The Counting Thread

[Slumming it in Croydon]

We had an old radiogram which had 16, 33 1/3, 45 and 78 speeds. A single at 78 sounds like it's being sung by Pinky and Perky

And if you had played Pinky and Perky at 16 RPM they had normal singing voices! My little sister had the album.

 

[Qwerty]

80 - Ronaldinho's shirt number at AC Milan

 

[Piebacca]

81- The year I was born. Truly a memorable event.

 

[devonFRATTONiser]

81- The year I was born. Truly a memorable event.

The big THREE - ZERO this year then

 

[Wooperts_duck]

82 Airborne, as in 82nd. Airborne Division

 

[Piebacca]

The big THREE - ZERO this year then

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ8pGtYce78

 

[Wooperts_duck]

83 - The great film star Paul Newman's age, when he died in September 2008

 

[pompeymeowth]

84 Oceana has always been at war with Eurasia

 

[Wooperts_duck]

84 Charing Cross Road - excellent film starring Anthony Hopkins & Anne Bancroft

 

[Wooperts_duck]

85 was Nat Lofthouse's age when he left this mortal coil on 16th. January this year

 

[Wooperts_duck]

No. 86 - Beef with Green Pepper and Black Bean Sauce, according to the menu from our local Chinese takeaway.

 

[pompeymeowth]

87 Unlucky number for Aussies.

 

[pompeymeowth]

You can have it, Woopert.

 

[Wooperts_duck]

Man, 87, has married 107 women
15 May 2011 ... A NIGERIAN man, now 87 years old, has finally called it a day after marrying 107 women and fathering 185 children, according to news reports ...
www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_... - Could be King Kanu's Dad ?

 

[Wooperts_duck]

You beat me to it meowth !

 

[pompeymeowth]

88 Jo Frost and Ann Widdicombe

 

[Wooperts_duck]

88 - the number of keys on a piano (36 black and 52 white), a piano is sometimes called an "eighty eight"

cheers wiki !

 

[Wooperts_duck]

You beat me again meowth !!

 

[pompeymeowth]

It's proper name is a Pianoforte.

 

[Wooperts_duck]

KISS FM 89 | www.kissfm.com.cy | 80's, 90's, Σήμερα
17 May 2011 ... kiss fm , kiss cyprus , kiss 89 , kiss κυπρου , kissfm.com.cy.
http://www.kissfm.com.cy/

I'd have put my money on devo getting that one.............