Nail Soup Posted December 29, 2020 Posted December 29, 2020 I guess at the time it was written 64 was a much 'older' age than it is now? Quote
Happy Jack Posted December 29, 2020 Author Posted December 29, 2020 When Sgt Pepper came out, I was 11. Seriously. Hearing a song about being 64 made no sense at all to the 11-year-old me and by a couple of years later I had classified it with Yellow Submarine and Maxwell's Silver Hammer as being a mere joke song. At the time, my grandfather (b.1899), for whom I was named, was 68. He'd been a fine figure of a man in his day, 6'1" with athletic build, served in WW1 and was a colonial policeman for 40 years, but by 1968 he was a shrivelled-up stick-like man, gaunt and tobacco-stained. Today he would pass easily for a man in his 80s. At the time, pretty much everyone over 50 looked (and smelled) like that. 2 Quote
yorks5stringer Posted December 29, 2020 Posted December 29, 2020 3 hours ago, Silvia Bluejay said: Birthday boy with pressie (under his feet). He doesn't look like a birthday slippers man....Happy Returns etc. I've just had 2 birthdays, 2 days apart. Quote
Skinnyman Posted December 29, 2020 Posted December 29, 2020 Many happy returns! Let’s hope you’re gigging again before you get to the next one! Quote
JapanAxe Posted December 29, 2020 Posted December 29, 2020 HB2U! I’m lagging behind you by 4 years... Quote
Silvia Bluejay Posted December 30, 2020 Posted December 30, 2020 6 hours ago, yorks5stringer said: I've just had 2 birthdays, 2 days apart. Erm, hopefully not both yours? 😱😂 Quote
BassTractor Posted December 30, 2020 Posted December 30, 2020 6 minutes ago, Silvia Bluejay said: Erm, hopefully not both yours? 😱😂 Stranger things have happened. My eldest son just turned 48 two days ago, the twins turned 48 today, and my youngest will turn 48 in two days... 😉 2 Quote
Raymondo Posted December 30, 2020 Posted December 30, 2020 Happy birthday sir. I haven't been to sleep yet so it still counts as "today" 🙂 Quote
Oopsdabassist Posted December 30, 2020 Posted December 30, 2020 Oops..late again, Merry Buffday chap, hope the intimate dinner was nice! Very thoughtful of Bluejay to buy you a box to stand on, I never knew you were that short!! 😋 4 Quote
SICbass Posted December 30, 2020 Posted December 30, 2020 A belated happy birthday Jack. Hope you had a good time. Quote
silverfoxnik Posted December 30, 2020 Posted December 30, 2020 14 hours ago, Happy Jack said: When Sgt Pepper came out, I was 11. Seriously. Hearing a song about being 64 made no sense at all to the 11-year-old me and by a couple of years later I had classified it with Yellow Submarine and Maxwell's Silver Hammer as being a mere joke song. At the time, my grandfather (b.1899), for whom I was named, was 68. He'd been a fine figure of a man in his day, 6'1" with athletic build, served in WW1 and was a colonial policeman for 40 years, but by 1968 he was a shrivelled-up stick-like man, gaunt and tobacco-stained. Today he would pass easily for a man in his 80s. At the time, pretty much everyone over 50 looked (and smelled) like that. Belated Happy Birthday Jack! Hope you had a good one... 👍☺️🎶🎁🥂 That's exactly it - back in the day, I remember my dad looking 64+ when he was in his early 40s, everyone did then! Mind you, that was 'Man at C&A' for you.. 😂 64 really is like being 40 these days.. 1 Quote
Teebs Posted December 30, 2020 Posted December 30, 2020 Many happy returns for yesterday Jack! 👍🏼 Quote
Skinnyman Posted December 30, 2020 Posted December 30, 2020 8 hours ago, BassTractor said: Stranger things have happened. My eldest son just turned 48 two days ago, the twins turned 48 today, and my youngest will turn 48 in two days... 😉 You were a busy boy in 1972 then 😁 3 Quote
BassTractor Posted December 30, 2020 Posted December 30, 2020 15 minutes ago, Skinnyman said: You were a busy boy in 1972 then 😁 Oh. Hadn't expected anyone would think that of me. No, of course it was immaculate conception in each case: no girl would ever look at me and my four strings. 2 Quote
dmccombe7 Posted December 30, 2020 Posted December 30, 2020 33 minutes ago, BassTractor said: Oh. Hadn't expected anyone would think that of me. No, of course it was immaculate conception in each case: no girl would ever look at me and my four strings. I thought it was a trick question. I've been trying to figure it out for the last 9 hours. 😂 And i still haven't sussed it. 🤔 Dave 1 Quote
BassTractor Posted December 30, 2020 Posted December 30, 2020 (edited) 34 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said: I thought it was a trick question. I've been trying to figure it out for the last 9 hours. 😂 And i still haven't sussed it. 🤔 Dave Well, at least you spent the last nine hours wisely! 😁 Twas just an old joke I remembered when reading Silvia's post. Real life forced me to be monogamous or ... er... zerogamous! Edited December 30, 2020 by BassTractor 1 Quote
Bassman Sam Posted December 30, 2020 Posted December 30, 2020 Happy Birthday Jack. I hope you had a good one. Quote
Happy Jack Posted December 30, 2020 Author Posted December 30, 2020 Chaps, not only did I have a fine birthday but (if you're really unlucky) I might even share with you soem video of the preparation of the Chinese Banquet that occupied a fair proportion of the day. 😉 3 Quote
Silvia Bluejay Posted December 30, 2020 Posted December 30, 2020 We had three video cameras in the kitchen... 1 1 Quote
pfretrock Posted December 30, 2020 Posted December 30, 2020 Welcome to the club. enjoy the coke. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ImbySEo00U Quote
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