Well, I guess that is it, if I am allowed to stick to my guns, there is nothing wrong with it and it is perfectly likeable.

It just doesn’t turn anything more exciting on for me.

I guess there is so much music around, and I love loads of it too, that I want something a bit more thrilling in albums than Coldplay usually offer…..I think they have woken up a lot more with the new album and given themselves a lot more edge…and they have written a great single too.

A lot of indie rock has got stuck in its grooves, it has been around for some time now and so many bands seem to know the rules, have clocked the market and just deliver the goods.

I am a bit bored with that.

Without sounding like one of those greedy bankers though, what would I get back in return?

Apart from the irritation of having to listen to kids who never do any practice and who are only doing it because their mum and dad want them to.

I think I would spend money on the same things as you Claudio, though you left out music, and I would prefer to exchange goods or services instead of using money, if only I had anything anyone else would want.

We could do with more not less old hippies too!

I’ll refrain from quoting Dorothy Parker – again! Just about, anyway.

I suppose it’s people’s view of money that makes the difference. I would like lots of money so I could get specific things I would like – holidays, books, peace and quiet. Some people (and I risk sounding like a snob here, I know) want the nice things because it proves they have money. An acquaintance paid a fortune for top price at – I think – the Royal Opera, and hated every minute of it. The only good thing was that they could tell people how much they had paid.

I suppose still see money as a form of exchange – not as an end in itself. I suppose that probably makes me an old hippy -oh well, somebody has to be.