Nemuri Kyoshiro Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 15 minutes ago, jois said: I remember being served personally by Richard Branson in a very dank, dim very small record shop in the back streets of Manchester. He had some outrageous luck or considerable drive to get from there to owning his own space fleet I left Manchester in 1973 so I don't remember Branson's shop. He's always been a bit of an enigma. Back in the early 1990s, my friend's wife was flying from LHR to San Francisco on Virgin with her young daughter. At the airport, the kid felt a bit sick so the Virgin staff took them somewhere quiet to sit down. Branson was there that day, found out about it, and upgraded them to business class there and back for free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jois Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Nemuri Kyoshiro said: I left Manchester in 1973 so I don't remember Branson's shop. He's always been a bit of an enigma. Back in the early 1990s, my friend's wife was flying from LHR to San Francisco on Virgin with her young daughter. At the airport, the kid felt a bit sick so the Virgin staff took them somewhere quiet to sit down. Branson was there that day, found out about it, and upgraded them to business class there and back for free. Coolest place in Manchester to hang out. Got in to very bloody fight with teddy boy in there, who tried to take my leather jacket off me.not helped by the fact I hadn't laced my DM up and I ended up barefoot Edited September 15, 2022 by jois Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemuri Kyoshiro Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 (edited) 7 minutes ago, jois said: Coolest place in Manchester to hang out. Got in to very bloody fight with teddy boy in there, who tried to take my leather jacket off me.not helped by the fact I hadn't laced my DM up and I ended up barefoot A1 Repairs on Oxford Road near the station was a good place to go too. No records but loads of instruments. Edited September 15, 2022 by Nemuri Kyoshiro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jois Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 12 minutes ago, Nemuri Kyoshiro said: A1 Repairs on Oxford Road near the station was a good place to go too. No records but loads of instruments. It's so long ago I can hardly remember 1970s Manchester. Spent an hour last week. sat out side cafe Nero on Oxford road trying to remember were rafters night club used to be. Saw just about every "punk "band going in there. The jam,Gen X buzcocks,the dammed sloughter and the dogs and many many more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lake Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 41 minutes ago, jois said: fact I hadn't laced my DM up and I ended up barefoot So you were a 'skin head' back then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jois Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 (edited) 47 minutes ago, lake said: So you were a 'skin head' back then? It got confusing. It was far from linear. The first punks had skin head hair cuts which made you stand out a mile when everyone else had hair to their collar styled like the bay city rollers. The Mohican thing didn't hit Manchester till late 78. The skin head weren't really a thing at the time. They didn't reappear till the early 80s when skar took off. At the same time the mods reappeared. The proto punks main foe was the teddy boys who had made a come back in 1975.. The punk outfit at the time was a leather jacket ,docs narrow Levi's and a t shirt that read "fuck the jubilee. " Well I had one anyway.oh and a safety pin through my ear I stuck with that look as punk became more of a fashion show. Grew my hair bought a triumph and became a rocker. The teddy boys were then on my side. But the mods , punks and skin heads hated you and each other Edited September 15, 2022 by jois Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legion Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Well This thread ain't gone of topic (MUCH) @Truthblast Why call them elite..? Nothing elite about 'them' 'They' are Parasitic Predators. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legion Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 2 hours ago, Nemuri Kyoshiro said: I wonder if Gates created his own wealth, given his antecedents? gates is far from a self made man - hidden hands helping all along the way - hes a Rockefeller 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jois Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 (edited) 32 minutes ago, legion said: Well This thread ain't gone of topic (MUCH) @Truthblast Why call them elite..? Nothing elite about 'them' 'They' are Parasitic Predators. Chil out mate. We are talking teenage rebellion against the elite. I fought the law and the law won. We changed the world for the better just not for very long. Kids these day don't seem to have a riot in them unless its stealing training shoes Edited September 15, 2022 by jois Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemuri Kyoshiro Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 2 hours ago, jois said: The jam,Gen X buzcocks,the dammed sloughter and the dogs and many many more. Good stuff. I was in London in 1976 and saw some good bands at the old Hope & Anchor. It was a teenage rebellion (though I was 20 at that time) and preparations for the Silver Jubilee were under way. Not everyone was pro-monarchy back then but, as usual, the media painted them as the the dark side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jois Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Nemuri Kyoshiro said: Good stuff. I was in London in 1976 and saw some good bands at the old Hope & Anchor. It was a teenage rebellion (though I was 20 at that time) and preparations for the Silver Jubilee were under way. Not everyone was pro-monarchy back then but, as usual, the media painted them as the the dark side. Indeed. I was put in the back of a police van and hammered for wearing my fuck the jubilee t shirt. That and telling the copper he was a lacky of the facist state paid to oppress the working class. Either way he took offence I wore my ripped and blooded t shirt with pride after that Edited September 15, 2022 by jois Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Human10 Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 On 9/12/2022 at 11:51 PM, Truthblast said: The world's elite currently behave like they have no care in the world. "We'll impose this on you, and that on you, and take this right away, and hurt you in this way, and make you do this". Where does this FEARLESS and ARROGANT CONFIDENCE of theirs come from? They have very likely conquered SPACE. They have been to places we don't even know about. They have found unbelievably rich resources. They are planning for a near future which does NOT revolve around Earth. And they are now working hard to set up that future in such a way that they are TOP DOG there too. While they are doing this, they are making us live through one CRISIS after another on our tired little planet. Why? To keep our eyes AWAY FROM SPACE. Our grasp of space is supposed to be that Elon Musk will EVENTUALLY take us there with his stupid ROCKETS. We are supposed to think that a stupid Space Telescope takes 10BN Dollars to build. In reality, the Elite is already out there, exploring and building. Maybe bringing back precious metals to earth to make lots of off the book money. But they want us to believe that THIS ISN'T TECHNOLOGICALLY POSSIBLE YET. And of course, having conquered SPACE, we regular people now seem EXTRA SMALL and INSIGNIFICANT to them. They are GODS CONQUERING SPACE. We are ANTS watching NETFLIX on phones, doing our grocery shopping and trying to pay off our credit card debts. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS WHY PEOPLE LIKE BILL GATES ACT SO SMUG AND BIGHEADED. EARTH IS PASSE. IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE. I hope they will move soon then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Human10 Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 On 9/13/2022 at 4:33 PM, Grumpy Grapes said: They lied to us about Christopher Columbus, so it's reasonable to assume that they lied to us about space travel. Star Trek probably happened for real a long time ago. But what is out there, apart from material resources? Portals to heaven knows where. This loot have portals down to hell... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truthblast Posted September 15, 2022 Author Share Posted September 15, 2022 1 hour ago, jois said: Chil out mate. We are talking teenage rebellion against the elite. I fought the law and the law won. We changed the world for the better just not for very long. Kids these day don't seem to have a riot in them unless its stealing training shoes Turn off their internet and they will turn into cannibals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Facts Sir Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 On 9/13/2022 at 8:51 AM, Truthblast said: Bezo's rocket blew up. I wonder if all these "failed" and aborted missions are staged to fool the public into believing/accepting that we cannot leave here. Space travel is now beyond us. When they're already loading up the mothership. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombadil Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 7 minutes ago, Anti Facts Sir said: I wonder if all these "failed" and aborted missions are staged to fool the public into believing/accepting that we cannot leave here. Space travel is now beyond us. When they're already loading up the mothership. It would make sense. I really cannot believe if they have gone before that they wouldn't be investing enormous amounts of money in controlling and dominating space. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jois Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 25 minutes ago, Anti Facts Sir said: I wonder if all these "failed" and aborted missions are staged to fool the public into believing/accepting that we cannot leave here. Space travel is now beyond us. When they're already loading up the mothership. No don't think so. They seem to be sudenly interested in space exploration again after a 50 years lay off. I'd be more worried what they know that we don't that suddenly makes it worth spending billions on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombadil Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 1 minute ago, jois said: No don't think so. They seem to be sudenly interested in space exploration again after a 50 years lay off. I'd be more worried what they know that we don't that suddenly makes it worth spending billions on Maybe they believe they are in an unstoppable position now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jois Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Just now, Bombadil said: Maybe they believe they are in an unstoppable position now. Maybe they know there an asteroid in its way and they need to find a away off and some where to go in the next decade or so. Either way.american tax dollars and billionaire private fortune are sudenly available to fund space explorations. Greeks bearing gifts and all that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombadil Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 4 minutes ago, jois said: Maybe they know there an asteroid in its way and they need to find a away off and some where to go in the next decade or so. Either way.american tax dollars and billionaire private fortune are sudenly available to fund space explorations. Greeks bearing gifts and all that Agreed. I wouldn't put anything past them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jois Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Bombadil said: Agreed. I wouldn't put anything past them! Or. There is a vast amount of wealth in the asteroid belt in the form of precious metals. I don't believe they are doing for it altruistic motives and it's difficult to see how they get there money back other wise. Space tourism is hog wash Edited September 15, 2022 by jois Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombadil Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Just now, jois said: Or. There is a vast amount of wealth in the asteroid belt in the form of precious metals. I don't believe they are doing for altruistic motives and it's difficult to see how they get there money back other wise I agree on the intentions though the USA just print more money wherever they need it so I don't think money is an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jois Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 2 minutes ago, Bombadil said: I agree on the intentions though the USA just print more money wherever they need it so I don't think money is an issue. The US is intent on setting up a Mars base. Which would be a handy relay station for the belt. The billionaires are working on reusable rockets that would make getting it back here cost effective Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemuri Kyoshiro Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Bombadil said: It would make sense. I really cannot believe if they have gone before that they wouldn't be investing enormous amounts of money in controlling and dominating space. All very nice until they happen across an alien ship with a big fuck-off neutron blaster, crewed by beings who don't want humans to leave the planet. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jois Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 1 minute ago, Nemuri Kyoshiro said: All very nice until they happen across an alien ship with a big fuck-off neutron blaster, crewed by beings who don't want humans to leave the planet. That could be a fly in the ointment. But it seems a bit unlikely 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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