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Benchmarking transaction and analytical processing systems. Sidney charles mullins obe born 28 october 1952 is a british businessman, and the founder of pimlico plumbers, londons largest independent plumbing company. Were jolly nice folk and would never troll or abuse anyone. The comment about bogstandard comprehensives was produced at a briefing in february 2001 by the prime ministers press spokesman. Definition of bog standard in the idioms dictionary. Indeed, that meaning is used in one of the more ingenious derivations that correspondents have suggested that it was coined in the bbc as a derogatory description of the production values of their rival atv, an. How i took the plunge and became the millionaire plumber, 2015,288pp, isbn 9781784183356, john blake publishing ltd. Michael talbot slowly sets the stage, introducing archaeologist david macauley and his family living abroad in the uk on a research grant. Looking back to 2015 when i officially launched my book bogstandard business, i could never have imagined how popular it would be.
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