Tell us something really trivial about your life (Vol 27)
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Did I say I met Roger Daltrey?
It was a bit bizarre. As a long-standing, if low intensity, fan of Dr Feelgood I would go occasionally to see either Dr Feelgood in their latest form or Wilko Johnson in his. Then Wilko became ill and had his farewell tour which was an experience - "I'm going to snuff it, come to my concert." Then he and Roger Daltrey made a record and had a concert. You had to be on your toes to get a ticket for Wilko's farewell concerts, but Daltrey and Wilko sold out in three milliseconds. Anyway, when the album came out there was to be a signing by Wilko and as I'd never met him I thought I'd toddle along. It was at HMV on Oxford Street. When I got there the HMV staff apologised and said Wilko was too ill to sign but someone was standing in if I was interested. "Oh yes," I said, "who might that be?" "Roger Daltrey." "Oh, okay."
Lovey chap. Greeted me, shook my hand, looked me in the eye, listened to what I had to say, signed my CD sleeve, shook my hand and said goodbye. It doesn't sound much but I've met car salesmen with less time for their fellow men.
It was a bit bizarre. As a long-standing, if low intensity, fan of Dr Feelgood I would go occasionally to see either Dr Feelgood in their latest form or Wilko Johnson in his. Then Wilko became ill and had his farewell tour which was an experience - "I'm going to snuff it, come to my concert." Then he and Roger Daltrey made a record and had a concert. You had to be on your toes to get a ticket for Wilko's farewell concerts, but Daltrey and Wilko sold out in three milliseconds. Anyway, when the album came out there was to be a signing by Wilko and as I'd never met him I thought I'd toddle along. It was at HMV on Oxford Street. When I got there the HMV staff apologised and said Wilko was too ill to sign but someone was standing in if I was interested. "Oh yes," I said, "who might that be?" "Roger Daltrey." "Oh, okay."
Lovey chap. Greeted me, shook my hand, looked me in the eye, listened to what I had to say, signed my CD sleeve, shook my hand and said goodbye. It doesn't sound much but I've met car salesmen with less time for their fellow men.
There's a strong possibility you have read it, CC, but in case you haven't may I recommend Stanley Hooker's Not Much Of An Engineer to you? He was a mathematician who went to work for Rolls Royce Aero in the thirties without any notion of what he wanted to do there or what they had in mind for him. As he wandered about the factory looking at the different design and research departments he came across a chap pondering the results from supercharger experiments on the Merlin. The chap had no idea how to interpret the data but it was right up Hooker's street and he took it over. His efforts allowed RR to be considerably further ahead than their German counterparts when the war came. It really is a fabulous book that takes readers on a journey from the Merlin to the RB211 when Hooker and a crew of old boys were brought out of retirement to make it work. If you can't find it I'd gladly lend you mine which, by coincidence, turned up last weekend in a bit of tidy up.
Disaster. Twelve pounds of marmalade made yesterday - which is good - but still enough ingreedaments for another six pounds. I just didn't have enough pots and pans. So that's most of today dominated by marmalade manufacture as well.
A marmalade makin' fool is how Mrs C refers to me. She was first married to an American and lived in the US for several years and is allowed to make such observations.
A marmalade makin' fool is how Mrs C refers to me. She was first married to an American and lived in the US for several years and is allowed to make such observations.
ali_kat said:
Iva Barchetta said:
FFS !
There seems to be a lot of newly joined members posting utter garbage.
At least my garbage posts are trying to add humour or boredom.
Has another forum closed or kicked out all its idiots ?
That's a joke right? There seems to be a lot of newly joined members posting utter garbage.
At least my garbage posts are trying to add humour or boredom.
Has another forum closed or kicked out all its idiots ?
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