Beautifully told, Niall. His blues band played Norden Farm a couple of times. Did you catch him there? I did. Jaw-dropping to see such as he in that room, just up the road from my house.

Yes Club 7 The Beverly Sisters of Mercy Steely Daniel O’Donnell. 3 of mine. Very poor compared to some pearlers that were dreamt up

Cramlington. Birthplace of Ross Noble and the scene of Gordon Summer’s brief sojourn as a school teacher.

Flight recorders are orange in colour for the obvious reason that they are are meant to be easier to spot amongst wreckage. It’s all relative of course. Who knows what heat, flame and impact may have wrought i […]

Definitely

They’re no oil paintings, are they?

Stick to the coast for the ‘glamour’. Inland can be bleak, the landscape isn’t harsh but you’ll find it’s virtually empty. You won’t see a soul for miles. The roads are narrow, hilly and twisty and you will ev […]

Stay curious. Keep learning. Always try to understand. Accept. Forgive. Help. Don’t let bastards grind you down.

Note to self. It’s Muntz. Munce. Sheesh…

@jaygee Quite. They’ll both be ‘Dicky Mint’ after all this I fervently hope.

Currently, it’s the French for ‘never mind’ Quel dommage. Used it once or twice on recent work calls. It does sound very wanky but I like it. Some of the techies I work with look at me blankly and have the t […]

I’ve been doing the Nelson Munce laugh constantly since this was first reported. Let’s hope if nothing else it causes irreparable damage to their finances and reputations. I suspect it won’t. The news cycle […]

You kept a seal in the fridge?

Two-Ton Ted from Tedding-ton

The very words from my mouth you have taken.

Every good wish, M

Jonathan Pertwee was the Doctor for me. The yellow car. UNIT. The Green Death, with those huge over-sized maggots. At tea-time too! Put me right off my banana sandwiches. I took it almost personally when […]

A good deal of it. Mrs Beezer is semi-invalid, has been for a while and will be for another while until a couple of significant operations are arranged, had and recovered from. I do all the housework and […]

I’m always being asked that. At this point, who can say? Could have been Archie Gemmil.

David Coverdale. Oh what a card I am, it was The Dooleys. (It was Tim Rice)