The Counting Thread

[Wooperts_duck]

63 - Gerry Rafferty's age when he passed away on 4th. January 2011. RIP

 

[Wooperts_duck]

"When I'm 64" - well known Beatles song

 

[Wooperts_duck]

65 - official retirement age for men (at the moment!)...........

 

[Wooperts_duck]

Route 66 - in the good ol' US of A

 

[Channonfodder]

Can'ardly get on here for Duck posts!

 

[PlayUpPompeyFanJake]

67- Birth of Chris Burns

 

[Channonfodder]

68- as we watch the "Arab spring", remember that 1968 was the year of the Prague Spring.

Can't think of anything for 69

 

[devonFRATTONiser]

69 - Man on the moon {I resisted the temptation Channon}

 

[Leading Fish in Hants]

70 - Who Live at Leeds - I was there!

 

[devonFRATTONiser]

71 - the year we went decimal, replacing £sd

 

[Channonfodder]

72- The number of sides on a Heptacontakaidigon

 

[Jerel Ifil]

73 - the number of books in the Catholic Bible.

 

[Jerel Ifil]

74 = 1974, the year of Leeds United's second title and of Don Revie's departure... you all know what came next.

 

[Jerel Ifil]

75 - the number of virgins people think is meant to be promised to Muslim suicide bombers.

 

[devonFRATTONiser]

76 - The winner in the FA Cup final was scored by a Portsmouth born player

 

[pompeymeowth]

76 trombones in the big parade. Morning all.

 

[devonFRATTONiser]

77 - The Queen's Silver Jubillee. I remember our street party like it was yesterday

 

[Slumming it in Croydon]

78 RPM speed of old gramaphone records

 

[devonFRATTONiser]

78 RPM speed of old gramaphone records

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

 

[devonFRATTONiser]

79 - the atomic number of gold