" Every year at 3.00pm on the third day of the third month, the 'nbbd' team like to encourage all our devoted readers to enjoy one minute of silent contemplation, in which we collectively remember all the many things associated with 'Swans', be they Mute , Hooper or otherwise. The third of March is also the birthday of the late Joe Roberts, and silence is probably what, along with 'a light ale' and 'five £1 cross-win-doubles with tax', he would have wanted on this day.
This year we have posted an 'AI created image' of what the inside of a Wickes DIY store (aka - Wixies) might look like if Swans took up residence within the body of the shop between a multiplicity of aisles full of 'building craft' related paraphernalia and merchandise. 'Nice Birds Indeed!
Now, this may seem to you as an unlikely scenario, but bearing in mind Joe's sagacious and often quoted words " You can get anything from Wixies", not as improbable as a troop of monkeys equipped with typewriters locked in a room, replicating the 'Works of Shakespeare' in a timely fashion.
It is of some sadness that Joe did not live long enough to experience the wonders of 'artificial intelligence', particularly as everyone, who knew him emotionally, believes he would have derived benefit from it.
Joe, the man and 'Sidcup-based printer', remains the subject of respect and legend in the overlapping worlds of 'Type-setting', 'Swan Observation' and 'Facilities for disabled persons at Race Courses located within the boundaries of the United Kingdom but excluding Northern Ireland'. - Happy Birthday Joe, and wherever you are, keep a watchful eye open for swans!
- Editor of Nice Birds but Dangerous.
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