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Sounds to me like 907 has piles and they are giving him trouble! Have heard that siting on a rubber ring helps ease the pain along with not spending too much time on the ass in the first place!
Have heard a rumour that the blunties are being issued Cross pens and pencils as the flow is so much smoother than the Bic but will give much better service and a snip at 75 english pounds each! Anyone else heard the same?
Oh and if the troops deceide to pay for their own kit it will save the MOD a substantial amount of money, which can then be spent on leather blotters, personal air conditioning units and a years subscription to 'Wingers Monthly'
Have heard a rumour that the blunties are being issued Cross pens and pencils as the flow is so much smoother than the Bic but will give much better service and a snip at 75 english pounds each! Anyone else heard the same?
Oh and if the troops deceide to pay for their own kit it will save the MOD a substantial amount of money, which can then be spent on leather blotters, personal air conditioning units and a years subscription to 'Wingers Monthly'
I own one of the Herman Miller Aerons in question:
Without any doubt they are the finest office chair in the World. Well, maybe Dr Evil had a better one. Purchased recently for £489 + Vat I would imagine the MOD got them for somewhat less than that.
Now. A perfectly reasonable looking chair available at low cost IKEA today costs £90 and looks like this:
However. Having had one of these and having thrown it in the skip after 2 years due to it being a piece of just good enough crap - I would say the Aeron does stand a very good chance of lasting 10 years. Thereby being no more expensive over its lifetime than in this case an IKEA alternative.
As to the claims about it leading to higher productivity and reduced user strain - I well believe it. No aching shoulders, sore neck or tired back at the end of the day. Got to be a good thing.
Obviously the same principle applies to all MOD kit and I can see how galling it is the HQ got the principle before the front line.
Nevertheless - I can't get worked up about taxpayers money being spent comparatively wisely on Aeron chairs.
Cheers
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ps If you want one then I can give you the contact details of the bloke who does them for £489 rather than the £1,000 as quoted in the papers.
Without any doubt they are the finest office chair in the World. Well, maybe Dr Evil had a better one. Purchased recently for £489 + Vat I would imagine the MOD got them for somewhat less than that.
Now. A perfectly reasonable looking chair available at low cost IKEA today costs £90 and looks like this:
However. Having had one of these and having thrown it in the skip after 2 years due to it being a piece of just good enough crap - I would say the Aeron does stand a very good chance of lasting 10 years. Thereby being no more expensive over its lifetime than in this case an IKEA alternative.
As to the claims about it leading to higher productivity and reduced user strain - I well believe it. No aching shoulders, sore neck or tired back at the end of the day. Got to be a good thing.
Obviously the same principle applies to all MOD kit and I can see how galling it is the HQ got the principle before the front line.
Nevertheless - I can't get worked up about taxpayers money being spent comparatively wisely on Aeron chairs.
Cheers
WWW
ps If you want one then I can give you the contact details of the bloke who does them for £489 rather than the £1,000 as quoted in the papers.
Based on my experience of being a defence contractor I expect that the MoD did pay more than the standard price for these chairs. I expect that they insisted on their own specification which made it more expensive and, probably, not as good as the standard product.
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Gentlemen, I tips me hat graciously and apologises for upsetting anyone.
I was merely trying to make the point that the right kit for the job surely is a good thing. I also tried to make the point that the majority of staffers are NOT blunties - they are pointy end people. As an ex-blunty (now a working pilot) I felt that I had to stand up to the constant tirade of abuse from the pointy end whose mates are doing them over from their lofty towers at MOD. However, like others, I do have a problem understanding the price of the damned things.
Apologies all round and I'll now graciously bow out of this one.
I was merely trying to make the point that the right kit for the job surely is a good thing. I also tried to make the point that the majority of staffers are NOT blunties - they are pointy end people. As an ex-blunty (now a working pilot) I felt that I had to stand up to the constant tirade of abuse from the pointy end whose mates are doing them over from their lofty towers at MOD. However, like others, I do have a problem understanding the price of the damned things.
Apologies all round and I'll now graciously bow out of this one.
Of course the frontline should be looked after first. But you can't beat about the head the man who made the sensible decision to purchase high performance highly durable office chairs.
You can of course beat about the head the man who ordered the SA80 the melting boots and who forgot the air conditioning units.
Yours, really rather
comfortably,
WWW
You can of course beat about the head the man who ordered the SA80 the melting boots and who forgot the air conditioning units.
Yours, really rather
comfortably,WWW
