FIAT, BELLAMY, VINYL - THE ULTIMATE SHITE PACKAGE

[blimp]

i was 1 in 1976 my apologises dude

I was 12 Oh, I've also met (very, very briefly) the owner of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang who shares the same name as me.

and I was -3 I still have my yellow and blue Renault umbrella from the middle 90s - don't think I have ever used it, let alone dusted it since then.Does anyone remember the Gumdrop books by Val Biro? It was an old Austin Clifton Heavy 12/4 (so the google tells me). But it came to my primary school in 86 or 87 and I am pretty sure I sat in it. I may even have had a ride, but I could just be dreaming that bit.

[r.welfare]

I had loads of those Gumdrop books, they were great. Hopefully my mum has carefully stored them in the loft (as she tends to do), so I can dig them out and read them to my daughter in a couple of years.

[Ratdat]

I'd never heard of Gumdrop until it was mentioned on here some time ago. I probably missed it as a child because I lived abroad until 1977 but it's still curious that I'd never heard of it until quite recently.

[Cavcraft]

What a lovely neat pussy.

 

I recall those I-Spy books quite fondly, even as a child I was confused by Bellamys pro-eco stance and his love of cars. The scoring system was bizarre and I felt like writing in to the publishers. How can a Lancia Gamma only be worth 10 points, when the ubiquitous Datsun Bluebird was worth 15.

 

My closest brush with 'fame' was drunkenly pesting the lead singer of Neds atomic dustbin at Washington Heights in Reading and finding out he owned a Morris Minor traveller. I used to come across a lot of DJ's in a previous line of work but I don't think they count.

 

In some sort of peverse way I think you've won the claim to fame. No more details required thankyou

[Justin Case]

I have never met the Jolly Green Giant, or anyone famous for that matter. However I do have a set of Leyland Terrier 35mm slides that were issued to dealers, it must have been a real barrel of laughs buying a truck in those days Gumdrop sounds interesting though, the best that I can muster is 'The Little Red Metro Finds a Home'

[VWPowered]

i was 1 in 1976 my apologises dude

I was 12 Oh, I've also met (very, very briefly) the owner of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang who shares the same name as me.

hahaha your parents most of been drunk...i feel sorry for you chitty chitty bang bang... bet it gives the postman a laugh though

[155V6]

We seem to have ex-employees of both MFI and Woolies here..... employershite as well as autoshite? My place seems to be on its last legs too.....

I'm still employed by the company who delivers MFI stuff,which explains why I've spent the last week sat at home

[Cavcraft]

i was 1 in 1976 my apologises dude

I was 12 Oh, I've also met (very, very briefly) the owner of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang who shares the same name as me.

hahaha your parents most of been drunk...i feel sorry for you chitty chitty bang bang... bet it gives the postman a laugh though

[Richard]

I've met the owner of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang too. I say met, I've seen him at a show.

[scrappylad]

I've met the owner of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang too. I say met, I've seen him at a show.

Me too!I think I've spoken to the gent who is Sir Menzies Campbell, whose Jaguar XJS was in for repair when I worked at a bodyshop in Edinburgh & had dealings with Gordon Ramsay's Jaguar (of yore) aswell. He was an arrogant so and so back then too.I wouldn't recognise a 'famous' person at the best of times anyway, hell, I've walked past friends & relations before without acknowledging them!Edit: Ohhh, saw Sir Stirling Moss at Speedfair Classic last year!

[Split_Pin]

My mate once mooned Fred Dineage through the sunroof of his mum's Previa

BIG LOLLZZZ!!!

[gtd2000]

We seem to have ex-employees of both MFI and Woolies here..... employershite as well as autoshite? My place seems to be on its last legs too.....

I'm still employed by the company who delivers MFI stuff,which explains why I've spent the last week sat at home

Talking of which...my bloody Woolies shares....

[Father Ted]

Talking of which...my bloody Woolies shares....

Sold all mine in 1992 - and transfered all the money out of my Kingfisher (Woolies) Pension into a nice safe NHS one.

[pandamonium]

I served John Barnes at a McDonalds drive thru!

[STUNO]

Met Bellamy briefly about 18 mths ago. Told him where to go because he asked..he was driving a Mitsi 380 i.e. grunty 3.8 v6 probably a rental.

[Albert Ross]

I spoke to Bob Carolgees once, about how to operate a petrol pump at Caenby Corner. I was in my old 88" Land Rover, he was in a Red curved whale shape mid 90s Supra!!!!! Apparently he was on his way to do a gig just up the road. I never did do the "Spit" noise..............

[andrew e]

Mrs E tried to knee cap racing CZAR Henry Cecil with a wheelchair a few weeks ago at Gt Leighs race course

[richardthestag]

I was 9 in 76

 

Met Stirling Moss and John Surtees at GFOS – thoroughly decent chaps. Sir Stirling nearly ran me over in this.

 

 

I used to sit opposite

 

 

quite often when traveling on the chiltern line into London – we never spoke nor did I tread on his feet.

 

I once called Mike Brewer

 

 

Jason while I was a bit pissed at Le Mans – to be honest he was a bit of a cnut about it but we laughed… as did his sound engineer.

 

My Brother in Law “tennis coach†has introduced me to David Brabham and Timmy Mallett.

 

I met Dave “don’t call me Jenson†Richards at Lemons a few years back I said hello and he looked at me like I was a bit of poo on the pavement, again I was a little bit mashed.

 

A relative works with Godfrey Bloom of “women! Have you cleaned behind your fridges recently?†and Independence Party infamy and I can confirm that he is absolutely bloody hilarious.

 

I chatted to Chris Tarrent at Lords Taverners Chicket do in Bucks, he was very funny

 

At the same bash met and got Dave "spunky" Seamans autograph, my flatmate lent him cricket whites cos his misses had kicked him out the night before and probably burnt all his worldly belongings. Fit Heidi (my friend from Brum, soz no piccies) asked if Dave would autograph her tummy, I have never seen a man climb over a tressle table and 8 people so quickly. For the rest of the afternoon we took great pleasure in saying "oi Heidi you've got seeman on your tummy" we were quite pissed though.

 

Lastly, I work for E.UK who last week joined WW in administration I am pretty pissed about that too

[Father Ted]

Lastly, I work for E.UK who last week joined WW in administration I am pretty pissed about that too

Entertainment UK and 2-Entertain were quite well run and proffitable - I thought that EUK still had the contract for Morrisons? I still think woolies should have gone wholely over to entertainment in the start of the 80's and focused on distribution and production as well as sales (like HMV, but selling Daniel O'Donnel too). I used to love getting the Monday new releases on a Saturday and then taking (aftr buying of course) new albums / singles home and being the envy of all my mates by being the first to have the new Iron Maiden Seventh Son album or summat.

[gtd2000]

Talking of which...my bloody Woolies shares....

Sold all mine in 1992 - and transfered all the money out of my Kingfisher (Woolies) Pension into a nice safe NHS one.

Mine were doing really well at one point fairly recently.....

[gtd2000]

I've never really met too many folks that were famous, although it has happened in the past.Last time was Steven Segal when I was living in Hong Kong - he was outside Times Square and is actually quite a lardy looking bloke who appears to be severely trussed up I just gave him a nod and a wink as I walked past and he gave the same in return - fair enough :wink:Now as for my good self...I was on the plane from Philadelphia to Orlando back in Sept 2001 - I think it was the 16th - one of the first wave of flights after 9/11 - and sitting up front in business class near two "snow birds" who appeared to be around 90 years old (at least).They kept looking at me and then muttering to each other - eventually one of the old dears said, "excuse me son - are you Tom Hanks?" I reply in a matter of fact manner "No ma'am I'm Mel Gibson!" They looked well fookin chuffed!!! LOL

[Parky]

I had dinner with Richard Kiel (Jaws) and Maud Adams (Octopussy) in Gothenburg about two years ago!