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b'The BBC blanket coverage of the build up to the royal wedding was totally ridiculous ...it started a 6 a.m and connsisted of several presenters standing in various positions along the route trying to get us all exited by interviewing onlookers and showing the same piece of film of Harry shaking hands with members of the public over and over again....then it was "now here is the news headlines"...and off they go telling us that it was the day of the royal wedding...plus a bit about the cup final...then back into the street...not a mention of ANYTHING else going on in the world....mind you I have come to expect this third class reporting from the BBC.\\n\\nThen we had the wedding which you HAD to watch ... it was interesting to say the least....I thought the preacher guy was great...all that was missing was James Brown moonwalking on...."HAVE YOU SEEN THE LIGHT".....and you have to love Harry...what a great lad he is,\\n\\n2.Still on the subject of the royals...I watched the spoof programme called The Windsors .. The Royal Wedding...which was a mickey take of the family and to be quite honest was a disgrace...it was unfunny and insulting....I am not a royalist but I don\'t like fun being made out of those who can\'t answer back....I don\'t know how channel 4 gets away with this tripe...good job Henry The Eighth is no longer around...they would find themselves in the Tower....I have a good sense of humour which was not required for this nonsense.\\n\\n3.We have the tall Ships back again this year with the wonderful parade of sail down The Mersey which is always a spectacular sight...this encouraged me to watch a video I made of the event in 2008 when Liverpool was the capital of culture ....and I was reminded of s situation which I had captured on film...it was some bloke who had converted his Ford Fiesta into an amphibious craft...he was in the river travelling at about 5 mph...against a current of 10 mph....so he wasn\'t making much progress...and with the complete collection of Tall Ships in his rear view mirror (which he was drifting backwards towards) a rescue was required...so out comes the lifeboat...a helicopter...and a beach patrol jet ski...who managed to get him out of the way so the parade of sail could get under way....so funny...and what an idiot.\\n\\n4.And on the same subject I watched a programme called Cruises From Hell where nightmare situations were captured on camera showing the unpredictability and power of the sea...to take a boat (or a converted car) on to a river you have to know the rules especially if the river is tidal...I\'ve seen people get into all sorts of trouble...for example when the tide is travelling in the same direction as the wind things can look quite calm...but when the tide changes and flows against the wind everything changes...and you have to know that or you\'ll have problems...and rivers don\'t recognise bravado.\\n\\n5.The song this week takes us oldies back to our younger days which seemed to vanish so quickly...it is called Taxi To The Past and is a track off my DooWop Album....should bring back a few memories.'