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Re: MIGSR: CIS motor insurance
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 10:36 AM, John K. Bilsbury<stockport.ixie@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Gene:
>> The bastards! =C2=A0No Wilko Johnson model.
>
> Thank goodness for that, I'd probably buy one to stick on the wall. The l=
ast I heard he'd lent the Tele to his son and was playing a Strat on stage,=
as it happens.
>
When fizzy took us to see him, he still had the Tele. He wouldn't
look right with a Strat.
> Otso the renaissance maniac[1], the September tour dates are out:
> <http://www.noblepr.co.uk/Press_Releases/wilkojohnson/tour.htm>
Damn! No November dates yet? We gonna be on yr side of the pond in
November. Again.
--=20
ObYank=C2=A0=C2=A0 "Don't ask me nothin' about nothin'. =C2=A0I just might =
tell you
the truth."=C2=A0 Bob Dylan said that.
Not Friday yet but have a look at how viruses work
This is an interesting explanation and illustration of viruses and how they reproduce.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_AnZdIPCjc
WS needs sound.
Stuart
--
If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem.
Re: MIGSR: CIS motor insurance
On 31/08/2011 16:29, Gene Rankin wrote:> Seen one Beatle, seen 'em all. ;-) I could easily be worng. Still,
> no rosewood model. I sorta secretly coveted one, until I saw what
> they cost.
Not a real rosewood tele but near enough for most people
http://www.andertons.co.uk/solid-body-electric-guitars/pid20003/cid671/fender-lite-rosewood-telecaster-124-telebration-series.asp
--
Cliff.
RE: MIGSR: CIS motor insurance
Gene:> The bastards! No Wilko Johnson model.
Thank goodness for that, I'd probably buy one to stick on the wall. The =
last I heard he'd lent the Tele to his son and was playing a Strat on =
stage, as it happens.
Otso the renaissance maniac[1], the September tour dates are out:
<http://www.noblepr.co.uk/Press_Releases/wilkojohnson/tour.htm>=20
[1]Musician, astronomer[2], actor[3]...
[2]There's a Facebook group promoting Wilko as Patrick Moore's successor =
on "The Sky At Night."
[3]"Game Of Thrones" on Sky Atlantic.
JKB.
"As private parts to the Gods are we; they play with us for their =
sport."
Lord Melchett.
Re: MIGSR: CIS motor insurance
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Clifford Edge<cliffedge10@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 31/08/2011 15:49, Gene Rankin wrote:
>>
>> The bastards! =C2=A0No Wilko Johnson model. =C2=A0No Paul McCartney rose=
wood model.
>
> I thought the legendary rosewood Tele was George Harrison?
>
Seen one Beatle, seen 'em all. ;-) I could easily be worng. Still,
no rosewood model. I sorta secretly coveted one, until I saw what
they cost.
--=20
ObYank=C2=A0=C2=A0 "Don't ask me nothin' about nothin'. =C2=A0I just might =
tell you
the truth."=C2=A0 Bob Dylan said that.
Re: Really?
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 10:12 AM, andy pugh <bodgesoc@gmail.com> wrote:> On 31 August 2011 15:58, Gene Rankin <gene.rankin@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> We both (independently, as it happens) came down hard on him
>> and the notion that there was or ought to be confidentiality
>
> It's an interesting point from the other side, though.
>
> In the case of the Clipper race, each boat is sponsored by a town or a
> region. I rather suspect that they may be paying wildly different
> amounts. (but probably around a million each). A condition of their
> contract with Clipper is that the amount of the sponsorship is
> confidential between Clipper and the Sponsor. (Presumably so that
> Qindao don't get on the phone to Clipper saying "we demand a refund,
> we are paying 2 million and a spare boat, whereas Yorkshire are paying
> three packets of teabags and a Geoff Boycott autograph! It's not fair!
> And you stole Tea from us in the first place!"
>
OK, but I would be surprised if that sort if thing could be kept quiet
over here. The feds can (and do) hide all sorts of things, but at the
local level? Not a chance. Too many busy-bodies, poking their noses
where they don't belong (or so some might think).
--=20
ObYank=C2=A0=C2=A0 "Don't ask me nothin' about nothin'. =C2=A0I just might =
tell you
the truth."=C2=A0 Bob Dylan said that.
Re: MIGSR: CIS motor insurance
On 31/08/2011 15:49, Gene Rankin wrote:> The bastards! No Wilko Johnson model. No Paul McCartney rosewood model.
I thought the legendary rosewood Tele was George Harrison?
--
Cliff.
Re: Really?
On 31 August 2011 15:58, Gene Rankin <gene.rankin@gmail.com> wrote:> We both (independently, as it happens) came down hard on him
> and the notion that there was or ought to be confidentiality
It's an interesting point from the other side, though.
In the case of the Clipper race, each boat is sponsored by a town or a
region. I rather suspect that they may be paying wildly different
amounts. (but probably around a million each). A condition of their
contract with Clipper is that the amount of the sponsorship is
confidential between Clipper and the Sponsor. (Presumably so that
Qindao don't get on the phone to Clipper saying "we demand a refund,
we are paying 2 million and a spare boat, whereas Yorkshire are paying
three packets of teabags and a Geoff Boycott autograph! It's not fair!
And you stole Tea from us in the first place!"
--
atp
"Torque wrenches are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men"
Re: Really?
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 2:45 AM, Paul_P <paulpixion@googlemail.com> wrote:> On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 6:50 AM, Paul Willis <flymo748@googlemail.com> wr=
ote:
>> Gene Rankin <gene.rankin@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The council has previously said it could not disclose the "fee" it paid=
to
>>> host the event in the city. Devon sailor Conrad Humphreys said staging =
the
>>> America's Cup could cost the council "at least" 500,000 pounds, but Mrs
>>> Pengelly said that was "not quite true".
>>>
>>> Your local governments can be *this* secretive when it comes to
>>> expending public funds? =C2=A0If this were tried here, it'd be lawsuit
>>> city!
>>
>> They can _try_ this, but generally it doesn't work. =C2=A0What you've se=
en
>> in the first instance is just the natural reaction of bureaucrats that
>> don't feel that they have to justify the "service" that they
>> provide...
>
> It can bloody well work, as they claim commercial confidentiality.
>[snip]
We find this attitude over here. Even among folks who oughta know
better. When Kitty worked for city planning in Madison, her boss tried
this on. She (and the rest of the staff) would have none of it.
A former professor of mine called me and a former classmate in to
speak to his city planning seminar about confidentiality in planning
offices. We both (independently, as it happens) came down hard on him
and the notion that there was or ought to be confidentiality. We took
an absolutist position on our versh of the Freedom of Information Act,
arguing that the public's business belonged to them who pay for it
(the taxpayers, natch), and there was no way anything could be covered
up. If a developer couldn't stand the light of day shining on his/her
project, then they should keep it to themselves.
Neither of us were ever invited back to speak, and were occasionally
given the Hairy Eyeball on the street by said professor. So I didn't
go to his retirement party. That'll show 'im!
--=20
ObYank=C2=A0=C2=A0 "Don't ask me nothin' about nothin'. =C2=A0I just might =
tell you
the truth."=C2=A0 Bob Dylan said that.
Re: MIGSR: CIS motor insurance
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 6:14 AM, Jonathon Green<bigbadbikercats@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 31 August 2011 11:50, mike <mylovelyhorse@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Be quiet and have a gadget / chocolate / opiate-of-choice
>
> Mrs JayGee says I can have one of these...
>
> http://www.fender.com/en-GB/products/grahamcoxon/models.php?prodNo=3D0139=
922
>
The bastards! No Wilko Johnson model. No Paul McCartney rosewood model.
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 ...to add to the [counts on
> fingers] 15 assorted guitars I already own. Does that count? :-)
>
Guitars are like Ducatis. One buys them. One does not sell them.
(Says he who sold his CS356 and his Bimota)
--=20
ObYank=C2=A0=C2=A0 "Don't ask me nothin' about nothin'. =C2=A0I just might =
tell you
the truth."=C2=A0 Bob Dylan said that.