Never Again !!

Greetings World's !!

It's been a few days - 4 I think - since I last posted anything..... so, I'm sorry about that !! To say the least.... well, more of that later - first the family !!

As I type, B.... My Wife & Dearest Friend..... is behind me, in our kitchen area. From time to time, the sliding door opens, mainly to let one or more of our 4 cats, go in & out..... I think, also, she is trying to keep this part of our homestead, a little warmer - it's really cold, in the kitchen, yet B is out there, just in a T-shirt !! Normally, it's me in the vest type things & B is all wrapped up...... not today tho' !!

So - where have I been & why "Never Again" ?!

Well - it's simple really & it's all my fault...... I made the stupid mistake of having a "flu jab" last Friday, while I was having my dressings changed. It made sense - I knew, at that time, that I was going back to the hospital, sometime.... so, as they would probably would of insisted on my having the jab, before going in - I went ahead & had it done !!

Now then, in the past - everytime I've had a "flue jab" - I have always felt like crap, afterwards.... well, once again, it's happened all over !! It's my own fault - I shouldn't of gone thru' with it.... !! By Saturday, I started to feel like crap.... so, I went to bed that night & - in all honesty - today is the first day that I've felt like getting out of bed & doing anything !!

Sooooo - once again...... "Never Again" !! I kind of knew I was making a dumb mistake, based on previous experiences - but !! Nevermind - it's over & done with now, but... I will know (again) for the next time !!

As for the hospital - well, I'm due back in Exeter, sometime in January.... just for a pre-op thingy..... followed by surgery, if all goes to plan, in February. We were talking earlier - if you go back, to last May - this will be my 10th operation. Hopefully, just on a hunch - the surgeon might get it right - this time around !!

I am not looking forward to the whole deal.... but, it either gets fixed, or...... !! Life will go on - but !! I am getting really pissed off about the whole thing... 10 operations !! Come on guys - please get it right, this time !!

I had to call the hospital, to confirm I would "give the go ahead" - which I did this morning..... so, I guess I can't really back out now - without causing a bit of a headache, with the surgeon !! Nevermind - it will give me something to look forward to.... ho-hum !!

I've just called the Taunton hospital - to cancel a February appointment..... it's all fun & games !! I can't be in 2 places at once !!

Right - the music of the moment...

As mentioned before - at some point - I had a DVD of Canned Heat's 1973 Montreux concert reach me, a few weeks back...... well, I've transferred it over to Cd & I'm playing that copy, really loudly, as I type. Maybe that's the reason why B has the kitchen door shut ?!

Anyhoo - the tracks are:

  1) On The Road Again
  2) Please, Mr Nixon
  3) Worried Life Blues
  4) About My Oo Poo Pa Doo
  5) Funky
  6) Night Time Is The Right Time
  7) Let's Work Together
  8) Rock & Roll Music
  9) Lookin' For My rainbow
10) Sake & Boogie

Ok - I might have written all of those tracks down before - sorry about that.... as I've said many times before - too many Cd's & too few brain cells !! Oh well.... there is a little story about this concert....

I was in Leeds, at around the same time that this concert was recorded..... and, at almost the same time, on the same day, that The Heat were doing this concert - I bought a copy of their 'New Age' album. Looking back at it, with all that was going on, in my life, at that time - it's weird how things fall into place. There is an official release, of this soundtrack - so I'll buy that soon...... always buy official stuff, if you can !!

'The New Age' album was - to me, a real let down, after the previous album 'Historical Figures & Ancient Heads' which I really did like.... probably one of my favourites, by the band.

The tracks are:

1) Sneakin' Around
2) Hills Stomp
3) Rockin' With The King
4) I Don't Care What You Tell Me
5) Long Way To LA
6) Cherokee Dance
7) That's Alright
8) Utah

That album, as far as I can remember, came out around 1971 - the one & only time I got to see the band, actually in concert !! It was at London' 'Royal Albert Hall' and it will always remain, in my little mind, as one of those great concerts !!

I was really fortunate - having gone 150 miles to see the concert - to have a seat, right beside the stage, almost in touching distance of Henry Vestine's amps !! Great place to be.....

I was also, very, very lucky - as the concert finished quite late - to get on a tube train, over to the station, in time to catch the last train "home" that night !! Ok - I then got stranded to Taunton.... but, it was worth it.... even getting stopped by the police !! After all - it was the middle of the night - sooooo, they wanted to know what I was doing, on my own, walking thru' the town, in the wee hours of the morning !!

The buggers didn't offer me a lift home tho'.... oh well !!

I've just changed the Cd over, to a bit of Jon Lord's "tribute" concert..... the Deep Purple section - 'When A Blind Man Cries'.... a great track & I always like a bit of the Purp's !! Oh well..

My plans for the rest of the day....

For once, I actually have some odd things to do...... especially & for a start, trying to tidy up my computer table !! I will have a count - but, there are probably 30+ Cd's to put away !! Nevermind.... life is good....

So, for now - I will be on my ways... things to do & stuff.... as always, I thanks you all for your time & for logging in & reading my words... until next time...

Bye Bye