... whether or not Boris notices which side of the county boundary Watford is on. As a fairly well travelled native of the town, I find that most people think that the boundary is somewhere around Coventry. -- Corporate society looks after everything. All it asks of anyone, all it has ever asked of anyone, is that they do not interfere with management decisions. -From “Rollerball”
...insignificance today. -- Corporate society looks after everything. All it asks of anyone, all it has ever asked of anyone, is that they do not interfere with management decisions. -From “Rollerball” You were done - in affluent NW Hampshire beer averaged at 2/4d a pint and went to 12p on decimalisation which equates to 28.8d. When I started drinking about 12 years before D-Day...
..., the price of most beer was 3/- per pint. The day of the switch, it was the equivalent price of 15p. The day after it was 16p, a swingeing rise at the time, though it pales into insignificance today. -- Corporate society looks after everything. All it asks of anyone, all it has ever asked of anyone, is that they do not interfere with management decisions. -From “Rollerball”
...? Eminently sensible. Are we sure it isn't London Bishopsgate? That would be a much better name. Or, hey, how about Broad Street? tom A splendid time is guaranteed for all. -- Corporate society looks after everything. All it asks of anyone, all it has ever asked of anyone, is that they do not interfere with management decisions. -From “Rollerball”
... that aren't London (and not a bad service to London either). Neil On the downside, the number of popular holiday destinations has actually diminished. I often have to fly from Manchester. -- Corporate society looks after everything. All it asks of anyone, all it has ever asked of anyone, is that they do not interfere with management decisions. -From “Rollerball”
...the fact that Stansted is London's official "Third Airport". Which official? Good point. For a period we nearly had "London Airport, Gaydon" which is actually between Rugby and Coventry. -- Corporate society looks after everything. All it asks of anyone, all it has ever asked of anyone, is that they do not interfere with management decisions. -From “Rollerball”
...Bedfordshire is London, while 41 miles away in Essex isn't... None of it is London, precisely the point I am making. As a native of Watford, on the very rim of Greater London, I have an axe to grind. -- Corporate society looks after everything. All it asks of anyone, all it has ever asked of anyone, is that they do not interfere with management decisions. -From “Rollerball”
...that's in London ... No, its in Sussex. I am sure I remember a colleague having to fly from there at some point. I think it's mainly corporate, chartered, air-taxi and other one-off things. -- Corporate society looks after everything. All it asks of anyone, all it has ever asked of anyone, is that they do not interfere with management decisions. -From “Rollerball”
... worth to use City Airport. Also it is debatable whether Luton or Stanstead are actually in the London area. The names are a product of London's self-obsession and the international obsession with it. -- Corporate society looks after everything. All it asks of anyone, all it has ever asked of anyone, is that they do not interfere with management decisions. -From “Rollerball”
... I actually spend less time with the US immigration officer than 15-20 years ago. I had to get one back in 1977, but it was unlimited. I actually went across the border at Laredo and back again. -- Corporate society looks after everything. All it asks of anyone, all it has ever asked of anyone, is that they do not interfere with management decisions. -From “Rollerball”
