Infidel
4:08 Mon Sep 11
Re: Hurricane Irma
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I can't stand business people like Branson.
His preference has always been to won government protected monopoly or cartel franchises so that he can operate without competition.
That was the whole point of setting up Virgin Atlantic - to take up the fourth slot of the cartel vacated by British Caledonian.
Under the cartel rules, only four operators - two American and two British - were allowed to run flights between LHR and JFK. They collaborated on fares and of course fleeced the passengers. The US and British governments authorised the cartel, astonishng though it sounds today.
He went after Camelot - again a monopoly franchise. And he operates the west coast rail franchise, which is another monopoly. That's the way he likes it.
In businesses where he has had to compete he fails miserably. Virgin Cola, Virgin Vodka, Virgin nightclubs. All disasters.
He made a fortune in the music business of course, but that business was run by Will Whitehorn, not him.
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Coffee
2:59 Mon Sep 11
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I wonder if there was something subliminal in Infidel's posting about Branson in a thread on which Pickle has been a prominent contributor?
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,
2:56 Mon Sep 11
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I hope that Infidel wishes well the Branson staff living on Neckar.
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Hammer and Pickle
2:53 Mon Sep 11
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Certainly not in WHO's most snidey poster category with you Coffee.
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Coffee
2:48 Mon Sep 11
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Looking for company?
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Hammer and Pickle
2:46 Mon Sep 11
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I'm trying to work out whether Fiddle is a cat. 5 or 4 bellend here.
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White Pony
2:34 Mon Sep 11
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What a bizarre thing to post.
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Infidel
2:20 Mon Sep 11
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In better news, Hurricane Irma has ripped apart the Caribbean island of that odious tosser Richard Branson.
Hopefully the damage isn't trivial and will cause him lasting anguish.
Thank you Hurricane God.
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Dan M
12:33 Mon Sep 11
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Coffee 12:28 Mon Sep 11
I quite liked Today when it was still going. They were very pro-Paddy Ashdown.
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DaveT
12:31 Mon Sep 11
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Yeah it is! Can't disagree NS
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Coffee
12:28 Mon Sep 11
Re: Hurricane Irma
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Headline in the Morning Star?
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Dan M
12:27 Mon Sep 11
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Northern Sold 12:06 Mon Sep 11
No chance of me ever reading it there mate.
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defjam
12:11 Mon Sep 11
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The Kronic 10:58 - The maximum gust so far here today was 49MPH
The average wind speed of Irma is now 85MPH with some gusts up to 120MPH although it has veered off the course that could have been much worse.
Add to the the torrential rain and flooding.
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White Pony
12:07 Mon Sep 11
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To be fair Kronic, I was in the US in 07 when Tewskesbury got flooded. The septics were up all night watching the blanket coverage of that shit.
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Coffee
12:07 Mon Sep 11
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Dan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuEbQ5QyHyw
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Northern Sold
12:06 Mon Sep 11
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Dan... headline in the Mail... so already taken
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Northern Sold
12:06 Mon Sep 11
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Superb fella... gutted I ain't back out there getting soaked... getting soaked and nigh on killed by coconuts falling on your head is far more preferable to being here...
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Dan M
12:06 Mon Sep 11
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Has anyone said IRMAGEDDON yet?
Let me know as I'm happy to say it if no-one has.
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Eerie Descent
12:02 Mon Sep 11
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How was the holiday, Sold0 son?
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Northern Sold
12:01 Mon Sep 11
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Singing `Hearts of Oak' with a clay pipe in his gob.... shit tattoo's of mermaids and anchors.... whipping all his crewmates up about Jonah's aboard... yup can just picture him
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Far Cough
12:00 Mon Sep 11
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Roger the cabin boy
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