04 Feb 2026 15:58:01
So we have a Lucca up front and a Luca at the back now. Let's hope they both bring Luck with them.

1.) 04 Feb 2026
04 Feb 2026 17:31:48
There's a biology question in there somewhere.

2.) 04 Feb 2026
04 Feb 2026 18:18:13
Or is one of them “Luka” who, according to the song by Suzanne Vega, lives on the second floor?
I saw her at De Montfort Hall in the late 1980’s. A slip of a girl with a stool to sit on, a mic and a guitar (which appeared to be as big as she was) wearing dungarees, she was absolutely mesmerising.

Her song “ Tom’s Diner” is as near perfect as can be….

3.) 04 Feb 2026
04 Feb 2026 19:40:06
What was you doing in bin dippers area stokey. I was ripping out the asbestos in de montfort Hall in the late 80s.

4.) 04 Feb 2026
04 Feb 2026 20:19:26
Without a mask on no doubt Stellaboy.
That explains a lot.

5.) 04 Feb 2026
04 Feb 2026 21:17:15
Yes gazzi smoking a ciggie while wire brushing pipes underground in a 4ft x 4ft space.17 years old didn't know how bad asbestos was at the time.

6.) 05 Feb 2026
05 Feb 2026 10:50:29
Skeggs mate! Sounds a very dangerous occupation. I hope you didn’t suffer any harm then or subsequently?
My first wife is from South Wigston so I spent a lot of time down there. We went to De Montfort Gall regularly and saw some great artists, everyone from The Pretenders, Blondie, Elvis Costello right through the music spectrum to Mike Harding, Ralph McTell, Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen to Yehudi Menuin with the London Philharmonic.

Had some good times ….

7.) 05 Feb 2026
05 Feb 2026 11:04:27
No wonder you moved to bracing Skegmess then.

8.) 05 Feb 2026
05 Feb 2026 11:07:39
Bet it’s lovely in Skegmess today that biting wind carrying the smell of burgers onions and chips across that god forsaken dump.

9.) 05 Feb 2026
05 Feb 2026 11:13:16
No laughing matter asbestosis, keep getting your lungs checked skeggy, my golfing mate was a carpenter who took a lot of asbestos out and he’s now got issues, luckily not terminal.

10.) 05 Feb 2026
05 Feb 2026 16:41:37
I've also done a stint with asbestos skegs, my worst job ever years ago before I was on building sites. They actually didn't pay me the f krs saying I owed the money for my face mask. (Which I had to go on a treadmill to fit) anyway sent cpl of my mates round. Yup got my money.

Like you I also took my mask off for a ciggy. Can you remember the shower with gear on before you could take it off. Well I done in mid winter, and he made up the excuse he couldn't get gas. So outside freezing cold. Horrible memories, but my, learnt so much moving forward.