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    Quote Originally Posted by Aqualung View Post
    His blatant support for Bass should result in his removal as editor.
    He isn't editor of WB. Tim Hampson is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NickDavies View Post
    He isn't editor of WB. Tim Hampson is.
    Another fella I've been on a pub crawl with.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Aqualung View Post
    I rarely get bottles now as cans are so much lighter. I noticed during the panic buying it was mostly boxes of dross that disappeared. Stuff worth drinking was in plentiful supply.
    I wonder why this one wasn't in demand...IMG_20200321_082035.jpg
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pangolin View Post
    I wonder why this one wasn't in demand...IMG_20200321_082035.jpg
    Probably for the same reasons people are attacking 5G (or other radio) masts and all the other SFB activities over the last few weeks, my faith in human stupidity has been confirmed (again).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pangolin View Post
    I wonder why this one wasn't in demand...IMG_20200321_082035.jpg
    Reduced to £7.99 for a case of 12 in our local Lidl 'cos people are stupid. Still didn't buy any though 'cos I'm not that dumb. (some may disagree).
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    Quote Originally Posted by oldboots View Post
    Probably for the same reasons people are attacking 5G (or other radio) masts and all the other SFB activities over the last few weeks, my faith in human stupidity has been confirmed (again).
    Indeed. Apparently it's because they thought that it was broadcasting the virus, but maybe it's because it's seen as emblematic of China's Huawei.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tris39 View Post
    ... but maybe it's because it's seen as emblematic of China's Huawei.
    I think your estimation of the subtlety and sophistication of these cretins is sadly misjudged.

    Quote Originally Posted by Tris39 View Post
    Apparently it's because they thought that it was broadcasting the virus...
    Now, that's more like it. An understandable confusion between the electomagnetic spectrum (physics) and viral epidemiology (biology).
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    Quote Originally Posted by sheffield hatter View Post
    ... An understandable confusion between the electomagnetic spectrum (physics) and viral epidemiology (biology).
    The same type of people as the Pompey ones who attacked a paediatrician because it sounds a bit like paedophile

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    Quote Originally Posted by oldboots View Post
    The same type of people as the Pompey ones who attacked a paediatrician because it sounds a bit like paedophile
    Yeah, but you can be fairly sure that paediatrician fella was up to no good anyway, with a name like that.
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    Cooking Lager has a good post on his blog.Crude but gives a different take on pub ownership and rents.M aybe someone can do a link to it.

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