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Offline mgmark

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Thinking small.....
« on: January 11, 2011, 11:30:41 pm »
Why, oh why, when providing the fundamental, bare necessities of life, do suppliers always think small rather than pitching for the big prize?  Case in point - http://www.superyachtdesign.com/concepts.asp?cid=657. 

Why, with "its own fully functional go kart circuit" did they replicate a mickey mouse street circuit represented at 155m long instead of La Sarthe?  ;)

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Re: Thinking small.....
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2011, 01:06:48 am »
Mark, they are obviously paying you too much if your eye is wandering to that kind of thing. ;D
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Re: Thinking small.....
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2011, 11:00:59 am »
Quote from: garyfrogeye on January 12, 2011, 01:06:48 am
Mark, they are obviously paying you too much if your eye is wandering to that kind of thing. ;D

Hmmm... I smell "malfeasance in public office" on a grand scale!! Nice! ;)
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Re: Thinking small.....
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2011, 02:26:41 pm »
Is it possible that the Chinese [Hong Kong?] business man who wants to buy the Ark Royal for £5m is going to turn the ship in to a floating go-kart venue, with the LM course marked out on the flight deck?

This does, of course, mean that missing a corner could be a very wet - if not fatal - experience.

Still, plenty of room down below for partying & then rooms to rent for when you've reached the point of "over refreshment".
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Re: Thinking small.....
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2011, 03:37:14 pm »
Quote from: Andy Zarse on January 12, 2011, 11:00:59 am
Quote from: garyfrogeye on January 12, 2011, 01:06:48 am
Mark, they are obviously paying you too much if your eye is wandering to that kind of thing. ;D

Hmmm... I smell "malfeasance in public office" on a grand scale!! Nice! ;)

All we would need is a river big enough to sail it up around early June, with a tributary dug which terminates in Maison Blanche.  Wouldn't have any CA ticket issues then! 

I'm not quite sure what malfeasance smells like or how I can get some, but it is such a nicely descriptive word... ;)

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Re: Thinking small.....
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2011, 04:02:37 pm »
Quote from: mgmark on January 12, 2011, 03:37:14 pm

I'm not quite sure what malfeasance smells like or how I can get some, but it is such a nicely descriptive word... ;)

MG Mark

Not sure.  But I reckon I've stepped in it more than once or twice  ::)
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Re: Thinking small.....
« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2011, 11:00:15 pm »
Quote from: mgmark on January 12, 2011, 03:37:14 pm
I'm not quite sure what malfeasance smells like or how I can get some, but it is such a nicely descriptive word... ;)
You'll have to go to the States, I think we only have misfeasance in this country
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Re: Thinking small.....
« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2011, 11:42:30 pm »
Quote from: Lorry on January 12, 2011, 11:00:15 pm
Quote from: mgmark on January 12, 2011, 03:37:14 pm
I'm not quite sure what malfeasance smells like or how I can get some, but it is such a nicely descriptive word... ;)
You'll have to go to the States, I think we only have misfeasance in this country
Wasn't MisFeasance one of the Artists in the Red Trailers, (sadly no longer available :().
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Re: Thinking small.....
« Reply #8 on: January 13, 2011, 09:24:22 am »
Quote from: Lorry on January 12, 2011, 11:00:15 pm
Quote from: mgmark on January 12, 2011, 03:37:14 pm
I'm not quite sure what malfeasance smells like or how I can get some, but it is such a nicely descriptive word... ;)
You'll have to go to the States, I think we only have misfeasance in this country

From Wiki

...malfeasance (or misfeasance) in public office is a tort. In the House of Lords judgement on the BCCI Malfeasance Case it was held that this had 3 essential elements[3]:

The defendant must be a public officer
The defendant must have been exercising his power as a public officer
The defendant is either exercising targeted malice or exceeding his powers.

The commission of turning an aircraft carrier into a floating LM race track replica could, one would suppose, be seen as malfeasance in office by any reasonable man. However I'm sure a clever barrister could get you off the rap.
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Re: Thinking small.....
« Reply #9 on: January 13, 2011, 10:50:24 am »
On the basis that I might conceivably fit the description of a public officer, I do rather like the sound of an opportunity to "exercise targeted malice" and "exceeding his powers"... >:D

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Re: Thinking small.....
« Reply #10 on: January 13, 2011, 04:27:25 pm »
Malfeasance?
I thought it came in a tube. If it doesn't, what have I been buying every fortnight from the chemist?
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Re: Thinking small.....
« Reply #11 on: January 13, 2011, 08:34:47 pm »
Isn't Malfeasance just an old Bird that you'd probably have a stab at given the opportunity ;D.
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Re: Thinking small.....
« Reply #12 on: January 14, 2011, 12:13:45 am »
Quote from: BigH on January 13, 2011, 04:27:25 pm
Malfeasance?
I thought it came in a tube. If it doesn't, what have I been buying every fortnight from the chemist?
H

Probably some snake oil variant of unguent to sooth your dodgy bits....slippery chaps those chemists....

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Re: Thinking small.....
« Reply #13 on: January 14, 2011, 05:34:31 am »
Another thread of irreverance or is that irrelevance filled with wit and humour from my good friends at CA.Nice one  ;D
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Re: Thinking small.....
« Reply #14 on: January 14, 2011, 09:48:28 am »
Quote from: mgmark on January 13, 2011, 10:50:24 am
On the basis that I might conceivably fit the description of a public officer, I do rather like the sound of an opportunity to "exercise targeted malice" and "exceeding his powers"... >:D

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