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  • RIORIO    14,902 posts
    Used to be able to see the CEO's salary in the financial report, but that was goign back a few years....when we had one!!!

    I can't be bothered looking but it may be in the Financial report that is generally on their web page
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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,471 posts
    yes, could somebody confirm the 250k....i'm not going to scroll back but, rio, did u not say it was cheap? :-??

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  • RIORIO    14,902 posts
    For top line managers yes...mate. For 5hit like me and few other old diehards it'd be good money, but i was earning that 20 years ago in my prime, so the good managers of today would be demanding more than that.
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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,471 posts

    in my prime..would not have got out of bed for that....

    i'm talking broking in Sydney in the 80's....now i'd get out of the cot for 50k.....

    :(

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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,471 posts
    ....a month.... ;)

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  • RIORIO    14,902 posts
    the falcon said:

    in my prime..would not have got out of bed for that....

    i'm talking broking in Sydney in the 80's....now i'd get out of the cot for 50k.....

    :(
    me too.....and these days i actually have to work at it...way back when, it came that naturally it was like a game over a few hours until the 1 pm lunch, which signaled the end of the day!!!!!
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  • DamienWyerDamienWyer    7,969 posts
    Sounds like good money to me. I'm on just over $25 per hour and to get that I have to do an enormous amount of training, which seems like it never stops.

    I have to work for my toys. Here is a shot from my brand new camera of medium format size. I wandered around Fremantle today and had some lunch on the pier. The camera cost $5,000 just for the body alone !


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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,471 posts

    yeah rio, the days off the long lunch. I Sydney we were more conservative than perth..an anticipated long lunch did not start until 2ish...but when it finished was anyones guess!!!

    ah the good old days..a 4 hr one stuffs me....eh diva and chrisso?

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  • spinkingspinking    3,998 posts
    don't take this to heart but you two blokes are very good at blowing your own trombones

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  • RIORIO    14,902 posts
    falcon and me??? yep, we been there, done that and both will never go back to it...Unfortunately when you earn the big bucks you generally are under paid for the hours you put in and the crap you have to deal with..the long lunches of the 80's and 90's was purely a distraction so you could get up on a Sunday morning and go and do another 12 hours work!!!!!..
    <:-P <:-P =)) =))
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  • spinkingspinking    3,998 posts
    so Rio are we to believe you 2 started work at 1am thats what time you had to be starting if you were doing 12 hours and doing lunch at 1

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  • spinkingspinking    3,998 posts
    It must of been detrimental to Falcs state of mental health old mate cant even remember what he posted around 12 months back
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  • RIORIO    14,902 posts
    nah...it was that easy to do spinking i was starting at 9 and finishing at 1 to go to the pub..generally most Fridays..and occasionally on Wednesdays

    i was just highlighting that i worked most days of the week, including Sundays and didn't spend anywhere near enough time with the important people in my life...thus the statement of being way under paid for the hours worked and the rewards gained...Even if i could do it, i'd never do it again!!! Money and prestige are no where near the sacrifice IMO

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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,471 posts

    spink...those days are LONG gone. when we sold out I went around the world for 2 years....

    now i'm on the bones of my bum...can I send a monkey around with a tin mug?

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  • RIORIO    14,902 posts
    After 6 years, i took 12 months off....and then started in a storemans job on 35k!!!!! quickly followed by a divorce and and a drained bank account.....Nearly got close to going back but have spent the past 15 years very happy in lower to middle management..... it was a wild time....in hindsight just glad to survive!!!!! many i know didn't
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  • spinkingspinking    3,998 posts
    Not a problem Falc anything to help out a fellow ptt :D
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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,471 posts

    buy me a beer at bombers shin-dig in sept., spink..... :!!

    had to put the 100 buck ticket in the slate.....

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  • spinkingspinking    3,998 posts
    Only problem Falcon the monkey might return minus the mug
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  • spinkingspinking    3,998 posts
    Unfortunatly can't make the. Day hoping its a huge success for bomber and the work he is doing but if anyone organises another ptt day at the races count me in
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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,471 posts
    i'd just send a bloody bigger monkey, spink..... ;)

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  • Pink_BluePink_Blue    74 posts
    Having seen the track morning after morning I raced my concerns with a few trainers the other day and beieve me, they a have their fingers and toes crossed for a better result than what we saw last year. There are bare patches with no coverage what so ever, admittedly I know nothing about turf but seriously hope it comes good wel before Oct comes around...
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  • DamienWyerDamienWyer    7,969 posts
    There is a new event to be announced later this week to the press. According to Perth Racing, it is something of significance for the National and International Calendar they claim.


    RWWA will be in attendance to answer any questions, much like their money, they want to keep a close eye on how it is spent.
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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,471 posts
    "they claim"....oh yeah...national and international..... :)) ...does not quite warrant.. =))
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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,471 posts
    bet there is a leak on here first.... :)]
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  • Piston_BrokePiston_Broke    2,047 posts
    Ascot opening day might a few weeks later this season

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  • Pink_BluePink_Blue    74 posts
    Hahaha this should be interesting... They going to call it 'Mystery Meeting' where the races will be held at whichever track is still in suitable racing order come the end of the season???

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  • RIORIO    14,902 posts
    maybe if neither track is ready it will be a gymkhana relay raced between the two tracks along the river..
    3 x 1000m races
    2 x 1200m
    2 x 1400m
    1 x 1800m

    For a total of 10km...that'd nearly be from one track to the other and back again. All electronically tagged for GPS timing..You can bet on the individual races. The overall winner. The team that wins the most sections.

    Gee PR are really getting into the swing of things better than i could ever imagine.

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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,471 posts
    I heard today that the track is "pharqued"....what a bloody disaster...

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  • DamienWyerDamienWyer    7,969 posts
    No seriously, the smoke signals read that a new race will be announced in a revamped carnival. The 'carnival' is being relaunched and the three Gr 1's have already been announced for consecutive Saturday's, but this appears as something additional.

    So I shirt fronted someone who should definitely know, and he flat out denied it. He did say my mail in the past was remarkably good, but in this instance he knew nothing of a new race.

    So who do you believe ? Find out Thursday I guess.

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  • frenc11frenc11    102 posts
    Please get it right Perth racing, you can't afford any more stuff ups

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