What great memories. I was a huge RS fan and went to see them all over the UK and Ireland. Regards to your Dad and Uncles. Didn't they have shiny hair. Is Colin the Dad of Liam from One Direction?
Lead singer seems to be enjoying himself and has a decent voice, drummer seems rather "chipper", the other 3 seem to be a bit "stiff" and self-conscious. But decent video. I like to choose videos randomly and watch even if I have never heard of the group (which is the case with this one). So this is the uncles and father of one of the comment-posters? Must be proud of dear old dad and the others. Did they continue with the music?
HEY CONHUIR HOPE THIS FINDS U WELL DAMIAN WAS MY FAVORITE THEN COLIN AND THEN TERRY I KNOW THAT ROSETTA STONE HAD A REUNION TOO BAD THEY WONT TAKE IT ON TOUR I KNOW ID LOVE TO SEE THEM ALL ONSTAGE PERFORMING ALL THE OLD SONGS AND I KNOW IM NOT THE ONLY ONE MAYBE 1 DAY THANKS 4 SHARING TAKE CARE AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL
@judy49luvsles55 Hey up! Just thought you might wanna know that the band have a reunion gig at the Downpatrick Museum this Saturday, 14th May '11 ! Should be good craic, get yourself there if you live near! Peace.
Thanks so much for this! This takes me back to a very happy place in my life. I've looked for years hoping to find something from Rosetta Stone. What a beautiful surprise.
Brilliant, Conhuir. I love watching all these archive videos - especially music ones from the UK. It makes me smile when I look back. Thank you for sharing.
I saw your dad and the band in Finland late -70's in Tulivuori-rock Lappajärvi. Hope he remember a little girl with Rock Pictures record... I got autograph on my record =)
Oh man, I had this album this song was on virtually til I got married...!
Thank you for putting this on...do your dad and uncles still have a band or did they move onto other things? And they are frozen in my mind as well, never mind we're probably all the same age (I'm now 53) now.
I won this record at a fete in the 80s. Probably still got it somewhere! I never knew it was a cover version, in fact at that age I probably didn't even know what a cover version was. Of course, that was back in the days when I thought Iron Maiden were amazingly original and Kylie Minogue wrote "The Locomotion"!
I won this record at a fete in the 80s. Probably still got it somewhere! I never knew it was a cover version, in fact at that age I probably didn't even know what a cover version was. Of course, that was back in the days when I thought Iron Maiden were amazingly original and Kylie Minogue wrote "The Locomotion"!
I won this record at a fete in the 80s. Probably still got it somewhere! I never knew it was a cover version, in fact at that age I probably didn't even know what a cover version was. Of course, that was back in the days when I thought Iron Maiden were amazingly original and Kylie Minogue wrote "The Locomotion"!
I won this record at a fete in the 80s. Probably still got it somewhere! I never knew it was a cover version, in fact at that age I probably didn't even know what a cover version was. Of course, that was back in the days when I thought Iron Maiden were amazingly original and Kylie Minogue wrote "The Locomotion"!
I pulled this album out and listened to it the other day! Good times! Thanks for sharing the video! Which one is your dad? Tell him thanks for the music! ; )
Thank goodness Punk and The Clash came to reclaim RnR and give it a much needed kick in the arse.The repercussions are still reverberating to this day. Joe Strummer-RIP!
Maybe some of their later, post-Ian, singles weren't covers, although by then they were covering early Bryan Adams quite a bit (Remember, Hiding from Love, Straight from the Heart)
Tam's a good friend of ours. He's been like a father in law to me. When the chips were down Tam was there, always has been! Ian & I love him. I guess, you dont know him. I do and have done for almost 20 years!
If a man in his 30s/40s had sex with an 18 year old girl no one would blink. And when is an 18 y.o. a school girl? In fact theyd pat them on the back. It was illegal but that law was finally changed as it discriminated against gays. Pot, whatever.
wenn ich mir den Damian so anschaue dann kommen schöne Erinnerungen zurück....jeder wollten ihn Heiraten... Ich AUCH Ich Liebe Dich Damian, auch heute noch.
I met the guys at my local town hall and got their autographs they were lovely and Ian is in the video he is at the end with the dark hair. this video brings memories.
@conhuirmckee It wasn't just the northern US cities that the Irish settled. The Irish helped established cities all over the country. In my area, itn eht southern US, the Irish dominated the area.
@brennieb64 I live in northern Alabama and we have tons of Irish surnames in this area. My maternal grandmother was a Carney before marrying. Lot of Scots and Irish came in through the Carolinas and eastern Tennessee and settled there and further South.
@SusanWillingham I know what you mean. My own family is LOADED with Irish ancestry. Almost without exception, my family heritage is from Belfast and Bangor. As far back as I can trace my roots, everyone comes from one of those two places.
Very funny! And Tam wanted to replace Damian with Limahl (later of Kajagoogoo) 'cause he was such a "rebel". Wonder if they even played on this recording...seems like they (esp. Terry on drums) don't even know how to mime to the song.
Oh I loved this song and I bought their album and played it to death. Do you know if it will ever be released on CD? I'd love to get it cuz I loved them when I was a teenager and looking at this video brings back so many memories, especially of their pictures hanging on my bedroom walls. If you have any other videos please could you post them. I dug out their album that was released here in the US just to look at it again and remembering the songs! Tell your Dad and uncles I still love them!
they were right on the cusp of punk rock,so this kind of pretty boy band were on the way out,it was like the very last vestiges of glam rock, fading to make way for all the punk and new wave bands , i truelly wish they had gone that way! they had more talent than the BCR:
Conhurimckee: This is so AWESOME that Damian is your dad, and Colin and Terry are your uncles. I agree with another post here, that in my mind, these guys will always be teenagers. Could you possibly put a photo here on YouTube of the 3 of them NOW?? I loved Rosetta Stone, esp. Ian, and if I'd been one of those girls sitting there, I would have been in a dead faint, sitting three feet from him like that. (Gotta love those bowl haircuts).
I remember being kinda shocked to know that Damian was already married and had a kid(s) when this single was released! Of course it wasn't made public, thanks to Tam the Slime.
Damian was such a good looking and talented singer who loved singing. Hope he is happy and content now. Thanks for this upload! :)
Maybe he is now but In 1982 he was convicted of gross indecency with teenage boys, and went to jail for a year for it. He was actually sentenced to three years.
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So then he WAS having illegal sex with school aged children. Shame he did not wait until 2009 - or until the boy was 21. Didn't he also get fined two hundred thousand pounds for drug possession? Well, never mind. If the law changes and they legalise pot then your hero will one day be as clean as you would like him to be. I doubt he will get his 200,000 backthough - OR his reputation.
No he didn't. He paid £20,000 as a fine and the other £180000 had to be paid to the court as PROCEEDS OF CRIME. And how could it be proceeds of crime unless he admitted to dealing as well as possession. You don't seem to know much about what happened in the court do you?
If dealing drugs, sleeping with star struck teen boys desperate to get a pop career and spending time in jail for sexual assault of minors is OK - then fine - your moral judgements are truly in line with Paton's.
you have an awesome dad. it's hard for me to imagine him older, somehow in my head he's stuck forever at the age he is in this video, even tho i have a 20 year old son. lol, weird, huh?
I saw your dad and the band in Finland late -70's in Tulivuori-rock Lappajärvi. Hope he remember a little girl with Rock Pictures record... I got autograph on my record =)
Thank you Conhuir!!!!!! I Love this video! I never was lucky enough to see your dad's band live, so I really appreciate you posing this!! Keep them comming! I'm still stoned on Rosetta! Rosetta Stone Forever!
What great memories. I was a huge RS fan and went to see them all over the UK and Ireland. Regards to your Dad and Uncles. Didn't they have shiny hair. Is Colin the Dad of Liam from One Direction?
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With the great Ian Mitchell!
Frankonino 7 months ago
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sirnicholson 7 months ago
I heard Tam Paton had it off with Damian.
ke11er5tain 9 months ago
Lead singer seems to be enjoying himself and has a decent voice, drummer seems rather "chipper", the other 3 seem to be a bit "stiff" and self-conscious. But decent video. I like to choose videos randomly and watch even if I have never heard of the group (which is the case with this one). So this is the uncles and father of one of the comment-posters? Must be proud of dear old dad and the others. Did they continue with the music?
SusanWillingham 9 months ago
HEY CONHUIR HOPE THIS FINDS U WELL DAMIAN WAS MY FAVORITE THEN COLIN AND THEN TERRY I KNOW THAT ROSETTA STONE HAD A REUNION TOO BAD THEY WONT TAKE IT ON TOUR I KNOW ID LOVE TO SEE THEM ALL ONSTAGE PERFORMING ALL THE OLD SONGS AND I KNOW IM NOT THE ONLY ONE MAYBE 1 DAY THANKS 4 SHARING TAKE CARE AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL
judy49luvsles55 11 months ago
@judy49luvsles55 Hey up! Just thought you might wanna know that the band have a reunion gig at the Downpatrick Museum this Saturday, 14th May '11 ! Should be good craic, get yourself there if you live near! Peace.
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I was looking for the Goth band called Rosetta Stone, but these are ok!
tonticule 11 months ago
I was looking for the Goth band called Rosetta Stone, but these are ok!
tonticule 11 months ago
Thanks so much for this! This takes me back to a very happy place in my life. I've looked for years hoping to find something from Rosetta Stone. What a beautiful surprise.
brennieb64 1 year ago
Brilliant, Conhuir. I love watching all these archive videos - especially music ones from the UK. It makes me smile when I look back. Thank you for sharing.
IntellectualAmy 1 year ago
I saw your dad and the band in Finland late -70's in Tulivuori-rock Lappajärvi. Hope he remember a little girl with Rock Pictures record... I got autograph on my record =)
Love <3
marjapyy 1 year ago
超なつかし～！
偶然コレ見つけました。
中学の時、ラジオでよく聴いた覚えがあります。
映像を見るのは初めてです。
こういう人たちだったんだ。
いい曲だと思います。
koba3014 1 year ago
Oh man, I had this album this song was on virtually til I got married...!
Thank you for putting this on...do your dad and uncles still have a band or did they move onto other things? And they are frozen in my mind as well, never mind we're probably all the same age (I'm now 53) now.
This makes me young again:) Thank you.
Mellissandria 1 year ago
This band takes me back. I was a big fan of the Bay City Rollers and then heard about Rosetta Stone. Thanks for bringing back some great memories.
rmtijerina 1 year ago
Oh wow...I loooooved this band....thanks so much for posting---which one is your Dad? I still remember...Damian, Colin and Terry..right?
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I won this record at a fete in the 80s. Probably still got it somewhere! I never knew it was a cover version, in fact at that age I probably didn't even know what a cover version was. Of course, that was back in the days when I thought Iron Maiden were amazingly original and Kylie Minogue wrote "The Locomotion"!
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I won this record at a fete in the 80s. Probably still got it somewhere! I never knew it was a cover version, in fact at that age I probably didn't even know what a cover version was. Of course, that was back in the days when I thought Iron Maiden were amazingly original and Kylie Minogue wrote "The Locomotion"!
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I won this record at a fete in the 80s. Probably still got it somewhere! I never knew it was a cover version, in fact at that age I probably didn't even know what a cover version was. Of course, that was back in the days when I thought Iron Maiden were amazingly original and Kylie Minogue wrote "The Locomotion"!
MagicBobson 1 year ago
I won this record at a fete in the 80s. Probably still got it somewhere! I never knew it was a cover version, in fact at that age I probably didn't even know what a cover version was. Of course, that was back in the days when I thought Iron Maiden were amazingly original and Kylie Minogue wrote "The Locomotion"!
MagicBobson 1 year ago
Hated this lot, Roller , Slik etc. Boy bands before Louis Walsh invented the genre.
cozener1 1 year ago
I saw this guys in North Bay, Ontario. Canada in the late 70's. Thanks for the memories.
confusedtiger 1 year ago
I have been a fan of Rosetta Stone since the 70's & I still listen to their music. My favorite was & is still Terry.
2LittleSister 1 year ago
Really !? Oh My God !! Rosetta Stone is the BEST !
loveballetrika 1 year ago
lol I used to love these when I was young saw them in Southport
redjv 1 year ago
@conhuirmckee
I`m sooo glad & happy now....!!!
I`m nearly 53 years old/YOUNG,-living in Germany and:
Never, never I could forget this very nice sounding melody and name of this brillant song: IF PARADISE IS HALF AS NICE !
What I forgot was the name of the band.
But I remember that the band members were wearing these army shirts.
This is still a very ,very good song ! REAL POP-MUSIC !!
Tell this your dad and your uncles !!
AntjeSeeger 1 year ago
thought rosetta stone was a goth band
jogu78 1 year ago
I pulled this album out and listened to it the other day! Good times! Thanks for sharing the video! Which one is your dad? Tell him thanks for the music! ; )
alsgal4eternity 1 year ago
Why do these pretty boys sing with fake American accents? Aren't they supposed to be paddies?
MrPnisHead 2 years ago
PnisHead, how'd you find this vid? Nobody forced you to come here.
And, yeah, they're Irish, while you sound like a Chav.
MadameLil 2 years ago
私は彼らの曲で
♪Sunshine of your love♪を知りました
MAKO110864 2 years ago
OMG! Colin! I loved him more than thirty years ago. lol.
They were so famous in Japan at that time.
Qzie 2 years ago
Is that Les McKeown's brother on lead vocals or did he just do a good job mimicing him, moved the same way, all his mannerisms?
Toooder 2 years ago
Toooder, the singer's Damian McKee. He & Ian Mitchell had been friends since childhood. And, yeah, he sounds quite a bit like Les.
MadameLil 2 years ago
Great to listen to this again. Remember your dad and uncles well Conmuir. And have great memories of beinf in Down patrick early 80's.
biglegsjj 2 years ago
Dads and Uncles?? PJ Mcabe where are you now?? You wre a Nephew!!
als660 2 years ago
Beats fishing! Strangford Loch!! is That true?
als660 2 years ago
love this song ,great memories ,love 1970s when i was a kid
netanya8889 2 years ago
Thank goodness Punk and The Clash came to reclaim RnR and give it a much needed kick in the arse.The repercussions are still reverberating to this day. Joe Strummer-RIP!
A true powerpopper as well,A.
crapple009 2 years ago
Did rosetta ever have a single that was'nt a cover version , over to the experts
gregorysgal 2 years ago
Maybe some of their later, post-Ian, singles weren't covers, although by then they were covering early Bryan Adams quite a bit (Remember, Hiding from Love, Straight from the Heart)
haj1909 2 years ago
OMG i remeber this, and to my age group the tag it's friday it's 5 to 5 and it's crackerjack is legendary.
gregorysgal 2 years ago
Boy, these guys have attitude :)
MrRik2 2 years ago
Well, I love this video, and this song!!!! How absolutely awesome they were!
sweetpea74403 2 years ago
PS: I love pretty boys.
ianslass 3 years ago
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Tam's a good friend of ours. He's been like a father in law to me. When the chips were down Tam was there, always has been! Ian & I love him. I guess, you dont know him. I do and have done for almost 20 years!
If a man in his 30s/40s had sex with an 18 year old girl no one would blink. And when is an 18 y.o. a school girl? In fact theyd pat them on the back. It was illegal but that law was finally changed as it discriminated against gays. Pot, whatever.
Now back to Rosetta Stone.
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ianslass 3 years ago
Weren't they managed by Bay City Rollers manager Tam Paton? He had a thing for young prettty boys, as I recall.
hossoneninesixtwo 3 years ago
Dont get jealous
ke11er5tain 3 years ago
Jealous of a 20 stone pervert who lost GBP 200,000 for dealong dope? Sure.
hossoneninesixtwo 3 years ago
Tam died a month or two ago - I found that out on The Dead Rock Stars Club site.
MadameLil 2 years ago
didnt know tam had gone, wot was it?
julie7360 2 years ago
Tam died of a heart attack - or so they say on Wikipedia.
MadameLil 2 years ago
i went on that site you quoted and it said he went of heart attack in march i think,cant remember the month now.
julie7360 2 years ago
Tam was a good friend of mine and I will miss him dearly.
rocker2048 2 years ago
When did they go Gothic??
Godzilla1985 3 years ago
Different band you are thinking of there, I think...
hossoneninesixtwo 3 years ago
Hello basscadet, tell your uncle Damian greetings from me from Germany, Rosetta Stone, we miss here in Germany.
Giulianova06 3 years ago
The singer is my uncle!
basscadet69 3 years ago
wenn ich mir den Damian so anschaue dann kommen schöne Erinnerungen zurück....jeder wollten ihn Heiraten... Ich AUCH Ich Liebe Dich Damian, auch heute noch.
Giulianova06 3 years ago
Ian is the one with the brown shirt on.
linda960 3 years ago
I met the guys at my local town hall and got their autographs they were lovely and Ian is in the video he is at the end with the dark hair. this video brings memories.
linda960 3 years ago
wow i remember this song...great! i was 15years old!!
y928 3 years ago
We're Irish, and was alot of American cities not built with the help of the Irish? i.e. New York
conhuirmckee 3 years ago 2
@conhuirmckee It wasn't just the northern US cities that the Irish settled. The Irish helped established cities all over the country. In my area, itn eht southern US, the Irish dominated the area.
brennieb64 11 months ago
@brennieb64 I live in northern Alabama and we have tons of Irish surnames in this area. My maternal grandmother was a Carney before marrying. Lot of Scots and Irish came in through the Carolinas and eastern Tennessee and settled there and further South.
SusanWillingham 9 months ago
@SusanWillingham I know what you mean. My own family is LOADED with Irish ancestry. Almost without exception, my family heritage is from Belfast and Bangor. As far back as I can trace my roots, everyone comes from one of those two places.
brennieb64 9 months ago
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this is why america one the revolution cause of the poosy britz
oldschoolHalen 3 years ago
1978ish?. I bought the 7inch of this. Thanks for putting it up.
Crackerjack....
raahead 3 years ago
They were all so cute back then! I have both their albums and now have them on CD (which I bought from Ian's merchandise when I met him 2 years ago).
PaOsfan 3 years ago
Mann o Mann!
Mentors09 3 years ago
bloody ell ...love it!! xxxdeborah xx
bolanbabe 3 years ago
Very funny! And Tam wanted to replace Damian with Limahl (later of Kajagoogoo) 'cause he was such a "rebel". Wonder if they even played on this recording...seems like they (esp. Terry on drums) don't even know how to mime to the song.
haj1909 3 years ago
i had no idea about Limahl! haha Thanks for sharing that. :)
gigilovelle 3 years ago
Is Ian in this? Tam Patton also managed this band?
daidi0121 3 years ago
LIMAHL?? You gotta be kidding!!
MadameLil 2 years ago
my favorite Rosetta Stone song! love it! thanks for posting!!! LOVE IAN MITCHELL!! ;-)
Gina97xls 3 years ago
Oh I loved this song and I bought their album and played it to death. Do you know if it will ever be released on CD? I'd love to get it cuz I loved them when I was a teenager and looking at this video brings back so many memories, especially of their pictures hanging on my bedroom walls. If you have any other videos please could you post them. I dug out their album that was released here in the US just to look at it again and remembering the songs! Tell your Dad and uncles I still love them!
summermom3 3 years ago
they were right on the cusp of punk rock,so this kind of pretty boy band were on the way out,it was like the very last vestiges of glam rock, fading to make way for all the punk and new wave bands , i truelly wish they had gone that way! they had more talent than the BCR:
jamierourketen 3 years ago 2
Good to see Rosetta Stone again after 30 years!!! I never imagined I would be watching them again now!!! They sound fantastic!
Gina97xls 3 years ago
Conhurimckee: This is so AWESOME that Damian is your dad, and Colin and Terry are your uncles. I agree with another post here, that in my mind, these guys will always be teenagers. Could you possibly put a photo here on YouTube of the 3 of them NOW?? I loved Rosetta Stone, esp. Ian, and if I'd been one of those girls sitting there, I would have been in a dead faint, sitting three feet from him like that. (Gotta love those bowl haircuts).
1970sGirl 3 years ago
Hey Conhuir...what are the guys in the band doing these days? They sure were cuties back then!
carolannwomack 4 years ago
Incredible!!
thanks to this video.
When I was highschool
From japan
aw5959 4 years ago
I remember being kinda shocked to know that Damian was already married and had a kid(s) when this single was released! Of course it wasn't made public, thanks to Tam the Slime.
Damian was such a good looking and talented singer who loved singing. Hope he is happy and content now. Thanks for this upload! :)
kentishken 4 years ago
what do you mean tam the slime? Have you ever met the man? Tam is a good guy
ke11er5tain 3 years ago
Maybe he is now but In 1982 he was convicted of gross indecency with teenage boys, and went to jail for a year for it. He was actually sentenced to three years.
hossoneninesixtwo 3 years ago
it was actually in 1981 he was convicted.Please remember the age of consent was 21 in 1981 . He was with a 18year old man and that would be legal now
ke11er5tain 3 years ago
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So then he WAS having illegal sex with school aged children. Shame he did not wait until 2009 - or until the boy was 21. Didn't he also get fined two hundred thousand pounds for drug possession? Well, never mind. If the law changes and they legalise pot then your hero will one day be as clean as you would like him to be. I doubt he will get his 200,000 backthough - OR his reputation.
hossoneninesixtwo 3 years ago
He DID get £180000 back you obviosly dont know that much about him.
ke11er5tain 3 years ago
No he didn't. He paid £20,000 as a fine and the other £180000 had to be paid to the court as PROCEEDS OF CRIME. And how could it be proceeds of crime unless he admitted to dealing as well as possession. You don't seem to know much about what happened in the court do you?
If dealing drugs, sleeping with star struck teen boys desperate to get a pop career and spending time in jail for sexual assault of minors is OK - then fine - your moral judgements are truly in line with Paton's.
hossoneninesixtwo 3 years ago
Hey,
Cheers for the nice comments...
Damian is my Dad, Colin and Terry are my uncles
conhuirmckee 4 years ago
Please tell your dad and uncles how much they are appreciated for making my adolescent years a very nice memory. I loved them soooo much! :)
gigilovelle 3 years ago
conhuir, which one is your dad? i was crazy about rosetta stone in the 70's. thanks for this.
eydie57 4 years ago
Hey,
Cheers for the nice comments...
Damian is my Dad, Colin and Terry are my uncles.
conhuirmckee 4 years ago
you have an awesome dad. it's hard for me to imagine him older, somehow in my head he's stuck forever at the age he is in this video, even tho i have a 20 year old son. lol, weird, huh?
rammer18 4 years ago
lol yup hes 50 this year... he'll kill me if he see's this hehe
Cool your son's the same age as me :D
conhuirmckee 4 years ago
@conhuirmckee my brother was 20 when that comment was posted i never saw this as i were born in 1996 but would have loved to have watched it
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@conhuirmckee
I saw your dad and the band in Finland late -70's in Tulivuori-rock Lappajärvi. Hope he remember a little girl with Rock Pictures record... I got autograph on my record =)
Love <3
marjapyy 1 year ago
thank you!
i love it!
lunaballerina 4 years ago
Hahaha, this is not the Rosetta Stone I was expecting *adjusts goth goggles*
sundaeg1rl 4 years ago
i was surprised that there are (were) two bands called rosetta stone. i didn't know about the hard rock one only this one.
eydie57 4 years ago
LOL, those that like the Rosetta Stone I know don't come out in the daylight ;-)
sundaeg1rl 4 years ago
oh my god, this reminds me of being young in the 70's. why isn't the world still like this?
rammer18 4 years ago
Thank you Conhuir!!!!!! I Love this video! I never was lucky enough to see your dad's band live, so I really appreciate you posing this!! Keep them comming! I'm still stoned on Rosetta! Rosetta Stone Forever!
mamahama36 4 years ago 2
Glad ya like it..... long live the stone :)
conhuirmckee 4 years ago