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From: REDDEVIL6 on 9 Mar 2010 16:52 On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 21:26:42 -0000, "Lawrence Jenkins" <lawrence13(a)sky.com> wrote: > >"Lescor" <lescor(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message >news:3padndMFl9iPhwvWnZ2dnUVZ7sidnZ2d(a)bt.com... >> This report that hundreds of MU fans are going to show their displeasure >> of the owners by boycotting " THE FIRST TEN MINS " of the home Euro >> game? >> >> How inventive. How bloody imaginative. A whole ten ! It should put the >> fear of god up the Glaziers. >> >> I am impressed with this bright new protest method and a bit surprised >> that nobody, not even the trade unions, have thought of it before, so I >> will copy it. >> >> I have, for some time, been a bit pissed off by the prices Waitrose ask >> for much of their stuff. Next time I go I will walk around the store with >> an >> empty trolley for 10 mins......maybe longer according to my mood....before >> I start to fill it with groceries. >> >> That'll teach the buggers! >> >> >> LC >> >> >> > >Wouldn't it be better to pay to see the game then not turn up? That way you >can sell more than the capacity by selling twice raising more funds and >alleviating the Glazers debt. > Of course this is a silly idea but even if they could do that the Glazers wouldn't spend any "extra" money on their debts they'd continue to take the excess money in personal loans to themselves (which they did several times last year). They have been filling their pockets from the club on a regular basis and will continue to do this.
From: Neman on 10 Mar 2010 01:37 On 9 ožu, 10:51, "Lescor" <les...(a)btinternet.com> wrote: > This report that hundreds of MU fans are going to show their displeasure > of the owners by boycotting " THE FIRST TEN MINS "  of the  home Euro game? > > How inventive. How bloody imaginative. A whole ten !  It should put the > fear of god up the Glaziers. > > I am impressed with this bright new  protest method and a bit surprised > that nobody,  not even the trade unions, have thought of it before, so I > will copy it. > > I have, for some time, been a bit pissed off by the prices Waitrose ask > for much of their stuff.  Next time I go I will walk around the store with > an > empty trolley for 10 mins......maybe longer according to my mood....before > I start to fill it with groceries. > > That'll  teach the buggers! > > LC not true
From: Lescor on 10 Mar 2010 02:02 "Lawrence Jenkins" <lawrence13(a)sky.com> wrote in message news:4b96bd0b$0$2156$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > > "Lescor" <lescor(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message > news:3padndMFl9iPhwvWnZ2dnUVZ7sidnZ2d(a)bt.com... >> This report that hundreds of MU fans are going to show their displeasure >> of the owners by boycotting " THE FIRST TEN MINS " of the home Euro >> game? >> >> How inventive. How bloody imaginative. A whole ten ! It should put the >> fear of god up the Glaziers. >> >> I am impressed with this bright new protest method and a bit surprised >> that nobody, not even the trade unions, have thought of it before, so I >> will copy it. >> >> I have, for some time, been a bit pissed off by the prices Waitrose ask >> for much of their stuff. Next time I go I will walk around the store >> with an >> empty trolley for 10 mins......maybe longer according to my >> mood....before >> I start to fill it with groceries. >> >> That'll teach the buggers! >> >> >> LC >> >> >> > > Wouldn't it be better to pay to see the game then not turn up? That way > you can sell more than the capacity by selling twice raising more funds > and alleviating the Glazers debt. I think that there is a lot to the claim that the strength of the action reflects the importance of the protest. True that niggling little protests can have an effect. Gandhi got India back from the Brits with, mainly, such methods. Problem is it took him all his adult lifetime. LC
From: Baldoni on 10 Mar 2010 02:52 Lescor brought next idea : > > "Lawrence Jenkins" <lawrence13(a)sky.com> wrote in message > news:4b96bd0b$0$2156$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >> >> "Lescor" <lescor(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message >> news:3padndMFl9iPhwvWnZ2dnUVZ7sidnZ2d(a)bt.com... >>> This report that hundreds of MU fans are going to show their displeasure >>> of the owners by boycotting " THE FIRST TEN MINS " of the home Euro >>> game? >>> >>> How inventive. How bloody imaginative. A whole ten ! It should put the >>> fear of god up the Glaziers. >>> >>> I am impressed with this bright new protest method and a bit surprised >>> that nobody, not even the trade unions, have thought of it before, so I >>> will copy it. >>> >>> I have, for some time, been a bit pissed off by the prices Waitrose ask >>> for much of their stuff. Next time I go I will walk around the store with >>> an >>> empty trolley for 10 mins......maybe longer according to my mood....before >>> I start to fill it with groceries. >>> >>> That'll teach the buggers! >>> >>> >>> LC >>> >>> >>> >> >> Wouldn't it be better to pay to see the game then not turn up? That way you >> can sell more than the capacity by selling twice raising more funds and >> alleviating the Glazers debt. > > I think that there is a lot to the claim that the strength of the action > reflects > the importance of the protest. True that niggling little protests can have > an effect. Gandhi got India back from the Brits with, mainly, such methods. > Problem is it took him all his adult lifetime. > > LC It took a while for Gandhi to build a following Les. Even "The Greatful Dead" had to start somewhere small themselves. -- Count Baldoni In hoc signo vinces
From: Pope Pompous XVIII on 10 Mar 2010 05:51
On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:35:31 -0000 "Lescor" <lescor(a)btinternet.com> wrote: > > If the Man U supporters set up a group to encourage direct non > attending action for specific games I would gladly contribute a few > quid to it, just as a football lover. count Me in as well Les -- + His Holiness Pope Pompous XVIII |