Mauricebranagh

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Comment · 5 years ago
Doesn't seem to work for CEO pay :-)
Comment · 5 years ago
Betting on the horses is a very Irish thing to do grin

You'd rather have illegal off course betting ala Peaky Blinders or like IRL my Great Great Great Uncle ran in Birmingham (does make watching peaky Blinders interesting)

Comment · 5 years ago
Perfectly legal gaming operations outside of the USA have been considered illicit and had employees arrested.

The US does seem to have a lot of puritan hang-ups not helped by local gambling monopolys.

Surprised that draft kings don't go with one of the UK online gaming firms.

Comment · 5 years ago
I thought they where Ubuntu running on mac hardware.
Comment · 5 years ago
I know Sainsburys was trialing back then, I knew one of the developers on the project at BT.

One of our team members was an alpha tester, and one delivery he got was a pallet of salad cream instead of just one bottle.

Comment · 5 years ago
So your running a non standard OS what do you expect
Comment · 5 years ago
The limit of 5000 might be a bit low for larger sites is this pages or URLS?

I am thinking ecomerce and classified ads sites

Comment · 5 years ago
Not initially anyway its not all about money
Comment · 5 years ago
Sniper rifles in ww1 where custom conversions of the standard infantry rifles or in the early war actual hunting rifles.
Comment · 5 years ago
Shotguns where more for trench raiding along with improvised clubs etc
Comment · 5 years ago
"I assert diplomatic immunity "
Comment · 5 years ago
I did when my previous place made me redundant, I didn't need to jump into the first job and I could claim unemployment whist waiting to.

It well be more experienced people though and you will need enough $ to do this.

Comment · 5 years ago
Seconded one of my regrets was not really going for a place on a round the world boat race a few years ago and taking a sabbatical to do the whole thing.

Id just been diagnosed which a chronic illness and though it would have been fair on the rest of the crew.

Comment · 5 years ago
Its "class" we are talking about here and it does exist in the US compare Bill Gates vs Steve Jobs and Woz.
Comment · 5 years ago
And technically upper class is doesn't need to work and can live of investments / property.

Its a bit more complex in the UK ABc1 is middle but their are social distinctions dependant on job not income.

For example A Plumber Miner or train driver might make more than an engineer but would be working class.

Basically what sort of honour would you get for doing charity work is a good marker

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