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  orchidee April 6th, 2019 02:37

  A fine write and pic Michael. Re the last one, at some staff meetings, some thought 'We're only going to end up doing what SHE (manageress) wants to do anyway', even after 'discussions.
  This changed under new management, horribly later on to: 'We're doing this; no discussion about it'.

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    Michael EdwardsApril 6th, 2019 03:24

    It's the sort of thing that goes on at public consultations especially new building sites. They just go through the motions and still ignore public opinion. Then when they go ahead they even ignore what they said anyway.
    
    A new housing estate is going up on the side of a hill going down into our local town. We were told it would be behind the skyline when viewed form the other side of the hill where my village is located. Well we can see the roofs as we approach the town and when the local councillors were challenged we were told 'ah but you won't see them in the summer when there are leaves on the trees'.
    
    So who do I vote for in the next election - bring back the Monster Raving Loony Party.

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    orchideeApril 6th, 2019 06:59

    Doh! But a victory here! A concrete-jungle thingy called a Mass Road Transit is not going to be built near part of a riverside.

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  Suresh April 6th, 2019 03:36

  Well defined
  
  Definition
  Politician - the worst kind of snake oil peddler, who hypnotize the masses, the gullible participants

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    Michael EdwardsApril 6th, 2019 04:16

    And I like that one too - thanks Suresh

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  ANGELA & BRIAN April 6th, 2019 03:59

  Good Morning Uncle Mike : its 10pm here "Now the Day is over !" Love the DAFFS & the DEFFS its Autumn here so the Daffs are a distant memory ! I like to comment on your Deffs so here goes !
  
  1. Out of the FIRE into the PRESSURE COOKER !
  2. 3D to 2D : Reductio ad Absurbum ?
  3. Eat Drink and ....... have a Heart Attack
  4. If the DYING THIEF got to PARADISE : theres hope for the HANGED
  5. Ive been on COMMITTEES where MINUTES ciculated with AGENDA !
  
  Thanks for sharing pictorial JOY
  and a linguistic SMILE !
  Blessings & Peace
  YOURS ANGELA : 🧡🧡🧡🧡

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    Michael EdwardsApril 6th, 2019 04:20

    Thanks Angela. For part of my career I was Secretary to an NHS Trust and used to write the minutes in advance. I could be fairly certain of the outcomes and it was easy to tweak them if I\'d got anything wrong. It helped as the Chairman expected them on his desk the next day. It still meant a bit of mid-night oil though even working this way.
    
    So when I hear about NHS managers getting the stick I get really up-tight - the public hasn't a clue about what goes on behind the scenes to keep the NHS functioning. At my Trust when I retired only 3% was spent on management - in a private company that company would not be able to function. Rant over.

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  Nafis Light April 6th, 2019 08:17

  Nice write...I'm trying to see what I can learn from your poem. There's definitely something there.
  
  Cheers, Love and Laughter,
  Joker44

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    Michael EdwardsApril 7th, 2019 13:28

    Just simple little couplets but fun to write - and hopefully to read. Thanks J.

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  Goldfinch60 April 7th, 2019 00:26

  Good ones Michael.
  
  That last one reminds me of two things.
  "Meetings that take minutes but waste hours!"
  I used to sing in a Barbershop Chorus and the Secretary told me that the minutes he wrote up were the things that they should have talked about.

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    Michael EdwardsApril 7th, 2019 13:31

    Thanks Andy - there's another couplet there somewhere.