Wow! 12 months?
RIP Karl
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RIP Karl
Very sad our Sassy cannot be here to post .
Good morning all on this sunny day here in Hyvinkää .I hope all had a good night and have an even better day today .Memories of Karl will last forever .
COYB.
COYB.
Well said Tommye
Raising a mug of coffee to Karl now and will toast him properly at the weekend.
Was thinking earlier how he was a regular visitor to the Youth Teams thread and I think he would enjoy what Lampard is creating for us.
God speed fella and please keep an eye out for us all x.
Was thinking earlier how he was a regular visitor to the Youth Teams thread and I think he would enjoy what Lampard is creating for us.
God speed fella and please keep an eye out for us all x.
@tommye @kev @Armaghtoffee @blue1948 very many thanks for reminding us all that it was just 12 months ago that Karl created this thread with his initial post , a post that shocked and inspired in equal measure.
With great thanks to everyone that has contributed and continues to contribute to what is ,in my humble opinion , the best and undoubtedly the friendliest thread on GOT.
Is is sad that 2 of the first seven contributors - Sassy and Toast are no longer on GOT - but we have been joined by relatively new friends such as @Vegas Toffee Girl .
The ethos of this thread has always been to be welcoming and to create a friendly place to simply enjoy each other's company and I'm delighted to say that after almost 1400 pages that very much remains the case.
We have a laugh and we offer comfort and support when it's needed.
Long may that continue , thank you Karl , continue to rest in peace mate.
With great thanks to everyone that has contributed and continues to contribute to what is ,in my humble opinion , the best and undoubtedly the friendliest thread on GOT.
Is is sad that 2 of the first seven contributors - Sassy and Toast are no longer on GOT - but we have been joined by relatively new friends such as @Vegas Toffee Girl .
The ethos of this thread has always been to be welcoming and to create a friendly place to simply enjoy each other's company and I'm delighted to say that after almost 1400 pages that very much remains the case.
We have a laugh and we offer comfort and support when it's needed.
Long may that continue , thank you Karl , continue to rest in peace mate.
Morning everyone ,
Bright and sunny here today but not sure that's going to last very long.
A poignant day today , 12 months on after Karl's initial post and we celebrate our anniversary. I hesitated before I wrote "celebrated" but on reflection it's exactly what we should do - celebrate and thank Karl for the wonderful gift that he gave us.
So , off to the gym later and then start to get my stuff ready for my hols.
I'm a voracious reader at the best of times even more so on holiday . However , that's usually when we are chilling on a beach and this time we are going to spend our time exploring with trips to Amalfi / Positano , Capri , Ischcia and of course Pompeii . So I think I will cut back from the usual 5 books a week to 3 . Kindle , I hear you say - no thanks. For the same reason that I don't stream music and have retained my record and CD collection , I prefer the real thing - after all "I can't get by without you "
That reminds me of the time that I helped my mate move into a flat on Livinstone Drive North , just off Lark Lane . As we were moving in his landlord said hello - none other than Chris Amoo of the Real Thing! I was desperately thinking of getting "Can you feel the force " into the conversation and as usual failed miserably ! Nice fella though.
Bright and sunny here today but not sure that's going to last very long.
A poignant day today , 12 months on after Karl's initial post and we celebrate our anniversary. I hesitated before I wrote "celebrated" but on reflection it's exactly what we should do - celebrate and thank Karl for the wonderful gift that he gave us.
So , off to the gym later and then start to get my stuff ready for my hols.
I'm a voracious reader at the best of times even more so on holiday . However , that's usually when we are chilling on a beach and this time we are going to spend our time exploring with trips to Amalfi / Positano , Capri , Ischcia and of course Pompeii . So I think I will cut back from the usual 5 books a week to 3 . Kindle , I hear you say - no thanks. For the same reason that I don't stream music and have retained my record and CD collection , I prefer the real thing - after all "I can't get by without you "
That reminds me of the time that I helped my mate move into a flat on Livinstone Drive North , just off Lark Lane . As we were moving in his landlord said hello - none other than Chris Amoo of the Real Thing! I was desperately thinking of getting "Can you feel the force " into the conversation and as usual failed miserably ! Nice fella though.
I couldn’t agree more about a Kindle just not being able to replace the smell and feel of a book but jazzy my man you must get into streaming music. I only started doing it during Lockdown and it changed everything for me. Trust me, you only thing you have a decent music collection until you get to access absolutely everything with a couple of clicks of a button.
Add in that it is saving me hundreds of pounds per year and there is really no negative.
Re Streaming .
The music quality of streaming is not comparable to my vinyl and CD set up and to get it close to it I'd have to spend a huge amount of money on electronics and that's before I've lashed out on a Qubos membership ( I'd need Qubos to get the highest quality resolution ) .
And even if I've spent all that money some of my rare jazz recordings aren't available to stream and finally I love reading the liner notes and album covers.
I suspect that if I didn't have a huge collection of music I might be tempted.
Fair enough, I quite happily banished a couple of thousand CDs to storage in the garage and invested in decent Bluetooth speakers. It does the job for me and then some.
Plus the extra room is ripe for even more books so there is method in my madness.
bigjonny
Player Valuation: £30m
I bought a bluetooth streamer for £90, it’s handy for listening to Spotify and deciding whether to buy an album or listening to YouTube links other people post on hi-fi forums but it’s not as good as the real thing.
Gwladysover
Player Valuation: £35m
Morning all, I hadn’t realised that it is one year, some lovely words on here and I echo every one of them. Karl would be so proud so to know that his legacy lives on. I don’t drink anymore so I will raise a mug of tea to him. I think tea was his tipple of choice too, if my memory is correct.
@Armaghtoffee and @jazzy ,there is nothing like the smell and feel of a new book. Family think I’m weird because the first thing I do on receiving a book as a present is smell it. lol I too resisted streaming music, however my brother included me in his friends and family music subscription and I have to say it’s been a revelation. Old favourites, new discoveries, it has become my favourite toy plus driving Mr G mad by asking him to name that tune!
Off to buy some daffodil bulbs in Spalding, about 20 miles from here. For those that aren’t aware it’s the headquarters of the garden bulb industry, everyday a school day.
Have a good one all?
@Armaghtoffee and @jazzy ,there is nothing like the smell and feel of a new book. Family think I’m weird because the first thing I do on receiving a book as a present is smell it. lol I too resisted streaming music, however my brother included me in his friends and family music subscription and I have to say it’s been a revelation. Old favourites, new discoveries, it has become my favourite toy plus driving Mr G mad by asking him to name that tune!
Off to buy some daffodil bulbs in Spalding, about 20 miles from here. For those that aren’t aware it’s the headquarters of the garden bulb industry, everyday a school day.
Have a good one all?
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Agree about having an actual book. I need to smell and feel them. I used to often see Chris Amoo walking his dogs in Sefton Park. I had a flat on Ullet Road that overlooked the park. My other encounter with the Real Thing was seeing them drive past our school, also on Ullet Road, in their pink Rolls Royce.! You to Me Are Everything is one of those songs that immediately takes me back to a specific moment in time. And that moment is being at school, crossing over the rosd to get to the Science labs and waving at The Real Thing!
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