tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post3013679235806350810..comments2024-01-02T16:30:43.455+00:00Comments on Hog Day Afternoon: Nostalgia isn't what it used to beHogdayafternoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06188146617570775741noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-82856286353104089062009-07-12T21:06:54.346+01:002009-07-12T21:06:54.346+01:00Hi Dave - No mate! That is the venerable Peter Fon...Hi Dave - No mate! That is the venerable Peter Fonda, he of "Easy Rider". Thanks for looking in and I hope you're amused or at least mildly entertaiuned by the archives.<br /><br />PS. My cousin Lenny (now `retired of Wickford`) used to work for Fords. Have sunk a few in the Good Intent, Rainham, myself.Hogdayafternoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06188146617570775741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-80559212532796435232009-07-12T19:28:08.497+01:002009-07-12T19:28:08.497+01:00I like your blog. Only read a few posts so far, s...I like your blog. Only read a few posts so far, so I need to read the archives! Is that you on the motorbike at the top of the pic?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-11563664163699013082009-07-09T12:32:19.731+01:002009-07-09T12:32:19.731+01:00LH: Beer flavoured toothpaste? What an excuse.
PG...LH: Beer flavoured toothpaste? What an excuse.<br /><br />PG: I hate it when that happens! Thankfully, I don't have the `apehangers` - totally pointless IMO. Being the only man in a pilates class full of ladies is my reminder never to show off or get cocky;)<br /><br />NickieG: Right on the money - If you look and act the part it does tend to keep the chancers at bay and the rest at a respectable distance :)Hogdayafternoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06188146617570775741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-60117090145917542282009-07-08T06:24:02.298+01:002009-07-08T06:24:02.298+01:00The protection came not from the shirt. It came fr...The protection came not from the shirt. It came from the air of competence and confidence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-18039180081137271762009-07-07T18:33:34.416+01:002009-07-07T18:33:34.416+01:00OT, HD.
That pic made me laugh. Past friday morni...OT, HD.<br />That pic made me laugh. Past friday morning as I drove my rehab ladies around the little city a similar bike pulled into the left turn lane next to me. The biker was blowing me kisses, to the great amusement of my passengers. (hey, I make friends easily.)<br />As soon as I looked at him squarely he stalled his bike, he looked so silly sitting there with his arms way up on his handle bars,his Harley silenced, that I had to roll down my window to laugh at him a little.<br />He said sheepishly " I'm just going to get it painted, hope you don't recognize it after"<br />Hah, it was cute. Maybe he'll get a flag on his bike too.anonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03703233313854600531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-64430846267514493582009-07-07T18:32:36.053+01:002009-07-07T18:32:36.053+01:00"porridge, blueberries, Lyle's Golden Syr..."porridge, blueberries, Lyle's Golden Syrup, followed by a strict regime of fashwash and moisturiser" - all moistened with London Pride? My tooth paste has beer in it.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04427468876045104252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-55445859605388040782009-07-07T14:03:27.029+01:002009-07-07T14:03:27.029+01:00Well if those anti-oxidants didn't keep you sa...Well if those anti-oxidants didn't keep you safe then what would have done?!Old BEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974090439936326476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-29164189669194770162009-07-07T13:13:25.797+01:002009-07-07T13:13:25.797+01:00Blue: But I would always start the day with a bowl...Blue: But I would always start the day with a bowl of porridge, blueberries, Lyle's Golden Syrup, followed by a strict regime of fashwash and moisturiser.Hogdayafternoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06188146617570775741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-5030175602519368692009-07-07T12:55:57.202+01:002009-07-07T12:55:57.202+01:00Conan: Priceless! Look up "Leroy Gets a Harle...Conan: Priceless! Look up "Leroy Gets a Harley" on You Tube.Hogdayafternoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06188146617570775741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-4338218797680423362009-07-07T12:54:21.354+01:002009-07-07T12:54:21.354+01:00Your photo of the chopper there reminded me of an ...Your photo of the chopper there reminded me of an old friend.<br />His height, weight and habit of wearing an old grey greatcoat topped with a battered Wehrmacht stahlhelm got him the nickname "Schulz" after the character in "Hogan's Heros".<br />He disappeared into his shed one winter, dropping hints of "A Project"<br />The great day dawned, and he revealed a stunning bike, sissy bar, stars and stripes tank, monkey bars and the longest forks I had ever seen; all built around an Ariel square four.<br />The effect was ruined when he got on the bike, wheelied out of his front gate, and bent the front wheel up to the engine on his neighbours wall.<br />As he was a very large guy nobody laughed.<br />Aloud.Conan the Librarian™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01904339261121451779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-42418578714836128902009-07-07T12:44:30.891+01:002009-07-07T12:44:30.891+01:00I suspect the risk of getting shot or stabbed was ...I suspect the risk of getting shot or stabbed was low. I suspect it still is, but the fear of "blame" being attached when things inevitably go wrong is more prevalent than the fear of things inevitably going wrong............<br /><br />Welcome to New Britain.Old BEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974090439936326476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-36582976089027723422009-07-07T12:35:06.203+01:002009-07-07T12:35:06.203+01:00Seriously Blue, we never gave it a moments thought...Seriously Blue, we never gave it a moments thought. I was carrying a firearm pretty much every day until I transferred out to the counties and even there I never saw ballistic body armour until the tactical firearms unit was formed. I think teenaged drug dealers were probably wearing them before we were!Hogdayafternoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06188146617570775741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-46729846621575554382009-07-07T11:25:06.350+01:002009-07-07T11:25:06.350+01:00It must have been the blue dye which made the shir...It must have been the blue dye which made the shirts bullet-proof. The white shirts have to be covered by a black vest to do a similar job.Old BEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974090439936326476noreply@blogger.com