£4000 & some great music.. Ho-hum !!

Greetings World's !!

It's been 3 whole days, since I last posted anything - I'm very sorry about that.... one thing has pushed out another & life has just flown by !! I will try & fill in the gaps, as & when I can.... some of the past few days have been a bit weird... some of it, has been down right stupid !!

First tho' - the family...

ME - our Daughter - has taken B - My Wife & Dearest Friend - up to someplace, in Bristol, to collect a bag. It was meant to be, in the shop, in Exeter... so, the plan, when we last went there, was to pick one up.... but, you know all about plans - they come, they go.... but, from time to time... they just fall apart !!

This one fell apart.... the bag wasn't in Exeter... so, for some reason (beyond me) B ordered it from a shop, in Bristol !! So - the ladies have headed that ways, today & hopefully, the bag will be there, when they arrive !! It's too complicated, for my brain, at least !! Oh well...

It does mean, however, that - I have the house, all to myself again.... sooooo the music is turned right up, past 11 & onto about 15 !! Especially, as I'm playing things thru' my headphones - the trusty Sennheiser set, that I was given, as a gift, quite a while ago now.... they work fine tho' - mainly as I hardly ever use them !!

The music of the moment, is Grateful Dead's 'Without A Net' album. The tracks are:

Side A

1) Feel Like A Stranger
2) Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
3) Walkin' Blues
4) Althea

Side B

1) Cassidy
2) Bird Song
3) Let It Grow

Side C

1) China Cat Sunflower/I Know You Rider
2) Looks Like Rain
3) Eyes Of The World

Side D

1) Victim Of Crime
2) Help On The way/Slipknot/Franklin's Tower
3) One More Saturday Night
4) Dear Mr. Fantasy

Why 4 sides ? Well - for my sins, I'm playing the 2 tape cassette version - mainly because, as yet, I've not found a copy of the Cd version !! Well - that's a lie.... I have found a copy - but, the seller wants over £30 for it & - as much as I like the album - I don't see paying that much for a Cd of the thing, while the tapes play perfectly fine !!

Plus - I must admit - today, I'm making a transfer of the tapes, over to Cd.... until I can actually find the thing, on an official Cd !! It's not going to be perfect - but, it will do, until I can buy a copy, hopefully, cheaper than £30 !! That's a little too much for my taste !!

I will use it, until such a time, that things work out, money wise...... which brings me, onto one of the more "stupid" things, of the last couple of days....

As mentioned, before someplace.... I am "officially" broke. With being sick, most of the last year, in one hospital or another - it was only a matter of time, before somebody, someplace said "give us your money" !!

Anyhoo - I had this insurance thingy... which covered me, incase I had problems - in one way, or another, money wise. Being "officially" broke fell into that range of problems, so... the insurance paid out !!

Much to my surprise - I had a letter & cheque for over £4000 come in the post - which, we thought, would be a fantastic help, in this time of need.... boy, we were wrong, on that part !!

Follow closely - you might, one day, be the same position as
ourselves !!

I had this bank account, which the insurance was placed with - the bank, not the account. Anyhoo - because we went "officially" broke.... that bank account was closed.....

Unfortunately - the bank (bless them) being as we had an account with them, decided that - for reasons I still don't understand - that we can't have the cash.... because it's an asset, above a certain amount, & therefore, above the limit we can have & still be classed as "officially" broke !!

So - because we had this insurance, in place, to help us - incase we needed it.... we can't make use of it & it will all go towards paying other things !!

Just when we thought, we were starting to get things going & sorting ourselves out.... I have £4000 in one hand - which the other hand, has to lose, or else !! Sooooo - instead of being "officially" (I just love that word) broke - I will be made "officially" bankrupt.... and, have to deal with all the crap, that goes along with that !!

Here is something, kind of, dumb.....

To be classed as "officially" insolvent... you have to pay £90 - money, which if you think about it, you don't have... or else you wouldn't be classed as insolvent !! However - to be classed as bankrupt - you have to pay £700 !! How mad is that.....

Up until this £4000 cheque came... I didn't have £700.... now that I do, I have to pay it out, to do something, I don't have any choice in !! It all seems like a bit of a con-act to me.... oh well, I will no doubt let you know how things go, over the coming weeks !!

Moving away from the above....

I e-mailed our Son - J - to see if he would consider, for his Mum's sake, coming home, for just a short while..... but, as he hasn't got back to me... I'm guessing that's a big "No" !! It's Ok.... I know he hates me & every bit of a life, that I have still going in me.... but - to take his hate for me, out on his Mum... well, that's a bit too much !!

So... I will just leave things as they are & hope, that should I die, he will consider his Mum & hopefully let his hate for me, just rest at the bottom of the sea.... if not, well - it's your life Son !! Oh well....

I really must think about shutting this off soon.... I have a few things to do & I really want to get on with them !! Oh I forgot...

As I type, our 20 year old car is having it's yearly MOT test...... I really hope it gets thru' everything Ok !! It would be the final straw, if the car has to go off the road, at the same time as I have a £4000 cheque I can't make use of.... that would be kind of ironic.... it really would be !! Nevermind...

I must go... the cassettes are coming to an end & I want to see how well they have come out, on the Cd's..... hopefully good enough... for my ears, at least - that's all I need really..... 'Dear Mr Fantasy' is playing, right now - it's a great song !!

I thank you all, for logging in & reading my words.... I thank you for your time, drop me a line - any time... it would be good to hear from you.... until next time...

Bye Bye