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Post by Tull50 on Jun 10, 2015 20:12:41 GMT
This past weekend: Saturday: Match: Barca vs Juventus Sunday: celebration of Europe Cup (Champions League) with Barça Monday: Aspirin through the fault of the celebration...
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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 12, 2015 18:44:55 GMT
Mini Tull fest with the other Graham (Sealion) when he and Memsaab Sue visited us today. Much reminiscing followed by a rather fine pub lunch. Graham says hi to everyone here
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Post by JTull 007 on Jun 12, 2015 20:17:07 GMT
Mini Tull fest with the other Graham (Sealion) when he and Memsaab Sue visited us today. Much reminiscing followed by a rather fine pub lunch. Graham says hi to everyone here Very cool pair of TULL Fans with excellent TULL Shirts I need to find a way to the U.K.
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Post by bunkerfan on Jun 13, 2015 19:24:04 GMT
Mini Tull fest with the other Graham (Sealion) when he and Memsaab Sue visited us today. Much reminiscing followed by a rather fine pub lunch. Graham says hi to everyone here Great photo and nice to see two Tull fans meeting up and no doubt putting the world to rights. Can I come next time and we'll act out an episode of "Last of the Summer wine".
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 13, 2015 21:50:40 GMT
Mini Tull fest with the other Graham (Sealion) when he and Memsaab Sue visited us today. Much reminiscing followed by a rather fine pub lunch. Graham says hi to everyone here Great photo and nice to see two Tull fans meeting up and no doubt putting the world to rights. Can I come next time and we'll act out an episode of "Last of the Summer wine". and I'll bring the glamouri58.images obliterated by tinypic/2rzruyb.jpg[/IMG] By the way Boys, joking aside you all look very handsome. and don't let my picture or my signature for that matter put you off
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Post by FrontDoorAngel on Jun 14, 2015 3:15:01 GMT
Great photo and nice to see two Tull fans meeting up and no doubt putting the world to rights. Can I come next time and we'll act out an episode of "Last of the Summer wine". and I'll bring the glamourBy the way Boys, joking aside you all look very handsome. and don't let my picture or my signature for that matter put you off I'd really love to know who's who here. I think I can guess who the handsome gal in the rollers is (looks a lot like my mom's mom, from Ireland, born 1906 or thereabouts, passed away at 92 God bless her soul), but the blokes? I can't sort it out. It'd be great if I could put a face to a name in my noodle. Who's the fellow with the glass of beer? And who are the other two guys with the Catfish Rising and Aqualung shirts?
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Post by FrontDoorAngel on Jun 14, 2015 3:18:24 GMT
Wait a tick, that's not beer, or is it? And that must be bunkerfan? Still don't know who the other 2 fine fellows are.
I see palm trees. Got lots of those here in Lake Havasu, where it just rained recently for about five minutes.
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Post by bunkerfan on Jun 14, 2015 6:04:25 GMT
Wait a tick, that's not beer, or is it? And that must be bunkerfan? Still don't know who the other 2 fine fellows are. I see palm trees. Got lots of those here in Lake Havasu, where it just rained recently for about five minutes. Okay backdoorangel you're right, it is me but keep it to yourself eh? And yes it's beer I'm drinking on my holiday to Croatia last year. I'll leave it up to maddogfagin to explain who the other 2 chaps are. Got any photo's of Lake Havasu, it sounds nice,
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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 14, 2015 8:43:20 GMT
Wait a tick, that's not beer, or is it? And that must be bunkerfan? Still don't know who the other 2 fine fellows are. I see palm trees. Got lots of those here in Lake Havasu, where it just rained recently for about five minutes. On the left with the Aqualung tee shirt is Graham aka Sealion and on the right with the Catfish Rising attire is Graham aka Maddogfagin. Graham and I have known each other since '85/'86 and we began the Conventions here in the UK beginning in 1989 with much help from others including the AND twins Dave and Martin. If you've not read the posts in the Conventions thread, both here in the UK and also in Spain and America, have a look via the link below and all will be explained. jethrotull.proboards.com/board/9/jethro-tull-conventions
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 14, 2015 10:45:05 GMT
I'd really love to know who's who here. I think I can guess who the handsome gal in the rollers is (looks a lot like my mom's mom, from Ireland, born 1906 or thereabouts, passed away at 92 God bless her soul) Just like to point out that the gal in the rollers is not me that is Nora Batty see Last Of The Summer Wine. Which part of the Emerald Isle or as I like to call it The Forty Shades of Grey Isle did you Mom hail from?
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Post by FrontDoorAngel on Jun 14, 2015 13:00:22 GMT
Looks like I bungled it up, in the desert, rather than the jungle! I've never seen the film, but maybe I'll have to check it out. Don't watch much lately - too busy working, reading, and spreading myself mighty thin on the Net. nonrabbit: I didn't really think it was you, but I didn't know for certain so I thought I'd best be polite. It's easy to get in trouble these days. My mom's mom was born in Sligo. I believe William Butler Yeats wrote of that town. Who knows, maybe my grandma bumped into him? No poets in either of my family line, however, until I came down with it and passed the affliction to my kids. My 17 yr. old writes villanelles. Caught that bad habit from his old man. My grandma really did resemble that gal in the photo, though. I may be able to rustle up a photo and do a mash-up, which I will post, if I find one. Thanks for the info, all! **Oh, yes, will post some snaps of Havasu as well. I'll try to keep any and all thongs out of frame, for modesty's sake.
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Post by onewhiteduck on Jun 14, 2015 13:49:57 GMT
Nice one FDA, I just had to laugh. I can just imagine Nora Nonrabbit's face when she saw that.
Don't bite Nora Pat
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 14, 2015 18:23:15 GMT
nonrabbit: I didn't really think it was you, but I didn't know for certain so I thought I'd best be polite. It's easy to get in trouble these days. My mom's mom was born in Sligo. I believe William Butler Yeats wrote of that town. Who knows, maybe my grandma bumped into him? No poets in either of my family line, however, until I came down with it and passed the affliction to my kids. My 17 yr. old writes villanelles. Caught that bad habit from his old man. My grandma really did resemble that gal in the photo, though. I may be able to rustle up a photo and do a mash-up, which I will post, if I find one. Thanks for the info, all! I know you didn't really think it was me ........but I had to be sure Sligo is not far from me - I visit Sligo town a few times in the year in fact the Sligo bus stops outside my house. So a young Irish girl left Sligo and moved to America - how unusual!! Have you ever visited here or the UK? I don't make a habit of putting up pictures of myself but for you I'll make an exception. i60.images obliterated by tinypic/339txtj.jpg[/IMG] "some matronly type"
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Post by FrontDoorAngel on Jun 15, 2015 4:18:00 GMT
nonrabbit: I didn't really think it was you, but I didn't know for certain so I thought I'd best be polite. It's easy to get in trouble these days. My mom's mom was born in Sligo. I believe William Butler Yeats wrote of that town. Who knows, maybe my grandma bumped into him? No poets in either of my family line, however, until I came down with it and passed the affliction to my kids. My 17 yr. old writes villanelles. Caught that bad habit from his old man. My grandma really did resemble that gal in the photo, though. I may be able to rustle up a photo and do a mash-up, which I will post, if I find one. Thanks for the info, all! I know you didn't really think it was me ........but I had to be sure Sligo is not far from me - I visit Sligo town a few times in the year in fact the Sligo bus stops outside my house. So a young Irish girl left Sligo and moved to America - how unusual!! Have you ever visited here or the UK? I don't make a habit of putting up pictures of myself but for you I'll make an exception. "some matronly type" Yes, my grandma and grandpa left merry old Ireland at the same time but I believe they met here in NYC. My grandfather, Thomas Dunbar, was an excellent tenor singer, and had an audition once at Carnegie Hall, but decided to go to the pub instead, and spent the rest of his days in regret, according to my mom. He died in 1958. My mom relates that at supper time it was often her job to find Daddy, and she would run to any one of the local pubs, knowing he'd be in one of them. My grandma was 52 when grandpa died but never remarried or even dated again. She had eight children with him. My mom was the last of five girls. She also had three brothers. They lived in poverty in the Bronx, NY, and things were even harder, naturally, when grandpa died. My grandma's name was Mary Waters, before getting married. I wondered when I was a prog-sprout if she had any connection to the mighty Roger Waters, but of course she hadn't, Waters being a very common name, and Roger being English anyway. I found a photo of my mother and her mother, and some other members of the Dunbar clan, taken in the Bronx, NY, 1963**. My mom is pregnant with my older brother in the photo. I was as yet just a gleam in my pop's eye, and a major surprise, since she conceived me only three months after giving birth to my brother. He was born July 1, 1963; I on July 2, 1964. In those days some women were under the mistaken impression that they could not get pregnant while nursing. Hah! because of that, I am now here to bore you with trivia. In some early photos, my mother bore a resemblance to Elizabeth Taylor. She's 71 now and just survived quadruple bypass surgery, and is as spry as a spring lamb. My pop is 72 and has less gray hair than I do. Here's a link to the photo: plorfinglame.blogspot.com/2015/06/temporary-photo.html**I was wrong. It was New Windsor. I forgot! The clan had come up north for a visit to my mom and dad who had just gotten hitched. ***'Nuther edit: Oops. Forgot to answer your question: Nope. I've never been out of the United States, not even to Mexico or Canada, despite the fact that I've lived in upstate New York and now in Midwest Arizona. I'm something of a hermit.
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Post by FrontDoorAngel on Jun 15, 2015 4:18:41 GMT
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 15, 2015 9:23:49 GMT
Yes, my grandma and grandpa left merry old Ireland at the same time but I believe they met here in NYC. My grandfather, Thomas Dunbar, was an excellent tenor singer, and had an audition once at Carnegie Hall, but decided to go to the pub instead, and spent the rest of his days in regret, according to my mom. He died in 1958. My mom relates that at supper time it was often her job to find Daddy, and she would run to any one of the local pubs, knowing he'd be in one of them. My grandma was 52 when grandpa died but never remarried or even dated again. She had eight children with him. My mom was the last of five girls. She also had three brothers. They lived in poverty in the Bronx, NY, and things were even harder, naturally, when grandpa died. My grandma's name was Mary Waters, before getting married. I wondered when I was a prog-sprout if she had any connection to the mighty Roger Waters, but of course she hadn't, Waters being a very common name, and Roger being English anyway. I found a photo of my mother and her mother, and some other members of the Dunbar clan, taken in the Bronx, NY, 1963**. My mom is pregnant with my older brother in the photo. I was as yet just a gleam in my pop's eye, and a major surprise, since she conceived me only three months after giving birth to my brother. He was born July 1, 1963; I on July 2, 1964. In those days some women were under the mistaken impression that they could not get pregnant while nursing. Hah! because of that, I am now here to bore you with trivia. In some early photos, my mother bore a resemblance to Elizabeth Taylor. She's 71 now and just survived quadruple bypass surgery, and is as spry as a spring lamb. My pop is 72 and has less gray hair than I do. Here's a link to the photo: plorfinglame.blogspot.com/2015/06/temporary-photo.html**I was wrong. It was New Windsor. I forgot! The clan had come up north for a visit to my mom and dad who had just gotten hitched. ***'Nuther edit: Oops. Forgot to answer your question: Nope. I've never been out of the United States, not even to Mexico or Canada, despite the fact that I've lived in upstate New York and now in Midwest Arizona. I'm something of a hermit. Thank you so much for that insight into your family background, I enjoyed reading it and looking at that wonderful picture. Your grandmother was very Irish looking, your mother is stunning and the plight of the drunken grandfather is endemic in Irish and Scottish social history that it's unusual if you didn't have some male relative who drank all the money on a Friday night. I know my male ancestors had their fill - literary and so did their poor female relatives - of them!! Anyway we all have a story and mine is that my mother emigrated to America in 1956,by boat on an assisted package - her fare was paid by a family who she was supposed to work for until it was paid. Her first family were in Newburgh - she left them and got a job at Stewart Airbase. She met my father who was doing his national service there at some pub/club outside Newburgh,she was playing the pinball machine and he joined in. Long story short she became pregnant, she panicked, moved back to Scotland, delivered me and went back to New York and stayed most of my life (not with my father) and lived and worked in various places from Boston down to Florida. She would visit Scotland on occasions ( to renew her visa) and regale us with stories of glamorous US living. I have never set foot on American soil and have no knowledge of my father. I look nothing like my Scottish side and am always curious as to what "American genes" might mean and must get myself one of these ancestor gene tests although I believe they're pretty vague.
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Post by FrontDoorAngel on Jun 15, 2015 21:12:21 GMT
Thanks for all that, nonrabbit! Well, it's a small world! My father was in the air force reserves, and was stationed at Stewart Airforce Base until after I was born. I lived until I was 12 in a trailer park directly across from the entrance to the base, called Silver Stream trailer park. I had a photo of my mom and me as my avatar for a little while, standing in the road in front of our trailer. I went to Newburgh district schools for grades 1 thru 6, then we moved to a small town called Mountainville, and I attended Cornwall Central High School, where I graduated as a super senior in 1983. Super seniors were what they called us numbnuts who took a year extra to graduate. I couldn't graduate after my first senior year because of a lack of credits. I failed every class that year except English. I even failed gym class. I was a long-haired rocker wannabe and didn't think an education was for such rarefied geniuses as my silly self!
Stewart airforce base has the distinction of being the airport where the body of Richard Nixon came through when he died. In Mountainville, I lived 2 miles away from what my friends and I thought of as 'that rickety old trestle'. Only after I moved to Arizona and looked it up did I discover that it was called Moodna Viaduct, which has the distinction of being the longest and highest train trestle east of the Mississippi. It's quite a famous viaduct and is well known the world over! It recently, in 2006, celebrated its centennial, and has been refurbished. It's now a major tourist attraction.
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Post by FrontDoorAngel on Jun 16, 2015 2:41:21 GMT
testing, one two three I thought I could post a pic direct via my blog, but I guess I need a proper photo hosting account.
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 16, 2015 8:53:15 GMT
Thanks for all that, nonrabbit! Well, it's a small world! My father was in the air force reserves, and was stationed at Stewart Airforce Base until after I was born. I lived until I was 12 in a trailer park directly across from the entrance to the base, called Silver Stream trailer park. I had a photo of my mom and I as my avatar for a little while, standing in the road in front of our trailer. I went to Newburgh district schools for grades 1 thru 6, then we moved to a small town called Mountainville, and I attended Cornwall Central High School, where I graduated as a super senior in 1983. Super seniors were what they called us numbnuts who took a year extra to graduate. I couldn't graduate after my first senior year because of a lack of credits. I failed every class that year except English. I even failed gym class. I was a long-haired rocker wannabe and didn't think an education was for such rarefied geniuses as my silly self! Stewart airforce base has the distinction of being the airport where the body of Richard Nixon came through when he died. In Mountainville, I lived 2 miles away from what my friends and I thought of as 'that rickety old trestle'. Only after I moved to Arizona and looked it up did I discover that it was called Moodna Viaduct, which has the distinction of being the longest and highest train trestle east of the Mississippi. It's quite a famous viaduct and is well known the world over! It recently, in 2006, celebrated its centennial, and has been refurbished. It's now a major tourist attraction. Small world indeed! What years are we talking about when your father was stationed there? My mother worked there '56/'57. I'll ask my mother whereabouts she lived in Newburgh - she's 87 and in excellent health. I found some old pictures of inside the airbase and showed them to her. Google Earth and google maps fascinate her too as she can see the streets where she lived. She worked in the shop selling cigarettes,sweets and 45rpm records. Her Scottish accent was a bit of a novelty. I think one day that I probably will retrace her footsteps.
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 16, 2015 9:07:36 GMT
Beautiful place and I like what you've done with your granny's pic I live near or damn near on the water - Lough Erne in Co Fermanagh known as the Lakeland of Ireland - I don't have a boat though! It played host a couple of years ago for the G8 Summit where we had the world leaders and the world media and security descend on us for a few days. www.discovernorthernireland.com/lakelands/
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Post by FrontDoorAngel on Jun 16, 2015 10:34:06 GMT
I will have to ask him tomorrow or when I can, but I believe he did two years in the reserves so it would probably have been sometime between '61 and '64. I know he went into civil service at West Point right after the air force. My brother and I were both born at West Point. He was delivered by a captain, I by a major, therefore I outrank him. I'll post some more info and maybe some more pictures, up and coming. By the way, I like the Michael Palin. My favorite pepperpot was Terry Jones. I think he/she says in some bit, "I like civil servants!" Nice hearing your mum is in good health! I work with seniors in an assisted living facility and my workdays are long but very often fun because of my interaction with them. I love them to death and actually enjoy going to work, a feeling I haven't had in a good while. Say hello to your mom, and give her my regards. Newburgh is very close to New Windsor, where the photo of the Dunbar clan was taken. The entire area where I grew up is steeped in history. I could go on for days about all the houses I saw where George Washington was supposed to have slept! Thanks for the view. It looks lovely where you live. My mom has always wished to visit Ireland, but never got the chance. I hope someday to be able to grant her wish.
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 16, 2015 15:11:23 GMT
I will have to ask him tomorrow or when I can, but I believe he did two years in the reserves so it would probably have been sometime between '61 and '64. I know he went into civil service at West Point right after the air force. My brother and I were both born at West Point. He was delivered by a captain, I by a major, therefore I outrank him. I'll post some more info and maybe some more pictures, up and coming. By the way, I like the Michael Palin. My favorite pepperpot was Terry Jones. I think he/she says in some bit, "I like civil servants!" Nice hearing your mum is in good health! I work with seniors in an assisted living facility and my workdays are long but very often fun because of my interaction with them. I love them to death and actually enjoy going to work, a feeling I haven't had in a good while. Say hello to your mom, and give her my regards. Newburgh is very close to New Windsor, where the photo of the Dunbar clan was taken. The entire area where I grew up is steeped in history. I could go on for days about all the houses I saw where George Washington was supposed to have slept! Thanks for the view. It looks lovely where you live. My mom has always wished to visit Ireland, but never got the chance. I hope someday to be able to grant her wish. I'll be asking my mum tonight on the phone - I'll have to take notes It's funny though I'm getting to the age now where I'm actually paying attention to the stories that I used to be bored with when I was younger. Working with seniors must be a very rewarding career again I used to think that I wouldn't have the patience for it when I was young but then patience wasn't part of my agenda then. We dread old age like we were only meant to be on this planet to be young !! I don't think so!!
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Post by rredmond on Jun 20, 2015 20:03:22 GMT
Met Bernie today! Sad that neither of us has Tull gear on (though he's got the tattoo) and neither of us has a beer, but next time he's on my coast (or vice-versa) for sure!
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Post by JTull 007 on Jun 21, 2015 1:47:35 GMT
Met Bernie today! Sad that neither of us has Tull gear on (though he's got the tattoo) and neither of us has a beer, but next time he's on my coast (or vice-versa) for sure! Hooray for Ron and Bernie! East Coast TULL meets West Coast TULL Well done!
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Post by FrontDoorAngel on Jun 21, 2015 5:46:36 GMT
Who's who? & what tattoo? I need the scoop cuz I'm outta the loop.
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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 21, 2015 8:51:05 GMT
Met Bernie today! Sad that neither of us has Tull gear on (though he's got the tattoo) and neither of us has a beer, but next time he's on my coast (or vice-versa) for sure! Great to see and obviously everybody had a good time. It's the month of mini Tull meet ups
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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 21, 2015 8:55:30 GMT
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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 21, 2015 9:17:14 GMT
Who's who? & what tattoo? I need the scoop cuz I'm outta the loop. Ron with cap and Bernie with black tee shirt. I don't want to know where Bernie's tattoo is
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Post by rredmond on Jun 21, 2015 12:04:36 GMT
I don't want to know where Bernie's tattoo is Same place where my Star Trek tattoo is, if that helps.
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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 21, 2015 16:20:49 GMT
I don't want to know where Bernie's tattoo is Same place where my Star Trek tattoo is, if that helps. Not really
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