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Diogenes Nov 2020 12:33pm, 18 Nov 2020 55,046 posts	0 Diogenes Shakin' Stevens once slept with Edna O'Brien.
GlennR Nov 2020 12:54pm, 18 Nov 2020 54,084 posts	0 GlennR Shakin' Stevens was also once an active member of the Communist Party of Great Britain. I don't know whether these two facts are in any way connected.
Night-owl Nov 2020 1:01pm, 18 Nov 2020 35,001 posts	0 Night-owl Who Edna O'Brien is
Diogenes Nov 2020 1:01pm, 18 Nov 2020 55,047 posts	0 Diogenes [active, according to Stevens, through playing at Young Communist League events as the person who booked their gigs was a member of the party]
stilldreaming Nov 2020 1:12pm, 18 Nov 2020 439 posts	0 stilldreaming [I read every book that Edna O'Brien had written in my late teens (still love the Country Girls trilogy) and her latest book, Girl, is definitely worth a (not very comfortable) read.]
Dvorak Nov 2020 1:13pm, 18 Nov 2020 21,362 posts	0 Dvorak [With all that shakin', he would have been a particularly active member.]
mr d Nov 2020 1:19pm, 18 Nov 2020 3,885 posts	0 mr d Some towns and cities used to have their own meantime until the 19th Century ahead or behind GMT.
SteveCRunner Nov 2020 1:22pm, 18 Nov 2020 192 posts	0 SteveCRunner Yes, I believe it was the railways that brought about standardization.
ChrisHB Nov 2020 1:24pm, 18 Nov 2020 20,102 posts	0 ChrisHB I also believe it was the railways.
JogWalker Nov 2020 1:25pm, 18 Nov 2020 125 posts	0 JogWalker If you put peanut butter on hot toast it melts and runs everywhere.