Tony.London Suburbs

lozzyloz Wrote: In the name of equality and all that . . . starting with a plain old Jane Oh! Dear God! Je t'aime>:D<

Michael Palaeologus Wrote: My tubes are still blocked. Will this mysery never end? If it goes on for much longer I fear I may have to take up my Grand-Father's service revolver and do the decent thing. Don't mention "Revolvers" onthis Site Michael!..I started a jolly old thread on Sunday meekly enquiring where I could borrow/purchase same and it mysteriously disappearred into the ED Ether...B)

KalamityKel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > noooo im good at directions just not listen to or > repeating them :p Ashtray on motor-bike springs to mind..::o

Not sure what "game" you got in mind Kelsy::o Mine are pedigree don't you know...can't just like with any old Tom..or "Harry" for that matter...:( ...thinking about it I don't fink mine are "pedigree" at all..:))

I know it seems ridiculously dated now but I liked the innocent charm of "On The Buses"... "Oi! Butler! Get that bleedin' bus out!"....

Reginald Alfred Varney (born 11 July 1916, Canning Town, then in Essex but now part of East London) is an English TV and film actor, most notable for his role as Stan Butler in the 1970s British sitcom, On the Buses. Reg Varney's father worked in a rubber factory in Silvertown and he was one of five children who grew up in Addington Road, Canning Town. He was educated at nearby Star Lane Primary School in West Ham and after leaving school at 14, he worked as a messenger boy and a page boy at the Regent Palace Hotel. He took piano lessons as a child and was sufficiently proficient to get work as a part-time piano player. His first paid engagement was at Plumstead Radical Club in Woolwich, for which he was paid eight shillings and sixpence. He also played in working men's clubs, pubs and ABC cinemas, and later sang with Big Bands of the time. He and his mother decided that showbiz was the career for him, and he gave up his day jobs. During World War II, he joined the Royal Engineers, but continued performing as an army entertainer which included a tour of the Far East. After being demobbed, he starred on stage in the late 1940s in a comic revue entitled "Gaytime". His stooge in the act was Benny Hill. He then went on to become an all round entertainer, working his way around the music halls. In 1961, he got the role as a foreman in a TV series called The Rag Trade. Also around this time he did a show for BBC TV called The Seven Faces of Reg Varney where he performed seven different characters in front of an audience at the Shepherd's Bush theatre in London. Varney rushed about at a frantic pace on stage as he changed clothes between characters. After that followed another comedy role in Beggar My Neighbour; this also starred Pat Coombs, June Whitfield, and Peter Jones. Pat Coombs was to play Reg Varney's wife and would later appear in the On The Buses movie. The series ran from March 1967 to March 1968 (24 episodes of 30 minute duration) and a short special was shown as part of Christmas Night With The Stars on 25 December 1967. In 1966 he starred in The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery as Gilbert. On June 27, 1967, the world's first voucher based cash dispensing machine was installed at a branch of Barclays Bank on Church Street in Enfield, Middlesex. For publicity purposes, Varney made the first withdrawal. His greatest success was in the sitcom On The Buses which was written by Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe, who had also written The Rag Trade. Varney played the lead character of Stan Butler, a long suffering but loyal man who never gets his way with the ladies. The show was a great success and Varney started to take on more film roles. These included Go For A Take and The Best Pair of Legs In The Business. In the latter, Varney plays a drag artist-cum-comp?re at a caravan holiday site. Down The Gate where he played a Billingsgate Fish Porter followed, but was not a great success. He was also in the remake of the film The Plank. He also made six hour-long spectaculars called The Other Reg Varney, and later his cabaret act toured Australia, New Zealand and Canada. In 1988, On The Buses went onto the stage and again Varney went over to Australia to play Stan. During the 1990s, Varney was forced to retire because of health problems.... God Bless Reg...a trouper until the end of his career....

KalamityKel Wrote: erm... abysinnians, a siamese and a mog :p Okeeeeeeeee....not quite sure if your mob and my gang of 4 little West Highland Terriers(2 Boyz/2 Gurls) should "link"...:)-D(tu)(td)(td)

KalamityKel Wrote: so my directions may be some what unreliable. I do so > apologise but I am blonde afterall! ;-) :p A Girlie who is not good at directions?..I won't have that!:)) TRUE Story...I promise you though it sounds soooo stereotypical I know... Around 3 years ago,a Ladyfriend "J" who I still see regularly(i.e.when she can be arsed)....was "directing" me to a forgotten street near the Pond at Thornton Hearh. We appearred to be getting progressively further away from our intended destination when I realised the problem after 6/7 mins of nonsense. I pointed out the "problem" and she honestly said "Well the directions WOULD have been accurate if the A-Z Book was turned up the other way round!" Yes,she had it upside down and so we went EXACTLY in the right order but the wrong way if youmermget my meaning....she couldn't understand the bleedin' fuss:-$

What furries you got? Chatsies?..Les chiensies?...What type/breed?

MadWorld74 Wrote: oh God let it be me...let me get 'the vote', 'give her the vote'...I nominate....I've never won nofink. and if you've never won nofink then you must have wom sumfink,innit...

Henley-On-Thames? Cockfosters? Cockermouth in The Lake District,where?

KalamityKel Wrote: well ya see... there's this farm... In Hendon or Henlow perchance..?

KalamityKel Wrote: It's quite easy really... I may require a private demonstration b4 you receive the much desired "TLS" Premier Certificate In Bodily Co-ordination... p.s.Your gaff or mine but make it snappy as I simply MUST take the dogs out in 3/4 minutes Kels...

MadWorld74 Wrote: Although ladies, some of those men were so full on in the cock shopping department, I would faint if > one came near me exposed!!! Please forgive my youthful,innocent naievety but I'm not exactly au fait with,em,"cock shopping"....what exactly is it and where do "interested parties" go to purchase said item(s)(?) Disclaimer:Naturally I'm enquiring on behalf of a friend.....

Life,innit Kels::o

Are the boyz here too macho to admit defeat? Abysmal response one must say:-S

I will be even more pleaseder:)-D>:D<(tu):))B)

LuvPeckham Wrote: before you know it one of them will be running the country. One of themnearly did:(

7.47 Boeing,Boeing Gone! I'm up(tu) Sorry I've been delayed watching the Everton Goals go in:)) Cor Blimey Guv'nor,thats a right ol' turn-up for the books:) Morning Quidsy/Kel (!)

No Problem Mamma Mia:) I suspect there's many more who have failed who have yet to mention it:)

Moos Wrote: Chico who ran off with a German Banker to Switzerland The home of the cuckoo clock? Clearly it was Chico Time. Sadly my "Chico Time" expired but it was good while it lasted!..She lived in St.Johns Wood(very naice) and Earls Court with her Kenyan Sister(she went off with a Blonde-Haired Blue-Eyed Swedish Restauranteur in Central London). She introduced me to "Miss Kenya" who I could not take my eyes off all night and she lived in Frankfurt with a German as well:)..Took all 3 to The Mint Casino,Cromwell Road one night.The Receptionist said on our arrival "You look gorgeous"..I replied "Thank You Very Much!":)...she said "NOT YOU,you fool!":(

???? Wrote: COME ON TONY... RISE AND SHINE Leave It Out Quidsy:( I'm staying in bed to watch the weekends Football...I'm starting at Upton Park where I've heard The 'ammers took the lead:( Hope they didn't Win by too many against Everton:(

My 4 Dogs slept like a log thru' it the other night. Others may not have been so lucky though.

KalamityKel Wrote- 44 days til Christmas :-) Leave It RIGHT Out Kel ! BEHAVE Darling:(

I can believe that Keef. In my experience most find this difficult. Indeed there are articles about it on the Net.