They were the forerunners to amazon - what argos is good at is distribution and warehousing - which is pretty much what modern day retailing is all about
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Theyâre still going in the UK, but they already restructured part of their business by moving concessions into Sainsburys.
Theyâre also in the delivery business as well and one of the better ones, imo.
Dunno for how long though. The queues arenât out of the door in the one in my local Sainsburyâs.
Dear God
Just seen the videos from Turkey & Syria and the Earthquake.
Horrific, whole streets of apartments gone, 2,800 buildings down in Turkey so far
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Just checked in with Damascus Saint & all our friends in Syria are safe but been some carnage around Alleppo, Latakia & Homs
Staggering but true fact:
If youâd been given ÂŁ40,000 a day every day since the birth of Christ, youâd still have less than BP made in profits in a single year - last year.
How about a real windfall tax?
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Assuming Christ was realâŠ.
According to Nathan Jones he was 
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Amended for you 
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Iâm not religious but I assume there was a person now known as Jesus. Who was, they believe, probably born in 4BC
The Christians won! 
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Exactly. Belief isnât the same as actually.
Soz am not a God botherer
Mrs P_F is broken.
Sheâs Senior Recruiter for a Tech firm here.
Today she had a pre scheduled interview. Candidate was on time. All went well until the tell me a bit about yourself question.
Candidate was Turkish living here, he had tried to stay focused and moving forwards. On Friday, the Visa came through for his best friend to come to Poland on holiday.
They still havenât found him.
Or the candidates Mother.
The lad kept apologising for being unprofessional.
Christ on a bike.
She is putting him through for further interviews as his skills are what they need and he still went ahead with the interview, but she has needed a second bottle of Lidl plonk this evening
Extended family of my Turkish purveyor of WhatsApp filth (not @scotty ) are all fine. Nowhere near the quake.
Iâd guess not what with half of them living around Green Lanes
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Think I mentioned all my friends in Syria are OK.
But not a post from any of my FB friends in Turkey, most are in Istanbul, but the silence is disconcerting
Unity Brewery has gone into liquidation.
Not ruling out aliens 
If they are aliens can we have one. I like the idea of an advance intelligence helping Saints plot our current âGreat Escapeâ Iâve already had the T shirts made. 
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This disaster in Ohio has SO many red flags.
Wrong brakes, too many wagons, fake labels.
The locals had little choice but to try & burn it off if it had got into the ground could have been a total disaster but looks like it has been anyway.
But, oh look, Aliens