stuart_75 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 1 hour ago, bickster said: Work have sent me to a war zone for the day without any danger money Dogheads everywhere. Absolute bandit country. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 1 hour ago, bickster said: Work have sent me to a war zone for the day without any danger money be prepared for the 6 finger handshake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 had a look at oldies unlimited to see if i could say "at least theres an ok record shop..." but it looks like he closed in november he was a nice guy, from my experience when i was at uni there 15 years ago he had a lot of knowledge about a very specific genre and age of music, maybe 70s soul or something, but then next to nothing on others, his knowledge of punk for example was seemingly non existent to didn't care and he more or less gave them away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 52 minutes ago, villa4europe said: had a look at oldies unlimited to see if i could say "at least theres an ok record shop..." but it looks like he closed in november , his knowledge of punk for example was seemingly non existent to didn't care and he more or less gave them away If I had any punk music I would give it away as well or throw it in the rubbish.Before anyone starts to go on about punk music,I believe in to each his owne.I am just stating what I personally would do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Another thread ruined by musical chatter. I remember being sat in the back of the family car with the radio on, and No More Heroes by The Stranglers came on the radio. My dad went in to a right ranting monologue about how crap it was and how it was beyond him anything so obviously rubbish would be given air time and that generally new music was no longer as good as the excellent stuff he was currently listening to. Ah yes, I remember sitting there and thinking, eh eh, there’s something in this… Within weeks my little gang of mates, between us had a load of singles from X Ray Specs, Stranglers, Blondie, The Jam. Within months, the haircuts had changed. A year on and we were actively looking for kids with ‘Rush’ or ‘Santana’ or ‘Queen’ written on their school bag. Halcyon Daze. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: had a look at oldies unlimited to see if i could say "at least theres an ok record shop..." but it looks like he closed in november he was a nice guy, from my experience when i was at uni there 15 years ago he had a lot of knowledge about a very specific genre and age of music, maybe 70s soul or something, but then next to nothing on others, his knowledge of punk for example was seemingly non existent to didn't care and he more or less gave them away My first job on leaving school was at the oldies unlimited warehouse in St George's, Telford. He was on to a winner, every earned penny went back to him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 11, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 11, 2022 43 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Within weeks my little gang of mates, between us had a load of singles from X Ray Specs, Stranglers, Blondie, The Jam. Within months, the haircuts had changed. A year on and we were actively looking for kids with ‘Rush’ or ‘Santana’ or ‘Queen’ written on their school bag. As one of the old wavers (not Rush or Queen, but I did like Santana), this was the problem I had with punk - not with the music, I could happily assimilate most of that into Rock's Rich Tapestry - but with the 'us and them' rivalry, that was stirred up by the likes of the NME journos. I didn't think the punk kids were my enemies, but they apparently thought I was theirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 2 hours ago, GarethRDR said: Conveyor belt toasters are the absolute pits. used to have one where I worked .. you'd put your bread in it , and rather than stand around on your own looking like Bicks at a Beatles convention , go get your bacon , sausage and egg ..then come back to the toaster and find someone had nicked your toast did these rocket polishers think there was a toast fairy that put bread in it for them and made toast magically appear when they walked up to it ? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 11, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 11, 2022 4 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: ..then come back to the toaster and find someone had nicked your toast did these rocket polishers think there was a toast fairy that put bread in it for them and made toast magically appear when they walked up to it ? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 7 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: did these rocket polishers think there was a toast fairy that put bread in it for them and made toast magically appear when they walked up to it ? Well yes, seemingly said fairy was yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted January 11, 2022 Moderator Share Posted January 11, 2022 Dear Rental Company mailing list. Just how often do you think I need to rent a car exactly? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 6 hours ago, bickster said: Work have sent me to a war zone for the day without any danger money Lock up your vinyl collections... Bickster is on a road trip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 11, 2022 Moderator Share Posted January 11, 2022 1 minute ago, Xela said: Lock up your vinyl collections... Bickster is on a road trip! Only Country Music in these parts, yeeeehaw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, BOF said: Dear Rental Company mailing list. Just how often do you think I need to rent a car exactly? When I moved into my new flat, I had a Hillary's Blinds salesman come out. I ordered 4 or 5 blinds for the property (it was a new build so i was starting from scratch) and they're fine. Every week since, they have posted me their catalogue. 8 and a half years I've been here. Edited January 11, 2022 by Xela 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 16 minutes ago, bickster said: Only Country Music in these parts, yeeeehaw Just along from there, I used to attend a country music club. It was a bit too inbred even for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 11, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 11, 2022 42 minutes ago, Seat68 said: Just along from there, I used to attend a country music club. It was a bit too inbred even for me. This is an amusing read on the UK C&W scene: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 5 minutes ago, mjmooney said: This is an amusing read on the UK C&W scene: I have dragged my wife to a fair few of those sort of places, and sadly been alone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Paddywhack Posted January 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 12, 2022 We’ve spoke about this before on here, but posties putting the ‘sorry we missed you’ slip through the door when they didn’t even knock. I was just sat in my living room when I heard a few letters drop through the letter box. A few minutes later I saw the little red slip telling me to go to the depot tomorrow. I decided to go chasing after the postman and ask if my doorbell had broken. Very unlike me as I hate any kind of confrontation, but it pissed me off. I got my parcel anyway, the 1998 Villa away shirt 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 On 10/01/2022 at 11:11, Anthony said: Toast. Just no. We don't want muffins, no toast, buns, baps, bagets or bagels, no croissants, no crumpets, no teacakes, no potato cakes and no hot cross buns. And definitely no smegging flapjacks. D.Lister 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Designer1 Posted January 12, 2022 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted January 12, 2022 1 hour ago, The Fun Factory said: We don't want muffins, no toast, buns, baps, bagets or bagels, no croissants, no crumpets, no teacakes, no potato cakes and no hot cross buns. And definitely no smegging flapjacks. D.Lister So, you're a Waffles man? 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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