chrisp65

I always thought the old 'footprints in the sand' story was a nice one. Person looks back on their life as a walk along a beach. Points out to God that at every point there was a problem or a challenge the two sets of footprints turns in to one. 'Why did you leave me every time life got tough?' says the person. 'I didn't', says God. 'That's where I carried you'. I like that one. Nice image. (I am neither supporting, denying or condoning anything here, before the atheifascists get all riled up)

Generals. I'm here by accident. Thought it said genitals.

M4 and M25 are significantly faster and easier to negotiate when there are enforced variable speed limits with working average speed cameras. If the entire network was speed restricted and speed cameras were everywhere it would be a significantly better experience. Sales of Audis would be hit hard, but that's no concern of mine.

The Jam were my bit of teenage bliss. The only band where at the time, in that moment, it felt like we were in the same gang. I took it all very seriously back then. Which I guess is fine, when you're young. (in about '85 / '86 John Weller asked me what I thought about the idea of a Jam reunion. I said it was a bad idea, it was over and it would just look like business, to which he said 'is the right answer!' I'm not claiming any consultancy or guru status there, I think he was vox popping, asking anyone and everyone that would listen.)

1974 to 1982 just phoned, they'd like The Jam back, thanks.

yep, saw Electric 6 once in some basement club in Cardiff, I turned up late 'cos I nearly didn't go, crowd must have been less than a hundred, tiny place but they gave a great show talking of great shows from the dim n distant past....this guy stole the show at Red Wedge (come on, I can't be the only one that went to Red Wedge)

on the subject of price....£25!!!!! though if you'd like it to cost more, you could always wait a few months for it to arrive in HMV Coltrane

Always worth a look! But yes, I'm personally quite price sensitive, when you've got Sounds of the Universe off Tottenham Court Road with some real bargains in it, it could be a browse and then back on the tube. Prices in lots of places do all seem to be a bit random at the moment, I guess people are testing the resurgent market to see what all the newbies will pay.

yep, I'm waiting on that film, it should be 'different' I still haven't got my tickets for March - nothing for months and 2 shows I want to go to opposite ends of the country 2 weekends running - can't do both.

bloody hell I think that Muddy Waters track wins the thread

Lion Vibes open Thursdays to Sundays......and I'm in Brixton a week Friday.....

hmmmm good point, somebody pissing on the furniture to a backing track that sounds like, well, someone pissing on the furniture

yeah, what a great team to be on, shit music and the risk of nits

It's alright, I'm from a docks town, years of looking down at a naval base full of discharged seamen have hardened me.

just 7 points from safety now...

Cruisin' now, I think this proves my point that we can probably afford to thin this squad out a little and take a punt on some cheap finds.

as a snack based twist on the old ping pong ball canon

now on my faves bar!

I've had a bloody good work out with the lads, a quick shower and a full wax. I'm now sat in the sauna trying to relax and through the steam I can see some old guy with a weird two tone head is staring at me. Too freaked out to take my towel off tbh.

Yep, I think we can all agree that people in the UK being able to communicate in English is a good thing. Not sure how it will help a woman that is kept indoors by a medieval retard of a husband. I guess she might one day be able to pick up that phone and ask for help, so it can only do more good than harm. But it was sold in that typical Cameron way, of starting off sounding so reasonable, it was to help us all integrate and thus stop our children going off to Raqqa or killing off duty soldiers. Then, seamlessly, there's a Daily Mail appeasing threat of a threat at the end of it. Failure, might mean you are 'sent home'. Then, after another bit of thinking time, you wonder: exactly how many of the mentally ill and deceived or deluded people that have gone to Syria from here couldn't speak English? How many of them had parents that couldn't speak English that would have spotted a problem and talked them back to sanity had they had English? It's different issues conflated into politicobollix for a chance of a photo op.. Something all sides are equally capable of. It was pure Thick Of It style politics for someone other than non english speaking repressed and abused wives. In a week's time it will be added to the 'long list' of things Cameron has done to 'sort out' immigration. The last census (as rough n ready a guess as any, I guess) suggests that there were 140,00 non english speakers in the UK in 2013. A budget of £20 Million means that we will need to trace these people, explain the new rules, offer them classes or monitoring or coaching of some description, test them and assess them possibly starting expulsion proceedings. At a budget of £140 per head. Right you are.