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Post by otium (EPBS) on Oct 29, 2014 1:22:16 GMT 1
3 Town fans tonight in Szeged, Hungary on business/pleasure. We were taken to a famous fish soup restaurant (this town even has a one week fish soup festival!!). The band struck up and came to our table (violin, bass, percussion) and began to play "Those were..". The customers were awestruck as we rose to man and gave a full-voiced, full-blooded version of the HTFC anthem. It was one of those "had to be there" moments. My Mother would have been very proud  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2014 8:26:16 GMT 1
Haha , great stuff ! It should be sung more ! @nsl
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Post by jkempf1 on Oct 29, 2014 10:47:56 GMT 1
Otium please stop with the spoilers - just save it for the book...
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Post by 52bob on Oct 29, 2014 18:14:35 GMT 1
Can't see the book selling. - not without a few pictures.
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Post by colnevalleyblue on Oct 29, 2014 18:15:33 GMT 1
I notice the Forest fans are trying to get their own rendition going on Saturday... Pinched this from their DATM equivilant.
"those were the days my friend,
stood on the old Trent End,
we'd shout & sing,
salute Psycho our king
& now hes back for more,
hes red & white for sure,
these are the days,
long live these psycho days
lalalala la la lalalalalala"
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Oct 29, 2014 23:52:00 GMT 1
Can't see the book selling. - not without a few pictures. There are pictures...just none after about 1989  I wrote a draft for a book a few years back..."From Huddersfield to Hyderabad" (the trials, travels and tribulations of a Yorkshire lad). |
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Post by Skint Terriers on Oct 30, 2014 1:27:57 GMT 1
I would actually read a book from Oti, find his little stories quite interesting. I'm either extremely sad or he's an interesting person.
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Post by Marco4 on Oct 30, 2014 6:51:00 GMT 1
To be fair, those options aren't mutually exclusive.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2014 7:52:39 GMT 1
What took you to Hyderabad Oti?
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Post by Essex Terrier on Oct 30, 2014 8:17:52 GMT 1
Otium please stop with the spoilers - just save it for the book... ........and the film!!!! - who'd play lead role, Tom Hanks or Brad Pitt? |
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Post by bluedogs, Esq. on Oct 30, 2014 8:50:25 GMT 1
Otium please stop with the spoilers - just save it for the book... ........and the film!!!! - who'd play lead role, Tom Hanks or Brad Pitt? Karl Pilkington |
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Oct 30, 2014 9:43:24 GMT 1
What took you to Hyderabad Oti? Always wanted to see it. Think it was the name when I was a kid, it sounded so exotic and of course all the worlds great jewels (nearly all) came from there or were traded there. It was inhabited hundreds of years ago by Arabs and is still predominantly Moslem. Its intriguing but actually a smelly hole. The lakes are giant cess pits. There is the Golconda fort with secret tunnels, the palace and the Charminar. Best is the last Nizams 1929 Roller with 40 miles on the clock! Been there, done that. Actually one of the highlights is the amazing new airport, makes Manchester look like a cave. |
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Post by mykindatown on Oct 31, 2014 0:39:59 GMT 1
Otium please stop with the spoilers - just save it for the book... ........and the film!!!! - who'd play lead role, Tom Hanks or Brad Pitt? There can be only one ----- Jake M. Wurzel |
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Post by mykindatown on Oct 31, 2014 0:44:55 GMT 1
What took you to Hyderabad Oti? Always wanted to see it. Think it was the name when I was a kid, it sounded so exotic and of course all the worlds great jewels (nearly all) came from there or were traded there. It was inhabited hundreds of years ago by Arabs and is still predominantly Moslem. Its intriguing but actually a smelly hole. The lakes are giant cess pits. There is the Golconda fort with secret tunnels, the palace and the Charminar. Best is the last Nizams 1929 Roller with 40 miles on the clock! Been there, done that. Actually one of the highlights is the amazing new airport, makes Manchester look like a cave. as always reading your posts are fun and enlightening - wharever others like me say at times - do write the book as I am sure it would be well read and give many enjoyment (my old Navy friend wrote a book about the barely printable memoires of some of his career in the Andrew ~ and it was one of the best books that I have read in a long time "Laughing Kitbags" www.amazon.com/Laughing-Kitbags-Ian-Ditch/dp/1449071074 ~ so at end o'day get it wrote sithee |
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Oct 31, 2014 0:51:00 GMT 1
Always wanted to see it. Think it was the name when I was a kid, it sounded so exotic and of course all the worlds great jewels (nearly all) came from there or were traded there. It was inhabited hundreds of years ago by Arabs and is still predominantly Moslem. Its intriguing but actually a smelly hole. The lakes are giant cess pits. There is the Golconda fort with secret tunnels, the palace and the Charminar. Best is the last Nizams 1929 Roller with 40 miles on the clock! Been there, done that. Actually one of the highlights is the amazing new airport, makes Manchester look like a cave. as always reading your posts are fun and enlightening - wharever others like me say at times - do write the book as I am sure it would be well read and give many enjoyment (my old Navy friend wrote a book about the barely printable memoires of some of his career in the Andrew ~ and it was one of the best books that I have read in a long time "Laughing Kitbags" www.amazon.com/Laughing-Kitbags-Ian-Ditch/dp/1449071074 ~ so at end o'day get it wrote sithee Just read "Angelas Ashes", Frank McCourts story of his Irish Catholic background in 1930's Limerick. He was from a slightly earlier, poorer time but i have just as many amazing tales of my strange and disparate childhood. You have to see the humour in such things. |
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Post by Tupper on Oct 31, 2014 1:55:47 GMT 1
After you read that you might want to try The Road to Nab End, written by William Woodruff. Both were written in the same era, though this is northern and circumstances and not the father are to blame. The author was as equally remarkable as McCourt and Town also get a mention for the 1928 FA Cup final.
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Post by cfromhx on Oct 31, 2014 9:17:18 GMT 1
3 Town fans tonight in Szeged, Hungary on business/pleasure. We were taken to a famous fish soup restaurant (this town even has a one week fish soup festival!!). The band struck up and came to our table (violin, bass, percussion) and began to play "Those were..". The customers were awestruck as we rose to man and gave a full-voiced, full-blooded version of the HTFC anthem. It was one of those "had to be there" moments. My Mother would have been very proud Wish I'd been there, I'd have been joining in, Loud and Proud Good lads O'er, Air, Land And Sea |
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Oct 31, 2014 9:43:46 GMT 1
After you read that you might want to try The Road to Nab End, written by William Woodruff. Both were written in the same era, though this is northern and circumstances and not the father are to blame. The author was as equally remarkable as McCourt and Town also get a mention for the 1928 FA Cup final. Thanks, i will check that out. |
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Post by lankystreak on Oct 31, 2014 9:50:14 GMT 1
I don't believe in God, Santa, the Tooth Fairy, or the Easter Bunny, but I really want to believe in Otium........
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Post by Essex Terrier on Oct 31, 2014 10:09:05 GMT 1
I don't believe in God, Santa, the Tooth Fairy, or the Easter Bunny, but I really want to believe in Otium........ If you are VERY good boys & girls, close your eyes REALLY tight and wish VERY hard, one day otium (EPBS) may well walk among us! |
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Oct 31, 2014 18:17:55 GMT 1
Its not so odd. You just do as you feel or wish every day. The problems come when you tie yourself to things, a 9 to 5, a house, a family, your family, kids. You can live like a leaf on the breeze, its just it only suits a small few who dont fear freedoms. I never have to be anywhere i dont want to be, i never have an alarm, i dont carry a phone around. I breathe first, sleep last and in between make it up as i go along |
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Post by mykindatown on Oct 31, 2014 18:37:40 GMT 1
Its not so odd. You just do as you feel or wish every day. The problems come when you tie yourself to things, a 9 to 5, a house, a family, your family, kids. You can live like a leaf on the breeze, its just it only suits a small few who dont fear freedoms. I never have to be anywhere i dont want to be, i never have an alarm, i dont carry a phone around. I breathe first, sleep last and in between make it up as i go along n sing town songs as n when tha feels like it - nah then what a life |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2014 19:54:18 GMT 1
Its not so odd. You just do as you feel or wish every day. The problems come when you tie yourself to things, a 9 to 5, a house, a family, your family, kids. You can live like a leaf on the breeze, its just it only suits a small few who dont fear freedoms. I never have to be anywhere i dont want to be, i never have an alarm, i dont carry a phone around. I breathe first, sleep last and in between make it up as i go along :) How do you fund such a life, Oti? Is it by gambling, or have I made that up? |
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Oct 31, 2014 21:21:41 GMT 1
Only in recent years Frankie, i did plenty work but i also had a lot of flexibility in my career. Betting for a living gives you freedoms but its not for everyone. Dont people speculate on property, stocks and shares etc? I am a modern day gypsy, but one with access to work, banking, global travel. I have been lucky, it was a baby-boomer and i somehow managed not to have kids  |
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Post by ruud1boy on Oct 31, 2014 21:40:36 GMT 1
Its not so odd. You just do as you feel or wish every day. The problems come when you tie yourself to things, a 9 to 5, a house, a family, your family, kids. You can live like a leaf on the breeze, its just it only suits a small few who dont fear freedoms. I never have to be anywhere i dont want to be, i never have an alarm, i dont carry a phone around. I breathe first, sleep last and in between make it up as i go along I'm looking forward to being retired as well. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2014 21:55:24 GMT 1
Only in recent years Frankie, i did plenty work but i also had a lot of flexibility in my career. Betting for a living gives you freedoms but its not for everyone. Dont people speculate on property, stocks and shares etc? I am a modern day gypsy, but one with access to work, banking, global travel. I have been lucky, it was a baby-boomer and i somehow managed not to have kids ;) You've made it work for yourself. Fair play to you. |
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Post by Stewpot on Oct 31, 2014 22:01:49 GMT 1
Retirement is not all it`s cracked up to be, makes a fucking big dent in your bank account, and if you chase the dream abroad and get it wrong spectacularly, you will have little to show for it but a nice sun-tan, which alas will also be gone like your dream in quick time. However, more to life than material possessions !
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Post by Captainslapper on Nov 1, 2014 1:06:31 GMT 1
Nah, having kids is the biggest adventure there is Oti
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Nov 1, 2014 1:28:01 GMT 1
Its not so odd. You just do as you feel or wish every day. The problems come when you tie yourself to things, a 9 to 5, a house, a family, your family, kids. You can live like a leaf on the breeze, its just it only suits a small few who dont fear freedoms. I never have to be anywhere i dont want to be, i never have an alarm, i dont carry a phone around. I breathe first, sleep last and in between make it up as i go along I'm looking forward to being retired as well. Did all my travelling whilst working Ruudy. I knew where my priorities were. I did not buy a property until i was 37, i mostly lived in hotels...and thats where i live now. I just went a different path. I never wanted to buy curtains, have cars keep up with non-existent Joneses. I only wanted to see the world, get drunk, get laid (oh, and see Town win of a Saturday). |
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Nov 1, 2014 1:30:38 GMT 1
Nah, having kids is the biggest adventure there is Oti Just a different one Slaps, just a different one. I heard there are only 19% of the starlings around compared to 1970. They still fly though. I dont criticise those who have families, how could anyone? It just passed me by and made me fly! |
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