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George Fripley

George Fripley

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I have worked in government, the mining industry, as a private consultant and at a university, and am therefore well-versed in the arts of general and advanced bureaucracy and spends my spare time dreaming up ways to 'add value' to processes and procedures. I believe that the best way to 'move forward' is through the invention of jargon and the application of administration.

My major talent is writing and speaking shallow comforting words that mean absolutely nothing.

The Race for Flugal Farm

The Race for Flugal Farm

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<p>The Race for Flugal Farm is the first book in a trilogy that charters the lives and adventures of the inhabitants of the Riding Stables at Flugal Farm.</p><div>Times had been hard for George Flugal and his wife, and this inevitably resulted in him having to sell the majority of the school's horses until he was left its just four: Pogo, Biff, Troy and an ex-racehorse called Chance.</div><div>The horses who along with a young stable hand Rachelle Perkins, a dog named Nugget, a pig called Nigel and an old family friend Uncle Dave, make up the Flugal's extended family.</div><div>When they find themselves facing the possibility of having the farm repossessed by the bank, and bought out by the odious Mr Williams, have to pull together to enter a carriage drive in order to win the prize money and save their way of life.</div>

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<strong>Comment from Tim Roux, author of 'Missio' and 'The Dance of the Pheasodile':</strong> <em>I worked in a large corporation, not in government, but exactly the same rules apply, unfortunately. My ex-boss, on leaving his job, once said he had one regret &quot;having tried to give higher management what it needed rather than simply delivering what it asked for. My life could have been so much simpler.&quot; George's book tells you how your life could be so much simpler if you work in any bureaucracy. If you want to do good, if you want to be creative, do all that at home. Don't waste your talents on your employer. He won't appreciate it; <span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;" lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb">indeed he’ll punish you for it.</span></em>