Brian Wilson

When The Beatles wrote Rubber Soul the Beach Boys said hey we have to up our game here and that prompted Pet Sounds which egged on The Beatles to write Sgt Pepper.

You can read all about his life, history and his many ups and downs online.

The only thing I will add is Sir Paul McCartney once said that God Only Knows was the greatest song ever written and in tribute after Brians death said how will we go on without Brian Wilson, God only knows.

One of the leading songwriter of a generation.

R.I.P The musical genius that was Brian Wilson aged 82.

Good luck tomorrow Stu, love your updates.

Forever grateful for their sacrifice.

I also.

I've been to a few places which remind me.

I'd like to pay my respect at Auschwitz but it depends on a few things including how harrowing it would be.

Great updates Red

 

I'm in total awe of you! Winning, enjoying yourself good food and sunshine - what could be better x

Congrats on your latest cash Tikay. Really enjoying yours, and Stuart R's, updates.

I am another 'sky reg' not able to get to grips with the new Sky Poker home. Unable to download the client, so have just played some freerolls on the website.......and not really impressed with the whole set up with that TBH.

Going to have a break with online (probably way overdue anyway) until I get back from Vegas (Did I mention I was going this year?  ), and then look for other sites to join/play on. Shame really, as I would say over 95% of my online playing was on Sky Poker.

Looks like you will not be out there when the package winners get there. Another shame. I was going to buy you a coffee and an iced bun too  . Really looking forward to my trip though.....albeit with some fear at being overwhelmed by it all and completly out my depth.

Well done to the other cashes jumping on this diary to boast too 

You'll be fine Al, honestly, good luck too and any other Blondes I have missed.

Tikay and I have cashed.  I have 150k and Tony 100k

Hurrah! Well done both, more of the same please x

In answer to the hips, I had my right one done first and it all went well. The first left hip was contaminated with bacteria when it went in and when it was replaced the first time and all washed out they didn't manage to get all the bugs out so we try with this one which has antibiotic cement/concrete in it and we will see how we go. I might need another but hopefully not.

My surgeon had to split my femur lengthways to try to get the inside of the bone washed out as much as possible. It's all held together with screws and military grade ties, the op took 6 hours as he got the saw/whatever they use stuck. Only me huh!

Good luck in the WSOP mixedO  later Tony, Rob and David - hoping for some deep runs boys

Good luck all 3 x

Love your updates Stu, in whatever form you choose to post them.

Run well

Absolutely this.

Yes run like a God please Stu.

I'm part of a Whatsapp "Lads" group. Basically it's a bunch of young men talking about young men stuff that I somehow got added to. Mostly the posts are about drinking, fighting, cars, girls.. You get the picture.
Obviously I don't contribute and to be honest it's all a bit juvenile for my taste. Really I should exclude myself, but I suppose I was a bit flattered to be included in the first place, so here we are.

In amongst the chat, there are often links to interesting or funny things online but I learned very early on not to click on them when I'm in company. Most of them are perfectly innocent but one lad in particular likes to slip in the odd one that links to very loud porn sites with full, no-holds-barred audio description in the hope that it will embarrass someone. It has worked on multiple occasions. Many a restaurant or family gathering has been given the full, X rated version of When Harry met Sally. 

Yesterday I noticed one such message, but as I was sitting on the settee with Mrs Red at the time I left it unopened.

A little while later Mrs R said she was nipping to the shops and as soon as she was safely outside in the car I opened the link and there, as expected, was a very explicit naughty video. Unusually though, there was no audio, which was strange. I could see the participant's lips moving as they gyrated, but apart from that, silence.

I checked my phone settings and turned the volume up to full, still nothing, Then I noticed the little symbol that says the phone is connected to Bluetooth. The horrible truth slowly dawned on me....

A few days earlier, I had paired my phone to the car's audio system. If the car radio was left on, (It usually is) it would come to life as soon as the car was started.

Panicking, I looked out of the window. The car had stopped halfway down the drive.

Coming to my senses, I quickly turned the porn off and after a few seconds the car drove on.

"Everything OK dear?" I asked when Mrs Red got home, "How come you stopped halfway down the lane?"

"There was something interesting on the radio, but I must have just caught the end of it".

"Really?" I asked, "What was it?"

"Oh, nothing that you would be interested in..."


 

The thought of a porn X rated When Harry met Sally scene made me titter.

Thank you.     
Been meaning to send you some videos but obviously not the 'old way'.    Just stuff from YT people have filmed during the last week of gigs at Nott/RAH.

Welcome to the dark side Elliot.

Congrats on making a good start Tony and looking forward to reading all about whatever you post.
  
In other news I'm the new owner/driver of my 3rd left hip, the latest version is made of concrete/cement impregnated with shed loads of antibiotics. Let's see how this one does!

Have a glorious trip xXx

Happy belated Birthday xXx

When I got home last night from what was essentially a 5 or 6 day trip away, I went to log on to Sky Poker to start my "thank you's" & continue with my usual duties until the curtain falls early next week, only to find that my account has been...... SUSPENDED.

FFS.

It's nothing to do with my retirement, & there's nothing to see here, so to speak, but the bottom line is, right now, I can't access the Sky Poker Forum even to read only. The Boss is trying to sort it, but it's quite complex, so I don't know if I'll get back on there before it closes.

So if any regulars from Next Door see this, please just put up a notelet saying that I've not jumped ship, I'm just having access problems & hope to be back on in a day or two.

Bit of a weird ending to my 18 very happy years there, but it is what it is.

Meanwhile, with no work duties elsewhere, I might just get my blonde Diary going again. I had to give priority to my work, but that is (almost) history now.

The problem of course is that unless they are your Dad or Grandad, there's no such thing as an interesting 77 year old & they are, with just a few exceptions, a bit boring. I don't mean to insult any 77 year olds, a few are exceptions to the rule, but I'm sure you get my point.

Anyway, that's where it's at.

Posted this on your thread.

"Just a note from Tikay.

He can't access the forum right now as he has login issues that aren't easily resolved.

He is hoping to be back before this closes, but isn't deliberately ignoring anyone.

I will likely just screen shot messages if he doesn't get back."

Was very tempted to just post "say what you like about him now, he's gone"

Ahh, thank you very much David.

Thanks David you beat me to it although anyone could tbf, this is the only forum I've stuck with over all the forums nevermind posted on. I regret not supporting a few certain people more than I have and Teeks is at the top of the list. Maybe in the afterlife if there is one that is, I'll be a better person!

Have a fabulous time Tony x