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Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34060 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
Singer = Brand of Sewing machine The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 21437 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 |
E as on e-reader |
mrperk Send message Joined: 2 Mar 03 Posts: 825 Credit: 697,033 RAC: 0 |
Precise as in, uh, well just that... |
TimeLord04 Send message Joined: 9 Mar 06 Posts: 21140 Credit: 33,933,039 RAC: 23 |
Dwayne --> Dibbley Red Dwarf. ;-) :-) TimeLord04 Have TARDIS, will travel... Come along K-9! Join Calm Chaos |
BladeD Send message Joined: 9 Aug 11 Posts: 13320 Credit: 1,603,919 RAC: 2 |
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mrperk Send message Joined: 2 Mar 03 Posts: 825 Credit: 697,033 RAC: 0 |
Danger Ranger - either a cartoon series or co-founder of Burningman, your pick... |
TimeLord04 Send message Joined: 9 Mar 06 Posts: 21140 Credit: 33,933,039 RAC: 23 |
Robot --> B-9 Lost in Space. :-) |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 30882 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
Probably very few people know, that the name of the Whittier College athletic teams is the Poets. |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
BladeD Send message Joined: 9 Aug 11 Posts: 13320 Credit: 1,603,919 RAC: 2 |
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Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
Are they? They're still in Louisville. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 37160 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Plenty of them over here, though they were never connected in any way to those North American stores. Cheers. |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
I don't know what the K stands for over here. Is it Koala over there? ;~) The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 37160 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
I always thought that Kmart here was originally started by Coles, but I just learnt that it was started in partnership with Kresge, though Coles did buy eventually Kresge out. Now days both Coles and Kmart are owned by Wesfarmers. Kmart Australia Limited Cheers. |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
Mergers and acquisitions over the years have been crazy for everybody, not to mention "re-branding" and marketing. I still get annoyed about KFC. It's Kentucky Fried Chicken, but the bucket and the finger lickin' good slogan are gone. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
TimeLord04 Send message Joined: 9 Mar 06 Posts: 21140 Credit: 33,933,039 RAC: 23 |
Over here, in the US, K-Mart is now owned by Sears; has been for several years, now. TimeLord04 Have TARDIS, will travel... Come along K-9! Join Calm Chaos |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
What? No one came up with celt! |
Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 21437 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 |
City Hunter -- title of a Japanese manga. |
mrperk Send message Joined: 2 Mar 03 Posts: 825 Credit: 697,033 RAC: 0 |
Olsen -> municipality in western Germany |
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