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wive$watch
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— 10 Mar 2004 mark sinker Comment

wive$watch:
if you had any gumption you switched over to bbc2[…]

So last night in Hustle the gang organised a complex art scam
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— 10 Mar 2004 Pete Baran Comment

So last night in Hustle the gang organised a complex art scam which involved them getting a master forger to invent a new Mondrian which they could pass off as the real thing briefly to a sharp tongued art expert. To do this they had to steal an actu[…]

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All Bar One Rox ur all etc
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— 10 Mar 2004 mark sinker Comment

All Bar One Rox ur all etc
I was about to post this when Tom’s original Firkin comment appeared and then cz I’d got so bolshy defending Pret against the ruralpolitans sane universe I hung fire, at least to read properly where the argument[…]

The conversation about pub chains got me thinking about when a chain is not a chain?
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— 10 Mar 2004 Pete Baran 3 comments

The conversation about pub chains got me thinking about when a chain is not a chain? Or at least do we consider Sam Smiths pubs to be a chain? We talk about them as if they are, and there are definite aspects of their pubs with which one can happily […]

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