It has been a while, but I find myself at the blog face again.
I am fed up with all the recession doom and gloom the media keep projecting our way. Spin, counter spin, and tall stories. I feel the 'news' is like an Open University economics course, except factually dubious, glossy and sensationalist. There is 24 hour news everywhere, you simply cannot avoid it.
Analysis over analysis.
I think I am developing a new mental illness related to too much 'news' exposure. I am finding it'strangely addictive and depressing all at once. How many times a day do I hear the same reports by the same journalists, or the same stories with a few extra lines, interspersed with mundane banter. Fickle arguments and counter arguments, only to be cut off before a point is actually made due to erratic scheduling. Please, no more...oh gosh, have I missed any developments while I have been writing this, better check...
On a more uplifting note, while I am digesting the credit crunch lunch from a local cafe, I would like to talk about the wine stain on my new sitting room carpet.
It was at 4am in the aftermath of a 'round the world' fancy dress dinner party when a table of half full red wine glasses, left in the good care of the Australians and Brits, managed to mysteriously topple over. I (Louis XIV of France) ran in on hearing the crash and shouts of despair, brandishing Vanish and my faux sword. The totally impractical brand new John Lewis fitted cream carpet was rudely bruised. Vanish applied I left the foam to dry while practicing my sword play (finding it hard to get out of character). After a bit of floor grooming I was left with a permanent shadow on the carpet. Ironically a sort of map of Australia and Britain combined.
After guillotining the responsible guests I wondered where I had gone wrong. Is there actually a good way to get rid of red wine stains (and now blood)?
Well there is lots of guff out there, measures that people presume to work and pass on to the hallowed Google search engine, but in practice fall down. Ones that do work to some extent are salt, white wine and soda water. My mother-in-law has tried and tested soda water, and it does indeed work. The trick is not to rub the stain in the carpet too much. Try to blot it out and not let it dry out too quickly before all of the red colour has been lifted. These solutions are unfortunately all for while the stain is fresh.
Too late for me.
A professional cleaner wants to charge me 70 pounds for the privilege. What does he know about carpet cleaning above Google and my mother-in-law combined? Is there a magic formula out there for dried red wine stains, or is he just a broke optimist with some household bleach?

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