I saw a link to this over on Clair’s blog, and it made me think of this clip from an episode of That’s Life! I saw back in the 80s. Made me laugh at the time and I’m afraid to say it still does.
Archive for January, 2009
Taxidermy in the 80s
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Stuffed Cat, That's Life on January 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Gaye Bykers on Acid
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 1987, gaye bykers on acid on January 25, 2009 | 11 Comments »
I bought tickets at the weekend to see The Sisters of Mercy, who are playing in Bologna in March. I was a big fan of the Sisters back in the day. Still am, despite the fact that they haven’t released an album since 1990 or so. I was reading their entry on Wikipedia which says [...]
Afterlives
Posted in Uncategorized on January 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I may need to start taking this blogging malarkey a bit more seriously. Up until now, I’ve just been posting random muck about hellish Scotch cuisine, hooch and odd stuff about Italy. Once or twice a week. Just enough to justify me going off to comment on other folk’s blogs, which I enjoy a lot [...]
The Leaning Tower of Pisa and Italy
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Leaning Tower of Pisa, Tourism on January 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
An Italian friend once told me that if you want to understand Italy, all you have to do is look at the Leaning Tower of Pisa. He was saying that only in Italy could such a thing have been built like that and allowed to stay, just because it looked nice (the tower has always [...]
Slow Movers
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged celery hearts, pease pudding on January 8, 2009 | 34 Comments »
When I was a teenager back in the late 80s, I had a part-time job filling shelves in one of the local supermarkets. This was a good job to have as a youngster as it taught you a lot about folk and their priorities and needs. For ibnstance, what do you think was the aisle [...]
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