Grace Under Pressure......

Greetings Worlds !!

How has your day been..?  It's a bright & sunny Thursday here in England... it's been warm for most of the day, tho' I've not been outside at all - so, I'm guessing as the postman was wearing shorts, it must of been Ok out there !!

At the moment, I'm here on my own.  J is upstairs on his computer, but the ladies of the house have gone to the hairdressers.... they won't be back for a few hours or so, so - all in all, I'm "home
alone" !!

ME is having a hair cut, or something, to go to her graduation ball on Saturday night - B has gone along for the ride & to lend moral support !!

It's only in town - but, it seems it's going to take a couple of hours - so, in the meantime, I'll be blasting the music out of the Bose & blowing the cobwebs off the wall (so to speak) !!

Oh well - the music of the moment is Rush's 'Grace Under Pressure' Lp.... for a change, I dug the vinyl out of the box & decided to give that a go.  I don't really know why - it would be sooooo much easier to play the Cd, but.......  Since I bought the new stylus the other week - it's been fun to play the old records - well, the few I have left at least !!

The down side is, of course, I have to change the sides over every 20 minutes or so.... never mind, it's all good......

It's been a quiet day, here in the homestead..... I've done very little really.  The high point of the day was the chimney sweep coming in, to give it it's annual clear out !!  He's a nice guy - but, he could talk for England !!  I guess, by going around all the different homes, he picks up on various bits of gossip & he likes to share.... oh well - never mind.... he's done for this year !!

We did laugh tho'.... about our NFH.  The guy wants to buy a house in this area - so, we told him about our other neighbours home being on the market. He look across & said it looked interesting - well, that he was interested..... until he found out who lived next door !!  He knows her from years back & as soon as he found out she lived there - well, he said "she's crazy"..... Oh well, I guess her reputation is more widespread than we realised !!

If he will look into buying the house, I don't know - but..........

Right - if you're as long time reader - you might remember the "saga" of 'The Black Hand'.  Well, I'm starting a new "saga" - this time of 'The Black Knee' !!

A few weeks back - my knee started playing up - getting painful & what have you.  Well, this past week - it's gone black with a big bruise working it's way around my leg..... it's really weird, as I've not banged it or anything - it (just like my hand) is gradually going
black !!

As it hurts like mad today... well, I've decided to visit my Dr tomorrow, if it gets any worse over night. we will have to see what happens come the morning, I guess....... time will tell !!

I've just changed the Lp - it's now Deep Purple's 'Last Concert In Japan' playing in the background.  At the time I got this copy, it was only available on import - since then, the whole concert has come out on Cd.... which is a shame in a way, as it makes the Lp a little redundant !!  Add to that, you can now hear, on the Cd, how it was edited down to fit one Lp !!   Kind of c**p really !!

At the time tho' - I was just glad to get another 'live' album..... even if it was good or bad....

Just going back to the family.  ME had her last day at Uni placement today..... she came home with a cake & cards from the people she has been working with.  She says she wont miss them too much - but, she has been there for about 6 months (in total) and I think she might miss them, just a little bit really !!

Tomorrow is her very last day at Uni !!  It's unreal - she has got her B.Sc. with honours & I really couldn't be happier for her !! She really has done herself proud to get as far as she has.... we're all very proud of her !!

Hopefully, she will fall straight into a full time job.... but, in the meantime, she has her part time work to keep her going.  We all wish her lots of luck..... bless her !!

Just staying with today - I had my first birthday card come in the
post !!  It's not for a couple more days... so, that was a nice
surprise !!  The people who sent it, well - the lady has her birthday on the same day, so we kind of remember each others every year !!  Plus - the lady who lives in the Close, also has her birthday on the same day.... all kind of weird really !!

ME is a little "upset" as she has ordered my birthday pressy - but, it won't get here until after the weekend.... I've told her it doesn't matter, but she would of liked to have got here for my actual
birthday !!  Never mind - it's the thought that counts.....

I hope the latest Allman's order - thru' the internet, will get here tomorrow.  It's not from Lady V's site - but, it's the last 2 Allman's albums I have to get on Cd..... I've mentioned this before - but, it would be great if they came before the weekend !!  A little gift, to myself, so to speak.....

Poor B, if they get here, will have to put up with me playing them thru' over & over !!  It's 2 albums - but, I think they're on one Cd.... I'm not 100% sure about that - we will have to wait & see I guess....  I will let you know, when they get here.

I don't think we'll be doing anything special to celebrate my "day" - but, just being here with my family is all I really need......

There is a great Zeppelin concert.....on the date of my birthday - but, that's 2 days away... so, for tonight, I have to stay with July 5th 1980.  The band were in Munich & altho' I don't go a bundle on the 1980 concerts, this one is a little bit different.  The tracks are:

CD 1

1) The Train kept A Rollin'
2) Nobody's Fault But Mine
3) Black Dog
4) In The Evening
5) The Rain Song
6) Hot Dog
7) All My Love
8) Trampled Underfoot

CD 2

1) Since I've Been Loving You
2) Achilles Last Stand
3) White Summer - Black Mountain Side
4) Kashmir
5) Stairway To Heaven
6) Rock & Roll
7) Whole Lotta Love

It's the same set list as most of the 1980 concerts, but this one is recorded from the audience & that gives it a little more atmosphere....... well, the copy I have is at least !!  For some reason, Simon Kirke of Bad Co. plays on the drums, during 'Whole Lotta Love' - I'm not sure why... but, he's there anyhoo.  As always, don't buy bootlegs - buy the official stuff.... there is plenty of live albums around, with-out paying for bootlegs !!

I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before, or not... but.... CBS are repeating all of Star Trek Voyager.  Ok - I know it's all kind of lame, but Voyager is the only Star Trek show I really had any time for..... well, when it was first broadcast, at least !!

So - staring Monday evening, they started with season 1, episode 1 & at 8pm tonight, we're up to episode 3 (I think).... anyways.... it's given me something to watch, before going off to noddy nod land !!  It's amazing how easily pleased I am folks !!

Right - watching TV is my plan for tonight.... as for tomorrow - I'm not sure what we're doing.  I'm guessing B will head into town at some point, to either get some shopping, or go to the gym... or both... I really don't know what I'm going to do tho'......

.... whatever, I will be back another time....until then...

Bye Bye