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- January 13, 2009 at 03:15 #203559
Are you sure you wouldn’t prefer my picks and posts in sonnet form as opposed to free verse? Would definitely be more concise

Arhtur Askey dented CuBone
his flash horriblis.
He recovered but was never quite the same
a slip of the tongoe
flash
a Sachs moment
and Ross went the way of Bross
but CuBone was a gentleman
and recoveredI dont know about Ted Bundy
but Ivan Milat wore facial hair
and I came across his horrendous murders
in Wolf Creek
All new posters
TAKE NOTEI actually thought the frilm wolf Creek
should be banned
unimaginable horror
and slaughter of sheep
however after a good night’s sleep
the night after I watched it
and reading Cherie Blar’s autobiography
My chainsaw Hubby
I have changed my mind….breathing periods
and the death sentence
outlasts Bundy and Milat
just remember its forever
and the bankers got offp.s. I have not read the whole of this thread
I am croned
so may have joined CuBone
temporarily in the land of OHHHHRyor, this is how to post….
Get some sleep Gamble..January 13, 2009 at 03:29 #203562Have only talked to a Spotlight writer. They can spend as much time on the races as they like.
You entirely sure about that, Mark? I’m sure they’re subject to off-stone times like anyone else on the paper.
For information, our Spotlight workload at the Prostsman was always 60 horses’ worth of race per day, by a given time, and inclusive of all tissues and verdicts. That wouldn’t be too far removed from the Post‘s.
As with any job, I am sure they would like more money, so they can take more time.
The money-time correlation is not one the Spotlighters have much autonomy over, for the reasons previously stated. An extra £50 per stint might be extra stimulus for turning in a better job, but it doesn’t make the working day – which for jumps Spotlighters couldn’t really start until the decs arrived at 10.30am from the PA or whosoever else – any longer.
Cheers,
gc
(PS Do you know if Stewart got my email about the 21st, Mark?)
I believe the Racing Post pays so much (I will not say how much) per 50 horses. Though some may not do as many as 50 a day (with presumably the money cut in relation to that). Obviously they can only work from the time the declarations come through, to a deadline time. That will automatically put time restraints in to their work.
Mark
(p.s. will get back to you about the quiz Jeremy.)
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