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zontar wrote:Test Tube Babies - whoa, never thot I'd hear that name agan. "Keys To The City" was fairly clever, but why the return now?

Fame, however minor or fleeting, must be a bitch of a drug.

Don't think they've ever been away, have they?

Alias wrote:Fuck Off, Mr. Kyps.

That was apparently the working title of James Hilton's classic novel. The publishers finally persuaded him to change it as they felt that "Kyps" was a weird name.

I'm getting confused with Kings Cross Travelodge. :oops: Jim Yes, we stayed there for three nights. Room cost £205.50, so it worked out at £34.25 each night. Nothing spectacular, but comfy bed, and an eat all you can breakfast for £7.65. Have to say Jim, never heard any train at all to be honest. 8...

Yes, we stayed there for three nights. Room cost £205.50, so it worked out at £34.25 each night. Nothing spectacular, but comfy bed, and an eat all you can breakfast for £7.65.

Have to say Jim, never heard any train at all to be honest.

Spent part of Friday afternoon drinking paint stripper in the Bree Louise. They claimed it was cider, but it was melting the varnish on the tables.

I wouldn't swear to it, but something tells me that I've heard a similar story in the dim and distant past. It rings a bell, I could be mistaken though.

Better not count any chickens as stranger things have happened in football, but surely they should be through now? Nice to see them in the tournament and it should go some way to ease the pain of that handball.

db63 wrote:.....its hard to plan a kids birthday party never mind a stranglers convention......

Not much difference between the two is there, judging by some of the whingeing on here. It's like a fucken' playground on here sometimes.

Hey Pidge,

It normally goes - birth, growth, puberty, hairy bits, droopy bits, death.

Think you've got the order wrong somewhere.

Ian9331 wrote:Great on the bus coming back home from work.

But what do the rest of the passengers think?

When we were down in London last March we found a pub just round the corner from Euston (The Bree Louise in Euston Street) which served the best cider money can buy - Black Dragon Welsh Cider:

http://www.gwyntcider.com/gyd/index.php ... agon-cider

I have to confess to being a bit of a fan of Bix Beiderbecke. Great music and what must be one of the first rock 'n' roll deaths too.