richard51 Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Well, he has kept his word at last: he was "lying" in front of a bulldozer at the JCB factory today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Isn’t Boris looking a bit shagged out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Zoff Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Do you ever see Donald and Boris in the same room? Just askin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Same cell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 I really dislike Johnson, but Bamfords don't make bulldozers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 What is thedifference btwn a bullydozer an a hexkyvatr? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 A bulldozer is a tracked vehicle with a large blade for contouring the landscape. Check out the lake in front of Bamford's Rocester factory which was done by one of my brothers many years ago.An excavator is used for digging holes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Bamfords do make tracked excavators, quite handy for reshaping the landscape in my experience though they would not move mountains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard51 Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 https://www.globalsources.com/gsol/I/Bulldozer/p/sm/1152314903.htm#1152314903Roadways around the JCB headquarters are being redeveloped again.A long time ago I had the privileged of talking to J.C.Bamford (he was a bit captive at the time) and his advice to me was never live more than 15 minutes from where you work. OK if you can! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judith Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Car or walk?My nephew can get to his office in 10 mins. I used to walk to mine, admittedly it took 30 mins, but definitely à pied! It was no quicker on the bus - in London!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 I used to work between the UK, Switzerland, Maghreb, Horn of Africa, East Africa and a couple of Indian Ocean islands. If anyone can sandwich that lot into a fifteen minute commute, chapeau. Bet Mr Bamford didn't suggest to his HR department that they only recruit from a pool of people who lived within 15 minutes of their offices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard51 Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share Posted January 19, 2019 When I was occasionally abroad for work purposes it seemed sensible to me to stay in a hotel close to where I was working.I do not know how he recruited his staff - he took over a local business from his family and grew it but kept the headquarters around the Rocester area.An excellent engineer but also a businessman - he retired as a tax exile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Joe Bamford did not come from nowhere. He may well have been quoting his grandfather. What was impressive is that in his heyday he could tell you the exact price, to the decimal point, of even the smallest screw in his vehicles.Wooly - I did not say that Bamford's don't manufacture tracked vehicles I said bulldozers.Richard51 has pointed out that they do make bulldozers in China, so I obviously I should have said in Rocester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 I think there is a fundamental difference between "living" somewhere and staying in a hotel. Just saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Richard51, in the interest of historical accuracy, JCB was not connected to the original Bamford company. There had been a family dispute which led to Joe setting up on his own. Many years later when JCB was a very successful company he offered to buy the old business and was turned down.Going back to Boris I would not trust him as prime minister. He is clever, but not clever enough to know when to consider the full ramifications of what he is saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard51 Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share Posted January 19, 2019 In the interests of accuracy I think it was WB who referred to Bamfords as the company - I refereed to J C Bamford aka Joe. Being a prat I am just saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Boris is a busted flush. Unfortunately he is the only one who does not appreciate this.Do not underestimate the sympathy vote for TM or the dislike of JC if there is a snap election.And the car bombs seem to have started in Ireland again, already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Even Claude, our cheese man in the market this morning was sounding off about what a terrible the ex-mayor was.WB, I hadn’t heard about the car bomb, terrible if it’s all starting again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 I don't understand how Corbyn was elected as leader of the Labour Party. I've always leaned, though not always voted, left and I have a long memory which includes Corbyn, Livingstone and Abbott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard51 Posted January 20, 2019 Author Share Posted January 20, 2019 IMHumbleO labour were in the doldrums due to the Bliar and new labour being more right wing than many toriesA return to more social values was needed. I believe that many of the Corbyn bashers actually would like labour party policies if they were to look objectively. It is a shame that the massive smearing campaign by tories and left-over Bliars is producing a bias against labour.NB Kier Starmer would be excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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