I've Got Summink to Say

  Zytronic PLC I haven't written about any stock ideas for a while so here's a new one I think could present an opportunity. Please note I am not qualified nor authorised to give advice so if I pique your interest please consider taking some professional advice before investing. It's another microcap, this time a designer and manufacturer of touchscreen technology for various markets including casino gaming and cashpoints. The company has been struggling for a few years recently, largely due to the closure of casinos in the Far East due to Covid and recently announced a strategic review. The conclusion of this review was that the company should be sold or wound down. Conclusion of Strategic Review - 07:00:07 14 Nov 2024 - ZYT News article | London Stock Exchange Now, in my opinion the opportunity from this investment comes from the steep discount the shares trade at to the value of the fixed and liquid assets on their balance sheet. For example the whole company can current...

  SL - Gentleman MixtapeMadness Afternoon my diminished readership. Some time ago I got around to thinking about Media Studies courses and why they weren't more popular with some of the urban youth who aspire to a career in the music and film industry. Well, this is what AI says about Media Studies courses at UK universities. Media studies courses  teach students about the media industry and how it affects media products, as well as how media and culture influence each other .  Students also learn about media audiences and how different people respond to media products. Looking at this quote makes me think that all of these courses focus way too much on the sociological factors that influence media consumption and nowhere near enough on the practical side of things that can lead to a career in all types of media: new media content production such as the internet, English language, music and T.V. and film production, lighting etc. I thought that if some of these courses co...

  Come An' Get It Whitesnake I've been thinking about how to help working families with the cost of childcare and wondered if a policy of allowing one of the parents the statutory right to work from home from the end of maternity leave up until the start of school of their children (about the age of 5) wouldn't go some way to achieve this. Obviously I know that in some families it is simply not possible for either parent to work from home but thought something could be done for these people through the tax system to allow them to cover the cost of childcare. The advantages of a scheme such as this could be numerous, for example, a lot less car journeys and journeys by public transport, a lowering of the cost of childcare generally due to reduced demand and hopefully a better bond between the parent and child in the all important formative years. Just a quick thought on an otherwise quiet Tuesday. The Bishop of Bath and Wells Copyright ©️ Romford Rob Jackson  /

  24 Hours From Tulsa A quick post about 15 minute cities I've heard of the idea of 15 minute cities and the furore about how once again the Government wants to take our rights away and imprison us lockdown style. But on reflection I fail to see what all the fuss is about. It appears to me that most of us already live much of our lives within a fairly small radius of our homes. The idea of not having to commute an hour and a half to work is something I would welcome with open arms. The real problem seems to me to be over zealous councils who have misunderstood the concept and used it as an excuse to introduce traffic restrictions with inadequate planning or consideration of resident wishes and needs. Couple this with the the threat that you're only allowed to travel outside of your 'zone' a half dozen times a year and they have turned something which would suit many of us as a way of life, and is indeed how many of us have always lived, into a genuinely dystopian nightm...

Live and Let Die Paul McCartney and Wings When you were young and your heart was an open book. I can't for the life of me remember why I got round to thinking about a final solution to the Jupno problem, but it made me do more research into Papua New Guinea and the origin of the Sing Sing and particularly the Goroka Sing Sing. If you want please watch the video at the bottom of the link from 3.50 minutes , I've only had a quick view so if you want watch the 3 examples of people cracking sticks together and rubbing them between their hands. I wondered if this came from teaching women and children to make fire or just a celebration of the discovery of fire. Papua New Guinea: Tribes, Rituals and Sing Sings This also made me think about the Asaro version.   I wondered if the origin of this story wasn't the collapse of a stone dam causing a flood and the rebuilding of the dam with wooden bracing poles. Death dancing wildly would relate to the loss of life from the original flood...

  We'll Live and Die in These Towns The Enemy Had another brief thought, being unemployed and homeless I've had trouble adjusting to my straightened circumstances and wondered whether the Government ought to allow people to draw just the income from pension funds tax free up to the limit of the zero rate band to cover short periods of unemployment to help with living costs, maybe a maximum of 1 year out of every 3. As long as you had to leave the capital intact until retirement age, it could possibly help, I know it would help me at the moment. Something New Copyright ©️ Romford Rob Jackson 

  Wheels of Steel Saxon Had another thought yesterday, why not paddle wheels driving a generator on top of a lorry's cab for hybrid haulage? When thinking about this idea I also thought this might have some use for tidal power and could operate in both directions and may be more efficient than current designs. Paddle Power Copyright ©️ Romford Rob Jackson 14/11/2024