Introduction thread

[Ricky Forcefield]

Yeah hello. I'm 35 from Southern UK, been into Hip Hop since 86/87. Records wise pretty normal, only digging things I can tell you is going to that Greenpoint spot in 2002, and I have quite a big Reggae collection. Used to buy sets off a guy who would buy lots off old Soundmen, but it made me a bit sad.

I have started painting Graf again after a break of about 10 years. My 6 year old son is on it too (no forcing it on him tho)

Funnily enough I know a poaster who briefly became infamous on here for calling you a bunch of cunts (PAP related) You can tell I've been lurking for a long time.

I saw Leo Sayer getting a coffee in Waterloo station a few weeks back, asked him for a photo but he was bout to get on the Eurostar and didn't want to. I told a white lie and claimed my son was named after him but he wasn't having it.

Thriller > Off The Wall

simply because Thriller was a huge part of me and my friends' childhoods.

 

[skel]

Welcome.





Which town?





We have southern UK repping for Wales, Colchester, Oxford, Canterbury, Cornwall, Brighton, Bristol and various parts of London. Apologies for any area missed out.

 

[Ricky Forcefield]

skel said:Welcome.





Which town?





We have southern UK repping for Wales, Colchester, Oxford, Canterbury, Cornwall, Brighton, Bristol and various parts of London. Apologies for any area missed out.




definitely not Southampton

 

[skel]

Portsmouth it is then.





One hour to Waterloo, we'll expect you at the next meet.

 

[Ricky Forcefield]

skel saidortsmouth it is then.





One hour to Waterloo, we'll expect you at the next meet.




Indeed. I used to live in London 97-2002, good times.





Going to Carnival Monday

 

[DocMcCoy]

Ricky Forcefield said:skel said:Welcome.





Which town?





We have southern UK repping for Wales, Colchester, Oxford, Canterbury, Cornwall, Brighton, Bristol and various parts of London. Apologies for any area missed out.




definitely not Southampton




Pompey revealed.

 

[Ricky Forcefield]

DocMcCoy said:Ricky Forcefield said:skel said:Welcome.





Which town?





We have southern UK repping for Wales, Colchester, Oxford, Canterbury, Cornwall, Brighton, Bristol and various parts of London. Apologies for any area missed out.




definitely not Southampton




Pompey revealed.




yes I know what John Westwood smells like

 

[DocMcCoy]

Ricky Forcefield saidocMcCoy said:Ricky Forcefield said:skel said:Welcome.





Which town?





We have southern UK repping for Wales, Colchester, Oxford, Canterbury, Cornwall, Brighton, Bristol and various parts of London. Apologies for any area missed out.




definitely not Southampton




Pompey revealed.




yes I know what John Westwood smells like




Do they still hate Scousers in Portsmouth?





Be careful how you answer this. ;-P

 

[Jimster]

Join the 'Strut fantasy league or your (sic) soft.

 

[Ricky Forcefield]

DocMcCoy saido they still hate Scousers in Portsmouth?





Be careful how you answer this. ;-P




no not particularly, no more than normal people.





why do/did we hate scousers?

 

[DocMcCoy]

Ricky Forcefield said: no more than normal people.




I like your style.

why do/did we hate scousers?

I think it's to do with the bad old days of the 80s, when many of my fellow citizens were encouraged to get on their bikes and look for work. Some of them cycled as far as Portsmouth, where they ran out of road. Those who settled sent the local crime rates for burglary, drug-dealing, mugging and shoplifting through the roof, earning them the lasting enmity of the locals became immediately popular thanks to their cheeky Liverpudlian humour and happy-go-lucky attitude, making a valuable contribution to the community in the process.

 

[Ricky Forcefield]

DocMcCoy said:Ricky Forcefield said: no more than normal people.




I like your style.

why do/did we hate scousers?

I think it's to do with the bad old days of the 80s, when many of my fellow citizens were encouraged to get on their bikes and look for work. Some of them cycled as far as Portsmouth, where they ran out of road. Those who settled sent the local crime rates for burglary, drug-dealing, mugging and shoplifting through the roof, earning them the lasting enmity of the locals became immediately popular thanks to their cheeky Liverpudlian humour and happy-go-lucky attitude, making a valuable contribution to the community in the process.




I don't think we had a particular influx of Scousers in the 80s, might be a Tebbit-related urban myth. Thing is Pompey has always had a mix of Northerners etc from the amount of sailors that marry local and settle down, particularly Geordies.





There is a vortex in Portsmouth that draws people in, and they can't leave. It's the uni with the highest retention rate too. My parents were from Bristol, went to the Poly, and never left. It's not quite shit enough to run screaming from and nowhere near exciting enough to do your head in so I suppose quite a comfortable place.





I did kick a scouser out of moving taxi in Portsmouth once though, but that's another story.

 

[batmon]

Cool Name. Welcome





Oops...

 

[skel]

The waterfront bit with bars and restaurants is good fun, and that shabby hovercraft service shuttling to IoW is gloriously low-rent.





The ferry port is fucking huge though. It's like a city inside a city.

 

[Ricky Forcefield]

batmon said:Cool Name. Welcome





Oops...




thanks, I enjoy your postings.





why oops?

 

[Ricky Forcefield]

skel said:The waterfront bit with bars and restaurants is good fun, and that shabby hovercraft service shuttling to IoW is gloriously low-rent.





The ferry port is fucking huge though. It's like a city inside a city.




yeah Gunwharf, it's ok. Very Portsmouth though in the way we're promised modern shopping facilities and it turns out to be outlet stores. And it's generic, none of the hard-nosed charm of true Portsmouth.





The stretch to IOW is like the most expensive stretch of water to cross in the world I think. It's weird over there.





Not sure how huge the ferry port can actually be, Portsmouth is a small area, most densely populated area in Europe for its size I believe. But I haven't been in there since I was 11.





Fuck records, I'm happy to talk about Peeeeeeeeeoooooooorttmufff all day

 

[tripledouble]

depends related? he's one of the older guys.


i love the hail mary, "but Leo, i named my son after you!" do you think he gets that a lot???

 

[Ricky Forcefield]

tripledouble said:depends related? he's one of the older guys.


i love the hail mary, "but Leo, i named my son after you!" do you think he gets that a lot???




The Sayer is tiny tiny tiny, I know that's no surprise and everyone says that about people but yeah

 

[Anto99]

And this would be the RIGHT way to introduce yourself. Welcome.

 

[Jimster]

tripledouble said:depends related? he's one of the older guys.


i love the hail mary, "but Leo, i named my son after you!" do you think he gets that a lot???




I believe he actually opened with "You've got a cute way of walkin'..." but got the gas-face.





I hope the Sayer gets that all the time because, by all accounts, he's a nasty little shit.