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From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts – Fox Tossing

Fox Tossing Fox tossing was a competitive blood sport popular in parts of Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries. It involved throwing live foxes and other animals high into the air. It was practiced by members of the aristocracy in an enclosed patch of ground or in a courtyard, using slings with a person on each end to catapult the animal upwards.Continue reading “From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts – Fox Tossing”

FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Whiskey Headed Woman’ Seasick Steve & Eric Corton

Steven Gene Wold (néLeach, 19 March 1951), commonly known as Seasick Steve, is an American bluesmusician. Eric Corton (born 11 January 1969 in Oosterbeek) is a Dutch presenter, actor, author and diskjockey.  Don MatthewsJanuary 2022

Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Repetitive

Write something incorporating the word ‘repetitive’. Should you accept, go forth. Show your creative juices I accept.Here goes…. Trixxy and Lexxy are hussy buddiesTrixxy has never been happy with her footwear ODE TO REPETITIVE Trixx you keep complaining‘Bout your spike heel shoesYou keep on, so repetitive(They help get us free booze) They’re killing me Lexx……Continue reading “Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Repetitive”

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts – ‘Tom’s Diner’, Karl Brandenburg and MP3

When compact discs were introduced in 1982, consumers marveled at the amount of information they could store. For every three-minute song, a CD uses about 32 megabytes of data. But that size proved to be unwieldy in the early, pokey days of the Internet. Using an old, dial-up modem, it might take eight hours toContinue reading “From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts – ‘Tom’s Diner’, Karl Brandenburg and MP3”

FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Jumping at Shadows’ (Peter Green) Gary Moore

Peter Allen Greenbaum (29 October 1946 – 25 July 2020), known professionally as Peter Green, was an English blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. As the founder of Fleetwood Mac, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Robert William Gary Moore (4 April 1952 – 6 February 2011) was a Northern Irish musician, singer and songwriter. Over the course of hisContinue reading “FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Jumping at Shadows’ (Peter Green) Gary Moore”