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jazzy said:
Anj - you will remember a Flock of Seagulls an 80's Liverpool band.

Well a mate of mine was a singer in the group and left 6 months before they released " I ran " to persue a legal career .

To this day he still isn't sure if he made the right decision.
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I loved them. Saw them at Eric's. That's a huge what if moment in your friend's life.
 
jazzy said:
One of my favourite - relatively unknown Liverpool - groups of the 80s was The Lotus Eaters .

If you haven't heard them @Sassy Colombian check out "The first picture of You " off "No sense of sin " it is fantastic and uplifting

And Pete Coyle the founder is a massive Blue.

EDIT - I'd like a video of there's like LT if I had a clue how to do it. No , no Sassy don't go to the trouble of another tutorial !
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Another favourite. We share very similar tastes Jazzy. Do you remember a band, probably mid - late 70s called Deaf School. They were massive in Liverpool and were fully expected to make it big nationally. Never quite happened for them but they were excellent too.
 
anjelikaferrett said:
I loved them. Saw them at Eric's. That's a huge what if moment in your friend's life.
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Well he didn't do too bad. Made loads of money and had his own firm.

I'd always doubted the story but we were both made partners of the same firm on the same day and held a celebratory meal for the other partners at .... and you'll remember this place Anj even though its closed down now ... La Grande Boufe on Castle Street.

Anyway he was telling the story on the night and was called out for it so to prove he could sing he sang ( appropriately enough / he was a funny guy ) "If I was a rich man " from Fiddler on the Roof.

He was a fantastic singer , we were gobsmacked.
 

jazzy said:
Well he didn't do too bad. Made loads of money and had his own firm.

I'd always doubted the story but we were both made partners of the same firm on the same day and held a celebratory meal for the other partners at .... and you'll remember this place Anj even though its closed down now ... La Grande Boufe on Castle Street.

Anyway he was telling the story on the night and was called out for it so to prove he could sing he sang ( appropriately enough / he was a funny guy ) "If I was a rich man " from Fiddler on the Roof.

He was a fantastic singer , we were gobsmacked.
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Ha! Love it. La Grande Boufe, that's a blast from the past. Very nice.
 
jazzy said:
One of my favourite - relatively unknown Liverpool - groups of the 80s was The Lotus Eaters .

If you haven't heard them @Sassy Colombian check out "The first picture of You " off "No sense of sin " it is fantastic and uplifting

And Pete Coyle the founder is a massive Blue.
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I don’t think I have heard of them before, Jazzy. But I also didn’t think I had heard Gary Newman until I watched Cars and that was definitely a song that I listened during the 80s along with a lot of Depeche Mode, the Cure, Duran Duran, New Order, etc. Growing up in Colombia we listened to a lot of English music but during that period of my life I didn’t know the language so I didn’t understand the songs but I still enjoyed the music.
 
Sassy Colombian said:
I don’t think I have heard of them before, Jazzy. But I also didn’t think I had heard Gary Newman until I watched Cars and that was definitely a song that I listened during the 80s along with a lot of Depeche Mode, the Cure, Duran Duran, New Order, etc. Growing up in Colombia we listened to a lot of English music but during that period of my life I didn’t know the language so I didn’t understand the songs but I still enjoyed the music.
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The Lotus Eaters didn't really come to national , let alone international fame Sassy so I'm not suprised.

They aren't an electronic band really - very mellow and very lyrical. Worth a quick google.
 

Ducans elbow said:
Hi all, just wanted to take a minute to wish you a very merry Christmas and a happy year, most of all good health! These days people don't spend much time or thought on some personal words to their friends and family, they just copy and paste some random message and send it on. So after all we've been though together this year I want to thank you for your friendship and wish you a happy and fulfilling 2018 - you’re the best gymnastics group anyone could ask for. Best wishes, Helen xxx
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Dear, Helen. Thanks for the nice message. I hope your Christmas was a great one too and I also wish you and your love ones good health. If we all have good health for the new year then that would be a great blessing. Your contributions to this thread have been welcoming so it seems you are as part of this gymnastic group as any of us. Now can you tell us how good you are at cartwheeling? ?‍♀️ ;) xx
 
jazzy said:
Anj - you will remember a Flock of Seagulls an 80's Liverpool band.

Well a mate of mine was a singer in the group and left 6 months before they released " I ran " to persue a legal career .

To this day he still isn't sure if he made the right decision.
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A few years ago me and Cal were having a meal in Bistro Noir on Lark Lane and we were sat next to this couple on the next table. He was loud and pretty drunk but not in an obnoxious way Anyway we got talking to him and it turns out that it was Ali Score, the drummer from Flock of Seagulls, and he was drunk because he was celebrating his birthday and had been on the pop all day. I didn't recognise him at all, he was very weighty and completely bald. His girlfriend was very attractive and much younger than him, but I suppose who it was explained why he was punching so much above his weight. lol

Anyway we had a good laugh during the meal and he asked us to join them for a drink afterwards on Lark Lane. We ended up spending the who evening with them and bad a great time with him telling some great stories. He could certainly handle his ale.
 
jazzy said:
One of my favourite - relatively unknown Liverpool - groups of the 80s was The Lotus Eaters .

If you haven't heard them @Sassy Colombian check out "The first picture of You " off "No sense of sin " it is fantastic and uplifting

And Pete Coyle the founder is a massive Blue.

EDIT - I'd like a video of there's like LT if I had a clue how to do it. No , no Sassy don't go to the trouble of another tutorial !
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I checked them out and you are right, I have not heard of this band before but I really like the mellow tunes.

Ok. I won’t go post another tutorial but I’m posting the clip here just for you, Jazzy. Xx

 
Sassy Colombian said:
Awe thanks @blue1948 I’m a vey visual person and this helps greatly. Is this a tool that you became acquainted with when moving to Finland? Or is an English thing?

I have mentioned it here before (some of you may remember that Karl and I had a conversation about tea and hot chocolate) but in Colombia we use a special tool called a Molinillo to stir our hot chocolate and get a frothy top. Perhaps as long as 2,600 years ago, Mesoamerican peoples began using cacao beans to brew up a bitter drink, and for probably as long, molinillos have been used to beat the mixture into a frothy drink. Taking on various forms throughout Latin America, today the molinillo is still very popular all around Colombia, where chocolate is a daily staple in almost every home.

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We also use a specially shaped pot called a chocolatera to warm milk or water on the stove, then we add the chocolate. After the chocolate melts we use the molinillo to froth the chocolate. The chocolate becomes frothy up the sides of the pot, but the tall round shape that tapered near the top keeps the chocolate from splattering over. Here is a pic of it.

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I find it interesting that each culture has come up with their own kitchen tools to meet their needs and food desires, an evolution of kitchen tool as diverse as our world.
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Wow ,no I stole the idea from somewhere but I don't think it is Finnish
 

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