HW: Promo Single (on E-Bay)

[Cyberkrel]

I never knew we were such a bunch of stand-up comedians here - glad to see
this thread is lightening up a little. Now I have a story I could tell you
about a 40th birthday, 40 gifts and a bagful of sand at Edinburgh
airport.............is that a cry of "get off the stage" I hear.......
Andy G.
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Mather <paul at GROMIT.DLIB.VT.EDU>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 10:45 PM
Subject: Re: HW: Promo Single (on E-Bay)


> On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 21:43 +0100, Colin Allen wrote:
> > That may well apply to promo CDs that are sent out to record companies,
> > radio stations etc.  However, these CDs are being "given" free of charge
to
> > people who are on mailing lists (see message 29823 on the Yahoo list).
If
> > someone "gives" you something on that basis, it is your property.
>
> Oh, I agree.  I think I was misled into thinking this was a promo single
> by the cunning employment of the phrase "promo single" in the subject
> line of the thread. :-)
>
> I also agree with your observation that £25 can stretch a long way with
> a charity donation.  Every bit helps.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul.
> --
> e-mail: paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu
>
> "Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production
>  deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid."
>         --- Frank Vincent Zappa