He stayed well away from politics until Covid when he became an antivaxxer, with reason I suppose as the vaccine is thought to have inflamed an autoimmune condition he has. But posing for pictures with Greg Abbott and other Trump accolytes doesn't do him any favours.

He had one dose of (one of the various...) vaccine, and then a second later on and had a severe reaction to that, a really nasty reaction, and then just told what had happened to him. It's not quite the same as being an 'anti-vaxxer'. A lot of the thicker press went with that line though cuz that's what they do.

He donated to an anti-vax group, released an anti-vax record, refused to perform where they were checking vax records, taking things a bit further than just telling what happened to him.

In the end it's everyone's personal choice whether they listen to him or not, I wasn't a huge fan anyway.

I don’t agree with the political stance of a lot of musicians or comedians but that doesn’t stop me from appreciating them. I really appreciate what Clapton has done musically and it would take more than a 30yr old rant and an understandable aversion to a vaccine to make me deny myself the pleasure of listening to his work.

Huge golfer and fan here! Will enjoy the thread for sure

Fave type of course?

Links golf for me can’t be beaten.

Moderately flat Parkland.

Links golf, generally speaking, is way too hard for me, with bunkers & gorse galore. I did play Seacroft (Skegness) which is Links, & Woodhall Spa (Heathland) on a 2 day sortie recently, & just about got it round both with semi-respectable cards, but if I only had one round left to play in my life it'd be a flattish Parkland.

In my golfing days I made the same trip with a pal. Woodhall Spa (Hotchkin the original course not the abominable Bracken) followed by Seacroft.
A different friend used to organise a game for his birthday. Players would gather from around the country and the course was always in the Top 100 list (UK).
In truth i was never good enough to play courses like Woodhall Spa, nor St Andrews, Birkdake, Lindrick, Ganton etc but managed to get a memory from each of them. Took the trophy twice through the wonders of inconsistency and the handicap system.

I don’t play these days, and hadn’t really missed it till you lot started chirping on about it. Starting to wish I hadn’t sold the clubs now.

[I love how one excellent shot can make you feel good about an otherwise terrible round.]

I love how one excellent shot can make you feel good about an otherwise terrible round.

So true.

[Pokerpops]

Glasto.


Too many comments to reply too individually, so I'll just try & do a quick summary.

Pokerpops

The Searchers? Crikey.  So I went to YT & had a look, & there they were, in their 60's rock band cashmere suits & everything. And all these years on & can remember every word of "Sweets for my Sweet" & "Needles & pins-err".

But after watching for 30 seconds, the magic had gone.

There is some 60's music that has stood the test of time thouigh - The Beatles (obv), Small Faces, Roxy Music, The Kinks, The Hollies etc. But, for me, not the Searchers,

Sometimes
you have to be there. Musically I’d agree that they were never a patch for the titans of their era, but then who was? the best bits of their set were the Buddy Holly and Beatles covers, but the whole moment stood as a celebration of their career. It was a joyous experience.

By way of seeing if there are still any readers out there, think I'll start with a Caption Competition. Try not to be too rude, right?

On Monday I played golf with Ralph (karabiner) & Tom (Red).

For those not familiar - the closure of the Sky Community means we have a few new & very welcome Member here - the distinguished looking gent on the right as we look is Ralph Shalson, aka karabiner, & the gnarly looking bloke in the middle holding his willy is Tom, aka Red-Dog. I'm the young cool dude, obv.

I swear to God we've all shrunk (in height) in the last decade. Pretty sure I used to be 5'-10", & I'm barely 5'-8" now & the shortest of all three.



 

Groucho ,Harpo and Chico momentarily evade their carers.

 

My message is aimed directly at you and your friends and not just a view on suicide in general.

Tell me you have not a scintilla of empathy or compassion without using those words.

I have no clue who you are, nor what you have done in the past to warrant your status as moral arbiter, but your recent posts make me instinctively aware that I wouldn’t want to spend time with you.
(I couldn’t give a fuck if you feel the same way)

So ironic, because if you did know him, you'd know Celtic is a more compassionate and empathetic man than most.

He’s hiding it well

My message is aimed directly at you and your friends and not just a view on suicide in general.

Tell me you have not a scintilla of empathy or compassion without using those words.

I have no clue who you are, nor what you have done in the past to warrant your status as moral arbiter, but your recent posts make me instinctively aware that I wouldn’t want to spend time with you.
(I couldn’t give a fuck if you feel the same way)

Are you all still friends with Neil Blatchly as well?

That comparison’s a stretch

Agreed, I mean Blatch has never been convicted of mocking dead football fans. Silly comparison.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70jyj22r2vo.amp

Wasn’t aware of that. Shocked.

Are you all still friends with Neil Blatchly as well?

That comparison’s a stretch

Glastonbury.

I loved Neil Young and enjoyed a few of the other acts from the smaller stages. For some reason CMAT made me smile and the earworm I've been left with after Glasto has been I wanna be a cowboy baby. I can't stop head humming it.

Maybe we all need a year off as well as the farm and we will all comeback full of enthusiasm. I hope so but I'm not that hopeful.

For me, Glastonbury has never been about the headliners, although there have been many that I have enjoyed. Sometimes it’s about sitting in the sunshine/rain and just being present.
I worry that two more years of wear and tear might shock me when we get back where the more gradual annual decline is less impactful.

I received the balance owed from Vegas today, I think most other stakers were paid out beforehand. I have also checked all the 2024 entries I could and found no discrepancies. I believe stu hit rock bottom this year during his trip and that's why he did something so stupid. It's almost impossible to prove, maybe he could via his loyalty card or something but I think we'll never really know.

I have an outstanding balance with Stu from previous live tournaments and have consented to pay off over time whilst he gets his shit together. This trip ruined his career, which is partly why I didn't want to go into full details despite feeling I had to say something even though it felt fairly unlikely he would hurt anyone else.

This hurts me personally tbh, and I've expressed how I fell with Stu but I wish him the best with fixing everything and sorting his shit out.

Bravo Adam. A genuine mature approach.

Always good to read your ramblings, Teeks. They might have improved with age, but they have always been good.

Similarly, your dress sense might have got worse, but it has always been, er, individualistic.

Delighted your trip was everything you hoped it would be. Other people might add a really deep run. But that would not be as high a priority for you.

Turning briefly to Glastonbury, I cannot understand the fuss about things. From elderly people who cannot understand or make adjustments when their voice is not what it was (Fogherty, Young) to all the fuss about Bob Vylan.

Why is it that the people who bang on about the right to free speech when it suits them are the self-same people who want to censor debate when it does not?

I'm an adult. I can listen to things I do not agree with. And learn.

Fair comment as to Glasto Phil, but the fact remains, it was sad to see Rod - I'm a huge fan - trying to recapture past glories when his voice has long gone. Ditto Lulu. And as for Ronnie, he's a complete fraud these days, & only uses slide to (try to) cover up his deficiencies. (Nice missus though).

I chanced across a recent performance by No Doubt recently, & the same applies, Gwen's voice has totally gone, all we have left is acres of midriff.

And before Mitherer-in-chief MANTIS chimes in, yes, it applies to me too. But I never show midriff these days. 

Not all the octogenarians struggled at Glastonbury. Fogerty rocked the Pyramid Stage, and The Searchers’ last ever gig had all the energy and fun that Rod lacked. There may not have been a couple of thousand of us there for Sweets for my Sweet etc,  but I’d bet that’s the biggest crowd they’d played to in decades and they gave it their all.

fixtures out today , very tough start for united ,  with arsenal, city , liverpool (the champions), and chelsea amongst the first 8 or so fixtures

thought i would ask a few questions seeing as this thread was pretty quiet last year

will the boss last past october ?

can united finish above 15th this year ?

can they finish the season without a negative goal difference for the first time in 3 years?

will maguire be top scorer ?

could liverpool win title  number 21 at the theatre of delusions on may 2nd ?

stay tuned for another season of the most boring football in decades from the boys , and bruno, and the rest of that shambolic excuse for a football team

Can we just have a few weeks off?

 i have not said a word for 9 months , however tempting it was  ...



just a bit of pre season pisstaking


i know its been wall to wall liverpool recently , so just enjoy a few weeks off pops ,  and roll on september

 

fixtures out today , very tough start for united ,  with arsenal, city , liverpool (the champions), and chelsea amongst the first 8 or so fixtures

thought i would ask a few questions seeing as this thread was pretty quiet last year

will the boss last past october ?

can united finish above 15th this year ?

can they finish the season without a negative goal difference for the first time in 3 years?

will maguire be top scorer ?

could liverpool win title  number 21 at the theatre of delusions on may 2nd ?

stay tuned for another season of the most boring football in decades from the boys , and bruno, and the rest of that shambolic excuse for a football team

Can we just have a few weeks off?
Ask me most of these questions again in September when we have some fresh data.

But I’ll say a pretty definite no right now to the 21st title being won on May 2nd.

Paul Jones…

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