The Ghost Writer was in his place of work
yesterday as he had to move the server, he hates moving this as it must be one
of the last of the old NT4 servers working away doing its bit on the front line
in Britain
As the Ghost Writer
wandered into his office in his usual chirpy fashion (OK his normal grumpy
self) there was a quiet pause and folk looked at him. As it happens he has this
effect a lot when he walks into places I think it’s his ramshackle dishevelled
image and bits of stuff falling off him that does it; on this occasion though it was due to news
that had been received. You see the Ghost Writer works for a charity and the
core funding of this charity comes from Powys County Council who are trying or
need to save 20 million pounds so one of the things they have decided is to
stop funding charities, well the one the Ghost Writer works for anyway. It will
not save a lot of money about one hundred thousand pounds, but the Ghost Writer
is a cynical as well as grumpy chap and says he suspects that the council will
target the folk with the least voices so the likes of folk in need of help,
disabled and homeless and the like first . . . . . He may be wrong though and they might make
all the directors and managers redundant at the council instead. . . . . . . .
Hang on what was that I saw . . . . . . . . . . . . . OOooooooooo look it’s a
flying pig.
Interestingly as a change
of subject I answered the phone this morning and spoke to a very nice man from India
It has been raining again
today and it is due to rain tomorrow followed by heavy rain on Saturday. Anyway
in order to tie in my drawing all I can say is I feel sorry for any fire
breathing dragons at present, it is just not the weather to help them one bit.
For those that are interested below is an
online petition for people to sign that will help the Ghost Writers cause in
gaining support for the Charity he works for . . . Powys Citizens Advice Bureau
. . . . . . Although a national organisation
each bureau is very dependent on local funding for core bureau funding. Without
the core funding all the other projects it supports can not exist.
Can't the fire breathing dragon just intimidate the council into funding said charity?
ReplyDeleteNormally this would be a good idea particularly as it would be a Welsh Dragon, they are very good fire breathers even in damp conditions. The problem is that it is not damp more totally saturated to several feet even in normally dry places, not good for Dragons or Ghost Writers. . . .
DeleteSigned it. Even left a very important and serious note about how they can save money by cutting all the big bosses wages a bit and save loads of money.
ReplyDeleteIt angers me how important parts of people lives always seem to be the first to get hit when there are those at the top who don't know one end of pen from the other get paid what amounts to disgusting amounts compared to the actual work they do.
anyway, I've done it and hope everyone else who reads this does the same.
I'm glad it's thursday because QT is on the tele tonight and after the week I've had - I could do with a good shout! GGGrrrrrrrrrr.
Thanks Mr H you are very kind. I think we may need rather more cunning plans yet but we will see.
DeleteCan drought stricken Los Angeles please have any rain that you don't need?
ReplyDeleteLee
An A to Z Co-Host
Tossing It Out
We certainly have more rain than we need in Britain at present it is becoming a major crisis in some places. It would be good if weather was distributed evenly across the world rather than the erratic way it is a present. Folk would be much happier and I'm sure the world would be a better place.
DeleteQuestion: when you mentioned about cats inability to catch mice while falling, did you mean mice plural? I think it might be possible for a cat to CATch one mouse in mid-air and hang onto it with one arm/paw while eXecuting a three paw-oint landing.
ReplyDeleteYou are right I think although I suspect the cat may have other things on his mind at the time. And it would also need a synchronized mouse, cat drop.....
DeleteMaybe a wireless mouse by LogicTech? Hmmm, perhaps a disconnected wired mouse would have more to grab onto.
DeleteI've signed the petition. Not just because I want the Ghost Writer to keep his job, but because I think these kind of services have already suffered enough from funding cuts. I used to work for a charity that lost a lot of funding very recently, so I can empathise with the situation. Hopefully the council will listen and change their minds.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks Mr Addman, the Ghost Writer is very part time so he will not be as affected as much as the full time staff or all the people who the bureau helps, which is a huge number.
DeleteIt is very false economy on the part of the council since the work the bureau does saves the council more money indirectly than they give the bureau in grants. The problem is it is a numbers game and points like this are lost in the politics . . . . . . .