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Hi all.

I was saddened to hear that Fred had passed on over the week end.

He was not a rich famous so called 'star' but a down to earth west country man that enjoyed entertaining people.

We've all enjoyed his unaffected songs and anecdotes, I'm sure, and he brought a great deal of pleasure to all that were entertained by him.

The man will be sadly missed.

Bi for now.

Sticky. 

Hello John,

I couldn`t agree more .. he lived in Amesbury, not far from me, on the edge of Timsbury. I had the pleasure of meeting him asfew times, while doing some work for him with his I.T. problems in the past. Fred made a number of friends in the village. A friend of mine, Dave Reeves used to be involved with Freds recordings and CD duplication for him. Dave also attended to general maintenace to his various properties in Bath and Bristol.

 

Fred did did much to promote charitable works during his time in the village, and kept the locals entertained with his various shows. I include this link to his entry in Wkipedia for anyone not familiar with his career and music.  

 

 

Catch you all later .. by the way, the cakes are on me...

Hi Anth.

Only if his dentures glow in ultra violet light!!!!!!

Sticky.

I still have (most) of my original teeth .. although .. they are full of cavities now .. I only went to  a dentist once in my life when I was 28 years old .. he drilled 4 teeth .. they are the ones that decayed first .. what I went in for he never removed (abcess) .. that tooth is still hanging in there.

 

I have to be carefull with toffees, snapped part of one tooth recently. I guess it will be "one out, all out" when they get troublesome .. perhaps it will happen Wwhen I get old and losing my hair .. many years from now"

"When I get older, losing my hair" -------- "When I'm 64", sadly my hair Bu******d off to pastures new long before I got even close to 60, and the teeth are getting flaky, one fell out last year, mind you I did considerable damage to it +30 years ago trying to bite a copper pipe in half, don't ask. Dentist said "I can do some bridge work on that, only cost you £1600", I said "Don't bother on my account, I'll persevere with the iffy denture and have a good holiday instead". Oh, and my eyesight was never much cop anyway, Damn good job other bits work otherwise life wouldn't be worth living. Sun's past the yardarm, time for a snifter.

 

Stu

Hi guys.

Like your philosophy both. I still have about 50% of my original teeth. About four years ago the dentist decided that I needed a denture, so fixed me up with one, I wore it for a week or so, it's been in a drawer ever since! Better off without it. Let's face it when you get to our age it isn't the appearance that matters, we aint exactly going to go out on the pull. As long as you can EAT Ok that's what really matters.

Don't want to be a wet blanket Stu, but don't worry, in the next few years bits will start to drop off or cease to function, just like the hair and teeth. On the positive side though, when it does you will become a miserable old fart just like the rest of us old uns.

Upsetting everybody elses day is all thats left to live for now. Te He.

Oh I forgot, you already do that under the guise of a job, so you've found a way of enjoying youself whilst you are still young enough to appreciate it. Enjoy!!!

Have fun.

Sticky.

Glad you understand the job John, my philosophy is that if I've got nothing much to look forward to, why shouldn't everybody else be miserable, my working partner's got it off to a fine art, not only is he a miserable, whining git, he's got a face like a smacjed bottom as well !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ha ha.

 

PS My dentures sat in a drawer as well, I didn't really need a repsoitory for uneaten food lodged in my mouth, bloody horrible thing, now I just leer at people with a gap toothed grin, what with that, the baldy head and an earring I don't get much trouble.

You've got it in one, Stu. But you could do with a leather jacket and a couple of tatoos as well!

By the way, is 'smacjed bottom' Polish for 'smacked ass'?

Have fun.

Sticky. 

PS Had exactly the same experience as you with the denture, damn thing!!

I got the leather jacket and the tattoo's John, but I'm not allowed to wear the jacket to work, and tattoo's are under my shirt, "smacjed", "smacjked", see I can't even spell it wrong the same twice, only goes to prove I don't proof read anything I write.

 

Stu

 

PS perhaps it should have written it in Hungarian, ha ha!!

Don't talk about Hu....Hu....Hu....Hungarian, Stu, or we shall have them all on about G.....G.....G.....Granville next.

Worse still Nu....Nu...Nu.....Nu.....Nurse Gladys, my angel, my pet!!!!!! Arkwright's ever thwarted desire.

Just in case anyone missed it, in one episode Arkwright kept on that Granville's ancestors were Hu... Hu... Hu... Hungarian.

Have fun.

Sticky.