Good night all. Sleep peacefully and dream of whom you want to dream..... youtu.be/luzN08LexhI?si… via @YouTube
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Dr Strangelees
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Dr Strangelees
@StephenLees4
Libertarian, small-state conservative. Roadie. ADI. Ferroequinologist. Cricketer. Shooter. Bookworm. Film buff. Hogarthian rake. Psychedelic warlord.......
Surrey, England Katılım Temmuz 2012
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The @Telegraph piece I posted awakened memories.
When disillusionment set in, many of us listened to nothing but reggae -- from ska to dub -- for many months, though I wasn't quite that strict with myself.
I shall sign off with one of my favourite dub tracks......
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That can happen when you find a little square of blotting paper at the bottom of your teacup.
Improbable Spam@TheTortorian
@StephenLees4 Ohhh, I guess I was hallucinating.
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....more about a do-it-yourself attitude towards the making of music -- an attempt to escape from the "suit"-controlled world parodied by Pink Floyd (of all bands!) in "Have a cigar".
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Swastikas and the Sex Pistols in 1976: The year Britain turned punk telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fict…
This article obliquely makes the important point that punk was NOT a musical genre. How could it be? How could, for instance, The Only Ones be part of the same genre as 999? It was....
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A recent purchase -- "Vietnam" by Max Hastings -- is not untypical: cover price £30, but I paid £4.89 including delivery.
And think of the trees you'll save!
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Strange people! A sandwich is nothing but a fart, half an hour later, but a book can change your life forever.
They should try World Of Books. They sell secondhand books, though in most cases one couldn't tell they were secondhand from their condition.
Philip Womack@WomackPhilip
It astonishes me, always, that people fume about the price of books. Most are the same price you'd pay for a sandwich and a coffee in an upmarket café chain. You can spend £12 on lunch, but balk at £12 for a book.
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Jews are under threat because Britain is becoming a safe house for intolerance telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/2…
And the people behind this intolerance have the nerve to call themselves "progressive".
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Whatever made you think that? The only Hynde/Lees composition I mentioned yesterday was about a cat, not a car.
Improbable Spam@TheTortorian
@StephenLees4 Did you say you wrote a song about it?
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Good night all. Sleep peacefully and dream of whom you want to dream..... youtu.be/wxGNtI5siGY?si… via @YouTube
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Sign-off track coming up.
Initially, I wasn't keen to see this man live, but Dave Mead persuaded me. Thanks, Dave.
"Dead on arrival..... right where I stand......"
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It was. The owner had an interesting collection of old cars, all of which I drove.
Improbable Spam@TheTortorian
@StephenLees4 Sounds lovely.
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I sympathise.
When I was trying to learn the guitar, it didn't "gently weep", as per the George Harrison song. When it saw me coming it would shout, "Oh f***! Not you again?"
WitchEnd@WitchEnd
There's one that appears in Heartbeat a lot. 80135 I think. On a 'vital' northern business trip I was allowed in the shed where they were restoring City Of Wells. On that trip I also bought a banjo from a bloke I found on the internet. Still can't play it...
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A 1924 Lancia Lambda.
I not merely rode in it but drove it on the Isle of Man's twisty roads, which provided the opportunity to explore its handling.
It was a very advanced design, both in terms of unitary construction and suspension design.
Trumplican 4eva...@steveth75737857
so...
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I never drove or fired 80151 but was a member of the team who restored her. I worked mainly on the valve gear.
The Riddles 4MT 2-6-4Ts were great engines, based on a Stanier design. The BR Standards had wastefully short working lives: ten years in 80151's case, I believe.
WitchEnd@WitchEnd
Apart from riding on a few footplates the only "driving" I did was 80151 on the Bluebell. Reprimanded for too speedy an approach to Sheffield Park Station... I too am worried by X...
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Hundreds of Illegals Land in UK as Militants Reportedly Gather in Belgian breitbart.com/europe/2026/05… via @BreitbartNews
One quick phone call to the Admiralty could stop the invasion in less than a week.
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My condolences.
I know what it's like to lose a beloved cat.
Whisky was part of my life for fifteen years, starting when I was three.
Chrissie and I wrote a song about her.
James May@MrJamesMay
My mate Bouncer died yesterday. He’d lived with us for 13 years as a furry, purring, permanently migrating ornament. I didn’t know I could feel such grief for a witless bag of bones who destroyed my favourite sofa and crapped in the shower tray. Below is a picture taken on the day he selected me at the animal shelter.
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....something (Can't remember precisely what) happens which makes me fear I may lose "X" altogether.
I curse machines I don't understand.
Show me a Black Five with uneven valve events and I'd know exactly what to do.
(I suspect that you would too, with your railway connections.)
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Same here, though I can't swear that the disabling of the message facility precisely coincided with the change of name.
When I try to rectify the situation, I am asked for a four-digit passcode which I've never had to supply before. When I click on "Forgot passcode", ....
WitchEnd@WitchEnd
Haven't DMs been replaced by Chat? I got DMs but I don't get Chat...
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Statue-toppling is all the rage, so how about the John Lennon one at Liverpool airport?
It could be replaced by one of..... Let's see..... Robert Clive.
That would cause a few school staffrooms to be filled with the aroma of smelling salts.
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