well, the matinee at the cinama 3 penny rush to see the cowboy flick , now from our own living rooms we can watch the world news and even replays of the old films
In the previous video you said you would not be going on LV. Other than someone taking your username, I wish you had explained here why you decided to become active on that site. If you ever have a chance, try some Guarana soda from Brazil.
Well, yes...ZARZAPARRILLA is a plant , and for shure is a drink made with that plant. And make sense, because of how you prepare it could look like some Coke...or it could be drink as a tea. As far as I know, its a very regular herb in Argentina and for shure somewhere else.
Salsa parrila....sauce for barbecue, well in Argentina is like that. I think I heard some old fellow talking about Zarparrila, well all kinds of different names....
right like moon shiners. i have hear of sasperella being of older sort myself. dont know how to spell this myself. however living in the town of sandwich ma. on cape cod i remember seeing an old man in white lyncon sp? continental waiting for his wife grab gallon from back of car of vodka same grab/hold he drank from it. then wife came out got into car. they protect their own. cops knew him.
You can buy sasparilla tea bags at my health food store. My alzheimers father used to talk about sasparilla and asked for a cup of sasparilla at McDonalds a couple of years ago.
I've really been enjoying your posts. It's been a pleasure listening to all your stories and I absolutely hope you won't ever stop blogging. Love you very much!
makes a change from that old man who i had to help instruct on the use of a dangerous hedgecutter at my work.he was getting tetchy by the minute. an accident waiting to happen.sighs
Always a joy to watch your videos Peter. Keep it up and let nobody get you down. By the way, I wonder if anyone has ever had the pleasure of drinking a rum and sarsaparilla ?
Hi, my name is Martyna and i come from Poland. I write to you because I just want to say THANK YOU. For all of your tales. They're really impartant for me a specially because of my grandpa. He died 5 months ago. Simply, when I watch You i remember his stories.
And if you're not in the Oldham area and don't do your food shopping at Selfridges, you'll be pleased to know they have a website and can ship bottles over to you mail order.
Part 2: The drinks are made in Oldham - and have been since 1933, where the company has grown from a herbal shop dishing out drinks to deal with a variety of ailments to suppliers of the smart retail set. They're available as "old style" cordial or the slightly more modern fizzy drinks. We've become slightly addicted to them in the warm weather - and can heartily recommend the fizzy Sarsaparilla!
If you've ever browsed round the food and drink section of Selfridges, you may have noticed some soft drinks that look like they've popped up from a corner shop from the 1930s. They're Mawson's drinks - and in suitably vintage flavours - CreamSoda, Dandelion and Burdock and Sarsaparilla, not to mention those vintage bottles.
i have never hurd of that drink but i have seen it in westens but i do know that coca cola used to have cocane in it untill they got shut down and stoped putting it into the drinks
but i think it might be root beer looks like it and my grandad says it smells the same
BeerBongKing (and every other negative-speaking user): I guess every video on YouTube must have a person who insults the poster for absolutely no reason. Why can't users just leave everyone else alone??? More people are disgusted with this kind of thing than there are people who find it funny or agree with it. I know this won't do anything, but you should really stop doing this and pay attention to what Peter's saying; it'll do you good if this is how you handle your lives.
Thank you, Peter! You're videos have made me seriously reconsider my life and what I'm doing with it so far. I'm still rather young (15), but I want to be able to do things that I will be able to tell my grandchildren like you have been able to for so long. Keep posting videos, and live long!
peter, i meant to tell you in the last comment, that i looked up "sasperilla drink" on google for you and there is a link to somewhere who sells the organic recipe for, i dont know if that is helpful to you, but i think root beer is very similar, and nice too!!! keep telling your wonderful stories its nice to hear about days gone by. take care karen
hello peter, i love listening to you, i miss my grandpa so much and you remind me of him. your stories are really interesting and you tell them in such a nice way. i think its great you are on you tube good on you!!!!! keep up the good work and take care best wishes karen
Hello geriatric1927,just saw you on my televison in the news (with the zimmers of course) - in Germany. I was so impressed that I was looking for you. I´ve seen some of your videos - like them! Please carry on, you got a new fan! All the best;D
oh, and I'd just like to say I hope this helps and I'd like to say I very much enjoyed your part-taking in My Generation and I thoroughly enjoyed viewing you on television. And I hope you continue with broadcasting on the web.
Well, hello firstly. My name is Ryan and I'd like to tell you that Sasparilla can be purchased from Fitzpatrick's temperance bar in Rawttenstall, Rossendale, Lancashire. And it has been known to have been suplied elsewhere in confectionary stores accross the uk. However, the key ingriedient 'sasparilla root' from the plant has been removed from both the sweet and the drink. But the manufacturers have tried their best to restore it to it's original taste with substitues.
You are a STAR Peter, and I don't mean that in the cheapended celebrity sense, but more in the Universal way. You shine, and thousands of people have found your words soothing and inspiring. You seem to have brought the best out in people, I think perhaps making us seem quietly ashamed of our moronic Youtube comments. All The Best Fella, I have deep respect for you, more than I even have for myself...Boo Hoo..hee hee...
Probably the reason you (Peter) haven't heard of this drink much is the plant is native to America (and other places that include warm climates), not Britain. The spelling is Sasparilla or Sarsaparilla -- both are the same, as the Wikipedia entry for Sarsaparilla explains. We in America run across it once in a while in places like museum gift shops.
Hi Peter,i have just started watching your videos. I think you are lovely, you remind me of my dad.Keep up the good work and ignore the idiots who don't appreciate you.I love to listen to my dad tell stories about his youth , and i could listen to you 'til the cows come home !.Best wishes to you.
Scott Wilkinson fixes wrestling matches with the assistance of daven18. These are dark days for the wckcw. The sport needs to be clean and these two need to be dealt with. wckcw is a sham! Face the music of the Maniac!
I'm italian,you are a nice person and carry on to use you tube site.I like hearing your stories also because i can understand everything you say ,because i think you have a perfect english accent....sometimes while I'm working i'm use to see your videos....bye bye....
DjRuff, i really have no comment, all i can say is that you should be ashamed of yourself, you dont have to like his video but dont call it shit and then advertise your sorry ass waste of time you call a video
My mom and I love watching your posts. I've never gotten to meet either of my grandfathers and I would love to have one who told me stories like the ones you share.
Dad used to trap muskrats and mink and coon and we used to eat them as children. Dad also got lost in the everglades hunting frogs to ship back to Michigan restraunts to sell! Dad also had a story about wrestling "Teddy" the worlds largest wrestling bear! He got 5 dollars for staying in the ring with it for 10 minutes. He was the only one that did not get pinned by the bear and the owner of the bear wanted dad to go on Kieth Vaudville with him.
Sarsparilla drink is still produced in Britain by Fitzpatrick's Herbal Health. So you can still enjoy it today! Supposed to be good for what ails you.
I grew up in Northeastern USA and I remember my grandparents talking about sasaparilla. I think they may have been considered it mostly a drink for "adults." Back then they called it "tonic" which was a generic name that they later also gave to all sodas, including Coca Cola. Checking the Internet, I found that sasparilla (a root) is thought to have some medicinal benefits.
In 1945, a young girl named katu lata kulu came over to America in a grey boat from Africa. A mysterious man killed her by cutting the word "LATUALATUKA" into her back. now that you have read this message, she will come to your house on friday of this week she will steal your soul unless you follow these directions:
I think I have really underestimated the wonders of our time, what youngsters like myself and other people too of course, are experiencing right now. All these new ways of communication for example. It's so nice to hear another point of view. Great video, thankyou!
You are only the second video I have looked at it has inspired me to look at some more. I just discovered YOUTUBE today. what a real joy it is to listen and watch you.
Sarsaparilla is an old term not much used anymore for what we now call root beer in the USA. I don't know if ginger beer is the same as root beer over there. I would think your ginger beer is like our gigner ale. Ginger ale is much more pale than root beer. Coca Cola is a syrup invented by a pharmacist (chemist) to mask the awful taste of cocaine, which was legal when Coca Cola was invented. Of course, there's no cocaine in Coke now! lol I hope this wasn't too boring for you.
I take my hat off to you, Sir. With so many viewings in a month, may this be a good sign the younger generation will now show more respect for the elderly. You are wonderful. Thank you.
Hey, i dunno if anyone's already posted this but here's the link to the Sarsparella drink you were talking about. Also, the man/company that invented this drink by the looks of things also invented the (still popular) soft drink "Vimto". Hope i helped.
You inspired me to make my own blog. It may be this huge hoot of nicotine i just inhaled or not. But me and my girlfriend love your blogs dispite nicotine or not. You got alot of interesting stuff to talk about though. Keep it up :D
I like your videos! I haven't gotten all the way through them, so hopefully you'll eventually answer my question - but in case not, why during WWII did they take down all the navigation signs?
My dad used to speak of sasparilla. He thought it tasted like Root Beer, and in fact, believe root beer may have the ingredient of which you speak. He came from deep East Texas in the piney woods, and it was a regular drink there. It may be plant derived.
Very enjoyable "prattle". I have not heard the use of the word, "prattle", in quite sometime. I can't spell sasparilla either.
You might like to try and track down malt beer or root beer in UK shops, our local BoozeBusters sells it. Not the same as sarsparilla, but a nice non-alcoholic drink that I got the taste for whilst living in Germany.
I teach computing almost exclusively to older learners, and I have to say, you are a total star - I wonder if anyone taught you, or if you are self - taught. Well done on using video to upload your thoughts.
SARSAPARILLA, is a type of root beer made from sassafras roots. (BIrch beer from birch roots) Not generally, available these days. I recall hearing somewhere in my misspent youth that it was taken off of the market because it was narcotic in VERY large quanitities (Hmmm? maybe that's why those memories are so fond?)
I'm pretty darn sure that Coca-cola is an entirely different beast, made from the cola nut. (once upon a time a cocaine was an ingredient) So much for the concept of "SOFT DRINK"
Both the drink you're referring to and Root Beer are both made using the sassafras root. There is a difference in recipies, though, so they are distinct. Also, I would imagine that Coca-Cola has an altered recipe that they could market & keep secret... Like KFC's chicken batter vs. many southern recipies.
I also remember Sasparilla. I only had it once but while my family was traveling by car from Pennsylvania in the US to Arizona, I think it was in Arizona that we were able to get it and it came in a glass pop container like they use to have in the 70's and early 80's. It tasted like rootbeer to me.
Yuk, I hate Sarsparilla. The one I remember my Dad buying as a child in Australia was called Big Sars made by Woodrofes I believe. It looked like Coke but was more syrupy with an aniseedy taste if I recall, bleh! I'm sure they still make it here but I haven't ever bought it.
Every August, I attend a ragtime music festival in the former Gold Rush town of Sutter Creek, California. They still sell sasparilla (as it is spelled and pronounced here -- probably altered by the Western accent). I have considered trying it, but haven't yet. It's definitely not the same as root beer, as someone said, for one also can purchase root beer there.
I recall a western television program called Sugar Foot and he always ordered a sasparilla whenever he was in a bar. It's bubbly and tastes sort of like root beer. Always a pleasure watching your videos.
Sarsaparilla in its carbonated beverage form is available in the United Kingdom, produced, for over 115 years, by Fitzpatrick's Herbal Health, Britain's "Last original Temperance Bar", noted for being the oldest known producer of the Sarsaparilla drink.
Sarsaparilla also comes in a Juice form, also can add water to it, I have brought it at the Old Kent Road Market and now I am living here in the USA. I can buy it here too.
Oh I love Rootbeer , I am british living in the US at the moment, I think I will miss Rootbeer from here, I am told by my Son you can find it in the UK, but its not the same :( shame..
I have not read all the posts. However if you read the terms and conditions, you still retain the copyright to all the original materal that you submit. So there would be no problem hosting/posting your video clips elsewhere.
Looks like you are going well! I haven't had much time lately to watch all your submissions; but I will try and catch up soon! Keep them coming!
You speak very eloquently and honestly.I believe that you are a good man.I will check on you from time to time!Joseph ..Oh and I believe it's spelled Sassperilla (but I could be wrong)
Anything you want to say, i more than welcome it. I love your videos and listening to you. I never really got a chance to talk to my grandfather or listen to his stories, so this is kinda making up for that.
I know that you are our BBC Alistair Cook Letter from America. You have taken the Broad Band by Storm. You are just as interesting to listen to as BBC Alistair Cook was. We love hearing about what happened many generations ago. I can hear the singer sowing machine as opera is sung. What a fine forum you provide
Hey there Peter...I am completely new to Youtube. Was looking around and thought really it was just a waste of time and full of absolute rubbish until I came across your videos. Maybe there is more to it than I thought! Cheers... Ps..We still drink Sarsparilla in Australia
Hi Peter, I just watched your video about your being on the BBC show. Personally, I'm glad you decided to be on the program. It seems as though you've inspired thousands of people here to do positive things in there lives. Being on the show means thousands more will be seeing you for the first time. I wish the BBC had the good sense to ask you to do a radio show! I'd listen, and I don't think I'd be the only one tuning in.
Hello, Peter. I recently discovered your videos and I think you're delightful. I really respect you and your open mindness and mature attitude. You're a very interesting person and have alot of class. Don't ever let the hatefullness of the few get to you. The vast majority of us are your friends and wish you all the best!
I heard that schools in England really did cane kids that were misbehaving? It seems to always be part of any british film from the 1900-1940's era. Can you elaborate on this? Is it a rumor? Did you think it was effective? Just curious.
do you have birch beer there? In the north east US we have Pennsylvania Dutch Birch Beer it is quite good.
But I dont know any drinks that come in stone jugs. It could be that you were drinking a draft. Real root beer was brewed...today we have that sickening sweet washed out flavorless crap that the corporate monopolies substitute with.
Sasparilla is still around. Though now only in glass bottles. I used to walk through the woods and harvest sassafras roots to make sassafras tea. It was a New England favorite.
I do remember that drink, it is call "zarzaparrilla" in spanish, my grandfather told me about it when I was a kid, I am afraid I've never tasted it but it's sure to be still on the market, may be you can search a bit more....
Hi Peter, I found you site through another page. You were listed as a favorite. I'm glad I stopped by because I enjoyed listening to your stories. Glad to see that you enjoy using this new medium. I have an idea for you. Why not have some of your friends join you once a month to relate stories about your pasts, experiences etc...
Hi Peter, its not a problem to put the same videos on both sites because you own the content and just give the right to both sites to use it. I even put up a video saying "hi youtubers" over there but then put up some text on top changing it to livevideo :)
Sasparilla or sarsaparilla, they're both rather similar. If you've had what is called "root beer" in the United States, that's it. I've heard the rest of the world finds root beer disgusting, but you never seem to hear sasparilla getting a bad rap.
You are AWESOME! I just saw you on MANAGEMENTV! Count me in as YOUR FRIEND from Venezuela: LOVE YOU!!!
monicasancio 11 months ago
you can buy dilute sasbarella at tesco,
nettus4tune 2 years ago
Funny that, the video is calling "telling it all at 40" and the video has just over 40 thousand views. Coincidence? I think not. lol.
Eggyrocks1 3 years ago
sasparella, Gabby Hays, now I remember them
well, the matinee at the cinama 3 penny rush to see the cowboy flick , now from our own living rooms we can watch the world news and even replays of the old films
storrhouse 3 years ago
go papa :)
neodelphi 3 years ago
hey i saw u on the telecom ad, and its good to see your not gunna be afraid of pesky viruses
CUSSERKID 3 years ago 3
cool i just saw u on tv but i think you should shun telecom cos thy suck. But ur cool though and wise
hathwit7 3 years ago
This dudes famous on NZ tv lol
UNDERGROUNDnz 3 years ago
Google Briars; they sell that soda.
wheateater 3 years ago
In the previous video you said you would not be going on LV. Other than someone taking your username, I wish you had explained here why you decided to become active on that site. If you ever have a chance, try some Guarana soda from Brazil.
wheateater 3 years ago
You're a great storyteller. Thank you for sharing.
Orsino89 3 years ago
Gawd aren't old people amazing?
Andyisnotmyname 3 years ago 2
Well, yes...ZARZAPARRILLA is a plant , and for shure is a drink made with that plant. And make sense, because of how you prepare it could look like some Coke...or it could be drink as a tea. As far as I know, its a very regular herb in Argentina and for shure somewhere else.
juanpinchame 3 years ago
Salsa parrila....sauce for barbecue, well in Argentina is like that. I think I heard some old fellow talking about Zarparrila, well all kinds of different names....
juanpinchame 3 years ago
top man..
skyblue1955 3 years ago 3
right like moon shiners. i have hear of sasperella being of older sort myself. dont know how to spell this myself. however living in the town of sandwich ma. on cape cod i remember seeing an old man in white lyncon sp? continental waiting for his wife grab gallon from back of car of vodka same grab/hold he drank from it. then wife came out got into car. they protect their own. cops knew him.
mountain19 3 years ago
What a lovely man you are.
DameEdithDivine 4 years ago 4
You are a good advisor!
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Milestailsprower15 4 years ago
this guy is absolutely amazing. the next mr. rogers. really. just precious.
Chellyd77 4 years ago 10
Love your stories
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next time next time its always next time with you
zzarnticolz 4 years ago
i know i am out of the loop, but what is tlis live video you are speaking of?
zachansonfreak 4 years ago
You can buy sasparilla tea bags at my health food store. My alzheimers father used to talk about sasparilla and asked for a cup of sasparilla at McDonalds a couple of years ago.
PhyllisAndrews 4 years ago
I've really been enjoying your posts. It's been a pleasure listening to all your stories and I absolutely hope you won't ever stop blogging. Love you very much!
sksk270 4 years ago
Pleasure to hear you pal. Peace
bahoss 4 years ago
makes a change from that old man who i had to help instruct on the use of a dangerous hedgecutter at my work.he was getting tetchy by the minute. an accident waiting to happen.sighs
toptop90 4 years ago
How precious is HE!!!!!
kpcritch 4 years ago
i looveee you!!!!!!!! i rreally do. please keep blogging!
maitai7432 4 years ago
Always a joy to watch your videos Peter. Keep it up and let nobody get you down. By the way, I wonder if anyone has ever had the pleasure of drinking a rum and sarsaparilla ?
paulreeve 4 years ago
ur a light in dark places... i enjoy hearing you
machetes 4 years ago 13
Hi, my name is Martyna and i come from Poland. I write to you because I just want to say THANK YOU. For all of your tales. They're really impartant for me a specially because of my grandpa. He died 5 months ago. Simply, when I watch You i remember his stories.
Martyna20years 4 years ago
Part3:
And if you're not in the Oldham area and don't do your food shopping at Selfridges, you'll be pleased to know they have a website and can ship bottles over to you mail order.
Visit the Mawson's website
secretblueangel 4 years ago
Part 2: The drinks are made in Oldham - and have been since 1933, where the company has grown from a herbal shop dishing out drinks to deal with a variety of ailments to suppliers of the smart retail set. They're available as "old style" cordial or the slightly more modern fizzy drinks. We've become slightly addicted to them in the warm weather - and can heartily recommend the fizzy Sarsaparilla!
secretblueangel 4 years ago
i found this: Part1 :
If you've ever browsed round the food and drink section of Selfridges, you may have noticed some soft drinks that look like they've popped up from a corner shop from the 1930s. They're Mawson's drinks - and in suitably vintage flavours - CreamSoda, Dandelion and Burdock and Sarsaparilla, not to mention those vintage bottles.
secretblueangel 4 years ago
i asked my mum about this drink and she said she thinks u can buy it in health food shops like holland and barrett or something.
secretblueangel 4 years ago
its spelled sarsaparilla ... spelling bee competition ftw
jonlayton1 4 years ago
i have never hurd of that drink but i have seen it in westens but i do know that coca cola used to have cocane in it untill they got shut down and stoped putting it into the drinks
but i think it might be root beer looks like it and my grandad says it smells the same
because i saw it in califonia like *Largo64*
keep rocking and rock onnnn
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weeble106 4 years ago
can some one tell me the song from this video
w w w . youtube . com /watch?v=WNAG2LJxCaA
Hero363 4 years ago
BeerBongKing (and every other negative-speaking user): I guess every video on YouTube must have a person who insults the poster for absolutely no reason. Why can't users just leave everyone else alone??? More people are disgusted with this kind of thing than there are people who find it funny or agree with it. I know this won't do anything, but you should really stop doing this and pay attention to what Peter's saying; it'll do you good if this is how you handle your lives.
MisterSleebo 4 years ago
Thank you, Peter! You're videos have made me seriously reconsider my life and what I'm doing with it so far. I'm still rather young (15), but I want to be able to do things that I will be able to tell my grandchildren like you have been able to for so long. Keep posting videos, and live long!
MisterSleebo 4 years ago
I am 38 and I remember drinking Sasparella (spelling?) Soda. It almost tasted a little bit like Cream soda to me but it was clear.
pixeechant 4 years ago
Whohohoha Gross! Who talks about how droopy their sack has gotten for 8 minutes!?
BeerBongKing 4 years ago
peter, i meant to tell you in the last comment, that i looked up "sasperilla drink" on google for you and there is a link to somewhere who sells the organic recipe for, i dont know if that is helpful to you, but i think root beer is very similar, and nice too!!! keep telling your wonderful stories its nice to hear about days gone by. take care karen
karen200502 4 years ago
hello peter, i love listening to you, i miss my grandpa so much and you remind me of him. your stories are really interesting and you tell them in such a nice way. i think its great you are on you tube good on you!!!!! keep up the good work and take care best wishes karen
karen200502 4 years ago
HI THERE, HOP YOU ARE WELL
karen200502 4 years ago
We know you and love you:) Always love your videos!
Tessietots 4 years ago
fuk yh!
MyFutUrFace 4 years ago
Hi, I like your videos - don't stop it, hope it will encourage more elderly people to do "uncommon" things.
mavi1111 4 years ago
Hello geriatric1927,just saw you on my televison in the news (with the zimmers of course) - in Germany. I was so impressed that I was looking for you. I´ve seen some of your videos - like them! Please carry on, you got a new fan! All the best;D
femalegoat 4 years ago
Peter, I don't know if you're aware of this - the more you post to YouTube, the younger you look! :)
Vierotchka 4 years ago
As usual Peter I love your videos and stories and I am subscribing to your videos on my new YouTube channel. Cheers.
DJ/VJ Jeff
JAMSKATERFM 4 years ago
I like you a lot, Peter! Again, this video is very interesting (like your others, too).
mmaennle 4 years ago
hi there.... i think you're fab, geriatric1927, and good for you that you're making videos! well done and carry on!
Carlovingjosh 4 years ago
oh, and I'd just like to say I hope this helps and I'd like to say I very much enjoyed your part-taking in My Generation and I thoroughly enjoyed viewing you on television. And I hope you continue with broadcasting on the web.
1991ryanslater 4 years ago
Well, hello firstly. My name is Ryan and I'd like to tell you that Sasparilla can be purchased from Fitzpatrick's temperance bar in Rawttenstall, Rossendale, Lancashire. And it has been known to have been suplied elsewhere in confectionary stores accross the uk. However, the key ingriedient 'sasparilla root' from the plant has been removed from both the sweet and the drink. But the manufacturers have tried their best to restore it to it's original taste with substitues.
1991ryanslater 4 years ago
I've seen it sold in California as root beer. I don't know that that is the same thing, though. I'll try to Google it.
Largo64 4 years ago
Geriatric ive seen u on television yesterday doin that the zimmers thing well done
JimiAndrex 4 years ago
You are a STAR Peter, and I don't mean that in the cheapended celebrity sense, but more in the Universal way. You shine, and thousands of people have found your words soothing and inspiring. You seem to have brought the best out in people, I think perhaps making us seem quietly ashamed of our moronic Youtube comments. All The Best Fella, I have deep respect for you, more than I even have for myself...Boo Hoo..hee hee...
monkeee 4 years ago
Probably the reason you (Peter) haven't heard of this drink much is the plant is native to America (and other places that include warm climates), not Britain. The spelling is Sasparilla or Sarsaparilla -- both are the same, as the Wikipedia entry for Sarsaparilla explains. We in America run across it once in a while in places like museum gift shops.
56kmodem 4 years ago
I like you alot!
MrLeoon 4 years ago
"When it rained five days and the skies turned black as night." Bessie Smith Back Water Blues. Should be Katrina's song Dave ligare 3/7/27
DaveLi79 4 years ago
DAMN!!! I've just spilt sarsaparilla on my computer! well done for this one Peter.liked your reflection on slate board to internet.keep posting sir.
custer1968 4 years ago
You are the most computer literate man of your age I have ever seen. Very impressing. You own dude.
Mosrhun 4 years ago
Hi Peter,i have just started watching your videos. I think you are lovely, you remind me of my dad.Keep up the good work and ignore the idiots who don't appreciate you.I love to listen to my dad tell stories about his youth , and i could listen to you 'til the cows come home !.Best wishes to you.
Rachelgould66 4 years ago
I get sarsaparilla quite frequently from my nan, in the form of cordial. Baldwin's market it but i'm not sure where you get it from.
notsogeriatric1993 4 years ago
Sarsaparilla. It's similar to root beer.
MeriiKiyo 4 years ago
Scott Wilkinson fixes wrestling matches with the assistance of daven18. These are dark days for the wckcw. The sport needs to be clean and these two need to be dealt with. wckcw is a sham! Face the music of the Maniac!
ManiacMarkCane 4 years ago
I'm italian,you are a nice person and carry on to use you tube site.I like hearing your stories also because i can understand everything you say ,because i think you have a perfect english accent....sometimes while I'm working i'm use to see your videos....bye bye....
SUPERVIT1978 4 years ago
DjRuff, i really have no comment, all i can say is that you should be ashamed of yourself, you dont have to like his video but dont call it shit and then advertise your sorry ass waste of time you call a video
C0SM1CDUD3 4 years ago
good points there. i saw you on vh1 or something like that and decided to check out your videos. i'm glad i did! keep posting
SmokeyPhil 4 years ago
This is shit, check out my vid instead
DjRuffJustice 4 years ago
Hey dad I sent you some clips of me singing and doing a little preaching. Miss you dad! God bless you and yours!
cliffordmarsac 4 years ago
My mom and I love watching your posts. I've never gotten to meet either of my grandfathers and I would love to have one who told me stories like the ones you share.
letsrecycle 4 years ago
Respect+, your a rocking old man >.<
Dewderino 4 years ago
Dad used to trap muskrats and mink and coon and we used to eat them as children. Dad also got lost in the everglades hunting frogs to ship back to Michigan restraunts to sell! Dad also had a story about wrestling "Teddy" the worlds largest wrestling bear! He got 5 dollars for staying in the ring with it for 10 minutes. He was the only one that did not get pinned by the bear and the owner of the bear wanted dad to go on Kieth Vaudville with him.
cliffordmarsac 4 years ago
Today is my first day on youtube and you made it all worth while, hang in there.
Much Respect
liloleme55 4 years ago
Sarsparilla drink is still produced in Britain by Fitzpatrick's Herbal Health. So you can still enjoy it today! Supposed to be good for what ails you.
smgruhlke 4 years ago
dear granpa sarsasparilla is still made in the north of england by mawes and still comes in stone bottles bless celery anne
musky947 4 years ago
wanna see a gd vid type in "karl and ric get drunk" its gd trust me!!
123hughesy123 4 years ago
la wea, que se fume marihuana y se relaja mas XDDDD
chilenazo7 4 years ago
I grew up in Northeastern USA and I remember my grandparents talking about sasaparilla. I think they may have been considered it mostly a drink for "adults." Back then they called it "tonic" which was a generic name that they later also gave to all sodas, including Coca Cola. Checking the Internet, I found that sasparilla (a root) is thought to have some medicinal benefits.
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wassupdoggies1 4 years ago
behave yourself or your foolishnes will be returned seven fold Not so daft
musky947 4 years ago
I think I have really underestimated the wonders of our time, what youngsters like myself and other people too of course, are experiencing right now. All these new ways of communication for example. It's so nice to hear another point of view. Great video, thankyou!
KiIIerQueen 4 years ago
Most enjoyable. Thank you for reminding me to enjoy each moment.
NaloMeli 4 years ago
sarsaparilla
budwheizzah 4 years ago
I respect you Sir, what a great inspiration you have given me, keep them coming!!!
jjjjkkkktttt 5 years ago
You are only the second video I have looked at it has inspired me to look at some more. I just discovered YOUTUBE today. what a real joy it is to listen and watch you.
mabey222 5 years ago
You continue to entertain, encourage and mark the time of our lives so delicately. Thanks. And with love may you comtinue.
RichardSwaine 5 years ago
Liked the story. Sometimes the simple things that seem insignificant are the most interestting.
planetjulio1972 5 years ago
Sarsaparilla is an old term not much used anymore for what we now call root beer in the USA. I don't know if ginger beer is the same as root beer over there. I would think your ginger beer is like our gigner ale. Ginger ale is much more pale than root beer. Coca Cola is a syrup invented by a pharmacist (chemist) to mask the awful taste of cocaine, which was legal when Coca Cola was invented. Of course, there's no cocaine in Coke now! lol I hope this wasn't too boring for you.
genmama1955 5 years ago
hey nice videos. i saw you on the money programme on BBC2
bboytweed 5 years ago
You Rock!!!
kkcarbon 5 years ago
tell us more about the simple day today differences that you faced as a youth compered to todays kids.
love your slow delivery. very measured. well done!!
6ensible 5 years ago
hey there, just watched u on bbc2, you rock, keep them comin xxxxx
scott1810scott 5 years ago
You remind me of my dad, good videos, keep it up
MillyCat5 5 years ago
I take my hat off to you, Sir. With so many viewings in a month, may this be a good sign the younger generation will now show more respect for the elderly. You are wonderful. Thank you.
HUG49 5 years ago
Hey, i dunno if anyone's already posted this but here's the link to the Sarsparella drink you were talking about. Also, the man/company that invented this drink by the looks of things also invented the (still popular) soft drink "Vimto". Hope i helped.
LlLJAMIE 5 years ago
You inspired me to make my own blog. It may be this huge hoot of nicotine i just inhaled or not. But me and my girlfriend love your blogs dispite nicotine or not. You got alot of interesting stuff to talk about though. Keep it up :D
kthx096 5 years ago
well said pete
LiveFootballonthepc 5 years ago
ur the sort of guy that inspires me in life i wud love if u did more
ithasarrived 5 years ago
You should read books out loud and record it, I´d listen to that, you rock old man.
CCHagilton 5 years ago
Hey, I admire and look up to people like you. I have great respect for you old man. Keep posting the videos!! I love them!
Ginne86 5 years ago
keep up the good work
etekone 5 years ago
Your awesome
Ngirl26 5 years ago
I like your videos! I haven't gotten all the way through them, so hopefully you'll eventually answer my question - but in case not, why during WWII did they take down all the navigation signs?
MissTruly 5 years ago
My dad used to speak of sasparilla. He thought it tasted like Root Beer, and in fact, believe root beer may have the ingredient of which you speak. He came from deep East Texas in the piney woods, and it was a regular drink there. It may be plant derived.
Very enjoyable "prattle". I have not heard the use of the word, "prattle", in quite sometime. I can't spell sasparilla either.
anjanih 5 years ago
Hello Peter,
You might like to try and track down malt beer or root beer in UK shops, our local BoozeBusters sells it. Not the same as sarsparilla, but a nice non-alcoholic drink that I got the taste for whilst living in Germany.
I teach computing almost exclusively to older learners, and I have to say, you are a total star - I wonder if anyone taught you, or if you are self - taught. Well done on using video to upload your thoughts.
All good wishes,
A.McC.
mcculloch29 5 years ago
Peter, what a joy to watch and listen to your videos. THIS is what it's ALL about. Congratulationes, I'm hooked!
voxinabox 5 years ago
Some little known and useless facts about...
SARSAPARILLA, is a type of root beer made from sassafras roots. (BIrch beer from birch roots) Not generally, available these days. I recall hearing somewhere in my misspent youth that it was taken off of the market because it was narcotic in VERY large quanitities (Hmmm? maybe that's why those memories are so fond?)
auntiebabs 5 years ago
I'm pretty darn sure that Coca-cola is an entirely different beast, made from the cola nut. (once upon a time a cocaine was an ingredient) So much for the concept of "SOFT DRINK"
auntiebabs 5 years ago
I have my own fond memories of my brother's & I foraging sassafras root it the woods and making homemade sassafras tea.
After rediscovering it as an adult I find it helps me sleep on a restless night & I recognized the "anise"y flavors I hadn't been aware of as a child.
auntiebabs 5 years ago
Both the drink you're referring to and Root Beer are both made using the sassafras root. There is a difference in recipies, though, so they are distinct. Also, I would imagine that Coca-Cola has an altered recipe that they could market & keep secret... Like KFC's chicken batter vs. many southern recipies.
biggreywave 5 years ago
I also remember Sasparilla. I only had it once but while my family was traveling by car from Pennsylvania in the US to Arizona, I think it was in Arizona that we were able to get it and it came in a glass pop container like they use to have in the 70's and early 80's. It tasted like rootbeer to me.
brainfreeze1965 5 years ago
you are a cool guy
hellsjanitor90 5 years ago
Yuk, I hate Sarsparilla. The one I remember my Dad buying as a child in Australia was called Big Sars made by Woodrofes I believe. It looked like Coke but was more syrupy with an aniseedy taste if I recall, bleh! I'm sure they still make it here but I haven't ever bought it.
TubularBelle 5 years ago
Every August, I attend a ragtime music festival in the former Gold Rush town of Sutter Creek, California. They still sell sasparilla (as it is spelled and pronounced here -- probably altered by the Western accent). I have considered trying it, but haven't yet. It's definitely not the same as root beer, as someone said, for one also can purchase root beer there.
Keeper1st 5 years ago
I love
that drink well use too don't know if you can get it here anymore
bmosbuddy 5 years ago
wow you are so great you have so many subscribers i hope you live a long life so we can keep watching your videos love ya xxx
lingling722 5 years ago
I recall a western television program called Sugar Foot and he always ordered a sasparilla whenever he was in a bar. It's bubbly and tastes sort of like root beer. Always a pleasure watching your videos.
Paunchline 5 years ago
is it me or is this video seriously out of synch?
liquidribs 5 years ago
you allowed a racist video response block this user
>> xacek please
ANTIkurd869 5 years ago
<3
silkscourge 5 years ago
if you like this guy check out the first ever dave walker show.
fmburchillfan121 5 years ago
cooooooooooooooooooooool
from frederic in bermudaa
mentallydissabled 5 years ago
sorry for the second comment but you should respond to the video Why Do You Tube?
tomlmc 5 years ago
Have you any thoughts on foster care and / or orphanages?
afterfostercare 5 years ago
I love your videos man! please go check out my videos.. I subscribed to you:)
tomlmc 5 years ago
Sarsaparilla in its carbonated beverage form is available in the United Kingdom, produced, for over 115 years, by Fitzpatrick's Herbal Health, Britain's "Last original Temperance Bar", noted for being the oldest known producer of the Sarsaparilla drink.
133tn00b 5 years ago
Sarsaparilla also comes in a Juice form, also can add water to it, I have brought it at the Old Kent Road Market and now I am living here in the USA. I can buy it here too.
Bluearcangel 5 years ago
Well, there is still a little warmth in the world. How refreshing.
SModikoane 5 years ago
Refreshing indeed.
If 1927 is your (geriatric1927's) YOB, then you are about a year younger than my dad. My dad's never plucked a keyboard.
69furball69 5 years ago
You make my day.. I have been watching all of this technology evolve since the "early days".. Quite amazing isn't it?
ahot427 5 years ago
haha, i liked the "yehaw"
richardmarcj 5 years ago
Wonderful video! Thank you :)
mrjaja 5 years ago
sarsaparilla is the forerunner of root beer, which is still a popular drink in america.
zogalicious 5 years ago
Oh I love Rootbeer , I am british living in the US at the moment, I think I will miss Rootbeer from here, I am told by my Son you can find it in the UK, but its not the same :( shame..
Bluearcangel 5 years ago
I have not read all the posts. However if you read the terms and conditions, you still retain the copyright to all the original materal that you submit. So there would be no problem hosting/posting your video clips elsewhere.
Looks like you are going well! I haven't had much time lately to watch all your submissions; but I will try and catch up soon! Keep them coming!
Luke
vaxter2 5 years ago
"Sarsaparilla." Google that and you'll find a UK distributer named Mawson's.
jr95112 5 years ago
Very true point of our current status in still but the 'dawn of the internet.'
sameo51 5 years ago
You speak very eloquently and honestly.I believe that you are a good man.I will check on you from time to time!Joseph ..Oh and I believe it's spelled Sassperilla (but I could be wrong)
freetaught 5 years ago
Anything you want to say, i more than welcome it. I love your videos and listening to you. I never really got a chance to talk to my grandfather or listen to his stories, so this is kinda making up for that.
Dozzer 5 years ago
aww you are too cute
JM111787 5 years ago
Peter, everything you say is more than worth hearing.
It's worth stopping what you're doing, sitting down, and hearing. Love you. :)
strings393 5 years ago
Very Swish in your suit. :-)
Sam.
samelf 5 years ago
Good evening Europe!
ger.1927 - YouTube it's a web site for a "young people" - in every age! ;) You are the proof of these words! Greetings from Poland!
CrudeLad 5 years ago
I know that you are our BBC Alistair Cook Letter from America. You have taken the Broad Band by Storm. You are just as interesting to listen to as BBC Alistair Cook was. We love hearing about what happened many generations ago. I can hear the singer sowing machine as opera is sung. What a fine forum you provide
RoddyYoung 5 years ago
Keeping up with the news on you tube great. Nice to listen
RoddyYoung 5 years ago
Thank you for the pleasant diversion. I hope to see you again.
-chris-
8ezbngn 5 years ago
Hey there Peter...I am completely new to Youtube. Was looking around and thought really it was just a waste of time and full of absolute rubbish until I came across your videos. Maybe there is more to it than I thought! Cheers... Ps..We still drink Sarsparilla in Australia
brisvegaschica 5 years ago
I thought Sasparilla was more like root beer? I hope Peter can find some.
LaurieAnn832 5 years ago
Your a legend Peter, we love you. :D
Mikel4321 5 years ago
Sarsaparilla :D.
Mikel4321 5 years ago
Hi Peter, I just watched your video about your being on the BBC show. Personally, I'm glad you decided to be on the program. It seems as though you've inspired thousands of people here to do positive things in there lives. Being on the show means thousands more will be seeing you for the first time. I wish the BBC had the good sense to ask you to do a radio show! I'd listen, and I don't think I'd be the only one tuning in.
liketelevisionsnow 5 years ago
amazing, awesome, You make me happy man.
v3rb4l 5 years ago
Hello, Peter. I recently discovered your videos and I think you're delightful. I really respect you and your open mindness and mature attitude. You're a very interesting person and have alot of class. Don't ever let the hatefullness of the few get to you. The vast majority of us are your friends and wish you all the best!
vtkfxtpsxiz 5 years ago
I heard that schools in England really did cane kids that were misbehaving? It seems to always be part of any british film from the 1900-1940's era. Can you elaborate on this? Is it a rumor? Did you think it was effective? Just curious.
rcriddell 5 years ago
Hello Peter! I remember my parents talking about "sasparilla", which what they drank as oppose to coca cola. I always wondered what it tasted like.
komikero 5 years ago
Mmmm, sasparilla sounds good! I wish I could try some. :)
nekonezume 5 years ago
A Hail Mary for you, thanks Peter.
LovelyGiraffe 5 years ago
you are a lovely human, plz be well
planar38 5 years ago
good videos mang!!!
ju should check out de El Cobrado channel
elcobrado 5 years ago
you make really great videos. keep it up
richieselby 5 years ago
do you have birch beer there? In the north east US we have Pennsylvania Dutch Birch Beer it is quite good.
But I dont know any drinks that come in stone jugs. It could be that you were drinking a draft. Real root beer was brewed...today we have that sickening sweet washed out flavorless crap that the corporate monopolies substitute with.
Vspears 5 years ago
Sasparilla is still around. Though now only in glass bottles. I used to walk through the woods and harvest sassafras roots to make sassafras tea. It was a New England favorite.
TracyInsomiac 5 years ago
Hello there, you look like Nigel Buxton. That's a good thing though, as he is a fantastic man.
Keep up the videos brother. You rule!
TheSelfBiasResistor 5 years ago
I do remember that drink, it is call "zarzaparrilla" in spanish, my grandfather told me about it when I was a kid, I am afraid I've never tasted it but it's sure to be still on the market, may be you can search a bit more....
Greetings from Spain, es muy agradable oirle.
JaimeJB 5 years ago
We can still get sarsparilla in Aussie a lot of people have a dash of it in their beer. Keep the stories coming
dianneavery 5 years ago
Haha i love your stories, i always enjoy watching them.
Beaver1 5 years ago
you are so cool! your like my grandpa away from my grandpa who passed away awhile ago! thanks [=
oh! and your story is very interesting. isnt it really weird how much weve advanced in so little time?
demiurgicvegan 5 years ago
Hi Peter, I found you site through another page. You were listed as a favorite. I'm glad I stopped by because I enjoyed listening to your stories. Glad to see that you enjoy using this new medium. I have an idea for you. Why not have some of your friends join you once a month to relate stories about your pasts, experiences etc...
liketelevisionsnow 5 years ago
Peter,
Sassparilla is made from the root of a sassafras tree.
Moonshine is made from distilling corn. My grandmother used to make sassafras tea which is similiar to root beer but not exactly the same.
Love you videos.
mtnflower 5 years ago
i think you own the right to your videos not youtube your just letting them use them try to hangon to your producer
rights like the music people do. just let them use them. that way they can not be misused them in way you may not like.
hylite 5 years ago
Looking suave Peter!
Lumacor 5 years ago
i always thought sasperilla was what root beer called a long time ago.. or at least thats how my mom always explained it to me.
reshmecka 5 years ago
Hi Peter, its not a problem to put the same videos on both sites because you own the content and just give the right to both sites to use it. I even put up a video saying "hi youtubers" over there but then put up some text on top changing it to livevideo :)
Pattipi 5 years ago
Sasparilla or sarsaparilla, they're both rather similar. If you've had what is called "root beer" in the United States, that's it. I've heard the rest of the world finds root beer disgusting, but you never seem to hear sasparilla getting a bad rap.
justinwickstrom 5 years ago
You're awesome, Peter. Keep them coming.
Dazocs 5 years ago
Sasparilla is still sold out here. (Western US) I like it. Maybe we ought to ship you some!
jesse1701 5 years ago