Tonight, while keeping half an eye on the forum, I have watch 3 episodes of the best Christmas present I received this year. So far I have invested over 20 hours into the box set of the old BBC series of Colditz featuring David McCallum and Robert Wagner amongst many others. While I appreciate you would have to be of a certain age to enjoy this, there are so many familiar faces in this programme it is unreal, and the storylines are fantastic. I'm almost tempted to try to find my old "Escape From Colditz" board game. Did anyone else receive a Christmas present that really hit the mark?
Yes, a harry redknapp autobiography. I've hit the mark every time with the darts I've been aiming it it! I do like to revisit old programme, I've got some like sledge hammer, x files, married with children and I havent been disappointed with them.
Roller, are you watching BBC 4 - a 'run through of Old Grey Whistle Test stuff from the 70s....just up to the New York Dolls.... ...the wife and I treated ourselves to a trendy wireless speaker system for the living room. Its brilliant, just beam stuff direct from the iPad or Mac (or phone) to it, already listening to much more music, superb sound. Even better, when my son has his stuff on, I can play around with the volume/ switch songs etc from other rooms via the phone app. He claimed it was broken for the first 4 days.....there's only so much drum'n'bass even I can take.
I have myself a death warrant on all social media and looking forward to the break I will be reading from time to time but my tongue is gone adios
Pair of Fidelio M1 Bluetooth headphones with Apt-X transmitter. Absolutely brilliant sound and I can listen to whatever I want without any looks or scowls. Loving it!
Unfortunately not. I've just finished the next episode of Colditz and flicked onto the test match. What is going on? Raffles has turned into a complete bastard and England are 14 - 3 FFS!!!! Someone get me a drink......
I'm working with a couple of Aussies next week......balls. And have just discovered the real best Christmas present...prompted by the Feelgoods on Whistle Test I looked up Wilko Johnson, and he is not only still alive after he was given 8 months to live at the end of 2012 and declining chemotherapy, he is still gigging. Outstanding.
I heard a radio interview that Wilko did where he described his feelings after being diagnosed. He said that that he had never felt more alive and decided that he wanted to stay in that mood. He had watched his wife die of cancer badly and resolved that he wasn't going to go the same way.
On those lines I went to the funeral recently of the wife of a friend of mine. She was given a maximum of two years to live in 1979! Her determination to see her daughters married, as well as the advances in medically science, speak volumes for her. Her funeral was far more a celebration of her life than a mourning of her death. Top girl.
That's how funerals should be - celebrations. I was at the funeral last year of a friend who died way too early. It was a secular service and all the better for God not intruding. His partner, daughters and brothers all spoke movingly and the music ranged from Led Zeppelin to Monty Python (yes that one). It was uplifting.
This mightn't be the best present ever, but it was pretty good - a copy of " Cockney's Journey" which I devoured in very short order. Being Canadian I had some difficulty with some of the rhyming slang (I knew what "porky" was but not a "butcher's"for instance but I am married to a woman who's mother was born within the sound of Bow bells and was thereby informed the meaning of all that I asked her except "polo mint" - by context I got that on e too
I got a 'Never mind the ******** heres the Sex Pistols' mug from my brother Its just enough to remind me that when having a cuppa after raking leaves in garden and endlessly ferrying kids about that I'm still young at heart
just tell them youre glad they won and you dont like the england cricket team, it will ruin all their fun.
My sister gave me an Atari Flashback, with all the old classic games. In theory it sounds great but I have a feeling it will be used for 10 mins then boxed up in to the attic forever more!
The Premier present from my other half was a hard skin remover for my feet!!!! (I think the romance may have gone!)
