Travelling On

Karmacat

OMG ... I'll start making zombie jokes, you see if I don't :kisses3: Actually, its not zombies, is it, its more like The Joker in politics at the moment. Nuff said :eek:

rtandon27

Karmacat wrote: »

OMG ...its more like The Joker in politics at the moment. Nuff said :eek:

My rellies from across the pond keep expressing their condolences...

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Karmacat

Very appropriate :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Karmacat

So, before there were record shops, there were ... cycle shops that sold records :eek:
I'm pulling out each record, one by one, and finding the weirdest things :rotfl: the variety of shops that sold records back in the day is pretty good. There's quite a few that must have been imported from America directly, such as the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra playing Andante Cantabile (wot?) but best of all is Ukelele Ike with Singin in the Rain :cool: Wiki says he's 1920/30s, and that means that these are definitely my grandparents. In spite of having 3 kids at that stage (more later ) they liked to party :beer:

apple_muncher

My dd wants to join the ukelele club at sch. Will keep any records she produces very safe...!

Karmacat

Amazing, apple! I definitely remember my grandad playing the banjo, it seemed incredibly exotic. Hope she enjoys it

apple_muncher

Exotic, eh? Makes me think of George Formby and 'when I'm cleanin' windows'!!!

Karmacat

Well yes, that too I guess you had to be there

Just shutting down my computer, I'd received yet another email from tv licensing, asking a couple more piffling questions they have no business asking. I answered, and then got fed up and phoned them.

Firstly, why would I still be watching live tv when I know thats illegal without a license? When I've told them I don't have a license?

And secondly, they wanted to know, since I said it was a short term break in having a license, how many months were my break? I refused to answer, and I may have got quite annoyed they don't have the right to demand I tie myself down like that. I confess, I'll probably buy a licence again for the last few episodes of Strictly but until then, I'm freee-ee-ee-eee.

Cheery_Daff

TV licences people are SO vexing - it's like they just can't believe people don't watch TV. Be prepared for them to NEVER believe you!

greenbee

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

TV licences people are SO vexing - it's like they just can't believe people don't watch TV. Be prepared for them to NEVER believe you!

I didn't have any problems with them. Just a letter every so often asking to confirm I still hadn't bought a TV. I finally got a licence when you needed one to watch BBC on demand, although if they did pay-per-view it would probably work out cheaper for me!