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« Reply #45 on: Sunday, July 26, 2009, 23:52:28 » |
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It’s a meeting place of likeminded – and diversely minded – people who are united by their thirst for literature, knowledge and culture It's a fucking corporate behemoth which has strangled the life out of countless independent bookshops that did actually serve the interests you only now come to value now you've lost your job. Can't even begin to express the jaw-dropping WTF of someone appealing to "diversity" in a campaign to save a branch of Borders. Jesus Wept. |
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Simon Pieman
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« Reply #46 on: Monday, July 27, 2009, 00:10:45 » |
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Why don't a group of them open their own bookstore?
The article makes it sound like Borders in Swindon wasn't run as a business but a bit of a book community which is why it's probably shutting down.
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Sippo
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I ain't gettin on no plane fool
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« Reply #47 on: Monday, July 27, 2009, 12:20:34 » |
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Bit of a palava for the shutting of a shop. I feel for the starbucks staff more than anyone else. They all lose their jobs in two weeks with no where else to go.
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If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit...
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stfc11
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« Reply #48 on: Monday, July 27, 2009, 17:28:08 » |
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Bit of a palava for the shutting of a shop. I feel for the starbucks staff more than anyone else. They all lose their jobs in two weeks with no where else to go.
So do the Borders and Paperchase staff?! |
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Chubbs
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« Reply #49 on: Monday, July 27, 2009, 17:46:02 » |
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fuck starbucks!!
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Simon Pieman
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« Reply #50 on: Monday, July 27, 2009, 21:01:14 » |
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I didn't get up there in time to witness the protest. I was planning on walking out at about five past 2 and doing a Dom Jolly on my mobile proclaiming "it's a bit shit in there".
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« Reply #51 on: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 14:24:06 » |
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I only used to go to the centre because I could get a Starbucks coffee while I was there. Is the Starbucks going to stay?
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stfc11
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« Reply #52 on: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 14:25:54 » |
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New Look is open now and Starbucks is still there.
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The Grim Reaper
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« Reply #53 on: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 14:28:08 » |
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Starbucks has recently re-opened. Which is quite handy cos as the missus is looking at countless more clothes she really dont need, i get to read the paper and have a large Cafe Latte with a caramen shot!
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« Reply #54 on: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 14:33:27 » |
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Starbucks has recently re-opened. Which is quite handy cos as the missus is looking at countless more clothes she really dont need, i get to read the paper and have a large Cafe Latte with a caramen shot!
That's a girl's drink - have a cup of tea and man up. |
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Sippo
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I ain't gettin on no plane fool
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« Reply #55 on: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 15:09:44 » |
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Tea?!! Its all about the triple espresso.
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If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit...
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Jamiesfuturewife
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« Reply #56 on: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 15:29:46 » |
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and Id rather have new clothes than books!  |
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Barry Scott
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« Reply #57 on: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 15:45:48 » |
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Tea?!! Its all about the triple espresso.
That's what i was thinking Latté and Cappuccino are for Brighton's Glitterati and tea is for birds. |
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Samdy Gray
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« Reply #58 on: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 15:51:32 » |
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Tea?!! Its all about the triple espresso.
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SwindonTartanArmy
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London Scottish - More History than Franchise!
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« Reply #59 on: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 17:00:05 » |
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hmmm, now there is a thought. Shops should have pubs in the back for the husbands who get dragged round the shops.
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Vi er best i verden! Vi er best i verden! Vi har slått England 2-1 i fotball!! Det er aldeles utrolig! Vi har slått England! England, kjempers fødeland. Lord Nelson, Lord Beaverbrook, Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Anthony Eden, Clement Attlee, Henry Cooper, Lady Diana--vi har slått dem alle sammen. Vi har slått dem alle sammen. Maggie Thatcher can you hear me?
Your boys took a hell of a beating!"
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