drawback. In view of the growth I think it's time for another competition.
Come back tomorrow and all will be revealed.
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