Victorian kitchen garden

I do.....Money!

Steve

 

Can't preserve everything from the past ... and its hit & miss what is preserved - no doubt all/many will agree that some things that have been preserved should have been junked in favour of more worthwhile things ... but that's how it is; I'm glad its not me deciding what-to-keep and what-not.

As the saying goes: "Whoever you vote for the Government always gets in ..."

 

Harry's Garden may have gone on, but on a lighter note, just have a look at what they've been upto recently at my college

Garden Home

Heres a few pics I scanned from an earlier visit

 

I thought the Tsar did a "no show" at Chatsworth (following the Duke's visit to Peterhof where he was impressed by a fountain the Tsar's had and which then promoted him to build the Emperor Fountain on his return to show-off when the Tsar visited - but he didn't come)

Maybe that was a different Tsar?

And I thought I got carried away with some of my projects ... the 8 acres lake that provides water pressure for the Emperor Fountain was dug manually in those days

 

On reflection I think you are all right
The modern super rich, just keep it to themselves and put nothing back
pay the minimum wage for work done, they do not provide a home too as they did back then

I know Bill Gates of Microsoft fame, puts billions into the world health, but there again he is worth more than the UK Governments GDP x 10 at least he contributes something

The super rock stars ?
You would think they would at least provide some sort of shelter scheme/feeding stations for the homeless
Sir P McCartney for a start, has more than Her Majesty, and could not spend it all in the remaining years of his lifetime, and when it passes to his kids divided by five, They neither could spend it all in Their lifetimes
This goes for all the other mega rich eat all drink all and pay nowt back to society
At lease back then these people lived very comfortably but put something back
Fife alone Andrew Garnegie, and Adam Smith

Thanks for the post backs, I can now view it all in my new enlightend state and enjoy the Victorian Garden again

Jack McH

 

Thanks, and after now reading your BLOG I think we garden on a different scale My 16 square metres


Jack McHammocklashing

 

Up to them what they do with their money ... we can all wish what they might do with it (giving it all to me for example!!)

He's got others to follow his lead - Warren Buffet said he had always wanted to do what Bill G is doing with his money, but felt he was too old - so he's given all his to Bill to spend (Money attracts money, eh?!!). Bill has arm twisted some other recently-rich people to become philanthropic. Some have very publicly disagreed with the idea

Bill G sways governments and large Phamaceutical companies (mostly by embarassing them into matching his donations) and thereby makes even more difference in Africa. But that then becomes a full time job and requires employing a small army of people ... Assuming that someone will be skilled in Philanthropy just because they were skilled in making money in the first place, is not a dead-cert. Giving away huge sums of money is a major undertaking.

Its not uncommon for later generations of Super-rich to do the philanthropic work - J.P. Getty III for example - so don't worry too much about the generation that made the money, patience will get it recirculated via Tax, Gambling, Fraud or Philanthropy!

 

Come on Jack, have a look at the tax rates of the 60s and 70s then try to say McCartney hasn't given anything to the country...!

 

Amazing! The Ikea Tsar eh?!! I'm sure your family appreciated it, but I reckon the Duke would have preferred Faberge Eggs !!

 

Yeah yeah yeah, 90% tax,
Though I mean to the PEOPLE like Elenor Rigby, or eradicate TB from the UK AGAIN
Or Cancer research sort it once and for all

Maybe he does give , Then he is too reticent about it, as are the dozens of other mega rich pop song writers


Jack McH

 

I think "super-tax" back then was 98%

You know? or you don't know? If you don't know probably best not to assume I reckon. The info will be on the internet somewhere, unless he gives anonymously ...