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    Oops, wrong thread...
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    Ja, me too! I have quite a lot of his graphic novels...this two-part is among my faves...
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    Must try get a print of this one day... Alex Ross' Oscars poster...
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    Comic overs...now there's a thing! Alex Ross rocks...!
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    Opus, as always, has it all spot-on...
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    From Twitter... Poppy Mathobela ‏@PopMathobela 7h7 hours agoA book store where books are wrapped in paper with short descriptions so no 1 will judge a book by it's cover. this
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    But you are Hairy...now I am completely lost. ..
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    Oh my sack! It is confusing...
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    If you know that history of the case, you will no doubt be aware of the costly start, then abrupt halt to it years ago. It was not a strong case, and I very much doubt the commission or tribunal paid any attention to what was said on the hub, and merely used the minutes posted as a start point. Hub discussions wouldn't make for credible evidence
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    Ja, I have seen that percentage spoken of, but there are other factors to be weighed up too.
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    Haha! Good analogy. What I can't get my head around is how they came to the amount. If the duration of the collusion is one of the determining factors used in the calculation of a penalty, the amount does seem on the high side.
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    I guess you're right. But then you could argue that this lot got a fine for sitting around and saying they will run a red robot rather than actually running it.
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    Someone mentioned it in a mail to my Gmail address...I'm doomed.
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    Does it have to be in a lift?
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    The antidote doesn't trifle with small print...
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    Think this will end up at the Competition Appeal Court? I get that the administrative penalty thing is supposed to act as a deterrent, but it's really a fine for annoying the state if you think about it. No one wins except the Comp Comm/Trib...which needs to pay a silk or two after the bread cartel challenges. R4-bar apiece sounds an awful lot if all that really happened was one meeting, having just read again how the fines are calculated. And what of the much-whispered-about Cape Town meeting...? On a tangent: think anyone who attended that Gauteng meeting applied for leniency from the Comp Comm? Another tangent: I remember there was a hubber who said he'd made two appearances at the Comp Comm at around that time - one to do with this issue and the other to answer a complaint laid by another hubber on a different issue (although I believe the complainant in both issues was actually the same hubber...) That seemed to involve a dealer allegedly telling a wholesaler not to do business with another person in the industry. Odd case. Don't think it was ever pronounced on. Neither said anything, and neither of them post here anymore. Funny old industry...
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    Although the agencies did give the ANC a finger-wagging: http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/2016/06/01/ratings-agencies-warn-the-anc
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    They have stepped up the frequency of press statements over the last couple of months. A lot of bluster among it.
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    Ja, there were about seven or eight pages of discussion before I posted the minutes and attendance list of the meeting. It got a bit ugly after that.
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    It wouldn't surprise me if the fine is challenged. The authorities have made a number of missteps in this process.
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    This price would be fixed if a mark-up percentage was agreed to across the industry.
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    Never done it myself, but I have seen a couple of bikes use friction shifters with indexed derailleurs with no issues.
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    This seemed like a good news story from government: http://www.timeslive.co.za/scitech/2016/05/31/PICS-Model-whales-used-to-train-for-mass-strandings Two lifelike model whales were used in simulations during a training session on rescue procedures for stranded cetaceans held at the weekend in Cape Town’s Strandfontein beach.
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