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Not wanting to come across as a cynical old git, but does your friend recommend it because its the best one you can buy in Halfords? Has he tried any Dodo Juice or similar products you can get online?

+1 on supernatural if you want dodo +2 panel pot for about £12 off ebay, could do three to four coats

Or chain it to a post?

Deck chair+reading material+bottle of wine Then park yourself out there for the day, if Ethel is making a break for it at least once a day you should see what happens

Big day for quite a few! Have a good 'un!

Just chatted to the neighbour and same bloke delivered to her on Saturday! So have something concrete to nail this with now. Rebecca just said she really fancies a blue car - so that might just be it for silver focus...

By all accounts my neighbour said the delivery driver was 'distraught' at what happened - yeah, the cynical side of me thinks he was distraught because he got caught - funnily enough despite being caught and admitting to it he never actually reported it to the manager of the store.

Well if Asda actually get their act together and do something I will have some idea - reported it Saturday, was told I would get a call Monday, nothing, followed it up today and they had forgotten about it. This is customer services at Asda...what a bunch of jokers. Just in the process of obtaining a senior customer services manager contact at head office to escalate. In terms of the car, will take insurance companies advice and take it from there. The car is a 1.8 Ghia so got all the gizmos and has 32,000 miles of our servicing on it so we know its mechanically sound. Although Rebecca is now thinking that she could get another one in a different colour...

Didnt have any so currently held together with masking tape

...we bought it just over 3 years ago as the workhorse of the family - has done 32,000 miles of hassle free motoring since and was still going strong when whilst sat outside minding its own business an Asda delivery driver paying no attention drives into it...initial prognosis is not looking good: Could well be a write off, two panels and the front headlamp damaged. Am still chasing Asda customer (lack of) services to get this sorted, all happened last Thursday and they are still looking into it. Have to say, been a cracking car, reasonable MPG for a 1.8L, gets up and down motorways and great around town, nice enough interior and boot fulls of space perfect for a family with a 3 year old. For the £2k we paid for it three years ago and literally just replaced brakes and regular servicing has cost nowt to keep running. Can't go wrong really if you want something cheap that you expect to use for just about any job. Edit: Has also been to three 350z meets!

Good work fella - as you say a 6 series on a track but great to see on the straights that howling V8 wind in the RX8 by some margin.

I am sure someone who knows better will be along to confirm but that looks a no no to me

Cant say anything I have heard from dealers has been anything customer friendly, they wouldnt have a clue what customer service is - they just charge high rates and rely on people thinking they are paying for a premium service they couldnt get elsewhere.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/advice/2014/04/selling/how-to-sell-a-car

I would say how much you paid for it would be a good start depending on how long you have had it and how many miles you stuck on it.

Go on autotrader, pistonheads and ebay and find cars of similar spec and check the prices. Frost grey is a rare option although its not to everyones taste. And get ready for the usual jokes about "its worth £5 will have it off you today"

I guess we agree to disagree then. I wasnt really talking about JC in particular but the company I work for would not tolerate bullies no matter how much money they make. We got our revenue results in for FY 2014 yesterday and it had nine zeros on the end for a company founded 11 years ago. Yes it is about the £ but there are different ways to get there. Allow your company to 'tolerate' bad eggs and bullies is bad business - it restricts growth (as in that one person can only make so much money) and restricts your companies capability to recruit and retain the best people - this person wont be able to keep the business afloat on their own forever if you are losing the best potentials because you have a few twats in the business that you refuse to deal with because they make £ each year. In fact that is a very rocky and ultimately doomed business model when you look to the long long term. in terms of TG, yes it would lose viewers if JC went in all likelihood, but as many people on the top gear thread are talking about a re-boot and new presenters as those who like it as it is for instance. Very very rarely does a brand fail because an individual leaves - yes its bumpy in the short term but good management will always find the next rising star by ensuring they havent been pushed out the business already by some bully and gone off working for someone else. Longer term, chucking your business reliance on bullies, loudmouths, people that at this point in time make £ is not in my view good business. I would rather have steady growth in numbers and business, team harmony and good team morale over some individual maverick who antagonises the staff any day. Who would you rather work for?

I for one would prefer to retain the person who made my company the most money This is the argument in a nutshell. Are there more important issues in corporate life than the pursuit of profit? Maybe the company I currently work for is an exception then - they take the longer term view that investment in peoples wellbeing is paramount and yes you might lose a few £ in the short term getting rid of bad eggs if they make good money but theres always someone else equally capable but doesnt disrupt the workforce. The company I work for makes a lot of money globally, maybe that gives them the opportunity to get rid of bad eggs and bullies but its not like they have only just started doing this its been the culture from the start. Longer term, leaving bullies and bad eggs in your business is bad business no matter how important or good at making money they think they are.

I for one would prefer to retain the person who made my company the most money How do you define that? Sales? What if they are not in a sales capacity? What if they are in a sales capacity but their behaviour was the source of high churn rates in the business? What if they are in a position of influence? Whatever the case, even if they can make lots of money, there would always be another person out there that can do the same (99% of cases) so I would not put up with a bullying character because ultimately whatever their credentials in 'making money' the company will be worse off for it.

Was browsing Tarmacs site earlier and these wheels really do stand out in terms of looks and value, great piece of kit!

... assuming the latest reports are actually what happened and not just further conjecture and here say. Agreed, talking here just on the point - not that we have the full facts of this incident - but if the news this morning is true then I would say the BBC took the right decision, in my opinion.

Which back to the point, cumulative effect. If this was the first time he had done it in 20 years then I think it would be a written warning as its out of character etc. However being on a warning and publically told any misconduct would result in instant suspension then here we are.

Exactly, so they should be sorting themselves out and not covering up institutional bullying either.

But you cannot have a culture in a large corporation when that sort of behaviour is deemed to be acceptable, or even worse, the easiest/best way to solve the problem - I would be astonished that anyone in charge of a large professional business believing that is so. If they do, then they simply shouldnt be there or could be that way inclined themselves. Fortunately this kind of bullying behaviour is recognised in most companies now and there are ways to report it annonymously. Otherwise you are simply encouraging a culture within which the bully wins, I for one would prefer to retain the best people in my team, not the loudest and brashest. Sorry if I am coming across passionate about this but having had this happen to me at the early stage of my career (where the boss thought it was just something to let go) its something I just wont stand now. ...and no, this isn't bitching or whining, this is called looking after your employees who might not be that way inclined to get into a swearing match and see who can shout the loudest (because they are far too intellegient and professional to do that) and employing equal rights across your business. /endrant