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Don told me, "We have had some incredible storms here over the past few weeks\u2026.on the Wirral Peninsula where I live there is a place called New Brighton which is on the coast and it has just been rebuilt after previous storm damage\u2026.so what have they built \u2026cafes and huge department stores\u2026which all got flooded out\u2026..in 1979 the same thing happened\u2026the tide destroyed a ballroom (which was attached to New Brighton Baths)\u2026I know\u2026because my band were playing there on that night\u2026it needs a bit more sea defences because it will happen again\u2026\n \nStonehenge has had a facelift\u2026.you could drive past up until recently but not any more\u2026.they have taken down the small visitor centre and replaced it with a fancy new one\u2026at a cost of \u2026wait for it 27 million pounds!!.......I don\u2019t know how these people arrive at these figures\u2026it\u2019s a bunch of rocks for goodness sake\u2026but no doubt someone will be making a load of money.\n \nOur MPs have come under some criticism regarding \u201csigning in\u201d to Parliament\u2026apparently if they \u201csign in\u201d they get paid\u2026even if they are only there for a few minutes\u2026..a radio presenter was on and said that he interviewed an MP who \u201csigned in\u201d before he came to his programme\u2026which meant the MP must have simply gone in and out\u2026.along with their 11% rise and all the expenses scandals you\u2019d think they would learn wouldn\u2019t you\u2026.\n \nThe words \u201cdress code\u201d really get up my nose\u2026.nowadays you get an invite to a wedding and the \u201cdress code\u201d is \u201cblack tie\u201d\u2026.which means you have to fork out for a dinner SUIT followed by a present\u2026followed by drinks at extortionate rip off prices followed by bed and breakfast\u2026.it\u2019s bad enough being invited to a wedding reception of someone you hardly know without being taken to the cleaners by some overpriced hotel cashing in on snob value\u2026.but it\u2019s their big day so that\u2019s alright\u2026.there\u2019s a hotel not far from here where you can pay up to \xa3500 for a bottle of champagne\u2026are they havin\u2019 a laugh or what?\n \nRock and Roll is still very much alive on Merseyside\u2026despite our ages\u2026Harry Prytherch (once the drummer in the Remo Four) had a Xmas bash at Fort Perch Rock last Sunday afternoon which was great fun\u2026the actual venue is a cellar so it was shoulder to shoulder\u2026they had three bands on and a good time was had by all\u2026.then we had our Cheshire Cats party last Wednesday\u2026rockin\u2019 from 8.30 til 11.45\u2026all the money goes to kids charities \u2026great stuff\u2026we can be checked out on www.thecheshirecats.co.uk .....we can still ROCK\u2026providing we have a lie down afterwards\u2026