“So the inexorable surge towards being my old Dad, continues. When on Planet Mad, he was generally a jolly sales chap, wicked sense of humour, swore like a trooper & drank too much. Tick the first two (though I don't do the sales thang anymore) have stopped cursing (8 weeks since I've said 'owt more than arse) and drink very little. However (there's always one of those with me) I've become a soppy old git, just like he did. I used to marvel at the way he would howl at This Is Your Life, thinking I'd never do that. I have now developed the ability to weep gently at someone with a bad hangnail. I digress...slightly. The Hermits didn't feature heavily in my 60s childhood home, which always surprises me. It seems they were largely a Mickie Most boyband plaything, for a few short years. I recently watched a documentary on them & just felt incredibly sad at the end. There I go again. This seldom played, rather touching song, was about their last...& it chimes with my current frame of mind...”
So the inexorable surge towards being my old Dad, continues. When on Planet Mad, he was generally a jolly sales chap, wicked sense of humour, swore like a trooper & drank too much. Tick the first two (though I don't do the sales thang anymore) have stopped cursing (8 weeks since I've said 'owt more than arse) and drink very little. However (there's always one of those with me) I've become a soppy old git, just like he did. I used to marvel at the way he would howl at This Is Your Life, thinking I'd never do that. I have now developed the ability to weep gently at someone with a bad hangnail. I digress...slightly. The Hermits didn't feature heavily in my 60s childhood home, which always surprises me. It seems they were largely a Mickie Most boyband plaything, for a few short years. I recently watched a documentary on them & just felt incredibly sad at the end. There I go again. This seldom played, rather touching song, was about their last...& it chimes with my current frame of mind...
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