Is this the end for HMV?

[Beef Oven]

No, Wales is considered very much part of the EU as well, Flossie ...

lol!

I think FlossKettle was a bit too eager to call Beefpot black, and she forgot she's not in command of EU facts

P.S. Allow me to reverse the idiom - it scans better!

[MrGongGong]

98% of the inhabitants of Derbyshire think that Xenakis was a God of rain and thunder and have secured EU money to erect a series of fire temples in his honour

See , I can make up statistics as well, certainly makes the world a much easier place to live in

85% of statistics are made up


and for mr Peeee how we have a "democratically" elected government when most people voted for something else ?

Hands up for cheese 50%
Hands up for beer 25%
Hands up for orange juice 20%
Hands up for anchovies 5%

right , anchovies it is then

[Mr Pee]

and for mr Peeee how we have a "democratically" elected government when most people voted for something else ?

Hands up for cheese 50%
Hands up for beer 25%
Hands up for orange juice 20%
Hands up for anchovies 5%

right , anchovies it is then

Well, that's somewhat over-simplifying things, to put it mildly, and anyway the argument then is about changing the voting system, a change that was overwhelmingly rejected in a referendum not too long ago.

To simply state that we do not have a democratically elected Government is nonsense.

[MrGongGong]

Well, that's somewhat over-simplifying things, to put it mildly, and anyway the argument then is about changing the voting system, a change that was overwhelmingly rejected in a referendum not too long ago.

To simply state that we do not have a democratically elected Government is nonsense.

eeer We weren't given a choice !

We don't as no one voted for the one we have , it wasn't on the ballot paper and many of the things they are doing weren't in any manifesto , there is no mandate

[cloughie]

Well, that's somewhat over-simplifying things, to put it mildly, and anyway the argument then is about changing the voting system, a change that was overwhelmingly rejected in a referendum not too long ago.

To simply state that we do not have a democratically elected Government is nonsense.

and no doubt 95% think that HMV are still trading with loads of dosh - this thread has sadly strayed off-topic!

[MrGongGong]

and no doubt 95% think that HMV are still trading with loads of dosh - this thread has sadly strayed off-topic!

So that's a 100% conspiracy by the unelected clowns in Brussels then

but back OT

[Vile Consort]

Hands up for cheese 50%
Hands up for beer 25%
Hands up for orange juice 20%
Hands up for anchovies 5%

right , anchovies it is then

And you are complaining about people making up statistics! What an incredible lack of self-awareness.

[Beef Oven]

Stop it GG, this is bordering on being cruel

[Flosshilde]

eeer We weren't given a choice !

We don't as no one voted for the one we have , it wasn't on the ballot paper and many of the things they are doing weren't in any manifesto , there is no mandate

Only half true - the Cleggster said that he'd enter into a coalition with the party that got the most seats (which was clearly going to be the Tories)

[amateur51]

Yes, Play.com's Jersey tax-haven status has not delivered the level of benefits they need vis-a-vis EU regs and they have had their VAT loop-hole closed by the inland revenue.

Did you used to write for Round The Horne?

[Beef Oven]

Did you used to write for Round The Horne?

Before my time Amsy, 'fraid your post is lost on me.

[amateur51]

Before my time Amsy, 'fraid your post is lost on me.

Not knowing what you're talking about has never appeared to be a hindrance hitherto, Beefy

[Beef Oven]

Not knowing what you're talking about has never appeared to be hindrance hitherto, Beefy

Et tu Amsy?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

My attitude towards Amazon has changed since Corporation-Tax-gate. I'm testing them, having ordered a CD of Eine Alpensinfonie with the Netherlands PO conducted by Haenchen I don't think it exists. If I'm wrong, I suppose I'll be stuck with my 73rd version of the work. Watch this space!

Ok. So I was wrong.
It does exist.

Why did I assume that it didn't? I had a 2 CD set of Strauss tone poems with The Netherlands PO conducted by Haenchen. Except that the Alpine Symphony is played by the Sofia Philharmonic, conducted by Tabakov. Naturally(?) I assumed this to be that performance, but today I received my copy of the Haenchen version. Just to be sure that the two were not in fact the same, I checked the timings and these were very different.

So Amazon was not wrong.

I was.

[teamsaint]

Ok. So I was wrong.
It does exist.

Why did I assume that it didn't? I had a 2 CD set of Strauss tone poems with The Netherlands PO conducted by Haenchen. Except that the Alpine Symphony is played by the Sofia Philharmonic, conducted by Tabakov. Naturally(?) I assumed this to be that performance, but today I received my copy of the Haenchen version. Just to be sure that the two were not in fact the same, I checked the timings and these were very different.

So Amazon was not wrong.

I was.

but you no doubt pay your tax, so they are more wrongerer than you are.

Anyway, worth being wrong, for that 73rd version, surely !!

Climb every mountain !!