Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

correct. your turn now .....
geez , it's quiet today.

I played sidedrum in a marching band myself - there we were, thirty cadets in uniform, all banging and blowing for the Major.

Then I discovered the drumkit :o)

I was due to see a gynaecologist today, but the appointment was cancelled. Devastated, is how I feel.

oh so much fun to be had paradiddling with yer flams 'n drags. i used to practice my single stroke for hours every night before i could perform a nice roll ;) and i wont even mention how many hours i put into practicing my double stroke .....

I'm afraid the drumkit finished me as a marching drummer. So nice finally to have a comfy stool to sit on.

BTW Bosley, if you ever want a real drumming treat, then check out "Top Secret Drum Corps". They're from Switzerland, and I saw them on German TV when they played the Edinburgh Tattoo (they're that good). I've never seen drumming and manoeuvres like it - breathtaking!!

Their website is www.topsecretbasel.ch and is all in German which is fine by me but might not be so good for everyone. The gallery is worth a look though.

st, very nice. no video though which would have been nicer .

incredible

dont know if you saw this last time i posted it. if not, it's well worth a look, but prepare to be amazed.

Thanks Bos. I haven't seen it - if only I had a sound card so I could hear it!! (don't ask, my computer was very cheap).

My fave drum solo? Simon Phillips, "Indian Summer" on the Symbiosis album. IMHO some of the best sound engineering of drums too.

Joke of the Day


A priest, a Pentecostal preacher and a Rabbi all served as chaplains to
the students of Northern Michigan University in Marquette.
They would get together two or three times a week for coffee and to talk
shop. One day, someone made the comment that preaching to people isn't
really all that hard. A real challenge would be to preach to a bear. One
thing led to another and they decided to do an experiment They would all
go out into the woods, find a bear, preach to it, and attempt to convert
it.

Seven days later, they're all together to discuss the experience.

Father Flannery, who has his arm in a sling, is on crutches, and
has various bandages, goes first. "Well," he says, "I went into the woods
to find me a bear. And when I found him I began to read to him from the
Catechism. Well, that bear wanted nothing to do with me and began to slap
me around. So I quickly grabbed my holy water, sprinkled him and, Holy
Mary Mother of God, he became as gentle a lamb. The bishop is coming out
next week to give him first communion and confirmation."

Reverend Billy Bob spoke next. He was in a wheelchair, with an arm and
both legs in casts, and an IV drip. In his best fire and brimstone oratory
he claimed, "WELL brothers, you KNOW that we don't sprinkle! I went out
and I FOUND me a bear. And then I began to read to my bear from God's HOLY
WORD! But that bear wanted nothing to do with me.
So I took HOLD of him and we began to wrestle. We wrestled down one hill,
UP another and DOWN another until we came to a creek. So I quick DUNKED
him and BAPTIZED his hairy soul. And just like you said, he became as
gentle as a lamb. We spent the rest of the day praising Jesus."

They both looked down at the rabbi, who was lying in a hospital bed. He
was in a body cast and traction with IV's and monitors running in and out
of him. He was in bad shape.

The rabbi looks up and says, "Well, looking back on it, circumcision may not
have been the best way to start."

:o)


Bosley, you said yesterday was quiet; today is soporific.

It can't go crazy every day ,we'd all be far too rich ,after all what would i want with a Ferrari and a Yacht in Monaco ,there just for shallow people .

gimme that any day , jimmy. shallow??? me???? as an ex once told me, there's more depth in spit.......

anyway, what's happened to the lingeriefest????

Sorry bos ,been busy ,so not had as much time to spend at the computer ,I'll have to try and find some fresh birds ,hows things anyway ? .

Doin't want a Ferrari - planning to buy a house first!

wow!!! not a single mention about mr sven's world cup squad :)) i think the quote sven forgot to say yesterday was , "who gives a shit , anyway !! i'm swedish!!" been watching sven's interviews today. not stopped laughing. i think it might be best for england if paul robinson was wrapped in cotton wool. if anything happened to him then there really is no point in england turning up in germany. it never ceases to amaze me the amount of deference foreign coaches get in this country. if any other england manager had chosen a player with zero premiership experience, two wingers with 1 cap between them and two strikers with 1 foot between them, they would have been hung , drawn and quartered. some papers i've read today have actually convinced themselves that sven is playing clever. unbelievable!!

btw, alan , congrats on getting into the playoff final.

Thanks for the congrats Bos.
I did read a great quote about Svens strike force consisting of a boy scout who hasn't played top flight football, a beanpole who has played it but needs sat-nav to find the net and a couple of cripples. Kind of puts it in perspective.
Been touting Aaron Lennon as the biggest rising star in English football since he was 15 and on the verge of a very good Leeds team, so I am delighted he is going. If he gets the chance then he could be the Gaza of 1980(?) or the Owen of 2000(?).
Speaking of Owens, what the hell has Owen Hargreaves ever done to keep getting named? If that is the pick of English midfield talent, then we have real trouble against teams like Saudi or Paraguay, never mind the French, Germans or Brazilians.
All I can think is that Hargreaves has a minx of a sister that Sven fancies, or a few camera phone piccies of Sven and some gold digging tart that he has threatened to SMS to Nancy.
Alan

I know how keenly you all follow my cricket season diaries ;-) so i thought I would break the hot news straight off the press.
Following my heroic efforts of the last couple of weeks at number 5 in the batting order i have just been informed I have been selected to play for the 1st XI this weekend.
I want to make it perfectly clear this has nothing to do with shortages of available players due to the FA cup final or holiday commitments and I am shocked you would entertain such a thought. ;-)
Alan

On the morning/closing market reports on the home page, I wonder where the bird in the background (with the white top) keeps going?

I dunno, but when I watched it just now, a guy in a pale shirt followed her, but never came back . . . .