Ian,

I shan't write one word more than I did in seeking to make people understand why Jones is getting the salary/perks he does. If we want to settle for mediocrity and see Petrotrin remain a lame energy duck, then so be it. I've been dubbed "PNM" before, but to anyone who who so accuses me, I ask them where they were when I took up a gun and put my life on the line, against the PNM, back in 1970. As for Bas, right now he's fighting to stay politically alive. Almost all the workers at Caroni have applied for VSEP, so maybe he should put a "fatwa" on their heads. Soon he may have to put "fatwas" on--what?--300,000 heads? No apologies, Ian. Sorry.

Raffique