but while I'm here...

the estate I live in is proud to show off the fact that their offices are now taken over by the link.

yes, that new government spinoff that has failed to list on the stock exchange 3 times so far...but they'll get there this time no doubt about it..

what's getting my goat is the fact that just before they list and go private, they are spending a fuckload of shekels on revamping the public areas of this estate.

what used to be painted concrete is now currently all being drilled and chiseled off, to be replaced by individual terracotta tiles from germany (of all places)

now I may be an idiot, but as far as I was aware, terracotta would be a shitload cheaper if it was made in china and not bloody germany..plus it obviously had to be shipped here (as there are rather a lot of pallets full of boxes of tiles by the carpark)

so it seems as if the link are shelling out all the reserve cash they have for this year from the government in yet another pointless exercise which is purely for the purpose of wasting money...(presumably the cash reserve will be taken back once they go public) jeez, if they wanted to get rid of their cash so badly, they could have just given it to me, I'd have written them a receipt!

but then again...I sense a business opportunity on the horizon....(being a manchester lad..you just can't get rid of the breeding!)

anyone want to buy some cheap tiles?...really nice quality stuff...made in germany you know!

I have enough to cover a small housing estate if anyone's interested...but hurry, they are disappearing fast!