Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

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The Wikipedia page which had the most hits in a day in 2014.......


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Williams

It had over 5 million visits the day after Robin died.

So the death of a Celebrity aroused more interest on Wiki than any other subject. 

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[TightEnd]

did you ever fit for Morrisons?

ever have any dealings with Sir Ken?

trouble at the mill after the results this morning

 http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/business-news/they-couldn-t-run-a-school-tuck-shop-former-director-calls-for-clearout-at-morrisons-board-1-7047303

[RED-DOG]

did you ever fit for Morrisons?

ever have any dealings with Sir Ken?

trouble at mill after the results this morning

 http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/business-news/they-couldn-t-run-a-school-tuck-shop-former-director-calls-for-clearout-at-morrisons-board-1-7047303

FYP

[tikay]

did you ever fit for Morrisons?

ever have any dealings with Sir Ken?

trouble at the mill after the results this morning

 http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/business-news/they-couldn-t-run-a-school-tuck-shop-former-director-calls-for-clearout-at-morrisons-board-1-7047303

Wow, not much "Corporate-speak" there then!

That's an astonishing attack, by City standards. Absolutely amazing. The Board must feel totally humiliated.

Yes, I met Ken Morrison on countless occasions whilst I was with the B & K Group. We only did 3 of their Supermarkets, but I'll never ever forget them, they were so so painful.

Ken was, to be honest, & to us as his construction Team, a perfect pain in every single way.

He'd suddenly tell us, late afternoon, "be at the Leeds Store in an hour, I want to see you". He'd do that sort of thing repeatedly. Usually on a Saturday or Sunday, too.

He interfered in detail.

As the Construction Team, with a £xx million Contract to build a Store, we'd take the view "leave us alone, & we'll deliver your project on time, to the right quality, & within budget. That's our brief, & we'll meet it".

For Sir Ken, though, that cut no ice.

Why are those men doing THAT?

When will x be ready

Why have you not started the bakery fit out?

And so on.

He knew NOTHING of Construction, as we knew nothing of Retailing.

Anyway, when the "get your arse up here & quick" call came in, (always direct to JNK, the Group Chairman) I always dreaded it. Never saw Sir Ken smile once, or saying anything gracious or appreciative.  

No sense of humour, no dress sense, & no social skills. Proper miserable bugger. Typical Yorkshireman I suppose.

Lot of money though, last I heard he was worth north of a billion.

These are tough times for Retailers, plenty of blood on the carpet recently. The supply & demand equation (as always) has got a bit out of balance, too many new Stores too quickly, & the pendelum will take a while to swing back.

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He lives pretty well, mind.

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Done a decent job historically, too, from humble beginnings.

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Pink house and Yorkshireman in the same post. Travesty.

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Thanks John.

Well that's set the cat amongst the pigeons.

I need to reply at length to that, so bear with me please.

Cliffs, for context.

I'm desperate to be able to write better.

If I could, I'd love to write a little anecdotal book, but my vocab is so limited & hackneyed.

I sent an Article to Bluff recently, & the Editor chap asked if I minded him dressing it up a bit. Go ahead, I say. And he turned a lump of turgid poo into something quite readable, just by use of better adjectives, & added emphasis of certain words. I felt totally embarrassed, but it made me realise my shortcomings even more. 


Anyway, more to follow on that. 

Meanwhile, one for you, which I think you'll enjoy. I actually have very strong views on a certain aspect of this, & almost started a Thread on the Betting Boards about it yesterday, but I was pretty sure I'd get shot to smithereens, so I abandoned ship. 

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Pink house and Yorkshireman in the same post. Travesty.

The case for whether those from Yorkshire have even a modicum of taste or class now rests.

PS - Congrats on your FTOPS Victory last week. You got very lucky - I so nearly played it. The course of history & all that.....I cashed in the PLO8 though. Can we call it 1-1?

[RED-DOG]

No sense of humour, no dress sense, & no social skills. Proper miserable bugger. Typical Yorkshireman I suppose.

Fuck off.



Please.

[tikay]

No sense of humour, no dress sense, & no social skills. Proper miserable bugger. Typical Yorkshireman I suppose.

Fuck off.



Please.

Ahh, one notes that Red-Dog has attended the MANTIS school of diplomacy.

Ladies & Gents, I present Exhibit One in "Yorkshire folk have no taste".

Here's Kizzy, in her new hat.

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[DaveShoelace]

I present exhibit one for the defence, the 2012 Olympics Medal Table:



Exhibit two is obviously just 'get stuffed'

[RED-DOG]

No sense of humour, no dress sense, & no social skills. Proper miserable bugger. Typical Yorkshireman I suppose.

Fuck off.



Please.

Ahh, one notes that Red-Dog has attended the MANTIS school of diplomacy.

Ladies & Gents, I present Exhibit One in "Yorkshire folk have no taste".

Here's Kizzy, in her new hat.

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Exhibit Two - Choice of friends.

[Doobs]

Pink house and Yorkshireman in the same post. Travesty.

The case for whether those from Yorkshire have even a modicum of taste or class now rests.

PS - Congrats on your FTOPS Victory last week. You got very lucky - I so nearly played it. The course of history & all that.....I cashed in the PLO8 though. Can we call it 1-1?

FTOPS?  Was this mini FTOPS or something.  I struggle to keep up, the lappie hates full tilt and sky.  Might try to fix it of something interesting was on.

[tikay]

Pink house and Yorkshireman in the same post. Travesty.

The case for whether those from Yorkshire have even a modicum of taste or class now rests.

PS - Congrats on your FTOPS Victory last week. You got very lucky - I so nearly played it. The course of history & all that.....I cashed in the PLO8 though. Can we call it 1-1?

FTOPS?  Was this mini FTOPS or something.  I struggle to keep up, the lappie hates full tilt and sky.  Might try to fix it of something interesting was on.

Think it was Mini FTOPS. It was last week.

Today's Event is No Limit Omaha High Low 6-Max.

Er, not for me, ta, though I'm sure you'd rather enjoy that, as will rfqqhgfvnbjyg.

I had not played on FT for ages, so had to download the UK version & do all that palaver.

Can't say I'll be rushing back to FT, either. The software is a peach, admittedly, ditto the structure, but I can't say I found the whole experiance was likely to set my hair on fire. 

[RED-DOG]

No sense of humour, no dress sense, & no social skills. Proper miserable bugger. Typical Yorkshireman I suppose.

Fuck off.



Please.

Ahh, one notes that Red-Dog has attended the MANTIS school of diplomacy.

Ladies & Gents, I present Exhibit One in "Yorkshire folk have no taste".

Here's Kizzy, in her new hat.

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Exhibit Two - Choice of friends.

 'Twas an evening in October, I'll confess I wasn't sober,
 I was carting home a load with manly pride,
 When my feet began to stutter and I fell into the gutter,
 And a pig came up and lay down by my side.
 Then I lay there in the gutter and my heart was all a-flutter,
 Till a lady, passing by, did chance to say:
 "You can tell a man that boozes by the company he chooses,"
 Then the pig got up and slowly walked away.

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Seems I touched a nerve with our thin-skinned well-dressed friends from Yorkshire.

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