09.53
Bredonborough.
A grey day I…
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An e-mail to UMG, continuing to hold large amounts of my unpaid royalties over a period of 14 years & our audit report since last February…
straightforwardness & transparency are two characteristics of the ethical company. one way of interpreting these, in a practical way, is by asking the question: do you know where you stand (in terms of your relationship to a particular company)?
so, where do i stand with UMG, please?
Some carrying to World HQ…
… and then off to Barnet.
23.06 DGM HQ.
Dr. Mike Grenfell & myself visited Ken Pledge at his home, not too far from East Finchley tube station. Ken met JGB in June 1960, a meeting that redirected Ken’s life. Ken lives in the house where he was born, surrounded by books & papers; no television; an old computer that is pre-online; an ongoing engagement with JGB’s work & an authority on it. An early example of Ken’s work…
TOWARDS AN OBJECTIVELY COMPLETE LANGUAGE
An essay in Objective Description as applied to Scientific Procedure
J. G. Bennett, H. P. Bortoft and K. W. Pledge
SYSTEMATICS Vol. 3 No. 3 DECEMBER 1965
In the company of Ken Pledge & Dr. Grenfell I am severely outclassed, and provide the role that Watson does for Holmes, or Punk for The Vicar: that is, the dope who asks the clueless questions. One example:
RF: How would you explain hyparxis?
KP: That’s a question I try to avoid.
Nevertheless, insights & information were presented; also the loan of a complete bound typescript from 1952 of an early incarnation of The Dramatic Universe to be scanned.
Leaving Ken & Dr. Mike for DGM, an accident on the A40 caused a tailback problem along the North Circular in both directions. Arriving at DGM HQ around 21.00…
The street I…
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It waits…
"A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and never acceptable."
