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It is valentine's, after all.Originally posted by Churchill View PostOr down someone's trousers!It's about time I changed this sig...Comment
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Bank of Scotland, was actually £43k @ 4%Originally posted by ratewhore View PostWho offered you that? I'll be looking for car finance soon...Last edited by scooterscot; 14 February 2008, 15:27."Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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Perhaps the market is flooded with people who can change tapes?"Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. "
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Originally posted by Ruprect View PostPerhaps the market is flooded with people who can change tapes?
Unfortunately for them, changing a tape doesn't necessarily mean it'll change the tune.
I'm good at multi-tasking, I've got an eight-track mind.Feist - 1234. One camera, one take, no editing. Superb. How they did it
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Not surprising as you said you had a head similar to an elephants.Originally posted by PAH View PostI'm good at multi-tasking, I've got an eight-track mind.Comment
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Yeah, if only everything was in proportion. I suppose I have something in common with Jeremy Beadle after all.Originally posted by oracleslave View PostNot surprising as you said you had a head similar to an elephants.Feist - 1234. One camera, one take, no editing. Superb. How they did it
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Originally posted by PAH View PostYeah, if only everything was in proportion. I suppose I have something in common with Jeremy Beadle after all.
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Originally posted by zeitghostThere was a car advertised in the Classic Cars section of the Adtrader with a genuine 8 track player.
And a tape to go with it...
I bet it's Cliff Richard. Poor sucker that buys that car.Feist - 1234. One camera, one take, no editing. Superb. How they did it
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I was asked in 2001 to take a 50% cut or walk. I walked and spent 18 months on the bench. Most of the blokes that took the cut are still there now.Originally posted by milanbenes View Postis it a sign of the times
just been asked about lowering my rate
anyone else had this recently
I'm now back up to earning 87% of what I was on when I walked.
Perhaps they want shot of you because your English is so bad?Drivelling in TPD is not a mental health issue. We're just community blogging, that's all.
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