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    Posted: 22 Sep 16 at 5:50pm
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Originally posted by transient


Disaster? If by disaster you mean the infiltration by crooks, money grabbers and dopers

[sarcasm]And of course non-Olympic sports are totally free of such things.[/sarcasm]

I'm not sure its appropriate to blame the Olympics for things that appear to be just a reflection of society as a whole. Look at body building competitions if you want to see spectacular steroid abuse...
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Originally posted by turnturtle

Originally posted by Bootscooter

Wow - so much wrong in just one post. Mess bars aren't subsidised, they just don't rip off punters with crazy inflated prices.

because they don't have rents to pay, or business rates like a regular pub or bar and I'm guessing here, but I reckon the full staffing costs don't come out of the bar profit either.... therefore they are subsidised indirectly by their institutionalised nature...  same as Uni bars.    


i suspect you will  find that unlike the old days  mess bars aren't staffed on the grey / black economy ... even in the TA as the  forced retreads  of options for change will have aged out  now (  most ofthe RP  and the Sgts messand Officers mess stewards  were 'forced retreads'   when i was  in the TA at the turn of the millenium )
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Originally posted by turnturtle

Originally posted by Cirrus

Where exactly is this thread heading now ? ... a few chips off life's general shoulders on show maybe ...  We've all heard the occasional taxi driver start with ...  'And another thing....'  while proceeding  way 'off piste' as well ....  Wink

a bit of general off topic chit chat that keeps forums and threads alive perhaps?  But i digress, Olympic investment... frankly I don't care for it anymore.   The golden era is over now anyway... isn't it?


The golden era is indeed over. Mess Bars are no longer subsidised (Not that they ever really were but even in Turnturtle's terms they no longer are).
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