You've got to learn to not sweat the small stuff Monty lad.

( girlinthehole, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 10:15, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Perhaps we should all start proof-reading our own posts for the sake of Monty's blood pressure
'morning all.
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 10:20, Reply)

If you don't mind awfully. Thanks.
Greetings, dread lion of Judah.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 10:25, Reply)

Greetings.
Erm...rooooar?
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 10:50, Reply)

officelol RIGHT THERE.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 11:02, Reply)

Hiya Crow

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 10:26, Reply)

'morning, Roota
How's tricks?
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 10:49, Reply)

Alright
I feel a bit odd, tbh.
I'm thinking matricidal thoughts, I have to work at home today, and meh, it's rare I feel odd like this. I'm normally a chirpy little bastard.
How are you, my hoppy black-feathered friend?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 10:53, Reply)

Not bad, not bad
Strangely sleepy today, in spite of a very relaxing weekend. I've spent the last two days basking in the sun and hoping my occasional twanging wouldn't annoy the neighbours. Although conversely I am slightly concerned for the plight of (a) my sister, who's currently trying to find an alternative route home from the Czech republic and (b) my drummer, who I fear may be stuck in Holland. I wouldn't be too worried normally, save for the fact that we had a studio session booked this weekend...
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 11:06, Reply)

Have you heard they might be using Navy ships
to get British people home?
I chuckled at first but I'd rather be on a ship than sitting in an airport smelling.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 11:26, Reply)

This actually sounds like it might be of use...
Last thing I heard from my sister, she was considering getting a coach to Brussels, which would at least give her the option of heading to a ferry port or similar...do you know whether this is likely to go ahead?
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 11:30, Reply)

Hmm, it would appear they will only be able to help you if you can get to Spain
Madrid or a Spanish port to be announced.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 11:34, Reply)

Problem solved, I think.
I've just heard she's managed to book herself onto an overnight coach which will be heading all the way to Blighty. (I know she spends about 5h on one of these when she comes down to visit from Manchester, but 24h seems quite an ordeal)

In many ways, this is a bit of a shame as the idea of her coming home on HMS Ark Royal would have made a wonderfully dramatic end to this little escapade. But then I get the impression she's had quite enough excitement this week...
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 11:51, Reply)

Now you won't get to throw streamers
:(
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 11:55, Reply)

More's the pity
I received the news from my father, who told me about the coach and then finished his email with
"Either that, or expect to see your sister in a flak jacket wearing even stranger make-up than usual,"
which is an image I would have found entertaining. Especially if they told her to sit in the crow's nest.
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 11:59, Reply)

You'd think with all my 'big' problems
I would scarcely have time for the minutiae, but apparently I do. Perhaps I'm subconsciously distracting myself from the things that really matter by getting wound up about silly little things like Bowie.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 10:23, Reply)

Speaking of which,
How's ting with the Twincubator?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 10:26, Reply)

She was an arsehole on the weekend
but I did get my visit. She fails to see how telling me she may move to Canterbury as a matter of reasonable urgency might upset me, the self-obsessed spastic. If she takes Len away I don't know what I shall do.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 10:32, Reply)

Shit, you don't drive do you
How long on the train to that part of Kent then?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 10:34, Reply)

Nope. 1h 20 mins out of London Bridge - 20 mins on the bus from mine.
And not cheap either.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 10:35, Reply)

Surely she wouldn't be able to manage
I mean she'd be doing herself out of a spare pair of hands/babysitter, once she has two new babies to look after?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 10:36, Reply)

Doesn't her family live in Canterbury?
Is that why she wants to move there?
( girlinthehole, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 10:39, Reply)

Yup, that's it.
I do actually understand that she'd need her family's help with twins (she's not with the dad - I expect he dumped her for being a psycho like I did), and also schools etc are better out of London, but I'll be heartbroken. I might have to move there too.

It's quite like Winchester, where I grew up (amongst other places).
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 10:46, Reply)

It's where Chickenlady and PJM live
you could become friends with them. They are both lovely.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 10:48, Reply)

You're just trying to get me out of London.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 10:50, Reply)

With you gone
there will be lot more Tayyabs for me.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 10:56, Reply)

Ye greedy fecker, ye.
Please check your diary and let me know when suits for 'Tayyabs 2: The Shittening'
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 10:59, Reply)

I went there last year to visit Chickenlady and PJM.
Nice place. Just the right size to wander about and not get lost.
( girlinthehole, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 10:49, Reply)

Some lovely pubs.
I am also very interested in the 'Canterbury Scene' of the late 60s/early 70s (bands like Caravan and the Soft Machine), so I could get into researching that in detail.

Maybe a fresh start away from all my drug dealer pals would be a good thing as well.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 10:53, Reply)

That's the ticket.
Positive thinking.

Now all I have to do is practice what I preach : )
( girlinthehole, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 10:57, Reply)

Camel?
Fond memories of "The Snow Goose" right there.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Mon 19 Apr 2010, 11:35, Reply)

Were they from Canterbury?
Those first three albums are superb - a great example of what prog rock could have been before it disappeared up its own arse.
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 11:37, Reply)

They were,
So was Steve Hillage.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 11:43, Reply)

That was the reason for the question mark.
Originally Guildford but often mentioned in the same breath as doyens of the Canterbury scene.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Mon 19 Apr 2010, 11:46, Reply)

Good band, Camel

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 11:43, Reply)

Len - makes her sound like an old boy drinking ale in a flat cap.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 10:36, Reply)

It does rather, doesn't it.
Perhaps it's the incongruity that makes me like to call her Len.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 10:44, Reply)