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Thread: Yay ... Glorious Freedom!
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3rd May 2012 #1
Yay ... Glorious Freedom!
Finally ... after 30 years "in harness" as a Presiding Officer at Local, General and European Elections, I have stepped back from these somewhat onerous duties.
Unless Cameron and his motley crew are given the "bums rush" there are unlikely to be further polls of ANY description until the Scottish Independence Referendum scheduled for Autumn of 2014 - by which time, I'll have [hopefully] attained my allotted span of three score years and ten!
Am I sorry? Am I buggery!
Admittedly, I've previously given readers the impression I actually enjoyed these experiences. And yes ... for the most part, I have ... the social interaction was invariably a pleasure in itself.
But overall, though, who the hell, in their right mind, would relish the prospect of being tethered to a makeshift desk, cooped up in a confined space - from 06.30 am till 10.30 pm - without being allowed to leave the building ... save for intermittent short walks along the corridor to answer the call of nature.
Lunch & Teabreaks?? Forget those!!
Sustenance is, therefore, totally reliant on furtive, snatched opportunities to make inroads on a seemingly endless pile of soggy sandwiches (gradually curling up at the edges, as if in defiance of their tupperware container) and/or pre-baked sausage rolls (that've grown cold!) washed down by endless cups of lukewarm tea or coffee from a Thermos flask?
So ... all in all ... glorious freedom ... !
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3rd May 2012 #2A place for everything, everything in its place.
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3rd May 2012 #3
At least you did your bit Arthur
Mick.
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3rd May 2012 #5
You've done a great job sir Art ....no more stress for you
''Don't be serious..Be Sincere''
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4th May 2012 #6
Best wishes on the new "retirement" Arthur.
The days of proxy votes, tendered votes, people turning up at the wrong polling station, people demanding their voting papers after originally asking for a postal vote, annoying agents & tellers etc etc are now a thing of memories & stories for your grandchildren.
No man is an island, but Barry is
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