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Davidg commented on the post, Clever headlines 2 days, 1 hour ago
Back in the early 80’s, the great Zaheer Abbas was one of the first batsmen to score 1,000 first class runs in the cricket season. After he posted yet another century, The Guardian headline was: “Happy Day, Zah […]
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Davidg commented on the post, It’s the Afterword Phew! Rock & Roll! Only Connect Quiz! 11 months ago
3. Born in or around Wigan
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Davidg commented on the post, Whether to bail / not bail…? 11 months ago
My Dad retired, as a teacher, in the August before he turned 60 in the December. He then had 30 years of retirement, though Alzheimer’s gradually diminished his final decade. Thanks to their superannuated t […]
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Davidg commented on the post, If you’re not already, how do you think you’d fare with being famous? 1 year, 5 months ago
I remember reading an interview with a photographer of the famous; I think it might have been Eve Arnold. She was walking down the street with her subject, Miss Monroe. She was surprised that nobody seemed to […]
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Davidg commented on the post, T.S. Eliot sticking it up your ass 1 year, 6 months ago
Propaganda kick off A Secret Wish with Edgar Allen Poe: “All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream”.
Nick Mulvey’s Cucurucu is basically DH Lawrence’s Piano with a few extra twiddles.
Of course, […]
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Davidg commented on the post, Quiz Time! Redux 1 year, 6 months ago
Blondie?
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Davidg commented on the post, Quiz Time! Redux 1 year, 6 months ago
4 Grace Jones?
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Davidg commented on the post, I may be absent a while, I've just laughed myself ill. 1 year, 8 months ago
Another cod war?
That’ll be good. We lost the first three to Iceland. As we were constantly reminded when on holiday there 30 years ago.
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Davidg commented on the post, Vaccinate or not vaccinate? That is the stupid person’s argument. 1 year, 8 months ago
I should be in the first group to receive the vaccine and I can’t wait. MrsG is jealous that I’ll get it first.
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Davidg commented on the post, Singular use in a song 1 year, 11 months ago
Lou Reed has “circumlocution” in ‘There is no time’.
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Davidg commented on the post, Singular use in a song 1 year, 11 months ago
They also used” Holimakittiloukachichichi” in a song for our times but I think they made it up.
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Davidg commented on the post, Alternative Song Titles 2 years ago
Hurricane
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Davidg commented on the post, #AddTheWordsDueToThePandemicToASongTitle 2 years ago
And from MrsG
Fever, due to the pandemic.
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Davidg commented on the post, #AddTheWordsDueToThePandemicToASongTitle 2 years ago
Keep your distance, due to the pandemic.
This town ain’t big enough for both of us, due to the pandemic.
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Davidg commented on the post, The Afterword Lockdown Poll Part 3 – The 21st Century 2 years, 1 month ago
I don’t know that I would call it a “great” album; it’s just one I keep returning to and enjoying.
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Davidg commented on the post, The Afterword Lockdown Poll Part 3 – The 21st Century 2 years, 1 month ago
Struggled with this one. Putting the top ten in order would be a step too far, so 5 points all round.
Aerial – Kate Bush
Butterfly House – The Coral
Carrie and Lowell – Sufjan Stevens
Cole’s Corner – R […] -
Davidg commented on the post, I miss my I-pod 2 years, 1 month ago
I use my iPods all the time. I have two Classics. Sadly, even with two, I can’t get all my music on them but I can get most of it. They plug directly into my car and that’s how I listen to podcasts as well as […]
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Davidg commented on the post, Another Cryptic Crossword Thread – This time it's album titles 2 years, 1 month ago
Forever Changes?
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Davidg commented on the post, Another Cryptic Crossword Thread – This time it's album titles 2 years, 1 month ago
A Farewell to Kings
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Davidg commented on the post, Another Cryptic Crossword Thread – This time it's album titles 2 years, 1 month ago
Pet Sounds. (Set pounds is the Spoonerism.)
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