The Law PSO's - what the hell?

[Hipster Doofus]

You bring a bloody durian on board public transport prepare yourself to get killed by a $5000 fine

Souless box of a city imo. Sentosa island aside it's a pristine shithole.

 

[Mogwai]

Souless box of a city imo. Sentosa island aside it's a pristine shithole.

I loved the monorail. Now it's some soulless light rail.

 

[Power Raid]

Souless box of a city imo. Sentosa island aside it's a pristine shithole.

Get away from the tourist sites and it's great for a short stop over.

 

[Power Raid]

You bring a bloody durian on board public transport prepare yourself to get killed by a $5000 fine

Now this is a crime warranting capital punishment

 

[Mogwai]

Get away from the tourist sites and it's great for a short stop over.

Exactly that. Take the city at face value and leave it at that. Incredibly inane, inept and inert city.

 

[Power Raid]

Exactly that. Take the city at face value and leave it at that. Incredibly inane, inept and inert city.

I can have fun where ever I go.

 

[Pessimistic]

Get away from the tourist sites and it's great for a short stop over.

They bulldozed the tourist sites decades ago. Thats why its souless. Imagine if they bulldozed bourbon st in New orleans and put up a shopping mall

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugis_Street

http://www.sdws.org.uk/photo-album/dance-of-the-flaming-arseho.html

 

[Power Raid]

They bulldozed the tourist sites decades ago. Thats why its souless. Imagine if they bulldozed bourbon st in New orleans and put up a shopping mall

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugis_Street

http://www.sdws.org.uk/photo-album/dance-of-the-flaming-arseho.html

being an ex pusser, I can appreciate the dance of the flamers but I am sure you can still do it in Singa's if you want. Woodlands has the military bases, so you may need to head north.

Singas is still a good place for booze, women and drugs if that is what you are seeking. It also has great food, night spots and shopping for the less adventurous.

 

[Pessimistic]

Is there anything you havent done ?

 

[Power Raid]

Is there anything you havent done ?

just a few jobs

high school failure
apprentice mechanic at 15 (complete failure as I am not handy in any way)
waiter, retail and nightclubs through teen years whilst starting a degree via correspondence
JV work with the CSIRO and ADF early twenties
Chartered Accountant late 20s with Anderson (Enron put an end to that)
Part of the management buyout of the Rothschild Golden Arrow Funds early 30s
Started my own Merchant bank primarily focused on the resources sector mid 30s
semi-retired late 30s


I got lucky with the mining boom and financed FMG at $0.20 (small % of co), AGO at $0.22 plus a free 1:2 $0.30 option (19.9% of co plus another 15% through another vehicle), and RIV I underwrote a $0.20 placement which no one else wanted (19.9% of co).

I have backed plenty of losers too but those three alone made hundreds of millions for our business.


The greater family businesses include founders of Tune (Air Asia and Tune), founders of a Malay merchant bank and plenty of smaller businesses through Australia, Indo, Malaysia and Singapore plus previously local partners for many international businesses such as BMG and warner. Plus hotels including former owners of the Swiss grand Bondi. So I get to see quite a few industries much bigger than my business.

Now I back young guys looking to do something different:
property development and construction large and small scale
IT businesses in Asia, US and Australia
Trying to roll out a chain of no gap doctors clinics in WA (looking super tough at the moment)
Gold and base metals in Philippines
Bauxite in Guinea
Salt in Somalia
Copper and Gold in Peru
Copper and Moly in Chile
Energy in Oz
Honey in WA
Seafood in Asia and Oz
Fuel distribution in Oz
Accounting software package with outsourced back end
etc etc

some of these will succeed whilst others will be quite painful. The risks are high but if done well and with a bit of luck the rewards are there as well.

but I play a non exec role these days and provide guidance and strategy rather than running the day to day activities. I am better at the start up phase rather than operations.

 

[JRoo]

being an ex pusser, I can appreciate the dance of the flamers but I am sure you can still do it in Singa's if you want. Woodlands has the military bases, so you may need to head north.

Singas is still a good place for booze, women and drugs if that is what you are seeking. It also has great food, night spots and shopping for the less adventurous.

I thought you where ex-army or has your story changed?

 

[JRoo]

Is there anything you havent done ?

BS Power raid supposedly was in the army in the 90's, also in the Navy it seems now, is the CEO of his own Merchant bank (but didn't know the difference between net or gross debt), has worked in Somali with the UN with militia, admitted he had no offshore oil and gas experience but suddenly is the expert in the offshore oil and gas industry after reading everyone elses posts on the subject.

BS by name.

 

[Power Raid]

I thought you where ex-army or has your story changed?

nope, never said army

please find a reference or are you lying again?

I may have said military.....of, relating to, or characteristic of soldiers or armed forces.

 

[Power Raid]

BS Power raid supposedly was in the army in the 90's, also in the Navy it seems now, is the CEO of his own Merchant bank (but didn't know the difference between net or gross debt), has worked in Somali with the UN with militia, admitted he had no offshore oil and gas experience but suddenly is the expert in the offshore oil and gas industry after reading everyone elses posts on the subject.

BS by name.

Please find the post where I said I was a CEO or are you lying again?

In terms of working with militia, try and work in a developing nation without working with the military, police or militia. If you are working in a third world nation, why not get world bank or IFC funding and tap into resources like Australian or US intelligence? Oh and I am not an executive on the salt mine. Further, when you buy ink cartridges for a local mines department, why not get a European or Australian agency to record the transaction to avoid being accused of bribes?

In regards to being an oil and gas expert, I have never claimed to be an engineer etc. I don't even sit over investments decisions (usually) as I prefer hard rock mining.

gee wiz, you do have a bee in your bonnet.

 

[PottSie2]

Patiently awaiting JRoo.

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

You bring a bloody durian on board public transport prepare yourself to get killed by a $5000 fine

Yeah, but durians are EVIL smelling things. How can something like that be edible?

 

[Mogwai]

Yeah, but durians are EVIL smelling things. How can something like that be edible?

Grew up with it, can smell it both ways though. I personally think it's a great fruit.

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

I didn't mind the taste at all either. First ate one in Malaysia years ago. I guess, with its spikes and the stink, the durian is saying "If you can get past all that and STILL eat me, you are a hard bastard!"

It's just weird how a fruit with more 'defences' than most can still be tasty.

 

[dymot]

stop whining. if it was assault, then their is already a redress for this through the courts.


the security guards are likely to be pretty big and dumb. so mistake will happen.

what is important is they receive better training and supervision.

WTF is this supposed to mean? Fact is that it is avoidable and shouldn't have happened in the first place which also means it wouldn't have needed to go to court.

 

[Power Raid]

WTF is this supposed to mean? Fact is that it is avoidable shouldn't have happened in the first place which also means it wouldn't have needed to go to court.

WTF is that supposed to mean?

Fact is all crime is avoidable and shouldn't happen in the first place. But it does happen, that is why we have courts to issue punishments that act as deterrents and invest big $ having police forces and security guards.

Unfortunately police, security guards, lawyers and judges are just people and have the potential to commit crimes like anyone else. Especially front line staff like police and security guards (add military to that list) who have a brain snap after dealing with one too many dick heads.



So the message is, let the current legal framework take its course if in the fact a crime was committed by the guard. Then take a step back and ask why it happened and assess if better recruitment or training of guards is required. Rather than getting rid of guards.

 

[Power Raid]

No integrity JRoo?

Make false statements and then don't have the strength of character to retract or apologise?