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Ali Tait
27-09-2017, 08:37
Not so keen on the real ales, guess you have to grow up with them.
Not really, I only properly discovered and enjoyed drinking them when I moved down to Wales, particularly being so near to the English borders of Cheshire and Shropshire, where there's lots of locally produced real ales, and then going to some of the pubs there.
It's an entirely different scene to the one I was used to in Glasgow! :)
Marco.
Not really, I only properly discovered and enjoyed drinking them when I moved down to Wales, particularly being so near to the English borders of Cheshire and Shropshire, where there's lots of locally produced real ales, and then going to some of the pubs there.
It's an entirely different scene to the one I was used to in Glasgow! :)
Marco.
real w'ales then;)
Ali Tait
27-09-2017, 10:24
Not really, I only properly discovered and enjoyed drinking them when I moved down to Wales, particularly being so near to the English borders of Cheshire and Shropshire, where there's lots of locally produced real ales, and then going to some of the pubs there.
It's an entirely different scene to the one I was used to in Glasgow! :)
Marco.
Was for me, never got a taste for them, ended up drinking lager when I lived int Leeds.
Not sure that the real ale scene would've been as vibrant in Leeds, as that round here, and as such allowed access to such a variety of high-quality ales, such as found in Wales and throughout Shropshire and Cheshire, particularly in the country pubs we usually frequent.
I'm probably a bit too 'fussy' (some might say discerning) for my own good, because as I don't drink to get pissed, and am certainly not a heavy drinker, the small amount I do take *has* to be GOOD. Quality always comes before quantity! :)
So for me, that rules out 90% of the pish here posing as, and sold as 'lager', even a lot of the foreign stuff, as it's so often a pale imitation of the same beer you get in the country of its origin, so I prefer drinking something that I know is genuine, and also produced locally, often only a few miles from the pub where I'm drinking it, which is why some *good* real ales hit the spot nicely :cool:
Marco.
Aldi has their fancy ales in again. noticed them filling the shelves recently of stuff Ive never heard of.(might be a Scottish thing)
Ali Tait
27-09-2017, 11:35
LOL, try telling that to any Yorkshireman! (Marco)
What do the mighty HMHB have to say on the subject? This:
Anything under five percent I don’t want to drink it
Ugly frontage? Don’t even think it.
I want my hand held pumps, I want the sci-fi meet
I want Dave and Barbara to refer me to the blackboard
‘Cos I’m a CAMRA man, CAMRA man, CAMRA man
Weekends, vintage car show
Doctor Who aficionado
No wife no kids, no way juke box
I get sent the Belstaff catalogues
‘Cos I’m a CAMRA man, CAMRA man, CAMRA man
And at the Monday night archery
A fellow cellar hopper lent to me
A Willie Rushton biography
In return for my Sally James scrapbook
Guess the guest and win a night with…
Guess the guest and win a night with…
Guess the guest and win a night with…
Guess the guest and win a night out with the CAMRA man
A CAMRA man, CAMRA man, CAMRA man
Oh I am I am I am I am I am I am I am I am
I’m a dirty great big Five Nations fan
I’ve got Cheap Trick Live at the Budokan
I’ve got a friend I can trust
I’ve got a shotgun round the back
I’ve got a Bonneville in bits but I’m gonna sort it out
Because I am I am I am I am I am I am I am I am I am I am
I am a CAMRA man, a CAMRA man, a CAMRA man, a CAMRA man
And you can really taste the hops!
LOL, try telling that to any Yorkshireman! (Marco)
Ha - perhaps, but I'm talking about in the city of Leeds itself, not so much out in the sticks or in small towns in Yorkshire. Do the pubs there sell lots of different varieties of real ales? I wouldn't know because I've never stayed in Leeds for any amount of time :)
Marco.
Aldi has their fancy ales in again. noticed them filling the shelves recently of stuff Ive never heard of.(might be a Scottish thing)
For me though, bottles aren't the same. To enjoy real ale properly, it has to be drunk on draught. Do none of the pubs near you serve Deuchars IPA? That's a rather nice drop :)
Marco.
Arkless Electronics
27-09-2017, 14:13
What do the mighty HMHB have to say on the subject? This:
Anything under five percent I don’t want to drink it
Ugly frontage? Don’t even think it.
I want my hand held pumps, I want the sci-fi meet
I want Dave and Barbara to refer me to the blackboard
‘Cos I’m a CAMRA man, CAMRA man, CAMRA man
Weekends, vintage car show
Doctor Who aficionado
No wife no kids, no way juke box
I get sent the Belstaff catalogues
‘Cos I’m a CAMRA man, CAMRA man, CAMRA man
And at the Monday night archery
A fellow cellar hopper lent to me
A Willie Rushton biography
In return for my Sally James scrapbook
Guess the guest and win a night with…
Guess the guest and win a night with…
Guess the guest and win a night with…
Guess the guest and win a night out with the CAMRA man
A CAMRA man, CAMRA man, CAMRA man
Oh I am I am I am I am I am I am I am I am
I’m a dirty great big Five Nations fan
I’ve got Cheap Trick Live at the Budokan
I’ve got a friend I can trust
I’ve got a shotgun round the back
I’ve got a Bonneville in bits but I’m gonna sort it out
Because I am I am I am I am I am I am I am I am I am I am
I am a CAMRA man, a CAMRA man, a CAMRA man, a CAMRA man
And you can really taste the hops!
Excellent! And I fully endorse its sentiments :cool:
I really don't know how people can even drink the pish that passes as lager, especially Carling, which I would turn down if it was free even!
When I'm in a good real ale pub with 10 types to choose from and some plonker comes to the bar and asks for "4 pints of Carling" I truly wince... It's like going to a good restaurant and asking if they have any McDonald's style chicken nuggets!
Oh and Marco, Leeds is a real ale heaven! Try "The Duck & Drake" if you're ever near Leeds bus station (about 3 mins walk from it).
For me though, bottles aren't the same. To enjoy real ale properly, it has to be drunk on draught. Do none of the pubs near you serve Deuchars IPA? That's a rather nice drop :)
Marco.
yes, plenty real ale these days I believe. I mean, you can live on it of course, but it tastes like shit;)
I really don't know how people can even drink the pish that passes as lager, especially Carling, which I would turn down if it was free even!
When I'm in a good real ale pub with 10 types to choose from and some plonker comes to the bar and asks for "4 pints of Carling" I truly wince... It's like going to a good restaurant and asking if they have any McDonald's style chicken nuggets!
I completely agree. Carling? FFS, the choice of football hooligans!
Oh and Marco, Leeds is a real ale heaven! Try "The Duck & Drake" if you're ever near Leeds bus station (about 3 mins walk from it).
Cool, noted and I stand corrected. My perception of big cities is that, by and large, pubs serve commercially produced cack to completely undiscerning pissheads, and that's almost certainly not exclusive to Leeds. Wrexham (even though only a large town) is rife with it, which is why I almost never drink there!
Marco.
yes, plenty real ale these days I believe. I mean, you can live on it of course, but it tastes like shit;)
Deuchars IPA doesn't taste like shit...
Marco.
Firebottle
27-09-2017, 15:19
I really don't know how people can even drink the pish that passes as lager, especially Carling, which I would turn down if it was free even!
Me too, it's not a drink it's wet chemicals.
When I'm in a good real ale pub with 10 types to choose from and some plonker comes to the bar and asks for "4 pints of Carling" I truly wince... It's like going to a good restaurant and asking if they have any McDonald's style chicken nuggets!
I'm totally with you there Jez, I did hear of the ex-landlord of the Dragon inn in Worcester showing the door to 3 oiks that came in and asked for larger :eyebrows:
It is a proper real ale pub of course.
The perfect pub for me, and those we most often use, is a quiet, quaint, privately owned country pub (often a husband and wife team), situated in beautiful surroundings, where (in the wintertime) I can sit at a table beside a roaring log fire, with no shitty muzak blaring away, drinking some quality real ale and eating some quality home-cooked pub grub.
Or in the summer, doing the same thing (minus the fire) outside in a well-kept beer garden, admiring the view. *That*, for me, is where it's at! :cool:
Marco.
Deuchars IPA doesn't taste like shit...
Marco.
It was a crocodile dundee pun, but just as carling tastes like shit to you it may taste fine to others, and vis a vis pale ale.
Its an odd attitude to take
It was a crocodile dundee pun, but just as carling tastes like shit to you it may taste fine to others, and vis a vis pale ale.
Its an odd attitude to take
It also assumes that one has tasted shit!
It also assumes that one has tasted shit!
Of course I have. Ive drank real ale for a start;) worked on a farm.. been in presence of the ill, infirm and babies too. near fossilised shit has a unique smell and taste. strange how it lingers
It was a crocodile dundee pun, but just as carling tastes like shit to you it may taste fine to others, and vis a vis pale ale.
Its an odd attitude to take
Yes, but the big difference is, even if you don't like the taste of real ale, it's (most often) a hand-crafted, carefully produced quality product, unlike something like Carling or Tennent's lager! ;)
Marco.
Arkless Electronics
27-09-2017, 15:53
A lot of it is aptly put in those Wychwood brewery ads "What's up lager boy? Scared you might taste something?" They start drinking concoction of wet chemicals (Ta Alan) at 16 and become used to it... I had a good mate (now lost to the the big C unfortunately. Probably all those chemicals!) who drank nowt but Carling and we all used to rip the piss out of him for it. One day he said he'd try a half of real ale... He didn't really like it but said it wasn't as bad as he remembered.. We kept giving him tries of our different real ales and after a month or so he once again bought a half... To cut a long story short he was soon converted to real ale and after a few months he bought a Carling to see what he'd liked about it... "that tastes like piss! Bloody awful! how the feck did I like that shite!" etc came from his mouth... he didn't finish the pint of Carling! :cool:
walpurgis
27-09-2017, 16:09
I enjoy a good lager as much as I dislike a crap one. Therefore, British so called 'lagers' don't find favour with me. The British just don't brew a decent mainstream lager.
As for 'real ale', well it's OK I guess, if you've got a few paint brushes to wash out! ;)
I enjoy a good lager as much as I dislike a crap one. Therefore, British so called 'lagers' don't find favour with me. The British just don't brew a decent mainstream lager.
And that's the fact of the matter (or a decent any lager, IMO), whether you still enjoy drinking it or not. I'd say the same thing to folks who claimed to prefer the taste of supermarket ready-meals, compared with that of freshly made, home-cooked food! ;)
Marco.
Dont mind some if well used and looked after. I usually take a continental one tho. Tuberg on draft used to be very good, but again it needs pouring regular like most gaseous beer, guinness included, although not gassed as such. Dublin they literally never stop pouring for more than 30 sec in big bars
Beobloke
28-09-2017, 14:03
The perfect pub for me, and those we most often use, is a quiet, quaint, privately owned country pub (often a husband and wife team), situated in beautiful surroundings, where (in the wintertime) I can sit at a table beside a roaring log fire, with no shitty muzak blaring away, drinking some quality real ale and eating some quality home-cooked pub grub.
Or in the summer, doing the same thing (minus the fire) outside in a well-kept beer garden, admiring the view. *That*, for me, is where it's at! :cool:
Marco.
Amen to that. In addition, our local (which keeps its real ales in kegs on a rack behind the bar - none of this pump-pulled stuff!) also has a mobile phone ban. If anyone's phone rings, they have to put £1 in a jar on the bar, which is given to charity when it's full.
jollyfix
28-09-2017, 16:33
Amen to that. In addition, our local (which keeps its real ales in kegs on a rack behind the bar - none of this pump-pulled stuff!) also has a mobile phone ban. If anyone's phone rings, they have to put £1 in a jar on the bar, which is given to charity when it's full.
Sounds like one of my locals. Me and the mrs drove past it many times thought it was a derelict building. Like going back in time in there. The pub became popular during the foot and mouth thing several years ago, as the potolers couldn't get to the mendip caves. There is a cave entrance in the car park , so well handy. They have branched out a bit more on food these days, the odd shep pie/chillie, but the main staple, is a cheese roll, or cheese and onion roll. local ( just up the road cheddar gorge) cheddar cheese, over half an inch thick slab, the onion even thicker. Nice with some local cider ( proper cider).
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Sounds like one of my locals. Me and the mrs drove past it many times thought it was a derelict building. Like going back in time in there. The pub became popular during the foot and mouth thing several years ago, as the potolers couldn't get to the mendip caves. There is a cave entrance in the car park , so well handy. They have branched out a bit more on food these days, the odd shep pie/chillie, but the main staple, is a cheese roll, or cheese and onion roll. local ( just up the road cheddar gorge) cheddar cheese, over half an inch thick slab, the onion even thicker. Nice with some local cider ( proper cider).
http://img01.beerintheevening.com/9c/9c4a22311078db423735f9ede943ab60.jpg
http://img01.beerintheevening.com/9c/9c4a22311078db423735f9ede943ab60.jpg
We used to have a pub like that here. All gravity fed barrels, no hand pumps and nothing under pressure. Sadly it has changed somewhat these days.
Amen to that. In addition, our local (which keeps its real ales in kegs on a rack behind the bar - none of this pump-pulled stuff!) also has a mobile phone ban. If anyone's phone rings, they have to put £1 in a jar on the bar, which is given to charity when it's full.
Lol - I like it! :D
Is that before or after the offender is given a good boot up the arse? ;)
Marco.
jollyfix
28-09-2017, 17:13
Shame most what i would call proper pubs are disappearing. There is also this local, for food n Booze http://thesheppey.co.uk/menu/xmas-menu-15/ some good music too. Nice odd pub, loads to look at inside every corner full of odds n ends, but not a proper pub. Nice to sit on the chairs by the river bank and have a few though, even in winter time.
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I like the look of the second and third pics Dave, and could picture myself sitting there with a nice pint, but not the last one, with rows of seats, which makes that room look like a glorified school dining hall, and distinctly uninviting! ;)
Those plastic seats are simply horrendous....
Marco.
jollyfix
28-09-2017, 17:52
I like the look of the second and third pics Dave, and could picture myself sitting there with a nice pint, but not the last one, with rows of seats, which makes that room look like a glorified school dining hall, and distinctly uninviting! ;)
Marco.
My thoughts too regarding the hall area, thats why we hang about the main pub area far better and cozy too.
There are scatter cushions. In a pub.
I like dives myself. Tile floor, paint peeling off the walls, still the same cheap tables and chairs the place had when it opened in 1922 or whatever. Lock-ins until 3am every night. Used to be spoilt for choice round these parts but they have all closed down or been tarted up and spoiled.
Super looking pub that! If only we had a decent local(it burnt down 7 yrs ago) :(
Pierre De Grenoble
28-09-2017, 20:21
Proper Old Pubs.... In the Good Old Days... :sofa:
I can remember one that really had a broken 3 legged bar stool with a broom handle tied with string as a splint...
nobody drank there though..
My thoughts too regarding the hall area, thats why we hang about the main pub area far better and cozy too.
Yup, cosy is important, and it's something that 'open plan' room ism't. Unfortunately, 'airy and spacious' seems to be the de rigueur look these days, and if not done properly, simply results in cold and uninviting.
I like 'snugs' in pubs, nice cosy, quiet little corners/areas you can sit in, enjoying your beer (with someone decent to talk to, perhaps even your wife, lol), away from where all the 'rowdies' [who just love the sound of their own voice] and cackling women congregate...
It's rather like booths in restaurants, which you used to see more of at one time, and which I also like, as they 'cocoon' you to some extent from the presence of the unwashed masses you unfortunately have to share the same space with! ;)
Marco.
Firebottle
29-09-2017, 07:31
Just a heads up for anyone close to Worcestershire, we are going to the THE GREEN HOP BEER FESTIVAL at the Talbot at Knightwick today.
It is a Fri/Sat/Sun event https://www.the-talbot.co.uk/events/ with live music, can't wait.
Should be great, Alan. Enjoy! :cool:
Marco.
southall-1998
14-12-2017, 00:44
Recent pic of myself. Don't get nightmares now :D
S.
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Recent pic of myself. Don't get nightmares now :D
S.
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"Shane of the Dead"
mad-moon
16-12-2017, 16:49
Last Christmas....
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4644/39091348981_bdef4541e0_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/22yno8x)Bahhumbug_zps048aa460 (https://flic.kr/p/22yno8x) by alan moon (https://www.flickr.com/photos/145382488@N02/), on Flickr
You look like a bloke I used to work with...honest.
southall-1998
16-12-2017, 17:59
Ouch Alan :D
S.
Ouch Alan :D
S.
I had you down as more of a Samoan / oriental rugby player...! Where is your family from?
mad-moon
16-12-2017, 23:13
I had you down as more of a Samoan / oriental rugby player...! Where is your family from?
I'm guessing you mean the good lookin lad...Shane....??
mad-moon
17-12-2017, 09:32
Taken this morning...I'm still ugly..but atleast I am smiling..(or is it a grimace)...
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4729/38222807635_7d891725b6_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/21eBT3K)MAD-MOON (https://flic.kr/p/21eBT3K) by alan moon (https://www.flickr.com/photos/145382488@N02/), on Flickr
southall-1998
17-12-2017, 18:32
I had you down as more of a Samoan / oriental rugby player...! Where is your family from?
I'm mixed race, Neil.
My father is Irish and mother Trinidadian (Indian).
In the past people have sometimes mistaken me as Mexican Or Italian.
S.
What are the "Please update you account to enable third-party hosting" things all about?
walpurgis
17-12-2017, 19:49
What are the "Please update you account to enable third-party hosting" things all about?
Where?
In the body of some posts I see a grey box with a speedometer and the message I wrote before. Maybe my Browser.
Not to worry. Just wondered. Some photos work (unfortunately :lol:).
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An unusually flippant mood
walpurgis
17-12-2017, 20:03
In the body of some posts I see a grey box with a speedometer and the message I wrote before. Maybe my Browser.
Not to worry. Just wondered. Some photos work (unfortunately :lol:)
That's Photobucket. They withdrew free image hosting retrospectively, announced exhorbitant fees and held users to ransom. Needless to say, everybody has found an alternative hosting service.
mad-moon
17-12-2017, 20:39
I've got visions of a Hawaiian shirt and a ukulele....or possibly an extra from " From Dusk Till Dawn"....:D
http://theartofsound.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=22164&d=1513212227
I'm mixed race, Neil.
My father is Irish and mother Trinidadian (Indian).
In the past people have sometimes mistaken me as Mexican Or Italian.
S.
Given how handsome you guys are I feel perfectly safe revealing myself (!).
As a responsible barman I feel it behoves me to offer advice on healthy drinking.
Daughter took this earlier
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Nice one Grant !!! Is that your lacy skirt Marco has been aluding to :eyebrows:
Daughter took this earlier
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Nice to see you....To See you...Nice. Great Pic.
mad-moon
22-12-2017, 11:34
Good lord...not what I was expecting at all....I was expecting to see someone a lot older....
Daughter took this earlier
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Audio Al
22-12-2017, 11:46
Warning Warning Warning
Me just out of bed , suffering some wide angle distortion when taking a photo at arms length :rolleyes:
Warning Warning
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Did I say WARNING
:christmas:
Some resemblance to a certain Mr P. Griffin there Grant.
Some resemblance to a certain Mr P. Griffin there Grant.
who he??
Caption competition...
me last night.
https://i.imgur.com/Xa2V1pO.jpg
why am i here again? sober too:doh:
brian2957
24-12-2017, 14:02
Lookin good mate , surrounded by some lovely ladies :D
vinyljunky
24-12-2017, 22:59
Lookin good mate , surrounded by some lovely ladies :D
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171224/852ba76b9a725a83fdd04b64acddac65.jpgme after the plastic surgery better not show you one taken before it or it will scare the kids or adults
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Bksabath
24-12-2017, 23:56
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Well there you go
Colin Wonfor
29-12-2017, 21:24
Me as I would like to look now 30yrs on from this Pic.
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Good lord...not what I was expecting at all....I was expecting to see someone a lot older....
Older? Behave lol
Primalsea
29-12-2017, 21:35
Me as I would like to look now 30yrs on from this Pic.
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So you’re about 35 now?
Colin Wonfor
30-12-2017, 16:30
I wish, I do wish.
mad-moon
06-04-2019, 22:20
ugly as ever....grrrr..
https://live.staticflickr.com/7842/46930531572_361152bec3_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ev6f15)MAD-MOON WEB (https://flic.kr/p/2ev6f15) by alan moon (https://www.flickr.com/photos/145382488@N02/), on Flickr
You don't look too terrible to me:D I had forgotten I started this thread some 10 years ago. Of course with the Photophucket nonsense the original pic has gone. Will have to post a new one.
One from 2017, have lost the beard now.
https://i.imgur.com/7s2sHnl.jpg
ugly as ever....grrrr..
https://live.staticflickr.com/7842/46930531572_361152bec3_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ev6f15)MAD-MOON WEB (https://flic.kr/p/2ev6f15) by alan moon (https://www.flickr.com/photos/145382488@N02/), on Flickr
That's amazing... You don't look too much like a perv [gusset sniffing, toilet spy] in that one!:D:eyebrows:;)
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Marco.
not risking melting my lens :ner:
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Seen better days
A false smile at my 60th do [emoji6]
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Pigmy Pony
08-04-2019, 19:22
You don't look too terrible to me:D I had forgotten I started this thread some 10 years ago. Of course with the Photophucket nonsense the original pic has gone. Will have to post a new one.
One from 2017, have lost the beard now.
https://i.imgur.com/7s2sHnl.jpg
Lost it? That's a shame, where did you last have it?
That is one handsome face, reminds me of Robert Shaw in "Jaws". You should really get the beard back - the current Captain Birdseye is totally unconvincing, so there could an opening :D
Lost it? That's a shame, where did you last have it?
That is one handsome face, reminds me of Robert Shaw in "Jaws". You should really get the beard back - the current Captain Birdseye is totally unconvincing, so there could an opening :D
LOL. Hmmm, old man with beard....on a boat with young children.....you can't do that these days!
Pigmy Pony
09-04-2019, 21:47
Pity really - they'd be handy for shark fishing.
Pepperamip
10-04-2019, 07:24
Making an effort for a wedding a couple of years back (the effort don't happen very often these days, can't be arsed)https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190410/1ff83975eb3b3275a8ad46c6db289123.jpg
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run out of blades Paul:D ?
Pepperamip
10-04-2019, 07:33
It's the Clooney look. It's all the rage apparently :)
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Snapped a pic on my dad's mantlepiece when I was visiting today. This is me when I got married in 1991 (then 28):
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Marco.
This was me in 1993 or 94 at band rehearsal. No hair these days and the physique is " ample ". I wish I still had that bass, it had the best playing action and the fastest neck of any bass I've ever owned. http://i66.tinypic.com/i57qqe.jpg
mad-moon
27-06-2019, 22:20
Snapped a pic on my dad's mantlepiece when I was visiting today. This is me when I got married in 1991 (then 28):
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Marco.
Gordon Bennet...40 years ago...since you were married??....
Good stuff, Ian, What age were you then?:)
Here's another one of me, this time with my dad, when I was in my mid 20s:
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1024x768q90/921/SkuRjF.jpg
Marco.
Gordon Bennet...40 years ago...since you were married??....
Lol - your maths is a bit shit, daftee.... 2019 - 1991 = 28.
Where did you get 40 from?
Marco.
mad-moon
27-06-2019, 22:25
Good stuff, Ian, What age were you then?:)
Here's another one of me, this time with my dad, when I was in my mid 20s:
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1024x768q90/921/SkuRjF.jpg
Marco.
haway man....up to date photograph....chicken liver.....
After having climbed up the Dom cathedral in Germany recently on holiday [no I'm not in prison:eyebrows:]:
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/922/4DazFJ.jpg
A bit less hair, lol!:D
Marco.
1989 with my then girlfriend
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190627/40c8659a7c6a4875433fc1eb002357b1.jpg
What a dude, Roy!:respect:
Marco.
mad-moon
27-06-2019, 22:39
Lol - your maths is a bit shit, daftee.... 2019 - 1991 = 28.
Where did you get 40 from?
Marco.
hahaha...I just seen the 28 year old bit......I was insinuating you were 68...
walpurgis
27-06-2019, 22:40
Me after dropping the grandkids off at sunday school last weekend ;).
http://i65.tinypic.com/2evwvvb.jpg
Butlin’s at Easter
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190627/955396c9f06bd5d0794245714f829c2d.jpg
mad-moon
27-06-2019, 22:41
1989 with my then girlfriend
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190627/40c8659a7c6a4875433fc1eb002357b1.jpg
Wonderful...I've always liked Guinness...She's a bonny lass Roy....
She's a bonny lass Roy....
Still exchange the odd message via social media, we never properly split up, just kind of grew apart.
hahaha...I just seen the 28 year old bit......I was insinuating you were 68...
Not that old a fart;)
So let's see how handsome you are, sexy-chops:)
Marco.
And in between was this special lady, still miss her
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190627/d01dcf975c22650bdf8f7d2621232e9b.jpg
(I’ll stop with the reminiscing now)
mad-moon
27-06-2019, 23:07
Not that old a fart;)
So let's see how handsome you are, sexy-chops:)
Marco.
how many times do I have to put my mug shot up like....??
mad-moon
27-06-2019, 23:09
ugly as ever....grrrr..
https://live.staticflickr.com/7842/46930531572_361152bec3_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ev6f15)MAD-MOON WEB (https://flic.kr/p/2ev6f15) by alan moon (https://www.flickr.com/photos/145382488@N02/), on Flickr
here it is again...just for you....Marco
Good stuff, Ian, What age were you then?:)
Here's another one of me, this time with my dad, when I was in my mid 20s:
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1024x768q90/921/SkuRjF.jpg
Marco.
I was either 29 or 30. The hair got quite a bit longer and then I just shaved it all off and never looked back. Funny thing now is when it grows out a bit I'm very grey lol, nearly distinguished.
how many times do I have to put my mug shot up like....??
Just needed to check if I had the right guy before I claim a criminal Wanted reward!:D
Marco.
mad-moon
27-06-2019, 23:18
I was either 29 or 30. The hair got quite a bit longer and then I just shaved it all off and never looked back. Funny thing now is when it grows out a bit I'm very grey lol, nearly extinguished.
FIXED....
mad-moon
27-06-2019, 23:22
Just needed to check if I had the right guy before I claim a criminal Wanted reward!:D
Marco.
just give in Marco...you know you want me....xx
http://i66.tinypic.com/2im0w2v.jpg
1991 newspaper article on the band with me looking like someone's minder
http://i64.tinypic.com/25fipno.jpg
1993 live in Brighton
http://i63.tinypic.com/2meslsy.jpg
Earlier this year with my sister
mad-moon
27-06-2019, 23:29
Ha-haaaa...it's me without the beard....ha...
just give in Marco...you know you want me....xx
Who could resist, dahling :kiss:
Get your coat, you've pulled.
:door: .... :hotrod: ..... :bonk:
Marco.
FIXED....
I just spotted this, thank you Alan
Ian, some cool pics there! In this one:
http://i63.tinypic.com/2meslsy.jpg
You bear an uncanny resemblance to the famous Glasgow gangster Paul Ferris:
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/5QLP3w.jpg
:eek::D
Marco.
You bear an uncanny resemblance to the famous Glasgow gangster Paul Ferris:
SHHHHHH, I shaved my bonce to fool the police
mad-moon
27-06-2019, 23:50
I just spotted this, thank you Alan
The newspaper image is a cracker......what kind stuff did you play??
The newspaper image is a cracker......what kind stuff did you play??
We played mainly original stuff, Manic Street Preachers/Terrorvision style and a few covers from Hendrix, The Who, Aerosmith and some more obscure songs too. I played in another band as well that was purely 60's/70's covers. That was great fun and our vocalist was the former Lib Dem MP Norman Baker. That band is still going but Norman and the drummer are the only original members.
Good stuff, Ian, What age were you then?:)
Here's another one of me, this time with my dad, when I was in my mid 20s:
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1024x768q90/921/SkuRjF.jpg
Marco.
Are we all taller than our fathers?
Russell
Lol... Apparently, I've taken after my great granddad, who was also pretty tall (I'm 6ft 2ins), but I always ate my greens:)
Marco.
mightymonoped
28-06-2019, 08:16
Then and now!......
1979 at the tender age of 17. Was supposed to be doing my ‘mock’ A-level Physics exam but I was getting a much more useful education at the Capital Radio Jazz Festival at the Ally Pally. Check out the line-up in the programme below.
I’m the one on the bottom left.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190628/99891da52b5961e447ded921844317ee.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190628/b094e770ec49ad2312d6b5d9531260c0.gif
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190628/671641934a008637677a2c7b63dc4513.gif
40 years later on holiday in Italy with my daughter Beth.
I’m doing a bad Samuel L Jackson impersonation to protect my little bald head from the sun.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190628/40bd963b406a10687a0e324f10124bc0.jpg
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Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry and BB King on the same bill! And whatever happened to Stephane Grappelli?
That's pure quality, Tony. Love the festival pic! Where's your doobie though, bro? :peace:;) Defo a great line up, although in those days I didn't 'do' jazz, or indeed classical music. It was strictly pop, rock and disco! I was a little younger than you though, in '79.
Nice pic with your daughter too. You're still looking good dude!
Marco.
P.S I spy someone's into Aperol spritz:eyebrows:
mightymonoped
28-06-2019, 08:49
Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry and BB King on the same bill! And whatever happened to Stephane Grappelli?
I still have the programme signed by BB King :-)
Here's what I looked like in the mid-'70s:
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3248/2810388709_861147dd55_z.jpg
Here's what I looked like in the mid-'70s:
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3248/2810388709_861147dd55_z.jpg
I KNEW I recognised you - you're the Maxell advert man! ;)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Zjf5pdJJ44Q/sddefault.jpg
mad-moon
28-06-2019, 21:18
We played mainly original stuff, Manic Street Preachers/Terrorvision style and a few covers from Hendrix, The Who, Aerosmith and some more obscure songs too. I played in another band as well that was purely 60's/70's covers. That was great fun and our vocalist was the former Lib Dem MP Norman Baker. That band is still going but Norman and the drummer are the only original members.
Yep...it's great fun...I was on the road for 11 years in a Blues Band called Ten Bob Blind...Keyboards/backing vocals...the odd occasion out front on Rhythm guitar/ harmony vocals with the lead singer...A heart attack put pay to the lot...at 37...too much drink..fags, takeaway food,working day job...and working in the band till the early hours...Bugger...
Lawrence001
28-06-2019, 22:30
Here's what I looked like in the mid-'70s:
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3248/2810388709_861147dd55_z.jpgStraight out of Rising Damp!
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Lawrence001
28-06-2019, 22:32
1989 with my then girlfriend
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190627/40c8659a7c6a4875433fc1eb002357b1.jpgYou look like a couple of extras from Only Fools and Horses. Or maybe an early episode of Eastenders in the Vic!
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Straight out of Rising Damp!
I actually think in that picture Joe looks like a young Jim Davidson!
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/921/IW3vuZ.png
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3248/2810388709_861147dd55_z.jpg
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
02-07-2019, 18:32
Then and now!......
1979 at the tender age of 17. Was supposed to be doing my ‘mock’ A-level Physics exam but I was getting a much more useful education at the Capital Radio Jazz Festival at the Ally Pally. Check out the line-up in the programme below.
I’m the one on the bottom left.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190628/99891da52b5961e447ded921844317ee.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190628/b094e770ec49ad2312d6b5d9531260c0.gif
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190628/671641934a008637677a2c7b63dc4513.gif
40 years later on holiday in Italy with my daughter Beth.
I’m doing a bad Samuel L Jackson impersonation to protect my little bald head from the sun.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190628/40bd963b406a10687a0e324f10124bc0.jpg
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Photo cropped so no one sees yer old man peeping out of your shorts. Good idea :)
Pigmy Pony
02-07-2019, 18:35
1989 with my then girlfriend
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190627/40c8659a7c6a4875433fc1eb002357b1.jpg
She looks very impressed that you could tell her what time it is in Hong Kong :)
mightymonoped
02-07-2019, 19:15
Photo cropped so no one sees yer old man peeping out of your shorts. Good idea :)
One has to maintain a semblance of decorum after all. [emoji4]
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She looks very impressed that you could tell her what time it is in Hong Kong :)
Was one of those databank watches, you got a little keyboard to plug it into, totally f***ing useless.
Not got any old ones of me bar wedding ones i think. Did find this one with my dear old ma in the old house.
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q90/538/2gev5i.jpg
Then this was taken very recently... God how ive aged....badly lol
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190707/554e437bd0d1cc97a48855817c15f485.jpg
Patrick Dixon
07-07-2019, 13:47
In my final year at Uni aged 21 (right)
https://theartofsound.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=26371&d=1562507228
26371
A man & his speaker. My lockdown look having cut my own hair
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49902967451_36c5fbae45_k.jpg
Looking thin again Roy.. I'm a fat bastard at moment
Looking thin again Roy.. I'm a fat bastard at moment
Lost half a stone but could do with losing another half (there is a belly under that top). Can still just about do skinny jeans justice.
Audio Al
17-05-2020, 02:30
A man & his speaker. My lockdown look having cut my own hair
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49902967451_36c5fbae45_k.jpg
Thoes sox Roy :eyebrows:
Thoes sox Roy :eyebrows:
Xmas prezzie, Penguin, makes a change from plain black.
Decent job of the locks I think ;) Now, where are those scissors ?
Pigmy Pony
17-05-2020, 08:33
I'd move that Luxman to a higher shelf Roy, gotta see those fabulous VU meters dancing, not hiding behind coffee table...
Decent job of the locks I think ;) Now, where are those scissors ?
Thanks. Just a no.4 all over with a little scissor trim around the ears.
I'd move that Luxman to a higher shelf Roy, gotta see those fabulous VU meters dancing, not hiding behind coffee table...
No, that's where it lives Steve. Having almost 30kg on the bottom shelf makes the whole rack feel nice and secure. I don't have the meters switched on anyway, they can become a bit of a distraction & apparently the sound is more transparent with them off (although I can't tell the difference).
Pigmy Pony
17-05-2020, 12:09
Thanks. Just a no.4 all over with a little scissor trim around the ears.
No, that's where it lives Steve. Having almost 30kg on the bottom shelf makes the whole rack feel nice and secure. I don't have the meters switched on anyway, they can become a bit of a distraction & apparently the sound is more transparent with them off (although I can't tell the difference).
That's a shame, I've always fancied one of those, they are so handsome... Still you could always ditch the coffee table!
That's a shame, I've always fancied one of those, they are so handsome... Still you could always ditch the coffee table!
Where would I put me feet? (even though the sofa does recline..)
Pigmy Pony
17-05-2020, 12:30
Where would I put me feet? (even though the sofa does recline..)
Reclining sofa AND a coffee table? That's just greedy! And I bet the coffee table would affect the sound more than the VU meters :D Don't mind me, it's just amp envy.
Reclining sofa AND a coffee table? That's just greedy! And I bet the coffee table would affect the sound more than the VU meters :D Don't mind me, it's just amp envy.
AND it's a powered recliner with USB sockets :eyebrows:
Had to move table to recline it but to be honest if I lie on that to listen I'll just fall asleep.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49905095427_4031fc452d_o.jpg
Pigmy Pony
17-05-2020, 12:49
That's the trouble with recliners - you'd think they could make them less comfortable :( Looks good there, and those Tannoys make the amp look tiny! Bet it all sounds great :)
That's the trouble with recliners - you'd think they could make them less comfortable :( Looks good there, and those Tannoys make the amp look tiny! Bet it all sounds great :)
I'm very content Steve, as I've said elsewhere I've kissed a lot of frogs & spent a fair wedge to get where I am but, apart from maybe adding a streamer, I'm there.
Mia photo bombing.....
https://i.postimg.cc/sX1bZ6bw/mia-act.jpg
Pigmy Pony
18-05-2020, 06:42
Wow, I didn't realise she was that big! Be careful where you rest your chin Ian, that's right where the "Frontline Spot-on" goes...
AND it's a powered recliner with USB sockets :eyebrows:
Had to move table to recline it but to be honest if I lie on that to listen I'll just fall asleep.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49905095427_4031fc452d_o.jpg
Great set-up, Royster - very similar to my own, although my room is a little bigger... No doubt it sounds fab, as it looks very well set up, with the positioning of those Tannoys spot on (for the room)!:thumbsup:
Marco.
A man & his speaker. My lockdown look having cut my own hair
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49902967451_36c5fbae45_k.jpg
Man - now *that* is a pose!:lol::respect:
Please tell me you've got the pic on your Tinder profile? The ladeez would lurve it:D
Marco.
Great set-up, Royster - very similar to my own, although my room is a little bigger... No doubt it sounds fab, as look very well set up, with the positioning of those Tannoys spot on (for the room)!:thumbsup:
Marco.
I've got scope to make the listening area bigger but it's just about right, the other end of the room is larger & allocated to tv viewing with 2 more reclining sofas. My 65" Sony telly broke down just as the lockdown kicked in so I haven't been able to get an engineer out yet (it's still under a 5 year warranty). Got a stop gap 40" tv in for now.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49908502906_4796198770_b.jpg
Man - now *that* is a pose!:lol::respect:
Please tell me you've got the pic on your Tinder profile? The ladeez would lurve it:D
Marco.
Well an ex and some other lady friends have liked the picture on Facebook which my current lady friend huffed & puffed about (& I know your position on Facebook Marco so no tirade please ;) . I find it invaluable for keeping in touch with family & friends, especially in the current situation, me & my cousin who lives in scotland wind each other up all day).
Lol - you misunderstand me. I've got nothing against the use of social media *in the right way*, such as you're doing. Like Grant says, it's a tool to be used and enjoyed, (much as you and I post on here), just as long as it doesn't turn into an addiction or obsession, and which ends up controlling your life:)
If you're happy with how they sound, I wouldn't touch your Tannoys. Generally, although I know yours are the ported type, they work best (display their key sonic strengths) in small-ish rooms, so in that respect small is better than big, which I'm sure is a problem your lady friends often have to deal with, when the opposite applies:lol:;)
Marco.
Lol - you misunderstand me. I've got nothing against the use of social media *in the right way*, such as you're doing. Like Grant says, it's a tool to be used and enjoyed, (much as you and I post on here), just as long as it doesn't turn into an addiction or obsession, and which ends up controlling your life:)
If you're happy with how they sound, I wouldn't touch your Tannoys. Generally, although I know yours are the ported type, they work best (display their key sonic strengths) in small-ish rooms, so in that respect small is better than big, which I'm sure is a problem your lady friends often have to deal with, when the opposite applies:lol:;)
Marco.
I should have said thanks for the favourable comments about the system & my pic (not bad for 61?). Yes, I'm very satisfied with it's performance (as are the ladies with mine ;) ).
Roy (still firing on all six)
InThe Sticks
18-05-2020, 15:57
AND it's a powered recliner with USB sockets :eyebrows:
Had to move table to recline it but to be honest if I lie on that to listen I'll just fall asleep.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49905095427_4031fc452d_o.jpg
I know the feeling, my listening chair is a La-z-boy with massage, heat and a fridge in one arm.
Completely over the top and pretty much unusable as i fall asleep within about 2 minutes of sitting in it :rolleyes:
Another mad drunk purchase.
InThe Sticks
18-05-2020, 16:00
The only pic of me i can find where i’m not in a car or on a bike with a crash hat on.
https://i.imgur.com/29ThXIn.jpg
Pic was taken in Adenau town where we’d go for a mid morning breakfast of bratwurst hotdogs before heading to the ring for a few laps, then back to the camp site for beers and a bbq, then on to either the Blaue Ecke in Adenau or the world famous restaurant of the petrol head the Pistenklause in Nurburg for more beer and food.
http://www.speedhunters.com/2008/08/gallery_gt_gt_pistenklause_at_the_nurburgring/
Their steak on a stone is the best i’ve had anywhere ever, just fabulous, and the atmosphere is wonderful as everyone is there for the same reason and has the same mindset.
If one has even the slightest trace of petrol running through their veins, then i can recommend a week there without question.
We were planning on going back later this year on the bikes, but that isn’t going to happen now.
Edit..
found one more, this time at Calais on the way back.
I’m wearing the hat as a bet from an american mate..
https://i.imgur.com/NJijbPn.jpg
The only pic of me i can find where i’m not in a car or on a bike with a crash hat on.
https://i.imgur.com/29ThXIn.jpg
Nice looking watch, Breitling?
InThe Sticks
18-05-2020, 16:23
Haha, i knew you'd pick up on that.
And yes, it's a Colt :)
Haha, i knew you'd pick up on that.
And yes, it's a Colt :)
;) was going to say Avenger, could tell it was a Breitling by the bezel.
Eleven years after the first pic I posted I look a complete wreck!
Mind you it was this Saturday and I had just face planted the tarmac after hitting a pothole downhill at 25mph. Broke 4 top front teeth and 5 hours later after my R arm that had been used a brake had been cleaned and Maxofacial had cut and shaped what was left of my top lip and nose and inserted 30 stitches inside and out.
https://i.imgur.com/vJrEZJa.jpg
walpurgis
18-05-2020, 18:34
Nice job you did there Rob. :eek:
Covenant
18-05-2020, 18:37
They must have filled you full of drugs to make you try and smile-or was it a grimace of pain Rob?
Audio Al
18-05-2020, 18:39
Don't the experts say cycling is good for you :eek:
Nice job you did there Rob. :eek:
:eek::D
Cycling is good for you......honest. It has been a regular part of my life for nearly 40 years, more so since i retired last year. "Dad isn't it time you called it a day"......"err I think you know the answer to that kids". Thankfully I have a very high pain threshold. When I had a Vasectomy at 32 I asked them when they cut the first tube...."should I be feeling this?"...Mad scurrying around then took place to pump some more local into me:D:lol:
Oh my goodness Rob, hope you’re not in too much pain and are soon on the mend.
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Opti-cal
19-05-2020, 14:23
Oh my goodness Rob, hope you’re not in too much pain and are soon on the mend.
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Procedure must have been over 30 years ago now so hopefully . . . :whistle:
archiesdad
19-05-2020, 15:03
Time for a full face cycle helmet?
Pigmy Pony
19-05-2020, 15:53
Or a tandem, with a large lady riding up front :)
Procedure must have been over 30 years ago now so hopefully . . . :whistle:
LOL....:eek:
Time for a full face cycle helmet?
Just what my son said who does mountain biking. I tried his once and thought I was wearing one of these!
https://i.imgur.com/Y6jb2cs.jpg
Oh my goodness Rob, hope you’re not in too much pain and are soon on the mend.
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Thanks Alex, not in pain - just uncomfortable and I have to have children's style cut up food. Once it is in my gob it is fine.
Here I am, just before lockdown:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49566316311_9d07a50456_c.jpg
Nice to see you Joe....To see you...Nice!
A man & his speaker. My lockdown look having cut my own hair
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49902967451_36c5fbae45_k.jpgGet some slippers on, Mannn.
You're making the place look untidy.
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Get some slippers on, Mannn.
You're making the place look untidy.
and hide my natty socks? Nah
From the school of 'poofy poses'... One for the ladies (or boys):lol::eyebrows:
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1024x768q90/922/tBF5gs.jpg
Think I was squinting from the sun....
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
16-02-2021, 18:50
From the school of 'poofy poses'... One for the ladies (or boys):lol::eyebrows:
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1024x768q90/922/tBF5gs.jpg
Think I was squinting from the sun....
Marco.
https://alienationmentale.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/eraserhead_still.jpg
Linky or piccy no worky, daftee...
Wotcha tryin' to do?
Marco.
From the school of 'poofy poses'... One for the ladies (or boys):lol::eyebrows:
Think I was squinting from the sun....
Marco.
You do favour the smouldering frown look in pictures :D
Ipsos, Corfu - 1986
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50949930493_43c6413f7b_o.jpg
and my young lady at the time (Corfu Town)
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50949930473_5567d58910_o.jpg
https://alienationmentale.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/eraserhead_still.jpg
Aye, I can see where you're coming from!:D
Marco.
You do favour the smouldering frown look in pictures :D
Indeed, whereas you, sir, favour the 'pastel ensemble':D:eyebrows:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50949930493_43c6413f7b_o.jpg
'Resplendent in pink'!
and my young lady at the time (Corfu Town)
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50949930473_5567d58910_o.jpg[/QUOTE]
Pity they weren't cats, otherwise one could've asked to pet her pussy...
Marco.
Indeed, whereas you, sir, favour the 'pastel ensemble':D:eyebrows:
'Resplendent in pink'!
Pity they weren't cats, otherwise you one could've asked to pet her pussy...
Marco.
Most of my clobber came from Roman Road market in Bow, I was the best dressed Essex boy in Moons (our preferred nightspot).
(& I didn't need to ask ;) ).
First non-diy haircut in over a year
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51117700213_fa8f3ffe54_b.jpg
Lawrence001
16-04-2021, 15:53
Most of my clobber came from Roman Road market in Bow, I was the best dressed Essex boy in Moons (our preferred nightspot).
(& I didn't need to ask ;) ).My sister was telling me she met her husband in Oscar's disco at the Green Gate, then the Room at the Top, does that mean anything to you?
My sister was telling me she met her husband in Oscar's disco at the Green Gate, then the Room at the Top, does that mean anything to you?
Heard of Room at the Top but never frequented it. Romford had Hollywoods & Secrets and in the late 90s I used to go to Bas Vegas with JJs & Liquid & Envy.
Me and a couple of mates fancied a couple of night caps last time we went for a curry in Romford, closest 'pub' was The Goose near Romford station, looked like a real dive and the doormen wouldn't let us in anyway..
Lawrence001
16-04-2021, 16:37
I think this'll be a bit earlier than the 90s, they've got grown up kids now!
never been in a nightclub... not my scene:)
never been in a nightclub... not my scene:)
Nor mine really but they facilitated continued drinking ;)
First non-diy haircut in over a year
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Looking good, Roy-boy! Can you notice the difference with a proper hair cut? The chain's a nice touch, btw. I think the girls will like that;)
Oh and am I getting a slight whiff of Paco Rabanne?:D
Marco.
never been in a nightclub... not my scene:)
Been to loads up in Glasgow. Sub-Club was a fav. Also liked the Cathouse. Took Del to Cream, in Liverpool once, too. She loved it.
She also goes with her friends to a few in Chester. As you know she loves having a boogie!:D
Marco.
Jac Hawk
16-04-2021, 17:24
Looking good, Roy-boy! Can you notice the difference with a proper hair cut? The chain's a nice touch, btw. I think the girls will like that;)
Oh and am I getting a slight whiff of Paco Rabanne?:D
Marco.
See i'd have said definitely brut, old spice or at a push and only on special occasions Hai Karate
See i'd have said definitely brut, old spice or at a push and only on special occasions Hai Karate
Jean Paul Gaultier :smoking:
Looking good, Roy-boy! Can you notice the difference with a proper hair cut?
Definitely. My barbers instituted an appointments only system before the last lockdown & it works very well, you book it all on line & they e-mail you a reminder. James & the boys are a laugh as well.
Nice one, mate. I don't do 'home trims'. It's a proper (professional) cut or nowt!:)
You can easily tell the difference...
Marco.
Had my 'barnet' done yesterday - in and out within 20 minutes and a good job done.
No chain, no medallion, no aftershave (though when I did use it it was Paco Rabanne). :D
No chain, no medallion, no aftershave
You’ll get drummed out of Essex.
Filterlab
17-04-2021, 12:38
Had my 'barnet' done yesterday - in and out within 20 minutes and a good job done.
Me too. That's a weight off my shoulders. :D
Pigmy Pony
17-04-2021, 15:47
See i'd have said definitely brut, old spice or at a push and only on special occasions Hai Karate
And of course "Denim" :)
i use geo f trumper... nothing but the best:D
Pigmy Pony
17-04-2021, 15:55
Nice one, mate. I don't do 'home trims'. It's a proper (professional) cut or nowt!:)
You can easily tell the difference...
Marco.
Understandable. Mullets aren't for amateurs :) Although going by your more recent pics, "skullet" would be a more apt name. Google "Mick Miller" to see how it should be done :D
Lol, he's a belter!:D
Never heard of him though, until now.
Marco.
You’ll get drummed out of Essex.
:lol: I was starting to develop a bit of a 'mullet' - so a medallion would have been appropriate. :D
Perusing the menu in my local Turkish
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With my first grandchild :)
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ahh, sweet child.. its a great feeling.
Congrats! (Hopefully) a while before I get that badge of honour!
Cheers chaps - I have been looking forward to being a grandad for quite some time. It feels lovely (and you can hand them back for changing etc :))
Cracking picture, Guy, and one to treasure! Congrats, indeed. I'd be tempted to get it enlarged and professionally framed:)
Marco.
Thanks Marco - I love the photo (I don't normally like being in photographs). My younger daughter took it on her iPhone yesterday, very impressed with the result.
I was bouncing around the kitchen with Elsie to the tunes on Radio 2 to stop her crying (Liza Tarbuck was playing some excellent stuff) - success all round :)
Lol - awesome... In terms of the pic, she caught it just nice:)
Marco.
mad-moon
08-09-2021, 06:42
With my first grandchild :)
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Superb..the best feeling in the world..I've two grandbairns now and they are little diamonds...great photograph and what a bonny bairn...best wishes from Hebburn, Tyne and Wear...Al..
Thanks Al, you are right it is a wonderful feeling.
Elsie came around tonight (with my daughter :)) and I was amazed by the rate of change in facial expressions etc - I guess that when you have your own children you see them all the time and are so busy just trying to cope that the small changes pass by unappreciated :scratch:
Still living the dream in sunny Weymouth
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Looking good Roy! Have a great time and don't forget your sunscreen!
still got the revolving tower?
Still living the dream in sunny Weymouth
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Welcome back Roy. :)
Look after yourself: wear a sun hat and factor 400 suncream!
12 years since the first pic! (taken last year)
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Thanks for the welcome back, sorry I got pissy before, any news on Marco? I’m in St Lucia now with this view from my room (Smuggler’s Cove)
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Cheers you lot x
Thanks for the welcome back, sorry I got pissy before, any news on Marco? I’m in St Lucia now with this view from my room (Smuggler’s Cove)
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Cheers you lot x
alas, no, not really..
it looks more like snugglers cove these days; not a pirate in sight:D
Pigmy Pony
21-07-2022, 18:39
alas, no, not really..
it looks more like snugglers cove these days; not a pirate in sight:D
There's a bloke on the beach selling pirate dvds, probably.
There's a bloke on the beach selling pirate dvds, probably.
Doubt there’s a market for those, even in St Lucia.
Seems a prerequisite to have a partially dismantled Suzuki in front of your house though.
Currently in Blackpool
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And the compulsory one of the tower
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Pigmy Pony
16-11-2022, 07:17
I'm told these days their viewing platform has a glass floor. Don't fancy that much. I would rather stay downstairs in the Woolworths cafe, which unfortunately is long gone.
Pigmy Pony
16-11-2022, 07:26
Currently in Blackpool
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Well done you, finally finding Marco!
I'm told these days their viewing platform has a glass floor. Don't fancy that much. I would rather stay downstairs in the Woolworths cafe, which unfortunately is long gone.
I was going to tango round the ballroom with her indoors but it’s all shut while they prepare it for ‘Strictly’ at the weekend.
Well done you, finally finding Marco!
That cosmetic surgery he’s had is really quite radical but he does look kinda cute [emoji3059]
Three years before someone took a halfway decent pic and I’m only drinking a half cos I was driving later.
Sutton’s Arms, Hornchurch 27th November 2025.
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Pigmy Pony
28-11-2025, 22:58
Looks like your attempt at karaoke went down well with the other punters :)
Looks like your attempt at karaoke went down well with the other punters :)
Turns out they were sick of ‘Mr Brightside’
My Xmas look
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Pigmy Pony
30-12-2025, 16:37
Christopher Biggins on acid :)
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