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| 5 Feb 12, 5:18 PM tanken UK(NR), 2 yrs   |
Banks and the finance sector are a necessary part of the economy but they shouldn't consider themselves as 'masters of the universe' because nobody is However, the growth of hedge funds, venture capital, derivatives and various financial products grew out of control and still is that is why a 'bust' is coming.
Happiness is a warm bum | |||
| 5 Feb 12, 6:16 PM King_Wan UK(M), 4 mths |
Actually, Groom of the Stool was a very high status and prozed job... The rationale being that the Groom had close and trusted access to the King - and was able to intercede in requests and ask for favours on behalf of other courtiers...... | |||
| 5 Feb 12, 6:24 PM littlenic 5 yrs |
Tip: read the whole thread. Then you don't say the same thing as two others before you. | |||
| 5 Feb 12, 7:27 PM SquireRaglan UK(SW), 6 yrs |
Yessssss. And has been for a long time. In fact, the motivation to introduce recorded announcements was probably a court case in the 1950s following on from someone falling into the gap and injuring himself. A large part of the ensuing court case revolved around whether the announcement was made, was made audibly, and was intelligible. From memory, the manual mind-the-gap announcements of that era were loud, but virtually unintelligible ("Miiiiiiiiner... apppppppp") and it was really no more than a Pavlovian response to the bellowing halfway down the platform that alerted disembarking passengers. The modern recorded announcement is a model of clarity, however: http://www.angelfire.com/sc/loadreg/rm/soundsmed... / London Underground Sounds/ Mind the Gap Announcement, about 20 seconds in.
Edited to add link to Mind-the-Gap announcement. Edited 5 Feb 12, 8:08 PM by SquireRaglan |
