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Whinge

Lozenge.

Bellow.

Yellow.

Well, it is. Especially in Muswell Hill.

Back in the '80s my local store (on Finchley Road, North London) had various types of Thunderbird wine on their behind the counter shelves. I'd heard of this wine through it being namechecked by Ian Dury on the song Sweet Gene Vincent and in a biker film called The Loveless, starring Willem Dafoe. Never was that curious enough to drink it, however. And having read that article, I'm rather glad I didn't. Not really the choice back then of the British wino (Strongbow, Carlsberg Extra and Meths were the beverages du jour of the aspiring itinerant at that time, and no, I wasn't one). At some point in the mid ' 90s my local stopped stocking it, but I'm fairly sure that you can still track down that product in London if you look for long enough. I believe your innards will worship the fact that your never drank the diesel tasting elixir that is known as Thunderbird. Then again, a cultured partying person like you that has been to many a house party and not drank Thunderbird ... That is hard to believe Never saw it at house parties....it just wasn't a trendy drink and it was hard to come by (unless you lived near that shop by Finchley Road tube station). It was reasonably accessible in South London - they tried to poison the better half of London It's grim up North (London).

Back in the '80s my local store (on Finchley Road, North London) had various types of Thunderbird wine on their behind the counter shelves. I'd heard of this wine through it being namechecked by Ian Dury on the song Sweet Gene Vincent and in a biker film called The Loveless, starring Willem Dafoe. Never was that curious enough to drink it, however. And having read that article, I'm rather glad I didn't. Not really the choice back then of the British wino (Strongbow, Carlsberg Extra and Meths were the beverages du jour of the aspiring itinerant at that time, and no, I wasn't one). At some point in the mid ' 90s my local stopped stocking it, but I'm fairly sure that you can still track down that product in London if you look for long enough. I believe your innards will worship the fact that your never drank the diesel tasting elixir that is known as Thunderbird. Then again, a cultured partying person like you that has been to many a house party and not drank Thunderbird ... That is hard to believe Never saw it at house parties....it just wasn't a trendy drink and it was hard to come by (unless you lived near that shop by Finchley Road tube station).

Back in the '80s my local store (on Finchley Road, North London) had various types of Thunderbird wine on their behind the counter shelves. I'd heard of this wine through it being namechecked by Ian Dury on the song Sweet Gene Vincent and in a biker film called The Loveless, starring Willem Dafoe. Never was that curious enough to drink it, however. And having read that article, I'm rather glad I didn't. Not really the choice back then of the British wino (Strongbow, Carlsberg Extra and Meths were the beverages du jour of the aspiring itinerant at that time, and no, I wasn't one). At some point in the mid ' 90s my local stopped stocking it, but I'm fairly sure that you can still track down that product in London if you look for long enough.

Nick Landau may be a key figure in the development of British fandom (and without question the man who has done the best out of it) but he is not a celebrity. Great picture though, and I should've spotted Douglas Adams sitting next to him.

Just how prolific was Hendrix, that they keep uncovering stuff from the end of his brief career? I no doubt will be checking it out.

The architecture isn't always bland and boring...

Nope. Where was that picture taken? Could be London What gave the game away?

Nope. Where was that picture taken?

Twas ever thus, as the attempts to bring in in-house pressing services before shows. When Steve B and West left the company CGC did lose the two guys who understood how to grade Golden Age books in a consistent manner. The company needs to get someone of those guy's calibre, preferably a veteran collector or dealer, back into the fold.

- What did it look like before pressing? - In my opinion, it shouldn't merit a 9.8 Most wouldn't. It was from the press, which I took directly from the presser and submitted to CGC. So in line with what you're saying, I have to wonder, is CGC going to see recessed staples across the entire range of comics, as NOT a defect, simply because pressing can cause it? Wouldn't that be the safe business model? Obviously it raises some questions but... Can you imagine them pressing a book, recessing the staples, and then downgrading for it? Disastrous. You still do not know what happened to the book from the time it left your hands to the time it was placed within the CGC holder. It would have gone through multiple hands, multiple procedures and travelled many miles. Not saying it didn't happen during pressing (I have had damage happen during a pressing job to books - comics are fragile and personally, if I was a presser I'd never guarantee that something can't happen) but it isn't conclusive unless you were the one that put the book in the press and removed it. Yeah, Chuck you big liar. You have no idea. Haven't you heard of staple fairies? They bang on comic staples with their tiny fairy tinker hammers until they become recessed. Plus it might be that Paul Litch rams his groin into staples until they recess. Unless you have seen him not do this, you can't be certain that it isn't Litch hump recess syndrome. Bump for awesomeness. Bumped because I'm easy going and don't mind being the butt of Sean's jokes. And because I'm right. Another epiphany.

Great pics, especially the newstand one (one of the best I've seen). Is number 7 Serge Gainsbourg?

Translation for the Cockney impaired - "Better to continue drinking, sir, rather than risk succumbing to the depredation of dehydration brought on by excessive alcohol consumption."

I'm not in the least bit envious.

So how's the weather in Fla?

Hair of the dog that bit you, guv!

If you drink whiskey all night you are an alcoholic. Or comatose. Or both. Indeed.

If you drink whiskey all night you are an alcoholic. Or comatose.