Category Archives: General Waffle

Barry McQueen

Posted on January 21, 2012 by admin

I got an email from Mark Jensen at The Mag telling me that our friend and colleague Barry McQueen had died aged 50. Wifey and I met Barry twenty something years ago when he was working behind the bar at … Continue reading →

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Reassure Me (1.1.12)

Posted on December 31, 2011 by admin

For those of you not paying attention the Furious World Tour started in June heading South East out of Newcastle and stumbling through North, Central and South America, on to Australia then back on itself to New Zealand. We have … Continue reading →

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Gary Speed, Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned

Posted on November 28, 2011 by admin

Some people’s deaths are met with an intensifying of affection, a sharpening in the realisation of how important and special they were. Gary Speed was such a straightforward professional footballer that he could easily slip the mind when listing your … Continue reading →

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So What Are We Missing?

Posted on August 15, 2011 by admin

Living the dream. That’s what we are doing. Wifey and I quit our jobs, flogged our cars, rented out the house and wandered off like Bill Bixby as David Bruce Banner at the end of The Incredible Hulk TV series. … Continue reading →

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New York To New Orleans on a Train Weds 8th Thurs 9th of June

Posted on June 14, 2011 by admin

Tweet If we had known the train from New York to New Orleans was going to leave six hours late it might not have been so bad. Hell this is the most exciting city on the planet, within two blocks … Continue reading →

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Sunday 5th of June :Hungover in London

Posted on June 10, 2011 by admin

Tweet “I’ve got a bastard behind the eyes” as the charming Mr Withnail says. I rarely have hangovers, a rare and dangerous gift which goes some way to balancing some of my family’s more troublesome inherited traits, so resent them … Continue reading →

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Newcastle United Season 2010/11 Perspective 23.5.2011

Posted on May 23, 2011 by admin

Tweet Newcastle United 3 v West Brom 3 Perhaps time will throw some perspective at this game. Perhaps there will come a point where we can look at the final table for the 2010/11 season without thinking it tarnished and … Continue reading →

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The Billy Furious World Tour (2.5.2011)

Posted on May 2, 2011 by admin

Tweet The season ticket deadline has passed and I didn’t buy one. I’ve been ignoring the nagging reminders like they were a wedding invitation from a distant relative, trying not to think about it and failing. “What do these grasping … Continue reading →

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Don’t Ask Any More Stupid Questions

Posted on March 30, 2011 by admin

Tweet Last month we discussed why one should spend money one has not got on things one does not need. I say “we discussed” when meaning I rambled on like a drunken old goat while you waited patiently for some … Continue reading →

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Fashion (turn to the left) 28.2.2011

Posted on February 28, 2011 by admin

Tweet I was talking to my mate Graham over a pint in town. Unique your Graham, as all who know him will testify. He somehow manages to fuse together an intellectual insightfulness with Geordie docker’s vocabulary. For example I, rather … Continue reading →

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