it makes no sense

If updates is what I think it might be, it’s more a case of updates being an ‘it’ rather than a whom.
And about time too, people find it very difficult to argue with an ‘it’ !
Certain people must have been reading my mind :rolleyes:

Was it arrested after a stake out ?

We are talking Guitar Gods ? or underated guitarists ?
Peter Green = God (accepted)
Eric Clapton = God (accepted)

To the list of, Weedon (one big hit but who taught so many to play but few would admit it), Lindsey Buckingham (the powerhouse behind F/Macs second re-incarnation) , Ron Isley (listen to the lesser known stuff, learned at Hendix’s knee)

try Robin Trower (ex Procul Harem, now a sort of Stevie Ray Vaughn in very slow motion) or if you are talking Bass, Bruce Foxton the real power behind the Jam (whatever happened to him ?)

This is the only one of the 1940 RAF Michael’s I found on the CWGC that fits the Sqns ( I’ll go back look for a W/O rank now)

MEE, MICHAEL COURTNEY FRANKLIN
Initials: M C F
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flying Officer
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Unit Text: 46 Sqdn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 09/06/1940
Service No: 37414
Additional information: Son of Frederick Franklin Mee and Nora Courtney Mee, of Burhill, Surrey.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 6.
Cemetery: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL

Had another run through, cant find anyone with W/O rank or specifically from Leeds but then as those that use it know the CWGC site, good as it is, it does not always have full details.

Gallewski came from Sunderland (English mother) and Ham (Sgt Pilot) parents came from Matlock.

Names as follows.
Anderson, Barnett, Barringer, Bedford, Bentley, Berry, Braun, Buckbarrow, Cazalett, Craig-Adams, Dalzell-Mckean, Dolan, Donne, Doulton, Fox, Gallewski, Ham, Heaney, Hohnen, Hubbard, Jebb, Jenkins, Keymer, Linden,
Macassey, Mchugh, Mee, Millar, Mudie, Murphy (2), Nichols, Patton-Bethune,
Peacock, Rawlinson, Rees, Reynolds, Ryan, Sims, Smith, Stedman, Ward, Worthington.

Not wishing to hi-jack your thread andrewman, these were taken with a very small Fuji Finepix 104 (wow….1.5m/pix) a couple of years ago.
Yeah there are some dropouts in the darker ones but for all the super dooper kit about these days a lot still rests on being ‘in the right place at the right time’, but, what I would have given to have some of todays kit on that evening in November 2003, the whole event only lasted 4-5 minutes, just grab what’s to hand. 😎

Stewart 1a will know the silhoette but, if you (he) can guess which buildings fire escape it was taken from, there is a pint of Spitfire waiting (when he attains a certain age) at the Anchor in Rowhedge 😀

regards,
Phil

Just discussed this with a mate of mine whose good lady has something to do with these things, her comment was (as Moggy says) this software is capable of pulling together information from lots of different databases and platforms, it produces very professional results and if you are anything above absolute beginner level in Excel it’s “easy to get to grips with”.

Easy for her to say, I lost the plot after D/Base IV :confused:

“IF these companies do not outsource, your BILL WILL GO HIGHER NOW, this is why they have to cut costs so that you pay less.”

Oh yeah Bt has been going through a sticky patch, (4th qtr results from their website).

Years end @ 31 March

Group turnover £18.623 billion

Group operating profit £2.864 billion

[So what you are saying is it would have folded or bills would be higher to the tune of £2,864,000,000 ? this year alone ? and ongoing ? 😮

My goodness I didn’t realise UK call centers were that expensive to run :confused:
Well all hail outsourcing then…Phew….£2.8 billion……….who would have thought that 8,000 Uk Bt workers cost £2.8 billion :rolleyes: .
Well they can sleep soundly knowing their sacrifice of reduced pensions and an uncertain future has saved the company from complete disaster 😡 .

That’s just Bt and yes a few years ago it had a huge £30 billion pound debt (brought about by corporate greed over the G3 cellphone fiasco, don’t worry the board members responsible have all left the company with very nice golden handshakes and pensions with many noughts on the end) and the debt has been reduced. Who paid for it ? the employees with their jobs.

Yet all the time, that debt has been serviced, and the company has still shown a profit.
Maybe not the £3.2 billion (debt free) per annum that it used to make but still in the black.
Of course back then it was up with the big boys the £3, £4 and £5 billion profit a year banks and insurance companies. Thank goodness all those have outsourced all their expensive call centers or then where would we be ?

It’s not a question of survival it’s purely corporate greed.