Howard Eastman

Hellephant · Post by **Hellephant** » 13 Jan 2004, 10:06

"The venue for Howard Eastman's European middleweight title defense was confirmed today as the Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham, England, on January 30th"

Where the hell is this place where Howard Eastman will fight Sendra?
Anywhere near London?

Lugh · Post by **Lugh** » 13 Jan 2004, 11:09

Dagenham is in Essex - one of the most picturesque counties in England - only an hour Max from London, it boasts some of the sweetest and prettiest villages in the country: Romford and Grays to name but two.

The Essex people are also famously friendly - particularly the Ladies, whose Beaty and intelligence is near legendary in the UK. An Essex Man (as they are affectionately known) will almost certainly hail you with the greeting "Oi Mate, wot's your fackin problem ven, you cant".

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 13 Jan 2004, 11:33

Lugh wrote:Dagenham is in Essex - one of the most picturesque counties in England - only an hour Max from London, it boasts some of the sweetest and prettiest villages in the country: Romford and Grays to name but two.

The Essex people are also famously friendly - particularly the Ladies, whose Beaty and intelligence is near legendary in the UK. An Essex Man (as they are affectionately known) will almost certainly hail you with the greeting "Oi Mate, wot's your fackin problem ven, you cant".

ha ha!!! thats pretty funny!!

Dagenham is about 15 miles/25 km east from central london!!
are you coming by car or train? from where??

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 13 Jan 2004, 11:42

Ah yes, and who could forget the joy's of Colchester, the most ancient town in England, and preserved in all it's quaint historical glory.....a delightful garrison town, full of hale and heart men of the armed services, ready to greet you with open arms and regale you with stories of their armed combat training, just before kicking the shit out of you...

I had the terrible misfortune to go to Uni in Essex, and lived in Colchester for 4 years......what a waste of 4 years.

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 13 Jan 2004, 11:51

jamesmcdonnell wrote:Ah yes, and who could forget the joy's of Colchester, the most ancient town in England, and preserved in all it's quaint historical glory.....a delightful garrison town, full of hale and heart men of the armed services, ready to greet you with open arms and regale you with stories of their armed combat training, just before kicking the shit out of you...

I had the terrible misfortune to go to Uni in Essex, and lived in Colchester for 4 years......what a waste of 4 years.

hey thats where i went!!!!!! when were you there??

one can enjoy the tremendous generosity of the towns ladies in the fine entertainment establishment known as the "hippodrome". Where the town folk flaunt their goods and the towns gentlemen cruise by in splendidly ornate vehicles

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 13 Jan 2004, 11:53

And the delights of Oscar's full of genteel tradesfolk and apothacaries selling their strange and wonderful potions and herbs....

I left in 1996...or 1995, can't remember which.....

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 13 Jan 2004, 12:02

i left in 1996..... quite enjoyed my days there...
£20 for gym membership for the year.... 9 hours lectures a week..

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 13 Jan 2004, 12:04

I wonder if I ever met you....

Do you remember a society there called 'The friends of Amsterdam' they used to run loads of e-fuelled parties on the campus, as well as trips to Amsterdam.

I must admit, I never went anywhere near the gym......did you do any boxing at Essex, there was a guy called Keith there, black dude I used to know who I think was an amateur boxer there.

Who did you used to knock about with?

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 13 Jan 2004, 12:08

jamesmcdonnell wrote:I wonder if I ever met you....

Do you remember a society there called 'The friends of Amsterdam' they used to run loads of e-fuelled parties on the campus, as well as trips to Amsterdam.

I must admit, I never went anywhere near the gym......did you do any boxing at Essex, there was a guy called Keith there, black dude I used to know who I think was an amateur boxer there.

Who did you used to knock about with?

Didnt box up there, but the little black dude who used to run security in the dance hall was quite a decent boxer/kick boxer.

The old gym used to have a punch bag in which i used occasionally

Who did i hang out with?? Generally at the soul society do's.
incidentally watched Benn v Eubank 2 on my first week at essex!!!
i do indeed remember the friends of amsterdam

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 13 Jan 2004, 12:12

Hang on, the Soul Soc do's, who did you know there, I used to know the people who ran it pretty well, I knew Alfred, Chris, Rodney (who didn't run it), I was at the soul soc do's all the time.

I also ran an RnB/Hip Hop thing called PHAT, did quite a few parties at which the soul society people used to play......

knockout artist · Post by **knockout artist** » 13 Jan 2004, 12:13

Dagenham is about 22 stops on the District Line from Victoria, if I remember correctly.

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 13 Jan 2004, 12:15

jamesmcdonnell wrote:Hang on, the Soul Soc do's, who did you know there, I used to know the people who ran it pretty well, I knew Alfred, Chris, Rodney (who didn't run it), I was at the soul soc do's all the time.

I also ran an RnB/Hip Hop thing called PHAT, did quite a few parties at which the soul society people used to play......

yeah alfred, big rodney, chris, nigel....
saw them all last year at a little rendez vous!!!

That PHAT sounds very familiar actually!!! i am trying to go through the memory banks and think who you could be!!!

you got a picture of yourself??

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 13 Jan 2004, 12:16

knockout artist wrote:Dagenham is about 22 stops on the District Line from Victoria, if I remember correctly.

man that sounds very train-spotter like!!

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 13 Jan 2004, 12:16

I was the tall skinny white dude who dressed like a pimp, I used to go out with a tall blonde chick called Cait.

I almost certainly must know you...you probably knew Shah and PJ as well.....

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 13 Jan 2004, 12:18

jamesmcdonnell wrote:I was the tall skinny white dude who dressed like a pimp, I used to go out with a tall blonde chick called Cait.

I almost certainly must know you...you probably knew Shah and PJ as well.....

yeah yeah i was pretty sure i knew who you were and that description seems to fit the bill, right down to the tall blonde chick....

JimStone · Post by **JimStone** » 13 Jan 2004, 12:25

I think I know you too, you were called James Mcsomethingorother, not a bad writer if I remember rightly, couldn't dance for toffee and had a bit of a body odour problem, your girlfriends full name was Caitlin, right?

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 13 Jan 2004, 12:26

Bloody cheek, my dancing is out of this world, as you well know, how on earth could you know me, who the devil are you? Her real name was actually Catherine, but I think she tried to style it out with

I probably did smell a bit back then, I was a bit of a soap dodging type of fellow.....

Where would you know me from?

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 13 Jan 2004, 12:28

jamesmcdonnell wrote:Bloody cheek, my dancing is out of this world, as you well know, how on earth could you know me, who the devil are you? Her real name was actually Catherine, but I think she tried to style it out with

I probably did smell a bit back then, I was a bit of a soap dodging type of fellow.....

Where would you know me from?

i guess he is taking the piss

check your email

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 13 Jan 2004, 12:32

just did, ain't diddly-shit in there!

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 13 Jan 2004, 12:35

jamesmcdonnell wrote:just did, ain't diddly-shit in there!

damn, who the hell did i send it to then!!!

is the email address in your profile right??

JimStone · Post by **JimStone** » 13 Jan 2004, 12:40

You sent it to me by mistake Knockout. James, the basic gyst of his email was this: ''I used to really look up to you at Uni', I always wanted to be like you, I sometimes dressed up in clothes like yours and mimicked your odd walking style. You were great, looking at you back in the day made me ask a lot of hard questions about myself, I think you were my first love, any chance of a picture or perhaps we could meet up, are you involved with anyone at the moment?''

Each to their own I suppose :)

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 13 Jan 2004, 12:41

FlawedGenius wrote:You sent it to me by mistake Knockout. James, the basic gyst of his email was this: ''I used to really look up to you at Uni', I always wanted to be like you, I sometimes dressed up in clothes like yours and mimicked your odd walking style. You were great, looking at you back in the day made me ask a lot of hard questions about myself, I think you were my first love, any chance of a picture or perhaps we could meet up, are you involved with anyone at the moment?''

Each to their own I suppose :)

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 13 Jan 2004, 12:42

Maybe it takes a while if you send it through the website, but yes that is my correct email address

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 13 Jan 2004, 12:43

jamesmcdonnell wrote:Maybe it takes a while if you send it through the website, but yes that is my correct email address

i sent it from my hotmail account... i guess all those americans are slowing down the server!!!!

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 13 Jan 2004, 12:49

Flawed Genius is a weirdo man....I hope I never run into him in real life.

Knockout try sending the email as a PM, or send it again, maybe you typed in my email address wrong or something....?