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Hi John, et al .. I do like the pram joke .. shame about the Guy .. but his music will be what he is remembered for .. suprising just how much material he produced in his professional career. I see that his body is back home again now .. for a second opinion on the cause of death ..I wonder if his family have seen your comment on this site about his demise .. Ha Ha ..

 

Well, I did send out four more inviataions to "Old Bath Techinans" via the Internet, gave `em the usual encouragement about free sex, food and booze ..plus a bonus "sleaze" sachet of their choice. My guess is that they are all at Glastonbury .. and maybe still embedded in the mud!!. I see Mr. Springsteen was on T.V. late last night live(ish) from the festival. I have a few of his songs some where on my P.C(s).

 

Thanks for the concern over the "lurgy" that took up residence in my repiratory tracts, I`m slowly regaining conciousness. How are we all? ..ready for the heatwave that is due? .. Steve .. at long last, it looks like we (in Angleterra) are to sample a "little bit of Spain" in our back gardens soon .. I`ll let you know if I like it ..I am not a "hot persona" .. more of a cold shoulder ..Ha Ha. Chin up, catch you all soon.

Hi Bill and all.

        Yes, Bill, echo your sentiments about MJ entirely.

Interesting about the four internet contacts, I wonder if any of them will join us in the future. Incidentally whilst on the subject,

does the name Keith (Spike) Hughes mean anything to anybody. I think he was possibly a year above you guys and came from Corsham. Just an idle thought!

      Sorry to hear about your respiratory infection, Bill, but glad to hear you are on the mend. I usually find that a swift rub down with an oily rag usually puts such things to rights. Mind you it very much depends who is doing the rubbing down. Ha Ha.

Must go now, getting late.

                                                               Bi for now.

Locals in Sunny Brixton John, at 11pm. it was so warm, and with the heady aromas wafting through the air we thought we were in Kingston, not Kingston on Thames either.

 

So it's not true that MJ choked on bubbles then?

 

Hope you and Carole are feeling better Bill, always knew that area was iffy, Jurassic Coast? it wasn't swine flu you know, more like dinosaur lurgy. Hope Tony's OK down there in Sidmouth, there's some funny peole down there, they tend to run about with samurai swords!!!!

 

Haven't heard from Conroy for a day or two, hope he's not working too hard, or indeed succumbed to the heat.

 

Gotta go, off out to dinner, Ta Ta, Stu

What with the Michael Jackson text jokes nearly overloading my mobile, stupid customers who can't make a decision, and the HEAT/HUMIDITY and the bl**din' rain yesterday it all makes for  'happy' days. (you did say this was the grumpy old gits forum?)

At least it's not always SSDD for me.

Dreadful innit Conroy, I fully understand what it's been like for you the past few days, I've had some of it myself, there I was this afternoon blazing hot sun, fish gently nibbling at my bait, bass and mullet, if you want to know, when all of a sudden the wind gets up and it rained, spoiled my whole day it did, didn't catch a thing. Mind you Sunday morning at work I was rushing around like a bluebottle on speed, so I 'spose it kinda makes up for it, but the tan's coming along quite nicely thank you. I'll be nice and brown by the time I go on me hols.

 

I think your chavs from Broad St. took a trip to London on Thursday evening, I don't think I've ever been to a gig with such an obnoxious bunch of cretins in my life, whats the point in spending money on the ticket just to get absolutely legless, tip your beer over other people, chat to your mates continuously, either in person or on your mobile, or text them throughout the gig, beyond me, thats apart from the twats who have to push in front of you even though you're three inches away from the person in front, I will admit to getting my own back on that one, end of number, hands in air to applaud, well placed elbow to back of head, tee hee.

 

I'm feeling much better now, needed to get that off my chest. Phew.  Stu

 

Hi Guys,

What with the heat and general malaise about the current economic climate .. we need topical humour perhaps to brighten our day .. well if you guys don`t ..I do!! . This was sent to me today by an old work colleague who is not in the best of health .. he collects snippets such as the one below and kindly administers them to the elderly .. well .. we are all over 60, yes? ..

 

Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken wall at a MP's house.
One is from Luton, another is from Birmingham, and the third is from Leeds.

All three go with the parliamentary official to examine the wall.

The Birmingham contractor takes out a tape measure and does some measuring,
then works some figures with a pencil.
"Well," he says, "I figure the job will run about £9000: £4000 for
materials, £4000 for my crew and £1000 profit for me."

The Leeds contractor also does some measuring and figuring, then says, "I
can do this job for £7000: £3000 for materials, £3000 for my crew and £1000
profit for me."

The Luton contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans over to the MP and
whispers, "£17,000."

The MP, incredulous, says, "You didn't even measure like the other guys! How
did you come up with such a high figure?"

The Luton contractor whispers back, "£5000 for me, £5000 for you, and we
hire the guy from Leeds to fix the wall."

"Done!" replies the MP.


AND SO HAVE WE ALL  BEEN!!!

Nice one Bill, made me chuckle.

 

Stu

Hi all.

Like the one about the politician's wall, Bill, Has a certain ring of truth about it!

Liked your account of the gig as well Stu, there is a God after all.

Sorry I've been a bit quiet, but been working at a factory in Walsall, pressing and welding, you can guess how hot that has been. Bit knackered by the time I get home. Its me age!

As from Monday next for two weeks I shall be working at Burnley, so my contributions may be a bit irregular, but will do my best to keep an eye on the site. Don't want to miss the literary contributions.

Its late now and still baking hot but must be brave and go to bed!

                                 Bi for now

Hi guys I am back, anyone watch legends last night on BBC4 ? the great Roy Orbison, wonderful voice.

Hi Tony and all.

Hope all went well at Sidmouth, Tony.

Missed the Orbison thing, shame, always was a fan.

                                      Bi for now.

 

Hi John, its never to late!!   http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00fzv3y/Legends_Roy_Orbison_The_Big_O_in_Britain/

What a great voice the big "O" had. there's been a couple of shows of his on Sky Arts recently which I really enjoyed. Ther was also the Beach Boys in nashville, Pet Sounds Live and a great concert with Eric Clapton. The name I can't remember but it was an all stars think with Gary Brooker from Procol Harum and many others. Well worth a watch.

Changing the subject. Stu was thinking I'd be giving a report of my fortnight in Corfu. Sorry !!!! Ther ain't much to report about sitting on your butt for 2 weeks chilling !! They do have cider ther but Magners, Strongbow and Woodpecker for the girls. Bit pricey !! 1 euro 26 for a small bottle in the mini market and in the tavernas the same amount for Strongbow was 3 and 4 euros. Magners was dearer. I can't stomach too much Amstel and Mythos so had to shell out, I'm afraid. Then again we managedto cope with the Metaxa, as you do.

 

Rich

You'll get callouses on yer bum with all that sittin' down Rich, still I s'pose when it's that hot about all you can do is swallow another bevy. Bit difficult taking your own supply of Somersets finest with you, explain that to a Greek airport security man, I had enough trouble in China trying to describe Kendal Mint Cake as a confection and not Semtex, finally agreed it was medicine, all this time with shoes in one hand, belt in the other and slacks in danger of decending to level of ankles and visions of Chinese woek camps dancing in front of eyes, oh! the joys of the solo traveller.

 

Stu

Oh, don't talk about belt in one hand etc. I got bleeped at the the security check  both ways !!! Off came the belt, down went the jeans. Off came the shoes and then they frisked me and turned the wallet inside out and examined all the change in my pocket. Still I suppose we'd kick off if some oik got in and blew something up, wouldn't we? Still it was worth it to go back to Kassiopi and now we're looking to go back next year for my 60th. 60TH !!!! Where  has my life gone ?? Nowhere is the answer, I'm still alive and kicking, as we all are so bring it on !!!

 

 

Rich

Hi Tony, Stu and all.

           Thanks for the website, Tony, crackin' program.

           Interesting about your airport security experiences, guys. I think the most unusual one I ever had was at Carracas Airport (probably spelt wrong but spelling was never a good point) I was incoming and going thro' customs. 'What is in the bags?' the man asked. I thought I might just as well come clean so I said 'Personal clothing etc, machine spares and tools. 'Oh' said the man, then almost as an aside he said 'Got any guns?' To which I replied 'No', he looked a bit dejected and waved me on. What the hell was that all about?

         Interesting that you have visited China, Stu, I was there in 1986 for about four months, at Tianjin, which is a bit like Avonmouth on steroids, good fun though once you get used to the culture shock. The people at the factory called us Western Devils.

The ordinary people we found were friendly, warm and helpful, as much as they could be, but the upper management and local officials were complete assholes. Hey, I hope we are not bugged, never mind it's a long time ago now and I expect things have changed somewhat. 

      Must go beddy bies calls!

                                                      Bi for now. 

 

Had a gun pulled on me by a security guard in Munich airport many years ago, good job I had a spare pair of pants, it had been a long time since german lessons so how could I have known what he was mumbling, Herr Ault never did mumbling.

 

Know what you mean about China John, a culture shock, alien but strangely familiar, we liked it so much we're going back this year to see some more, to be honest expected more officialdom and official "attitude" than we encountered.

Uzbekistan was the same disinterested officials and police unless you were local then money changed hands, mind you I'm sure our driver there was armed.

 

Bed calls, work tomorrow  Stu

Hi all, I do love metal detectors at airports .. I expect most people have suffered the embarrasment of being "bleeped" through customs .. I have a steel plate in my right leg ..(luckily for me it can be felt easily throught the skin covering my right fibula bone)... it did take a bit of convincing the security guards at Stanford Airport "cattle market" .. well, it feels liek a cattle shed .. loads of lines .. don`t move unless instructed .. guards, women with attitude (long before 9/11) .. but luckily a hand scanner proved it was just the leg that caused the persistent "bleeping". I wasn`t sure if they were waitng for me to unscrew it or not !!

 

 Nothing much to report in Timsbury this week, cracking weather yesterday and a welcome onshore breeze at West Bay in Dorset .. have not seen it since the new apartments on the front were being constructed in 2006 .. guess what? .. a lot of them are still very empty (including the commercial ground floor) .. can I see a price drop in the pipeline?. Hope everyone is o.k. and that you enjoy your period in "exile" John. C.U. soon.