Scylla and Charybdis

Occasionally a friend asks me for financial advice, something I enjoy giving and good therapy while convalescing.

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Impatiens

As the name suggests it means impatience. It is also called a Busy Lizzie.

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God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

  God rest ye merry gentlemenLet nothing you dismayRemember Christ our SaviourWas born on Christmas DayTo save us all from Satan’s powerWhen we were gone astrayOh tidings of comfort and joyComfort and joyOh tidings of comfort and joy.

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Literary Lions

You may not agree but I reckon the three greatest living British novelists are, in ascending order of age, Sebastian Faulks (69), William Boyd (70) and Julian Barnes (76).

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