sir_carlos, andy js, Four stone walls, T&A, lodge, terry, davido, fan since 1964, hound dog, jack knife, beast, chippy, ged rambler, gazza, kish_stoned, rockman, uz2bstoned, mandu and anyone else that I've forgotten thanks for the positive reaction and it's good to see that there's some positive people on these threads. No ones oblivious to criticism but remeber that most of the time criticism is born out of envy! God gettin' very philosophical at this hour. But seriously this is what we should keep going now. FOCUS ON THE POSITIVES ABOUT THE STONES (ABOUT EVERYTHING!) NEW TOUR, NEW RECORD we're spoilt. As John Lennon said once "you don't know what you got until you lose it..."

This next year is gonna be a blast!!!!

Nice post, micawber K.

Yes, the Stones are here. And they are still the greatest rock band. They prove it on every tour they do.

Don't worry about the nagging. You know, there is a type of "classic nagger fan" in our family. I mean...

...The fan who is complaining "Oh,no,a new live album again, what a shame, it's only for the money, where is the new stuff ?". But the same person is dying for a "new" boot from the past!

...The fan who is demanding: "i want only (or basically) the new songs on the set lists". The same person after the gig says "why they didn't play Midnight Rambler, Stray Cat Blues, Loving Cup and Dead Flowers?"

Nothing T&A

Been Stoned since 1964 and still am!

Hey yeah micawber K were all in this together dont want no bitchin'....Stones have always been my band in music .. dress .. style .. attitude .. you name it!!!

Thanks for includin' me in the gang

Death Before Dishonor
ROCKMAN

micawber, welcome on board...
Been here for less than a year but feel like some oool´ piece
of furniture in the corner... 41 y o in the passport am I, but
in my mind I´m just about your age. 23 is the best age btw.
41 aint too bad either - if you find the balance between crawling
with and against the stream, respectively.

It must be a killer to sit in your chamber ten hours a day bashing
setlists, don´t you think.

It will be a hell of a party in Göteborg in June 06.

And Ireland rules! 14 years for me since last visit, but "It Wont Take Long"
till next time... Guess I wanna jump over them bomb craters to see ol´ Gazza
over at Ulster. And the new statue/bust of Phil Lynott. I also wonder if my
ol´ fav pub in Waterford still is there - the Maryland and the Woodman.

Welcome aboard micawber and for the positive postings and like most people on this site cant wait for the stones in the uk next year as it cant come quick enough & im already driving my missus nuts about it.

Hopefully meet up with some of the other people on this forum and have a good session before & afterwards and drink to the greatest band in the universe.

Baboon Bro Wrote:
> And Ireland rules! 14 years for me since last
> visit, but "It Wont Take Long"
> till next time... Guess I wanna jump over them
> bomb craters to see ol´ Gazza
> over at Ulster.

er...I think you've confused me with someone of a similar name who must live in the Middle East, mate!!

A U.K pre-show meet-up sounds great...i'll have some of that- count me in.

C r a t e r s & j u s t a s h o u t a w a y
Born in the 60´s, raised and outer-world-aware-in the 70´s one´s
Northern Ireland-image is that of bombs & fights.
Btw speakin of Middle East, I hear not even Beirut aint a bombhole anymore... The world´s a-changin. Mainly, in this matter, to a better place.
Myself havent been to Berlin since the goddam wall stood there... Seriously, brother Gazza, I know there are no holes anymore.
("Nobody they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall... "
G Bm Em C F
And though the holes were rather small, they had to count them all
Em E? C
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall
[www.chordie.com]
[btw heard Burdon´s & War´s version of tha´one?] )
But I remember I met a fellow-interrailer at 88-89 sometgin, a Norweigan chap; I asked him - meself just leavin Ireland, Eire - where he´d been, and he said Belfast, and I thought "O, holy macaroni, brave man".
- So, no kiddin now, I really want to see Ulster/Northern Ireland one day... Maybe that will be the same day I go for a trip to Scotland.
...Hope you ´ll show me your town that day, ol´ Gaz?

Bein a dyin ol geezer of 40-somethin (well, only 41) aint always bad...
Speakin traveling, I used to go to Yugoslavia before the war.
Not the brightest of countries, but still a rich experience.
And I´m certain a great pertion of Mick´s-Keith´s-Charlie´s sentiments evolves from their early-in-life thing with WW II.