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rustyruth Posts: 18773 Joined: 23rd Oct 2012 Location: England	quotePosted at 15:32 on 20th March 2015 Are we looking at a newspaper or magazine ? .....or even a bank ? My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
rustyruth Posts: 18773 Joined: 23rd Oct 2012 Location: England	quotePosted at 19:57 on 20th March 2015 Hmmm Will have to think more on this one. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Ken Marshall Posts: 804 Joined: 20th Jun 2012 Location: Australia	quotePosted at 12:56 on 21st March 2015 Worst luxury hotel of 2014 --- The Shard's Shangri -La. Guests complained they could see into other rooms and see unwanted sights.. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
rustyruth Posts: 18773 Joined: 23rd Oct 2012 Location: England	quotePosted at 16:50 on 21st March 2015 Well done Ken, I'm stupid, I read that an discarded it My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Ken Marshall Posts: 804 Joined: 20th Jun 2012 Location: Australia	quotePosted at 07:00 on 22nd March 2015 We know life is short but who was the Roman statesman who wrote that we waste a lot of our time in heedless luxury? Life is long if you know how to use it. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
rustyruth Posts: 18773 Joined: 23rd Oct 2012 Location: England	quotePosted at 15:02 on 22nd March 2015 That sounds like something either Cato or Cicero would say, so without looking it up I'll have a go at one of those two. Cato was a right old misery. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
rustyruth Posts: 18773 Joined: 23rd Oct 2012 Location: England	quotePosted at 15:31 on 22nd March 2015 I've just had another think about this and Seneca is another possible candidate. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Ken Marshall Posts: 804 Joined: 20th Jun 2012 Location: Australia	quotePosted at 21:10 on 22nd March 2015 Yes Ruth, it was Seneca.He was a Stoic philosopher who wrote an essay on the shortness of life.He brought up many Stoic principles of the nature of time,namely that people waste much of it in meaningless pursuits.Well done. Edited by: Ken Marshall at:22nd March 2015 21:42 My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
rustyruth Posts: 18773 Joined: 23rd Oct 2012 Location: England	quotePosted at 21:25 on 22nd March 2015 Thanks Ken, I thought it must be one of those three. I'll be back when I've had a think. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
rustyruth Posts: 18773 Joined: 23rd Oct 2012 Location: England	quotePosted at 12:34 on 23rd March 2015 OK here we go. I was born in July 1909 in Lincolnshire. The colour red could be a small clue to my identity. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions