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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick_Estate
Mid '70s, almost 2.5T of dubious design.
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Popped in this afternoon, on a cross-London jaunt,
to build up mespilus jr.'s stamina following his July appendictomy.Made use of the indoor bike racks,
and had 2 bits of cake each, as we had a 25 mile ride to get home.Kraftwerk, (Minimum Maximum Live at a guess) on the sound system
and live coverage of the Euro Track Championships on the screen.Even got to meet Breso on the way in.
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Depends upon your definition of 'financial services'.
To most people this would, some kind of instant access banking account,
a savings account, potentially a mortgage and various insurance policies.
Add on some foreign curreny availability, and
internet access and atm cards that function all over the world
and for most people that is all they will ever need.What the banks have done is re-interpreted their Banking Licenses
as permission to use the security and value of domestic properties,
often by taking over de-mutualised building societies,
to bet/speculate on any commodity you have ever heard of,
and many you could never imagine.No UK bank has ever made a £1billion profit lending to small engineering firms in the East Midlands,
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Don't know if you ever listen to the Guardian Politics podcast?
The one just after Corbyn's election, has one talking head/voice
proclaim that 'the left' never expected to win, or necessarily gain enough MP's votes to be nominated, and that after successive drubbings for other Party elections,
it was Corbyn's 'turn' to stand, on the basis that the electorate deserved to hear that there was an alternative viewpoint to varying grades of austerity.
I'm glad he did stand, and win,
as it should be easy to explain that you cannot 'cut your way out of recession',
which was precisely the 'U'-turn Osborne took to resuscitate the economy in 2012 after he had strangled the growth inherited from Darling in the first half of 2010. -
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Hmmm,
I know it is not a Lush brand name,
but where do you think the soap brand 'Palmolive' came from?
Thats right, (coconut) palm oil netralised with caustic soda to form (bar) soap.
[Originally with a little bit of olive oil to improve emolliency].
Unfortunately for Asia, coconut oil has the best detergency and foam forming properties
of 'vegetable oils', which also makes it a good emulsifier for cosmetics, toiletries and foodstuffs. -
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Yes blackthorn trees without any overhanging mature trees seem to have very plump sloes this year, a couple used as intruder deterrent around a nearby golf course car park are like small sour plums with 3 or 4mm of 'flesh', where as those which were water stressed are the typical 'all stone in a skin'.
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Their jezza, (as opposed to R'Jezza), is minor Tory aristocracy,
related to the pitful and inept Bottomleys.
Seem to remember an article about Hunt's business acumen
all down to a 'no-bid' contract to supply the British Council with educational software.Wonder if he married a Chinese before Murdoch,
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I'm surprised even the Taxpayers Alliance is willing to share a platform with disgraced ex-Defence Minister Liam Fox!This scheming, but dim, Altlanticist is gradually working his way back inot the public eye, because broadcasters like the BBC keep forgetting to prefix his name with the necessary 'disgraced', to ensure the public are reminded he cannot be trusted.
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You might find a not totally rusted model of :
Lancia (Beta) HPE, or, Opel Monza, or, Opel Manta?What you really need is a Renault Avantime,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Avantime
(the Coupe Espace,
so hand assembled by mystified Matra Aerospace engineers between
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Yes,
poetic wimsy appeals more than techno-babble features ' n' benefits.
I also like the heads-up about Quentin's next film, '9 location Tarantino'