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  1. Comment on US Department of Justice could seek break up of Live Nation-Ticketmaster, Bloomberg News reports in ~music

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    Given how concentrated everything is currently, I think the answer to your question is 'yes'.. as anything will be better than what we have today.

    Given how concentrated everything is currently, I think the answer to your question is 'yes'.. as anything will be better than what we have today.

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  2. Comment on Have you or anyone in your family ever won anything? in ~talk

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    I worked in the City of London a loooong time ago back when everyone commuted in by train. We were out drinking with work at a big rowdy pub - it was a huge gallery style pub with about 3 levels...

    I worked in the City of London a loooong time ago back when everyone commuted in by train. We were out drinking with work at a big rowdy pub - it was a huge gallery style pub with about 3 levels all overlooking the bar like a cheesy Kung Fu movie but with besuited bankers. They had a business card prize draw where you could win a Guinness fridge. I joked with my mates saying 'That's such a stupid prize - someone will have to take that thing aaaall the way home on the train! What a joke!' I threw my card in the bowl anyway and we got to drinking..

    Fast forward several hours and they're doing the draw. The whole pub rallies around the gallery while the landlord drew the names. 'Scott!!'... Silence.. He'd left for the day. Then he drew a second card. 'Billy!' Welp - that was me.

    I had to get the thing back on the train. It was exactly as little fun as I suspected - heavy, bulky and stupid. But I used it for about 5 years before I had to get rid of it. Fun times.

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  3. Comment on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’s new trailer looks incredible in ~movies

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    Wow - didn't think I'd like it but I do. Love the animation style and the story idea looks awesome. Consider me hyped!

    Wow - didn't think I'd like it but I do. Love the animation style and the story idea looks awesome. Consider me hyped!