tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post1511512981384617578..comments2024-03-28T13:06:29.793+00:00Comments on conradwalks: Trumpet blowingSir Hughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-67009232949092300912021-01-31T16:14:32.576+00:002021-01-31T16:14:32.576+00:00BC - a wise reply.BC - a wise reply.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-3230458635707122432021-01-31T15:54:01.997+00:002021-01-31T15:54:01.997+00:00You will have to share the cigar in fraternal harm...You will have to share the cigar in fraternal harmony.bowlandclimberhttp://bowlandclimber.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-6099830022140464032021-01-31T10:35:10.708+00:002021-01-31T10:35:10.708+00:00BC and RR - I was not sure whether BC's commen...BC and RR - I was not sure whether BC's comment was directed at my post or RR's comment. Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-42021213401932980252021-01-31T08:15:38.158+00:002021-01-31T08:15:38.158+00:00Bowlandclimber: Thanks for that. Under my desk is ...Bowlandclimber: Thanks for that. Under my desk is the trumpet I used to blow so amateurishly (Hymn tunes mainly because of their simplicity). Valves stuck. Unmentionable stuff hardened on inside. I've gone far further with my voice into much greater music. But we are what we pass through.<br /><br />Is there climbing in Bowland? I thought there was just a Trough.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-15070303925922036392021-01-28T09:38:13.381+00:002021-01-28T09:38:13.381+00:00Horn well blown. Give that man a cigar.Horn well blown. Give that man a cigar.bowlandclimberhttp://bowlandclimber.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-20236877599449134692021-01-27T10:59:11.404+00:002021-01-27T10:59:11.404+00:00Where did you get "wheedling" and "...Where did you get "wheedling" and "hopefully" from? There were of course occasions when people were trying to persuade me to publish mere puffery. Then I would be taken out to lunch and immediately handed the wine list; I was in fact being "sold to".<br /><br />Interviewing is rather different from selling. Often the interviewee would read the resultant article and be astonished by his apparent wisdom and brevity. Once I hammered an MD with difficult questions in public at a press conference, revealing that his company was not half as "green" as he imagined.<br /><br />The result was unexpected. One of his satraps phoned me and said the MD wanted me to address his team of salesmen who would all be drunk after their annual sales meeting. That the MD would brief me in his London club. There, the MD said "Tell 'em anything you like but avoid the subject of company cars."<br /><br />Guess what I majored on in my speech? The applause was thunderous.<br /><br />It was my first formal speech ever in public and my knees trembled throughout, despite the laughter. But I was able to comfort myself by the fact that a hired car picked me up from home and took me back. Also I felt slightly less guilty about the cheque now nestling in my pocket.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.com