More Dream Theater & other stuff....

Greetings World's !!

It's another Friday, here in the wilds of England... it's quite cold outside !! B took me down to the local Dr's - oh, about an hour ago.... it was really chilly out there !! Nevermind... one of the better nurses did the dressings today..... sooooo, things went - sort of Ok.

B  - My Wife & Dearest Friend - is here about, some place.... last time I heard, she was dropping the guitar amp, onto the bedroom floor !! That's - kind of - my fault... I had left it, on J's bed & it was quite close to the edge..... so, I guess it fell off, from there !! I will give it a look over, at some point, to make sure it still works !!

It - from what I can see - that one of our tabby cats has taken up residence, on J's bed.... right where the Sun comes in & warms the thing up !! Somehow - with the cat being there.... B knocked the amp & speaker off the bed & onto the floor. No biggy.... cat & amp/speaker are doing well !!

The news, is on the TV - over to my left - and they're still talking about the death of Charlotte Bevan & her baby. I think everybody is treating it, as a sad suicide & - I suppose - murder...... if the baby was still alive, when the lady jumped over, into the gorge.

I know that place, the area, where it happened.... not too well, but enough to know how dangerous it is..... how fatal it can be. Know one person will really know the whole truth - but, it's all very sad.

Going back, to our family.....

ME came over, last night, for a couple of hours & we had a bit of fun...... she always brightens up our home, when she comes here !! Especially when chocolate biscuits are involved !!

We bought a tin of them, supposedly to eat, over the Christmas holidays...... once we opened the tin, the things were all but gone, inside an hour !! They were very nice tho' !! Now - of course - we will have to buy some more !! nevermind....

She is coming back, later this afternoon....

B is meeting her, at the DR's surgery....... sooooo - I hope I'll see my "little girl" afterwards !! We'll see if she has time..

So - apart from J - our Son... who is over in Wales, doing his Uni course..... that's our family. The music of the moment - well, I've been experimenting !! To explain.....

As, I think, I wrote about yesterday - I was thinking of putting the DVD soundtrack, of a Dream Theater concert, over to Cd.... well -that's the music of the moment !!

I was hurting pretty badly, in the night - no matter how many painkillers I took, I couldn't shift what was going on..... so, I came down stairs & spent a couple of hours, transferring the soundtrack, over to Cd.... for my own use, I must emphasize !! Please do not write & ask for copies !!

Anyways - I did that last night, using the new TEAC recorder....... which, altho' I'm not 100% happy with it, I am getting use to it's little quirks & charms !! It's nowhere as good, as my older Sony & Pioneer recorders...... but, it does every thing it says it'll do - sooooo, I shouldn't moan too much !! I just have to get used to it, that's all !!

All I've had to do, this morning, is re-record the thing (Cd) over to the Sony deck, to increase the volume of the whole recording. For some reason, I didn't have the record level up high enough, last night, so - by re-doing the whole thing, I was able to improve that.... it sounds really good !!

The next time, that I do anything like this - well.... it's all a bit of a leaning curve really. I must of wasted sooooo many CDR's over the years, until I got things to record, in the way I wanted !! Oh well.

The postman has just been - dropping off 2 more 'Giant Warplanes' to add to me ever growing collection !! There were 4 - that I really wanted.... they were the B 17 - B 29 - B 52 & B 36...... so far, I've got the first 3...... along with countless others !!

Today, a C-97 Stratofreighter' came..... not something I was really expecting, but - they will all go, into the loft - one day, somebody will enjoy them.... I hope !! If I ever have Grandchildren..... some day, maybe..... Ho-hum !!

We have just had a bit of fun !!

Earlier - by accident.... honestly !! I broke a picture frame...... As the frame was no good, I went to see if another picture, that we have of the guys, was the right size, for the glass. The frame was broke, but the glass was Ok..... anyhoo - I took the second frame down & we found a second photo'.... behind the front one, that has been on display for years !!

It was taken when ME was - probably - at playgroup, or something.... it's really nice - to have found it & what it's actually about !! Brilliant..... a really surprising find.....

As mentioned, yesterday - the lovely lady brought me over some new sticks, for my use. They are basically a pair of crutches, something I've shied away from - especially when I came out of hospital, last year - but, as the time has gone on.... it's become obvious, that I need some extra help, when I'm walking around & about..... hence the new sticks !!

I should of used them, this morning, going down to the surgery - but, I wasn't brave enough !! They will get used, especially when I'm back in hospital, after Christmas...... it will all be fun & games then !! Ho-hum & other stuff.....

Right - my plans for today ? None at all... !! I will no doubt, listen to some more music & stuff like that... I must try & tidy up my computer table, as well......... things need to go back on the shelves & what have you !!

So - as always, I thank you for logging in & reading my words..... until next time...

Bye Bye