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All I can say about this is we are who we are. We're too old to change. The majority of us are working class boys born in the 50's and 60's, We didn't go to posh schools or university etc, and I suspect that most of us have had to live on our wits most of our lives. I'm aware that younger guys are not like us, because they've grown up in a different world to what we did. I made sure that my kids didn't have to go through what I did as a kid. We can't be like them and they can't be like us. We don't expect them to behave differently on our account, so they can't expect us to behave differently in order to fit in with their idea of how things should be. That's the problem today......everybody's looking to be offended about something. It never used to be like this!

Best part of 40 years since I've been there!

A laddish insult yes......there's no malice behind it.

The original word when I was young was "queer".....I think "gay" is a bit more pleasant than that. So the language has softened!

James in Brum? You offended him you annoying cunt!

The word gay has no negative connotations in itself......it's the sentiment you might express about it that could be perceived as homophobic.

Not specifically Marcel......but if you want to confess something then carry on.

When I was a Medical Rep for Beechams in the early 80's I used to call on the chemists in the town every 8 weeks. I know it pretty well actually......always seemed a really nice place to me.

The acid test is would you say it in real life? I would......you're not being homophobic just by saying the word "Gay". In the same way you're not being anti-semitic just by saying the word "Jew".

You twat......everybody knows how to say Leominster!

You'll have to give us a vid with you on that.....it looks wild!

It's a fucking shithole!

Swansea?

But you'd hear about those incidents if there'd been attempts?

Yes....but he suffered a murder attempt in 1999. https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/george-harrisons-wife-fought-attacker-25552937

I'll stay out of this one! Though there are some odd English ones like Bicester! I got a speeding ticket going through there in 1996 and it got dropped.

Ask yourself how many bands have had members murdered or members who survived attempted murders? In the case of Lennon and Harrison both incidents were put down to random lunatics. So why have no random lunatics attempted to murder The Stones, Elton John, Rod Stewart, David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen etc? Now I know this woman is a bit of a nut but you can't help wonder about this......

Where?

No.....William Shepherd! 1966 and 1967......bit of a difference?