sharesin NorthernRock

[Lambros]

Banks and their greedy masters have taken the people for a ride long enough. Yes many innocents will lose their shirts and that is so sad. But the bright side is these bastards who live on $20,000 bottles of wine eat $1,000 meals fly private will soon be selling their own shirts of their backs.

The real ordinary civilized people can survive on a tiny sum, we have learnt to cope, these big bankers will be throwing themselves from the top of their banks in the months to come.

I can easily survive but those who have had it so great for so long will be chewing valium for breakfast dinner and supper.

[snaw]

Banks and their greedy masters have taken the people for a ride long enough. Yes many innocents will lose their shirts and that is so sad. But the bright side is these bastards who live on $20,000 bottles of wine eat $1,000 meals fly private will soon be selling their own shirts of their backs.

The real ordinary civilized people can survive on a tiny sum, we have learnt to cope, these big bankers will be throwing themselves from the top of their banks in the months to come.

I can easily survive but those who have had it so great for so long will be chewing valium for breakfast dinner and supper.

Clearly you don't know many bankers, or indeed much about history.

[wendigo100]

But the prat left the heritage of forcing suppliers out of business by not paying on time.

Sure he made it difficult with his 90-day terms, but tell me, how many went out of business because of it?

I worked as a purchaser in GEC's defence business for a while. Suppliers made a lot from GEC. They knew the score.

[Sysman]

Sure he made it difficult with his 90-day terms, but tell me, how many went out of business because of it?

I worked as a purchaser in GEC's defence business for a while. Suppliers made a lot from GEC. They knew the score.

I'm not claiming that GEC's suppliers suffered, more that 90+ days became the norm for the rest of UK business.

Actually, that reminds me of my first repeating contract. Lousy payers time-wise, but as long as I had a purchase order to cover my work, there were zero worries about getting paid eventually.

It was quite nice, no agency involved, could in those days do it under self-employed status, and I charged 50% above the typical going contract rate, plus expenses.