To celebrate Moose’s return. May he never bugger off again.*
*Drink may have been taken.
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Groovy!
I’ve never heard that record before. Did it get played in the UK?
That’s certainly made me want to swing.
Or was it swig?
Drink hasn’t been taken*
* well not at the moment.
It’s actually my birthday today, and I come back here and discover that you lot have got me pegged* as some kind of pervert. Or indeed many different kinds of pervert. I’m not saying you’re wrong, it’s just interesting.
*I mean, really…
Happy wirthday bishes.
Happy Birthday Mr Moose and long may you run, wobble, limp, crawl, your choice.
With my knees I’m not sure I have the choice of running but thanks all the same.
On your birthday I wish you much pleasure and joy;
I hope all of your wishes come true.
May each hour and minute be filled with delight,
And your birthday be perfect for you!
© Joanna Fuchs
S’funny: it’s my birthday as well! What are the odds on that?* Whatever, once the sun has gone down, I’ll raise a glass of ginger pop to our mutual good health, as well as to anybody else on here whose birthday it is today.
* About 365 to 1. Probably
There’s a statistical concept know as The Birthday Paradox (one of my pals is an A-level Maths teacher).
In essence, if you have a group of 23 people the chance of two sharing a birthday is 50%.
For a group of 366 people (the AW probably qualifies, if we include lurkers) it is 100%.
Apologies, but I am very dull.
More fun Mod facts – Its around 1200 actual registered members and many, many more who read the site but never join.
Well I never!
We probably all share a birthday with about three other AWers, then. I already know I share mine with Twang.
Are you good with a spreadsheet? We can get the data and do the calculations…
It isn’t exactly what it says on my business card, but I am a professional Senior Database Mangler nowadays.
You have…a business card? (Insert over-awed emoji).
Excellent! We’ll ask the readers to state their birthdays – then mangle away, dear boy, mangle away!
Because I am Senior (old) and have been in the same job for 14 years, I still have a business card. The phone number on it no longer works, as I haven’t had a landline (or been to the office) since March 2020.
My work email has my work mobile in the footer, but I deliberately included a typo in the number to avoid people ringing me up.
I share mine with Bill Bailey, Daevid Allen, and Suggs. How many more illustrious birthmates do I need?
But … that is probability, not a perfect match. Plus, because it is about pairs, probability theory suggests 1 in 182.5
(yes, I am quite dull too)
Well, for two specific individuals, perhaps.
But the chance an AWer sharing a birthday with any other AWer in a group of 23 is 50%.
The chance of two AWers sharing a birthday AW in a group of 366 or more is 100%. That only needs 366 and we have 3.27 times that many.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem
21 July – me and Cat Stevens. Any more? (apart from a nameless bloke in East 17)
24th June – me and Jeff Beck, Mick Fleetwood, Colin Blunstone, Patrick Moraz, Curt Smith, Harry Partch, Terry Riley…and Solange Knowles. Anyone else?
Happy birthday @the-simmo-kid . You, me, Billy Connolly, Grace Darling, John Squire, er… Ian Botham…. what a club
John Squire! We are in good company. The Stone Roses’ first is still one of my all-time favourites!
It has been a day of real treats. Have just ordered Gong’s latest. Have also just had fish fingers and chips for dinner (my choice), all washed down with a nice Bordeaux red. I know, I know…. plebs eh!
Fish fingers and chips. Awesome!
Sister in law got me the vinyl of Earthling so it’s going to be a noisy weekend.
Well, here’s Paul Young on The Tube from – crikey! – 40 years ago. See if you can spot a couple of Rough Spots to Iron Out.
I did used to like all that heavy breathing that the FWTs used to do. Presumably some kind of Native American thing and nothing to do with inflaming young provincial English lads with filthy minds. Oh no.
I only recently discovered that the noble Pino appears on the Christians’ Colour, which is one of my favourite albums ever.
If I could find words…….BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Happy Birthday, Moose! Have a good one! This should spice things up.
Here’s someone else with a “birthday” today.
Moosey Hapday, Bertha.
Happy birthday, Moose!
I entered this world the day before Donny Osmond. The other way round, and I might very well have refused to emerge.
Arf!
Well, spreadsheets wasn’t quite what I had in mind when I kicked this thread off…
More frugging! (And happy birthday to everybody.)
That’s a good video, cos I’ve discovered you can turn the YouTube volume off and play something else and it still works just as well. Better in fact. I’ve just tried it with Joy Division’s Twenty Four Hours. Worked a treat.
Frugging to Joy Division! I like it!
You are an extremely ingenious chap @Gary
What larks!
The Twist, the Jerk, the Watusi, The Swim…
I think this fits the bill @mikethep
That is quite wonderful, Hubert! Audiences worldwide must have been quite gobsmacked
Well I never! You are on a roll this evening @Hubert Rawlinson. Great clips!
Here’s another absolute doozy!
Fred, Rita and Zep! A marriage made in heaven!
It’s a whole lotta love!
An agreeable enough tune. Visuals a bit Yewtree for my tastes.
I did wonder whether to post it.
In other news, Toni Basil was 80 recently. I have no idea how that is possible but there you go.
Feeling sentimental. Play this and bliss yer Saturday socks off.
Beautiful
oh.. and good to see you’re back 🙂
👍