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Discussion in 'Southampton' started by TheSecondStain, Jul 15, 2014.

  1. Number 1 Jasper

    Number 1 Jasper Well-Known Member

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    It is .
     
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    Number 1 Jasper Well-Known Member

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    As FLT says , tell them if they want Shepherds pie they have to have Lamb !
     
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    I went to the Deans shortbread factory in Aberdeenshire. I love shortbread and Deans is my favourite. We bought loads....as gifts for everyone of course <whistle>
     
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    I have been to a few food factories with jobs over the years. I still think the warm Wagon Wheel straight from the lines was the best (may even have been same place as the dodgers). The marrow bone pea canning factory was one of the lower points.
     
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  5. Whiteley Saint

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    My other half used to work for a cake manufacturer. He didn't go in the factory often but said he just felt like diving into some of the giant mixing bowls when he did. The worse place for a man with a sweet tooth to work he's still trying to lose the weight now. <laugh>
     
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    fran-MLs little camera Well-Known Member

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    I used to work for Smith's Crisps...warm plain crisps are lovely. However, I now never eat flavoured crisps because the smell from massive drums of flavouring was indescribably awful.
     
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    Hey, someone just called me a **** on my profile. I object on grounds of inaccuracy. <laugh>
     
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    That's bad. If they're going to insult you they could at least get it right.
     
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  9. fran-MLs little camera

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    Only a twelve-year-old boy would think it was an insult. That's my guess.
     
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    If you can find it, I recommend reading Lin Flanagan's great book - Sir George Martin : The Fifth Beatle or the Architect of the Phenomenon of the Beatles? if you can find it (I downloaded from Amazon a year or two back) - I'm just reading it again and it really highlights his importance. Just think of what he did on "Yesterday", "Strawberry Fields", "A Day in the Life" and his keyboard arrangements on others ............
     
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    Thanks . Just spoke to local book shop , not available anymore :-(
     
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    Oh no! I wonder if I can do something with my copy ............. Let me have a look. Failing that, I can ask Lin (he was my guitar teacher for a while and I think I still have his e-mail somewhere) if he still has copies if you're interested.
     
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    Have messaged you .
     
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    Firstly, Bogota - wow. Are you based there permanently?

    Secondly, Stones. Wow.

    Thirdly, you wouldn't get that nonsense from Fable :)
     
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    It is now believed that the driver of the car that went off the bridge killing Viola Beach and their manager acted deliberately. Worse than an accident for their families.
     
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    Definitely! Stupid woman - bragging about it and then leaving a loaded firearm in the car for her 4 year old to find ........... duh .......
     
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    This seems to be a mistranslation from Swedish, they were saying that the driver was conscious and there wasn't a mechanical problem. More likely that they did not see/understand warning signs.
     
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