Rolls-Royce still in trouble.

[Swampy]

I am a fan of the Rolls-Royce engine division, not just because the company's engines powered the P-51 Mustang in WW2, giving the fighter a superior performance, but its engines even today are apparently top-notch. The company has gone bankrupt at least once, and it may go down again. I wonder if this would be a good opportunity for an investment bank to buy and turn it around - I would be available as CEO if that happens.

[Sir John]

May be a bit of a strain on the Petty Cash tin?

An anecdote,

In the 1930s the Commissar of the Kolyma gulags in Magadan was tasked with an annual inspection of the many gulags under his control. The roads then and now were and are atrocious, and bordering on the non existant. His choice of the ONLY motor vehicle capable of doing the trip was.... ROLLS ROYCE!

2nd anecdote,

our son was the proud owner of a 2nd hand Daimler, the engine a RR V12. They pay him an obscene amount of money, and he could afford the bushranger charges for a service.

SJ