Rewind...

We're back although I haven't got around to posting the first entry of the week elsewhere simply because my fingers and wrists were off for a couple of days and I needed to rest them.

While resting them thoughts went back to past years and the messy year that was 1984 that including great things such as the Los Angeles Olympics, the '84 Superbowl but a while set of issues with poor communications with people I needed to help me not talking to each other.

It was very much the year of the Walkman as it lived in my coatpockets with stash of tapes and my Pioneer Radio cassette recorder that I listened to radio to on and made recordings as I tended only to play records as special events so hardly surprising many of my lps and singles from them are in great shape.

Billy Idols Rebel Yell and the Footloose soundtrack were played a lot but one favourite was the cassette version of Rewind, a compilation tracks from the 1970's and early 80's by the Rolling Stones taking in many but all their UK singles in a generous 50 odd minute form split over two sides.

For good measure it was a XDR tm issue which meant better tape duplication, higher quality tape used to make it and dolby hx pro for better high notes.

Come the compact disc, that album was not issued until 1987 and then in a different form in the UK and Europe but actually in February 1985 it was issued in Japan briefly and recently a copy arrived here in mint condition.

Most Emi-Toshibi cds in Japan had this right pointing Black Triangle label design.

The rear had titles and track number in Japanese but the folded up booklet has the detail in Japanese and English which does help and some black and white pictures.

The album was related to a video - the first - commercially to show the promotional videos made for the singles you could buy and play on your Betamax or VHS recorder.

Playing this "vintage" cd with the running order of the tape I had certainly brought back a lot of memories.

Thoughts before off

 

We're off tomorrow for a little fun, which after the great gale force winds removing the facial boards and a tv that stopped working necessitating order a replacement to be fitted when I'm back  I'm really rather glad to be off.

It's a more "girlie" affair being Easter themed with games and that which is great while other bits of a musical project put off for a period due to issues with collector mentality affecting pricing although the items in question were very common place during the period of manufacturing were completed.

Recently demand seems to have dipped, perhaps those more into physically owing have dropped in number so they are offered at more reasonable prices unlike some they don't live in vaults with me but are used with care.

I just don't understand the whole notion of not using things for their intended purpose.

Summer looks

We're in April and while much is ailing in the World, Iran, the bullying insulting ways of Donald J Trump and friends and oil shortages coming into our front rooms on our tv's and internet devices it is time to talk a bit about summer attire.

In the somewhat convoluted history of this blog at one time we did talk a bit around fashion, looks and the like between the travel, music and current affairs as we started to establish the more little world blog.

As time went on that side was more dominant when it came to looks so most posts around the topic ended up on there and we became more the what didn't fit into that world space.

Summer brings challenges such as staying cool but not risking showing what the world doesn't need be it windy or just park benches with wide wooden slats. 

This really for me works based a bit more on more girl fashion without being too girlie and fairly practical starting with a baby blue polo shirt that breathes, is stylish  and easy to wash.

Shorts tend to be better for things like walking around lanes, spending time in the parks and gardens and these Puma PUMA Unisex Gestrickte Shorts Teamgoal Shorts WMNS, aimed mainly at girls and women who play soccer just do the job.

Classics and short, they do have material designed to wick away moisture which does help.

You do need something between your feet and footwear in the summer as much we use cooling gels and sprays to keep our feet dry and not smelling and these cute ankle socks are very much a girls thing but not excessively so.

Add sandals or trainers and it just works.

The right space for me is...

 Well four weeks on the war with Iran isn't over with much wishful thinking, outright lies and no meaningful regime change, more barefaced lies from the Prime Minister although to be fair some of his predecessors were almost as bad with chronic indecisiveness in the mix and the likelihood of The Lebanon being flattened by Israel just like Gaza which still hasn't been sorted.

Attempted political pointing scoring on one site either though they keep trying to say it's supposed to be free from adult topics lest it take them out of a more innocent headspace. To me you either keep the politics and adult topics out or you quit kicking up a fuss when some raise them but letting others put over the "approved" take of one group while not saying a thing about about Moby's inaccurate depiction of the song Lola as transphobic although many users there are trans.

Sometimes I feel glad to have this other side that can just colour and play ignoring much of that.

Trapped and causing issues...

Warm week here which is much appreciated after all the damp and cold blowy spell he had not so long ago but not too hot to cause problems with shopping - melting ice creams anyone?

Things you may not realize until it's a bit too late include things that get caught where they shouldn't such as two p coins in washing machines that just seem to get in filter compartments usually from trouser pockets of the male of the species and aluminum foil that having been put typically on backing trays somehow end up covering the lower half of the fan in a fan assisted even that works by pumping the hot air in  and out rather than elements in it.

This resulted in these being undercooked and rescuing with a microwave oven to avoid food poisoning  while I investigated the reason for it with a torch and carefully removed said foil.

There's always something,eh?

Middle East War

Well a few weeks in, this Middle East War is far from over although it seemed to be short action at the start instigated by the United States and Israel.

It's seen the relationship between Prime Minister Starmer and President Trump being tested  with the latter issuing numerous petulant, often less than true statements, not helped by so many aircraft carriers and other vessels being in for repairs and not being deployed as UK bases are under threat. 

Unbelievable given noises around action had been about for awhile raising the ire of the Cypriot Consulate with good reason as having a base there place a threat from Iran and it is part of that islands security.

The deputy prime minister even said Cyprus is a NATO member which is just not true.

The conflict has spread from the U.S. and Israel attacking Iran with retaliatory action, Iranian proxies in the Lebanon attack Israel which has resulted in extensive bombing and troop occupying parts and other states in the Gulf being attack by Iran.

Shipping is being attacked by Iran too - chiefly oil - raising oil prices with significant impact on World Economies.

We still lack a clear case for the U.S. involvement with ever changing explanations.

It just seems very ill thought throw to me.

An Innocent Mindset

 

People like to have you believe you can't, it's all "sugarcandy mountain" and basically maturity equals not trusting a friggin' soul cos everybody turns on everybody really don't they?

I think that's a kind of mental contagion that is quite harmful even though it's sensible to ask yourselves a few questions about a situation or a piece of advice procured because it encourages the very mindset it is supposed to protect people from and for somethings an assumption of innocence makes far more sense.

What would happen if we changed our legal basis of one that guilt is assumed and people had to prove innocence?

A loss of freedom and a good many punished for not doing the same as someone else regardless of actual intentions and doesn't a persons intentions count for something like showing what they really were planning on doing.

Sometimes I just think people have got things just wrong.