Parafox

Can't find any comments about the boat race yesterday. I thought the men's Cambridge stroke was about to die in front of us. Fantastic effort.

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Who gives a sh1t?

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Daily Sport?

Niche. And It's Doucet. I don't think she's from Dorset

Do you swallow?

I've been playing a few old vinyl LP's that I haven't played for some time and when a track came on that I didn't particularly like, I found myself on the verge of saying "Alexa... skip".

Always reminds me of cured silicone sealant.

Adverts seem to be deliberately louder than the thing you're watching. Found this: Strictly speaking they're not turning the volume up, they mastering the audio to be louder. The peaks are no higher but the lows have been raised to be closer to the peaks (and everything in between has been squashed accordingly), so it sounds like the volume has been turned up.

He's Pep's mini-me, but only in appearance.

He's a victim of the Peter Principle: "Get promoted one level above your capability and you'll fail".

Can the cleaner stay?

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Does anyone on here remember Star n' Bars in South Wigston? It used to be a "cabaret" venue and I worked there as a DJ/compere/follow-spot operator in around 1979/80. It didn't last long but we had some "names" on the bill from back then. Brotherhood of Man, Acker Bilk, (my mate nicked his jacket)! Paul Daniels, Showaddywaddy. Norman Collier who did this routine. This is not at the Stars n' Bars, BTW but from Tarbuck's chat show way back then: There was hypnotist as well, quite well known at the time, but I can't remember his name all these years later. After the show he offered to hypnotise some of the staff. I was sceptical but I gave it a go. I thought he's rubbish, hasn't affected me! But now, whenever my wife says "dinner" I start doing a chicken impression...* *Not really. Stage hypnotism is all just auto-suggestion, mind trickery and people in the audience wanting to show off.

Door to door lavender sellers/fortune tellers. Yes kids, they used to be a thing.

Cheque book covers:

I never lift the bonnet unless a light on the dash display tells me I need to do something like refill the screenwash.

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My daughter, who i have posted about earl An update... She was sectioned yesterday and is currently in a secure MHU. We're not sure what brought this about but apparently the police and MHU professionals were involved following concerns raised by the crisis team and her MH team after neighbours made complaints about her behaviour and our own calls to them a few weeks ago, when we realised she was spiralling downwards. We went to her flat to get things she needed and frankly, it was a tip, again. Just self neglect. No effort to look after herself. Food waste, general debris all over. No evidence of any cleaning routine. Just so, so sad to see how she has been living even though we've been before and cleared all her waste and rubbish, hoping that might initiate something within her to continue to keep her flat a decent place to live in. It clearly didn't because she is in that deep trough of depression that nothing is worth caring about, except her beloved cat and he has everything he needs because he, in her mind is her only friend and companion. She can't understand why she has been sectioned and thinks that there is no justification for her being there. She has been irrational and psychotic for months and now, hopefully, she will get some proper support and involvement from the MH professionals that she has needed but not received, for so long. I feel despair. I have no doubt that she will be discharged from hospital after she has recovered and been deemed safe to go home, but I know from previous experience that any stability is unlikely to be long term. A year at best down the line and we'll be back here again. Like so many other illnesses, MH is incurable but unlike those other illnesses, it isn't a priority for proactive treatment. Friends say we are remarkable people to still be here, together, not giving up. To us, albeit she is our adopted daughter she is someone we love and care deeply about and we'd never give up trying to make her life better. 20 or so years of us trying to manage and understand and adapt and forgive and move on from the turmoil and heartbreak and stress she has caused through no fault of her own because she is after all, unwell has really taken it's toll on us. But as I've said before in previous posts, we carry on because without us, we people who care for our loved ones, who else is there?

Going through my remaining collection of vinyl and I cam a cross this which I hadn't seen or played for years: Apparently worth a few shekels? Also re-discovered 3 Beatles albums: I used to think I wasn't keen on The Beatles, but hearing them again on vinyl on a mono record player, I think I've changed my mind. Their sound from those recordings is quite unique. I was thinking of selling. I'm not sure of the value, but now I'm tempted to keep them to play every now and again.

On the last news bulletin, it was said that the ship issued a mayday call allowing the bridge to be closed before the collision.

Also, the traffic seems to have been stopped either end of the bridge some time before the collision. As if the was a pre-alert of some sort.

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