In article , The Wanderer
writes
On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 19:54:45 -0000, Colin Wilson wrote:

Can anyone explain what is going on

a) the government made a ******** of things
b) the companies all have to make a profit

Ahh, yes! where are all those people in the late 80's early 90's who were
saying 'Just wait till you lot are privatised. Things will be so much
better for the customer. Bit of competition will shake you lot up.'

My retort was always 'Yes, just you wait till we're privatised, and see if
you continue to get the same level of service you've become used to over
the years.' I don't hear too many people extolling the virtues of
privatisation these days......


I don't think its all as bad as people think it is. We don't have as
many power cuts as we once used to here. Prices have been fairly cheap
for a very long while now, and at least you can go to different supplier
companies.

Take telecoms for instance. Remember the time when the good 'ole GPO
would take months to put a new line in?.

And remember the times the gasman would come to call with the wrong bits
etc?.

Good old days eh?. Time don't 'arf distort the memory;!.....
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Tony Sayer