a cute raccoon eating cherries

Ever wanted to watch a video of a very laid back Raccoon eating cherries while wearing a bib?
Today's your lucky day!
One of the greatest things l have ever seen on youtube.



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scans and pics from the hamburg trip

Various scans and photographs from the recent short trip to Hamburg.
Lots of drink was taken by all (Hic).

 Manchester Airport menu

 Our room info

 Instructions from the German bar staff for the best places to buy tickets to see St Pauli (We couldn't get in but watched some of the game inside the stadium on TV in the supporters bar)

 Posh leather bound menu from Hamburg

Bill for our drinks at the top of Clouds (Robbo paid)

 My bill for a bottle of wine from Hamburg Airport which we sneakily drank on the plane, and got told off for when we put the empty bottle in the rubbish bag (Breaking the law, Breaking the law...)

A ticket for the game we couldn't get into (found in a bar later on)

 Chips on the return plane home

 Outside the St Pauli stadium

 View from the top of Clouds

Beans on Toast on stage and my signed poster

 Where we had to get off the train because one of our party was going to wee himself (It wasn't me or Robbo)

How l'm planning on looking in later life

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t.rextasy tickets sorted!

It's a hard job but somebody's got to do it. Just sorted out tickets for this upcoming T.Rextasy show at Darlington, for which l get for free and will be getting paid to attend.
Hurrah!

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more cds and books!

Had an excellent time recently CD and book wise. The Bob Dylan box set arrived, and l spent about £9 for all of the CDs at the bottom on a charity shop rummage. Now's the time to be buying them if (like me) you want to try out new stuff and replace downloaded copies with the originals. At 4 CD's for £1 it would be foolish not to do so. No doubt more shelf space will be needed soon.
Pretty chuffed to have got the pictured books as well, so now, as usual, l just need a load more free time to get stuck into them all.

The CD images keep appearing sideways every time l try to upload them, and l've lost patience trying to rectify it

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top hat - darlington hippodrome

Another night out a the theatre - this time for Irving Berlin's Musical 'Top Hat'. It was pretty good for me as l hadn't seen the musical or film before, so didn't know the story, even if it was obvious how it would pan out after the first few minutes. I did however, already know a lot of the songs, as most of them have become standards, so it turned out to be a most enjoyable evening, despite the fact l was one of the youngest people there (for a change).

Here's some of the songs







Plus an old favourite of mine - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band covering 'Cheek to Cheek.



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the passions - l'm in love with a german film star and hans albers

Currently my favourite record, which was playing a lot in the car on our return from Manchester Airport / Hamburg on Sunday.
The Passions - l'm in love with a German film star. We were wondering if it was about Hans Albers, who used to be (and l guess still is) a huge German movie and singing star, who was from Hamburg and is now buried there.
But it's not.

Here's The Passions



And here's Hans Albers - On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight



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unfortunate look on the jeremy vine show

I don't know who this guest is was on The Jeremy Vine programme at the the end of last week, but sitting with her leg crossed made it look as though she was showing off her huge belly button.

Someone on the show should have told her, but l'm glad they didn't, as l found it hilarious.

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on tv with the sleaford mods

 Had a bit of a shock the other day watching the film about The Sleaford Mods - 'Bunch of Kunst'. There l was, in the front row of the audience at their gig at The Duchess in York. It was only for a brief moment, but nevertheless, l am now a TV star. You'll have to guess which one is me.

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