A good day & a quiet night...

Hi again...

A big "Hello" to my Russian reader... I thank you for logging in & reading my words !! Well - you could read my words, if I actually wrote anything !! Anyhoo - to explain....

I've not written anything, mainly as I've felt like crap & - for my sins - I landed up, back in the bloody hospital again !! Honestly, I should have a season ticket to the place.... I even landed up in my old bed !!

Anyways - that was then... well, last week, for a few days. I was allowed home on Friday... but, feeling like crap, I just didn't feel like writing anything - sorry about that !!

But - it's now a Thursday & - for some reason - I feel World's better today... yesterday, all I wanted to do, was stay in bed & sleep - today... well, I feel sooooo much better, it's really weird !! Oh well....

First the family...

As I type, B is upstairs, trying to sort out the "mess" in J's room.... I went up a little earlier & she seems to be making headway !! As mentioned before - while J is at Uni (in Wales) - B is using the room, to do her crafty sort of stuff... so, she really wants to be able to get in there & do stuff....

J is over in Wales - as I say..... which just leaves ME... who is at work today. I'm not sure exactly what time she will be home, but.... I guess it might be later tonight. I don't really know what time she started !!

So - that's the family... as for me...

Well, I've been trying to catch up on things... e-mails & the such like. I had to 'phone a friend, as he sent me a brilliant DVD. Unfortunately, it came just as I went sick - so, I didn't get to call him !! That was very naughty of me - but, as I was in the hospital & stuff, I think he understood !!

The music of the moment... well, it was the latest Bruce Springsteen Cd 'High Hopes'..... but, as it's just finished, I'm now playing a Gov't Mule live set....... I'm not 100% sure which one it is - but, it was in the 5 disc player.. so, it's taken it's place & is now blasting away !!

To explain the set up, I have here.....

On the top, there is the Lp deck - which still gets played, even tho' I've sold most of my vinyl a long time back !! Below the deck - there is the amp... that's an old (but still good) Pioneer thing... the main reason for buying it, was because it has sooooo many inputs, in the back.  I needed something that could take everything.... all of the stuff below + the computer, the DVD player & anything else that I wanted to
use !!

Below the amp, there are 3 Cd units. The top one is playing now and holds 5 discs & is a Sony deck..... below that, there is a 4 deck Pioneer Cd deck. The 3 decks on the left are just normal Cd players - the 4th deck, on the right is a recorder...... I've had that one a very long time now - but, it's still useful (in it's own little ways)

Just below that, I have another Sony 2 disc player... the 2nd disc is a recorder - so... that's very handy, when I record stuff, for myself, from different places.... like the DVD player, or the computer, or the TV.... or the 4 cassette decks, which are on the bottom shelf.

Why do I have 4 cassette decks... well, they all record independently - so, in the "old days" when I used tapes much more than I do now, well, they are still great to use, even if it's only from time to time now.

So - that's what I use, to play & record stuff.... and, the main reason I forget what is playing next !! With so many decks, I can't always remember what is in which deck  & hence.... well, sometimes there is a nice surprise, like the Mule Cd that is playing now - I don't remember putting it in the deck... but, it's still fun !!

Oh - I forgot..... for the time being, I've put the 'iPod' thing, that B gave me for Christmas, is beside me..... I'm going to use it, when I eventually get out in the garage, which should be in a while or so.

Why am I going out to the garage... well.... I'll explain all of that, later in the year, when I'm a little better & feel like doing more things. Not yet tho'...... onwards, for today, at least !!

Just staying with music..... I've been writing about albums & how some of them have had an effect on my life. Well - I've been thinking a bit, about 'Live At Leeds' by the Who.... to explain...

While I was at school (many, many Moon ago) I had to go into the hospital, just for a small surgery. At the time, for me, it was a big deal - but, after all that has gone on, over the last few years, it really was a small thing... but, I was kind of worried about it - mainly as it was all "new" to me !!

Anyhoo - to "help" me, I was playing The Who's album... it was live & "raw"... and, it was the last thing I played, before going into the hospital. Since then, when I've known I've was going in for surgery - it has become a bit of a"thing" for me, to play the album.... just for "old times" sake !!

Since then, the Lp has been sold... and now I have the Cd's of the concert... two or three (I'm not really sure) but anyways, the tracks on the Cd are:

  1) Heaven & Hell
  2) I Can't Explain
  3) Fortune Teller
  4) Tattoo
  5) Young Man Blues
  6) Substitute
  7) Happy Jack
  8) I'm A Boy
  9) A Quick One While He's Away
10) Summertime Blues
11) Shakin' All Over
12) My Generation
13) Magic Bus

Now - I'm being lazy... because there is a second Cd - which contains all of the live performance of 'Tommy'.... which, going back to the old Lp, wasn't anywhere to be seen !! Infact - hardly any of the above mentioned tracks were on the Lp !! But - to me, that didn't matter !! As I explained to Sir J & Lady V, when they visited in the summer... I used to buy live albums, because it was - at that time - my only way to hear bands perform !!

So anyways - before going into the hospital, I played 'My Generation' & 'Magic Bus' (or side two of the old Lp) as loud as I could & then went off, into the hospital....... Now, well - it's still a great album.... so, being in the hospital, last week, I played it thru' the Mini Egg and it just brought the whole Lp thing back to my mind... oh well...

I was going to mention... There are a shed load of bands, playing at a holiday camp, about 15 miles from here - one of which is the fantastic Molly Hatchet. Unfortunately, you have to buy a "weekend" ticket, to see all of the bands perform, not just a one day thingy.... so, as that's way too expensive, I'm going to skip that !!

Plus - much to my surprise... when I called the place, about a ticket, I mentioned I was in a wheelchair & I was going to need access to the hall & stuff... well, the lady I spoke to, couldn't guarantee that I would be able to get into the place !! How crap is that !! Ok - I'm not going to go - but surely in 2014, the place should have wheelchair access ?! It's kind of crap really.... it stinks, it really does !!

Oh well.... my plans for today.

None at all !!

I'm going to have a quiet night & just chillax & do very little !! I do feel a lot better than I did - but, I'm not going to do too much.... mainly as I'm going back to the hospital tomorrow afternoon & I want to be on my best form, I don't want to go there feeling like crap !! Oh well...

For now tho' - I think I will be on my ways..... I've got a bit of tidying to do.... mainly as I want to use the printer & it's buried under a pile of junk at the moment !! I know it's under there - I just have to
find it !!

So - I thank you all for logging in & reading my words... I thank you for your time, especially you, over there in Russia - I hope you have a great night's sleep..... until next time...

Bye Bye