(no music) #1183 - Q&A Friday (22) - Let Me Bore You To Sleep (30th August 2024)

You alright then? You alright my darling? You alright my little darling? Hello, welcome to jasonnewland.com. This is... Let Me Bore You To Sleep. My name's Jason Newland. I'm here with Vinnie... Andre Nuland.

And he's... He's fighting me. He's on my lap. What? What? Anyway, so please only listen when you can safely close your eyes.

And this is another episode of... Q&A Friday. I'm trying to look at my phone now Vinnie. I need to look at the questions.

So, let's have a look. How many have I done so far? Just a little bit of update. Updated.

Updating this. I had... Well I want to... Let's have a look. A couple of things.

Please don't bark Vinnie. So, I'd like to say thank you to Bryn for your PayPal gift. Also, to let you know that... I did post it.

And there's a message... A post about Molly. The boss. Who had some stuff happen.

But I will... I posted it on the Jason Newland's Boring Group. The Facebook group. So you can go on there if you want to check that out.

Also say welcome... Ross... And Mickey. To the group as well. Thank you.

That's it. I won't go into any more details because... As has been pointed out to me. Sometimes... I don't get on with the... I don't get kind of... I don't start the questions till... A bit into the recording.

So what I thought I would do... Is... Make a change. And do the recording. So this is number 22.

This is the 22nd Q&A Friday. And it's... Let Me Bore You To Sleep. Number 1183.

I do believe. So the 22nd weekend. Blimey.

Who would have thought? So... Here we go. Just trying to find the questions. Because I posted... A couple of videos.

Or three actually. I posted two little videos of Vinnie. One rolling around on his back.

Another one where he's just sunbathing. And I also posted a Jason Chats. Someone stole my loo roll.

It's a very very important recording. So you might want to check that out. Yeah.

I'll talk about that another time. So any questions for tomorrow's Q&A Friday? So here we are. These are all the questions.

That I have. One, two, three, four, five. So Chris, Hillary, Jen, Jenny and Diana.

So thank you all five of you. For leaving me a question. I did leave it a little bit late.

So I posted this... The question... Any questions yesterday. Because for some reason I thought it was Wednesday yesterday. But it wasn't.

It was Thursday. So... Luckily... Luckily I still managed to get enough questions. I'm not sure how I'm going to fill the time up though.

So... I get through the questions so quickly. Yeah. So today... Today is... Friday the 30th.

30 of August. Right. So here we go.

The first Q&A Friday. At 54 years old. Can you imagine doing a Q&A Friday when I'm 84? How weird would that be? It'd probably just be... I can't imagine there'd be phones anymore.

It'd all just be planted chips in our brains, wouldn't it? Yeah. And as it is... There's not many people really left. That do long form content like me.

You know, online it's very much... Quick, quick, quick, quick, quick, quick, quick, quick, quick. No gaps. Quick, quick, quick, quick.

To the point. Quick, quick. And I whistle when I say quick.

And I did notice... And I'm never going to be doing that. I'm never going to be... Quick. I don't walk quick.

I don't talk quick. Well sometimes I talk quickly if I'm... Mega excited. But generally... I do everything fairly slowly.

Don't like being rushed. Never like being rushed. Used to... Used to just cause me... Cause me... Emotional distress.

Yeah, if I had someone saying... Come on, come on, hurry up, hurry up. I can't do it. I don't work that way.

Or someone sitting over me waiting for me to do something. No. I need my own space, my own time.

That's just the way I am. I mean really, even... If I was employed... Doing what I used to do. I'd probably... Even if I was at home on my own doing it.

I'd have to have breaks. And there'd be times when I couldn't work. But I'd probably still end up doing more hours... Than I would if I was in an office.

Because now I'm a dedicated baby. Dedicated to... The followers of fashion. Chris asks me... Shall I do the voices? It's all... You reposted my band... When I joined the group.

What's your favourite type of music? Ah, okay, Chris. Oh, I did repost your band. Trying to think what my type... I'll tell you what.

I can't spell it, but I can say it. Eclectic. I know that's a cop-out.

I think some people... I'm so sophisticated. I'm actually eclectic, don't you know? Now, I don't just stick to one type of music. No.

I'm very much... Very, very much open-minded to all types of... Categories, you know. It's not so much that. It's just I like what I like.

So... I'm not into hip-hop. Or rap. But there's some... Rap songs I really like.

I'm not into country and western. But there's some country and western songs that I absolutely love. And one of my favourite country and western singers... Apart from Dolly Parton... Although, to be fair... I've never really heard a country and western singer... That I didn't like.

That might sound strange, but there's... Nearly every country and western singer that I've heard... I like the way they sing. The... The tone of voice. I don't quite know how to explain it, but I quite like that.

But I'm not into country and western songs, but... I became a little bit... Not obsessed. But I listened to... Basically, what happened... I can't just be straightforward, can I? What happened is this... It was 1990... I think it was 1995. And I borrowed someone's tape.

And it was a Garth Brooks. I think on one side. And something that I wanted to listen to on the other side.

It's something like that. I can't remember exactly. Well, I became very, very pleased... With... Very pleased.

I enjoyed listening to Garth Brooks. It was basically... A load of songs that he did and... I mean, I would say his greatest hits, but... 1995. It seems a long time ago.

For him to... For that to have been his greatest hits. You know, low... People in low places and... All stuff like that. I just... I might have the year wrong.

But... All I know is that I really liked... His singing style and everything like that. So I was very much into Garth Brooks. But at the same time... I mean, I like... There's quite a few artists that cross over, aren't there? I would... I mean, you've got Miley Cyrus that crosses over.

You've got... Blimey. What's her name? Biggest pop star in the world. She crosses over, doesn't she? So she's... You probably know blonde... Most famous... Musician on the planet.

I can't remember her name. Oh well. She crosses over to... Country music as well.

Which explains why she's got thousands of Grammys. And then Dolly Parton, of course. I would argue... I mean, you've got John Denver.

As far as... Still being around, I imagine Dolly Parton's the most famous... Country and Western. Although she... She did 9 to 5, didn't she? And... Jolene. Never understood that song.

Well, I understood the words. But it's like... Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene. I'm begging of you, please don't take my man.

Who... Could take her man? It just seems silly. It's... It's almost like me singing a song about how popular I am with women. It's silly.

And apart from the fact that... No one had a chance of taking her man from her. Which is proof because she stayed with the same man... Since she was like 19 or something, 17. She's still with him.

No one's gonna take her man. Who's gonna be able to compete with Dolly Parton? Like, with the success? With the personality? I mean, she's just like... Phenomenal. No one's gonna be able to... I think I could take her man.

If he met me. I think he'd like me more. Ooh! That's weird.

What's her favourite... Oh yes, I used to listen to this. Oh... My favourite type of music... It's weird because I keep going back to Michael Jackson. At the moment... Probably classical music is my favourite type at the moment.

Because I'm always looking at ways to... Calm my mind. Ways to relax. And... I do like listening to... I quite like listening... I sit down on here.

On the other side of the chair. Means nothing when you can't see it. But it's the other side of the settee.

Not the back of the settee. But the other... Because there's two seats. So the other seat.

Under recline, like I'm here with this... On this side of the settee. Close my eyes and I listen to classical music. And I quite like the... Philharmonica... Philharmonic Orchestra.

Whatever it's called. I like them. Because the quality of the sound is phenomenal.

And they also... They've done quite a few... Albums with other people. I think... I say with other people but... People that have passed away. So they did an album with Elvis Presley.

Did one with... I listened to one by... Buddy Holly as well. So I love Buddy Holly. I love Elvis.

I love The Monkees. I love songs from the 60s, 50s. I even like... I got a little soft spot for... The old, old, old music.

From the old movies. You know like the... I guess... The... Musicals. Because there was... Even though I didn't grow up in the musical era.

The musical movies era. They were pumped on the television. Like... Constantly.

Every weekend there'd be... Especially on Sundays. Because where I lived. In England as well.

When I was a kid. Everything closed on a Sunday. Pretty much.

There was no supermarkets open. The newsagents only opened... For the morning. Then it closed.

So they'd open for people to get their papers. Sunday papers. I think off licenses could open at the same time as pubs.

Pubs were allowed to open for a couple of hours in the morning. 11 till 1 or 11 till 2 maybe. And they were allowed to open again at 5 till 9. Or 5 till 10.

Or 6 till 10. Something like that. So they were only allowed to open a minimal amount of hours on a Sunday.

No supermarkets. No shops. I don't believe... I'm not sure about takeaways.

Or restaurants. Because I didn't really go to restaurants or takeaways. Now things were a lot different in London.

I mean... You've got shops that were open Christmas Day. In London. Like supermarkets.

And all kinds of stuff that were open. Like they were open every day of the year. And then you've got the Chinese... I don't quite understand it.

The Chinese takeaways. Do they all get together on a Tuesday? Because every Chinese takeaway I've ever known. Or not known them.

But I've seen them. Always close on a Tuesday. I lived above one once.

They closed on a Tuesday. And the one up here closes on a Tuesday. In fact I think the chip shop that's owned... It's the same people that own it.

They close on a Tuesday. So I don't know. Is that the... I don't know.

I'm going to check that. Because that's going to bug me now. Let me have a look.

Close on Tuesday. Some Chinese takeaways are closed on Tuesdays. Because Chinese people who knew each other.

Would often meet up on Tuesdays. To catch up and make plans. Wow! I was actually right first time.

They all meet up. No. Some say that this is because every other day is busy for them.

So Tuesday is a day they can take off. To spend time with family and friends. OK.

Here's another one. It says in a video posted to her account. Kim reveals.

I don't know who Kim is. So Chinese takeaways are known to be closed on a Tuesday. Because back a long time ago.

For some reason. Because that is exactly what they just said. Chinese restaurants.

OK. So that's the reason. I looked.

There's more stuff. But basically. That's about everything they've got to say on the matter.

Huh. Maybe they decided Tuesday. People didn't like eating Chinese food on Tuesday.

Perhaps Tuesday is like a quiet day. Maybe Domino's messed it up for them. Because they do two for one on a Tuesday.

Two pizzas for the price of one. And. Maybe.

Maybe the Chinese takeaways. Got annoyed with that. I don't know.

I'm making it up. So what music do I like? The thing is. The amount of times I like to have a Chinese on Tuesday.

In the past. When I used to live above a Chinese takeaway. I like.

I fancy. Because my idea of a Chinese meal. Is this.

I haven't had one for years. Would be an omelette. With chips and peas.

Usually chicken omelette. Chips and peas. And that would be.

My Chinese takeaway. Then as I become more sophisticated. Because.

Obviously you realize. I'm pretty much an aristocrat. And I really.

You know. I am. I am deluded.

I had. I started to experiment. With.

Different types of. Chinese food. Chinese takeaway food.

And I realized that I liked. Having. What are they called? Sweet.

Sweet and sour sauce. I like that. I like sweet and sour sauce.

And I also like. Sea. Well they said chicken.

I think it was seagull. But it's. It was chicken.

But I've never seen a chicken so big. Giant chicken bits. And.

They used to do that. I used to have that. Because I lived just around the corner.

Again. When I was at university. I lived around the corner from a. A Chinese and an Indian restaurant.

Or takeaway. Chinese takeaway. So it was really handy.

So I used to go there. On a Saturday. And get myself.

Was it. Rice with. Egg.

Egg fried rice. Love egg fried rice. Oh yes.

That's no lie. I love egg fried rice. So what I started to do.

I will. I become more worldly. So I'll replace.

The chips. With the egg fried rice. And just have the omelette.

And then they started like. No. I'm not going to do the accent.

Like oh. The. I'm not going to do the accent.

It's not. I just. I like doing accents.

I can't help it. I can't do it. I do an accent.

And. I'm sorry. But we can't give you.

You have to have the chips. But I don't want the chips. But you have to have the chips.

But I don't want the chips. You're gonna. No.

You gotta have the chips. It's like. But I want the omelette.

I want the omelette. I don't want the chips. But I'd like the egg fried rice.

And even though I said. Well just don't give me the chips. Still charge me the same.

I don't care. But just. I don't want the chips.

You've gotta have the chips. Honestly. Like.

Mind you. Oh man. I remember years ago.

I wanted mashed potato. So it was. Sausage.

They did. Sausage and mash. No.

Sausage and mash. No. Pie.

Alright. Sausage and chips. And pie and mash.

And I said. Well I want sausage and mash. They said.

We don't do that. The sausage. You have to pay.

For the sausage and the chips. It is all together. Sausage and chips.

Or pie and mash. If you want mash. You have to have the pie.

But if you want. Sausage. You have to have chips.

I said. Well I want mash. I want sausage and mash.

They said. No. That's wrong.

You can't. I said. It's not wrong.

It's a choice. It's something that I'd like. I've been looking forward.

All my life to this. She said. Really.

Really. I said. OK.

Maybe not. But I would like it. She said.

I'll tell you what I do. I can't. It comes out of the kitchen.

Sausage. With chips. And peas.

That's how it comes out. It comes out of the kitchen. But.

We do. The mash. In this part.

So as you see in the front of the takeaway. So what I can do. Because it was a restaurant as well.

So. I can add you some mashed potato. But I have to charge you.

For that. I said. Fine.

I've done my paying. She said. Good.

Because that's what we're here for. To make money. I didn't get into that conversation.

Because. It seemed a bit silly. And she said.

Oh. OK. So I did that.

She said. Do you want gravy? I said. No.

I'm. Sausages. Why would I have gravy? I'm having tomato ketchup.

She's like. How was I supposed to know that? I'm just asking you. If you want gravy.

Because normally. It comes out with gravy. But mashed potato.

Has gravy on it. Chips. Generally doesn't.

Because we're not from up north. And I thought. That is just rude.

Don't ever go at northern people. If they want to have gravy on their chips. Then that's their problem.

That's not their fault. If they've grown up for that. You know.

Great. Gravy on your chips. Now.

To be fair. The chip van. Does have.

Curry sauce. And I was like. Uh.

No. No. Curry sauce and chips.

You're having a laugh. It turned out. It's really tasty.

But I didn't tell anyone. Because I will not back down. So.

If anyone asks you. I will not eat. Chips.

By the way. If you're in America. Or in another country.

Chips is. You might not know. Fish and chips.

That gives you an example. What I mean by chips. Not.

Not the chips. That we call crisps. In this country.

Uh. Yeah. They're not fries.

Because they're. Although they are fried. Technically they.

Yeah. There's a language barrier. Isn't there.

So. I'll tell you what I didn't realise. Chips.

And mashed potato. What a mix. Who'd have thought.

By mixing potato with potato. Could be such a treat. Weird.

If you've not tried it. Honestly. Give it a go.

Even if it's fries. You know. Uh.

Or whatever. Any fries or chips. Get some mashed potato.

And then. Eat them both at the same time. Especially with.

If you mix in. A tomato ketchup. In with a potato.

Oh. My goodness. What a dream.

Anyway. Um. How did I get talking about.

Sausage and mash. With mashed potato. And chips.

Chinese takeaways. Closing. On a Tuesday.

That's it. How did I get on to talking about. Chinese takeaways.

Closing on a Tuesday. I can't remember. I tried a few different Chinese things.

Um. Chow mein. But generally.

Yeah. I mean. Even.

Like Indian. Indian food. Not really a big Indian food eater.

But I have eaten Indian food. But. What I've noticed.

What I like most of all. Is. I like a really.

Really mild curry. But vegetarian. Because.

What you get. Is you get potatoes. And.

It's really nice. Especially with naan bread. And.

You know. But. Not really.

Not really into the meat. When it comes to. Curries and stuff like that.

I remember my friends wedding. I went. To the local.

It was a. Chinese. No Indian restaurant. Just round the corner.

So I went with another friend. And I think that's the last time. I actually ate.

Ever. No. It's the last time I had a. An Indian.

Yeah. A meal in an Indian restaurant. Wow.

It's. And that was probably. 2009.

That's a long time. That's like 15 years ago. I need to get out more.

Don't I. So. I mean I've got. Lots of different music.

Types. It's not like a specific. Because I like Eminem.

Who I used to like. I like his. Early stuff.

And. I like. You know.

There's even stuff. Wham. George Michael's.

Albums. So I fall in love with. Individual.

Albums. So. You know.

The. There's only one. George Michael album.

That I loved. And that was. The first one he did.

The first. A. Solo album. He did.

Faith. And Madonna. I like the first two albums.

I did. But the next two albums. Were my favorite albums.

That she ever did. True Blue. And.

Living on a prayer. Living on a prayer. Living like a prayer.

Like a prayer. Living a prayer. That one.

And the Cranberries. I liked. The first album they did.

That was popular. But. There's no need to argue.

Anymore. There's no need to argue. That.

Was one of my favorite albums. Of all time. And then.

There's the Smiths. He's making a lot of noise. Isn't he? He's.

He's chomping on something. He's got a treat. So.

Again. My friend. I was listening to his tape.

And it was. The Smiths. Welcome to.

It's a prison name. It's. Not Stonehenge.

Welcome to. Dice. Mace.

Mace. Mish. Welcome.

I'm trying to visualize it. Welcome. To.

No I can't. I can with my eyes open. Funny enough.

That's weird isn't it? Welcome. Anyway. It's a really good song.

Really good album rather. One particular song. I love.

And that's the. Last night. I dreamt that somebody loved me.

And it's just. The lyrics. It's just really good.

It's a really long. Introduction as well. But basically.

Last night. I dreamt. Somebody loved me.

No hurt. No harm. Just another false alarm.

As I. Yeah. I just like. I just like that song.

Welcome. To. Stalemate.

No. It's a really famous prison. In the UK.

Stonehenge. Stonemason. I'll remember it.

I might remember it. Before the end of this recording. Possibly.

Maybe. What other music. Things like Buddy Holly.

I was all about his greatest hits. Really. Because he was.

You know. I was listening to him in the early 80s. Well.

Maybe 83. And. He'd been gone for like.

25 years at that point. Can't believe how. Prolific he was.

In such a short time. Such a. Tiny amount of time. Nobody.

I don't think. In the history of music. I mean.

The Beatles were very prolific as well. Weren't they? Let's face it. But.

I don't think anyone produced. Maybe. Maybe the Beatles did produce more.

But. In such a. Tiny amount of time. Buddy Holly.

Produced. So many great songs. It was.

Yeah. Phenomenal. But then look what the Beatles did.

They produced. Just. Wow.

But then I like. ABC. Wow.

See that one. But then I remember. Boyz II Men.

If I'm correctly. They came out around the same time. Or they hit it big.

Around the same time. As. Tracey Braxton.

Tracey Braxton. Stacey Braxton. Tracey Braxton.

And. The weird thing about it. No.

She did. I'm never gonna breathe again. That one.

All I can say thinking about. About the way you make me feel. All I can say making me feel.

About the way you make me feel. I remember hearing it. I think it was.

Kind of like. The beginning of. Ninety four.

End of ninety three. Beginning of ninety four. And I love that song.

And also. End of the road. With Boyz II Men.

I love that song as well. The thing is. I really.

I follow Tracey Braxton. A little bit. I like the.

Unbreak my heart. Say you love me again. And that was around.

I was listening to that. About ninety six. Now I didn't know.

That the best. Well my favorite song. She ever produced.

I've never really heard of. Before. But it was called.

There must be an angel. Or something. There must be an angel.

Do do do. Now what is it. Well I can't stop thinking about.

About the way you make me feel. You know. How can an angel.

Break my heart. That's it. Well how can an angel.

Break my heart. It's really good. Such a great song.

And then. People like Mariah Carey. Her early stuff.

Loved. Loved everything she did really. During the.

Like the early nineties. Really. Loved.

Loved. When I know she was around. In the late eighties as well.

But just. Yeah I loved. All the stuff she did.

Wheatley Houston. So there's certain albums. I've never really been.

Into any of. Mariah Carey's albums. I don't think I've ever even.

Owned an album from her. I don't own any albums anymore. But.

There's certain albums. That I used to own. So Michael Jackson.

Everything from. Off the wall. All the way through to.

Pretty much what he did. So off the wall. Thriller.

Dangerous. Dangerous was in. Ninety one.

And then history was. Ninety five. And the last one.

I bought of his. I think I did buy. The ghost one.

But. Invincible was really. His last.

Album. Pretty much. I know he did that.

This is it. But that was. Kind of.

Post humorously. Or whatever. So.

Off the wall. Thriller. Dangerous.

History. And. Invincible.

So those five albums. Are the ones. That I kind of.

Think of. When I think of him. But I've.

More recently discovered. Ben. The album.

I love every song on that. Album. And that was when he was a kid.

And. Didn't even. Obviously.

I've heard of Ben. But I didn't know. Some of those other songs.

I really like them. So. If you can.

Was it. If you can change. One small thing.

And. Was it. The lyrics.

There is something. That I just like. Yeah.

And. I kind of. I kind of.

Get that. If you can make a difference. Really.

Might not be able to change. The world. But if you can.

Change. You can make it. Make a difference.

For one person. You can. Do something.

So yeah. Brilliant. I love those album.

That. That album. So that's like.

Six albums of his. And. There was another album.

That I used to really like. But I could never be. Enough to get a hold of it.

And it was a mix. Michael Jackson mix. Or Jackson 5 mix.

And it was. I got it in. Nineteen.

Eighty. Seven. And it's basically a mix of all of his.

Hits. From when he was a kid. But.

I had it. I think it was a double album. And.

Never seen it. In his discography. Like you know on Wikipedia.

It just doesn't seem to be there. Very strange. So.

Favorite type of music. Like the Cranberries. Love the Cranberries.

I think she's. I would argue that maybe. She had.

One of the greatest voices. Ever. Yeah to me personally.

Loved. The Cranberries voice. Her voice.

Just. Phenomenal. But they did a couple of albums.

I preferred the. I said no need to argue. But then.

You got Whitney. Only liked three of her albums. The first two.

Loved them. Loved the first one I could listen to. Over and over again.

Never get sick of it. Just love it. Love the album.

It reminds me. Of the 90s. Even though.

Because it came out. In the 80s. Because the old.

Saving all my love. For you. Was.

About 85. Time. So I remember that.

I remember seeing them on TV. But the whole. I didn't really.

Listen to that album. Until about 91. For some reason.

I started listening to it. And I also had the other album. Which she had.

Which was. I think it was just called. Whitney.

And it's where she's. Oh I want to dance with somebody. I want to feel the heat.

With somebody. Oh. And.

That's when she said that she was. Bigger than Jesus. And she got a little bit of slack.

For that. Little bit of. She's put on the naughty step.

For a little while. Which is. It's the same thing.

I think John Lennon said. A similar thing as well. In the 60s.

Or 70s. So. Those two albums.

Of hers. Are my favourite. However.

The Bodyguard. I remember I got a. Like a pirated copy of the Bodyguard. It was like.

Two pound or something. For a tape. Good quality.

It just. It was just not. From a shop.

It's like 50 years ago. So. Sorry.

I didn't know. I thought it was genuine. It played.

And. I fell in love with that album. Just because of.

I bought it. Because of. I. The.

Yeah. The. The song.

The main song. Of that movie. I will always love you.

Hoo. Hoo. But I didn't realise.

That the best song on that album. Was. Well to me.

The best. My favourite song was. I have nothing.

I have nothing. Nothing. Nothing.

If I don't. Have. You.

Hoo. That was. By far.

Probably. My favourite song she ever did. And.

But the first two albums. I don't. I'm not a big fan of the.

I want to dance with somebody. Because I. I think for me. My songs that I liked.

That she did. Most were the love songs. The ballads.

The slow ones. That was my favourite songs that she did. And.

Yeah. So the first two albums. I could listen to them.

Well I will listen to them. You know. For as long as I can.

Listen to the. To the first one. Probably at least once a week.

But I also like. Yeah. I like.

R&B as well. So. You know.

R Kelly. Perhaps he's. Not as popular as he used to be.

He did some great songs. What. What a voice.

But anyway. Let's move on from that. He.

There was others. That I really. Really.

Really like. That I've listened to. And again.

It's kind of love songs. I like love songs. Yeah.

I quite like love songs. So I probably spent enough time on that one. Yeah.

So I like lots of different types. Hillary asks. You said you had a sister recently.

I thought you only had brothers. I've got a stepsister and a stepbrother. I've got three.

Technically if we're going to be. Yeah I suppose. I've got two brothers.

Same parents. One brother. With the same dad.

And. A brother and a sister from. His third marriage.

But I've known him since they. Well since. I don't know.

1988. 89. It's been a long time.

I've known him. Over 12 years. It's a long time.

So yeah. I just. I was calling my sister.

Because. I remember years ago. Someone.

Called my little brother. My half brother. I was so annoyed at that.

I mean I was at school. When they said it to me. It was a teacher.

Bit rude wasn't it. I wasn't a teacher. But I was like.

School age. And said something about your half brother. Like.

Why would you. Call. Why would you.

Why would you call someone's brother. Your half brother. What.

Yeah it's true. I mean it's. It's factual.

But it's a bit rude isn't it. It's like. Why.

You know. If this was a Facebook comment. I get the amount of people.

If I was posting this on a normal Facebook. The amount of people who would disagree with that. And they post it.

Yeah there's nothing wrong with that. It's just correct. Blah blah blah blah.

Blah blah blah. Wow. I have to.

Really sometimes. I nearly get sucked in. I nearly get sucked off.

To those things. Where I just. I read the comments.

And I nearly reply. Nearly reply. But I don't in the end.

But it's like. Oh. Because.

The arguments. Is even. I mean I can't believe sometimes.

The. I saw. I was watching something on.

I think it might be in Facebook. And. It was.

It was showing someone. With a severe disability. Playing the piano.

Or. Maybe singing. Or playing the piano.

Something like that. And it was a kid. A kid.

Like a little kid. A 10 year old or something. I think no.

I think she's blind. And she's singing or something like that. And it's a really heartwarming video.

Little video. And I don't know if it was. On one of the.

One of the talent shows. I don't remember. Like so many nice comments.

Oh. Oh it's inspirational. It's beautiful.

Like just what I was thinking. It's such a lovely. It's warm.

Feeling kind of time. And then. The horrible comments came.

I just couldn't believe it. It's like why. I'm not going to repeat the horrible comments.

But it's like why. Why would you write stuff like that. It's.

I know it's trolling. But. It's.

It's cruel. That's what it is. This is like why.

What. Possible. And you know.

Some people actually do feel. Think that way. They actually.

Really do believe. Because there's negative people out there that are. Proper negative.

And I don't really. I've been negative in. You know when I've been depressed and stuff.

Yes. I don't have. I've not had a huge amount of.

Positivity when I'm in that. In that mode. But like day to day.

Generally. I'm not. I wouldn't say I'm a negative person.

Generally. I hope. I hope I'm not.

But I know people. That. I spoke to someone the other day.

And they were talking about. We were just talking about how someone was really friendly. Really friendly.

You know. Person. And he said you know.

Anyone would be friendly if they were rich. It's easy to be friendly. If you're rich.

And I thought. It doesn't even make sense. I suppose on a level it does.

But. I've known. Only.

Probably two people that were wealthy. In my entire life. Really.

I guess I probably have. Yeah I've met a few probably but. Maybe a few if three.

Possibly. Possibly. And.

So we just. I'm not going to talk about them but it's like. The amount of people I've known that haven't had anything.

Literally. Didn't have any money. Just were working.

Doing. The sort of same kind of job that I was doing during the 90s. Just to earn a living.

Like literally getting paid pennies practically. And they were friendly. They were nice.

So. The whole kind of. It doesn't.

What's up Vinnie? Making some weird noises. Very strange sounds coming from you today. He's not distracted anymore because.

He's finished his treat. So now he's listening. To the sounds outside.

Aren't you Vinnie? You're listening. For an excuse to start barking. I know you.

So yeah anyway. The question. What was the question? Yeah I've got a sister yeah.

So I just call her my sister. I've known her since she was like. Seven years old.

And she's now. Sixty three or something. So yeah.

She's. That's why I call her my sister really. It's just easier.

Step sister. Step sister is probably the correct term isn't it? That was a quick answer wasn't it? Jen. Asks me.

If you could time travel. Would you go back or forward? I think I had a similar question to this before. But I can't remember.

I lose. I don't remember. Really anything I've ever said.

Would I go backwards or forwards? OK. I'm going to answer this question. And I want to put the power.

I'm going to put my own parameters around it. I can only do one journey. OK.

I can only do one journey. But. I can come back.

Because. If. Yeah.

The thing is my question would be if I go forward. Do I age? If I go backwards do I. De-age or whatever the correct term is. So do I become younger? If I go back to 1990.

Will I be. Or 19. Like physically.

Or if I go forward 10 years. Will I be. 25.

Or whatever age I'll be. So that would be. So let's say if I don't.

I stay the same age. And I can just go forward or backwards to observe. I've.

I'd be interested in going backwards. But the good thing about. We've got a lot of history books.

We've got a lot of. Knowledge and a lot of information about the past. And especially the last.

Like 100 years. Ever since we've had film and. Audio and stuff like that.

Which is ridiculous when you think. That we haven't had it that long. You know this.

What I'm doing now. Hasn't been around that long. In the human race.

You know. Recording a voice. It's not.

It's not an old thing. It's considered. There's probably no one alive now.

That was alive. When this first started. But it's.

You know. If you know this. My granddad.

My grand. My granddad's father. Would be able to remember a time.

When there was no records. No audio tape. No movies.

You know. That was generations ago. In human lives.

So. That wasn't the question. So yeah.

I think because we've got so much information about the past. We've got zero information about the future. It's all guesswork.

And I do watch a lot of YouTube videos. About how the future is going to be. Especially concerning.

AI and. World events and potential. Stuff that might happen.

Which is not always. Particularly good to. Really watch but hey.

I'm interested in the social events. To a degree. So anyway what I would do.

I'd go into the future. And. But I'd go into the future.

In my. Lifespan. So I'd be quite interested.

If I could only do one journey. He's making some weird noises. This is his tummy.

For ten years. Possibly 20 years. Because I want to see.

What the advancements. Are. I'd like to see.

How you know. What can be done. What what progress we make as human beings.

That that interests me. Greatly. So that that'd be something.

I'll be very much interested in going. So going forward. It's not that.

I'd necessarily want to find out. About my own life. I just want to find out.

About the world. And yeah. I just.

Yeah it's not necessarily like. I want to go forward 10 years. Or 20 years to see whether or not.

I ever actually. I don't know. Meet meet someone.

And have a relationship again or. He's making some very strange. Noises.

I might need a toilet. You're right Vinnie. You're right mate.

Then. You're okay. I think he's.

Did you scoff that up a bit too quickly. Yeah I think you might have done. So yeah.

I go into the future. And that's why just to see. What things are like maybe.

He's really distracted movies. Weird noises. So yeah I just go forward.

That's what I would do. Because I'd love to see what's going to happen. Jenny asks.

How old were you when you got your first job. My first job. Well I can answer that two ways.

Because I had my first job was a part time job. And. It was as a paper boy.

Or paper person. Back then it was only boys that did that. In my area anyway.

But paper boy. And I think I was 12 or 11. Vinnie you're worrying me.

You're okay mate. You're right. He doesn't normally make these weird noises.

So yeah I had a paper job. I think it was. Early mornings.

So I did that. And then I did. Yeah so that was it.

And then I also had a job. Washing dishes in a restaurant. I'm not sure.

I'm not sure which was the first I had. The paper round. Or the washing dishes.

And then I went into the bakery. And did weekends. So I used to wash dishes in the evenings.

Sometimes on a Saturday night and stuff. Or during the weekends as well. But.

When I started working in the bakehouse. Which was the bakery part. It'd only be on a Saturday and a Sunday morning.

Apart from during summer holidays. I'd be there like every day. Well.

I'd be there like maybe not every day. But like maybe five days a week. And.

So that was yeah. And paper round. I think the paper round the evening.

The morning paper round was the first job I had. I also did. Monthly deliveries.

Leaflets and stuff like that. And. I think my last paper round delivery job.

Was an evening. Until I left school. Just before I left school.

But my first job. My real first. Full time job.

Was working in the chip shop. And. I started there at the age of 15.

So. I left. I hadn't left school yet really.

So I think what happened is. Well I know what happened is. We had the chat.

My dad gave me the chat about. What you're going to do. And.

I didn't want to think about what I was going to do. Because I was still at school. I didn't.

Didn't really have any. Any thoughts about what I was going to do. To be honest with you.

And. But then I thought OK. He said.

Because if. Because I was leaving school with no. Qualifications.

I didn't really. I mean I did do some exams but. I didn't.

Really get very far with them. I. I wanted to prove him wrong. I think he said that you might struggle.

To get a job. If because you haven't. Because I didn't put any effort in at school.

That was very evident. And I think my attitude. I was 15.

I probably had a bit of an attitude and. He said you know you. Need to start looking at getting a job.

So I thought OK. I'll show him. And I went out and I got a job within about half an hour.

In a chip shop. Which was in town just up the road. And they had like a sign help wanted.

So I went in there and. They said well. Looking for someone to take on.

This is April or March. 1986. And I was.

16 at the end of August. So it's quite a long time before my 16th birthday. So I was still at school.

They let me work. At the weekends to start with. Like just on a couple of evenings and maybe on a Saturday.

During the day. And then the deal was I was going to work and get paid. All through the summer.

And when I got to September. I'd go on to the YTS scheme and get paid £26 a week. Go to college once a day.

And but before that. That whole period I was getting paid £60 a week. For working.

And. I was rich. Because I had no rent to pay.

No food to buy. You know everything. It was brilliant.

Never had that much money in my life. But it didn't last very long. Vinnie are you alright mate? Have some water or something.

Are you okay? Are you alright? Are you hungry? Do you want your num nums? Do you want num nums? Do you want to go out? Do you need to do a poo or something? Huh? So yeah that's it really. To start with I was quite happy because I was earning good money. £60 a week.

Couldn't argue with that. And. The first thing I bought was a samurai sword.

Bless. Because I was still into the martial arts at that time. But.

Everything kind of went a bit wrong after that. As far as like. Family stuff so.

And to go from earning £60 a week. Because you know during that period of earning £60 a week. I was able to buy myself clothes.

Decent clothes you know. £60 wasn't a bad amount of money. I could buy myself.

New shoes and. I even went on dates. With a girlfriend.

I went on dates and stuff. Took her out for a restaurant. I was doing alright actually.

And it wasn't a huge amount of money. But considering I didn't have to really pay out anything. I was eating when I was at work.

And I was getting food when I was at home. So I didn't you know I didn't have to really pay out anything. No rent or anything.

Up to at that point. And then I went on £26 a week in August. Beginning of September.

And then at. In March. 87.

So what September. October November December January February March. So yeah six months later.

I was living above the chip shop in the flat. And I was paying £40 a week rent. So I had to do extra hours.

To get to £47 a week. And £7 a week to live on. And to you know.

I still got to eat when I was at work. So it's not like I went hungry or anything really. But.

Yeah so it wasn't. And I had to do my laundry with that £7. That had to cover the costs of everything.

So it was it wasn't. It wasn't very easy to be fair but. The first.

What March. April May June July August. The first five months were brilliant.

It was great. £60 a week. Cash.

I'd never felt so rich. So that was nice. And but yeah.

So that was my first job. I feel nostalgic about it. I do talk about it a fair bit I think.

I've had a lot of jobs. A lot. Like a lot.

Over the years. And never able to hold one down. But.

I stuck that one for two years. And it was a difficult period you know. Difficult difficult time.

But I managed to keep it for two years. And it just shows you how patient my boss was. Because.

I wasn't the easiest person to. To. Manage.

I think most. Most of my employers would probably say that. You know in the past.

I wasn't always easy. To. I was perhaps a bit of a pain sometimes.

Bit rude. Bit gobby. I was reliable.

Generally. You know I'd turn up for work. In them days.

It was quite. Quite hard not to when you live upstairs. To be fair.

But. That kind of changed a bit. I was.

I was quite dedicated to the work I did. Until. I kind of.

Didn't feel so good. And then the mood. Mood wise.

And then it changed. So yeah. So that was a very first full time job.

But the part time job would probably be. Either the. Morning paper round.

Delivering people's papers. Or the. Yeah working.

Washing up. Dishes. Plates and stuff.

So that was one of them. Maybe it was at the same time. I quite like working.

To be honest. You know. And that was when I was at school.

I enjoyed it. I liked. I didn't really like getting up super early.

But. There was something nice. Especially in the summer.

Walking. I don't know. Because I think it was five o'clock in the morning.

On a Sunday. Or was it. Five o'clock on a Saturday.

Five. It was six o'clock and five o'clock starts. On a Saturday and Sunday morning in the bakehouse.

In the bakery. And we'd finish about midday. Maybe one o'clock in the afternoon.

Probably about middayish. And. I still remember that.

That feeling of just walking. Along. Because it wasn't far to travel.

At all. Just the end of the road down a hill when I was there. But just walking towards the sea.

Especially during the summer. Beautiful. Beautiful weather.

Like it's bright you know six o'clock in the morning. Five o'clock in the morning. And I'd always be there before everybody else.

I'd be standing on the beach waiting for them to get there. I say always. But quite often I'd be there first.

But then I'd probably live closest. So yeah. I quite liked that.

And. Roger was the boss of the bakehouse. And he was brilliant.

So lovely. Really. Just.

Lovely man. So he was one of the best bosses I ever had. Like my whole life.

One of the best. Because he was so lovely. I never did you know.

He put up with me. Never had a reason to tell me off ever. And I probably gave him plenty of reasons.

But he never did. It's. Yeah.

It's weird isn't it. Well it's not weird but I really. I quite liked that job.

But I just. I was never great at getting up early. I struggled a little bit at getting up in the morning.

That's why I gave the early morning paper round up. Because it was a time when I did the early morning paper round. Evening paper round.

Weekend paper delivery. And a monthly delivery. Leaflets.

So I'd be full on. You know that's when I was at school. And eventually I gave all of them up.

Except the evening paper round. Because. It was a bit too much.

I was going to. Here's a joke. Here's a joke okay.

I gave it up because it was affecting my school work. Yeah. Yeah right.

Oh dear. Blimey. Do I have a. Okay that's that one.

Diana. Do you have a favourite royal? My favourite royal will always be. Princess Diana.

And the Queen. You know the. Okay I shouldn't say the proper Queen.

But Queen Elizabeth. The only Queen that I had throughout my entire life. So those were the two royals that.

There was a Queen. Diana Claster is the Queen. She'll always be the Queen.

Even though she's no longer with us. And Princess Diana. Princess of Wales.

She'll always be the Princess of Wales. To me. I know that Prince William's wife is now the Princess of Wales.

I don't. Yeah. It's just.

Yeah but. So the two that are not here anymore. They're my favourites.

They were my favourites. But Princess Diana. Pretty much above everyone.

Because I grew up. As a little kid grew up like. Late 70s early 80s.

And she was just. So. On the news all the time.

Just watching her marriage. Live on TV. And yeah.

And. I always thought. Harry was pretty cool.

Or William and Harry. Both of them. They both seemed quite.

Quite nice people. As they grew up and everything. So yeah.

Yeah. And they've just both. See I don't really follow the roles anymore.

And I don't. I don't really know much about. The wives.

I know that they're married. I know one's married to Meghan. And one's married to.

I can't remember her name. But. Yeah.

I just hope they're happy. That's it really. I don't really.

Yeah I don't really do royalty. I'm not that bothered about it all. It's not.

It is. I keep up with it as far as. You know I know who's who.

Generally. I don't know. I do know.

One's wife. I know what she looks like but I can't remember what her name is. Marie.

Or something. I can't remember it's terrible isn't it. Kate.

That's it Kate. Kate Middleton wasn't it I think. So yeah.

I remember that and. Harry as well. It's weird because I've watched them grow up.

But not in the public eye I mean. I'm not like. Sitting in a. Literally.

From being born to where they are now. So you know. Princess Diana coming out of hospital holding.

Prince William. A little baby. And then Harry.

And then just seeing them like pictures of them in a newspaper and on the news. Just. Little kids and then getting bigger and bigger and.

Yeah. It's weird and seeing them go into the army. And.

Seeing the papers. Just having a field day with them. Especially with.

Prince Harry. They really because he was. Probably the more mischievous one out of the two.

And he got a bit of a. Quite a bit of flack from the press. Yeah. Still does doesn't he.

So. I do wonder if they'd if they'd have done that if he was the older brother. Because you know he's next to be king.

Prince William. So if Harry was next to be king would they be given in as much flack as they do. The press.

Because. Ultimately even though Prince. King Charles now but Prince Charles.

When he was Prince Charles. Even though he. He was quite known for talking to plants and.

Some of his ecological ecological ideas or whatever. And they did not make fun of him. But they did this kind of there was a limit to how far they would go.

In the newspapers. Because. Future monarch.

Well. The current monarch now. Prince William will be the king.

In the next. 20 years I guess. Possibly.

Yeah. Very likely the next 20 years. Prince William will be the king William.

And. Then. The next in line will be Prince William's king.

Prince William's oldest son. Whoever that is. So yeah.

So that's. Princess Diana. That's the answer.

And then the Queen. Because. I used to like the Queen's husband Prince Philip.

Because he was quite outspoken and he didn't care. And I quite quite like that. And.

Other royals. Yeah Prince Harry. I've always liked Prince Harry and Prince William.

They always seem you know I've seen them interviewed and they talk about. Especially like mental health issues. Charities and stuff like that and then there's the Invicta games and.

They both have done their own thing and. The. Yeah.

Yeah. I like I think they're cool. And I think Megan's cool and so is.

Harriet Princess Harriet or. Kate Kate sorry Princess Kate. She's I think they're they're all they're all not all seem quite nice you know.

I've never met them so I don't know really. And I don't don't generally watch interviews or any of the Netflix stuff about the royals or anything like that. I've seen some things on the news and some.

You know when they're opening a new charity and things like that. And I always come across. Nice but I do wonder that the accent though.

Is very. Yeah. Very kind of.

I'm surprised. That they talk like that. Just.

Because they're in the army or the I think they're in the Marines or whatever but. They'd have been around a lot of people that were. Common like me.

But they still got the the posh. Accent which. Believe it or not not many people actually speak like that in this country.

It's rare it's not even. It's no longer an accent in this country really. It's just really.

The. The royals and some some people. It's like a different a different language really.

I guess. I'm posh. Generally I would say I'm quite posh.

I'm sure you'd agree. But yeah. So that's all the questions answered see I got straight to it.

You didn't think I would did you. No you didn't. But I did.

Got it straight to it. And. I thought.

Yeah I'll just do the questions answer the questions. Really quickly. Okay maybe not like really quickly but.

Yeah. I feel really pleased with myself. Really proud.

So I'm going to take the Finster. To the toilet. I'm going to take him in the garden.

See if he needs a toilet. Because he was making some weird noises I think he might have upset his tummy. By chomping down that thing too quickly.

And. I'll get him some food. Because maybe he's hungry as well you know you never know.

And. I will edit. And upload this recording.

First thing in the morning tomorrow morning on Saturday. It's Friday night now it's half past seven so I've done. I've done my bit for the day to be honest.

I don't want to do no more. No. So thank you for listening.

Remember to be kind to yourself. Lots of love. Bye.

Bye. I just realised Vinnie didn't bark once throughout the whole recording. Wow.

See ya.