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"DH Vampire" We had one in the school playground. Seriously, a real one....

"Were you deaf before or after certain gigs mercuryg." Deaf to begin with, even more so after! "Raising Sand with Robert Plant and Alison Krauss" Yes - wonderful stuff "There were a group with a name like 'Los Trios Paranoia' Funny lot claimed to kill their lead singer on stage each night." What a great USP!

Good for you, and a sensible choice! No probs about the Maxwell thing - I've done a calculation and it would have been pretty much worthless by the time I got my hands on it anyway!

"Band of Joy" Distinct from Band of Holy Joy, Maggie, although I do agree with you, Plant is a legend. BTW, that list is not a bad one for a deaf bloke, is it?

Tony I agree wholeheartedly with everything you say; as I said, I enjoy a pint or three - it's my vice, I work for my money, and so on. I note your mention of private pensions: I have, in the past, paid into two company pension schemes, both for a few years. The first was in my very first job, when I was in my late teens (full time job, that is) and I joined a printing company. The pension scheme was excellent, so naturally I signed up, and paid into it for five years, with the company topping it up. Great: some money for the future! Except that company was part of a group owned by a certain Mr Robert Maxwell.......

I'm not sure that's a Harrow, the front end is more akin to the Bristol Bombay, as Adam says. Lovely picture - got any more Foxy?

Anyway, great subject, so here's my list (far from complete) to inspire those yet to contribute; venues varied, but mostly in Manchester James - tons of times, the original guitarist is a friend Paris Angels (who? Yes, yes, I know....) Flowered Up - oh well,. can't win them all The Bolshoi The Waterboys - best live act ever U2 REM The Ramones Billy Bragg Band of Holy Joy - beg steal or borrow to see these guys, they are unique The Chameleons Alternative TV PIL - for three songs as support to James at Alton Towers, plug pulled when crowd wouldn't atop chucking bottles of p*** as Lydon Violent Femmes - who should have supported James (see above) but were disallowed on the grounds they were not suitable for a family event. But Johnny Rotten was.... The Cult Motley Crue (yes, really.......) Cheap Trick (the reason I sat through Motley Crue.....) Bob Dylan Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Jackson Browne Bradford (??) Cactus World News The Bolshoi The Alarm Big Country Lone Justice - can I have Maria McKee on a plate, please? Stiff Little FIngers Simple MInds Lloyd Cole and the Commotions Spear of Destiny Blue Aeroplanes (mesmeric, truly...) World Party The Triffids The Stone Roses (awful; truly, genuinely awful) And so on; harking back to Mrs Vic's comment about the NIrvana gig at the Mayfair, I must have been the only person in the north west who didn't attend the Sex Pistols legendary appearance at the Lesser Free Trade Hall in Manchester in '76. If you believe everyone who says they did, that wonderful venue has a capacity of three and a half million.

...and my long time friend Mrs Vic! Never see her anywhere these days!!

Over a week, let's see......

"if there paying nationa INSURANCE there entitled to same treatment as somebody who eats lettuce leaves" An interesting debate, this. While not advocating that overweight people should be denied treatment, seats, pies or whatever, I do think the above comment misses something (with due respect - of course, we are all entitled to our opinions). Insurance, whether it's NI or otherwise, is a precautionary purchase; it's there in case you need it, not to be brought into play by choice. You don't insure your car then deliberately crash it, safe in the knowledge that you are insured; why, then, should it be considered acceptable for someone to insure their health - as in the case of NI (although that's not all it covers, of course) and then act in a negligent fashion by overeating, smoking, drinking, etc, safe in the knowledge that 'hey it's ok I'm covered'? Now, don't get me wrong here - I'm expecting some reactionary comments - as those who know me know very well that I enjoy a few beers; however, if that led to illness and the powers that be said 'sorry mate, it's your fault, no deal' just as they would if I were to act negligently behind the wheel of a car and cause an accident then I would fully understand. I'm all for freedom of actions - even as a non-smoker I think the smoking ban an abhorrent abuse of rights - but insurance is not to be abused. For the record, I like pies.

From 8.30 am until mid-day, that's office hours for me, I do precisely that. (69p and you can have as much as you like....)

When your screens on it gets warm and the snow melts

Currently bloody freezing!

Well do something about it!

Christmas songs should be banned outright. They are musical pollution.

It's bloody cold.

Keith, it was the law to fancy The Girl Who Works in the Record Shop

It's brilliant; all too often I hear people talking negatively about the youngsters. I find them, on the whole, to be pleasant and polite, and enthusiastic. Kudos for the organisations encouraging them to get involved in stuff like this.

"....Fridge...." I may be wrong, but I believe this was my uncle's band, any more info would be welcome!

I've decided to put a bid in for this land. I need somewhere to park the helicopter.

Foxy by name.......

BEHIND the bar, Keith! (And very welcome, too......)

Would that be the lovely Darina you are referring to? Dark hair, utterly gorgeous (and half Russian)?

Water, perhaps? (prepares for a kicking.....)

I'm sure the lure of cheap, decent beer was enough to convince him (although by that point I had likely finished the gorgeous 5.8% delight that was on offer at £1.49 a pint.....)