Recent content by Goldstone1976

Notwithstanding his lamentable subsequent demise, Clive Thompson was one of the most impressive CEOs I’ve worked for. Each divisional head had to do a quarterly review of financial performance in front of Clive. The first slide was the the same for each division. A stupidly detailed, extremely...

What, you think Linda Bloom had the hots for RdZ?

Yes, a few times, but the last time was several years ago now - I wouldn't be comfortable giving a current review. However, an anecdote. Decades ago, I ran Rentokil's M&A department. The then CEO took his senior team out for dinner at Gravetye. He wanted Chateaubriand, which, as usual, was...

We had a long weekend there a couple of years ago. The gardens were utterly stunning (Repton), the rooms lovely, and the food excellent - particularly the breakfast. I can give you a great recommendation for an evening meal if you want variety that's about a 45 minute drive away, should you...

Does the thread without a poll need a poll? Answer here; 1. Yes 2. No 3. Southgate

Super.

I’m ok with middle aged, actually. 😉

I hear songs about Knockaert and Murray when they are physically present in the stadium. Maybe you hear them other times too? Of course all former players will wane in popularity over time. My point is simply that Ward’s popularity has waned markedly less than any other over a period of time...

If his star is waning, then it hasn’t waned as much as Knockaert’s, Zamora’s, Murray’s, Vicente’s, or indeed any ex-player’s. Evidence? I already provided it. We still sing Wardy’s song several times a season. I can’t think of a single other ex-player where we currently do that. Surely that is...

Seriously? His star is waning? Oh do F off. Name someone else who’s scored 36 goals in a season for us. Name some other player who still has a song sung about them several times a season 40 years after they last played for us. A legend then. A legend now. Does he cadge a beer or 6? Yes. So...

For a time I was privy to the detailed financial position of 4 UHNW individuals. The positions of the three who made the ST list were wildly underestimated by the ST (one by a factor of 5). The fourth never made the list, but was the wealthiest of them all.

A fact that was evidently apparent to Reagan as he allowed Carter to welcome the hostages off the plane on landing at the USAF base in Wiesbaden.

Thanks. Hmm - a journal with an IF of 3.5 (cf Nature at 41.5) publishing a paper that doesn’t really advance the existing best case speculation. I’ll remain unconvinced by your previous assertion, but do appreciate the effort. On VAR - get rid. Obvs.

Umm. Source? The last time I looked at this topic, the closest we’d got was a theory (Alcubierre metric) that proposed a possible mechanism. However, it required the creation and manipulation of negative energy, with the most likely starting point being the manipulation of dark matter/energy...

He’s an extremely generous man. Are you planning to keep the Roundhouse as a music venue open to the public or do you have other plans for it? Perhaps as a pied a terre in the smoke, or as a forum for private gladiatorial combat?