Tag Archives: Bournemouth
Pensions, politics and football
The weekend was a battle between the north west and the south east in politics and football and I’m pleased to report no battling in pensions. Well done Bournemouth , well done my actuarial friend from Southbourne who put some … Continue reading
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Tagged Arsenal, Bournemouth, football, Manchester, Pensions, politics
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Who needs fireworks when the sun does it for you? #HNY
This was sunrise on Wednesday 31st December 2025. The sun rose as if out of the sea at Poole. Rising from the east. It had been predicted by a lovely sight a few minutes earlier like a prophet announcing the … Continue reading
From Arsenal to Yeovil – via Cambodia
Brought up in North Dorset in the 1970s, my football clubs were Southampton if I wanted to watch big clubs, Bournemouth because their ground was close to my Grandma and Yeovil, who were non-league and my Dad wouldn’t take me … Continue reading
“Mind the lag”; what we can learn from the States
In America they said the virus was beaten, and the virus wasn’t beaten This alarming chart illustrates the poor job the U.S. has done in containing Covid-19 compared to the European Union, a bigger region of independent countries that suffered … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, coronavirus, pensions
Tagged Abbott, Bournemouth, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Texas, UK, US
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Is there wisdom in this crowd?
This picture was taken in a time of lockdown (May 31st). It was taken at a time when the Government advice is still to stay at home where possible. It is taken in a country that has more than 60,000 … Continue reading
Posted in age wage, coronavirus, pensions
Tagged Beach, Bournemouth, Covid-19, Durdle Door, Lockdown, Queen
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Up the football leagues we go! Come on #ytfc!
I am caught between spending another day at my laptop preparing for tomorrow’s launch of http://www.pensionplaypen.com or going to the Huish to see if Yeovil can overturn a one goal first leg deficit in their play-off with Sheffield United. I … Continue reading
Posted in football, Yeovil Town
Tagged Ashdown Forest, Bournemouth, Brentford F.C., Shaftesbury, Sheffield United F.C., Sky Sports, Yeovil, Yeovil Town F.C.
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We don’t follow the Bournemouth.
For most of my life, I supported AFC Bournemouth (or Bournemouth and Boscombe FC as they were). I switched my allegiance to Yeovil some eight years ago , disgusted by the goings on at the club. My brother Greg persisted but on … Continue reading
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Tagged A.F.C. Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Bradbury, Eddie Howe, Football League, Jacqui Oatley, Lee Bradbury, Terry Skiverton
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Two summer mornings
Bournemouth this morning and yesterday morning Continue reading