Have You Ever Gotten To Do Something So Cool That You Are Almost Jealous Of Yourself?

OK, I'll HINT at it! THEY have started campaigns that I see as being tied to the same person that had that party invitation sent out.

Steve

I'm not quite sure how this old raving UK hippy managed to pull back in 2004 the senior vice president of one of America's largest banks.

Flew me over to the States all expenses paid where I was brought aboard as a private consultant. I mean, here I am in my tatty old jeans and t-shirt wearing a pair of green welly boots talking like a pirate (ooh arr me 'andsome!) and yet somehow I managed to not only attract this bird but also go out with her for several months.

I'll never forget the day when she held a party at her house for some of her senior banking executives, one of of those posh fancy wine and cheese dooberry's what·cha·ma·call·it's where everyone stands around exchanging pleasantries and polite chit chat.

I mean, her idea of a party and my idea of a foot stomping knee's up are obviously world's apart.

Mid way through the evening, I'm getting a mite bored with all the la-di-dah-di'ness of it all, walked over to the sound system and slipped in one of my own cd's and cranked the volume up to about 8.

I don't think they quite knew what had hit them.


But hey, traveling all over the western States on bank money with my own private expenses account, driving a rather posh brand spanking new BMW soft top, well, I got to say, it was the life of riley.

I particularly enjoyed visiting and flying over the Grand Canyon - an amazing sight. Never to be forgotten. Never mind a 101 other stunning locations.

At least I managed to get a good number of the workforce on the shop floor a decent pay rise when I worked one afternoon the cost to the bank in recruitment company fees annually compared against giving the staff the pay rise they wanted to avoid strike action which at the time was being talked about.

Beaverton OR administrative center, your collective pay rise, for hundreds of you, that was little old moi. You can thank me later.

Looking back it all still seems a little unreal. Having said that, if any other leading CEO's from top Fortune 100 companies feel attracted to 6'6" randy guys wearing green wellies and ripped jeans whilst enjoying dirty pirate talk being whispered in your ear at 3am in the morning well the good news is...

...I'm available once again.

Don't all rush at once!


Mark Andrews

PS What did we break up over? Politics and religion of course lol.

looks like johnny rotten on vocals

Would never think you minimized my post Dennis. lol I was just saying that the brush with fame wasnt the exciting part, it was working with the great musicians...kind of a dream. Many peoples reflexes would have been different BTW.

Oh reaaaally?

How about a spot of tea then, you ravishing Bird?




Grroooovy Baybee! I shall have to find my mojo first, be back in a bit (goes to medicine cabinet...lol).

Back in the 80s, I was lead singer for a hard rock band.
This is one of only a select few I could actually share.....

Cocoa Beach being a tourist town, we had to play mostly cover songs, meaning we had to "cover" songs by nationally known acts, those that were played on AOR ( album oriented radio).
We had a good steady gig where we were the "house" band, and we could do as we pleased as long as we pulled in a good crowd, and kept the party going.
The local music community was tight knit back then, and we all supported each other as far as going to each others gigs,( as long as we werent gigging ourselves).

So, A girlfriend of a guitarist friend of ours was partying at Brassys,
A now defunct local nightclub that had national acts.
In walks Eric Bloom and Buck Dharma from Blue Oyster Cult, who were scheduled to appear the following evening at Brassys.
Michelle was very cute, so Eric and Buck were putty in her hands.
She says " Hey, Some friends of mine are playing at club down the street, y'all want to go?" of course they did,it was Michelle.

So, unbeknownst to Us, they were sitting in the crowd when Michelle came up to the stage and said " Could y'all do your B.O.C. set?"
Of course we did. It was Michelle
1.Are you ready to rock 2.Cities on Flame 3. Godzilla 4. We gotta get outta this place ( Ironically, an Animals song BOC covered)
Mich came up to the stage with the Guys when we were done, and they shook our hands and bought us a round, stuck around and BSed with us in between sets.
Totally cool
Invited us to their show the next night and partied with them afterward.
Good times great stuff

This is a weird post. Boastful and not quite so. I think you guys should be grateful more than anything for the cool stuff you have done.

picture giant tubes running underneath the entire park sucking everything into one giant room where every piece is sorted and recycled if possible. It's awesome!

Thanks Pat.
I took him in once with us after he was standing square on all 4's again when my sister went to refill a script for one of her cats. They looked at him and said nothing. At a later date when she went in, the vet asked if she needed more pain pills for Ricky and if he was still alive. Sue told her "Yes, he's alive - and he doesn't need pain pills any more. He's doing very well, thanks". The vet never asked a question or made any remarks.