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May 2024
1:51pm, 30 May 2024
38,956 posts
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Ocelot Spleens
Salford! Blimey. bbc.com |
May 2024
2:06am, 31 May 2024
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GlennR
Things I knew yesterday and still haven’t forgotten today. 
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May 2024
5:16pm, 31 May 2024
38,965 posts
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Ocelot Spleens
I really had no idea! I tend not to be to concerned with who writes things, or appears on songs, if I hear something, whatever it is, I'll listen to it and even buy it!
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May 2024
5:54pm, 31 May 2024
75,517 posts
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GlennR
I came across it first on a Ewan MacColl compilation album way back when. Decades ago, certainly.
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May 2024
7:43pm, 31 May 2024
21,201 posts
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Cerrertonia
I'm picturing you singing his 'ballad of accounting' as you go about your work, Glenn..
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May 2024
11:48pm, 31 May 2024
75,521 posts
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GlennR
“Inside the family fight to stop Steve Marriott singing from beyond the grave”: thetimes.co.uk |
Jun 2024
5:50pm, 1 Jun 2024
32,499 posts
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macca 53
Ocelot Spleens wrote: I really had no idea! I tend not to be to concerned with who writes things, or appears on songs, if I hear something, whatever it is, I'll listen to it and even buy it! Listen to Ewan’s original version of The First Time Ever, marvel at the lyrics then go back to Roberta Flack’s outstanding version 😉 |
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Jun 2024
9:22pm, 1 Jun 2024
75,526 posts
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GlennR
"IT infrastructure scared away potential buyers of struggling e-commerce site": theregister.com The site in question being Wiggle. "As would-be buyers considered Wiggle's ops, they saw its IT and ran away screaming. Or, as the receiver put it: "The inflexibility of the IT infrastructure ultimately caused the parties considering a going concern purchase to all fall away."" |
Jun 2024
10:28pm, 1 Jun 2024
86,295 posts
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Diogenes
That’s very interesting, I’d love to know the details
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Jun 2024
10:30am, 3 Jun 2024
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GlennR
From the article it seems that what they were locked into needed a turnover of £1billion plus to make money. They never got close.
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