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February 16, 2004

Catching up, slowly!

Returned to work today and landed in the middle of one of those "I told you so" situations. Several chickens have landed to roost with a vengence and suddenly there is panic among the cotery who have thus far refused to accept that there are problems brewing. Well, they have arrived. Guess who is now asked to sort it all out.

Ah, but does he feel inclined to do so. Not really, but I might do just enough to keep the wheels turning until it really hurts.

That said, the day has been rather a good one - a long drawn out battle for more resources has been won and now I have only to get thenm delivered and the whole operation relocated - another thing that has been rumbling on for almost a year - and we're home dry. Until the next crisis.

All this has meant that I was not able to do my lunchtime visit to my favourite blogs, so haven't really caught up on everyone else's day either. My evening beinmg taken up with Estate Agent and a friend and his wife insisting I join them for a meal, means that there hasn't been time tonight either. I did manage to visit Ozguru at Gday Mate briefly and caught some of his ramble about the difference in pricing of Notebook computers between Oz and the States. Certainly a dramatic shift in cost. This sort of price differential is always difficult to understand and is the sort of thing we encounter in a lot of things here in the UK. Some things cost considerably more if purchased in the UK as opposed to purchasing them in, say, The Netherlands. Even when it is manufactured in Britain and exported to the EU?

And no, it is not the Euro versus Sterling, it is everything to do with tax differences - thanks Robber Baron Brown.

Posted by The Gray Monk at February 16, 2004 11:56 PM