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Post by banjo on Jul 3, 2017 7:06:37 GMT
That's it Folks; I'm officially in my seventh decade and coincidentally find myself (as of today) retired or unemployed (redundancy!) Not quite sure which one it is yet but getting used to the idea! How random can you get ;<D
No more early bird charity thread posts Geoff!
e&oe...
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Post by Geoff on Jul 3, 2017 7:20:01 GMT
Enjoy your new life of leisure Steve.
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Post by nob on Jul 3, 2017 8:31:42 GMT
You will get used to it Steve, don't forget your tax will rise when your OAP kicks in.
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Post by Ratae on Jul 3, 2017 13:38:49 GMT
That's it Folks; I'm officially in my seventh decade and coincidentally find myself (as of today) retired or unemployed (redundancy!) Not quite sure which one it is yet but getting used to the idea! How random can you get ;<D No more early bird charity thread posts Geoff! e&oe... One of my pals really struggled at first when he retired, he asked me "Rats, how long did it take you to get used to it?""About 20mins" I said, and that was the truth. It was one of the best decisions that I ever made. I hope that it works out the same for you Steve!
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Post by Ratae on Jul 3, 2017 15:57:43 GMT
So, for me and others in my circle, this day, July 3rd 017 has turned out to be a very sad day. Over the years I've posted about several of my pals, usually but not always using either their knicknames of sometimes just an initial. This sadness refers to the fella I usually referred to as 'G' but was known to all of his pals as 'Glaze' Example post > As I mentioned in an earlier post, Gaze hasn't been seen in the pub for quite a while, he had a run of very bad luck. Lost his job, suffered badly from gout and also fell in his flat and busted his shoulder. We kept in touch by phone and txt, as recently as April he rang me to ask about a Tiger's player that he'd met but who's name he couldn't remember. Anyway, for some reason or other, Glaze held both me and Greebo in special esteem, it was always one of us that that he'd turn to for advice about summat, he often didn't take our advice, but he appreciated it anyway. Glaze was the pubs go to fella if they wanted owt. Need a nice footy shirt for your kid...Glaze is yer boy. This desktop puter that I'm typing this post on, sourced by Glaze. My Adidas trainers, my two Lacoste sweaters...Glaze. Yep, if you can remember that fella 'Red' played by Morgan Freeman in the 'Shawshank Redemption'...well Glaze was our 'Red' But, last week I had a txt message from Greebo, it said that Glaze was in the LRI and things weren't looking good. I was told that his liver was fubar! So last Wednesday I rocked up at the LRI to see him. It was both a helluva shock and very upsetting, I have never seen anyone looking that ill in my life. At first I wasn't sure that he had recognised me, but he had because he stretched out his hand for me to shake his hand in his own familiar way. He was trying to speak but I couldn't understand a word that he said, he pulled down the sheets to show me his bruises, he was covered in them. Then his mother and brother turned up, apparently they had been for summat to eat while the nurses were tending to him. His mother has come up from Cornwall. His brother told me that Glaze's liver was knackered and his other organs were shutting down. He also had pneumonia and fluid on his lungs. The antibiotics weren't working so had been withdrawn. His family had been asked and agreed 'DNR' (do not resuscitate) So, many of the fellas from the pub have been to see him, they have all come away upset. One big Sikh lad who used to take Glaze shopping when he'd bust his shoulder has been every day. On Saturday he came over to me and Greebo in the pub, he said that Glaze always asked after us, he said "Glaze has huge respect for you two guys' I thought that that was very nice. Glaze died earlier today. I have lost a top pal!
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Post by nob on Jul 3, 2017 16:07:26 GMT
Condolences Dave, sad times.
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Post by pierre on Jul 4, 2017 14:33:43 GMT
I suppose you did the right thing,Dave,in going to see him.But ,on reflection you might be best remembering as he was--before you got that shock at the hospital.I lost my best friend 40 years ago to a brain "hemmy",but I can only "see" him now as a handsome young man.
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Post by banjo on Jul 4, 2017 19:02:11 GMT
That's a big downer D. I lost a mate last year too, an ex matelot. He came to work for us as a contract electrician / wirer about 5 years ago and by circulating clandestine photocopied music quizzes he got under everyone's skin in a good way. Everyone was doing quizzes instead of working. A few of us went for a pub curry meal and he keeled over the next day. I still can't believe he won't ring up again with a loud "Wa-hey!". Sorry for your loss Rats.
e&oe...
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Post by Ratae on Jul 11, 2017 20:56:53 GMT
Well, it appears that my boy Glaze is gonna have a good send off. His funeral is next Tuesday and the word has passed around the web and has landed on the LCFC fans forum which is universally known as 'Bentley's Roof'. His old muckers are travelling from far and wide to pay their respects to a top fella. I absolutely know that my old pal would be both delighted and amazed at just how popular he was! .. tinyurl.com/y76f5tzf
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Post by uncleub on Jul 12, 2017 13:53:24 GMT
Very sorry to hear of your best pal passing Dave.I always read your posts when you referred to G and Grebo etc, use to make me smile with some of the stories.Remember the good times pal.
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Post by nob on Jul 17, 2017 14:05:00 GMT
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Post by banjo on Jul 17, 2017 16:23:13 GMT
I don't. No tele here. Not on internet tele either. Dinosaur.
So the message I'm getting is "We pay the Norton character 2.5 million each year and you sonny Jim can cease viewing iPlayer without a licence." Now let me see... Hmmm!
e&oe...
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Post by Ratae on Jul 17, 2017 16:42:03 GMT
Paying what? Not me, I have in my email 'saved' folder, an email telling me that I don't need one, there's a serial number too. Got it after I invited that nice man into my home to see that I didn't own a telly.
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Post by pierre on Jul 18, 2017 14:41:53 GMT
I don't need one either.Apparently it is some sort of "age"thing !
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Post by Ratae on Jul 18, 2017 18:13:42 GMT
Very sorry to hear of your best pal passing Dave.I always read your posts when you referred to G and Grebo etc, use to make me smile with some of the stories.Remember the good times pal. Thanks Phil. So this afternoon I went to watch Glaze on his final journey. Never in my life have I seen so many people at a funeral, there was as many outside as there was inside and the car park was absolutely full. To be honest, it was a helluva gathering, if the Devil had cast his net over that assembly, he would have been well pleased!. Obviously, it was not a religious service. No priest, no hymns and no sermons. The fella that conducted the proceedings had clearly been well briefed about Glaze, he held nothing back and told the unvarnished truth. Now Glaze was 20 years younger than me and about thirty summat years ago he was one of the leaders of LCFC's infamous hooligan gang, the 'Baby Squad' ... tinyurl.com/y8wok78sThis wasn't really something that Glaze was proud about and he rarely spoke about it, but it did happen and he was severely punished for it! TBF, about every surviving member of that notorious gang was at the service to say goodbye to Glaze. I take folk as I find them, he was my pal and I'm proud that he also called me his pal. There was a couple of amusing stories told by people. Glaze's young brother told about the time ('84) and he was 12yrs old that Glaze took him to his first Foxes match. As usual, the 'Squad' met up in town and around 200 of them, escorted by the police set off for the stadium. But this time the police stopped the march, lined them up against a wall and began searching them. Gaze had just come out of prison and was still on parole! Glaze's little brother said "I felt a hand slide in my jacket pocket and Glaze whispered, "Keep shtum, you've nowt to worry about, the worst that you can get is a caution" About five rollups of exotic tobacco were found in his pocket, he was released from the police station ten hours later. The other story is bittersweet. One fella went to see Glaze in hospital the day after me, like me he was shocked at Glaze's condition. He quickly realised that this would be the last time that he would see him alive. Before he left Glaze's bedside, he clasped Glaze's hand and leaned in to kiss Gaze on the forehead. He said, "Glaze stiffened, he summoned what strength that he had left and whispered "f*ck off" The main music at Glaze's funeral was the 'Post Horn Gallop' .... the Fox's signature tune.
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