taunton-hobbit

This seems appropriate, esp the dub track -

A few years ago I was chatting to the late Lee Dorsey - he had an auto crash repairers back home which his sons ran when he was on tour 'something to fall back on, y'know' he said. That was about 1969...........think on.......... 😎

Ok, it wasn't called British Leyland all it's life - Product type Automotive Owner SAIC Discontinued 1984 Previous owners W. R. Morris (1912–1952) BMC (1952–1968) British Leyland (1968–1986) Rover Group (1986–1988) BAe (1988–1994)

British Leyland ? 😎

I have an uneasy feeling that we're seeing a 'herd immunity' experiment here - not being 'glass half empty' , it's all too soon but they can't afford to watch the economy totally tank............. 😎

As someone who's worked with a few bands over the years, from a dj perspective, if I've been in the venue whilst the band is playing, I've lost an amount of aural sensitivity and, have, on occasions put too much grunt through the system - easy to do if you ain't watching the control settings ! 😎

I'll be delighted to see Hancock & Johnson gettin' dahn wiv da kids at Reading.............. 😎

Yup 😎

You go - I'll watch ........... (in answer to AC) 😎

The problem is 'time' - there's not a lot involved in producing a credit-card (& pin) type 'proof or exemption' card and a phone app would (in theory) be even simpler - the other problem is acceptance (for some) - some very well spoken female from the BAME community was on tv last night, already starting the 'discrimination' stuff - watch this space ! 😎

James Brown 'warm up' music at the Barbican I had the distinct impression that the sound system was being pushed past twelve by some spotty, funk music hating, child. 😎

How are your neighbours ? 😎

Old adage - 'nice guys come last' ? 😎

Only half ? You're not trying ! 😎

Just look over your cd collection and realise that most (if not all) of them are dead......... 😎

Giving your age away ? 😎

Prolly a good festival song (remember them?) 😎

I don't think the 'cash & collect' thing is really a problem - ( if someone really wants what you are selling ) Just had a buyer on EBay send a courier from Derby to Torbay (with the money) to collect an amplifier that I had on t'Bay.........result ! 😎

I'd forgotten this one - nothing like a revisit............... 😎

...... It's all new & not very shiny atm, things will get sorted / better, but overnight it ain't. 😎

Just for fun, try the intro on this -

The number of huge companies that make cheap headlines for the tabloids is very small. The vast number of other large businesses have tax situations that are very straightforward and their taxes and vat are paid directly to HMRC. The only advantage of small business taxation is to the accountancy industry - you could probably increase VAT threshold to 200k+ without a significant dent, it costs HMRC more than it earns to chase small traders. 😎

At the risk of sounding paranoid ( Moi? ), the pandemic has handed the authorities world-wide the moment they've all been waiting for - the chance to cut out a vast number of small traders and have most trade go through large companies whose accountancy is ( ahem ) probably more accurate. The deliberate tactic of attempting to decimate cash money in circulation is a case in point ( I don't suppose drug dealers accept cards? ), in an attempt to put the brakes on the black economy. Governments simply don't want small traders, hence the encouraging of the out-of-town shopping centres populated by large retail ( now coming to an internet site near you ) which will open up an interesting debate as to the future purpose of these leviathans. Interesting times ...... 😎

Yup - done. (or rather my accountant will do it as a matter of routine) 😎