Hello. Are you new here?

[HarperPR]

If so - say hello!

[wobbly bob]

no, but 'hello' anyway..!

[HarperPR]

no, but 'hello' anyway..!

Greetings!

Btw, how did you derive your 'wobbly' moniker here - or shouldn't I ask?!:biggrin:

[critch]

Greetings!

Btw, how did you derive your 'wobbly' moniker here - or shouldn't I ask?!:biggrin:

There's a beer called wobbly bob. I had a couple of pints of it with my brother in law once. We were decidedly wobbly afterwards! Great beer. My sister has banned us from drinking it now though! :angry:

[HarperPR]

Yeah...?

Or he could be this one:
http://www.myspace.com/wobblybobmusic

or even THIS one!:D
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=wobbly%20bob

[critch]

Maybe this is something to do with you? This is in St H, just down the road from Kaleidoscope Records which may be familiar to some people on here....

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3161/3098058610_af8a965670.jpg?v=0

[wobbly bob]

hi,

well done crich! i named myself, for the purposes of this here forum, after the beer of the same name. i never actually tried it, but a couple of my old mates used to rave about it. and now it's too late, as i no longer drink. and my names not bob either. so i'm neither wobbly, or bob. except when i'm on here-then i'm both... if you get me...?

thanks for the link, lin! nothing to do with me, honest! i'd say if it was! i'll check it out later!

cheerio!
bob

[HarperPR]

Bob, living on your own and collecting decorative spoons is nothing to be ashamed of. You're amongst friends here.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=wobbly%20bob

[wobbly bob]

Bob, living on your own and collecting decorative spoons is nothing to be ashamed of. You're amongst friends here.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=wobbly%20bob


hahahaha.... wtf?... never come across that before! sorry to disappoint, but i don't collect anything-not even decorative spoons. i just don't 'get' the whole collecting 'thing'...

[Mistlethrush]

'ello.................

[Travellerman]

'ello.................

'ello and welcome aboard. Nice pic' by the way :D

[Mistlethrush]

'ello and welcome aboard. Nice pic' by the way :D


Cheers ears..................

[Mark]

Hi all

I am new to the community, so thought I'd say hi !

My name is Mark, live in Ontario, Canada.
I keep busy running my record shop and a couple of
small record labels.

I'm a long-time Roy fan and had the pleasure of presenting
a show by Roy in Ontario around 1991 I think it was.
He played around here a bit when 'Once' came out.

I look forward to spending some time poking around here.
There seems to be a wealth of information to digest !

[critch]

Hi Mark! Welcome aboard! I'm sure you will learn a lot on here! In particular have a look at the song club :D and make sure you get a few of Nick's CD's.

[pd]

Hi Mark, welcome to the site! Looking forward to hearing more from you.

Paul.

[riceyboy]

Evening.

Been meaning to start using the forum for ages now but never quite got round to it...till now.

[aspwatterson]

Evening.

Been meaning to start using the forum for ages now but never quite got round to it...till now.

When you are here you can actually talk to one another through the CHAT option live but it is under-utilised at the moment. Probably because no one realises who is also on line at the time unless they check the USERS search. If a separate window flashed up telling each other who is on line then it would make it easier to detect a potential live conversation opportunity?

andi :m2:

andi

[pconpie]

Hello everyone,

I'm Paul from Dublin, Ireland and I have been a listener/watcher for close to 30 years. I had encountered this site before in a more basic form but have not navigated here for a number of years. Hopefully I can make up for lost time and not say anything too daft.

Slaínte,

Paul C.

[Bob Jacobs]

Why not - several of us engage foot-in-mouth mode with great regularity!

Welcome aboard :-)

Bob

[pd]

Been meaning to start using the forum for ages now but never quite got round to it...till now.

Hopefully I can make up for lost time and not say anything too daft.

Welcome to both of you, looking forward to hearing what you have to say :)

Cheers

Paul.

[wessexy witch]

*waves*

Hullo everyone !

:seeya:

[Swandive]

Not quite a newbie, was on here a few years ago with the username tiehishairinbunches. Figured I'd wade my way back in here to be a bit more involved.

So...hi. Hope everyone's having a good day. I'm in bed with flu, blerrrgh.

<3 Tash

[scotpaulabear]

TASH! *hugs* :biggrin:
So you're legal for 18+ gigs now, hee hee! :wink:
Were you at Classic Grand t'other night? Was looking out for you but never spotted ya if you were!

[Swandive]

TASH! *hugs* :biggrin:
So you're legal for 18+ gigs now, hee hee! :wink:
Were you at Classic Grand t'other night? Was looking out for you but never spotted ya if you were!
Hi Paula <3 *hugs*
Yes, so glad to be done with all that bloody fretting about the gigs, grr.
I didn't make it, no. Absolutely gutted. But I am skint at the moment so was probably for the best, as rent is apparently a priority. Am living Edinburgh now for Uni though, so all gigs should be a lot easier for me to make it to. Will hopefully make it to the ABC gig also, should funds permit (i.e. depending on how long I can go without food for =p)
Hope you're well <3

[scotpaulabear]

Aww boo, I remember student days and money problems! Hope you can get along... sadly I won't make it to the April gig so I hope you can represent :biggrin:

Drop me a line and we can maybe meet up at a gig soon :cheers2:

[Adi]

Hi,
yep I'm a newbie here...:blushing:

I'm a HUGE Led Zeppelin fan and thats how I got into Roy...I first heard Roys stuff in the 80's when he did Jugula with Jimmy Page and have been a fan ever since.. seen him a few times over the years,mostly at the Red Lion pub in Birmingham and every time its been amazing...

I've only found out about this site from the podcast I found the other day,when I was looking for Roy's stuff on iTunes and came across the ROY HARPER PODCAST..outstanding stuff BTW.

I'm kinda new at this and hope to find out more about Roy and "chat" about all things Harper....:m14:

[pd]

Hi Adi,

Welcome, and I'm very pleased to hear that you like the podcast :)

Paul.

[Adi]

Hi Adi,

Welcome, and I'm very pleased to hear that you like the podcast :)

Paul.

thank you Paul for the welcome,

I like the fact that you get to listen to one of Roy's songs as well as a interview..:biggrin:

[micmacmoc]

Hello All,
notsure yet what this forum is for, I found it when looking for a recipe for my first all grain brew of Tim Taylor. By coincidence yer man has all the same gear as I have just bought AND wanting to do Tim Taylor AND using Maris Otter malt. Wow. THEN I have a quick shufty hereabouts and find loads of references to Roy Harper. Heh. He told me to 'shut up' once at brambles farm festival in the 80s. I was being a noisy pillock, he was right!
Well here you go, I'm micmacmoc here in Cornwall and saying hello to you all. Hello!
My first brew due on Thursday pm and will follow the instructions as posted here, thanks all.

[SHAUN I]

Hello micmacmoc, and welcome fellow Harper fanatic.. :biggrin:

[SteveT]

. THEN I have a quick shufty hereabouts and find loads of references to Roy Harper. Heh. He told me to 'shut up' once at brambles farm festival in the 80s. I was being a noisy pillock, he was right!


Here are some dodgy old snaps of Roy at Brambles. I'm sure I had one from the stage area looking out at the crowd as well. I'll have to dig it out and see if you're on it :wink:

http://www.stormcock.net/node/167

[pete c]

Ha, micmac, I think I know you from elsewhere....*

H2H, I am MeurglysIII, I am not a number...

now all we need to do is get Vybik, Amazon, Kid Calamity, HandofDave, StThomas and all the rest over here......

*hic*....

*unless there is more than one micmacmad in Megavissey....

[pd]

Hello All,
notsure yet what this forum is for, I found it when looking for a recipe for my first all grain brew of Tim Taylor.

This has really tickled me... having someone find the site via my beer making blog entry rather than the music :) Welcome...

Hope the brew goes well. Mine turned out really well though for some reason it's been taking an absolute age to clear properly. I'm wondering if the hot weather had something to do with it. It's strange... the one I did after the TTL (Wadworth 6x) is already crystal clear after just a couple of weeks in the barrel. I did mash at too low a temperature due to a faulty thermometer, so perhaps that caused the problem.

My next brew is going to have my first foray into water treatment so I'll probably blog about that... it won't be for a few weeks though as I have loads of beer to drink first! It'll most likely be an Exmoor Gold from Graham Wheelers book.

Cheers

Paul.

[micmacmoc]

Wonderful seeing the brambles farm shots, by that time i was well away on planet loolah with the mushrooms those welsh guys were giving away with mulled wine and some REALLY heavy acid, I did'nt have any again for a VERY long time after that! Those days are long gone for me, I'm almost grown up now! The thing that really stuck in my memory about Roy was how beautiful his guitar looked and sounded. I immediately wanted one. Was it an Ovation?

Hello MeurglysIII! Wondered whther there may be some H2H stragglers hereabouts! Are you going to the bristol event this weekend? Is cope actually playing there? I wish I had noticed it earlier and would have gone, but working in the shop 7 days a week now means much forward planning and its too late to get cover now.

PD! Unbelieveable, I have planned 6X to be my next brew too! I have'nt bought Graham Wheeler's book yet but I think today may be the day. I am also looking for an Otter Ale recipe. It would appear that we like our ales hoppy and refreshing. Exmoor Gold would be a favourite too, proper sunny weather beer. I'm already doing the half a camden tablet and 1/2 tsp of gypsum to harden the 'liquor'.
I feel at home here already, thanks all!
stewart in mevagissey aka micmacmoc aka the gobby stoned one at brambles farm 85!

[pd]

PD! Unbelieveable, I have planned 6X to be my next brew too! I have'nt bought Graham Wheeler's book yet but I think today may be the day. I am also looking for an Otter Ale recipe. It would appear that we like our ales hoppy and refreshing. Exmoor Gold would be a favourite too, proper sunny weather beer. I'm already doing the half a camden tablet and 1/2 tsp of gypsum to harden the 'liquor'.

Hah!

My first one was Summer Lightning (again from Graham's book) and it was absolutely fantastic. I think I'll be making that one again before too long. I do have Sarah Hughes dark ruby mild planned for when it gets colder though.

I had a quick look for otter ale but haven't seen any recipes...

Hmm... I wonder if there's any mileage in a home brewer podcast :)

P.

[micmacmoc]

typically i have already changed my mind. I'll still do a gram for gram copy of your TT landlord.....but I have some tins of extract, frozen hops and old crystal and some root ginger. I'm going to make a ginger ale. Thats if theres any time left (and I have'nt drank too much) after the tim taylor brew. How long did your brew take PD? I'm starting at 18.30 if i can get out of my shop on time.
Again, thanks so much for your blog, its going to stop me becoming confused. Though I don't have the help of a cat.

[pd]

How long did your brew take PD? I'm starting at 18.30 if i can get out of my shop on time.

Hmm... I hate to break it to you but I think my first brew was about 7 hours start to finish... I think I have it down to 5 or 6 hours now. So it might be a bit of late night! Or, perhaps you are less of a ditherer than me. I spent a lot of time messing around with weighing, taking temperature readings, and so on for the first one. Extract brews are of course a lot quicker because you don't have all the mashing and sparging time...

Really looking forward to hearing how it all goes.

[micmacmoc]

oh dear, I've just got home (two pints of Betty Stogs too) and the boiler is on, well the wifes away and I've all night, the pc and the ipod on random play. Expect idiot postings from the Mevagissey brewhouse, I will apologise in advance for the declining nature of any further postings.
I should probably try to eat something other than crisps and beer.

[micmacmoc]

Jeez. what a night....That avatar of yours doesn't help mr.PD (or missus PD, I wouldn't know). It reminds me of....Brambles Farm...oh no. Flashbacks...
er
the beer or more accurately...the wort is boiling and the smell is magnificent (worth it alone). I have fekked up big time here and there. Never mind. More when I'm sober. Its still boiling. I'm shattered. Can I please go to BED?
er...no. Theres the second hopping . the cooling. the yeast. The big fat doobie I promised myself. And theres been no guitar playing yet. RIGHT. I'm tuning up the electric and doing 'hangman' as a tribute to the harper (being the song i remember he and pagey doing on ogwt all those years ago...video anyone? Ma-aa-aa-aark (ba) Ellen?)
.
er sorry bare with me.

now pissed and playingg guitar to no-one in my cellar of doom with boiling ale-juice as company. Life just keeps getting better. It really is wasted on the young, I know I was young once and did I appreciate it? Dunno, can't remember, these kids nowadays, they'll remember their youth, see....wasted isn't it.
Any requests before I tune up?

[micmacmoc]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NXzWiQP9Zo&NR=1

that brought back memories....while I watched the beer cooled and we're nearly there. Will say farewell soon. Is anyone going to read this? What Harper album do you recomend me as my first? I seem to remember a rizla packet thingy. Was that with pagey?
Back to some terrible guitarring while the beer cools.
Pip pip
moc
xxx

[micmacmoc]

jugula?
summat like that.

[pete c]

there there.....

(Whatever happened to) Jugula, yes....

[NoCelebrity]

Welcome to junior (to senior PD) brewmaster micmacmoc (3m?).

Also welcome to ADI from IDA-ho. I discovered Roy in the seventies and Jugula in 2008. Different paths, same destination?

[Sock Puppet]

Hi, Gracie. Um, I mean forum.

Only been a Roy fan for about 25 years, so a relative newcomer, I guess. :wink:

I've been using this handle on several forums for quite some time. Some people use sock puppets as alter egos; I use one as my primary identity. In other words, nobody's hand is up my bum.

[scotpaulabear]

You may be interested in my other pick for the Fringe then - the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre :D

http://www.bedsonsunday.com/bedsonsunday-leisure/images/1(478).jpg

[NoCelebrity]

Shari Lewis is rolling over in her grave! Hilarious!

Anyone else hankering for a bit of mutton? The last time I ate Lamb Chops there was too much fiber...

Oh, and welcome to Sock Puppet (I shouldn't say it's a stroke of genius).

[pd]

Welcome, Sock Puppet!

I've been to Texas (Austin, not Houston) for work and I liked it! Maybe because it's a college town? I had a couple of very fun nights out and the locals were friendly...

[Sock Puppet]

Austin is pretty much the only island of sanity in Texas. Unfortunately, my job is on the Planet Hooston.

Thanks for the welcome. And NoCelebrity, it's really okay to say it's a stroke of genius. Don't worry.

[SHAUN I]

Welcome to Harper Central Sock puppet.
Shaun.

[porlock]

I recognise the pic of wobbly bobs in st helens , i have had the unfortunate experience of going in there once ,, some random woman threw her beer over my mate as we left and when i protested punched me in the face several times ,, on grassing her to the doorman he shrugged and told me "to get the police if i didnt like it " ,,, so I did and they werent interested either ... heyho such is life .hahahttp://www.stormcock.net/vb/images/smilies/set1/cursing.gif

[wessexy witch]

Hello to everyone who is new.
Hello again to everyone else.
It's been yonks since I last looked in.
Sorry !
:blushing:

[goldionthelevels]

Hello.
I've just found this place.
Been a Roy fan for about 40 years - oops, getting a bit old, innit!

[wessexy witch]

Welcome !!
You found us in the end,doesn't matter how long it took you to get here !

:biggrin:

[bigchris]

Hello.
I've just found this place.
Been a Roy fan for about 40 years

Don't suppose you live in Uxbridge ? That's not the usual response I give to new comers to the site ... but I posted a thread last week to try and find a mystery harper fan from Uxbridge !!

Anyway welcome ... if you are THE person or NOT !

[Bob Jacobs]

With a name like goldionthelevels I'd hazard a guess at Somerset, maybe somewhere near Glastonbury? Welcome anyway, wherever you're from!

Bob