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limeyrob 
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 Posted: November 26 2008 at 11:29 |
I also remember how F W Woolworths and Marks and Spensers used to be located next to each other. And those 'Top of the Pops' cover albums. How many kids bought one of those only to think - hang on this doesn't sound like the originals. A rapid lesson in buy cheap - buy twice. 20 dynamic hits was my next purchase - and they were originals.
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Posted: November 26 2008 at 11:34 |
20 Dynamic Hits  I remember those - 10 tracks on each side of a vinyl album which was made so cheaply it was about 3 microns thick & virtually see-through
Mind you - same principle as 'Now that's what I call sh  te volume 400' I suppose
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Jared
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Posted: November 26 2008 at 11:48 |
^^ I remember buying a Cliff Richard covers album in Woolies, back in about 1979, thinking it was the real thing... 
..although on this occasion, I bought cheap and only bought once...  |
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Posted: November 26 2008 at 11:56 |
Believe it or not but the one piece of music most guaranteed to bring instant nostalgia is PF's 'See Emily Play'. It was played a lot over the music system of the amusement arcades I used to frequent in order to supplement my pocket money  .
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Posted: November 26 2008 at 12:20 |
The cover girls on those Top Of The Pops albums even looked dated in the 70s... not too sure who they were trying to appeal to - probably my Dad.
I bought this classic 49p budget ablum from Woolies:
...which wasn't as dreadful as it would first appear, was changing hands for £200 a go at one stage.
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Jared
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Posted: November 26 2008 at 12:44 |
 Dean wrote:
The cover girls on those Top Of The Pops albums even looked dated in the 70s... not too sure who they were trying to appeal to - probably my Dad. |
in order for a woman to be able to appeal to my Dad these days, she has to look like this:
is it still called a 'mid life crisis' when you're 67??....
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Posted: November 26 2008 at 12:46 |
uh oh.... MFI - another institution in trouble 
yes, folks - remember those flimsy chipboard wardrobes that took all day to assemble then you were left wondering where those screw things and that little round thing goes..? then when you tried to move the thing it collapsed in a heap... 
Edited by mystic fred - November 26 2008 at 12:50
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Dean
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Posted: November 26 2008 at 13:01 |
I won't knock MFI wardrobes - we made a very serviceable vocal booth out of one using some old mattresses, sleeping bags and several bungee cords - even managed to record a 'cello in it. 
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Posted: November 26 2008 at 14:51 |
Dean wrote:
I won't knock MFI wardrobes |
Very wise, they usually fall over. 
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Posted: November 26 2008 at 15:50 |
mystic fred wrote:
uh oh....MFI - another institution in trouble
yes, folks - remember those flimsy chipboard wardrobes that took all day to assemble then you were left wondering where those screw things and that little round thing goes..? then when you tried to move the thing it collapsed in a heap...
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MFI - Made For Idiots.
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Posted: November 27 2008 at 02:24 |
Neil wrote:
Dean wrote:
I won't knock MFI wardrobes |
Very wise, they usually fall over. |
Laughter aside though - Woolies & MFI have now called in the administrators; although, what Bob, Tony, Guigo, Dean, and the rest of us can do is anyone's guess 
Aha! - I bagsee the pick n mix counter 
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Posted: November 27 2008 at 02:35 |
^ Lock it and move it Jim.
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Jared
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Posted: November 27 2008 at 02:39 |
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aha!...now here's a man who, like me, knows how to post a link!!... 
actually, I'd just like to take this opportunity to ask those who are smarter at 'pooters than me, how do you edit the text, so you can just write ' link' for instance, instead of posting War & Peace...I've never worked out how to do that....
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Posted: November 27 2008 at 02:43 |
write the word 'link' and highlight it with the mouse, then click the  icon and enter the URL in the box provided.
Edited by Dean - November 27 2008 at 02:44
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Posted: November 27 2008 at 03:17 |
^^nope, still can't do it...never mind...
thanks, anyway Dean... 
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Posted: November 27 2008 at 04:28 |
What you need to do is reorganise the counter so that 'pick' and 'mix' are seperate companies in competition with each other. Then set unfeasibly high sales targets, blow most of your budget on a pointless and ineffective advertising campaign and make three quarters of the staff redundant in order to boost the share price just before the end of the financial year. Then, get 'Pick' to borrow an enormous sum off 'Mix' so they can get in a firm of consultants to find out what's wrong, and get 'Mix' to borrow an enormous sum off 'Pick' for the same reason. Make further redundancies to save money, and get in agency staff to do what was previously done by a much larger team of experienced staff. Pick up a grossly inflated bonus, blame the terminal collapse of the business on government red tape and head off towards the CD and DVD department with a business plan and a manic gleam in your eye...
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Posted: November 27 2008 at 06:18 |
We used to call it the nick and mix counter. Can't think why... 
I bagsee the hot cashew and peanut dispenser. 
Oh!I'd also like the big stand-on weigh yourself scales.Don't know where I'd put them,I just like them. 
Did anyone buy a 'Winfield/Woolies' cricket ball?
They were more like cannonballs!
Edited by Man Erg - November 27 2008 at 06:24
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Posted: November 27 2008 at 06:26 |
Perfect - one of those in a 'Ladybird' sock & you're ready for the rival bailiffs 
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Posted: November 27 2008 at 06:36 |
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Posted: November 27 2008 at 06:53 |
Ah yes the Blakey - favoured by all skinheads in the 1970's; thinking they were 'ard as nails, but blissfully ignorant that their DMs now sounded as if they were wearing a pair of Lionle Blair's cast-off tap-shoes
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