Category Archives: Business

Adding shareholder value.

Giz a job…

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Shades

Today, the Mobile phone giant O2 came to David’s school to talk about careers. To make it more interesting, the children in Year 5 and Year 6 were encouraged to dress up as the job they thought they might like … Continue reading →

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Bye bye to the bowler hats

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Shades

David no longer has a savings account with the Bradford & Bingley. I’ve mentioned it before  but I have a bit of a three strikes and you’re out policy with outfits that rattle my chain. The first gripe with them was … Continue reading →

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“Fire spreads in minutes… Smoke kills in seconds…”

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Shades

When I was advised I’d be attending a Fire Marshall course, I immediately thought of Keith Lard, the anally attentive jobsworth fire prevention officer character created by Peter Kay who was featured in “Phoenix Nights” and its predecessor, “That Peter … Continue reading →

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The Argus. A giant or a dog…

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Shades

Bradford’s local paper is the Telegraph and Argus. curious to what an Argus actually was, I looked it up. 1. Classical Mythology. a giant with 100 eyes, set to guard the heifer Io: his eyes were transferred after his death to … Continue reading →

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For whom the Cock crows

Posted on February 6, 2009 by Shades

A long time ago, I spent a lot of time in Berne, the Capital of Switzerland. I was out there bugfixing for Nortel and the Company tried to lure me away to work for them on more than one occasion. … Continue reading →

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