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3 Years of Service
Loving the paraphrasing of Publilius Syrus (85-43BCE). The original goes something like, 'Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it', though in Latin obviously.A book may be valuable, BUT it's only WORTH what someone is willing to pay.
Did you ever hear the story about Zola the Greek?
He was an ancient Greek hero, a warrior for the ages, much forgotten about compared to others like Heracles, Jason and Perseus.
But Zola was a fierce warrior. Words of his deeds spread far and wide across the lands. These deeds caught the attention of King Pelias, who summoned Zola to his palace.
"Look upon my ruined kingdom, Zola" Said king Pelias in dispair. "See the ruin and rot."
"What causes this woe, my lord" said Zola, "what need have you of me?"
"Have you heard of Medusa?" asked king Pelias. "The dreaded creature has killed most our young men. There is no one left to sow the fields of crop. There is no one left to defend the city from raiders. This cannot be allowed to continue."
"Surely you don't expect me to go after Medusa do you?" wailed Zola, "my lord, it would be suicide"
"A prince! A prince I shall make you!" said king Pelias. "You shall have all the gold you can carry, all the women you can marry and I promise you half my kingdom to rule as you see fit!"
Zola thought hard for a while. It was tempting offer after all. "On your honour, my lord. You swear you will keep your word and make me a prince?"
"You have my word." Said the king. "A prince you shall be. All I ask is that you bring me the head of the gorgon, Zola."
All that just for a cheese pun, fuck yeah!
He who would pun would pick a pocket:- Stephen Maturin, Master and Commander The Far Side of the World
Cabin Pressure is the actual radio show. 26 episodes with the running order going from A to Z (Abu Dhabi, Boston, Cremona running through to Zurich). Cabin Fever was the youtube thing he did in lockdown that reprised his character from Cabin Pressure. I will admit I haven't really looked at that.Okay, so is "Cabin Pressure" the actual, proper show AND "Cabin Fever" is the radio show/podcast?![]()
I don't really know. I was just a glorified wrench jockey at the time. All I know is that the equipment in question had been in use for about a decade by that point and I can only assume because of the cost involved in having spares on hand that someone would have thought having the 'next day pickup/delivery' thing would have been more cost-effective.Was the caluse something new or a legacy (within DHL) thing?