tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post900409631354320366..comments2024-03-27T09:14:27.496+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: Where Were You When ...Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-82960743650086333992008-08-29T13:58:00.000+01:002008-08-29T13:58:00.000+01:00Phil: Yeah, he did try and recruit me but gave up ...Phil: Yeah, he did try and recruit me but gave up when I kept saying that it was a better way, tactically, of building socialism in the mass organisation of the working class as opposed to the revo party. Yada, Yada!<BR/><BR/>But he never really gave up as I once said, "Oh, you have the Cliff bk on the LP"... and he would say, "Do you want to join"? And my reply would be: "Look, I read the bk doesn't mean I want the t-shirt, the paper and the membership card"....Good grief.<BR/><BR/>And it happened to me everytime I had a thing/relationship with someone from another grouping (maybe it's me...!!!!) with the, "my group is better than yours" to "If you join, we could have a relationship" (my response: "Oooooo, lucky me...But NO thanks"..)<BR/><BR/>I wasn't interested in recruiting anyone really (I was, to be honest, crap at it along with paper selling)and was more interested in them as a personal as opposed to their position on the (former)Soviet Union (yeah, right!!).<BR/><BR/>Regards to the ex-from 1990. He is still (I think) in the SWP (I did say at the time he had no political staying power...I was wrong!!).<BR/><BR/>Sorry about the length of the reply, Phil.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-67841144052626507402008-08-29T13:16:00.000+01:002008-08-29T13:16:00.000+01:00I was baby-sitting in a neighbours house and the T...I was baby-sitting in a neighbours house and the TV people interrupted Crapston Villas to say Princess Di had been in an accident. By the time I’d got home she’d died. I remember waking my mother and telling her, to which she responded, “Oh shit there’ll be nothing but that on telly for the next week.”<BR/><BR/>She was wrong of course - there was nothing but that on for months after.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04360969160217583490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-51315147681751977822008-08-29T12:29:00.000+01:002008-08-29T12:29:00.000+01:00Lol, I've often wondered how relationships between...Lol, I've often wondered how relationships between comrades from rival tendencies work. Did your partner try recruiting you all the time? And are they still involved?Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-25355504974676444132008-08-29T12:07:00.000+01:002008-08-29T12:07:00.000+01:00Well Phil, at least you recall the England's world...Well Phil, at least you recall the England's world cup thingy against Germany. <BR/><BR/>All I remember from the summer of 90 was the start of the Gulf War and also a start of a "beautiful relationship" with a SWPer (and before you ask, nah, it didn't last... state capitalism v degenerated workers state kept getting in the way..!!) <BR/><BR/>But I do recall, World in Motion by New Order ("We're playing for En-ger-land"!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-90300164709576546152008-08-29T11:23:00.000+01:002008-08-29T11:23:00.000+01:00I'm blame the shape-shifting reptilians from dimen...I'm blame the shape-shifting reptilians from dimension X myself.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-58679770818769593502008-08-29T09:32:00.000+01:002008-08-29T09:32:00.000+01:00September 11: Some loons hijack some planes and fl...September 11: Some loons hijack some planes and fly them into some office premises.<BR/><BR/>Media Reaction: "The End of the World"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-48247787105997529482008-08-28T18:22:00.000+01:002008-08-28T18:22:00.000+01:00I remember September 11 - I was in Turkey for a ho...I remember September 11 - I was in Turkey for a holiday. We were just coming back from visiting the ruins at Ephesus, when the bus stopped in front of a coffee shop and I saw the images on a TV hanged somewhere outside. I didn't think too much about it, could be a movie... But back in the hotel room I saw the news. There was mass-hysteria on CNN and all other news channels. And all of a sudden the hysteria fell upon me and I felt overwhelmed, so I started yelling for my partner to join and we glued ourselves to the TV set for a while. I remember the feeling of panic.thinkingdifferencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04793349270097291638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-40318392260932130072008-08-28T17:44:00.000+01:002008-08-28T17:44:00.000+01:00Sun Aug 31st 1997: I remember waking up just befor...Sun Aug 31st 1997: I remember waking up just before 10am that morning to listen to the news on Radio 5. I remember a silence then sombre music. My first split-second reaction was that Portillo et al had organised a coup d'etat and had started rounding up people who had stayed up until the early hours of May 2nd to laugh at the destruction of most of the Parliamentary Conservative Party. Then I thought the Queen Mum had popped her clogs, before the news from Paris was announced.Anglonoelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04419902987152111536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-72903431247765219812008-08-28T12:21:00.000+01:002008-08-28T12:21:00.000+01:00Tis true Andrew - a section of the working class i...Tis true Andrew - a section of the working class is Tory, and that was my background. I'm sure you can find it in your heart to forgive my youthful transgressions - I was but 13 when Thatcher resigned, and had left my Tory Boy days behind me by the time I was in my final year at school.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-63256103886019077432008-08-28T11:35:00.000+01:002008-08-28T11:35:00.000+01:00"In those days I was a Tory you see"What-what-what..."In those days I was a Tory you see"<BR/><BR/>What-what-what!AndyBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04750253755036359481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-1090110365904442772008-08-28T11:11:00.000+01:002008-08-28T11:11:00.000+01:00Good stuff, Steve. I hope you stay with blogging t...Good stuff, Steve. I hope you stay with blogging too, the more SP/CWI bloggers, the better IMO :) <BR/><BR/>I've popped you back on the old blogroll.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-48917538751680875142008-08-28T10:47:00.000+01:002008-08-28T10:47:00.000+01:00Hi Phil,Have had a go at this one myself. Thought ...Hi Phil,<BR/><BR/>Have had a go at this one myself. Thought it'd be a useful way to get back into the blogging habit. Also found it fun.Citizen Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17231645639252626954noreply@blogger.com