On Tuesday, February 12, 2013 7:43:10 PM UTC, Rod Speed wrote:
"whisky-dave" wrote in message

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On Monday, February 11, 2013 5:25:08 PM UTC, Geoff Pearson wrote:

How can this be of any interest? A bloke who is 86 announces he is too



tired, nae wunder, to carry on work. He was too old when he started the



job. Shock? Very old bloke retires? Not much shock to me.



it's a shock because he's one of the first to admit he

can't do the job, rather than carry on to the grave.



At least I can admire him for that,



I can't. Apparently he had to have his arm twisted to take

the job in the first place and should have just told them then

that he wasn't up to the job and would rather just retire.

That's religion for you.


there maybe other reasons to admire him but I don;t know them



I don't believe that there are any.

Like any good catholic he withdrew at the last moment ;-)


They don't call him God's Rottweiler for nothing.

Didn't think Rottweilers released their grip once they get their teech into something.