Beggar Thy Children Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Sorry Guys I don`t rate Mr Sugar at all, had the luck to get in at the right time with a product, and that grey haired past retirement lady with him tells me it`s all a joke.Off now to set my DVD recorder for Upstairs Downstairs for 6.25am this morning. The Apprentice BBC version of Big Brother. I agree entirely. I've never understood why there's so much fawning over a man who as far as I can see, made his money selling substandard shite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 I agree entirely.I've never understood why there's so much fawning over a man who as far as I can see, made his money selling substandard shite. He was the "Ratner" of the consumer electronics business. He just never confessed to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowthenagain Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 I've never understood why there's so much fawning over a man who as far as I can see, made his money selling substandard shite. Making money. It's the making money I like. What was the rest of your sentence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 I think when he told Sir Allen he was a barrister, he was not wholly truthfull and neglected to mention he gained the qualification in StarBucks. I geddit I geddit very good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@contradevian Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 (edited) I geddit I gedditvery good who is Sir Allen? Its Sir Alan surely? But yes I did wonder where they get all the candidates from. They seem universally awful. The US Version is so much better. I remember one episode. Trump gave the two teams a hotel each to get up and running. Sir Alan gave them a fish stall. Says it all. Edited to Add. Seems geared towards small scale trading, which is how Sir Alan started. Can't these clever candidates create a CDO or something? Edited March 27, 2008 by rover2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_duke_of_hazzard Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Well I do hope the representatives of the Gay community on Allens show, conduct themselves in a more appropriate manner as its painting a bleak picture of how Gay people treat others. What a pompous and offensive quote. I hope this isn't representative of all straight people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markinspain Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 For those like me who the BBC gits prevent watching the whole show, here´s a couple of Youtube links to the contestants. Boys - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryKwSy1fHxs...feature=related Girls - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnVinzxlIAk...feature=related The Youtube comments are worth reading too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Loo Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 I used to sell toilet rolls to the Amstrad place in Tottenham They always bought the cheapest. Now i recall this it makes me think of that finger when he points at the fired one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest theboltonfury Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 What a pompous and offensive quote. I hope this isn't representative of all straight people. not really pompous or offensive in my opinion and it wasn't intended to rile gay people. Just an opinion shared by many derived from the snapshot and final cut of last nights editing. Don't blame him, blame the BBC for portraying the final boardroom as a camp bitch fight Live and let live I say but Humphrey 'de lacy' Brown did rather play up to the typically wrong stereotype Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DissipatedYouthIsValuable Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 What a pompous and offensive quote. I hope this isn't representative of all straight people. I had a lovely lunch with some gays once, and none of them tried to slip me one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beans on toast Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 (edited) Sir Alan is a property billionaire. Property seems to make more billionaires than any other business area. He got a knighthood for services to business??? YOU WHAT!!! Everything that came out of Amstrad was a crock of $^$&. He is also a big donor to the Labour party - oh that explains the knighthood. Edited March 27, 2008 by beans on toast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@contradevian Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 not really pompous or offensive in my opinion and it wasn't intended to rile gay people. Just an opinion shared by many derived from the snapshot and final cut of last nights editing. Don't blame him, blame the BBC for portraying the final boardroom as a camp bitch fightLive and let live I say but Humphrey 'de lacy' Brown did rather play up to the typically wrong stereotype Which one or ones were gay then? I didn't realise any sexual undertones until I read HPC comments! However the barrister one that was fired was cr*p. Should have been able to argue a lot better than that. He should also throw away those "Tom Cruise" sunglasses. I doubt he'll ever have any credibility in a Court ever again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest theboltonfury Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 I agree entirely.I've never understood why there's so much fawning over a man who as far as I can see, made his money selling substandard shite. and the point is? He's a f**king near billionaire from shelling rubbish to fools. Sounds like a genius to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beans on toast Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 and the point is? He's a f**king near billionaire from shelling rubbish to fools. Sounds like a genius to me Yes gotta admire him for that. But he's made most of his money from commercial and residential property. He invested every penny he made from selling car aerials, cigarette lighters etc into property and it looks like a wise move. Cant go wrong with bricks and mortar. Asmtrad made approx 20million profit in 2005 and was sold to BskyB in 2007 for 125 million. Most of Amstrad's revenue came from making set top boxes for BskyB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest theboltonfury Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Which one or ones were gay then? I didn't realise any sexual undertones until I read HPC comments!However the barrister one that was fired was cr*p. Should have been able to argue a lot better than that. He should also throw away those "Tom Cruise" sunglasses. I doubt he'll ever have any credibility in a Court ever again! I am fairly sure that Mr De Lacy does not have a girlfriend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
housestag Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 I am fairly sure that Mr De Lacy does not have a girlfriend or ever has had.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Give those ejected a job at the FSA I say..: http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/busines...sa-20080327823/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 and the point is? He's a f**king near billionaire from shelling rubbish to fools. Sounds like a genius to me Hey, I loved my Amstrad CPC 464! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Loo Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 (edited) and the point is? He's a f**king near billionaire from shelling rubbish to fools. Sounds like a genius to me No, the products may have been substandard ( i dont beleive they were), but what he did do was pioneer the current selling technique of the PRICE IS ALL. You know, you get what you pay for is no longer a criteria in most peoples minds. They see the headline price for a headline spec, they see its cheaper than the rest of the market, and they BELEIVE they are getting the same for less. Many many computer businesses followed and are following this technique, usually with suicide margins. No, Amstrad brought forward computing to the masses, with a clever marketing technique, that is difficult to argue with at the point of sale with ignorant consumers. Edited March 27, 2008 by Bloo Loo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@contradevian Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Hey, I loved my Amstrad CPC 464! So did I! My first "personal computer." Did you pay extra for the colour monitor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest theboltonfury Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 So did I! My first "personal computer." Did you pay extra for the colour monitor? I was poor and had a Spectrum 128k, I used to dream about owning an Amstrad but alas being Northern, it never occured. Of the original bunch of home computers Sugar's was streets ahead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsea13 Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 (edited) I was poor and had a Spectrum 128k, I used to dream about owning an Amstrad but alas being Northern, it never occured. Of the original bunch of home computers Sugar's was streets ahead Anyone going to admit to having an ORIC-1? I had a Commodore 64, but found the version of BASIC included required me to get my head around the finer points of geometry etc. when it came to drawing graphics. Of course now, the maths is p1$$-easy, but being in a sh*te (i.e. Portsmouth standard) school did not help at the time! Everything was going fine until secondary school, where my brain turned to jelly and my soul died! (Interestingly enough, one of the maths teachers at Priory topped himself - plane in sea - after he was being investigated for paedophilia!) If I remember correctly, BBC BASIC and BASIC on the Speccy required one or two lines of code; on the C64 it was about 20!!!!! :angry: Edited March 27, 2008 by southsea13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsea13 Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 I was poor and had a Spectrum 128k, I used to dream about owning an Amstrad but alas being Northern, it never occured. Of the original bunch of home computers Sugar's was streets ahead Nothing wrong with being Northern; I`m a Southerner, but I don`t subscribe to the North/South thing; I think it`s a way of dividing the population, making them easier to rule. I like Stotties (a meal in a loaf) by the way! One thing I like about Northerners is they have got a great sense of humour (and I don`t just mean Bernard Manning!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crashman Begins Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 I saw interview with Alan Sugar talking about the last aprentice winner. He said something along the lines of "he was doing well but had some propertys to sell..., he had been taken in by sharks & had to learn etc" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest theboltonfury Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Nothing wrong with being Northern; I`m a Southerner, but I don`t subscribe to the North/South thing; I think it`s a way of dividing the population, making them easier to rule. I like Stotties (a meal in a loaf) by the way! One thing I like about Northerners is they have got a great sense of humour (and I don`t just mean Bernard Manning!) i too like cockneys and lived in Southsea for 4 years with great memories. Don't know if you know the Taswell Arms - a truly frightening local. Walked in one day and the barmaid had a ten foot python round her neck and appeared to behave like there was nothing unusual about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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