717 - Oh well !!

Greetings World's !!

Today is kind of a special day - the reason being, it's 4 years, to the day, that I started this old blog of mine !! I guess some kind of celebration is in order.... exactly what, I do not know, but..... !!

I think this is my 717th posts....... so, considering I didn't know how to write a blog, at the very beginning (some say I still don't).... it's been quite a journey, really !!

I'm not sure exactly how many people have logged in, to read my words - but, as I try to say every time I write - I thank you all, for taking the time to log in.... either by accident, or deliberately.... and read my words. It's quite a "buzz", when I see a new country come up, on the stats page !!

Oh well - enough about the last 4 years, here's to the next.... well, whether it be another 4 years, or just a few days....."onwards, ever onwards !!"

The family....

As I type, B - "My Wife & Dearest Friend" - is sat, over to my left. I think she is doing some "crafty stuff" for the notice board, down at our local Dr's surgery. Long term readers will know (I hope) that B is on some kind of committee thingy, which meets from time to time. Anyhoo, she does the notice boards, so that people will know about things that are going on.....

Our Son - J- is over in Wales, doing a Uni course. I'm not sure when we will see him next, as B said he is unlikely to come home, for the Easter break.... something about not having the time & stuff like that. It's up to him - B would have gone to fetch him, but.... he has decided to stay at the Uni.....

Our Daughter - ME - has been here, this morning.... but, she is working a late shift, today.... so... !! I think she will home about 11, tonight.... depending on how things go, I guess. As long as I don't lock the door tonight, things will be fine !! I have been known to forget, that she is coming home.... rather than going to her boyfriend's house - it doesn't help, after a shift, to come home & find the door is bolted !!

As for the rest of the family.... our 4 cats.... well, 2 of them are here, with us & at least 1 is up on the bed. It's kind of hard, keeping track of their coming's & going's....... as it's raining outside - I'm guessing that all 4 of them are here - someplace !!

So - that just leaves me......

As I type, I'm listening to the latest (I think) Marillion album - 'Sounds That Can't Be Made'..... interesting name ?! So far, as this is my first time of listening to it, I'm really enjoying it !! The tracks are:

1) Gaza
2) Sounds That can't Be Made
3) Pour My Love
4) Power
5) Montreal
6) Invisible Ink
7) Lucky Man
8) The Sky Above The Rain

The opening track was "heavier" than I expected.... but, it's really a very recognizable Marillion album !! 'Gaza' clocks in at over 15 minutes in length  - with 'Montreal' getting very close to the same.... so, I'm getting my value for money out of it !! Great stuff....

It's really weird.... because I still think of Steve Hogarth as the "new" Marillion singer.... yet, I guess, by now, he has been singing with the band, at least 3 times longer than Fish !! It's crazy really....

..... a bit like Steve Morse, from Deep Purple. He's been in the band for sooooo many years now !! Ok - I'm only guessing here, but he must have "out ranked" Ritchie Blackmore, by a goodly number of years !?!

I'm not really sure if Deep Purple are still recording ?! The last album, that I bought by them, was a live set, recorded back in 1984..... it's not their best "live" album... but, I like it !! It's all music - and I really like my music..... !!

As mentioned before... I think.... the Allman Brothers called off some of their remaining concerts, at The Beacon Theater, in New York, because of Gregg Allman's poor health. This means, unfortunately - or fortunately - I have to decide how I'm going to buy the "instant live" sets, that are now available !!

If the band had done all of the concerts, I had thought of buying them, a few at a time..... Altho' it would of meant paying a shade more in postage - I wouldn't of paid out sooooo much, upfront, for the actual Cd's..... I would of spread the cost, over a period of time, maybe a couple of months.

But, now - it's going to work out quite a bit cheaper, to get them all in one go, mainly as I get one concert for free, on a buy the first 9 & get number 10 free.... !! Ok - I know I still have to pay for them - but, with 1 concert for free & saving on the postage.... well..... it's going to be a hard choice !!

I have to decide if B is going to kill me slowly, for buying sooooo many concerts, in 1 go - or, if it will be a quick death !! I'm guessing it will be a slow - a kind of - "you spent all that money...." kind of kill, if you follow my meaning !! I will have to think about it & see how much I value my life ?! Ho-hum....

As usual, the TV news is on, over in the corner.... and, according to what they're saying, they are thinking about bringing a law, which - if I've read this right - will mean parents are going to be open to a cruelty law. By that, I think they mean, that parents can be charged with a form of cruelty, if somebody (somewhere) feels that a child has been treaty cruelly, in some way, "emotionally" !!

How this is going to be worked out - well, that's beyond me !! Is it "cruel"  to say to your child "you can't have those sweets" or "you can't have that Manchester United t-shirt"... ?! Will the child feel emotionally hard done by, because a parent doesn't want to spend this, or that, amount of money - just to keep up with his friends ?! Oh well - somebody somewhere has to think up these things.... why ? I have no real idea !!

Right - my plans for the rest of the day...."None at all" !! Actually... I really must tidy my desk, in front of me.... there is so much junk on the thing, I honestly can't find things anymore !! I want to get all of my various pens together, in one pot or something..... they seem to be spreading out across the desk & disappearing !!

Ok - I don't write, as much as I used to - but, I still have a few pens here, just incase I need them !! I also have to sort out the various Cd's that are here, some of which seem to have lost the will to live, they've been here so long !!

So - after 717 posts, I must be on my ways.... as always, I thank you all for logging in & reading my words. It's strange to know you are all "out there".... until next time...

Bye Bye