Whereas I was at the Jeff Lynne’s ELO gig.

I’ve only ever used alphabetical order in iTunes, never with my CDs. You’re only ever an ABC or Aberfeldy album away from having to budge 3,000 CDs up one place. Mine are filed (roughly) in genre, or, at lea […]

I listen to a lot of new music, but I only have/have heard 5 of them and I have only heard of another half dozen or so of the other artists. If ever my hit rate was any higher I’d be quite suspicious that t […]

Quite enjoyed taking some frustration out on that lot!

I never have, but my sister seemingly doesn’t delete anything, as she has told me the date that the wife and her mother lost my then 13 year old daughter in Spain, as they were busy knocking the wine back and d […]

Thanks mate, but grandson’s funeral? That puts any separation into perspective. I can’t imagine how tough that must have been.

Thanks mate (and everyone else), all good advice. As I was explaining to my wife this morning that, okay, it makes sense for me to be the one to move out, she also said she thinks she was trying to hang on to the […]

Yes, hopefully we can get away without a big legal battle. We had a brief chat this evening and it is clear that she intends to remain in the house and, if not, will fight dirty to get her share of the equity now, […]

Oh no, that must have been worrying. There are a lot of things that could have caused it though and not all are as serious as you might dread, so fingers crossed it is something that can be easily diagnosed and treated.

Sorry folks, and thanks for all your advice. It will all be taken onboard. I’m afraid I’ve stopped what is usually a happy thread, where we come to read about new things to check out. Hopefully someone will get […]

My own mum left home shortly after my 13th birthday. I was awoken by my dad, in floods of tears, telling me she’d run off with his only mate. I didn’t see her for 18 months after that and only got back into con […]

Yes, thanks, that is definitely the best approach. It’s going to be hard telling our son that we don’t love each other any more when that’s only half true. It’s going to be one of the hardest conversation I’ve ev […]

I think it is beyond that. We did try that when she was going through a flaky stage a few years ago, but the counsellor was crackers and it was all a bit rubbish. If I’m honest, things haven’t been great bet […]

Thanks mate. I’m a wreck at the minute, trying to hold it together for the kids. A friend of a friend is a lawyer and is going to have a chat with me in advance of speaking formally with a lawyer, so I should s […]

I’m doing this from memory, without any crib sheets, and my mind isn’t too good at the mo, but here goes. And apologies in advance on ending on a downer.

Seen
Watched the first two series of Le Bureau, a fre […]

And here’s another

Practically everything from this album could be Teenage Fanclub. The band has supported them in concert and Joe Pernice even made an album with Norman, under the name The New Mendicants.

Nah, the cool dad thing was over in the blink of an eye and now I’m back to being too old and fat to be wearing a T-shirt with a picture of a rapper on it. Fortunately, too old to care.

yes, that’s the one. It’s their best one for a while, but they rarely let you down.

Joe did a couple of online shows last Saturday. He did one at 8pm EST, but first he did one at 8pm UK time, so us over here didn’t have to stay up till 2am. I would tell you what it was like, but despite […]