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On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:27:10 -0500 wrote: In article , () wrote: On 4 Aug 2009 08:04:55 GMT James Farrar wrote: Your post contradicts the subject line. Care to explain? Oh dear! So the things I posted - the blocked dot matrix indicator and the driver not bothering to wait - were indicative of high intellect on the part of the staff then? Hmm , interesting. It's the way you tell 'em! -- Colin Rosenstiel |
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On Aug 4, 8:31�pm, wrote:
In article , () wrote: On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:27:10 -0500 wrote: In article , () wrote: On 4 Aug 2009 08:04:55 GMT James Farrar wrote: Your post contradicts the subject line. Care to explain? Oh dear! So the things I posted - the blocked dot matrix indicator and the driver not bothering to wait - were indicative of high intellect on the part of the staff then? Hmm , interesting. It's the way you tell 'em! -- Colin Rosenstiel- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Admittedly, I am often the first to point out the grammatical mistakes of others, but this should not be allowed to obscure the valid point being made by Boltar about L.U.L. and its staff. Any organisation that has room in its ranks for the likes of Bob Crowe is fatally flawed. But, more to the point, about bloody-minded staff: a few weeks ago, a particularly bolshie specimen was in charge of a Westbound, late-night District Line train. All along the route, from Temple to Earl's Court, the train had been advertised as an Ealing Broadway train. At Earl's Court, the driver announced "This train is now calling at all stations to Parson's Green" - as the doors were closing! He must have got a particularly big hard-on when he saw literally hundreds of passengers getting out at West Brompton, in a particularly heavy rain shower. Marc. |
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On 4 Aug, 23:03, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Tue, 4 Aug 2009 12:51:56 -0700 (PDT), " wrote: Admittedly, I am often the first to point out the grammatical mistakes of others, but this should not be allowed to obscure the valid point being made by Boltar about *L.U.L. and its staff. Any organisation that has room in its ranks for the likes of Bob Crowe is fatally flawed. You think Bob Crow is a LUL employee? *I think you'll find he's a full time union employee and LUL has little choice put to deal with his union in collective bargaining. The other point here is that he is simply the figurehead - it is the union exec who take the decisions re settlements etc. There's been a bit of a shortage of gratuitous abuse of Bob Crow lately, so this was probably just redressing the balance. Have you noticed what he's done to the weather lately? |
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On Aug 5, 7:23�am, MIG wrote:
On 4 Aug, 23:03, Paul Corfield wrote: On Tue, 4 Aug 2009 12:51:56 -0700 (PDT), " wrote: Admittedly, I am often the first to point out the grammatical mistakes of others, but this should not be allowed to obscure the valid point being made by Boltar about �L.U.L. and its staff. Any organisation that has room in its ranks for the likes of Bob Crowe is fatally flawed. You think Bob Crow is a LUL employee? �I think you'll find he's a full time union employee and LUL has little choice put to deal with his union in collective bargaining. The other point here is that he is simply the figurehead - it is the union exec who take the decisions re settlements etc. There's been a bit of a shortage of gratuitous abuse of Bob Crow lately, so this was probably just redressing the balance. �Have you noticed what he's done to the weather lately? I dont't need to invent nonsense regarding Bob Crowe - his own idiocy is more than enough for me. Obviously, the late Peter Sellers had imagined him, several decades in advance, when he played the union leader in "I'm Alright Jack". But there is a difference - that character had at least an appearance of learning and intelligence, characteristics so patently lacking in Crowe. "Gratuitous" suggests "uncalled for". I beg to differ. Indeed, Crowe is a rare example of someone being a parody of himself. Marc. |
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On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 01:12:14 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote: I dont't need to invent nonsense regarding Bob Crowe - his own idiocy is more than enough for me. Obviously, the late Peter Sellers had imagined him, several decades in advance, when he played the union leader in "I'm Alright Jack". But there is a difference - that character had at least an appearance of learning and intelligence, characteristics so patently lacking in Crowe. "Gratuitous" suggests "uncalled for". I beg to differ. Indeed, Crowe is a rare example of someone being a parody of himself. This "Bob Crowe" character sounds appalling. Is he any relation to Bob Crow*, the leader of the RMT union? *When ranting on about an individual's "appearance of learning and intelligence", or lack of it, wouldn't it look better is you used whatever learning and intelligence you have yourself and spelt the person's name correctly? |
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I dont't need to invent nonsense regarding Bob Crowe - his own idiocy is more than enough for me. Bob Crow may be odious, but he's certainly not an idiot. He's well paid, probably popular with his members (for whom he delivers increased wages and holidays on fine days when there's good sport on the telly) and is possibly the best known trade unionist in Britain. I suppose he's the communist equivalent of Michael O'Leary, who is also very successful in what he sets out to do. |
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On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 10:19:17 +0100
"Recliner" wrote: Bob Crow may be odious, but he's certainly not an idiot. He's well paid, probably popular with his members (for whom he delivers increased wages and holidays on fine days when there's good sport on the telly) and is possibly the best known trade unionist in Britain. I suppose he's the communist equivalent of Michael O'Leary, who is also very successful in what he sets out to do. Bob Crowe isn't the only problem - the union "members" are too. Theres far too many militant idiots who seem to think they deserve endless payrises and unjustifiable conditions of work and constantly vote to go on strike. Reality should be introduced into the rail industry with the idea of a job for life firmly booted into touch. All new workers in the industry should be hired on a rolling contract basis - no more permanent employment. And if they cause trouble or don't want to do their jobs then the contract isn't renewed and someone else from the 3 million unemployed in this country takes their place. B2003 |
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