Showing posts with label rock and a hard place. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rock and a hard place. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Famous Quotes 3

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.

Plutarch

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Between a rock and a hard place

I talk of course of Northern Rock's debacle, of its crisis over the last few days.
Should you take your money out? and further worsen its position or leave it in and worry yourself to death? Last night on BBC News 24 I was stunned to see someone I knew complaining about their inability to access their online account with Northern Rock. I've walked my dog with her many a time and she's looked after my dog too overnight.

Strange how the whole world becomes very much smaller sometimes