As we meander aimlessly towards the second decade of the 21st century and CIB's 25th birthday, its nice to look back at how we started - a cheese plant, a drawing board , a desk and telephone and you think you've got it tough nowadays.
In those far off days before computers, smoking was allowed in the office, Kajagoogoo were having hit records, John Woodberry had the car and I walked to work. Well little has changed and I look forward to the time that I too get a car.
The world is now full of petulance and flatulence, nobody gives two bob for anything and I am a miserable bastard, that's what this business has done to me.
Still Leicester City's promotion will see the end of this recession as it did in 1980 and 1992, so that's good news. Ramblings of a mad man or too close to the truth for comfort, your call - but I did have a serious skiing accident not so long ago - did I ever tell you about that.