March was a very unhappy month because we had to say goodbye to one of our dogs at the start of the month and adjust to being a one-dog household after being a two-dog household for over ten years. There are some positives; huge savings on food, vets and medication for a start. It is […]
Entries Tagged as 'Vinyl'
February 2024
March 2nd, 2024 · Comments Off on February 2024 · Life
Another damp, dull and dreary month. Basically it was just a slightly shorter version of January. Its enough to drive you to drink, and in my case it actually did because I opened up a bottle of wine and drank the lot, though it did take me four days to get through it all because […]
January 2024
February 1st, 2024 · Comments Off on January 2024 · Life
I know its not just me that feels like January lasted for ever. Everybody was joking about it on Twitter so much that it became a cliche, but it really did seem to drag on. Obviously it has been miserable and cold, but its winter, and although we had a little bit of snow it […]
Getting carried away
January 27th, 2024 · Comments Off on Getting carried away · Music
When I treated myself to a turntable for my 60th birthday I had intended to have a small collection of records. Or small-ish. My brother-in-law, Rob, had mentioned to me that he had been finding vinyl collecting a bit habit-forming and addictive and, as I am finding out, it can also be contagious because I […]
2023 – Ghosts Again
January 6th, 2024 · Comments Off on 2023 – Ghosts Again · Life, Music
As a born and bred Essex boy from Basildon, its amazing that I have got this far into my lifetime playlist without putting a Depeche Mode track on it. South-East Essex has been represented by Doctor Feelgood and Yazoo already, but it has taken this long for our biggest export to get included.
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Fish out of water
December 23rd, 2023 · Comments Off on Fish out of water · Life
I walked into town today to try and do some xmas shopping. Failed miserably of course. As soon as I go into a shop I am paralysed by uncertainty, like the proverbial rabbit in the headlights. Not all shops. I am fine in a bookshop, or a record shop, or somewhere selling computers or hi-fi. […]
November 2023
December 11th, 2023 · Comments Off on November 2023 · Life
Where did November go? It seems like a few days ago it was October and still a couple of months left in the year and all of a sudden its December and life is dominated by mince pies and sellotape. Work got a bit busy so I ended up with a few late evenings running […]
October 2023
November 9th, 2023 · Comments Off on October 2023 · Life
What a depressing month. I’m sure it did not rain all day, every day, but it really felt like that. It was certainly wet and miserable whenever it was a weekend so I didn’t get to go out on the bike at all, except for one short local ride just to make sure the battery […]
September 2023
October 1st, 2023 · Comments Off on September 2023 · Life
September was a month packed with events and excitement, or at least what passes for excitement at my age.
August 2023
September 1st, 2023 · Comments Off on August 2023 · Life
The sling came off at the beginning of the month, so it was back to work. This meant a lot less time for reading, but I did still manage to read 10 books in the month, 2 of them non-fiction. There was also a lot less time spent watching television, but I did watch the […]
