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geacher commented on the post, Phil Pirrip RIP 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Thankfully I’m not dead… I just smell like I am.
geacher commented on the post, Support Bands with disinterested audiences 7 months, 2 weeks ago

Lynyrd Skynyrd struggled supporting Golden Earring in the Glasgow Apollo, early 70s.
Actually I lie.
They never.
geacher commented on the post, Before They Were Famous….. 10 months, 3 weeks ago

She used to frequent Ritz’s (off Bridge Street I think?)
She found solace in my mate Bob’s arms.
geacher wrote a new post, Before They Were Famous….. 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Apologies if this has been done before, but a FB post by NiallB about seeing the Average White Band before they were famous got me thinking. Did Stone Roses play your local pub away back in the day? Did you see a […]
geacher commented on the post, Rock stars, their ladies….. and me. 1 year, 2 months ago

That’s the fella! A really nice, kind guy, Rhona said. He was staying in Kos for a summer when he met her.
geacher commented on the post, Rock stars, their ladies….. and me. 1 year, 2 months ago

In fact, you were there the night I met her! All coming back to me now….
geacher commented on the post, Rock stars, their ladies….. and me. 1 year, 2 months ago

No worries, Mr CalMan. You knew SR before me… remember her? Friend of Anne’s?
I also met Sue out of Pans People in the mid 70s, she was a friend of my schoolmate who moved down to the Smoke for a few years… […]
geacher wrote a new post, Rock stars, their ladies….. and me. 1 year, 2 months ago

Clearing out an old box of memories this morning ….. well that was my intention, but I just tidied it, nothing binned. Lots of photos of times gone by, ladies long disappeared from my life and there was one of S […]
geacher commented on the post, Pedants in Pub Quizzes, or Tales From When The Quizmaster Is Wrong 1 year, 5 months ago

And don’t get me started on the quiz where the Question was :”What sportsman was known as the “Loiusville Lip” and my answer of Cassius Clay was rejected. The correct answer was Mohammed Ali.
Indeed.
geacher wrote a new post, Pedants in Pub Quizzes, or Tales From When The Quizmaster Is Wrong 1 year, 5 months ago

Majorca, 2009, a local bar that had an excellent bistro attached had a nightly quiz, one prize, a 20 Euros Food Voucher to used in their excellent eatery. So Maggie and I enter this one night, and heading into the […]
geacher commented on the post, Retirement? 1 year, 7 months ago

Fortuneight said: “For some retirment is a welcome release from the drudgery of work and they never look back. ”
Yep, that’s me. I’m 66, in good health, still run every week (tho’ these days will end very soon I […]
geacher commented on the post, The most awkward gig you've been to… 1 year, 7 months ago

Still. when I saw Caravan in the early 70’s, these three numbers went on for 40 minutes each, right?
geacher commented on the post, A sprightly cover of Pentangle single 1 year, 7 months ago

As a long time fan of Pentangle, that was very good.
geacher commented on the post, Oh No…*Face Palm* 1 year, 8 months ago

I put this up then forgot all about it…..
geacher wrote a new post, Oh No…*Face Palm* 1 year, 8 months ago

You ever had one of these? I put this up in the old site years ago, time to resurrect it for those that missed it first time around.
It is 1972 and my school chum is a Police Cadet in a town in the West Highlands […]
geacher commented on the post, Unexpectedly meeting your hero 1 year, 10 months ago

Buncha amateurs. Apart from Hubert. Did I ever tell you about the time Roger Chapman told me to fuck off? I did? Oh well.
geacher commented on the post, Data Usage…help needed… Update 1 year, 10 months ago

Oh that’s been done. Maybe I didn’t say, but I have been with Unicom for ten years and as I retired in September and my current contracts ended on October 31st, I think this erroneous bill was a “goodbye” from […]
geacher commented on the post, Data Usage…help needed… Update 1 year, 10 months ago

Final Update. I refused to pay Unicom £134.10…. “but we have reduced your bill by over £300 as a sign of good faith”
Yep, thanks for that, but I NEVER used that data.
“OK here’s another credit of £50. Pay us […]
geacher commented on the post, Data Usage…help needed… Update 1 year, 10 months ago

Thanks all! Onwards and erm….onwards!
geacher commented on the post, Data Usage…help needed… Update 1 year, 10 months ago

Cheers Mr C… you know me… I don’t give up easily.
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