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#52 2010-11-02 19:35:39
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Re: Is Simon Crompton the new Francis Bown?
Except that he won't be 'paid' as such; he'll just get a dozen pairs of free peccary gloves; one of which he could not, ordinarily afford. O! what a cargo of crates of chematistic care they all carry!
#53 2010-11-03 15:49:30
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Re: Is Simon Crompton the new Francis Bown?
I have no axe to grind either way, but I find your collective slagging off a touch sanctimonious. It may be simply that the guy has stumbled across a business model that fits, or that his hobby is gradually developing into a more complete living, however long it lasts. His english may grate, sometimes, and he may get stuff wrong from a technical perspective on occassion, but the cynic may argue that you are so anti because he has found a seam that most of of you, who all seem to express expert opinions on a regular basis, have overlooked.
I have no real love of U2's music, but rather than sit an write notes rubbishing it, I simply do not listen to it.
#56 2010-11-04 05:16:07
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Re: Is Simon Crompton the new Francis Bown?
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#58 2010-11-04 05:36:28
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#60 2010-11-04 06:26:26
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I think that we split into two groups over this: the Ralphs on the one hand and the Piggies on the other. Bring out the conch shell and let's see who can give it the loudest and longest blast. As for Cromps (and Chenners, come to that), there is something smug and spivvy about them (well said Bishop), which just invites the rendering of a thick ear apiece. It's got nothing to do with money, except to the extent that they can be imagined (and they easily can be), fingering and smelling it and revelling in its possession.
The thought of going around to firms (especially the great ones) and offering puffing for freebies turns my stomach with disgust. There's something greatly to despise about it, and to expose. To rub his nose in. To rub it in the steaming pile of trading true opinion for stinking lucre. And then there's that smug grin...
#61 2010-11-04 10:27:23
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#62 2010-11-04 13:02:08
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Re: Is Simon Crompton the new Francis Bown?
I think that Will is far more Anglophile than Cromps in that Cromps goes out of his way to please to biggest crowd and Will doesn't. Another thing - was Bown really a priest before he grew over his tonsure and started gliding around in a RR Silver Cloud III?
#63 2010-11-04 13:24:33
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#64 2010-11-04 13:57:44
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Ah! so Bown left the CoE over the issue of women priests. I have ro say that I rather agree with Dr Johnson on them. Bown always seems an agreeable old buffer to me: a far cry from Cromps.
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#65 2010-11-04 14:02:27
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#66 2010-11-04 14:04:15
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How did Bown then make his money to indulge his tastes, or was he loaded already?
#67 2010-11-04 14:15:58
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#68 2010-11-04 14:50:02
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Re: Is Simon Crompton the new Francis Bown?
The SCIIIs go for remarkably little really; although the four door Continentals (similar to the Bentley Flying Spurs) are much better in my view. Looking at our father's site; he certainly seems to have blagged himself some top schmutter: certainly a good base for a wardrobe and I doff my beretta to him. He also mentions his liking for foie gras - maybe he gets that free from Fortnum's! The site refers to his 'associates' and it occurs to me that he is, in fact, Schmutter-Blagmeister to our friend, who must now be into his second year of his apprenticeship and able to operate the system for himself, under supervision.
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#69 2010-11-04 16:15:48
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Re: Is Simon Crompton the new Francis Bown?
The clergy who left the CoE over the ordination of wymmen 'priests' back when Bown did were quite generously recompensated, as far as I know.
Bown is The Chap magazine's arbiter elegantiorum nowadays. I vastly preferred David Saxby's column and have in fact stopped reading TC ever since their latest makeover which included David being replaced by Bown and the introduction of 'The Chapette' feature. Rather ghastly these days.
#70 2010-11-04 17:02:33
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#71 2010-11-04 17:03:03
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Chaps,
Why are we arsed about Crompton? Anybody, who has advertisements on his website from the companies he has reviewed should be treated with circumspection.
"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin
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#73 2010-11-04 17:08:42
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"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin
Souvent me Souvient
#74 2010-11-04 17:22:43
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#75 2010-11-05 12:06:53
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Re: Is Simon Crompton the new Francis Bown?
No, I am not related to, in the pay of, in any way connected with, your man Crompton.
Rather, I am someone interested in craftsmanship, aesthetics, style and luxury. From time to time, I read for example FNB, or LL, or ASW, or Permanent Style, or Jeremy Clarkson writing about Astons, Lambos or Masers. Or authors on fine wines and watches.
I am not a regular contributor, but I found the preceeding posts fascinating. A defence lawyer gets well paid, but does not blance a client's guilt with innocence, nor does an advertising agency promote the weaknesses in a client's product along with its virtues.
If the names that have appeared in this particular blog are prepared to offer freebies, then perhaps they are the ones you ought to be ridiculing?