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The father of a friend of mine was stood in line to receive an award from the Queen for his service to British engineering. As she approached him, she leaned forward and said in a quiet voice, 'Any tips for the 2.30 at Epsom?'

She truly understood the meaning of duty and quietly played that role throughout our lives, earning our love and respect consequently. I can't imagine the UK without her

i guess that love is like a Christmas card You decorate a tree, you throw it in the yard It decays and dies, and the snowmen melt Well, I once knew love, I knew how love felt Yeah, I knew love, love knew me And when I walked, love walked with me And I got no hate, and I got no pride Well, I got so much love that I cannot hide Yeah, I got so much love that I cannot hide

Later they incorporated parts of this with 'Blowing Free' in live gigs, great on yer feet stuff. Nice opening riff from Peter Frampton, reckon it 'influenced' Angus Young's 'Back In Black'

DB, I've always envied Americans for having such a vast country, so many places to explore. The UK has a wonderful variety of scenery too but it's just too small. Every national holiday, the picturesque spots are all jammed with tourists. One has to go to Scotland or Ireland to get away from the hordes. I spent a few months in Connemara, County Galway, Eire, helping a friend build his house in the mid 70s. He knew many of the locals so it was fun heading to these pubs in the middle of nowhere where a fiddle band would be kicking up a storm on Saturday night.

Not rambling, DB, sharing stories of our previous lives, and why not? Learn some new words too --caboose! Thought it was some kind of animal related to a moose!

So the Cold War is back.

Love that video, 'Today you come with Z symbols, tomorrow you come with tanks.'

Wish I'd seen this live.

Listening to this always reminds me of the Massif Central in France. Winding our way up the mountains in our Mini Cooper, four stoned hippies from Bristol. As the sun rose, Hendrix took over the cassette player.

Fred McDowell, wonderful southern blues: simple, catchy guitar riffs with melodic slide guitar, accompanied by his plaintive voice. Great for learning guitar to.

Same here, that was my memories of Batman, Adam West and earnest Robin battling the evil forces threatening peaceful citizens. If I remember right each episode would begin with the phrase- ' All's quiet in Gotham City..... except for one place where the dastardly Penguin/Joker, Riddler was hatching a diabolical plot to....' Wonderful fun, we cheered on Batman, it disappointed me immensely when it all became serious in later years.

I think I was around ten years old, 1965 then for me. Things seem to stick in the brain from around four years old, especially good and bad things. We lived in Nigeria from 1958-63 out in the bush mainly, my father was a civil engineer, contracted to build roads. I remember a severe toothache coming on. There was no dentist within a hundred miles, the pain was unbearable, I remember bawling. Mother applied cotton wool soaked in whisky, it did the trick! The pain subsided, what relief! I thank whisky to this day by religiously imbibing its magical powers. \

We did the same scene DB, a hilarious script. In our production in front of all the parents, my classmate, playing the Mad Hatter, suddenly jumped scenes by asking 'What day of the month is it? ' when he should have been saying to Alice, 'Your hair wants cutting,' which was earlier in the script. So we just carried on from that point thus shortening the play by several minutes! https://www.alice-in-wonderland.net/resources/chapters-script/alices-adventures-in-wonderland/chapter-7/ Another wonderful song from Jefferson Airplane.

Did Average White Band rip off that riff?

With an animated Jeff Skunk Baxter

Nice to see Macron's thought out and measured response to Truss's crassness. 'The UK and France are friends despite its leaders'. Putin must be laughing at the idiocy of our Foreign Minister.

I want to hit the dance floor again. Is there anywhere in Thailand that plays classics like these?

For me, the Byrds' version tops the list. McGuinn's voice just hits the spot, and the lyrics- Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth "Rip down all hate," I screamed Lies that life is black and white Spoke from my skull, I dreamed Romantic facts of musketeers Foundationed deep, somehow Ah, but I was so much older then I'm younger than that now We can be so sure we know all the answers when we're young ( hence we're wise, old) but later on we realise life and moral choices are complex so it's back to the drawing board, we accept we know little. Sorry for the double post below. BTW, has anyone noticed the similarity between Putin and Dr Evil? Could they be related? I think we need to know.

The sunny uplands promised by the Brexiteers have turned into a dismal scramble to save every penny.

On top form.

DBath is absolutely right, music is inextricably linked to our memories, a time in our lives. But thankfully it's more than just a nostalgia trip, so many of the great songs of the 60s and 70s, whether rockers or singer songwriters, inspire me to this day, whether it's a Pavlovian foot tapping or a sing along to a wonderful tune. Jim was right, music is our friend until the end. The worst crime I ever committed was to play some rock n roll lol

Alan Parsons was a noted Cambridge physicist.