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Oh, I didn't; I chose not to take it up- I think to be honest that the
position only arose once there was a little more clarity about the
future.

I think the whole privatisation thing went too far. Had Railtrack been
in a better state then *maybe* it wouldn't have been so bad privatising
it. I think (possibly) what was worse than the privatising was making
one company responsible for the track and others for running the
services; it didn't make any sense to me at all.

*If*, and it's a big if, it were possible to run Railtrack with a
similar quality of service and a lower cost to the public purse whilst
allowing the owners to draw a dividend then I'd have no problem with
that. However, when the track had been underinvested in for years (it
appears from the press) then it was a bad idea.

I justified my reasons for 'stagging' the issue elsewhere. Should they
privatise it again and it appears possible to turn a few quid by buying
their shares I'll do it- not because I agree with the privatisation but
because as you rightly said I owned a piece of it anyway and if it's
being sold for less than the asset's value I want the potential profit
myself rather than leaving someone else to take it. Well that and I'm a
money-grabbing twat.

 

I'd find it infuriating sure. Fortunately for me, I've only worked for
three corporate companies; two had good CTOs who had the knack of
communicating well, one I didn't stay at long enough to find out
(probably because I made the mistake of taking a marketing role when I
hadn't enough experience to do it).

Fortunately the place I'm with now has a good CTO who works very closely
with the marketing director.

 

You're a very bad bully, Mr Dodger.

 

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I couldn't see Mr Dodger being a good bully tbh.

 

Where was the Black Horse, erm as you see I have been in several.

Windy (god bless her cotton socks) in the FAQ discribes me something
like that.

"People are invariably not what you expect them to be, or to look like
what you expect them to look like (with the possible exception of Mick
Whittingham).

We must go for a beer.

 

Hulland Ward, Derbyshire (between Ashbourne and Belper). The next
BOSM there is Easter. We'll be there.

I see it as inevitable.

 

Colin Irvine said...

Not small beer I hope.

 

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Then I hope that the 'or summats' were big fuckers.

 

Then it wasn't me then. But maybe I should turn up for the next one.

 

Most big fan engines are basically held on with two shear pin. The idea
being it everything does go tits-up[1] the nasty hot revolving thing
with fan blades called an engine departs as cleanly as possible.

It's a bit of a bummer when the rear of the pair of shear pins shears
during take off. It's not just the aircraft that rotates.

[1] Technical term.

 

Found a photo, from a millennium party I think.
Tad greyer now.
No--------- a lot greyer.
http://www.whittinghamsite.fsnet.co.uk/photos/mick99.jpg

 

That seems right. In the public sector you also get a lot of CIPFA
doing both roles. CAs are just snobs.

FTR I'm ACCA.

 

You're right - I'd have remembered if we'd met.

I think Windy was right - as usual.

<looks heavenwards in disgust>

 

We don't even own the water anymore, let alone the land the railways are
built on.

 

We've never owned the land.

 

# You poor take courage, you rich take care
# this earth was made a common treasury for everyone to share

 

Is this the old chestnut about the crown estates owning all the land? Or
am I getting confused again?

 

All things in common, all people one

http://www.seedstar.net/undeep/diggers.html

 

Sir wants the far superior Attila the Stockbroker version:
http://www.small-axe.com/attila/liggers.mp3

 

I could see him as being the kid that threatened to sit on you
though...