You're very knowledgeable, but did you know
in late '87, Kojak, slighted by the switch set up the United Mahogany Movement (UMM). Most mahogany dealers were adverse to paying two sets of subscription fees, and didn' want to join a franchise started just out of spite. The UMM quietly folded later the next year.
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imnotplayinganymore Like a rock. Like a planet.,
Sun 10 Dec 2006, 20:27,
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I actually still have my UMM membership card.
I only found it when we moved house back in August and I am in the process of trying to get my subscription back from Kojak at the moment.
It's my own fault really, for never cancelling the Direct Debit.
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LordManley twitter.com/LordManley,
Sun 10 Dec 2006, 20:31,
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