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by Ludwig Van B
Sun Jan 11, 2009 6:50 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: Calling all stranglers fans
Replies: 95
Views: 9957

Calling all stranglers fans

Oscar

A real pressie for you

Your boy JJ the other night in Oslo

still cool as F**k after all those years

TVNORGE

p.s are you are you doing any european gigs on this tour?

Ludwig
by Ludwig Van B
Thu Jan 08, 2009 11:49 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Oscar says goodbye to Forum Garden
Replies: 85
Views: 3728

Oscar says goodbye to Forum Garden

<t>oscar;1103659 wrote: I'm sure some of you will be most relieved but this will be the last post from Oscar.<br/>
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For one, I have to go back to work full time, another is that events in my personal life need my full attention and i will also be away here and there visiting relitives in the ...
by Ludwig Van B
Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:35 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Oscar says goodbye to Forum Garden
Replies: 85
Views: 3728

Oscar says goodbye to Forum Garden

<t>oscar;1103659 wrote: I'm sure some of you will be most relieved but this will be the last post from Oscar.<br/>
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For one, I have to go back to work full time, another is that events in my personal life need my full attention and i will also be away here and there visiting relitives in the ...
by Ludwig Van B
Sun Jan 04, 2009 4:52 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: Calling all stranglers fans
Replies: 95
Views: 9957

Calling all stranglers fans

P.S

I hope you don't take a month to reply (like you did last time)

Ludwig:):):):):)
by Ludwig Van B
Sun Jan 04, 2009 3:49 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: Calling all stranglers fans
Replies: 95
Views: 9957

Calling all stranglers fans

<t>Hi Oscar, good stuff, thanks for that<br/>
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has good old gorgon brown got a nickname for you aswell?:)<br/>
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as i originally said, i have so many things to ask you (that’s if you don’t mind) but what i would really luuurve is for you to spend a minute or two and tell me about your ...
by Ludwig Van B
Sat Jan 03, 2009 4:05 am
Forum: Music
Topic: Calling all stranglers fans
Replies: 95
Views: 9957

Calling all stranglers fans

<t>good version of a great song thanks<br/>
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"p.s. were you there the night The Clash, The pretenders, The sex Pistols and the Stranglers all played at the same joint and JJ got in a fight with the Clash bassist?? No, I don't expect you were."<br/>
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no i definitely wasn't, but would have ...
by Ludwig Van B
Fri Jan 02, 2009 12:48 pm
Forum: Friends, Relationships, Advice
Topic: There's a thief among us.... at work that is.
Replies: 24
Views: 34289

There's a thief among us.... at work that is.

<r>oscar;1099403 wrote: I think you've got your dates wrong on that story Ludwig or was it just a fantasy? <E>;)</E>;););)<br/>
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it all came to me in a bizzare dream<br/>
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and in that (midnight summers) dream it was the summer of 1983, monday june <br/>
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6th to friday august ...
by Ludwig Van B
Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:25 am
Forum: Friends, Relationships, Advice
Topic: There's a thief among us.... at work that is.
Replies: 24
Views: 34289

There's a thief among us.... at work that is.

<t>i think it’s already been said but the only word that springs into my mind is TRAP. i’m not sure how you might go about setting that up in your particular circumstances but i would like to tell you an amusing true story about someone i worked with many years ago who eventually got his comeuppance ...
by Ludwig Van B
Fri Jan 02, 2009 7:54 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Women Drivers!
Replies: 37
Views: 1861

Women Drivers!

<t>Hope6;1098755 wrote: HA! to all you guys who have ever complained about woman drivers!<br/>
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I was reading that a recent study shows that women are actually better drivers than men! :guitarist<br/>
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In a recent study released by Quality Planning, an analytics company that validates ...
by Ludwig Van B
Fri Jan 02, 2009 7:23 am
Forum: Music
Topic: Calling all stranglers fans
Replies: 95
Views: 9957

Calling all stranglers fans

<t>Oscar, with great respect, there really is no point whatsoever in me discussing your adventures with you because you have obviously got annoyed and upset at me correcting your (innocently applied) inaccuracies. <br/>
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whatever you think, i can assure you that i never once called in to ...
by Ludwig Van B
Thu Jan 01, 2009 7:45 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: Calling all stranglers fans
Replies: 95
Views: 9957

Calling all stranglers fans

Maybe you (and everyone else) should re- read what I have written in response to what you have written and perhaps you should, ultimately, respond appropriately ........but failing that ......... I hear what you say mate .......so let's just leave it there. drop it.

Ludwig
by Ludwig Van B
Thu Jan 01, 2009 6:08 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: Calling all stranglers fans
Replies: 95
Views: 9957

Calling all stranglers fans

<t>you have made a pal mrs wilde<br/>
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and i'm sorry to know that you feel that you have not<br/>
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i would like to see the pics from the nancy gig because i know that you and your bro were there (we established that by due process.did we not?) but that's not what this is all about ...
by Ludwig Van B
Thu Jan 01, 2009 5:08 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: Calling all stranglers fans
Replies: 95
Views: 9957

Calling all stranglers fans

<t>i’ll never stop eating flesh¦¦¦.and stinky eel flesh is porky meat.and we (that is me and Carolly) have to kill them to eat them (although i'm sure there are some scum bags who just eat them raw) so get over yourself mrs wilde or go to bed and dream of stranglers gigs that you were or were not at ...
by Ludwig Van B
Thu Jan 01, 2009 2:36 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: Calling all stranglers fans
Replies: 95
Views: 9957

Calling all stranglers fans

<t>happy new dubree and all that stuff mrs wilde<br/>
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Oooooooooooo flippin eck i’m still stuffed to the gunnels. new years day is always the same here at Ludwig Van B towers,jellied roast rib of beef and all that green stuff that goes with it.luverly jubleeeee at the time , but i still feel ...
by Ludwig Van B
Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:08 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Save the eel campaign
Replies: 172
Views: 6502

Save the eel campaign

<t>YouTube - 60's London Eastenders - Pie and Mash shops<br/>
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just simply magical<br/>
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YouTube - 1960s London Eastend Buskers<br/>
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we all dress like this in London<br/>
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right..............you lovely people.......happy new year one and all (again) and spare a ...
by Ludwig Van B
Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:54 am
Forum: Music
Topic: Calling all stranglers fans
Replies: 95
Views: 9957

Calling all stranglers fans

<t>Hi Oscar fellow stranglers nutter <br/>
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happy new year and all that<br/>
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i hope you haven't lost your enthusiasm and interest in this thread, it was getting soooooooo very interesting working out where you 'wern't' and where you actually were, i hope you thought so too.30 years or so ...
by Ludwig Van B
Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:27 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: New Years Eve
Replies: 66
Views: 2959

New Years Eve

kayleneaussie;1097378 wrote: happy new year Ludwig:-6:-6


same to you Kaylene

have a bonza new year

Ludwig
by Ludwig Van B
Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:26 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: New Years Eve
Replies: 66
Views: 2959

New Years Eve

Odie;1097382 wrote: Happy new Years lugwig!


you to Oddie

have a good one

Lugwig
by Ludwig Van B
Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:27 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Save the eel campaign
Replies: 172
Views: 6502

Save the eel campaign

Carolly;1097426 wrote: Your bleedin madder then me:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl;)


The King

YouTube - Harry Champion "Any Old Iron"

Ludwig:wah:
by Ludwig Van B
Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:20 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hello, I’d like to introduce myself,
Replies: 59
Views: 19246

Hello, I’d like to introduce myself,

Carolly;1097425 wrote: You have to eat it in the good old East End for it to taste to die for......Cookes.....Kellys are the nuts;):-4:-4


UK Pie n Mash Shops

i'll try it anywhere

Ludwig
by Ludwig Van B
Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:10 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hello, I’d like to introduce myself,
Replies: 59
Views: 19246

Hello, I’d like to introduce myself,

<t>neldon;1097414 wrote: All this talk about pie n mash, and jellied eels is doing my head in, It’s about the only thing I miss by living in Tenerife. My favourite pie shop’s in Chapel Street, do you know if it’s still there? Shepard’s bush market is that still going too. That brings back many ...
by Ludwig Van B
Wed Dec 31, 2008 7:54 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Save the eel campaign
Replies: 172
Views: 6502

Save the eel campaign

<t>neldon;1097264 wrote: OMG, My mouth is watering, what I wouldn’t give for a bowl of eels right now, any chance of you shipping some over for me?<br/>
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Oiiiiiiiiiii……oiiiiiiiii saveloy. don't start me off aswell neldon:wah:, carolly's pic of her bowl of jellied eels fair had me ...
by Ludwig Van B
Wed Dec 31, 2008 7:06 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: New Years Eve
Replies: 66
Views: 2959

New Years Eve

Happy new year to everyone (when it finally reaches you)

have a great time and here's to 2009

Ludwig
by Ludwig Van B
Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:55 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hello from Moosie
Replies: 16
Views: 828

Hello from Moosie

hi moosie

from a fellow newbie

welcome

Ludwig
by Ludwig Van B
Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:20 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hello, I’d like to introduce myself,
Replies: 59
Views: 19246

Hello, I’d like to introduce myself,

<t>hiya Neldon<br/>
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i'm also a Londoner still in London and very new here myself, there's a lot to catch up on and a lot to learn about whats what and who's who i reckon. but as for the pie and mash...totally addictive, cooke's in shepherds bush is my fave.welcome mate (record in one sitting ...
by Ludwig Van B
Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:18 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: Songs that make you weak..
Replies: 53
Views: 5559

Songs that make you weak..

i am always drawn to this song when i'm feeling a bit of a misery guts

Ludwig



YouTube - The Stranglers La Folie
by Ludwig Van B
Mon Dec 29, 2008 4:52 am
Forum: Music
Topic: Calling all stranglers fans
Replies: 95
Views: 9957

Calling all stranglers fans

<t>Hi Oscar<br/>
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BINGO!!!!<br/>
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ok, i have worked it out (well.nearly) the gig you were certainly at was 100% definitely nancy (not nance) parc de la pépinière chapiteau on Friday 14th october 1983.As you say, this is a park (as you described) directly opposite the place du general de ...
by Ludwig Van B
Sat Dec 27, 2008 4:49 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Any unusual Christmas presents???
Replies: 4
Views: 658

Any unusual Christmas presents???

<t>just wondered if anyone recieved any unusual or jaw rubbingly surprising gifts this Christmas?. a mate of mine was given an anvil by his ancient great aunt, you know, one of those great big heavy things for hammering metal into shape and he hasn't a clue why (he's a greengrocer).apparently he ...
by Ludwig Van B
Sat Dec 27, 2008 4:27 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Have you got a Hero
Replies: 9
Views: 663

Have you got a Hero

<t>oscar;1082329 wrote: We all have hero's in life, some famous, some close to us such as our parents.<br/>
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As i sat here tonight watching video's on u-tube of my own hero, it dawned on me that we must all have them.<br/>
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Muscicians, writers, film stars or war Generals, we all have one ...
by Ludwig Van B
Sat Dec 27, 2008 4:14 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hello from Ludwig
Replies: 47
Views: 2438

Hello from Ludwig

<t>oscar;1082678 wrote: HI FELLOW STRANGLER'S NUT<br/>
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I hope to have time to answer your questions tonight on 'Calling all Strangler's fan's' thread.<br/>
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410 gigs is not actually that great, I've met the same fans at European gigs and in Britain who have notched up 600 odd.<br/>
<br ...
by Ludwig Van B
Fri Dec 26, 2008 2:17 am
Forum: Music
Topic: Calling all stranglers fans
Replies: 95
Views: 9957

Calling all stranglers fans

<t>oscar;1073696 wrote: You named an epic line up there and brilliant choices but then, they are all brilliant.<br/>
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The first gig i saw, as i said was Battersea Park. I think it was around 1978 if my memory serves me correct. I was blown away by the music but being brought up conservative, i ...
by Ludwig Van B
Mon Dec 15, 2008 3:18 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Carollys Posh Words
Replies: 118
Views: 11832

Carollys Posh Words

<r>Fun thread carolly<br/>
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The great thing about cockney rhyming slang is that it’s always changing and developing and although the vast majority of the slang has it’s origins in the good old days lots of modern words and phrases get absorbed into it and they are like little signposts of the ...
by Ludwig Van B
Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:50 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Regret What You Have Done But Not What You Haven't.
Replies: 43
Views: 2081

Regret What You Have Done But Not What You Haven't.

Carolly;1082472 wrote: Do you regret much in your life and what would you change if you could turn back the Book of time.


Hi Carolly

you really have a great voice,,,,,,,,,,great version of a classic song:yh_clap:yh_clap:yh_clap:yh_clap

Ludwig
by Ludwig Van B
Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:34 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hello from Ludwig
Replies: 47
Views: 2438

Hello from Ludwig

<r>Peter Lake;1075154 wrote: Don't get her brother on here about The Stranglers, he's even worse.<br/>
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he sounds like an interesting characteur and no mistake. by the way, just realised it was the bro with the 410 gigs..........'statistics',,,,,,,,,,,,,,,just gotta luv em. in actual ...
by Ludwig Van B
Sun Dec 07, 2008 5:10 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hi.
Replies: 25
Views: 1682

Hi.

hi shane

i'm very new too, i was welcomed with much warmth, which makes me want to do the same, so

welcome

Ludwig
by Ludwig Van B
Sun Dec 07, 2008 5:03 am
Forum: Music
Topic: Calling all stranglers fans
Replies: 95
Views: 9957

Calling all stranglers fans

<t>hi oscar<br/>
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i really do hope that you survived the dreaded turkish flu bug??? <br/>
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part one was fabuloso....<br/>
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although i would have loved a lot more detail about your whole day at battersea pk as i have never met anyone who was there, how did you get there?, what other ...
by Ludwig Van B
Wed Dec 03, 2008 3:26 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hello from Ludwig
Replies: 47
Views: 2438

Hello from Ludwig

<t>thanks for all your 'Hello's'<br/>
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it's good in ere innit.<br/>
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it's such a huge site. i have been having a look around, so much to read, so many interesting threads and comments. i think it will take a while to get the hang of it as things seem to move fast and as i have already said ...
by Ludwig Van B
Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:32 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hello from Ludwig
Replies: 47
Views: 2438

Hello from Ludwig

<t>Peter Lake;1075041 wrote: That's brilliant. She can chat to you instead of bending my ears with them. I am a fan of Paul Roberts but not the early Stranglers as much. I also rate John Ellis very highly. She plays the dvd Friday the 13th', live at the Royal Albert Hall a lot. The best on there is ...
by Ludwig Van B
Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:54 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hello from Ludwig
Replies: 47
Views: 2438

Hello from Ludwig

<r>Touchstone;1074983 wrote: Hi Ludwig van B;<br/>
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Welcome to FG ... so you like to debate do you?<br/>
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Please post any thread about "facts" and a member named Spot will give you all the debate you can handle and then some! <br/>
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Ryan.<br/>
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thanks for the heads up ...
by Ludwig Van B
Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:27 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hello from Ludwig
Replies: 47
Views: 2438

Hello from Ludwig

and thank you so much for being so welcoming, thats lovely

Ludwig
by Ludwig Van B
Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:24 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hello from Ludwig
Replies: 47
Views: 2438

Hello from Ludwig

<t>Peter Lake;1074938 wrote: Hello Ludwig. I think you have been chatting to my wife about The Stranglers. I'm new as well .<br/>
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hi peter<br/>
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yes indeed, mrs lake and i share a passion that i'm sure you are all to well aware of. 30 years and 400 gigs makes her an archive in her ...
by Ludwig Van B
Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:07 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hello from Ludwig
Replies: 47
Views: 2438

Hello from Ludwig

<t>hi everyone<br/>
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i'm new here too and also from england. i wouldn't say i was the sharpest tool in the box and i'm not much for arguing with people about things that do not really matter too much, but i do love a jolly good debate on occasion. <br/>
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so thanks for having me aboard.<br ...
by Ludwig Van B
Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:10 am
Forum: Music
Topic: Calling all stranglers fans
Replies: 95
Views: 9957

Calling all stranglers fans

<r>hi oscar<br/>
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very much looking forward to part 2, it really is a .facinating sory......400 gigs, that really is amazing.i need to know more...<E>:)</E> i have sooooo many questions for you (i did warn you that i was a stranglers anorak.hahah)<br/>
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how's your flu?<br/>
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ludwig</r>
by Ludwig Van B
Fri Nov 28, 2008 5:56 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: Calling all stranglers fans
Replies: 95
Views: 9957

Calling all stranglers fans

<t>Hi Oscar<br/>
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thanks for replying<br/>
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it's pretty hard giving a top 10 of stranglers tracks when there are so many to choose from but i think i should give it a go<br/>
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1) sewer (just an awesome track which says everything about them)<br/>
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2) something better change ...
by Ludwig Van B
Fri Nov 28, 2008 11:09 am
Forum: Music
Topic: Calling all stranglers fans
Replies: 95
Views: 9957

Calling all stranglers fans

<t>hi there<br/>
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i'm new here and was amazed by this thread. i really thought the stranglers were pretty much over years ago, but it's great to know that they are still together although you dont see them on the tv or on music shows these days?.Wow, 400 stranglers concerts, that's crazy man, i ...

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