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Welcome to London Calling with me James Davenport and my very good friend Mr Toby Young.

Tobes, what's been happening in your world?

Well, it's my birthday today James.

Oh, happy birthday Toby.

Thank you.

The big six-0?

No, not the big six-0.

But almost actually, it's quite close, isn't it?

It is alarmingly close, yes.

Yeah, I'm about to enter my seventh decade, but not yet, not for some time yet but to be 60 is the new 40 unless you've had the

COVID jab which case it's the new 90 well in that case I'll be I'll be 40

quite soon yeah Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Anyway, so thought I'd drop that in just in

case any London calling listeners want to wish me happy birthday. Not literally, but you get in their heads you get showered with so

many shooting invitations I kind of want to throw up actually I do know why do they like you?

I don't get I see I've got I've got so how many have I've got like I've got like I've got

I've got like three days in total no four days in total yeah but you have a

grass shoot which counts as like 10 I think a grass shoot is equal to 10 pheasant

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