Birth certificates from the UK! It only took 5 days to get here and a week earlier than the General Register Office anticipated. I remember being told years ago that there was a discrepancy about the dates regarding my Pa's birth. What he knew to be his birth date and what is recorded are two different dates. Apparently this is quite common and nb's Old Man is in the same boat. However, I thought it was usually only a difference of about a day. So it was quite interesting to see that the birth certificate is 10 days different to the date that was given by Pa.
On another note, going to see Eskimo Joe at the Palais in May with Paulsie & Phuc. Should be grouse. Seriously considered flying up to Newcastle to see them the week before our wedding last year. Decided in the end that it was probably too crazy an idea... Phuc saw them while we were away, the lucky thing.
nb and I can be considered hardcore fans according to a discussion we had with Phuc at the Make Povery History gig. Apparently the Eskimo Joe song called "Forever Young" had to be changed to another name, to not be confused with that other tacky song by the same name that got flogged to death on commercial radio. I think it's by Youth Group. Anyhoo, Eskimo Joe changed their song to "Setting Sun", so all the album sleeves etc were changed. I checked our album when we got home and we have "Forever Young" which probably makes us music geeks, because we bought the album on the day it came out. Therefore, missing out on the Eskies having to cave to the whim of the 'suits'.
File that one away in the useful trivia section kiddies!
- Vale Billy Thorpe -
