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Old 07-05-2009, 01:40 PM
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Cool Hey MD, I have an idea for a new job

Outside the Bristol Zoo, in England, there is a parking lot for 150 cars and
8 coaches, or buses.

It was manned by a very pleasant attendant with a ticket machine charging
cars £1 (about $1.40) and coaches £5 (about $7).

This parking attendant worked there solid for all of 25 years.
Then, one day, he just didn't turn up for work.

"Oh well", said Bristol Zoo Management - "we'd better phone up the City
Council and get them to send a new parking attendant..."

"Err ... no", said the Council, "that parking lot is your responsibility."
"Err ... no", said Bristol Zoo Management, "the attendant was employed by
the City Council, wasn't he?"
"Err ... NO!" insisted the Council.

Sitting in his villa somewhere on the coast of Spain, is a bloke who had
been taking the parking lot fees, estimated at A£400 (about $560) per day at
Bristol Zoo for the last 25 years. Assuming 7 days a week, this amounts to
just over £3.6 million ($7 million)!

And no one even knows his name.

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Old 07-05-2009, 01:56 PM
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Funny and interesting article, QwkAg!
Maybe I could park at one of the entrance roads
to the Blue Ridge Parkway, 20 mins from my house,
and charge a toll to drive onto it?! Some of the
tourists would never know...

I wouldn't know what to do with 7 Mill, however...
Great ingenuity.
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Old 07-05-2009, 06:17 PM
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Old 07-05-2009, 06:57 PM
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The Sun aspires to be as reputable as the NY Post, so that's saying something. Great story, doubt it's true.
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Old 07-05-2009, 07:59 PM
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Maybe I should stick to selling Elevator Passes back at school, too... great article!
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Old 07-05-2009, 09:24 PM
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just pay $10 to my paypal account for the privelage of reading this post , thank you , come again .
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Old 07-05-2009, 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by motordavid View Post
Funny and interesting article, QwkAg!
Maybe I could park at one of the entrance roads
to the Blue Ridge Parkway, 20 mins from my house,
and charge a toll to drive onto it?! Some of the
tourists would never know...

I wouldn't know what to do with 7 Mill, however...
Great ingenuity.
Thanks for the art!
BR, YBFAM

you could do what an enterprising comany based in Wales does and sell mail order jars of mountain fresh air for £25 each .no kidding .
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