It's certainly coming to something when that old High Street stalwart Marks 
& Spencer suffer a fall in shares of more than 20% and warns of  weak sales 
and "stormy times ahead".   I was so confident that my purchase of a 10p 
plastic bag in their Epsom store only last month had secured their financial 
future.  I think I may now keep it as an historic relic of a lost dynasty.

-- 
Dave (Sgt. Pepper)       Epsom, England
     My photo galleries at  http://www.pbase.com/davecq
    "I will not tolerate intolerance ... Doh!!"

Dave (Sgt. Pepper) wrote:
> It's certainly coming to something when that old High Street stalwart 
> Marks & Spencer suffer a fall in shares of more than 20% and warns of  
> weak sales and "stormy times ahead".   I was so confident that my 
> purchase of a 10p plastic bag in their Epsom store only last month had 
> secured their financial future.  I think I may now keep it as an 
> historic relic of a lost dynasty.
> 

Well, my house is on the market as of this week and I'm hopefully 
selling my business to my manager.

Tough times indeed, I'm completely fucked off with this country. its 
social and youth problems, successive
incompetent leaders and greedy corporations..

I'm gonna be an old hippie..

"BrianE"  wrote in message 
news:7a6dnQlMjOStCvbVnZ2dnUVZ8u2dnZ2d@pipex.net...
> Dave (Sgt. Pepper) wrote:
>> It's certainly coming to something when that old High Street stalwart 
>> Marks & Spencer suffer a fall in shares of more than 20% and warns of 
>> weak sales and "stormy times ahead".   I was so confident that my 
>> purchase of a 10p plastic bag in their Epsom store only last month had 
>> secured their financial future.  I think I may now keep it as an historic 
>> relic of a lost dynasty.
>>
>
> Well, my house is on the market as of this week and I'm hopefully selling 
> my business to my manager.

I sincerely wish you well on both counts Brian, particularly on the house 
sale ... it's a very difficult market now with mortgages drying up, but 
there are still some non-chain buyers out there.

> Tough times indeed, I'm completely fucked off with this country. its 
> social and youth problems, successive
> incompetent leaders and greedy corporations.

Totally agree, this country has gone to hell in a bucket.


> I'm gonna be an old hippie..

Heh heh, welcome to the club   :o)

-- 
Dave (Sgt. Pepper)       Epsom, England
     My photo galleries at  http://www.pbase.com/davecq
    "I will not tolerate intolerance ... Doh!!"

Dave (Sgt. Pepper) wrote:
> 
> "BrianE"  wrote in message 
> news:7a6dnQlMjOStCvbVnZ2dnUVZ8u2dnZ2d@pipex.net...
>> Dave (Sgt. Pepper) wrote:
>>> It's certainly coming to something when that old High Street stalwart 
>>> Marks & Spencer suffer a fall in shares of more than 20% and warns of 
>>> weak sales and "stormy times ahead".   I was so confident that my 
>>> purchase of a 10p plastic bag in their Epsom store only last month 
>>> had secured their financial future.  I think I may now keep it as an 
>>> historic relic of a lost dynasty.
>>>
>>
>> Well, my house is on the market as of this week and I'm hopefully 
>> selling my business to my manager.
> 
> I sincerely wish you well on both counts Brian, particularly on the 
> house sale ... it's a very difficult market now with mortgages drying 
> up, but there are still some non-chain buyers out there.

Thanks Dave, the house is in a very nice location which hopefully, will 
count for something..

"BrianE"  wrote in message 
news:7a6dnQlMjOStCvbVnZ2dnUVZ8u2dnZ2d@pipex.net...
> Dave (Sgt. Pepper) wrote:
>> It's certainly coming to something when that old High Street stalwart 
>> Marks & Spencer suffer a fall in shares of more than 20% and warns of 
>> weak sales and "stormy times ahead".   I was so confident that my 
>> purchase of a 10p plastic bag in their Epsom store only last month had 
>> secured their financial future.  I think I may now keep it as an historic 
>> relic of a lost dynasty.
>>
>
> Well, my house is on the market as of this week and I'm hopefully selling 
> my business to my manager.
>
> Tough times indeed, I'm completely fucked off with this country. its 
> social and youth problems, successive
> incompetent leaders and greedy corporations..
>
> I'm gonna be an old hippie..
>
>
Shall I set this up in Dorking then?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/7484272.stm

"Inspector Frost"  wrote in message 
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> Shall I set this up in Dorking then?

First of all, are you a competent adult?   Have you been vetted by the 
police?  Do you have a licence and insurance to set up such events?  Even if 
the answer to these questions is 'yes', I still have reservations about any 
venue that has 'Dork' in the description.

-- 
Dave (Sgt. Pepper)       Epsom, England
     My photo galleries at  http://www.pbase.com/davecq
    "I will not tolerate intolerance ... Doh!!"

"Dave (Sgt. Pepper)"  wrote in message 
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>
> "Inspector Frost"  wrote in message 
> news:g4g77u$7ui$1@aioe.org...
>
>> Shall I set this up in Dorking then?
>
> First of all, are you a competent adult?   Have you been vetted by the 
> police?  Do you have a licence and insurance to set up such events?  Even 
> if the answer to these questions is 'yes', I still have reservations about 
> any venue that has 'Dork' in the description.
>
> -- 
> Dave (Sgt. Pepper)       Epsom, England
>     My photo galleries at  http://www.pbase.com/davecq
>    "I will not tolerate intolerance ... Doh!!"
>
>
:)))
Epsom then?

On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 15:50:32 +0100, "Dave \(Sgt. Pepper\)"
 wrote:

>It's certainly coming to something when that old High Street stalwart Marks 
>& Spencer suffer a fall in shares of more than 20% and warns of  weak sales 
>and "stormy times ahead".   I was so confident that my purchase of a 10p 
>plastic bag in their Epsom store only last month had secured their financial 
>future.  I think I may now keep it as an historic relic of a lost dynasty.

We are all doomed!

"Inspector Frost"  wrote in message 
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>
> "Dave (Sgt. Pepper)"  wrote in message 
> news:Ws-dnQarn-DEP_bVnZ2dnUVZ8uGdnZ2d@giganews.com...
>>
>> "Inspector Frost"  wrote in message 
>> news:g4g77u$7ui$1@aioe.org...
>>
>>> Shall I set this up in Dorking then?
>>
>> First of all, are you a competent adult?   Have you been vetted by the 
>> police?  Do you have a licence and insurance to set up such events?  Even 
>> if the answer to these questions is 'yes', I still have reservations 
>> about any venue that has 'Dork' in the description.
>>
>> -- 
>> Dave (Sgt. Pepper)       Epsom, England
>>     My photo galleries at  http://www.pbase.com/davecq
>>    "I will not tolerate intolerance ... Doh!!"
>>
>>
> :)))
> Epsom then?

Try Camberley.

-- 
Dave (Sgt. Pepper)       Epsom, England
     My photo galleries at  http://www.pbase.com/davecq
    "I will not tolerate intolerance ... Doh!!"

In message , "Dave (Sgt. 
Pepper)"  writes

>It's certainly coming to something when that old High Street stalwart 
>Marks & Spencer suffer a fall in shares of more than 20% and warns of 
>weak sales and "stormy times ahead".   I was so confident that my 
>purchase of a 10p plastic bag in their Epsom store only last month had 
>secured their financial future.  I think I may now keep it as an 
>historic relic of a lost dynasty.

M&S have suffered the same malaise that has infected many once great 
companies. Marconi, Jessops, British Airways, On-Digital, BSB. In many 
cases, in their desperation to achieve growth to keep the fund managers 
happy they've sacked competent middle management wholesale: men and 
women with the experience to see trouble coming, and the skills to head 
it off. Their sin was too climb too high up the salary ladder and that 
made them vulnerable.

Any competent marketing man would have foreseen that Marconi's Zonephone 
wheeze in which subscribers could make calls but not receive them was 
doomed to failure. They lost billions. Whampoa lost a packet but their 
Rabbit debacle was on nothing like the scale of the Zonephone financial 
disaster. BSB's impending collapse was so obvious that even a nerd like 
me saw it coming. Its inept CE slapped an injunction on me to stop 
referring to it as 'Broke Soon Broadcasting' in my column.

Now trouble hits these companies and rolls over them before they realise 
what's happening. M&S sacked many of their experienced buyers and handed 
over the job to wet-between-the-legs trilling Miss Tweetie Pie dollies 
with the business acumen of chewing gum splats. They damn near brought 
M&S to its knees.

Congrats on your noble efforts to save M&S. I've reused Homebase's big 
butch bags on several occasions so I'm doing my bit to ward off the 
terrible perils of galactic warming.

Since we switched our cats over to Whiskas pouches rather than tins, 
last month all our waste went into the incinerator and we managed 
virtually a refuse collection free fortnight.

Now that the problem of making easy to tear open plastic pouches has 
been cracked, the can's days are numbered.

-- 
James Follett

In message , "Dave (Sgt. 
Pepper)"  writes
>
>> Epsom then?
>
>Try Camberley.

I vaguely recall that in one of those witless surveys organised by 
'Location3' that Epsom came out rather well as a desirable place to 
live, with Godalming among the front runners.

-- 
James Follett

"JF"  wrote in message 
news:SovBbkvJL7aIFwbn@marage.demon.co.uk...
> In message , "Dave (Sgt. 
> Pepper)"  writes
>>
>>> Epsom then?
>>
>>Try Camberley.
>
> I vaguely recall

I get days like that James ... I put it down to my predilection for single 
malt   ;o)

-- 
Dave (Sgt. Pepper)       Epsom, England
     My photo galleries at  http://www.pbase.com/davecq
    "I will not tolerate intolerance ... Doh!!"

In message , "Dave (Sgt. Pepper)" 
 writes
>
>"JF"  wrote in message 
>news:SovBbkvJL7aIFwbn@marage.demon.co.uk...
>> In message , "Dave 
>>(Sgt.  Pepper)"  writes
>>>
>>>> Epsom then?
>>>
>>>Try Camberley.
>>
>> I vaguely recall
>
>I get days like that James ... I put it down to my predilection for 
>single malt   ;o)

I'm allowed a single malteser if I'm good. I wonder what the favourite 
tipple was of M&S's head of food who's just fallen on his sword? Must've 
been potent stuff for him not have seen trouble looming several months 
ago. There's a whole range of superior foodstuffs from Lidl at half the 
price of M&S's overpriced nosh.

Lidl set about racheting up their food quality and expanding their range 
of so-called luxury foods about a year ago. As a result their A and B 
market penetration is healthy and so is their growth. Their Goody brand 
pecan nut and honey oat serial is stuff to die for and their spaghetti 
carbonara ready meal ought to be an illegal substance.

-- 
James Follett

Dave (Sgt. Pepper) wrote:
> "JF"  wrote in message
> news:SovBbkvJL7aIFwbn@marage.demon.co.uk...
>> In message , "Dave
>> (Sgt. Pepper)"  writes
>>>
>>>> Epsom then?
>>>
>>> Try Camberley.
>>
>> I vaguely recall
>
> I get days like that James ... I put it down to my predilection for
> single malt   ;o)

Nice,  Laphroaig or Taliskers for me.


-- 
Eric

In article , Eric 
 writes
>
>
>Dave (Sgt. Pepper) wrote:
>> "JF"  wrote in message
>> news:SovBbkvJL7aIFwbn@marage.demon.co.uk...
>>> In message , "Dave
>>> (Sgt. Pepper)"  writes
>>>>
>>>>> Epsom then?
>>>>
>>>> Try Camberley.
>>>
>>> I vaguely recall
>>
>> I get days like that James ... I put it down to my predilection for
>> single malt   ;o)
>
>Nice,  Laphroaig or Taliskers for me.
>
Really must try Talisker one day.
-- 
Peter

"Eric"  wrote in message 
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>
>
> Dave (Sgt. Pepper) wrote:
>> "JF"  wrote in message
>> news:SovBbkvJL7aIFwbn@marage.demon.co.uk...
>>> In message , "Dave
>>> (Sgt. Pepper)"  writes
>>>>
>>>>> Epsom then?
>>>>
>>>> Try Camberley.
>>>
>>> I vaguely recall
>>
>> I get days like that James ... I put it down to my predilection for
>> single malt   ;o)
>
> Nice,  Laphroaig or Taliskers for me.

I'm quite partial to Glenmorangie.  They did a version that was matured in 
old Madeira casks and it was sublime.  I haven't bought any recently so I 
don't know if it's still readily available.

-- 
Dave (Sgt. Pepper)       Epsom, England
     My photo galleries at  http://www.pbase.com/davecq
    "I will not tolerate intolerance ... Doh!!"

Dave (Sgt. Pepper) wrote:
> It's certainly coming to something when that old High Street stalwart 
> Marks & Spencer suffer a fall in shares of more than 20% and warns of  
> weak sales and "stormy times ahead".   I was so confident that my 
> purchase of a 10p plastic bag in their Epsom store only last month had 
> secured their financial future.  I think I may now keep it as an 
> historic relic of a lost dynasty.
> 

But they're biodegradable.

-- 




21st Century Spazmoid Man

BrianE wrote:
> Dave (Sgt. Pepper) wrote:
>> It's certainly coming to something when that old High Street stalwart 
>> Marks & Spencer suffer a fall in shares of more than 20% and warns of  
>> weak sales and "stormy times ahead".   I was so confident that my 
>> purchase of a 10p plastic bag in their Epsom store only last month had 
>> secured their financial future.  I think I may now keep it as an 
>> historic relic of a lost dynasty.
>>
> 
> Well, my house is on the market as of this week and I'm hopefully 
> selling my business to my manager.
> 
> Tough times indeed, I'm completely fucked off with this country. its 
> social and youth problems, successive
> incompetent leaders and greedy corporations..
> 
> I'm gonna be an old hippie..

Do you know what a hippy is?

-- 




21st Century Spazmoid Man

BrianE wrote:
> Dave (Sgt. Pepper) wrote:
>>
>> "BrianE"  wrote in message 
>> news:7a6dnQlMjOStCvbVnZ2dnUVZ8u2dnZ2d@pipex.net...
>>> Dave (Sgt. Pepper) wrote:
>>>> It's certainly coming to something when that old High Street 
>>>> stalwart Marks & Spencer suffer a fall in shares of more than 20% 
>>>> and warns of weak sales and "stormy times ahead".   I was so 
>>>> confident that my purchase of a 10p plastic bag in their Epsom store 
>>>> only last month had secured their financial future.  I think I may 
>>>> now keep it as an historic relic of a lost dynasty.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Well, my house is on the market as of this week and I'm hopefully 
>>> selling my business to my manager.
>>
>> I sincerely wish you well on both counts Brian, particularly on the 
>> house sale ... it's a very difficult market now with mortgages drying 
>> up, but there are still some non-chain buyers out there.
> 
> Thanks Dave, the house is in a very nice location which hopefully, will 
> count for something..

Now that house prices are bombing. Nice timing.

-- 




21st Century Spazmoid Man

Dave (Sgt. Pepper) wrote:
> 
> "Inspector Frost"  wrote in message 
> news:g4g77u$7ui$1@aioe.org...
> 
>> Shall I set this up in Dorking then?
> 
> First of all, are you a competent adult?   Have you been vetted by the 
> police?  Do you have a licence and insurance to set up such events?  
> Even if the answer to these questions is 'yes', I still have 
> reservations about any venue that has 'Dork' in the description.
> 

Too close to home?

-- 




21st Century Spazmoid Man

21st Century Spazmoid Man" <"21stcenturyspazmoidman wrote:
> BrianE wrote:
>> Dave (Sgt. Pepper) wrote:
>>>
>>> "BrianE"  wrote in message
>>> news:7a6dnQlMjOStCvbVnZ2dnUVZ8u2dnZ2d@pipex.net...
>>>> Dave (Sgt. Pepper) wrote:
>>>>> It's certainly coming to something when that old High Street
>>>>> stalwart Marks & Spencer suffer a fall in shares of more than 20%
>>>>> and warns of weak sales and "stormy times ahead".   I was so
>>>>> confident that my purchase of a 10p plastic bag in their Epsom
>>>>> store only last month had secured their financial future.  I
>>>>> think I may now keep it as an historic relic of a lost dynasty.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Well, my house is on the market as of this week and I'm hopefully
>>>> selling my business to my manager.
>>>
>>> I sincerely wish you well on both counts Brian, particularly on the
>>> house sale ... it's a very difficult market now with mortgages
>>> drying up, but there are still some non-chain buyers out there.
>>
>> Thanks Dave, the house is in a very nice location which hopefully,
>> will count for something..
>
> Now that house prices are bombing. Nice timing.

WOT DO YOU EXPECT FROM SOMEONE AS DAFT AS DAFT BRIAN

21st Century Spazmoid Man" <"21stcenturyspazmoidman wrote:
> BrianE wrote:
>> Dave (Sgt. Pepper) wrote:
>>> It's certainly coming to something when that old High Street
>>> stalwart Marks & Spencer suffer a fall in shares of more than 20%
>>> and warns of weak sales and "stormy times ahead".   I was so
>>> confident that my purchase of a 10p plastic bag in their Epsom
>>> store only last month had secured their financial future.  I think
>>> I may now keep it as an historic relic of a lost dynasty.
>>>
>>
>> Well, my house is on the market as of this week and I'm hopefully
>> selling my business to my manager.
>>
>> Tough times indeed, I'm completely fucked off with this country. its
>> social and youth problems, successive
>> incompetent leaders and greedy corporations..
>>
>> I'm gonna be an old hippie..
>
> Do you know what a hippy is?

MAYBE HIS DAFT PROBLEM IS DUE TO
SMOKING WAKKI BAKII

21st Century Spazmoid Man" <"21stcenturyspazmoidman wrote:
> Dave (Sgt. Pepper) wrote:
>> It's certainly coming to something when that old High Street stalwart
>> Marks & Spencer suffer a fall in shares of more than 20% and warns of
>> weak sales and "stormy times ahead".   I was so confident that my
>> purchase of a 10p plastic bag in their Epsom store only last month
>> had secured their financial future.  I think I may now keep it as an
>> historic relic of a lost dynasty.
>>
>
> But they're biodegradable.

LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL