At the start of this year, I had a stressed-out family, a nervous cat, a substantial electricity bill because our heating was all electric, some neighbours who judging by the noises, kept horses in their flat on the floor above ours, a comfortable job, and a small but growing audience on the Substack newsletter I started last summer.
may you and your loved ones have a wonderful 2023 ! thank you for what you do - I believe if people can embrace the meaning of the word "enough" it would bring them more happiness
Merry Christmas - and a great New Year to you too. What a wonderful year-end-review! Somehow you can tend to keep a dark subject(s) so light! We all appreciate you! Keep up the good work.
Thanks for your work this year. You are one of the few commentators I enjoy reading. Factual, entertaining, and just a touch of sarcasm to shame the knaves and fools. I wish you continued growth and success in the New Year, and may you and your family have a Merry Christmas. Cheers!
Laughing at the reality of the world is the best way to get through the day! Hopefully the IEA takes the next few weeks off from issuing press releases so you can have a break 😉
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours as well, Irina!
Please feel free to count me among the new friends you gained in 2022, and you can thank your friend and co-conspirator David Blackmon for getting your exceptional work out to a larger audience here in the US for much of that.
I look forward to reading your educational and inciteful writings every week and never fail to come away enlightened by your information. Thanks for all that you do, and please keep it coming! We need more truth of the type that you proffer.
It would be an honour, Alan. I am eternally grateful to David, Stu and everyone else who shares my writing with others. Have a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year!
Great article, keep it up in 2023. We need you!
Thank you, I'll do my best.
Keep it up irina. Your writing is amazing.
Thanks, Bash.
Happy holydays and Happy New Year! (Sărbători fericite și Un an nou foarte bun!)
Multumesc mult, Valentina! Happy holidays to you too!
As they say around here, “Feliz Navidad!”
Весела Коледа to you too, Ken! :)
may you and your loved ones have a wonderful 2023 ! thank you for what you do - I believe if people can embrace the meaning of the word "enough" it would bring them more happiness
You too have a great new year, Patrick! I share your belief in its entirety. We can hope more of us do come to realise this.
Merry Christmas, Irina.
You are not alone.
Diogenes has found his honest woman.
Merry Christmas, Daniel. I won't lie, it's a wonderful feeling to not be alone. Thanks for your support!
Merry Christmas - and a great New Year to you too. What a wonderful year-end-review! Somehow you can tend to keep a dark subject(s) so light! We all appreciate you! Keep up the good work.
Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year to you too, JF. Thank you!
well done :)
Thanks for your work this year. You are one of the few commentators I enjoy reading. Factual, entertaining, and just a touch of sarcasm to shame the knaves and fools. I wish you continued growth and success in the New Year, and may you and your family have a Merry Christmas. Cheers!
Thank you, John, you're too kind but I'll take it. :) Have a very Merry Christmas!
My mornings have certainly been a lot brighter since I subscribed! I am old and am going to say Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours.
I am really happy to hear this, Bruce, thank you! Laughter is health as we say down here. Have a Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year!
Laughing at the reality of the world is the best way to get through the day! Hopefully the IEA takes the next few weeks off from issuing press releases so you can have a break 😉
It's the best survival mechanism, that's for sure. As for the IEA, I can't wait to see what they come up with next. It's like a sitcom. :D
Spot on. Wishing you a peaceful holiday break, Irina.
Thank you, Alastair. Happy holidays to you, too!
Thank you, Irina.. see you next year :)
Merry Christmas, Irina. Thank you for your writing.
Merry Christmas, Orlando, and thanks for being here!
Irina, great article and spot on. Just joined. Looking forward to your writing in 2023!!
Thank you, Tom. It's great to have you here!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours as well, Irina!
Please feel free to count me among the new friends you gained in 2022, and you can thank your friend and co-conspirator David Blackmon for getting your exceptional work out to a larger audience here in the US for much of that.
I look forward to reading your educational and inciteful writings every week and never fail to come away enlightened by your information. Thanks for all that you do, and please keep it coming! We need more truth of the type that you proffer.
Alan in Virginia, USA
It would be an honour, Alan. I am eternally grateful to David, Stu and everyone else who shares my writing with others. Have a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year!