John Sykes did though.

For some reason the link isn’t working, but got to Amazon and search for ‘500 fun snaps’.

They were called ‘snaps’, at least they were where I grew up up. Edit: They’re still available! And at 54p a box I can’t deny I’m tempted.

I’ve read that if you exclude David Coverdale and Phil Lynott you could make an entire band out of people who had been in both Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy.

That’s what I thought, that it was a cynical Tory move to cement their appeal to their most reliable supports. But apparently it was Gordon Brown who introduced it as Chancellor in 1997, and for over 60s rather t […]

A quick check on the app shows that cold cereals of any kind aren’t an option, though you could have porridge. Actually porridge with a dash of some warming spirit sounds like it could be just the thing to set y […]

In defence of ‘Spoons they do a good cooked veggie or vegan cooked breakfast and that’s a real rarity. If I’m in an unfamiliar town it’s the first place I’ll head for breakfast.

Hmm. Re ‘cutting money to OAPs’. Due to the triple lock the state pension increased by £1874.60, almost 20%, between 2023 and 2025. The pension is still pretty meagre if that is your only source of income, and […]

I do remember them, and how you had to apply exactly the right amount of even pressure to make the whole thing come off in one piece. Even if you did the results were underwhelming. There were transfer tattoos as […]

By the by, I’ve mentioned this before but the only time I’ve seen Mickey Flanagan in the flesh was at a John Cooper Clarke show at the London Palladium. We stretched our legs in the interval and my other half poi […]

I’d happily pay that for Dylan Moran. The only comedy show we have booked is Bill Bailey at Theatre Royal Haymarket in January. Our seats up in the nosebleeds were £27 each, but if your pockets are deep enough th […]

When I saw this thread I went looking for some, but all I found from a cursory search was that she recorded several jingles, often with Manfred Mann, when she was Linda Peters before the ‘Richard and Linda’ […]

It’s on the DVD of Gilmour’s gig at the Robert Wyatt curated Meltdown Festival n 2021. He also played it with Richard at the latter’s 70th birthday show at the Royal Albert Hall.

Bloody Hell!

Thanks DBP. In the event, because my flat sold (again) in less than a day, and to the sister of the woman who has just moved in to the one directly below mine so we’re are sure as we can be of actual completion t […]

Thanks for the sympathetic words, everyone. On a more positive note I showed the first new set of viewers around last night and accepted their offer before 9 o’clock this morning. Fingers crossed.

The solicitors don’t get paid until the deal concludes, so it’s odd that they don’t get work through as efficiently as possible to keep the funds coming in. I have to say that ours, and the estate agents at both […]

My other half has just called to say she’s on her way home from work because she’s just thrown up 3 times. Through all the wasted time and expense the thing I’ll find hardest to forgive is the trauma it has caused her.

Thanks. No one died, and all that will happen is that it will take us longer to be in the ridiculously fortunate position to buy a house we want for cash and have some left over. It’s the emotional investment we […]

And … I’m just off the phone to my bank who explained that a loan isn’t possible secured only on a dwelling, so our only option would be a mortgage which we wouldn’t want. Looks like the chain is going to […]