Bongo Fury

Hi
A belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY....and after 21 years old, we can welcome you too the "Over the Hill Gang"
Cheers
Helen

Happy birthday from me too, Junior!

Aw... happy b-day muz jr.


Just remember, don't drink and cycle. Otherwise, you end up sleeping in a ditch. (My OH has done that before).

Interesting, very interesting. See this from my original report....


….No Man’s Land fort which has been a hospitality centre with indoor pool and two helipads. Some of the 1972 Sea Devils series of Doctor Who was filmed here. All large marine traffic has to pass between these two forts as the WW2 submarine defences still remain to either side


Then see this from earlier today - looks cool

http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/remote-isl ... d=30647236

...and this http://www.amazingvenues.co.uk/solent-forts/

Muzorewa wrote:
....and the left side the parador hotel Hostal San Marcos. You should recognise this place from the 2010 Martin Sheen film The Way And if you haven't watched that, you should

The Way was shown on BBC2 last night and is on the iPlayer for the next few days. Well worth a watch, it's not religious but a really good film with cracking location shots from Pamplona, Burgos, León, Santiago and Muxía. The DVD has very interesting interviews with Martin Sheen and his real-life son Emilio Estevez, but the film itself is a good tale

Muzorewa wrote:
Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth

Is nothing safe from the grip of blatant commercialism?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-33187732

It was designed and built in white and that's how it should stay. Otherwise why not add another next to it and paint them both gold, and have a 24-hour McDrive at the base

Muzorewa wrote:

Muzorewa wrote:
Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth

Is nothing safe from the grip of blatant commercialism?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-33187732

It was designed and built in white and that's how it should stay. Otherwise why not add another next to it and paint them both gold, and have a 24-hour McDrive at the base

Even sadder is the explanation of why they are having to do it:

"We wouldn't have to do any of this if we weren't so desperately short of money. We have a primary school places crisis at the moment - this money is going towards building new classrooms."

Hey ho

Hi
Huh!!!!...I see some Emirate is behind it...sneakily , England will become a satellite of the middle East, and English will become a dead language.....
Well...it ain't going to happen, as the Human race won't be here to see it!:
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33209548
That looks like a good thing for Mother Earth...a fresh start with no stupid Bi-peds spouting religion
Cheers
Helen

Anyone who wants to paint their Bongo red may be in luck

mikeonb4c wrote:Even sadder is the explanation of why they are having to do it:

"We wouldn't have to do any of this if we weren't so desperately short of money. We have a primary school places crisis at the moment - this money is going towards building new classrooms."

I suspect they've used the school example as the one most likely to attract sympathy, all councils have a budget shortfall and have to prioritise services. It was interesting that in a previous bulletin "A council report said the authority had been looking for ideas to "generate additional revenue by using the advertising potential of council-owned land and other assets" since 2009" so possibly not the political hot potato they're making it out to be.

helen&tony wrote:...as the Human race won't be here to see it!:
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33209548
That looks like a good thing for Mother Earth...a fresh start with no stupid Bi-peds spouting religion

Extinction like our Bongos seems to be fast approaching - but as long as it's not before I complete all the remaining tours I've got planned, then I can relax as me & Bongy go the way of the dinosaurs

dobby wrote:Anyone who wants to paint their Bongo red may be in luck

That could be a good eBay ruse - you know like sad people take clods of turf when grounds get redeveloped - ex-Saints red paint you could sell to a gullible audience with no guarantee it's the real deal at all

Hi
No problem with extinction...I'm closing in on that end of the innings!...still a few years to go yet, hopefully
Cheers
Helen

Muzorewa wrote:

dobby wrote:Anyone who wants to paint their Bongo red may be in luck

That could be a good eBay ruse - you know like sad people take clods of turf when grounds get redeveloped - ex-Saints red paint you could sell to a gullible audience with no guarantee it's the real deal at all

Maybe a few sponsored Pompey dots on the new one?