Whatever happened to ???

[MaxJoker]

This threads for asking those questions that are currently bothering you , ones that need to be asked because if you don`t get the answer you might have to do something serious to distract your nagging brain and itchy tongues tip , like some actual bloody WORK


Questions can be about almost anything (Forum rules permitting) from long forgotten child stars ,to how close would i be from Jupiter if i was on the moon ?. You can ask about that beloved chocolate bar which suddenly vanished from the shelves , or that favourite show you just remembered you liked and which never reappeared . See no matter how tedious it might seem to others if the answer to your question is bugging this be the place to ask for that calming answer , as in "HEY" this is "YOUR" piece of mind we`re talking about ok !.


Now for me (Well you expected as much right :o ) it`s concerning a Sci Fi show which was on a couple years back if memory serves , it was an American show about government created electrical discharging sea creatures which had escaped and were breeding . Doesn`t sound that dangerous i know but somehow that meant the earth was going to flood , in fact the last episode had this major flood which wrecked the town. Had a chunky guy who was trying to find his brother ?, some long haired hot female professor and a kid who had one of the creatures as a pet , only it had bit him and now he shorted out fuses or something.

Alright it might have been an odd series but i liked it and used to eat mighty meaty pizza and get drunk while watching , hmmm so maybe i have rose coloured specs on ?.

Either way i can`t remember the name of the show , or what happened to it

So any help along those lines would be greatly appreciated

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[reiver58]

Greenskull...I think this might be what you're looking for. It is available on Amazon.com.

Hadn't seen anything more than previews when it was on the air. Did a keyword search for "science fiction" ,"TV show" and "cancelled" and got this result...

"Surface"

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[tabler]

Hi GS, I think it was called 'Surface' and it ended quit abruptly,
hope this helps:D

[DTravel]

Surface was not renewed after its one season because it was crap. I know because I watched it. (Don't ask why, until I saw GreenSkull's post I had mercifully forgotten it.)


Next question: What ever happened to actress Heather Paige Kent?

[Wendigo]

Hey I've got the Surface DVD box-set. I remember reading some of the publicity beforehand and was very excited as I have a great collection of sea-monster movies on DVD. It started off fine but was one of the greatest disappointments of the last few years as it deviated away from the main plot and threw so many curved balls and alternative plot-lines that it was hard to see where it was actually going. I guess that didn't help the show's survival.

Talking of TV science-fiction what about the Bermuda Triangle based show The Fantastic Journey with the late Roddy McDowell and the stunning Katie Saylor? I haven't seen any repeats of this for decades and Katie Saylor who was taken ill whilst they were filming has disappeared off the scene.

[tabler]

I used to get a British comic in the 60's and I cant remember the name, but one of the storys/characters was Billys Boots about a kid who was crap at Football untill he wore an old pair of Football boots that belonged to 'Dead shot Keane'

Can anyone remember this, if so what was the comic called?

[Wendigo]

I used to get a British comic in the 60's and I cant remember the name, but one of the storys/characters was Billys Boots about a kid who was crap at Football untill he wore an old pair of Football boots that belonged to 'Dead shot Keane'

Can anyone remember this, if so what was the comic called?

Scorcher - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy's_Boots
I was more into World of Wonder, Whizzer & Chips and my American Marvel comics though - not forgetting Look-In.

[tabler]

Wendigo you star, that has been bugging me for ages, thank you:D

[MaxJoker]

Greenskull...I think this might be what you're looking for. It is available on Amazon.com.
Hadn't seen anything more than previews when it was on the air. Did a keyword search for "science fiction" ,"TV show" and "cancelled" and got this result...

"Surface"


Many thanks for the titles name and all the extra info reiver58 , nice one :cool:. Also a hearty cheers go to all the other contributors on this thread :D .Especially DT for his well thought out opinion which has made me inclined to remember the show even more fondly than before :p . Plus in answer to your question Heather Paige Kent disappeared because she took time off to have a couple of babies .Which was convenient really as she`d found herself at a bit of a loose end after her "That`s life" show was finally put out of everyones misery ,oh and casting agents no longer gave her those call backs :D

[billybunter]

I wish they'd bring back spangles...

[avidfan]

I used to get a British comic in the 60's and I cant remember the name, but one of the storys/characters was Billys Boots about a kid who was crap at Football untill he wore an old pair of Football boots that belonged to 'Dead shot Keane'

Can anyone remember this, if so what was the comic called?

lol, i had a comic in the early 80's that had billys boots in it, "tiger and speed" it also had hot shot hamish in it amonst others. iirc, the comic split and it paired up with another comic (eagle) that had the mekon and dan dare in it!

[Davemetalhead]

Whatever happened to Cabanas ? Anyone remember them - coconut, caramel and cherries, covered in milk chocolate ?

I'm also trying to remember a 70's kiddies show that I used to watch - featured folks travelling through time I think, and I seem to remember their time travelling devices were on their belt buckles ? Fairly sure it was an American show ...

[tabler]

Could it be 'Timeslip' or 'Time Tunnel' I think it most likely you are talking about 'Timeslip,:D

[DTravel]

Many thanks for the titles name and all the extra info reiver58 , nice one :cool:. Also a hearty cheers go to all the other contributors on this thread :D .Especially DT for his well thought out opinion which has made me inclined to remember the show even more fondly than before :p . Plus in answer to your question Heather Paige Kent disappeared because she took time off to have a couple of babies .Which was convenient really as she`d found herself at a bit of a loose end after her "That`s life" show was finally put out of everyones misery ,oh and casting agents no longer gave her those call backs :D

Surface was the show where the characters talked about how the critters had six legs. While the baby critter sitting next to them only had four legs.

And I still think Heather Paige Kent was hot. :p

[MaxJoker]

Surface was the show where the characters talked about how the critters had six legs. While the baby critter sitting next to them only had four legs.

And I still think Heather Paige Kent was hot. :p


Well you`ve got me there as i can`t remember ever studying the babies appendages , but then maybe the other two drop into view when they reach puberty ?.

As for Heather ? ,well i never cast aspersions on her core temperature merely her lack of professional success :p

[DTravel]

Well you`ve got me there as i can`t remember ever studying the babies appendages , but then maybe the other two drop into view when they reach puberty?

Nope, the adults only had four legs too.

[27cows]

Another was called: Lizzy Dripping. What happened to her?

Think she got a plumber in ;)

[MaxJoker]

Whatever happened to PJ Sparxx ? , last time i saw her was in the early nineties in a film whose name escapes me (But then this thread is for missing memory gaps) .She was riding a condom wearing guy in the woods, looking quite overweight and with a bit of a bad boob job .Not that it detracted from her beauty i may add, anyway i know she retired and probably due to the risks involved with her then career plus the aging process .But does anyone know what she`s meant to be doing now , i mean apart from laying low .

Whoops might have answered my own question there , then again i live in hope :D

[Simo]

What ever happened to phil cool , the stand up comic who used to pull all sorts of weird faces . Also what ever happened to kelly monteith he was massive back in the late eighties on the bbc but disappeared.

[jjfox]

I was wondering what happened to Lily Allen. I haven't seen or heard anything from her in almost twenty minutes.

[Bovon]

Also what ever happened to kelly monteith he was massive back in the late eighties on the bbc but disappeared.

His wife was played by Gabrielle Drake, sister of fabled songster Nick.

[Simo]

His wife was played by Gabrielle Drake, sister of fabled songster Nick.


Played by, was a film made of his life or something i dont understand :confused:

[Wendigo]

Max Clifford - I've not seen or heard of him for over an hour.

[imtrying]

Common sense. There used to be a couple of really cool stores in this town. One was a vintage toy store, the other was a book store. They both closed down because they couldn't afford the rising lease costs. They have both been vacant for months. Couldn't someone have been smart enough to either lower the rent, or at least let them stay until they had new renters lined up? As it stands, people are out of work, the property owners are sitting on two empty buildings and two cool stores are gone. Makes no sense.

[anklebiter]

What ever happened to accountability? When we screw up,it's some disorder we got because we saw our grandma's boobs when we were 5. When we fail to manage our money it's the governments fault, and demand they bail us out.Meanwhile, the government grows more and more unaccountable for it's own actions.

[sydney1]

Erm...shops, you know the small ones within walking distance, they all seem to have vanished. The goverment in this country constantly repeats the mantra that the big supermarkets are creating employment and work opportunity; no they f*****g ain't, the mega-marts just shut every other poor b*****d down.

Now if you want anything you have to get in your car and drive bleeding miles. So much for saving the planet and you have to battle your way through Mr fat-lardy b******d and his equally obese wife and offspring in flip-flops.

I hate Tesco's....I mean I really hate Tesco's.

Rant over..deep breath.

[Wendigo]

What ever happened to accountability?

Brown today quoted that famous phrase from the Truman era (the ex US President not the Jim Carrey movie) The Buck Stops Here.
Let's see whether he understands it now.

School leavers who cannot read and write or violently mis-behave probably have more to do with trendy but inept teaching methods than to some imaginary attention deficit disorders. I knew I was crap at Physics as I just did not get it, consequently I got crap marks, which I accepted as being an accurate reflection. Nowadays my 10/15% would probably get me some kind of diploma. Why are we so afraid to recognise that we cannot be good at everything?

On another note, I see the odd Betamax items but where did all the video 2000 tapes and machines go to?

[Bovon]

Played by, was a film made of his life or something i dont understand :confused:


Simo - Sorry, dozy Bovon not articulating properly. Kelly Monteith played in a series of sketches in his BBC TV show (as far as I remember), and within those sketches etc, his 'wife' was played by Gabrielle Drake (an actress) who in 'real life' is the sister of the 1970s folkie(?) Nick Drake - 5 Leaves Left etc.

Hope that helps clear the confusion up? ;):)

[MaxJoker]

What ever happened to phil cool , the stand up comic who used to pull all sorts of weird faces


I checked out his website and he`s meant to have more or less toured continually all these years , so good for him as although impressionists aren't really my thing he was kinda cool at it :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bghGOfJZLOM



Now then "Whatever happened to "

Quality control in the minds of TV program commissioning editors ?

I've just discovered i have an attic in the flat i`m renting and while nosing around the web encrusted place i came across some amazing superhero print pint glasses wrapped in newspaper dated 1989, which had a guide page that only helped remind me (If it was needed) just what a poor state our current television standards are in.

Couldn't believe it , the schedule was full of decent educational children shows and grown up documentaries (BBC 2 had an excellent sounding one on Stalins former head of secret police Beria) .There were old comedy classics like Bilko and Steptoe, and newer quality imports of Cheers and Married with children. BBC 1 was showing 1946`s The Big Sleep that evening . While CH4 had on a late night showing of The Awakening of Annie. There were no brain dead repeats to be found ,and bugger all reality rubbish / quiz shows / cookery crud or celebrity based dribble.

How times have changed :(

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Twisted thing is i bet in another twenty years some other nosey sod finds a TV guide for today and goes all weepy with nostalgia about how great it used to be :rolleyes:

[goonerkev]

Now then "Whatever happened to "

Quality control in the minds of TV program commissioning editors ?



On that subject, there is a website here that gives archived TV schedules going back as far as the 60s ... interesting to browse and see what you were watching in your 'formative' years, compared to the junk they are dishing up now ...


http://thetvroomplus.com/about.php

[Mal Hombre]

Whatever happened to Cabanas ? Anyone remember them - coconut, caramel and cherries, covered in milk chocolate ?

I'm also trying to remember a 70's kiddies show that I used to watch - featured folks travelling through time I think, and I seem to remember their time travelling devices were on their belt buckles ? Fairly sure it was an American show ... You might be thinking of The Tomorrow People
actually a british show

[scoundrel]

You might be thinking of The Tomorrow People
actually a british show

The show used to be ITV before the ITN News. It was made by Thames Television, and there were occasional appearances by Rover 2000 police cars belonging to the Metropolitan Police, nice cars which never saw real service but were the preferred image for TV drama purposes. I rather liked The Tomorrow People although I didn't follow it religiously. The special effects budget was, ahem, modest:rolleyes: and this certainly showed, but in spite of that, it was original, inventive and intelligent. They spend a lot more now to churn out absolute drivel.

The show was cancelled after 5 or 6 years in 1979. It didn't have a bad run really, and nothing is forever except Coronation Street:(.

[Mal Hombre]

The show used to be ITV before the ITN News. It was made by Thames Television, and there were occasional appearances by Rover 2000 police cars belonging to the Metropolitan Police, nice cars which never saw real service but were the preferred image for TV drama purposes. I rather liked The Tomorrow People although I didn't follow it religiously. The special effects budget was, ahem, modest:rolleyes: and this certainly showed, but in spite of that, it was original, inventive and intelligent. They spend a lot more now to churn out absolute drivel.

The show was cancelled after 5 or 6 years in 1979. It didn't have a bad run really, and nothing is forever except Coronation Street:(.
It famously featured a young Nicholas Lyndhurst in Nazi uniform,also Mike Hollaway who was the drummer with Flintlock (those of you from my neck of the woods and age group may remember Flintlock,if not let's just say they were a poor man's Bay city Rollers!)

[MaxJoker]

Taking yourself less seriously , because i`m telling you some people are talking the talk but ain`t walking dat walk :(

While i`m at it whatever happened to ""Being adultly aware of the repercussions from your own actions "

Oh and the old style Dentyne chewing gum you know the one WITHOUT aspartame ,like where the hell did that go :mad:

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[Wendigo]

Oh and the old style Dentyne chewing gum you know the one WITHOUT aspartame ,like where the hell did that go :mad:


Whatever happened to fresh breath sprays? They were handy if you've been out all day and had eaten something spicy, mints aren't just the same.

[MaxJoker]

Whatever happened to fresh breath sprays? They were handy if you've been out all day and had eaten something spicy, mints aren't just the same.


The best substitute i`ve found so far is this

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It has a very nice smell and cleanses a curry breath up a treat also meant to calm you down to (?) , but then it does contain a decent amount of neat alcohol ;)

"Please spray responsibly "

:D

[Futuro]

...To ViewMaster?

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And why on earth porn-industry did not exploit its possibilities?

"Magazine and three discs!" "Sex in full colour!"

[DTravel]

...To ViewMaster?

Announced last week that its being made in to a movie. Seriously.

http://scifiwire.com/2009/07/from-the-wtf-files-they-w.php

[Futuro]

Announced last week that its being made in to a movie. Seriously.

http://scifiwire.com/2009/07/from-the-wtf-files-they-w.php
And there`s of course big budget involved!
Now that`s hopeless! What next? "Rubik`s cube - The Movie" ? "The Return of the revenge of the son of the Rubik`s cube" ( Director`s cut.)
"ViewMaster VS. Rubik`s Cube: Armageddon":D

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[electile disfunction]

The original Ivory dish soap! (Not the fake-smelling near-useless stuff sold under that name now.) A small amount cleaned loads of very dirty dishes, it was easy on the hands, it rinsed off quickly and very well, and did not smell like the "chemically-enhanced fruit-concoction-of-the-week". :(

e.d.

[burpman]

Whatever happened to fresh breath sprays? They were handy if you've been out all day and had eaten something spicy, mints aren't just the same.

I think on TV blokes who used it were stereotyped as over the hill lecherous lounge lizards, one zap of Binaca and they were on the make ready to pinch a bird.

[kananga]

I'm sure something happened to ice creams also, undoubtedly in their bid to save a buck in manufacturing.
Sure I'm older now and my tastes may have changed, but many of the manufactured ones had distinctive luscious chocolate and unique rich creams.
I'm guessing brands and names may differ internationally, but how many Aussies remember the original Choc Wedge, Heart, Two In One, Cream B'tween and Eskimo Pie, the latter also being available as Cherry flavoured.:p

[LovemBig]

ELO, man they had some great tunes!!! I really loved putting on the LP "Out Of The Blue" and being lost in their music!!!! Wish they'd make a return. :D

[Rfan]

Taking yourself less seriously , because i`m telling you some people are talking the talk but ain`t walking dat walk :(

While i`m at it whatever happened to ""Being adultly aware of the repercussions from your own actions "

Right on GS. Everbody talks about rights but no one talks about responsibility. Here's the responsibility game: the true role of government is not to govern but to be a responsibility dump, responsibilities people dont want get off loaded onto government. But 'government' being the amorphous mass it is responsibility is so diffuse that no one's responsible for anything. This way no one can be blamed for anything. If you want to be free you have to be responsible, if you don't want responsibility you cant be free.

Education.

The liberal education system where everyone gets to pass (unless they really cant be bothered doing a minimal amount of work). It doesn't matter that by the time the kids get to Uni they still can't spell correctly and have a minimal grasp of grammar. Some Uni's now give remedial english courses, that's how bad it's become. I imagine that sooner or later 'mobile speak' will become acceptable writing simply because it's ubiquitous.

Ok, can someone tell me if I've become bitter?

[MaxJoker]

Ok, can someone tell me if I've become bitter?

No you haven`t become bitter you`ve become enlightened and mentally liberated , although knowing you that`s probably been since birth :D

[crazybikerme]

No wonder the yoof of today resort to alcopops. They don't have proper booze like what we did.................:p

[haldane4]

Whatever happened to Private Investigator's - when did they become debt collectors and thugs and scum, what happened to the likes of Sam Spade and John Dalmas and Frank Marker?

[Wendigo]

Whatever happened to Private Investigator's - when did they become debt collectors and thugs and scum, what happened to the likes of Sam Spade and John Dalmas and Frank Marker?

Must have been before the late 1970's as the first episode of Hazell had him being hired to collect debts, as did several other episodes in the first season.
He must have been in really Dire Straits then.

[haldane4]

Hey Wendigo, glad you remember Marker.

Yeah, Marker used to collect debts, I know, but it was usually just the hook into a story where he'd go broke or waive his fee to help his client out. Above and beyond the call of duty, if you know what I mean. Hard to reconcile todays 'boys' with Gentleman Frank.

[MaxJoker]

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It used to be a tactical game akin to chess only with the added edge of including physical observation and panic stricken sweating resulting in breakdowns . Now it’s become nothing more than glorified bingo crossed with fancy dress , Maybe the Online rubbish has killed the ethos of the whole thing ?, or maybe it`s just that arseholes keep trying to join in the particular tables i`m playing at ?. Whatever i just find it insulting that my many contrived tells are now wasted on these sunglass wearing (Or worse fedora ) wobbly faced personality free sad sacks :(

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Think i`ll take up the sport of kings instead

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Anyone up for a joust :D

[tabler]

Other than accent we all look the same now,we dress the same. listen to the same music, drink the same drinks....we have lost our individuality by region we have became 'Brits' not Geordies or Mancs or Cockneys or Scouse...we have become Brits by definition.

Well Im just going to don my flat cap, stick some Whippets down my trousers and take the Ferrets for a walk.

Oh and if its winter and just below freezing I might wear a T-shirt.

Oh and on the way back I might hew out a coal seam!

[scoundrel]

There's a bit of life left in them yet Tabs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFoRHWw2Dp0

[tabler]

There's a bit of life left in them yet Tabs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFoRHWw2Dp0

:D:D:DThat is great, Ive never seen that...But Its True!:D:D:D

Thanks scounds;)

[brianwp]

Other than accent we all look the same now,we dress the same. listen to the same music, drink the same drinks....we have lost our individuality by region we have became 'Brits' not Geordies or Mancs or Cockneys or Scouse...we have become Brits by definition.

Well Im just going to don my flat cap, stick some Whippets down my trousers and take the Ferrets for a walk.

Oh and if its winter and just below freezing I might wear a T-shirt.

Oh and on the way back I might hew out a coal seam!

I haven't got the faintest idea what the hell you're talking about. Speak English, will ya? :rolleyes:

[scoundrel]

I haven't got the faintest idea what the hell you're talking about. Speak English, will ya? :rolleyes:

As we all know, the very best Queen's English is spoken in rebel circles, especially Georgia and New Jersey.:D:D

[John C. Holmes]

Whatever happened to Joe Pesci???

[brianwp]

As we all know, the very best Queen's English is spoken in rebel circles, especially Georgia and New Jersey.:D:D

Yeah, but, he said..."Well Im just going to don my flat cap, stick some Whippets down my trousers and take the Ferrets for a walk.

Oh and if its winter and just below freezing I might wear a T-shirt.

Oh and on the way back I might hew out a coal seam!"

Whippets and flat caps and ferrets and coal seams? What the hell, scoundrel! Yes, but what does it all mean, Basil?

[scoundrel]

Its complicated, brian, but I'll do my best...
Yeah, but, he said..."Well Im just going to don my flat cap, stick some Whippets down my trousers and take the Ferrets for a walk. OED/Websters translation: I shall wear my stereotypical 19th Century North of England factory workers' clothing and take my stereotypical North of England caged animal pets for fresh air and exercise.

This is not a traditional North of England sterotypical cloth cap.
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This is a stereotypical 19th Century North of England cloth cap.http://img179.imagevenue.com/loc63/th_78441_Traditional_cloth_cap_1_122_63lo.jpg (http://img179.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=78441_Traditional_cloth_cap_1_122_63 lo.jpg)
and this one was in vogue up to the 1960s.http://img127.imagevenue.com/loc1121/th_78442_Traditional_Cloth_Cap_2_122_1121lo.jpg (http://img127.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=78442_Traditional_Cloth_Cap_2_122_11 21lo.jpg)

The Northern love of ferrets was practical. They are excellent hunting animals (rabbit stew) and superb for dealing with rats and mice, even better (and cheaper) than cats.

But ferrets are not cute:
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Ferrets do not wear cloth caps, even if their stereoptypical North of England owners wear them: http://img259.imagevenue.com/loc466/th_04663_Ferrets_do_not_wear_cloth_caps_122_466lo. jpg
Like their North of England owners, ferrets are plain snarling, no-nonsense business-like animals who get on with the job.http://img154.imagevenue.com/loc42/th_79220_Ferret_122_42lo.jpg (http://img154.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=th_79220_Ferret_122_42lo.jpg)

As for whippets, they were the poor man's race horse: even a hard-up miner or factory worker liked to go to the races for a drink and a bit of a flutter: http://img253.imagevenue.com/loc53/th_79588_Whippet_2_122_53lo.jpg

But as with all gambling, it could easily be the road to ruin, hence the phrase; ''It's gone to the dogs now'', which could be the answer to all lot of ''whatever happened to'' questions on this thread.

Oh and if its winter and just below freezing I might wear a T-shirt.
This refers to a region of North East England called Tyneside, regional capital Newcastle, from which region 'Geordies' originate. The stereotype here is that Geordies have alcohol when everyone else has blood, so they do not feel cold, fear or pain. When the ambient street temperature is below freezing and the windspeed is 10mph or more, Geordies celebrate their superior constitutions by wearing white/Newcastle United tee-shirts and training shoes, while their girlfriends wear short skirts and high heels on the same principle. Any resident of Newcastle who wraps up warm in these conditions is disgraced and has to move to London.

This youtube link refers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFoRHWw2Dp0

Oh and on the way back I might hew out a coal seam!" Coal mining was a traditional economic activity of Northern regions, much mis-prized by southern softies of doubtful sexuality who had a phobia of honest work or getting their hands dirty.

Whippets and flat caps and ferrets and coal seams? What the hell, scoundrel! Yes, but what does it all mean, Basil?
See above.

Hope that helps, brian.

[risen]

Scoundrel, that was an explanation of rare genius.

For Brian's further edification, a ferret is a domesticated polecat.

[tabler]

Scounds I am impressed! now try the trouser/whippet/ferret one:D

[scoundrel]

Scounds I am impressed! now try the trouser/whippet/ferret one:D

The closest I can come is this notorious youtube clip:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9xHEj3Gk4Q

The practice of letting ferrets reside inside your trouser leg was once commonplace in the North of England but it seems problematic to me...

[tmee2000]

Well Im just going to don my flat cap, stick some Whippets down my trousers and take the Ferrets for a walk.

Oh and if its winter and just below freezing I might wear a T-shirt.

Oh and on the way back I might hew out a coal seam!

I thought ferrets batted at #11. They went in after the rabbits

[tmee2000]

Whatever happened to Joe Pesci???
Joe Pesci can't improve on perfection, so why try?

[DTravel]

Whatever happened to Tim Thomerson?

[brianwp]

Its complicated, brian, but I'll do my best...
Hope that helps, brian.

Thanks so much scounds, for your effort! I really love to learn about your culture, seriously, and I've learned so much on this site. I know what a whippet is, but I'm still not sure why you would want one down your trousers, though. That video on Geordies was hilarious...they remind me of our real Yankees, way up in New England, New Hampshire, Vermont, etc. A tough and hearty breed. I've heard Geordies mentioned by Mark Knoppler before, but didn't know what they were until now. Anything you want to know about Jersey or Georgia, I'm here for ya, buddy! Not that you would want to know anything about Jersey or Georgia, but if you do..I'm your man! Yeah...I'll be waiting. For a while, I imagine. Yep. Really fascinating, Georgia, we've got trees, and stuff. Yeah. Boy, that's good stuff. Yeah. Trees, and land, and all. Yep. And rednecks, of course, we're just lousy with them. Yeah, trees, and land, and rednecks. Yep. Somebody please kill me.

[MaxJoker]

http://img229.imagevenue.com/loc600/th_60685_boooot_123_600lo.jpg (http://img229.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=60685_boooot_123_600lo.jpg)

He got booted off the fastly deteriorating Talk Sport and then had a brief stint at trying to flog cheapo tat on a digital selling channel, anyone know what he`s up to now ?. I mean sure i could just look it up myself, but that`d defeat the whole purpose of this beloved thread :D

[scoundrel]

He got booted off the fastly deteriorating Talk Sport and then had a brief stint at trying to flog cheapo tat on a digital selling channel, anyone know what he`s up to now ?. I mean sure i could just look it up myself, but that`d defeat the whole purpose of this beloved thread :D

Last I heard of James Whale he was presenting on Bid TV (does it get lower than that?) and doing the Drive Time travel news slot on London Broadcasting Corporation (LBC), radio station, but it sounds like the plot has already moved on...

[Manny Fagnett]

I want Lime flavour angel delight back.

[MaxJoker]

I want Lime flavour angel delight back.

Didn`t even know they`d done a lime flavour ??? , have they ever done chocolate mint ?

If not why not :confused:

Also whatever happened to TV kids show Reboot ?, think it was shown on ITV back in the late nineties for a couple of series then vanished . Real pity as i liked to sober up while watching it :(

[imtrying]

Whatever happened to Rick Moranis? I was watching a dvd of "SCTV" and it has commentary from all surviving cast members except him. He had a nice career going post-SCTV. He was in "Ghostbusters I and II", "Streets of Fire", "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" and it's sequels and other stuff. He seems to have disappeared. If you're reading this Rick, I hope you're O.K.

[MaxJoker]

Whatever happened to Rick Moranis? I was watching a dvd of "SCTV" and it has commentary from all surviving cast members except him. He had a nice career going post-SCTV. He was in "Ghostbusters I and II", "Streets of Fire", "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" and it's sequels and other stuff. He seems to have disappeared. If you're reading this Rick, I hope you're O.K.


If i remember this rightly i believe his wife became very ill in the late nineties and then passed away , which was meant to have sent him into a deep depression and so he retired from acting to concentrate on raising his children . Oh and of course getting treatment for his depression :(

Shows no signs of coming out of retirement either , as he recently turned down the chance to co-star in ghostbusters 3

[brianwp]

Wow, that's too bad. He is a great talent, as so many of the SCTV alumni were! Great show, I miss it!

[bawjaws]

white-wall tyres and vinyl roofs.. used to be all the rage. oh and sheepskin seat covers

[electile disfunction]

Whatever happened to my whimsy?

And youthful naïvté?

e.d. :(

[brianwp]

I guess it went the same way as your youth...

[Leprechaun]

That's exactly what I thought when I looked in the mirror this morning.

"Whatever happened to me?" :eek:

[electile disfunction]

What happened to good, clear scans? :(

Why are more and more horrible scans--actually scans that are terribly resized--showing up everywhere? :mad:

e.d.

[baconracer]

WEHT Susan Lanius, the lone survivor of the Wonderland murders in which John Holmes was implicated?

[Manny Fagnett]

Didn`t even know they`d done a lime flavour ??? , have they ever done chocolate mint ?

If not why not :confused:

Also whatever happened to TV kids show Reboot ?, think it was shown on ITV back in the late nineties for a couple of series then vanished . Real pity as i liked to sober up while watching it :(

I'm sure they did for a brief while (Like lime) a pale brown looking mix. Can even taste it now.

[tabler]

Whatever happened to Summer? It seems to have passed us by in this country!:confused:

[scoundrel]

Whatever happened to Summer? It seems to have passed us by in this country!:confused:

Three days of typhoon winds and horizontal rain at Headingley would be most opportune right now. It would be a most undeserved intervention of the Gods however.

[TCO95]

WEHT Roddy Frame. I thought Aztec Camera "High Land Hard Rain" was absolutely brilliant. He wrote most of the album when he was only 19. The follow up "Knife" was very good and I found an EP with "Doing the Queen's Tattoo". Then, nothing. Was anyone else a fan?

[brianwp]

What ever happened to my support hose? I remember them being here, but I can't find them to save my life. My wife "cleaned up" the other day, I hate when she does that. She goes through the house like a white tornado, sticking shit everywhere, then when you ask her..."what did you do with my underwear", she says..."I don't know, look in the top drawer". Then you look in the top drawer, and guess what? No freakin underwear! Afanabala! She hasn't the faintest freakin idea where she put anything, don't even ask. But she did it fast! Those support socks were over $20 a pair, but I'll never see them again. I would have worn them for the next twenty years, but she probably thought they were too old, and threw them in the garbage. I think I'll jump in there myself, one of these days. Jeez.

[molfluon]

Erm...shops, you know the small ones within walking distance, they all seem to have vanished. The goverment in this country constantly repeats the mantra that the big supermarkets are creating employment and work opportunity; no they f*****g ain't, the mega-marts just shut every other poor b*****d down.

Now if you want anything you have to get in your car and drive bleeding miles. So much for saving the planet and you have to battle your way through Mr fat-lardy b******d and his equally obese wife and offspring in flip-flops.

I hate Tesco's....I mean I really hate Tesco's.

Rant over..deep breath.

Move to our valley. Lots of corner shops, no need to go anywhere near such evil places. All the basics readily available within easy walking distance plus any you might need if you feel like a good scratch-built curry. Which for me is often. Going onto the more traditionally British side of things there's this butcher. Again in easy walking distance which sources all his beef from a herd of Aberdeen Angus from a farm in the next valley. You see right in front of you thick, tasty rib-eye steaks cut fresh off the bone.

Don't get me wrong Tesco and the like to sometimes sell good things. With fresh produce the problem really is that by the time you pick it up and put it in your basket more often than not it's nearly off or in some scientifically devised stage of decomposition which is deemed fit for human consumption. Which means that more often than not by the time you actually feel like eating it's nearly inedible and so thrown away.

That's the problem with supermarket chains. From the time you enter the car-park to the time you leave you're cynically manipulated and exploited with all the tricks that psychology and the other sciences and arts can provide.

[MaxJoker]

Whatever happened to Keir Dullea , you know Dave from 2001

http://img203.imagevenue.com/loc510/th_00300_2001FTN_123_510lo.jpg (http://img203.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=00300_2001FTN_123_510lo.jpg)

He was in that and the sequel i believe , also brainwave and then :confused:

[Giacson]

Whatever happened to Keir Dullea , you know Dave from 2001

http://img203.imagevenue.com/loc510/th_00300_2001FTN_123_510lo.jpg (http://img203.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=00300_2001FTN_123_510lo.jpg)

He was in that and the sequel i believe , also brainwave and then :confused:

According to Wiki....

Where Are They Now
Apt. New York & Home in Conn.

(February 2007) Appearing in NYC at the Vineyard Theater as "The Narrator" in "Mary Rose" a play by J.M. Barrie.

[MaxJoker]

According to Wiki....

Where Are They Now
Apt. New York & Home in Conn.

(February 2007) Appearing in NYC at the Vineyard Theater as "The Narrator" in "Mary Rose" a play by J.M. Barrie.


Yes i know that , i mean why did he stop acting and clear off for 30 odd years ?. I thought the man was very convincing in 2001 and from it had a brief moment where he could have started climbing up the stardom ladder , yet he seemingly turned his back on it all ?. Weird , although granted not as weird as me asking what happened to him :rolleyes:

[slowdiver]

Maybe he suffered from "oh bugger, how do I top THAT syndrome". You work your way up to becoming an actor, then star in arguably the defining science fiction film of your generation and then what? Who can tell. Or maybe he took truckloads of acid, as one did in the late 60's and subsequently for every audition he attended afterwards suffered flashbacks in which a calm rational voice at the back of his head said "you can't do that Dave"...

;)

[MaxJoker]

Actually think it might have been to do with drugs , as having had a better search it seems like he is a very introverted individual and very uncomfortable under scrutiny. Leading him to use beta blockers to help with hand tremors.So why he ever became an actor god knows ?. Then again they say Heath Ledger suffered from something similar , anxiety etc .

[lovegod]

Lucy Gutteridge was a hot babe... way back when,
not seen her for yonks

[scoundrel]

Actually think it might have been to do with drugs , as having had a better search it seems like he is a very introverted individual and very uncomfortable under scrutiny. Leading him to use beta blockers to help with hand tremors.So why he ever became an actor god knows ?. Then again they say Heath Ledger suffered from something similar , anxiety etc .Yet Keir Dullea was excellent in 2001: A Space Odyssey, no evidence there of overwhelming self-consciousness. Go figure.:(

[slowdiver]

Perhaps with 2001 people regarded it as just another job, not realising just how huge the film would become? On paper at least, it sounds like just another slightly trippy 1960's sci fi fest.

"Well there's these astronauts, see, and a computer, that talks, and it takes over and decides to rule the world <pauses for deep herbal inhalation> <coughs> and there's this black monolith and it's like all trippy and stuff, and then they go to Saturn or Uranus or somewhere and everything goes all mad and your main astronaut becomes an old man and then a baby and stuff".

Keir probably read the script and thought "hmmm, easy enough paycheck, and let's be honest, no one's going to want to watch THAT so my anonymity is assured..."

But then of course Mr Kubrick got behind the cameras and everything fell spectacularly into place ;)

[MaxJoker]

Perhaps with 2001 people regarded it as just another job, not realising just how huge the film would become? On paper at least, it sounds like just another slightly trippy 1960's sci fi fest.

Keir probably read the script and thought "hmmm, easy enough paycheck, and let's be honest, no one's going to want to watch THAT so my anonymity is assured..."
But then of course Mr Kubrick got behind the cameras and everything fell spectacularly into place ;)

Poor bugger , he thought he`d found a role in a small indie space pic and so make that months rent and keep his privacy. But it all blew up in his face. No wonder he sought sanctuary in village theater products of mother goose for thirty years :rolleyes:
Three scenes make that film .The one where the ape goes ape and throws the bone that drops and turns into the spaceship. The bit where it becomes apparent HAL can lip read and of course "Daisy daisy ". Also the classical music snippets , but then that`s more like the garnish i guess :cool:

[billybunter]

Whatever happened to pubs, cafes without TV. I have drive into the country for that pleasure.

[tabler]

What happened to decent cafes in general billy, you rarely find a decent 'greasy spoon' now, my theory is that they were founded mainly in the 50's & 60's and were frequented by the teenagers of the era. I was a teen in the 70's and caught the back end of the culture but of course now they all want to go to MacDonalds etc.

[billybunter]

It's true greasy spoons are not what they used to be Tab. I always head for the docks there you usual find old fashioned greasy spoons. In Belfast docks my fav is Benny's. Everything cooked in lard and enormous helpings.

[MaxJoker]

If anybody ever wonders whatever happened to Joanna Ridley ,she of the 1980`s sit com Me and My Girl (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_and_My_Girl_(TV_series))

http://img204.imagevenue.com/loc166/th_79738_joanne_ridley_123_166lo.jpg (http://img204.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=79738_joanne_ridley_123_166lo.jpg)

Then concern yourself no longer . As i saw her outside a deli in Totnes , and can report the lady still had that great slight overbite smile and looked bloody gorgeous if a little frazzled . Have since looked up her and never would have believed she was 39 now and a mother of three !. Didn`t have time to do more than smile back at her as she passed then climbed into a very brow beaten ford focus, but it`d be cool if she realised some dopey members of the public still remember her. Especially ones who fancied her rotten during 85/88 :D


Ahhh memories (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA8i2S2LXNo)

[Office Boy]

and whatever happened to Sarah Patterson? Actress who played the lead role in 'Company of Wolves.' Not the football team of course, back in 1984. Directed by Neil Jordan I think, and based on the tale of red riding hood which was her part-cast as Rosalie..................



http://img216.imagevenue.com/loc33/th_85253_sarah_patterson_1_123_33lo.jpg (http://img216.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=85253_sarah_patterson_1_123_33lo.jpg )

[stralis440]

I`m going to answer my own question here.
Whatever happened to Joy Brook, the stunner from "The Bill and brief topless scene in Daziel And Pascoe?

Well, she`s turned up in a shitty advert for Go Compare, a Comparison website. Had to look twice before I realised and was also rather dissappointed to see what it`s come to for her. `spose we all have bills to pay though .....

http://thumbnails22.imagebam.com/5260/b5294b52595486.gif (http://www.imagebam.com/image/b5294b52595486/) http://thumbnails20.imagebam.com/5260/4be63952595546.gif (http://www.imagebam.com/image/4be63952595546/) http://thumbnails10.imagebam.com/5260/80f8c652595596.gif (http://www.imagebam.com/image/80f8c652595596/)

[MaxJoker]

Accidentally saw a snippet of Williams`s new video , because for a second i thought it was a racing film set in the desert. Which means i got to hear three lines of what he`s attempting to pass of as a song. Can`t remember the exact links between the three words but it went something like "I look at my reflection , something something perfection da da rejection "

Reflection , perfection , rejection ???

Whatever happened to the art of song writing :mad:

[Oswald]

What happened to pipe smoking? I can well recall that you would witness this activity nearly everywhere you went and not a day would pass by when you'd switch on the TV to see a blazer wearing boffin puffing away on his favourite pipe.

Here's a typical example - the former British PM Harold Wilson. :thumbsup:

http://www.nndb.com/people/620/000056452/harold-wilson.jpg

[Oswald]

What ever happened to Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards?

http://www.virginmedia.com/images/eddie-eag.jpg

The last I read was that a film was going to be made about his ventures starring Steve Coogan.

http://www.realmovienews.com/newsimages/1152/1265/1265_newsarticle_f.jpg

[SwedishEroticaFan]

Yet Keir Dullea was excellent in 2001: A Space Odyssey, no evidence there of overwhelming self-consciousness. Go figure.:(

About 10 years ago I was working for a catalog company and got an order from a customer with the last name of Dullea. No, it wasn't him, but when I confirmed the spelling of his name and pronounced it correctly, he was taken aback. The customer said it was one of the few times the name was pronounced correctly. I casually mentioned that I assumed it was the same pronunciation as the actor, Keir Dullea. He claimed that Keir was his uncle. He told me KD had some drug and alcohol problems but had turned his life around and had been sober for many years. He could have been feeding me a line, but how many people have you run into with that last name?

I know that Dullea is hitting the convention circuit. Last year he was at Wonderfest, an annual science fiction/fantasy model building convention.

Let's hope he is happy and healthy.:)

[Clouddancer]

What ever happened to Rio Ferdinand ?

Hewas never much good anyway I was glad when Leeds sold him

[Clouddancer]

What happened to decent cafes in general billy, you rarely find a decent 'greasy spoon' now, my theory is that they were founded mainly in the 50's & 60's and were frequented by the teenagers of the era. I was a teen in the 70's and caught the back end of the culture but of course now they all want to go to MacDonalds etc.

There used to be a brilliant one in the Huddersfield football ground complex on Leeds road I think. Does anyone know if its still there? Iremember sampling their christmas menu one year there was that much food, the table was groaning!!

[Oswald]

You would once see plenty of middle-aged men who were going bald and sweep the remainder of their over their bald pate - you don't see this any longer.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40133000/jpg/_40133650_head_bbc_203.jpg

[Mal Hombre]

Nowadays they just cut it very short so it doesn't show so much,as I do Myself.

[lovegod]

http://img204.imagevenue.com/loc166/th_79738_joanne_ridley_123_166lo.jpg (http://img204.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=79738_joanne_ridley_123_166lo.jpg)

Joanna Ridley..... name rings a bell..... was nt she the " wild child " way back when ?
seem to remember her mum was a bit of a babe too and she
was getting in on the media frenzy .....

[Oswald]

Nowadays they just cut it very short so it doesn't show so much,as I do Myself.

Or shave it all off - just as I have ( ;)) to do. I'd rather be a slaphead than a Mr. Comb Over. :)

[MaxJoker]

http://img204.imagevenue.com/loc166/th_79738_joanne_ridley_123_166lo.jpg (http://img204.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=79738_joanne_ridley_123_166lo.jpg)

Joanna Ridley..... name rings a bell..... was nt she the " wild child " way back when ?
seem to remember her mum was a bit of a babe too and she
was getting in on the media frenzy .....


No think you`re talking about her younger sister there Amanda (?).She was the original ladette and known for boozing it up and flashing her bits. Even released a crappy Schools Out cover version with low price video of herself dancing about what looked like a Spar store if i remember right. Single did nothing of course as she was pretty rough to look at and couldn`t sing worth a damn, mind you that never stopped the spice girls did it .

[lovegod]

MAYBE the Ridley family deserve their own thread
Im sure I remember their mother getting in on the tabloid action
too........... maybe that was the start of the lager ladette culture ?

Joanna.... Amanda......
was nt Emma a part of that family too ?

go here
http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/showthread.php?t=9862&highlight=ridley

[MaxJoker]

MAYBE the Ridley family deserve their own thread
Im sure I remember their mother getting in on the tabloid action
too........... maybe that was the start of the lager ladette culture ?

Joanna.... Amanda......
was nt Emma a part of that family too ?
go here
http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/showthread.php?t=9862&highlight=ridley



No that`s it , it was Emma who was the original wild child . I was muddling her up with Amanda De Cadenet .That other bint who hung around with Emma and shared in the shocking drunky antics. Which looking back seem quite timid now.


Schools out (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LB81ut3Sfo)

[Oswald]

As it's Guy Fawkes Night here in the UK, I'll ask whatever happened to those youngsters who'd make a 'Guy' out of some old discarded clothes, stuffed with rags and old newspaper, the head made from an old football, the arms and legs from cardboard tubes - all this would be placed onto a hand built trolley and carted off to the local High Street where a suitable position would be found and those famous words "Penny for the Guy, Mister" would be asked to the passers-by.

[dbailey]

As it's Guy Fawkes Night here in the UK, I'll ask whatever happened to those youngsters who'd make a 'Guy' out of some old discarded clothes, stuffed with rags and old newspaper, the head made from an old football, the arms and legs from cardboard tubes - all this would be placed onto a hand built trolley and carted off to the local High Street where a suitable position would be found and those famous words "Penny for the Guy, Mister" would be asked to the passers-by.

I can hear brass bands playing and I can see a young boy wearing ankle boots and going hell for leather with his legs outstretched down a steep cobbled street. ;).

Small boys in the park........jumpers for goal posts?

Now I shouldn't eat sweets as they are just empty calories but these are two bars that I miss.

1 The Aztec bar, it was like a big Mars bar but tasted better

2 The rum and raisin bar, you got two individually wrapped fingers of rum and raisin in gold foil within a paper wrap.

3 Mint Cracknel, chocolate with suicidal sharp pieces of peppermint brittle inside. They tell me this is still made in South Africa.

[Oswald]

I can hear brass bands playing and I can see a young boy wearing ankle boots and going hell for leather with his legs outstretched down a steep cobbled street. ;).

Aye, running down to meet his Father who has his own bakery and makes steamy fresh soft wheatgerm brown bread which is covered in real full cream butter. ;)

[Mal Hombre]

You would once see plenty of middle-aged men who were going bald and sweep the remainder of their over their bald pate - you don't see this any longer.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40133000/jpg/_40133650_head_bbc_203.jpgI saw a prime example today,a few lank ,greasy strands grown long and draped across the scalp.I just wish I could taken a photo, I.d have posted it.

[lovegod]

d bailey with his list of sweets is reminding me of
a singer.... with guitar who used to be on tv a lot singing of
these nostalgic things,
aint seen him for a while ......
think he was big mates with jim davidson
wot was his efin name ?????

[SwedishEroticaFan]

What's Ringo been up to? He seems to have dropped into the 4th Dimension.

He was always my favorite - "the funny one."

[dbailey]

d bailey with his list of sweets is reminding me of
a singer.... with guitar who used to be on tv a lot singing of
these nostalgic things,
aint seen him for a while ......
think he was big mates with jim davidson
wot was his efin name ?????

Was it Jake Thackeray?

I thought his song about the randy bantam cock was brilliant.

Do you remember as a kid going on the swings or roundabouts in the park until you came off giddy?

Or hot summer days when you were playing outside and running so hard or rolling down hills that you could feel the pulse in your own head and your heart thundering away inside your chest?

I was thinking about sweets and all the cheap sugar things we had as kids like those polystyrene flying saucer things that melted in your mouth and had sherbet inside them, but I was in an old fashioned sweet shop in the town this afternnon and you can still still get all these things, cola drops, pear drops, boilde sweets of every type. I used to eat so many boiled sweets that the skin used to peel on the roof of my mouth. No wonder I have so much metal in my head now.:cool:

[grunde]

Wigan?

[tabler]

Wigan?

Well,...last time I looked at a map...guess what?..its still there!

[lovegod]

quote
d. bailey with his list of sweets is reminding me of
a singer.... with guitar who used to be on tv a lot singing of
these nostalgic things,
aint seen him for a while ......
he was big mates with jim davidson
end quote,

No , not Jake Thackery, this guy was a londoner
like Jim davidson. He used to sing comedy songs,
have nt seen him on tv for ages, must have gone back
to the club circuit.
Come to think of it, he comes from the same ilk as
Jasper Carrot, Jasper used to sing comedy songs ...
prob with a guitar too,
must be the same age
The guy Im thinking of had curly hair.

[Mal Hombre]

Richard Digance maybe ?

[dbailey]

Yes, I am back to sweets again.

Does anyone remember Supermouse, a type of bar like a Milky Way but somehow lighter and beter flavour, may have been a cadbury product

[Fan]

Yes, I am back to sweets again.

Does anyone remember Supermouse, a type of bar like a Milky Way but somehow lighter and beter flavour, may have been a cadbury product


Yeah! Loved them. Like an adult version of Milky Way as you say. Do you also remember Aztec bar and Amazin Raisin bar? Both like Mars Bars but with more fruit!!:thumbsup:

[RyderKnightley]

Don't remember Aztecs having fruit in them.
Still on sweets, my favourites were Mint Cracknell (probably no longer in existance due to health and safety measures, as I remember, they were made from shards of candy and I remember many an injury), Texan bars, Old English Spangles (amazing flavours, I think they made a comeback, but not with the original flavours) and Stroodles (?). The last came in an apple shaped pack and were little peices of apple coated in chocolate (if I remember correctly).
Let's not forget Old Jamaica chocolate bars.

[Fan]

Aztecs had something extra in them, but I can't remember what...anyone???

[Estreeter]

Whatever happened too a good old fashioned roadhouse
You pull into a service station on a highway these days, and want a hamburger but instead ya find this crap
http://thumbnails25.imagebam.com/5748/a4180857474833.gif (http://www.imagebam.com/image/a4180857474833)
Ya might as well be putting an oily rag and fuel for your car in your mouth instead of that garbage, probably taste a lot better.
I just want a real highway hamburger
http://thumbnails23.imagebam.com/5748/bafc9657478696.gif (http://www.imagebam.com/image/bafc9657478696)
Something like this

[Oswald]

Let's not forget Old Jamaica chocolate bars.

They are still about. I bought one in a Pound shop the other week. It's a smaller size than I remember and not the same taste either - far too sugary. :(

[seany65]

Whatever happened to Cabanas ? Anyone remember them - coconut, caramel and cherries, covered in milk chocolate ?

I'm also trying to remember a 70's kiddies show that I used to watch - featured folks travelling through time I think, and I seem to remember their time travelling devices were on their belt buckles ? Fairly sure it was an American show ...

Maybe it was called "The Tomorrow People"? Just before setting off on a trip they'd say "Lets jaunt". I only ever watched one episode, the one where some 'balloons' followed people about and jumped on them and became their new clothes. I remember becuase in one scene the oriental looking member of the team was laying on a table with what looked like a swimming cozzie on and I thouhgt she looked quite sexy. This was a british prog.

[seany65]

I`m going to answer my own question here.
Whatever happened to Joy Brook, the stunner from "The Bill and brief topless scene in Daziel And Pascoe?

Well, she`s turned up in a shitty advert for Go Compare, a Comparison website. Had to look twice before I realised and was also rather dissappointed to see what it`s come to for her. `spose we all have bills to pay though .....

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Joy was in one or two scenes of the comedy series "The Thin Blue Line" and she's the malteser-stuffing sexy minx before and after the ad breaks during "Loose Women". She 'pole-dances' in one bit, wears a swimming cozzie in another, and wears a bikini top in another. She did a shoot for FHM or Loaded or Maxim, but only one photo is any good.

I used to really fancy Joanne Ridley. I did see her in one episode of a kid's tv series about a cylce-courier company. She wore tight pair of shorts and her legs were glorious!

[Mal Hombre]

The sweet "tobacco"made of coconut?

[RyderKnightley]

Aztecs had something extra in them, but I can't remember what...anyone???

I just remember them being like a Milky Way, but different.

[dbailey]

I just remember them being like a Milky Way, but different.

Article by Ruth Mortimer in Brand Strategy:

'Cadbury's tribute to the inventors of chocolate lasted ten years. The Cadbury Aztec--named after the ancient Mesoamerican culture thought to have first used cocoa--was introduced in 1968. By 1978, the bar was itself consigned to history.
The Aztec was a chunky nougat and caramel bar, not unlike the Mars Bar. Mars had launched in the UK in 1932, and dominated a massive chunk of the confectionery market. Cadbury had no direct competitor to the chewy bar and its catchy "A Mars A Day Helps You Work Rest and Play" slogan. So it launched the Aztec bar with advertising featuring a bunch of costumed actors on Mesoamerican pyramids.'

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-91563668.html

The next link is to a Cadbury website about sweets of yesterday and includes Amazin Raisin and Aztec

http://www.cadbury.co.uk/ourproducts/yesterday/Pages/Yesterday.aspx

[MaxJoker]

Marks & Spencers special Christmas chocolate mousse ?

They last had it in Christmas 2006 , but since then nada.

For those who don`t know it was this big solid plastic bowl of amazing tasting milk chocolate mousse , the really thick kind that you can`t find anywhere nowadays.
Unless you make it yourself of course , but who`s that gay ? ( As in overly joyous).

Anyway so it had this amazing mousse and at the bottom really sweet fresh orange segments. The whole thing was topped with whipped cream , plus that was then topped with thick (Again) orange segment shaped and flavoured pieces of milk chocolate :cool:

They always used to sell out really quick so i made sure i bought three that year , little knowing that it would be the last time i got the chance to taste it .

Why`d they stop selling it ?.

Not even as if they replaced it with something better , as for the last three years all they`ve sold are flamboyant looking cheesecakes , profiteroles cakes and cheapo quality (But not priced) mousses :mad:

Arrrgggh i hate M&S :mad:

[billybunter]

Whatever happened to that high pitched sound (Ab I think) that your telly made after midnight when all programs stopped. It was there to wake you up incase you fell asleep. And also when got up and switched it off (no remote control in them days) there was a white dot that slowly faded away. And for younger members, tv stopped at midnight!

[GallifreyMan]

I used to get a British comic in the 60's and I cant remember the name, but one of the storys/characters was Billys Boots about a kid who was crap at Football untill he wore an old pair of Football boots that belonged to 'Dead shot Keane'

Can anyone remember this, if so what was the comic called?

It sounds like it could be the comic strip "Look Out For Lefty", which, believe it or not, had overtones of "Steptoe & Son." Lefty lived with his old man in a junkyard, and, if memory serves me right, that is where he found the boots. The comic may have been "Whizzer & Chips", but not 100% certain on that.

[marksharp]

And where did my fat stomach go.........?

[melies]

And where did my fat stomach go.........?

it emigrated to me!!

[Estreeter]

The Winter Olympics currently being held has reminded me of Eddie The Eagle
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Whatever became of poor old Eddie?

[DEB JORDAN FAN]

The Winter Olympics currently being held has reminded me of Eddie The Eagle
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Whatever became of poor old Eddie?

I Beleive He Works As A Plasterer.

[MaxJoker]

Mr Holland and Mr Barrett

I used to go in there for the price and stay for the advice , but now they're gone ?


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Tell you i really miss the tall northern guy urging me to buy their poor quality overly expensive items , while the short foreign bloke kept telling me to lose weight , get married and start a pension plan etc .

:rolleyes:

[billybunter]

discipline! Kids today need a good clip round the ear, never did me no harm. And bring back the cane in schools.

[sydney1]

discipline! Kids today need a good clip round the ear, never did me no harm. And bring back the cane in schools.

Sorry, have to disagree on this one Billy, I went to a sh*thole of a secondary school when corporal punishment was freely available and having being on the receiving-end of the cane, which I will repeat because I feel strongly about this.

Myself and about ten other boys were 'caned' across our hands for, and I quote: 'Running on some loose stones'. At the time, I was escaping a roughing-up, usual sort of fare in a crap school, but for this, the headmaster broke a cane over my fingertips. The pain nearly made me vomit, I'll never forget that feeling, also the reaction of my compatriots ( the look of their faces was just fear)
He then went into his office and brought out about ten more canes and nearly broke the fingers on the other boys.:mad:

When I grew up and got bigger and stronger, I often wondered about going around to that c***'s house and doing exactly the same thing to him in front of his wife, to see how he liked it.:mad:

The reason why they stopped using corporal-punishment in that school was the fact that the pupils in the end decided they were'nt taking that sadistic sh*t any longer and two teachers had the crap kicked out of them.

As far as I'm concerned, they deserved everything they got.

Isn't the Catholic church in a spot of bother over abuse of children at the moment.:rolleyes:

You remember good teachers... and you really remember the bad ones.

[billybunter]

Well, nowadays the pupils have the upper-hand. I was caned many times; yes it hurt but it did me no harm. The catholic church is in bother at the mo due to sexual abuse, which is a different subject. Don't forget the teachers today who are beaten and abused. If a child got a clip round the ear these days their parents would be filing a law suit instead of telling them off. And the reason corporal punishment was stopped was because of an EU law. Not a pupil rebellion.:rolleyes:

[jawbone]

Well, nowadays the pupils have the upper-hand. I was caned many times; yes it hurt but it did me no harm. The catholic church is in bother at the mo due to sexual abuse, which is a different subject. Don't forget the teachers today who are beaten and abused. If a child got a clip round the ear these days their parents would be filing a law suit instead of telling them off. And the reason corporal punishment was stopped was because of an EU law. Not a pupil rebellion.:rolleyes:

Sorry to be pedantic but it was a ruling in the European Court as a result of action taken by British children. The Court which was set up by the UK in the aftermath of the second world war, is based on our common law and pre dates the EU by several years and it has nothing to do with the EU. It just annoys me that our 'wonderful media' continue to peddle the myth that they are one and the same, not to mention being anti British, when they are not.

[dbailey]

Fortunately I only went to an inner city state school where fear of a beating in yard exceded fear of a caning by the teaching staff.

However, I did notice that the worst teachers with the lousiest control and teaching skills were the first to reach for the cane. Teachers with presence and authority never seemed to need that crutch.

Secondly, I have read many autobiographies of the great and the good who went to posh schools and boarding schools, some first division and some conference league level and the brutality of what they endured from Monks and religious Brothers makes me wonder if this was some form of a closset sexual abuse.

John Peel's life springs to mind :(

[TCO95]

Corporal punishment has been replaced with chemical control. Maybe we should call it corporate punishment? I read about one teacher who had 60% of her class on ritalin. Cranking out drug addicts is not what the school system is meant to be. Got a problem? Reach for a pill! Better living through chemicals! I'm sure the pharmaceutical companies love the profit but what is the real cost to us as a society? I'm against corporal punishment but I'm against chemical control even more. More children act out because of boredom than anything else. Better teaching methods and changing the curriculum to reflect our modern society may hold their attention better than a bang on the ear.

My two cents.

[Alvin Lucifer]

Corporal punishment has been replaced with chemical control. Maybe we should call it corporate punishment? I read about one teacher who had 60% of her class on ritalin. Cranking out drug addicts is not what the school system is meant to be. Got a problem? Reach for a pill! Better living through chemicals! I'm sure the pharmaceutical companies love the profit but what is the real cost to us as a society? I'm against corporal punishment but I'm against chemical control even more. More children act out because of boredom than anything else. Better teaching methods and changing the curriculum to reflect our modern society may hold their attention better than a bang on the ear.

My two cents.

Indeed, indeed, my friend!

I'm not for corporal punishment per se, but sometimes punishment is warranted rather than a "time-out." I'm not now and never want to be a parent, so maybe I shouldn't talk, but I see my sisters go through this crap with their kids. In the seventies when we were still kids it got trendy for parents to explain why the kid wasn't allowed to do this or that. This led to endless explaining and negotiating. We hated "because I said so," and "that's the way it is," but it got us to put our energy into something more constructive than being a jailhouse lawyer, which is what my sisters' kids are!

"Hey, you're just a kid. You don't know how the world works. This is for your own good. Etc. Etc."

It took me well into adulthood to realize most of those old cliches are true.
:cool:

[Foxbark]

As the comedian Arthur Smith once said, "Whatever happened to white dog-shit?".
Well remember as a boy chalky, white dog turds littering the streets of London, now they have entirelly disappeared.
Must be something to do with dog food brands.

[blatt]

:) Living in ignorance :) Just had my wifes friend on the phone telling me all about how bad sucrose and other fizzy drink chemicals are and that they cause all sorts of cancers. That im a big risk of developing problems since i guzzle loads of diet coke.Yes big laugh diet coke.That i drink while i eat such healthy things as a mighty meaty thick crust 12" pizza :) Wouldnt have minded but she only rang up to she if the wife was home. Dont know how we got from me telling her no .To her warning me that im a lardy time bomb of illness. Wait a minute i remember .I burped :) Had a quick look online though and she is right.That stuff is pretty toxic :( Must mean i am as well then as ive lived on the stuff for forty years :eek:

[MaxJoker]

:) Living in ignorance :) Just had my wifes friend on the phone telling me all about how bad sucrose and other fizzy drink chemicals are and that they cause all sorts of cancers.

Know what you mean , i just learned that my regular morning breakfast of crispy pork crackling mayonnaise sesame rolls might be considered unhealthy :eek:

Was so shocked when i found out i dropped my pint of chocolate milk :eek:


Thank god i always drink it from a giant doughnut :thumbsup:

[tygrkhat40]

I remember when saccharine was outlawed in the states because it might cause cancer, you would have had to drink over 500 cans of pop a day to increase your chance of getting cancer by a small percentage. You'd drown before you got cancer.

It's incredible. Food additives which miniscully raise the chance of getting cancer are outlawed in a heartbeat, but tobacco is still legal.

[Avallanius]

discipline! Kids today need a good clip round the ear, never did me no harm. And bring back the cane in schools.


Sorry mate - keep discipline in the bedroom with a nice big bottomed wife bent over your knee.

Again I went to a brutal Grammar school - ever sen the movie "Kes", EVERY teacher was like that - If you went a month without getting beaten in some way you were an angel. Also some of the old guys used to be a bit too "touchy feely"....let's not even go there....

keep that fantasy of lining up the sixth form girls for a good strapping strictly in your head.

It never worked anyway...I never learned my lesson & if I ever saw my old gym tecaher evn if he was 70 I'd still punch him on the nose for his militaristic brutality he doled out to us

[sydney1]

Sorry mate - keep discipline in the bedroom with a nice big bottomed wife bent over your knee.

Again I went to a brutal Grammar school - ever sen the movie "Kes", EVERY teacher was like that - If you went a month without getting beaten in some way you were an angel. Also some of the old guys used to be a bit too "touchy feely"....let's not even go there....

keep that fantasy of lining up the sixth form girls for a good strapping strictly in your head.

It never worked anyway...I never learned my lesson & if I ever saw my old gym tecaher evn if he was 70 I'd still punch him on the nose for his militaristic brutality he doled out to us

Snap, I had a cane broke with the impact on my fingers from a sadistic sh*t of a headmaster as he assaulted 10 of us for running on some pebbles! Major infraction.. As I grew older and stronger I sometimes thought about going around to his house and doing to him what he did to me in front of his wife.:mad:
One of the reasons they got rid of the cane in our school was because some of the bigger lads decided enough was enough and when threatened with corporal punishment told the teacher if he proceeded he would have the crap kicked out of him. Some teachers didn't listen to that advice and suffered the consequence.

[damp-patch]

Whatever happened to........my career?

[rustler]

The Victor, great reading as a kid! I used to love reading about the adventures of Alf Tupper 'The Tough of the Track', who when he wasn't running always seemed to be eating chips!?
I also remember Braddock VC. from the same comic, but can't seem to remember any others. Can you??

And what about 'Floral Gums', 'Cola Cubes' and 'Parma Violets'.......:thumbsup:

[billybunter]

Sorry mate - keep discipline in the bedroom with a nice big bottomed wife bent over your knee.

Again I went to a brutal Grammar school - ever sen the movie "Kes", EVERY teacher was like that - If you went a month without getting beaten in some way you were an angel. Also some of the old guys used to be a bit too "touchy feely"....let's not even go there....

keep that fantasy of lining up the sixth form girls for a good strapping strictly in your head.

It never worked anyway...I never learned my lesson & if I ever saw my old gym tecaher evn if he was 70 I'd still punch him on the nose for his militaristic brutality he doled out to us

Yes, but a clip round the ear never did anyone harm. Beating a child is different.

[pharoahegypt]

apologies if this has already been mentioned, but im not reading back thru 17 pages...lol...

... any of the brits here remember CORONA pops..... milkman used to deliver it in various flavours......... orangeade, lemonade, cola, cream soda, limeade..... sure all tasted better than their modern counterparts....????

and of course..... TOP DECK in either lemonade/shandy, limeade/lager, or lager/cider..?? all of which were of course only 0.05% alcohol... but tasted fine and dandy as i recall.... used to get them for thew princely sum of 13 1/2p at supermarket..!!!

[billybunter]

Remember Top Deck well. Though I prefered shandy bass.

[pharoahegypt]

but u can still get shandy bass. top deck vanished years back....lol

[billybunter]

but u can still get shandy bass. top deck vanished years back....lol

It did. God knows why. I suppose WKD has taken it's place:D

[pharoahegypt]

but doesnt that have some alcohol in it...??? seems to get students pissed quick enough... those that aint on the gut rot cheap cider of course...???

[billybunter]

but doesnt that have some alcohol in it...??? seems to get students pissed quick enough... those that aint on the gut rot cheap cider of course...???

Yeah you're right. I've never tasted it:eek: But I smelled it. Bubblegum smell. When I was a lad;) there was a cheap cider called "king's acre" tasted like shite but got you pissed!

[marlon]

but doesnt that have some alcohol in it...??? seems to get students pissed quick enough... those that aint on the gut rot cheap cider of course...???

Yeah you're right. I've never tasted it:eek: But I smelled it. Bubblegum smell. When I was a lad;) there was a cheap cider called "king's acre" tasted like shite but got you pissed!

I used to have the orange coloured version way back in the late nineties. I used to like the taste as well! Basically it was a mix or Irn-Bru (remember that) and vodka and was 5.5% (stronger than most lagers at the time). WKD now comes in several 'flavours' and it's alcohol content is down to 4.5% and is now a favourite among the 10 year old set, I kid you not -

From today's Metro,
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/856226-schoolgirls-aged-10-name-alcopops-as-their-favourite-drink

Got to start them early to get brand loyalty:rolleyes:.

Back to topic - whatever happened to those 1970s lolly ices - Cider and Cherry Brandy flavour (not together of course). No alcohol in them, but they were bloody tasty! They were usually the cheapest thing on the van. You can't seem to get them any more.

;)

[Mal Hombre]

Kunzle Showboats ,A chocolate shell with a little piece of spongecake and a whole lot of fondant.Believe it or not this the best pic I could find.

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[tmee2000]

...cars with decent names?

At present Holden has the "Omega" and the "Cruze". Blah!:mad:

Gimme the good ole Monaro and Torana any day.

You know the sort of thing- Mustangs, Camaros, Barracudas, Thunderbirds.:thumbsup:

Mitsubishi has been less successful than most in this area.
Their aggressively-named sports car came out as the Mitsubishi Starion when it was supposed to be Mitsubishi Stallion.
Pajero is a rather unfortunate name as well, don't know how that got through. Obviously they didn't have a Spanish-Japanese dictionary.
Another miss was the "Carisma" when they should have called it "Dull As Dishwater".
They also came up with the Mitsubishi Lettuce, clearly they were on a roll.

[pharoahegypt]

yeah... didnt pajero mean cock or penis or summat like that...??? oh the joy of us all having different languages when it comes to naming cars....!!! lol

[Mal Hombre]

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They also came up with the Mitsubishi Lettuce, clearly they were on a roll.
A salad roll ?:D

[pharoahegypt]

here's a mitsubishi that's rolled in another way................

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[tobe2165]

"_Good morning"
"_Excuse me"
"_Please"
"_Thank You!"
"_You´re welcome"

[sydney1]

Yeah you're right. I've never tasted it:eek: But I smelled it. Bubblegum smell. When I was a lad;) there was a cheap cider called "king's acre" tasted like shite but got you pissed!

King's Acre! I though you were a republican?:rolleyes:

[Mainwaring1967]

It sounds like it could be the comic strip "Look Out For Lefty", which, believe it or not, had overtones of "Steptoe & Son." Lefty lived with his old man in a junkyard, and, if memory serves me right, that is where he found the boots. The comic may have been "Whizzer & Chips", but not 100% certain on that.

Nah, it was "Scorcher".

[MaxJoker]

News journalists who give a shit about things other than how well their jackets fit and whether their teeth are sufficiently capped .You know those other things, such as their actual job description. Which is to surely not accept at face value everything they`re told , to dig for the truth and counter false claims with reasoned pressing fact based arguments. They say the first signs of democracy is a free press. But what have we here ?. Journalists that promote the propaganda of the powers that be. Journalists that don`t bridge a gap between them and us , they just side with them against us :mad:
We live in an age where the media doesn`t just muddy the waters it builds a razor topped wall between us and the truth . Journalists :mad: Whores to a man the lot of them , especially the grinning giggling women :mad:


Well with one exception (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Robinson) :thumbsup:

But for his trouble he is mostly kept away from the heavy political hitters and left as a second string player :(

While the personality free professional praising parrots (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Kuenssberg) are promoted ever higher :mad:

[blatt]

Whatever happend to my will power ?. I have been drinking since 12pm the boddingtons i had put aside for the weekend . So now i will have to go out either tonight or tomorrow and go buy more booze. Rotten choices both because in the evening the streets are taken over by ten year olds and tomorrow the shops will be packed with people. Wish id had some self control now because the only otion i have if to go out right now and walk to the shops and buy as many cans as i can carry back. But i must stink of booze and i have that loud buzzing we blokes get when we are inbetween being flat out drunk and still aware of things in general.Hope the nightbours dont see me fall into their hedges as i might be using those to steady myself while i walk:o Somethin tels me when i properly close my eyes the next time i open them those upper class brats will have been wed . The mugs.Happy easter to all the members:) :):):):thumbsup:

[USBPepsi]

"_Good morning"
"_Excuse me"
"_Please"
"_Thank You!"
"_You´re welcome"

I hear most of these at least fairly regularly. Of course, I work at home, so I hear "good morning" mainly from my wife. And if I'm getting up at 7:00p.m. it's a "good morning" that sounds pretty sarcastic...

Not much occasion for me to hear "please" any more. I don't have kids, and I don't have co-workers to want to borrow stuff.

Now, "thank you" I hear a pretty good amount in the real world, but not enough people hit the Thanks button here. :rolleyes:

"Excuse me" I never hear. If I do hear it, it's from another guy who's bumped into me (while I feel to make sure my wallet is still there). Women never say "excuse me" to me, even if they run over my foot with a shopping cart. Moreover, because I'm a bit, shall we say, large, they seem to think that I'm taking up too much space everywhere I walk. Someone has apparently told women (especially attractive ones) that it's okay to glare at complete strangers who haven't done anything malicious to you. :mad:

[P37]

Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as:
- Knowing when to come in out of the rain;
- Why the early bird gets the worm;
- Life isn't always fair;
- and maybe it was my fault.

Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).

His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.

Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children.

It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer sun lotion or an aspirin to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.

Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims.

Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.

Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.

Common Sense was preceded in death, by his parents, Truth and Trust, by his wife, Discretion, by his daughter, Responsibility, and by his son, Reason.

He is survived by his 4 stepbrothers;
I Know My Rights
I Want It Now
Someone Else Is To Blame
I'm A Victim

Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone. If you still remember him, pass this on. If not, join the majority and do nothing.



R.I.P.

[kananga]

I haven't a boddington what a boddington is blatt, old chum, but if it is as i suspect then i may have an answer, if not for now, then later.

I have a friend that has made his living for many years from renting initially video tapes and now DVD's, as well as retailing the cheapest cigarettes in town.
Rather than upgrade all his stock to blu-ray, something he expressed a reluctance to do as apparently they damage easily, not to mention online viewing, he has gone into home brew kits in a fairly big way, along with various spirit brewing kits.

I don't really know how it's panning out for him. He has enough money invested elsewhere, so i believe the shop is really just a hobby.
He did get into it around the beginning of the economic recession, which i strongly suspect will be back and with pubs becoming more and more unfriendly, i'm sure he will build a client base.

[Mal Hombre]

That would be illegal here,You'd have HM Customs and Excise after You.

[kananga]

That would be illegal here,You'd have HM Customs and Excise after You.

Yeah? i don't know how it works.
He's right in the centre of town and there is nothing underhand about it.
He doesn't sell the drink itself, just the ingredients and the hardware for making it in. Not the bottles, although i believe he was trying to source beer bottle caps recently ... Anyway, so much for the video rental industry.

[Mal Hombre]

Yeah? i don't know how it works.
He's right in the centre of town and there is nothing underhand about it.
He doesn't sell the drink itself, just the ingredients and the hardware for making it in. Not the bottles, although i believe he was trying to source beer bottle caps recently ... Anyway, so much for the video rental industry.
Ah,That would be alright.

[USBPepsi]

In the United States it has been legal to make your own beer since 1978. A lot of people have taken advantage of that law to form microbreweries and sell their creations, which is legal as long as you get a license. Like anything else, getting a license is easier in some counties than in others.

The microbrewery fad has died down a little, but in the 90s and early 2000s it seemed like people were so obsessed with buying beer that had a tiny little production that they didn't really care what it tasted like. It became a very snobbish thing to buy beer from a guy who only turned out a few cases a week... As a non-drinker, I just stood back and watched, amused. People will always find an excuse to pay more for something that is readily available, confusing rarity for quality. :rolleyes:

Now, making hard alcohol, that will still get you in trouble.

[kananga]

Now, making hard alcohol, that will still get you in trouble.

Unless I'm mistaken, i believe he's selling something for brewing (top shelf) spirits as well. Although i think it's a chemical thing, maybe, that you have to add an essense of flavour to. I could be wrong about that too.
I don't really know as i'm not much of a drinker.

Heh, heh, heh, you guys! You'll be telling me you can't grow your own tobacco next ;)

[Mal Hombre]

Heh, heh, heh, you guys! You'll be telling me you can't grow your own tobacco next ;)
I've not heard of that,Wacky Baccy on the other hand....

[MaxJoker]

I've not heard of that,Wacky Baccy on the other hand....

Not that any of us exactly need it given we`re wacky enough ;)


In fact it`s a pity they can`t bottle the essence of what us members are like , because i`m sure if it was imbibed by the general public it`d bring a delightful zen like calm :D

[kananga]

I've not heard of that,Wacky Baccy on the other hand....

Oh, so you can grow that there then :eek:

This is true! A few years back they tried growing a low T.H.C. trial crop for hemp and paper production.
The whole lot got 'ripped off' by persons unknown. I kid you not.

Anyway I promise i'll check out the whisky situation next time i'm in town.

[Mal Hombre]

People grow it indoors under UV lights,boast about it on F*cebook and wonder why the police turn up to arrest Them.

[keefriff]

Oh, so you can grow that there then :eek:

This is true! A few years back they tried growing a low T.H.C. trial crop for hemp and paper production.
The whole lot got 'ripped off' by persons unknown. I kid you not.



Yesterday was 4/20, a significant day in the cannabis sub-culture. I was going to post something about it yesterday but I just wasn't very motivated to do it and then I was so hungry for something to eat and then I forgot and then I put on the Allman Brothers and just went to bed. Go figure. :rolleyes:;):):D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/420_(cannabis_culture)


Sorry I was a bit off topic. What were we talking about again? ;)

[kananga]

As i promised before, i dropped into my mates shop yesterday and he's definately selling 'top shelf kits' - whisky, bourbon, scotch, rum, vodka, ouzo, tequila, etc. You name it.

Although he went into his sales routine, i didn't take notes.
I don't really understand the principal. I'm sure a simple online search would explain it.
To my uneducated understanding you brew something akin to pure alcohol? (that can't be right, as it'd kill you).
Then you add a small amount of 'flavour or 'essence', as it's called on the bottle.

I tried some Jim Beam brewed this way a couple of years ago and that particular 'brew' wasn't as good as the original. And at $500 for a basic stainless steel 'still', without the other parts and ingredients i don't think I will be attempting my own anytime soon.

Kinda nice to know the option's there for those that want to though.

[blatt]

I haven't a boddington what a boddington is blatt, old chum

Accept no substitute :):):):thumbsup:

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[TheDogThatDidntBark]

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I loved the ads for those, particularly the pisstake of those pretentious running shoe ads. Melanie was always cute too :thumbsup:

EDIT: Found it :thumbsup: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEEU1nQeGNA

[imracerx]

What ever happened to civility, you effin' douchebags?????:p

[imracerx]

Aztecs had something extra in them, but I can't remember what...anyone???

codeine?

[USBPepsi]

codeine?

Chocolate without sugar?

[imracerx]

Whatever happened too a good old fashioned roadhouse
You pull into a service station on a highway these days, and want a hamburger but instead ya find this crap
http://thumbnails25.imagebam.com/5748/a4180857474833.gif (http://www.imagebam.com/image/a4180857474833)
Ya might as well be putting an oily rag and fuel for your car in your mouth instead of that garbage, probably taste a lot better.
I just want a real highway hamburger
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Something like this

Now that's an effin' burger, laddy-buck!!!!!

[imracerx]

Chocolate without sugar?

codeine= synthetic opiate in cough syrup, etc....

[USBPepsi]

codeine= synthetic opiate in cough syrup, etc....

I know what codeine is (I lived on it after my surgery a few years ago). :rolleyes:

I was saying that chocolate without sugar is another thing you'd find Aztecs living on. They were the first chocolate eaters... but they ate it without sugar (didn't even have sugar).

[tygrkhat40]

I'm allergic to codiene and opiates don't agree with me. Found that out after my surgery.

[USBPepsi]

I'm allergic to codiene and opiates don't agree with me. Found that out after my surgery.

I discovered that I need significantly higher doses. A bit odd, given the fact that I've never used recreational drugs... But then, I am gorilla-sized. :cool:

[imracerx]

I know what codeine is (I lived on it after my surgery a few years ago). :rolleyes:

I was saying that chocolate without sugar is another thing you'd find Aztecs living on. They were the first chocolate eaters... but they ate it without sugar (didn't even have sugar).

Sorry, m8! Didn't see you were a fellow Yank. Lots of pharmaceuticals are known by other names in other countries....:o

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[fleetwood77]

I know what codeine is (I lived on it after my surgery a few years ago). :rolleyes:

I

I got it for a bad back - it causes constipation so instead of a sore back you have a sore arsehole

[MaxJoker]

I got it for a bad back - it causes constipation so instead of a sore back you have a sore arsehole

So in your case you had what you are ;)


Me i`m exactly what i eat .


Steak puddings and belly pork :o


Mmmmmmm smell the clogging arteries :D :thumbsup:

[Mal Hombre]

I like kebabs and like them I'm fat,meaty and rather unsophisticated:D.

[MaxJoker]

I like kebabs and like them I'm fat,meaty and rather unsophisticated:D.

Although you counter that unsophistication by scoffing them with your pinkie in the air ;)

:D



Ps in case palo5 misunderstands ;)

No that`s not a sexual reference , it means he eats his kebab with his little finger crooked .


Ps in case palo5 misunderstands ;)

Crooked means bent .


Ps in case palo5 misunderstands ;)


Bent as in that .


http://img288.imagevenue.com/loc364/th_167790651_Pinky_Finger_Bend_123_364lo.jpg (http://img288.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=167790651_Pinky_Finger_Bend_123_364l o.jpg)


Never to be confused with this !


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:D :thumbsup:

[Mal Hombre]

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:D :thumbsup:
I sure He's always happy to "scoff" something meaty and it's not His pinky that's in the air but something rather smaller.....

[MaxJoker]

I sure He's calways happy to "scoff" something meaty and it's not His pinky that's in the air but something rather smaller.....

Whatever can you mean Mal :rolleyes:

:D

Our Foreign secretary has nothing to hide and is a confirmed carnivore ;)


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It`s just he doesn`t like eating alone , that`s all :D

[USBPepsi]

Although you counter that unsophistication by scoffing them with your pinkie in the air ;)

:D



Ps in case palo5 misunderstands ;)

No that`s not a sexual reference , it means he eats his kebab with his little finger crooked .


Ps in case palo5 misunderstands ;)

Crooked means bent .


Ps in case palo5 misunderstands ;)


Bent as in that .


http://img288.imagevenue.com/loc364/th_167790651_Pinky_Finger_Bend_123_364lo.jpg (http://img288.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=167790651_Pinky_Finger_Bend_123_364l o.jpg)


It also means, of course, that you're one of The Invaders.

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[imracerx]

It also means, of course, that you're one of The Invaders.

http://thumbnails38.imagebam.com/13148/89733c131474691.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/89733c131474691)


Oh my God!!!!!!!!!!!
Can you possibly mean alien beings from a dying planet? Their destination The EARTH????? Their purpose- to make it THEIR world???? I'm just askin'....

-Architect David Vincent


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[monogroover]

William Hague isn't gay, by the way.

[USBPepsi]

William Hague isn't gay, by the way.

Sorry, someone says he's gay, therefore he is. That's how it works.

[imracerx]

Sorry, someone says he's gay, therefore he is. That's how it works.

Listen, and listen good-

Hague rhymes with "fag".... He's gay.



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[MaxJoker]

William Hague isn't gay, by the way.

Then why do the rest of the cabinet keep complaining his breath smells like cock :confused:

Plus he walks with a limp !

Not that they say it`s remains that way when he takes his pet poodle on Clapham common :rolleyes:

http://img275.imagevenue.com/loc29/th_08906_images_123_29lo.jpg

[Mal Hombre]

He's not gay,He just helps Them out when They're busy..

[MaxJoker]

He's not gay,He just helps Them out when They're busy..

Only just to keep his hand in though , there`s nothing sexual in it he claims :D

Just like how he claims screwing over and squeezing the honest tax payer dry is merely to do with the dastardly budget deficit , and nothing to do with building up a Tory war chest for tax cuts just before the next election ;)

[rc_riddle]

William Hague isn't gay, by the way.

No, but his boyfriend is!

[MaxJoker]

Whatever happened to this guys principles and supposed desire to improve the standing of his country around the world , and to work tirelessly for the better and bring a true change into peoples lives.

http://thumbnails30.imagebam.com/16512/4ff8bc165113183.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/4ff8bc165113183)

Yeah he has brought a change alright !

http://thumbnails60.imagebam.com/16512/201400165113187.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/201400165113187)

Think i`m overacting ?

Go check out the "Preachers " voting record since he was elected.

It began badly and has now turned into little better than the recipe for a fascistic police state !


:mad::(:mad:

[kenveco68]

Whatever happened to this guys principles and supposed desire to improve the standing of his country around the world , and to work tirelessly for the better and bring a true change into peoples lives.

As opposed to the last president, who brought nothing but peace and prosperity throughout the entire planet...

[MaxJoker]

As opposed to the last president, who brought nothing but peace and prosperity throughout the entire planet...

True enough fellow member, but at least he never sanctioned drone strikes on American citizens.

That still freaks me out :eek:

Almost as much as Barmy then claiming he was a bad man so got what he deserved , yet then didn`t show anyone the proof of that claim:confused:

Which in my mind still wouldn`t have justified dropping a bomb on the guys head ,so taking out a quarter of the street he was living in :(

Whatever happened to ???

Long term planning for the future :confused:

Oh wait i forget that`s exactly what they are doing .

Planning for a future where we`re all on high alert and at war with everybody else , forever !

http://thumbnails42.imagebam.com/16545/a10cce165441577.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/a10cce165441577)

[Warren G]

Just a short detour off topic, but really...comparing Bush to Obama?

He inherited a royal freakin' mess, and has done incredibly well, considering the insanely staunch resistance from the Republicans against everything he has tried to do.

http://thumbnails61.imagebam.com/16305/10721a163044219.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/10721a163044219)

http://thumbnails20.imagebam.com/16305/901d37163044216.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/901d37163044216)

I mean..whaddya' want?

[MaxJoker]

Just a short detour off topic, but really...comparing Bush to Obama?

He inherited a royal freakin' mess, and has done incredibly well, considering the insanely staunch resistance from the Republicans against everything he has tried to do.


Yeah keep living the dream man keep living the dream , doesn`t spoil ma Grits any :D

So keep snoring as the reality of what he said he wanted to do , what he could have done if he had of really wanted to do what he said ,and what he very quickly did do instead ain`t none to pleasant a bit of information.

In other words let`s just say no wonder the likes of JP Morgan (Thank`s for not prosecuting us merely for breaking the law) , Goldman Sachs (Ditto, plus cheers for all the hundreds of billions ) and the arms industries (Bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb , come on now , everybody , bomb bomb bomb) etc etc adore him so much ,and have continually contributed to his campaign so so so much. In fact so much they dwarf the amount any politician in your country has ever been given before.

Guess it`s purely because they love his smile huh ? ;)

[billybunter]

...sanity

[MaxJoker]

...sanity

Can you remember the last place you had it BB :confused:


You should do what i do , attach one of those whistling key fobs to it ;)


That`s why i`m always the sanest man i know , isn`t that right Chico :thumbsup:




" Si si , that`s a right a Boss "

:o

[tygrkhat40]

...sanity

When I graduated from high school, I left as a bequest in the senior will "what's left of what little mind I came here with." So as far as I know, it's still wandering the halls of my alma mater.

[tamsmith]

Hard ons.

[Pepper II]

Just a short detour off topic, but really...comparing Bush to Obama?

He inherited a royal freakin' mess, and has done incredibly HELL, considering the insanely staunch resistance from the TAXPAYING LOYAL AMERICANS against everything he has tried to do.

http://thumbnails61.imagebam.com/16305/10721a163044219.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/10721a163044219)

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I mean..whaddya' want?

I fixed it for you. Now I'm no big fan of Bush; he mostly did nothing for 8 years. But Obama? This idiot is commander-in-chief of our military and won't salute the flag! He's personally responsible for trillions of dollars of debt we can't afford, and even though he swore an oath to defend the constitution he's tried to subvert it ever since taking office! He Should Be Impeached And Tried For Treason ! I hope I'm not being too subtle.

NOBAMA, NOBAMA, NOBAMA!

[Warren G]

Well, Obama was just yesterday considered as the fourth greatest president in US history, besides FDR, Johnson, and Lincoln, I think it was. His polls are back up to around 50%, also.

Talking about "trillions of dollars" of debt..that's totally unfair and biased. Most of that was already in place from the Bush administration to start with. The rest was mainly trying to avoid the next great depression. Very unfortunate, but necessary.

And you surely can't call Obama an idiot with a straight face, can you? Come on, now. Really? If you think that, it doesn't speak well for you.

This man has had more accomplishments than just about anyone during his presidency. Most of his failures as a President has been due to the stubborn, dumbass Republicans, like the Orange Asshole speaker of the house Boehner. Moron.

[scoundrel]

http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/t93490-p187-the-worst-president-in-american-history-poll.html
We have a dedicated thread for the purpose of discussing the relative merits and demerits of the current and of all previous presidents of the United States of America.

[MaxJoker]

Well, Obama was just yesterday considered as the fourth greatest president in US history, besides FDR, Johnson, and Lincoln, I think it was. His polls are back up to around 50%, also.

Talking about "trillions of dollars" of debt..that's totally unfair and biased. Most of that was already in place from the Bush administration to start with. The rest was mainly trying to avoid the next great depression. Very unfortunate, but necessary.

And you surely can't call Obama an idiot with a straight face, can you? Come on, now. Really? If you think that, it doesn't speak well for you.

This man has had more accomplishments than just about anyone during his presidency. Most of his failures as a President has been due to the stubborn, dumbass Republicans, like the Orange Asshole speaker of the house Boehner. Moron.


I`m not exactly sure who this post was directed to , but i don`t think him an idiot.

Simply a man who professed to have principles unlike his predecessor . Yet turned out to have even less regard for the bill of rights that Bush and so i find him the worst kind of hypocrite . Or aren`t you aware of the National Defense Authorization Act that Bama mama will no longer veto, despite it containing provisions that allow for military detention without trial for US citizens. Detention as in indefinite.

Mind you nothing surprises me about him anymore , or even disappoints me .

He is what he is.

http://thumbnails63.imagebam.com/16568/8a4e7d165671825.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/8a4e7d165671825)

Yet another bought and paid for tool of the corporations .

Whatever happened to a politician who believed what he says and sticks to that belief :confused:

[Estreeter]

Whatever happened to

blatt (http://www.vintage-erotica-forum.com/member.php?u=255716)

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:(:(:(:(:(

[donny1]

Heretic666?

[Darth Joules]

Heretic666?

Banned if I recall correctly.

[Estreeter]

Salt-N-Pepa (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCadcBR95oU&ob=av2e)

What happened :confused: Didn't Hammer teach them well enough to remain famous :confused:


This post is the fault of MaxJoker :mad:

[NIN]

or ...


Daphne & Celeste


:rolleyes: Oh yeah, last i heard of them they were...
Getting bottles of pi$$ thrown at them @ Reading 2000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hnxies4Wtk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hnxies4Wtk) :D:thumbsup:

[donny1]

rangers fc?! and they are losing 1-0 ha ha!!

[MaxJoker]

rangers fc?! and they are losing 1-0 ha ha!!

Hoots mon da boy`s dinnie deserve ta be looz`n , they deserve ta be booz`n !


Well they be Scotch men fine an tru , all of em addicted to iron bru :D

[MaxJoker]

rangers fc?! and they are losing 1-0 ha ha!!

Yes they be losing . But i could help , if i was their manager , i`d rip all my clothes off , rub myself with chip fat ( So i`d blend in) , put on a ladies skirt ( Still blending) pour whiskey (Non blended) over my head (Ditto) stand at the dug out and yell ( In an Australian accent )

" Sons of Rangers , I am Max Joker ,
Yes, I've heard it said my knob is seven feet tall, when flaccid. He kills men by the hundreds, and if he were here he'd consume the opposition with fireballs from his eyes and bolts of lightning from his arse. I AM Max Joker . And I see a whole side ,not one of which are my countrymen ,here in defiance of tyranny. You have come to play football as free men (Being paid a fortune) , and free men you are (Since you`ll all be let out on frees tomorrow) . What would you do without freedom? . I yell you . Will you play the game ?

Aye, play and you may win. Stumble (Which given Scotch you`re used to) and you'll lose. And dying in your beds many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that for one chance, just one chance to come back here and tell our opposition that they may take our points, but they'll never take our fwwwwwwweee dumb !!! "

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[donny1]

The Likely Lads?

[MaxJoker]

The Likely Lads?

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The episodes haven`t been shown for decades due to the guy on the left believing the guy on the right had spoken out of turn to the media over thirty years ago. When in fact he`d done nothing of the sort and was a victim of journalistic exaggeration . Still you know how some cnuts can also be tossers ?, well that`s James Bolam for you. A total tosser who to spite Rodney Bewes has refused to allow any episodes to be shown. So depriving the long since semi blind, semi deaf and full on broke Bewes of a small fortune in residual fees.

But then that`s tossers for you :(

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All i know is who i`d much prefer to sit down and have a pint with , and it sure as shit wouldn`t be Bolam !

[MisterMacky]

Yes they be losing . But i could help , if i was their manager , i`d rip all my clothes off , rub myself with chip fat ( So i`d blend in) , put on a ladies skirt ( Still blending) pour whiskey (Non blended) over my head (Ditto) stand at the dug out and yell ( In an Australian accent )


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SELF-CONTROL
WHEN EVEN
DARTH SIDIOUS
THINKS YOU'VE LOST IT

[Oswald]

What ever happened to phil cool , the stand up comic who used to pull all sorts of weird faces . Also what ever happened to kelly monteith he was massive back in the late eighties on the bbc but disappeared.

Phil Cool was "discovered" by Jasper Carrott whilst he was touring on the stand-up comedy circuit. Phil had a cult following through his TV shows (I used to have the series on VHS). Unfortunately Phil suffered a heart attack about 15 years ago. This put an end to his performing career. There were rumours a few years ago about a possible come back but it never materialised.

Kelly Monteith was an American comic who found fame in the UK in the late 70's. He had his own show on BBC2 which ran for 3 series from 1978-80.

When the series finished he faded away in the UK and went back to the US were he stills performs stand up.

[rupertramjet]

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The episodes haven`t been shown for decades due to the guy on the left believing the guy on the right had spoken out of turn to the media over thirty years ago. When in fact he`d done nothing of the sort and was a victim of journalistic exaggeration . Still you know how some cnuts can also be tossers ?, well that`s James Bolam for you. A total tosser who to spite Rodney Bewes has refused to allow any episodes to be shown. So depriving the long since semi blind, semi deaf and full on broke Bewes of a small fortune in residual fees.

But then that`s tossers for you :(

http://thumbnails103.imagebam.com/23631/7327eb236302527.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/7327eb236302527)

All i know is who i`d much prefer to sit down and have a pint with , and it sure as shit wouldn`t be Bolam !


That is an extremely sad plight for a man that gave us a lot of laughs, never knew Bolam was like that, and to be honest with the success he has enjoyed since, dont understand it.

[MaxJoker]

That is an extremely sad plight for a man that gave us a lot of laughs, never knew Bolam was like that, and to be honest with the success he has enjoyed since, dont understand it.

I was very surprised and disappointed myself when i found out , never more so once i`d delved more into it a little and found the poor guy (Quite literally) hadn`t even done anything wrong.

All very sad, and "What ever happened!" about giving a friend the benefit of the bleeding doubt :(

Has also taken the edge off another show i used to like with Bolam in , Only when i laugh (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGrdm4C6dUE)

Oh well bit unjustly brutal of the daft bugger , but such is irrational life.

[MaxJoker]

Know i`ve said this before waaaaaaaaaay back in the thread pages, only whatever did happen to the superbly voluptuous PJ Sparxx !?!.

http://thumbnails107.imagebam.com/23648/9e1822236474762.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/9e1822236474762)

She was the very first American P-Star i flipped over , yet suddenly vanished without trace :eek:

Something doubly weird given her notoriety and the fact this "Internet" of ours sees and knows all.

Last film i saw her in (Name of which escapes me) she`d really stacked on the pounds, although that`s all to the good as far as i`m concerned as who wants a skinny woman :confused:

Oh well i guess as long as she`s happy that`s all that matters.

Though i bet the guy she`s with is happy enough , the damn bastard ;)

[kenshabby2000]

What ever happend to Exploitica, remember this show on later night Ch4 back in the late 1990s. it took out P of Z grade B movies from SWV (Somthing Weird Video). Only ran for 3 series, not on DVD, not even repeated.

[MaxJoker]

What ever happend to Exploitica, remember this show on later night Ch4 back in the late 1990s. it took out P of Z grade B movies from SWV (Somthing Weird Video). Only ran for 3 series, not on DVD, not even repeated.

No clue what happened but i do clearly remember it .
Mind the late nighties was when Ch4 still had the crazy idea of trying to be a creative and imaginative force of brain expanding good for British television. Sadly that dream died in 2000 with the introduction of Big Brother and all the slurry shite that has since followed.
Bugger :(

[billybunter]

I loved the likely lads. I knew about their spat, but didn't know Bewes was in bad shape and skint. Bolan needs to grow up.

[kenshabby2000]

Totaly agree MaxJoker, I'm glad I still have a few episodes of Exploitica recorded on DVD.

[MaxJoker]

Totaly agree MaxJoker, I'm glad I still have a few episodes of Exploitica recorded on DVD.

Damn ma man , you still have some episodes on tape :eek:

They must be worth their televisual weight in gold :cool::thumbsup:

[kenshabby2000]

Damn ma man , you still have some episodes on tape :eek:

They must be worth their televisual weight in gold :cool::thumbsup:


I wish I have more episodes from the 1st series, got mostly 2nd and 3rd series episodes, I just love the Gene Autry serial 'The Phantom Empire.'


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[ultimatewarlord]

RE: William Hague. His wife Ffion is one of the hottest women ever...ever...ever!!!!

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Anyone who'd prefer Dale Winton to that wouldn't deserve to wield any kind of power.