Many thanks to you all for your kind comments.
Piggers: it was nice of you to start the thread.
Tony: I really am genuinely touched by your sentiments, and , if it is any consolation, 20 of the 23 above me were, as I recall, all security wallahs, so I guess that would have made me number 4 in the fire people. One of those above me is a good chum, who I did not grudge the place to, one is a chap I know slightly, and always seems a good sort of chap, and the third I would not know if he walked down Farnham High Street and spat on the pavement, other than by name.
Retters: I will be in Birmingham tomorrow, so please ensure that my photo and the number 24 flies above WMFRS HQ. Also arrange for the CFO to have a bottle of Talisker in his top drawer.
I have to also thank Kelasll for my position in the list. He saw my pic on the candidates list on the net one night and started ranting and raving and poking me in the eye with his finger. Unfortunately it was a touch screen computer and each poke in the eye counted as another vote.
