Monday 17 September 2018

WASTED DAYS AND WASTED KNIGHTS





Listening to the radio this morning I did a double take when I heard the reporter say "Sir Paul Collins of Martinborough...". What the fuck!

I did a google search and yes, it's true. It happened in 2015 when I was overseas so I missed this.

Richard and I went to college with Paul Collins. He was in the P classes with me and was a mate of Danny Cotterall.
Paul wasn't an outstanding student but had the good commercial sense to study Accountancy at university. We played in the same rugby team - Athletic- when we were at uni and I remember asking him why he was wasting his time doing accountancy when there were so many other interesting degree courses to take and I seemed to take most of them. He went on to become a multi-millionaire and I never completed a degree. Such is life.

I don't have anything personal against Paul except for - getting on to my high horse Richard - he joined Brierley's and became one of the unscrupulous corporate raiders in the 1980s who made huge amounts of money and left behind human wreckage. Being of a socialist leaning I found this to be reprehensible.

I'm not the only one to feel this way. Have a read of this:







6 comments:

Richard (of RBB) said...

We worked together at the Wellington gas co when we were secondary school students.

THE CURMUDGEON said...

That's right.i remember now. Was Wayne Chelman there too?

THE CURMUDGEON said...

I'm proud to claim you as a friend Richard and that you didn't give up your soul to Mammon ( as Robert or his friends might say)

Richard (of RBB) said...

I knew a guy who played in Mammal the band.

Danny Cotteral was there.

Richard (of RBB) said...

Cotterall I think.

THE CURMUDGEON said...

I think you're drifting into the realms of fantasy there Jones.