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  2. The Weather Thread 2019

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    8 minutes ago, gordong said:

    When does the forecast become genuinely reliable? Heard different things, usually between 3-5 days right?

    I think so.Most people on here seem to regard the BBC Country File forecast on the previous Sunday as the first definitive view.

  3. Country Music

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    11 hours ago, kingbadger said:

    Sheryl Crow is there. You'll definitely recognise a few of her songs. Man I Feel Like A Woman and That Don't Impress Me Much are 2 of her biggies. 

    Thanks @kingbadger but I'm pretty sure those songs are by Shania Twain.

  4. Country Music

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    7 minutes ago, TheSheriff said:

    Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real 

    Carrie Underwood 

    Ferris & Sylvester

    The Dead South

    The Mavericks 

    At a quick glance

    Thank you

  5. Country Music

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    We love a bit of country and will be going to The Long Road in September. Please help us out for Glastonbury and let me know if you have spotted any good country artists on the lineup.

    Thanks

  6. The Weather Thread 2019

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    3 minutes ago, amfy said:

    I got married in 2010 just before Glastonbury and I can remember having serious concerns in the weeks leading to the wedding & the festival. To be fair I was willing to sacrifice my wedding for the festival and it did rain on the day I got married but not all day.

    The day before I got married I remember being torrential. During the weeks before I got married I can remember repeating the phrase - ‘This weather is really scaring me now!’

    The we had 2010 - it was amazing. No one knows how this thing goes.

    Time to renew your vows?

  7. Camping gazebo

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    2 hours ago, glastoloverpaul said:

     

    Edit: I'll get a smaller 2m x 2m gazebo if it stops everyone crying, 2 square meters is a perfectly acceptable social area.. surely??

    2m x 2m is not 2 square metres. 

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  8. Cheese at Glastonbury

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    On 5/1/2019 at 3:08 AM, MilkyJoe said:

    Rudimentary editing skills on my phone but I’ve kind of marked the spot. Turn right after Williams Green and head past entrance to Kidz and Accoustic/Cinema and it’s on the right heading away from the site. Fresh Bakery next door too.

     

    EA5D7FB8-AB42-4BAB-8BD1-E2A13D57A8FD.jpeg

    The Toast Office?

  11. Fitness for Glasto 2019 Thread

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    As it gets colder I'm increasingly moving indoors to the gym. (And enjoying it more as i do). I have a gym just over the road that charges £20 per month for 24/7 access. Its clean, it works and it has free classes. I actually can't believe what good value it is.

    I decided last month to work on nutrition too. Since 18 November I have lost exactly 3 kilos. Is that going too fast?

     

  13. Fitness for Glasto 2019 Thread

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    I'm also late to this thread but hi there...

    Another SE London runner with periodic spells running around in Canada. I stopped most of my (pretty much out of control) drinking three months ago and started weight loss seriously a month ago. I'm three kilos down with another 14 to go.

    I did London Mara this year and I'm looking for an interesting challenge for 2019 although I'm a bit scared of these ultras.

    Side note: I bought an Apple Watch recently so I have a spare Fitbit Ionic if anybody wants to give it a try. I rather liked it.

    Waap

  14. so, Stormzy then...?

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    22 minutes ago, guypjfreak said:

    Well that got people talking.. 

    If you don't like my views that's OK sometimes I don't like yours it's called life and today we should remember that 100 years ago the first lot of young people had just gone through years of hell so we could discuss stuff like this.. Only to go through it again a few years later.. So let's agree to disagree.. 

     

     

    Hey there Guy!

    I'm happy to agree to disagree about the music. This place is more interesting for people holding different opinions.

    Can we also agree that there's no basis for a suggestion that Stormzy shouldn't be booked in case he encourages knife crime? Fact is he is likely to do exactly the opposite.

    Waap

  16. so, Stormzy then...?

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    Posted · Edited by Waapster
    Fixed a typo

    Arguing against Stormzy because this kind of music encourages knife crime is, in my view, how casual racism works. I'm not saying anybody here is racist but don't be lazy and associate a young black rapper with street violence without at least a little research.

    Amongst other things Stormzy sings/raps about his religion and his mum. The song Don't Cry For Me is literally anti-knife crime. "Tryna tell my young Gs to relax and invest in life/They invest in knives/Man I was in history class when my bredrin died/So vexed that I cried". He called May out over Grenfell. He is using his own money to support talented black people through a Cambridge education. Here in south London we could do with a few more role models like this.

    I'm tired of the outcry every time Glastonbury books a black man to headline. Stormzy is of the moment. People who don't like him can go to 100 other places. But they might listen for a little to see what the fuss is about. 

     

     

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  18. Franz Liszt

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    So I started listening (Lizstening?) and immediately thought of a few snarky jokes (CGI hands, not as good as Aladdin Sane etc).

    But holy shit! That's amazing. Thank you for sharing.

    Its not what I go to Glastonbury for so if she was there I'd be elsewhere but you should thank me because the tosser who always stands next to me talking in a loud voice about house prices, Provence or Phil fucking Collins we be with me at a guitar-fest and you might be able to watch uninterrupted.

    Best,

    Waap

  19. Music aside, what is your favourite day?

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    I'm there for Friday to Sunday, for the music.

    But the best day is Thursday. That's when I really enjoy the splendour of this pop-up city. No pressure to be anywhere on time, we wander. Its also the only time the six of us (seven next time) spend the whole day together as we have a clear protocol that nobody has to follow the group.

  20. YNOT this weekend - free tickets

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    Posted · Edited by Waapster

    HI DJL.

    Just to close down this thread, I posted them this morning to another eFester. Also thanks for the warm wishes from everybody. I'm ok and so is my daughter. There are some circumstances that prevent us going and ARUK is a relevant charity at the moment.

    Best, Waap.

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  24. YNOT this weekend - free tickets

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    Hi there,

    I have a pair of tickets for YNOT this weekend. Libertines, Catfish, Jamiroquai, Fat White Family (gutted about missing FWF).

    I can't make it because of a family issue.

    I'd love somebody from here to take the tickets. I'd ask that you take them because you are going rather than selling them on. 

    They include the festival, camping, car parking and early entry on Thursday. 

    If you have some cash for them please donate anything you like to Alzheimers Research UK. If you are strapped at the moment then take them for free.

    First to respond here can have them. Collect in central London or I'll do my best to post to you.

    Waap

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