The Saga Of The Black Leg Part 1

Well Greetings Worlds !!

How is your bit of Internet Space been treating you this past week ?!

I know - it's been as little while since I was last here - but, things have conspired to put me down this past few days & life has had to go on with-out me !!

I suppose you could call it the "Ongoing Saga Of The Black Knee"......... but, that's not exactly true.  It's become the "Saga Of The Black Leg" !!

For whatever reason - the bruising around my knee went North & South - leaving me in a bit of a pickle &, with-out much of any kind of immune system to fight it off, my body just went into... well, I went into shut down mode !!

As B said.... the pills the Dr's gave me would help, given enough time & sure enough, a week later, I'm on the mend - so much so, that I don't actually feel too bad this morning........ My life is back on track & it feels pretty good at the moment !!

Ok - enough of all of that.... I'm sorry I haven't written anything since... I don't know exactly when.... but, I thank you all for reading, even tho' there was nothing new to look at !!

It's been a quiet few days really.......  I didn't go out for much really, tho' B did take me shopping in ASDA to get a bit of air in my lungs !!  It wasn't too bad - it was nice & quiet, so that was Ok by me !!  Plus - I picked up another Cd for the collection..... always a bonus reason, for putting up with the crowds in ASDA !!

They had a 4 Cd 'Best Of' set by Fleetwood Mac.... but, it was too expensive. For some reason the price went down by about 50%, so..... I went for it.  I know - I have quite a bit of Fleetwood Mac stuff - but, this collection looked pretty good !!  I say looked - as I've not played it yet & M has taken it back to his place on loan for a few days.... I will get it back, but not for a little while !!

M (ME's boyfriend) is pretty good really.... I wouldn't loan stuff to him otherwise !!

Talking of our Daughter.... she & B have gone down to Devon today, to have a trial run on how far it is, to the job she has been offered.  They left a short while ago, so won't be home for several hours yet.

It's put ME in a bit of a flap really.....She can't say "no" to the job - but, there is another place that wants her - but, as yet, they have yet to confirm it all in writing !!

The problem is - ME would rather work for the 2nd place - but, until she has it writing, she has to go with the first offer.... hence the bit of a flap !!  Oh well - it will all sort itself out.... some how or another !!

So - that's the ladies of the house - J, our Son, is behind me.... either getting his lunch, or second breakfast - I'm not sure which really !!  He is here to look after me today - I will not give him too much trouble !!

That just leaves me here, typing these words to you.  The music of the moment is Pink Floyd's Knebworth concert, from July 1975.  I was at this concert, so it's good to give the bootleg a play, now & again.  As I don't have a Zeppelin show, for today - I'll give you the tracks for this Floyd concert instead:

CD 1

1) Intro
2) Raving & Drooling
3) You Got To Be Crazy
4) Shine On You Crazy Diamond
5) Have A Cigar
6) Shine On You Crazy Diamond

CD 2

1) The Dark Side Of The Moon

CD 3

1) Echoes

This was the only time, I think, I saw the Floyd.... it wasn't the best concert I had ever been to & that's for sure !!  It was cold, there was no on stage atmosphere - just 4 guys going thru' the motions, as it were.... all pretty c**p really !!  I've read, since then, that there were problems with the PA system & instrument malfunctions - but, that should of been sorted, long before they had come on stage !!  Oh well - I read, in a Pink Floyd 'official' book thingy, that this was one of the worst concerts of the 1975 tour - you'll get no argument from me on that one !!

As always - please don't buy bootlegs...... or ask me for copies of bootlegs, it ain't going to happen folks !!

Ok - that's about it for now....... I have no great plans for today.  I'm just going to sit back, watch a bit of TV, play some more music & maybe watch a DVD or two.  It's such a hard life - but, it's all I've got at the moment - so, onwards we go... until next time...

Bye Bye

Hi again...

So,

It's Friday & another week has gone by - where do they all go ? This time last week, it was Easter weekend & I was looking forward to General Conference..... oh well.

As you may know, we've gone 'Digital' this past week - no more crude TV signals, just weird & wonderful mega channels from all over the world. One of our satellites is 'Telstar 12' - hell I'm old enough to remember the first Telstar..... The world spins on & it's a lovely day outside so no point moaning about it.... Telstar 12 !!!

B is outside doing the gardening - tending & talking to her plants. Our place gets very soggy, so we need a few dry days for the lawns to dry out for cutting. She seems to enjoy her garden - me, I just kill anything I look at !!

On the music front, I have a tape playing at the moment & I've no idea who it is !! I recorded it many many moons ago, probably for the car, so it could be anybody..... tho' I would take a guess at it being Little Feat. I'm just trying to remember if I ever saw them live - can't remember !

A day or two ago, I mentioned the Pink Floyd bootleg.... well, I dug out the Knebworth '75 set - another bootleg, so the quality ain't special, but a nice thing to have... if only to say "I was there".

I can't honestly believe it was 35 years ago !!

This afternoons plans are pretty flexible, so - as I've to rest up after yesterday - I'll be playing more music & just being me - life is great !! Now if only I can find out who's on this tape !!

Never mind... I'll remember at some point !

Have a good one......................................................................... Take care C