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.…have just been asked the name of my First Wife - of course, her name was Deirdre… but when I first met her, I have to be honest and say it was her surname that attracted me……………Rockefeller ! 😃😲. no ! dear loyal and fast growing members, that is simply not true - it was a very rare, and silly, joke 🙁. ! what is true, my First Wife was a cinema usherette ( remember those ? ) when I met her. her father was a farmer and he said to me, he said ‘ Anthony - if you marry my daughter I will give you 4 acre’s ( 1.619 hectare’s ) and a cow ! ‘ you know - I never got those 4 acre’s ( 1.619 hectare’s ) ! 🤭. embarrasingly, will alway’s remember the all white wedding, cost thousand’s, when the organist struck up ‘here come’s the bride’, the congregation stood up and Wife- to- be came down the aisle - backward’s ! 😲😲😲😲. you will all now be aware that at 19 I had joined The BBC as a Lead Master Cameraman. I remember my career aspiration’s and desire’s as early as 16 ! I had passed all my O level GCE’s ( no S’s in those day’s ), all the art’s and ologie’s etc.. the career’s teacher, keen to recommend insurance or banking, asked me what I wanted to do when I left education. ‘well’ I replied ‘I want to be a school crossing patrol officer’, he retorted ‘with all your extensive academic achievement’s to date Anthony why, on earth, would you be one of those ?’, ‘well sir’ I said ‘ simply because I won’t have to start work until I am 65 ! ‘.😳🙄 I left college at 18 ( with A level’s ) and needed to find a job. successful at interview with my qualification’s, became a Dormitory Attendant at Roedean Girl’s (public) School, near Brighton for a year ! 🤪 😜 🤪. only paid £7 per week - but was all I could afford at the time……. anthony my early

….’ Rock’n Roll is here to stay’ was recorded by the group in January 1958 ! I was only 14 ! absolutely staggering, view’s for this video are now just south of 1.387 million view’s !! 😲😲 can tell you, now, loyal, and growing Gang Member’s - these Danny’s View’s are what our own Lexus Owner’s Club UK are forecasting for, this site, this time next year ! 😃😃😃 ……told you I would be a millionaire !! 🙂 🙃 🙂 brilliant move by the genius video director - he pull’s Danny, the lead singer, from 1.08 - 1.43 second’s ( a total of 35 second’s from a 3minute 50 second track - 15% ! ) - absolute magic - you could not make it up ! where is Danny ? - is that him clapping along sitting on the stage step’s ? appalling camera angle from the stage peering ‘down’ on Danny in the aisle - accentuate’s his ear’s ! poor camera position management - watch the stage pedestal camera unit being pushed across to the wing’s ! ( apologie’s, did I not tell you, for 10 year’s, I was the Lead Master Cameraman for the BBC Outside Broadcasting Unit managing 400 staff and a fleet of liveried hgv’s - from 1963 on ! see the blonde at 1.29 sec’s ? 6 year’s later she was my Wife ! ( mainly because I was in possession of an over large version of the item her badge was displaying at the gig.…🤭 ). check out the hankie’s in the breast pocket’s of The Group ( and the mc ) - they were cardboard ! true - a piece of white cotton stapled to a pocket size card ( all the rage in the late 50’s ) ! even I am wearing one - look at me ! Anthony

…do you think Danny is Ai or is somebody moving him with a stick ? could be a vent act, his lip’s don’t move much, do they ? I used to have ear’s like that - when I was 7 ! anthony

…odd ? before I begged you, loyal gang member’s, to watch Danny and The Junior’s singing ‘ Rock’n Roll is here to stay’, they had accumulated, from 11 year’s ago, a total of 1.384 million view’s ! currently, the number has escalated to over 1.386+ million ! why would that have escalated so much in such a short time ? 😳 I believe the gig is so bad it’s verging on good ! (hey, ain’t I good looki’n, eh ?). is it just me, or have you got an ear worm ? 🐛 (don’t have a worm-this will have to do!). anthony ….remember, this is the song emanating from the bale of scrap metal that used to be, Christine, in the film 😲! within second’s the camera pull’s away and the credit’s roll.

….’ most of the chracter’s and event’s depicted in these post’s are entirely fictictious and any similarity to name’s, alive or deceased, or incident’s is entirely coincidental… anthony

….phew ! thank you, Stephen ! anthony

….never forget, dear reader’s, our gang motto: we don’t care what people say. rock’n roll is here to stay ! anthony

….ps: re Danny and The Juniors video (mono) ‘ Rock’n Roll is Here to Stay ‘, that’s me, with the spec’s, at 1.35 sec’s in ! anthony

…..will know on Monday, Malcolm. anthony

…Stephen I, sincerely, thank you for your suggestion re accommodation ! even more, I appreciate you taking the time to both compose and mail a post to me. this is my 84th post to date ( since 29th April when I first placed my For Sale ad for my year 2000 Lexus LS 400 - just 12 day’s ago ! ) and from a membership of thousand’s you are only the 9th Member to send me a post. flattered, because I have yet to be challenged on any of my 83 contribution’s to date ! 🙂 your suggestion, clearly, refer’s to my use of the word, in my last post, deference….. I am now going to offer you, Stephen, a philosophy of life, for free, I say again - free! we all now know I admit to be an old ‘git, however, you Stephen are, I suspect - not ! in an earlier post I alluded to the fact that I had enjoyed a life of continuing self-analysis, indeed, now recognised by the fact my personality is that of a Lone Wolf or a Sigma Male- search those heading’s - that is me ! 😲. ….now then, Stephen, this philosophy. for decade’s now, whenever I come into contact with a new person in my life him, her, other, I am immediately assessing their potential on the PPI principle - PPI ? Person of Possible Influence. could this person help me to improve my lifestyle, become a friend and not an aquaintance, make me more money, maybe even change my life ! 😲🫠😃. Stephen, let me give you an actual example of this PPI philosophy……… back in the late 90’s I was a 2nd line (senior) Manager for a major, southern based, Brewer. part of my dutie’s were to attend various function’s in London and The South. at one such function I met, purely by chance, a gentleman who, later in the conversation, revealed he was the CEO of British Airway’s ! during our discussion we found out we had both attended the same private preparatory school. immediately a casual but clear bond was created between us - we could have been school pal’s ! so close were we, Stephen, you could have thought ‘ get a room, you two.’ you would have been so seriously wrong Stephen - this man changed my life ! in a humorous style I told him the story, which I relayed to you all earlier, about my flying adventure’s at Biggin Hill, in the early 60’s, with the ageing ex RAF Chipmunk. as I told him the story I noted a look of relief on his face. finishing the story, we ordered yet another round of drink’s and then he looked at me and said ‘so you can fly a plane, then?’. ‘well’, I said, ‘I certainly understand the rudiment’s of flying - I can fly straight and level, bank left and right and climb and dive, even taxi on the ground. I did confess I had not taken off or landed an aircraft. he knocked back his malt whisky and I finished my ginger ale (driving, see) in one ! looking at me he said, ‘Anthony, I think you can help me out of a hole. the pilot issue at British Airway’s is chronic at the moment - we are in desperate need of pilot’s, just can’t find any. I feel I know you as a friend now - could you do me a big, big favour ?’ I replied’ just name it, if I can - I will’. ‘we are desperately seeking a pilot to take our 747 flight BA 3577 to Nairobi tomorrow morning from Heathrow - take off at 11.35 hour’s. she’s a new ship, you will have 472 passenger’s and crew aboard. please Anthony, would you?’ ‘well’, I said, ‘why not - willing to give it a try and sound’s like fun. how much difference can there be between an old Chipmunk and a brand new 747 ? surely, they will both have altimeter’s, heading indicator, airspeed indicator and turn and bank gauge’s ? - guess I could muddle through the take off and landing’. 😳 ’ but please will you do it, Anthony ?’ ’ok’, I said as we shook hand’s and we both left to return home Stephen - the rest is history as per my pic earlier ! that man changed my life simply because I applied the PPI philosophy ! you see, ‘getting a room’ just doe’s not cut it anymore, also take note Malcolm and Ken ! have to say, dear reader, loved the job, loved the reward’s the uniform the world travel and the……..girl’s !🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠 alway’s remember, with such affection, on the long haul flight’s I would often fly the 747, with the seatbelt sign on, of course (silly) - inverted (🙃) - the passenger’s loved it ! cabin crew got hacked off trying to serve them drink”s, though !😲 a caution, dear reader, the next time you board an airliner, any carrier, and the Captain and crew are waiting to greeting you on board, look at the Captain and ask yourself - is he fully qualified? or is he, she ,other there as a result of the old pal’s act ? anthony

…..3️⃣. 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ View’s and 6️⃣ View Pages’s would suggest this is now the Malcolm and Anthony Show ? see how I defer to your rank, Malcolm ? incidentally, have just been promoted from Contributor to Enthusiast ! ……thank you Lexus Owner’s Club UK. 🏅 anthony

ps: that Profile Pic ( and other’s ) attracted just south of 2.000 View’s ( ladie’s, Malcolm ) on a dating site - over 6 month’s up to last month, now deregistered…😳 anthony

….moi - Malcolm ! ? you would’nt recognise me in the street without the shades, though, would you ? thought pic would have been taken down by now ! ( see, told you all I was a rebel, alway’s wanting to ’break the mould’ - be The First ! ). was asked what my call sign was when flying the Chipmunk - ’Maverick’, of course 😳 ! anthony

…..flying Chipmunk’s at 20 ✅ 30 year’s later - 747’s ? 😳

…..wondered when you would notice that deliberate error, Wilson ? Cpt. Mainwaring

….I used to live in Camberwell ! 😃 I, remember, I was 14 and purchased a large framed pen and ink drawing (mono)/ portrait of the head, helmet, goggles and oxygen mask of a wartime pilot from an old junk ship in Peckham - name of the shop? Austin’s - remember them, Malcolm ? cost 2 shilling’s and sixpence (25p), as I compose this post it’s hanging up in my hallway !😲 anthony

….now that is spooky, Malcolm ! I too, flew from Biggin Hill, would be early 60’s ! visited airfield at week-end’s, the apron outside the flight office was alway’s surrounded by crowd’s, in the summer, gawping at all the frequent aircraft traffic movement’s. I flew an ageing de Havilland Chipmunk, tandem 2 seat, single engine ex-RAF trainer. I say flew, I twigged the reason why so many local flight’s were solo single pilot’s. the reason ? private / commercial pilot’s needing to maintain their annual flying hour’s to keep their licence’s ! circulate in the flight office watching for a pilot kitted out ready to leave to embark on their hired aircraft. ask them, politely, if I could join them for their flight - never declined ( alway’s free ).! de rigeur to wear the raf blue cloth skull cap with in-built headphone’s, would swagger out onto the apron, my comms lead trailing 😳 crowd’s gawping - felt like Biggle’s or a Spitfire pilot as I crossed the tarmac, climbed into the cockpit of the Chipmunk and taxied away ! 😂 🤣. oh happy day’s - an era long gone ! anthony

….from Scotland to Capetown flying, in my Blackbird, in a straight line would take me just less than 3 hour’s ! and you wonder why I just take my SR-17 up for a brief joy ride, occasionally, around The Scottish Border’s airspace burning c 40.000 lbs. per hour? how I love my Shell Fuel Card !😃😲 anthony

….alway’s good to hear classic car’s like your Triumph is being used, Malcolm - well done, you ! so many classic’s die simply through storage and lack of use. machinery does just not like remaining inactive. having said that my W123 has lain idle for nearly 3 year’s, now. no evidence of rodent residence and the interior is bone dry, thank heaven’s. 100 % confident she, him, her will start as soon as I turn the key. new Michelin’s, of course, look good and are the same pressure as they were at the start of storage ! …wow, Malcolm ! a Coventry Climax 8.9hp power plant in your Triumph Southern Cross, eh. going to be totally honest here, Malcolm, up against my Blackbird in a standing start - even if I gave you a handicap start at say, Capetown, and even if I agreed not enable the afterburner’s I might, I say might, struggle to catch you - much good luck to you Malcolm, if you accept the challenge. be a nice holiday for you and the family, though, Malcolm. happy to take you all for a spin in the Blackbird - but, sadly, only room for one at a time, sitting behind me - CIA could ask me for intelligence photo’s out there - Malcolm, tell me, would you feel competent and comfortable operating a Kodak Instamatic at 80.000 feet ? anthony .

….have pm’d our Wonderful and oh so Generous, Steve, with my address detail’s for The Unicorn of Torche’s - 🦄 The Lexus LS 400 Tool Kit Torch 🔦 🦄. I, sincerely, THANK YOU, again, Steve, for releasing your own beloved Lexus Torch to me, am absolutely thrilled and delighted !!😃😃😃😃. after a few mail exchange’s we came to a very amicable agreement whereby The Lexus Owner’s Club UK will pay me £1 gbp Sterling Cash for each View accrued, to be confirmed in writing I could be a millionaire, this time, next year ! gang ! get all your friend’s and family (even enemie’s) to search and view this site ! maybe, get some exercise and go up to complete stranger’s in the street and encourage them to search for this site - I will give you a cut, cash, of what I earn ! how generous is your Leader, trust me - like a chicken would Colonel Sander’s ?? 😲😲 😃😃 (one day we could take over the world ! 🫣)…..I may, even, sell my year 2000 Lexus LS 400 😲😲😲😲😲 anthony

…..please, I beg you all all to search YouTube: Danny and the Juniors - Rock’n roll is here to stay in mono, it’s a live show at the Odeon, Peckham, SE London… a 3.50 minute clip - that’s me, middle row, clapping along ! halcyon day’s enjoy anthony

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….unfortunately it’s a no from me, Malcolm ! bit of a sad old ‘git - no family now but I will have my BCF W123 to care for + of course , mean’t to mention this in the last post, the, now, withdrawn from USAF service in 1999, Lockheed Martin SR-71 ‘Blackbird’ Reconnaissance aircraft ! one of the last ( like my Lexus LS 400! ) fitted with dual P&W JT11D - 20K turbojet’s with afterburner’s creating 34.000 lbft . have had her up to 2.200 mph but I know she, him, other has more to give !😲 height ? last summer we ascended to 85.000 feet but, like the power she, him, her could climb even higher ! purpose built to take picture’s, this summer, plan to take snap’s of the WeCrushAnyCar scrap yard site - just for the memorie’s really 😃. not cheap to run, but hey, life is not a rehearsal, it’s only money, after all ! 😃 ( thought - do the landing light power washer’s work on The Blackbird ? will have to check them….😳 ). ….furthur to my last post - those Merc’s, BMW’s, A8’s and Jaag’s I listed are all, imminently, destined for The Crusher - none of them will return, ever - unlike my year 2000 Lexus LS 400 - she, him, other - will never die, to exist into the future aeon’s of time, eternity and infinity 😲😲 (….I’ll get my coat, then and leave, now…). anthony

….I hear you, Malcolm ! previously, my daily torpedo was an SL 500 (R129) - beautiful car (glass hardtop) but in fact, turned out to be a ‘money pit’ - alway’s making constant demand’s on my piece’s of plastic. not cheap when first purchased, the W123 was to be my Last and Final Car - I would be burie’d in her, him, other - which will be a little inconvenient as I am down for a cremation in a wicker basket ( how green am I - following a billion ton pollution footprint over 6 + decade’s !! ☹️ ). ….as previously released, I am 6’ 5” ( benefit ? I am alway’s the first to know when it rain’s ! 🤭 ). a lifetime of a range of MB’s, because they alway’s deliver…..legroom ! found my Lexus LS 400 on the east coast, north of Berwick, way out in The Wilderness, who would schlep out there to view a car ? the fascination was the X plate, had seen series 4’s with T,V and W reg’s but never an X ! it was ‘love at first sight’ - I wanted it - but did I need it - no, already had my BCF. sod it, will have 2 BCF’s - use one as ‘back up’ 😲! if I am honest, The Lexus is not ideal for me, that damn sunroof lower’s the headroom. the legroom is not as generous, for me, as an MB - but the overall Build Quality and Precision Engineering - is to die for, unique ! 😃👍 would I consider a similar age, even with low average mileage like mine, MB S-Class 420 (w140/220), BMW 7- serie’s 450, Audi A8 or a Jaguar XJ……would you ? no, neither would I - they are all now, at this age, ‘moneypit’s’ ! ☹️ 💷💷💷💷💷 Lexus ? in a League of it’s Own - even in the 21st Century grudgingly reaspected and regarded as the best quality and most reliable prestige brand in The World 🌍 !! truth be known Malcolm ? yes, I shall be sad to see her, him, other depart from my life - a bit like the film Brief Encounter (1945 with Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson)……I love her, him, other ♥️♥️ anthony