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I remembered that this topic has been covered a couple of times before, but not for a while. Here's a link to one thread, which refers to more previous ones...

Top drawer Rich, you had me flipping through Manny's guide not quite believing some of those tunes were cheapies Most enjoyable x

I'm tuned in so I can heckle Colin Colin you just made that Trey Js jump you fat-fingered big girl's blouse!

Sadly, at our age Swifty we've more chance of MS being multiple sclerosis than S&M

Nah, he's an old Wigan boy - he'll be wanting a rousing tubthumper of the highest order

Yep, interesting bidding pattern, but let's face it, just not that many folk with 10k+ to play with at the moment. And Mark Harrison let me know if you need any help with that 12 grand burning a hole in your pocket now pet, lol

I think the candlelight flickered across the whole of Porkpieshire just then, there were so many people watching! *Dons school uniform, packs MS in satchel and prepares for oriental trip...*

Joel Maslin you'll do it in your vest and pants and see me after class. Well, time's ticking away. Will the inscrutable gentlemen of the East come from behind with a late entry?

Oi Flynny, any jobs past Magaluf are mine mate! Please note there will be a small additional charge if I'm required to wear a uniform for the delivery

I can see where you're coming from Kung Fu boy. Likewise, on the right day of the month I'd rather have 15 grand's worth of Haagen Dazs. You'd have to be a very confident circuit DJ to buy this and play it out I think, as it's such a big signature tune for someone else. I can just picture it slipping with barely a whisper into the hermetically stored crisp pristine sleeves of a minty completist collector, never to be heard again. Hope not though

Look Richard, I think you'll find that lowering the tone has always been MY job! You just stick to stickered demos and whatever it is that you do best P.S. I AM the woman with the ice cream tub!

I'm still laughing at 'tub thumper' but it's so apt I've listened to it countless times the last couple of weeks, and I cannot help myself thumping hell out of an imaginary tub, lol. It just sounds better every time and is the distillation of my misspent youth at the 100 Club whilst never sounding old and hackneyed. What a cracking find for the geezer who turned this copy up. I doubt it'll dislodge FW from that 'most expensive' perch, but if it did it'd be poetic.

A creditable attempt Johnstone but often distracted by the boys at the back. Must try harder. See me after class

Sounding great so far

I didn't know of the previous name? I've only known him for the last 5 years, in which time he's been Gee-Field. But yes, I had the pleasure of spending some time with him and his Dad when they were last in Europe, he's charming. And fit as

Well any mistakes can't possibly be Gez's fault, as he's such a talented man he can do no wrong in my eyes, lol, so Wednesday's scapegoat will be Dizzy Dean or Random Richard. Can't wait

I'm SO gonna be heckling you Rich! Now let's have so slip-ups, miscues or faux-pas - remember, we're not at home to Mister Cockup

Gee-Field (Garfield Green III) Mind you, he can filla me any time he likes, he's a damn fine specimen of a man

I'm friendly with Garland's son on Facebook Richard, I'll drop him a line too, see if he can nudge his old man for the info

It's that place where you go for a life of Pi

Bonjour Philippe It's Liquid Soul - Threadin' The Needle Tee x

There's no doubt I'd need someone with a safe pair of hands Kev. And if you could just warm them a bit, that'd be good Though knowing our luck, we'd get through the rigorous tender process, secure the Mello Souls courier contract, only for it to be bought by someone in Leighton Buzzard

Manny if your Third Under-Secretary is reading this, my fees for couriering to Tokyo are eminently reasonable. Just sayin' like

I think you've hit the nail on the head there Steve. I can't comment on Brown personally, I only know him as the bloke I see around occasionally, dressed vaguely like a geography teacher in a corduroy sports jacket, lol, and I've never bought a record from him. The constant outpouring of vitriol about THE guide though, albeit amusingly undignified for us to read, trips Brown's writing style up and distracts the reader from whatever valuable critical content might follow. And you're right, makes me imagine him rocking in a basement somewhere, walls plastered with photographs of Manship with his eyes gouged out, sticking pins in his wax effigy, ha ha. Don't know if you ever saw the personal letter Brown wrote to the previous reviewer in Manifesto of price guide 5? He was literally apoplectic because the review was generally favourable, and the bile he spouted was knicker-wettingly funny. And in the meantime Manny'll be laughing all the way to the bank I'm sure. In book publishing terms it's a classic case of the Samuel Johnson quote (as opposed to Geordie Johnson, lol) that he'd rather be attacked than unnoticed etc etc.

Unfamiliar with the venue, I remember saying to Jeff as we approached the site for the first time, 'I wonder what sort of a place it is?' As we drove in there was a banner over the entrance saying that a four-day chalet break for a family of four was £9. I think that told us everything we needed to know about the facilities Happy days.