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Love Me Do - the band that Decca never signed

I have a 16 plate SEAT Ibiza - I asked my normal dealer to look out for a similar model in an 67 or an 18 plate, as my car needs about £500 spending on it now to get the brakes fettled, and an intermittent sensor fault rectified. The other day, I got a call suggesting that I give up my search for now, and instead spend the £500 on getting the existing car put right, as it was now worth about £1000 more than I paid for it 18 months ago. It is now booked on for the work, as it has only got 42K on the clock, given that it was not used for a while during lockdown - no brainer really in the sircumstances.

Nowhere Man - the Mona Lisa Twins (utterly excellent cover and very accurate to the original - this pair are keeping the music of the 60s alive, and now reside in Liverpool where they had a two year residency at the Cavern -they were born in Austria)

Was, Ian - they moved a couple of months ago to Surbiton

Afternoon All I just did a long page here, and was about to submit it, when the site decided to throw a wobbly, and it disappeared never to be found. Briefly, the highlights were Simon, hope your wife gets a diagnosis and some treatment, and is back home ASAP. We have found a house, we chose the one near Ludlow as it's only ten miles from 30747's best friend, and also about the same from Leominster where we hope to have a cabinet in one of the antique centres. And Peter our builder has agreed to work for us down there provided we put him up in a Travelodge - the nearest one is about quarter of a mile from our new house. And we met up with my cousin yesterday - he has long Covid, as he was very ill with Covid last November, and all of his family got it as well, but not as badly. Well that's the edited version Regards to All Stewart

I hate Eon now - no consultation, repeated "requests" for meter readings - then they are ignored and I get estimates - still all the time I am in credit, I will stay with them - until I move in a coupe of months, then I'll see who seems to be giving the least mediocre service.

So now we're in a quandry - luckily, the car is full of go juice, and 30747 has a couple of days off, so we can get Lily into kennels this morning, and do another 400 mile round trip tomorrow to decide which one to go for - you would think that we would be really happy, but we are so tired of it all, that it just hasn't sunk in how strong a position we're in now. Stewart

Offer on one house accepted - apparently the vendor liked us - well it does help. Solicitor advised and let's hope that all goes ahead;. Stewart

Morning All The waiting game has now started, as I have placed offers with the agents dealing with the two properties which I would like to buy. One almost gave me a heart attack, as the first person I spoke to said "it went under offer at the weekend" - however, when I spoke to her colleague, it transpired that the offer was, in fact, mine. And of course, generic greetings are on offer from an ad free 45156, as I will now persist with using uBlock - which is currently blocking 6 ads on this page. How I wish that we didn't have to resort to such measures, as I would accept a few ads, paticularly here, but I fear that the ads are going to be a permanent feature now, as Warners cannot support the site ad free. Regards to All Stewart

Afternoon All Aplogies again for absence due to a day trip to Herefordshire, which involved 400 miles of driving, over a period of 8 hours 50 minutes, and included four house viewings, which resulted in two houses on which we will be making offers - it does jar with me to make more than one offer, but with the market like it is, we have little choice. So as usual from this quarter, it is generic greetings to all - Rick, sorry to hear you will not be frequenting this site so often - I have no qualms about using Firefox with uBlock origin - I refuse to use MS edge, as the ads would drive me mad. Also sorry to see Barry and Andy leaving our quarters - keep an eye open, and come back from time to time. On the way home, we had a VERY near miss on the M6. All the way up, we were seeing signs to advise of delays between 32 (Preston North) and 33 (Lancaster South), so we decided that as it would only take a few minutes more to leave the M6 at 32, then go up the A6, and wriggle round the back roads from Galgate to home that might sone time and avoid a queue. Well, we got to 32, where the M6 has five lanes - two on the nearside for M55 traffic, and three on the offside for M6 northbound. So as per normal Highway Code driving, we pulled into the nearside lane, where the M55 traffic was a little bunched, and we were slowed to about 40. All of a sudden, an Audi decided to change lanes from Lane 4 of 5ion the M6 into lane 2 cutting across two busy lanes of traffic, one for M6, the other for M55 - he was doing about 70 at the time, and as he crossed onto the M55 bound lanes, he clipped a brand new Range Rover, caused it to spin, it spun into lane 2 and 3, and was struck from behind by a Honda containing two fairly elderly women. All this took about 5 seconds. I braked hard, and thanked SEAT for the emergency brake force that hitting the pedal hard produced - just missed the debris in front of me - and managed to zig zag between the Range Rover and the Honda, and round the Audi - the Range Rover and Audi had their airbags deployed - in so doing, I was almost hit in the rear by another Audi which was travelling too fast for the road conditions. I don't have a dashcam, so I felt no qualms about not stopping - anyway there were plenty of other cars stopped behind me who would also have seen this, and who probably did have the equipment to record events. We got home via the A6 and I had a very stiff drink to calm my jangling nerves - I have now been driving for 52 years, and this was one of the nearest misses I have ever had. Yes I have had a couple of minor bumps, and one side collision which was not my fault - other driver pulled off from a parking space off road without looking, bit this was a bit concerning as to how near we were to being involved - a matter of ten feet, and 15 mph. Regards to All Stewart

You really are a useful guy for the rail operators to have around - your traction knowledge, and also your route card really do make you a very good asset to GBRF

Evening All Well what fun we're having here at present - NOT, but after apologies, and generic greetings, I will explain how things seem to be falling apart here with the house move. We placed offers on two properties a couple of weeks ago, one was 25k YES 25k over the asking price - the other was a few K over, Well on Monday BOTH of these offers were blown out of the water, and left us with an able buyer, who offered 6K UNDER and then demanded exclusivity - which we foolishly agreed. So on Monday, we did a trawl and found a few properties which we might like to view - went down - first one was a dump, and that we polite - agent described it as Requiring some updating but guided to reflect that and will undoubtedly sell quickly. well it wasvirtually uninhabitable - and I mean that - we felt we needed a shower when we came out of it. I have complained that we have, between 30747's lost wages, hotel, meals and petrol, around £200 - will be get a reply - I doubt it. Second was just off the main A49 in Hereford, as was the third in Ludlow,also a few yards from the same A road. I've got to say that we are a bit down, to say the least. Fodder run tomorrow AM - back tomorrow (?). Regards to All Stewart

Afternoon All Many posts missed, as the laptop has been needed for many other purposes - mainly related to trying to get some viewings booked in case our offers (due to report tomorrow) are rejected - then trying to get all the numbers for the various options onto a spreadsheet, which given that my spreadsheet abilitities expired with Lotus 123, was very difficult indeed. So as ever, all I can offer is generic greetings to the ailing and the suffering, and of course the celebrating. Flu jab dive through was this morningat Lancaster Uni, though for a day or two, that was doubtful, as the supplies of vaccine were not delivered to the Lancaster GP practices on Tuesday as expected, but apparently arrived on Thursday - so the clinics happened - we were in the first wave today, from 8.30 to 10. We got there at 8.20, drove straight in, were waved on by the marshalls at every turning, and drove straight to a table manned by a nurse, names and DOB taken, jabbed through the car window, and off again by 08.22. Really well organised, and very professional. And it's my lucky day as I've had two notifications of new videos from the brilliant Josh Turner, with his equally talented musical partner, Carson McKee And a cover of a classic 10CC song by Foxes and Fossils Now waiting for our cheap (£3 got us three dinners) stewing beef stew - started in the slow cooker at around 05.00 today - once the dumplings are done (5mins) we should be well fed. Regards to All Stewart

Of course, Round Midnight, which was my answer in part, was the 3 CD compilation if these three albums, so I do still claim this one, as there was one CD which I couldn't obtain separately

Of course, the best amps they made were fantastic - though IMHO, the VERY best were the AC30 and AC50 Bass - originals now go for silly money - and even modern repros for a lot. I had an original AC 30 on long term loan from a lad who couldn't play for toffee, and as I could, he lent it to me for a couple of years. Many of the 60s bands used an AC30/AC50 as their main amp, then miked it into the PA - no DI in those days - The Beatles did this for years.

Afternoon All Many, but not all, posts read and rated and the uisual generic greetings are offered. Still awaiting decisions on the two properties on which I have offered - agents both say decisions tomorrow - but then they said that on Monday as well, when I discovered that one had submitted my offer without doing a chain check - and much telephoning and emailing ensued - as the property in question is owned by a family trust, all trustees have to be unanamous in their decision - and they are meeting again today to see of they can reach a consensus. Now then - fodder run today took much longer than of late - the mummies are back in force, taking their little darlings the half mile or so to school. In my schooldays, my father was a teacher at the same school (and for those who remember him fondly - also taught Jock 67B music when he was at primary school) and before he had a car, we all walked together, and if the headmaster passed and stopped he got a lift, and we still walked. This persisted after he got a car. We never got a lift to school. @chrisf - hope you enjoy Riverdance - I have heard it's amazingly good. @jamie92208 hope your recovery is going well Regards to All Stewart

Q4 - Take 5 was written and sax played by Paul Desmond - it is unusual rather than unique as iit is in 5/4 time Q5 Round Midnight, What's New, and For Sentimental Reasons were all recorded by Linda Rondstadt accompanied by Nelson Riddle and his orchestra (I only had to go to my CD collection for the answer to this one - strict alphabetical so took about ten seconds) Q9 It was a black Fender Strat, owned once by Pink FLoyd's Dave Gilmour

Another Day - Macca

Superb weathering, Dave, something I never mastered

Drat - just pipped with You Light Up My Life - LaAnn Rymes so instead If You Leave Me Now - Chicago

Street Life - Randy Crawford

Nah - THIS is a serious tank loco

So much for that - 30747 woke up and "suggested" that we go to the dump (needed), and "as it's so close to the A6, and the Milnthorpe charity shops, we might as well kill three birds with one stone". So instead of getting up at 8.30 and getting on with tasks domestic, we got up at 7.30, got to the dump for opening, then the A6 took another hour, then the charity shops another half, then home - and it was "suggested" that I "might" like to sort out the cupboards under the sink, to make it easier to move things when the move finally happens - so a good sort out of the bottles, put them into plastic stacker boxes, and scrub the cupboard floor. Wow, what an exciting life I lead since I retired. Afternoon All Well that's it for today, as the computer is, apparent;y wanted for other tasks. Not all posts read, and therefore cannot comment on the happenings - however, the usual greetings are offered to all celebrating or ailing ERs. Regards to All Stewart

I paid £2.20 for a portion of chips, and £1.50 for a Saveloy a couple of nights ago while staying away - add a fish cake and a sausage (we half the saveloy, 30747 has the fish cake, and I have the sausage - and a carton of peas - no change from 8 quid. Chip shop is quite dear now, and two portions of fish and chips with frozen peas, and frozen chips in Morrisons cafe set us back 11 quid the following night, and a pot of tea and a small soft drink added a further £3.

Afternoon All Absence due to a house hunting visit, which MAY have been successful - offers have been made on two properties, (not a practice which I normally follow, but given the amount of sharp practice going on in the market at the moment, I have no qualms about doing so). NOw awaiting responses from vendors. So other than being hotel bound for a few days, and with only 30 minutes of wi fi each day unless I paid some extortionate fee, house hunting and emails have had to take priority. So generic greetings are on offer now to all celebrating and ailing. No A6 tomorrow, as too much going on at home. Regards to All Stewart