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Post by John S. Damm on Dec 9, 2011 0:13:00 GMT -5
It is wooltonian's birthday and if there was ever an excuse to drink then this is it. Dec. 8 may make us Beatles' fans blue but then comes Dec. 9 and it is time to party down with the Wool-man! Happy birthday Woolie! Woolie of the North. Join Wooltonian for a birthday drink, Allan Williams is buying! Charter members of Wool-Man Fan Club! Cheers Woolie! Thanks Wool-dawg for reviving our career in Liverpool! Power to the Occupiers! After Woolie's birthday bash. Woolie - JSD Summit
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Post by scousette on Dec 9, 2011 1:57:27 GMT -5
Excellent photos for Wooltonian's birthday! I was hoping for JSD and Woolie doing the Mumbo Stomp but maybe next year.
Happy Birthday, Wooltonian!!
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Post by JCV on Dec 9, 2011 12:34:36 GMT -5
Woo-hoo! An excellent excuse to drink lots tonight! Happy birthday, woolie!! Hope you're having a GREAT day! JCV
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Post by wooltonian on Dec 9, 2011 12:58:24 GMT -5
Thanks guys! JSD, your little photo montage really made me chuckle! The birthday started slowly -- I had a late afternoon delivery down to central London yesterday (a complete nightmare) and got home at 2.00am this morning. I wished myself a happy birthday driving past Coventry on the M6 at midnight. After putting a full shift in today, me and Mrs. woolie have just cracked open a bottle of sparkling Chardonnay and I am pleased to say that there are another three bottles of something similar lurking in the fridge, so the party is just getting started! Cheers!
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Post by John S. Damm on Dec 9, 2011 23:30:41 GMT -5
I feel the need to play "Helen Wheels!" ;D I bet taking your truck into downtown London during the Holiday season is a nightmare. Hopefully you have a good stereo in the truck or an I-Pod. I need music when I drive. I know it is old hat to you but a drive from Woolton/Liverpool to London would be so exciting to me because I have never been to the U.K. I want to stop in between and look for Moors to wander! There is nothing in Indiana but cornfields.
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Post by Steve Marinucci on Dec 10, 2011 0:10:15 GMT -5
Happy birthday, Woolie!
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Post by wooltonian on Dec 10, 2011 6:06:25 GMT -5
I feel the need to play "Helen Wheels!" ;D I bet taking your truck into downtown London during the Holiday season is a nightmare. Hopefully you have a good stereo in the truck or an I-Pod. I need music when I drive. I know it is old hat to you but a drive from Woolton/Liverpool to London would be so exciting to me because I have never been to the U.K. I want to stop in between and look for Moors to wander! There is nothing in Indiana but cornfields. My only thought on driving (at a slow crawl) into London was to avoid Knightsbridge, where all the big department stores are located. The problem was that I don't know London very well and my sat nav was determined to have the last laugh and ruin my day. After an hour and a half of hacking my way through the world's busiest streets I found myself grinding to a complete standstill outside...you guessed it... Harrod's.....with all its twinkly Christmas lights and legions of Chirstmas shoppers. My plan had failed spectacularly! Funnily enough, earlier that same day I was up on Saddleworth Moor - the most notorious moor of them all - in a force ten gale with horizontal driving rain and an inch of standing water. Extremely bleak but quite awesome. The somewhat incongruous musical accompaniment to all this shennanigans on the CD player was The Yes Album, 2112 by Rush (good storm-driving music) and Julie Walters' autobiog on audiobook! Thursday was some day!
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Post by OldFred on Dec 10, 2011 9:06:35 GMT -5
Happy Birthday Woolie, old chap!
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Post by winstonoboogie on Dec 10, 2011 11:05:33 GMT -5
Yes, happy belated birthday, woolie!
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Post by John S. Damm on Dec 10, 2011 13:00:43 GMT -5
Funnily enough, earlier that same day I was up on Saddleworth Moor - the most notorious moor of them all - in a force ten gale with horizontal driving rain and an inch of standing water. Extremely bleak but quite awesome. That is an awesome passage. It exudes danger, romance and adventure! I love the English Moors based upon various references in literature and I want to explore them with Woolie and vectisfabber as long as we have the proper gear(including good walking boots), cellphones, three day supply of alcohol(ale, wine and whiskey for snake bites) and three hot babes who look like they are from the Spice Girls(except for the one called Scary Spice). Woolie is referencing the horrible "Moors Murders" (See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moors_murders ) that happened on the "Saddleworth." I only just learned of this horrible serial murder spree on the Moors that happened right during the British Invasion/Swinging London era when the U.K. otherwise basked in cultural glory. The Moors Murders are briefly mentioned in the Beatles' book Shout!You were safe and dry on such Moor in your warm, powerful truck with your steady hand Woolie and the Progressive Rock of Rush! I am so jealous. Friday morning early I drove the 90 miles to Ft. Wayne, Indiana in light, wet snow and saw empty cornfields. No one got murdered or waylaid in those boring old fields. I saw no highwaymen. I did have The Avett Brothers playing.
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Post by scousette on Dec 10, 2011 18:20:06 GMT -5
Funnily enough, earlier that same day I was up on Saddleworth Moor - the most notorious moor of them all - in a force ten gale with horizontal driving rain and an inch of standing water. Extremely bleak but quite awesome. That is an awesome passage. It exudes danger, romance and adventure! I love the English Moors based upon various references in literature and I want to explore them with Woolie and vectisfabber as long as we have the proper gear(including good walking boots), cellphones, three day supply of alcohol(ale, wine and whiskey for snake bites) and three hot babes who look like they are from the Spice Girls(except for the one called Scary Spice). Woolie is referencing the horrible "Moors Murders" (See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moors_murders ) that happened on the "Saddleworth." I only just learned of this horrible serial murder spree on the Moors that happened right during the British Invasion/Swinging London era when the U.K. otherwise basked in cultural glory. The Moors Murders are briefly mentioned in the Beatles' book Shout!You were safe and dry on such Moor in your warm, powerful truck with your steady hand Woolie and the Progressive Rock of Rush! I am so jealous. Friday morning early I drove the 90 miles to Ft. Wayne, Indiana in light, wet snow and saw empty cornfields. No one got murdered or waylaid in those boring old fields. I saw no highwaymen. I did have The Avett Brothers playing. I think I would prefer the Krays Gangster Tour of London to the cold, wet moor. Woolie, you could make money off gullible Beatlemaniacs by reenacting the commer van ride from Liverpool to London for the Decca audition.
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Post by John S. Damm on Dec 10, 2011 22:45:26 GMT -5
That is an awesome passage. It exudes danger, romance and adventure! I love the English Moors based upon various references in literature and I want to explore them with Woolie and vectisfabber as long as we have the proper gear(including good walking boots), cellphones, three day supply of alcohol(ale, wine and whiskey for snake bites) and three hot babes who look like they are from the Spice Girls(except for the one called Scary Spice). Woolie is referencing the horrible "Moors Murders" (See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moors_murders ) that happened on the "Saddleworth." I only just learned of this horrible serial murder spree on the Moors that happened right during the British Invasion/Swinging London era when the U.K. otherwise basked in cultural glory. The Moors Murders are briefly mentioned in the Beatles' book Shout!You were safe and dry on such Moor in your warm, powerful truck with your steady hand Woolie and the Progressive Rock of Rush! I am so jealous. Friday morning early I drove the 90 miles to Ft. Wayne, Indiana in light, wet snow and saw empty cornfields. No one got murdered or waylaid in those boring old fields. I saw no highwaymen. I did have The Avett Brothers playing. I think I would prefer the Krays Gangster Tour of London to the cold, wet moor. Woolie, you could make money off gullible Beatlemaniacs by reenacting the commer van ride from Liverpool to London for the Decca audition. What was the tour where during the van ride they would lay on top of each other to keep warm? ;D
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Post by scousette on Dec 11, 2011 3:54:10 GMT -5
I think I would prefer the Krays Gangster Tour of London to the cold, wet moor. Woolie, you could make money off gullible Beatlemaniacs by reenacting the commer van ride from Liverpool to London for the Decca audition. What was the tour where during the van ride they would lay on top of each other to keep warm? ;D Yes, the Beatles Sandwich! ;D
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Post by John S. Damm on Dec 11, 2011 12:52:25 GMT -5
What was the tour where during the van ride they would lay on top of each other to keep warm? ;D Yes, the Beatles Sandwich! ;D The Woolie, Vectis and JSD sandwich?? ;D The Moors can be cold.
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Post by winstonoboogie on Dec 11, 2011 13:16:25 GMT -5
Yes, the Beatles Sandwich! ;D The Woolie, Vectis and JSD sandwich?? ;D The Moors can be cold. No offense, but the mental picture makes me...
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Post by wooltonian on Dec 11, 2011 13:24:59 GMT -5
Yes, the Beatles Sandwich! ;D The Woolie, Vectis and JSD sandwich?? ;D The Moors can be cold. There's enough terrible things happened on those moors already!
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Post by wooltonian on Dec 11, 2011 13:31:59 GMT -5
Woolie, you could make money off gullible Beatlemaniacs by reenacting the commer van ride from Liverpool to London for the Decca audition. D'you know, that's not a bad idea! It sort of appeals to the entrepreneur in me. Buy an old Commer van from a vintage vans dealer, advertise for a bloke that looks vaguely like big Mal, check out the old A41/A1 (?) [pre-motorway] route that the Boys would have taken and Presto! -- kerrrr-ching!!!! Mind you, after ten hours in an old banger of a van with no food and drink in the company of two dodgy blokes from Liverpool they'd probably want their money back!
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Post by scousette on Dec 11, 2011 18:34:17 GMT -5
Woolie, you could make money off gullible Beatlemaniacs by reenacting the commer van ride from Liverpool to London for the Decca audition. D'you know, that's not a bad idea! It sort of appeals to the entrepreneur in me. Buy an old Commer van from a vintage vans dealer, advertise for a bloke that looks vaguely like big Mal, check out the old A41/A1 (?) [pre-motorway] route that the Boys would have taken and Presto! -- kerrrr-ching!!!! Mind you, after ten hours in an old banger of a van with no food and drink in the company of two dodgy blokes from Liverpool they'd probably want their money back! Diehard fans will do almost anything for a Beatle-like experience. Even this.
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