And Then, One For The Times…

   Another old one wot never seems to get old;

Quote: Rebecca MacKinnon.

“The Internet is an empowering force for people who are protesting against the abuse of power.”

And Then I Transmit…

   Wot? Well, I was driving to the shops yesterday when a very old, catchy ditty took up residence in my old brain and wouldn’t let go for quite some time.
   Anyhoo, it did eventually fade away so I turned on the car radio. No idea which way the subliminal communication was running but guess wot started playing as I turned it on? Yup the same old song. How spooky is that then?

Quote; Bernard Shaw.

“A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.”

And Then Another One Gone…

   ...so here’s wishing y’all a happy{?} New Year and if you’re partying hearty tonight, try showing off with the dance routine below.
   Word of caution; if you’re in an upstairs apartment could be safer just to show the clip...

  Stay well, stay safe and hope to ‘see’ you at the other end of the year.

Quote; Albert Einstein.

“We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams.”

And Then Just A Song…

   Sick of the ‘news’ wot with all the killing and weather warnings? Just a tip; don’t watch or listen to it.
   Anyhoo, as I clicked around that Tube of You last evening I ran into wot’s below. Smile a while but just a word of caution; be careful how many times you play it or it could well take over your heed for the night...

Quote; Jean Paul.

“Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.”

And Then In And Out…

   Just a quick note to let anyone wot’s in the slightest bit interested that I’m still here and like, totally mesmerised by the goings on round our world.
   However, in the words of wot’s below, always remember the longer you live the sooner you’ll bloody well die...

Quote; Anonymous

“Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer you get to the end, the faster it goes.”

And Then That Is It…

   ...it’s over and all we can do down here is wait for the tax hits shot onto businesses an’ such to be passed on - plus a bit - to us down here.
   Will money will fix the NHS, blessed be its name, well, while I was in dock recovering from the tick-a-tack and lunch was a tad late, I consoled myself knowing that way up in the hospital was a gender manager on an eye watering salary.
   Budget? Same old story, different author. Boy, do we need, nay deserve a change.

Quote; Thomas Sowell.

“Balanced budget requirements seem more likely to produce accounting ingenuity than genuinely balanced budgets.”

And Then In And Out…

   Another brief encounter of the Foggy kind just to let anybody remotely interested that I’m still here.
   We’ve been jolly busy in the garden and now that’s all done - for now, I’m doing wot I can to gird-up my loins ready{?} for Starmageddon.
   Just an old song wot pretty well sums up where we be.
Timidadians look away right now, okay?

Quote; Stephen King

“He lay back, put his arm over his eyes, and tried to hold onto the anger, because the anger made him feel brave. A brave man could think. A coward couldn't.”

And Then Nothing…

   ...at all going on where wot we be other than a couple of items wot caught my eye.
   Firstly, I see GB-News has won three prizes for ‘news’ presenters and presentation. I can only assume that those censoring folk at Of-Cough will be absolutely apoplectic eh?
   Secondly, some fellow, allegedly an actor, was caught - or acting? - using nasty racist language regards Rich-boy Sad-sack was it? From the little I’ve heard, he’s, like, an amateur actor so here’s a primer, wot we’ve had before, for him to take a phew more ‘naughty’ words on-board; four point three million views eh?
Timidadians, No clicky, move quickly on to new pastures pure.

Quote; Toni Morrison.

“In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.”

And Then A Sigh…

   ...of relief from the MSM as a general selection for who will front the Uni Party is announced thus securing something for them to fill broadcast time with as opposed to multiple endless repeats.
   So far those up there are acting true to form and promising, upon being selected to front the control of us down here, to be harder, better, faster, stronger on all things and - unmentioned - any and all unintended adverse consequences to effect only us down here.
   Whoa, you know wot? harder, better, faster, stronger. I bet that’ll ring a daft bell for those of an age;

   That was for them up there this next track is for wot they think of us down here wot they’re talking{?} to...

   Wot the hay, forget it all and all join in with Betty Boop;

Quote; Mark Twain.

“If voting made any difference they wouldn’t let us do it.”

And Then Defence…

   Well, more magic money going out. Just a thunk, but isn’t it time this little island declared itself as neutral and thus stopped spaffing money all over the world and especially funding other folks wars enabling those folks to kill and maim so many folk?
   As for the announced of the huge increase in the defence budget, paid for by us down here, wot will it be spent on? Again, declaring neutrality would dramatically reduce the need for anyone to invading us at all.
   Just think of the joyous, prosperous, pothole free island we could be living on with all that money being used here eh?
   Anyhoo, defence I hear you say? ‘We’ can’t even stop the invasion presently underway right now with nary a shot being fired by either ‘side’ so wot’s a bigger budget going to do?
   Okay, let’s lighten up a tad. Remember that big boat wot bumped into a bridge a while back? When I tapped out that bit about the absence of a pull me-push me, something was floating about in the fog of ma heed but refused to emerge. Yesterday it done did break-out so below please find a song wot may strike a chord with any old folk out there wot used to do business on boats. All best listen to with them there ear bud thingies...

That led me to this nice medley...

And that led me way off topic to this wot may help y’all find out if there’s a hill-billy bone hidden deep in your body. Bu-by for now.

Quote; A. Whitney Brown.

“Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.”

And Then A Song…

   Yup, still here and as the televisual receiving device is full of some horse race or other, I thought I’d step back in time. Anybody out there remember this one from a little bit after a while ago? It was in memory of a race horse. From that Tube of You thingy, ”...the sudden and dramatic demise of noted racehorse Long Shot at a race held at Kingston's famed Caymanas Park” Well, knock me down with a saddle whip.
   Anyhoo, back we go. Or should that be back we gallop?

    Not for you? Laundry day? Try this one then;

Okay, try a Little Swing then. Bu-by for now.

Quote; Jimmy Cliff.

“When I lived in the UK, I recorded a lot of ska and rock-steady styles of Jamaican music. But people there weren't accepting it. So I began using a faster reggae beat.”

And Then It’s Not Mentioned…

   The goings on with the Post Office won’t have missed your notice and I see those wrongly accused of theft may soon be getting pardons and compensation. It seems this monumental cluster was the result of errors in the computer software used to manage financial processes within the Post Office.
   Wot’s not mentioned in the wall-to-wall MSM coverage is the fact that those wot would rule over us desperately want to do away with cash and get us all on digital currency. A system that’ll rely like, totally on computers and software similar, one assumes, to that wot put so many Post Office managers in prison. Wot could possibly go wrong?
   Or is this just another step to control? Will the error found in the Post Office software be refined and built deep into the digital currency software? Wot next? Fellows roll up to your home in a tow truck and paperwork showing over spend and thus reclaim your car? Then, easing along, more over spend shown and your home confiscated. Okay, you can stay in it but now a state rent will be taken, monthly, from your digital allowance. Will/could never happen eh? Ask a recently released, innocent of any wrongdoing, Post Office worker...
   On a lighter note, I see Justified is showing again. It’s many a year since I first watched it but I’ll give it a watch and see if it’s still as watchable as I remember or have the years and age changed my view. First place I heard Gangstergrass;

And that took me to a really good pick me up number for when the real world has given me a bit of a blue do;

Quote; De philosopher DJ Kyos.

“Politicians are busy changing positions of people who are stealing or people who are corrupt, but are not changing the behaviour of stealing or behaviour of corruption. It seems like stealing from the poor people to enrich themselves or to be corrupt is their core mandate.”

And Then It’s Almost Upon Us….

   And according to the televisual receiving device that would be Christmas thus here’s an early festive number to start getting y’all in the mood. Also fits nicely with the bit o’ bother they had yesterday over in Dub-boom eh?

 Quote; Victor Borge.

"Santa Claus had the right idea. Visit people only once a year."

And Then Good To See….

   It’s so heartening to see little Greta Thumbalina stepping up to the plate in these times of unrest. "if we want to continue fighting battles, like environmentally conscious humans, we must make the change to sustainable tanks. There are so many new concepts for battery powered fighter jets that can carry biodegradable missiles."
   Watch wot’s above by clicking on these big bad bold bits wot are underlined. Say wot now? That’s the product of that artificial intelligence thingy? Damn, and here’s me thinking it was the rout to meat free fighting from the little girl...
    Okay, how about a bit more bass then;

  Quote; ??

“Being vegan is a big missed steak.”

And Then, Wave A Flag….

   Whilst flicking through the various ‘news’ channels on the televisual receiving device these past phew daze, something went ‘ding’ in my head.
    There’s a couple spots of bother just now and the TV is full of crying mums and kids and also various local protest demonstrations. These show many hundreds - nay, thousands - marching in protest against one side or the other. Thus wot went ‘ding’ in my old swede was the huge number of folk waving flags of varying size and nationality.
    Now the flags may be Ukranky or Paly or Iszy flags, dependent on the protest, but where the hell did all those flags come from at such short notice? Are these just professional protesters with an attic full of flags and it’s just a matter of nipping up there to select the right flag for the right protest for the next day out?
    And how much do they flags cost and who makes ‘em? I must say that in all the years of shopping I’ve partaken in, in towns, in malls or in out of town shopping centres, I’ve never seen a flags of all nations retailer.
    Off topic, remember I found that with an extra bit o’ code a link to an item on YouTube would open full screen? Yesterday, I discovered by accident, something y’all are probably already aware of. An embederated Tube of You clip will go to full screen by the simple expedient of double tapping the embederation. Who knew eh? For me, it works in both Foxyfire and Billy on the Edge. Try it; double tap on wot’s below. Double tap again to come back here.

Addendumadodad; Seems the only fellow to fall foul of law enforcement{?} at any demo. was carted off for holding his own flag; a Union Jack. Repeat above music...

Quote; George Galloway.

“There are those who wrap themselves in flags and blow the tinny trumpet of patriotism as a means of fooling the people.”

And Then, Another….

   Well, so, another week, another war and I wonder, again, where we’re all heading. All together to that hot place in a very big handcart?
    Anyhoo, I would humbly suggest this is possibly not the best time to go get your hair cut at one of the twenty-odd barbers shops that have recently opened in your neighbourhood as you really don’t want to be securely swaddled in a seat with one of our newest bestest ever friends behind you, with a cut-throat razor, in the unlikely{?} event the kick-off signal is sent do you?
    In a lighter vein, did you catch any of the gymnastics on your televisual receiving device last week? Not of great interest to me but my little nest of vipers enjoys it. However, I have to say it’s quite amazing wot those kids can do and seems to me to bring into serious doubt the scientific fact that humans cannot fly. I’m sure those kids could comfortably cover great distances with minimal contact with the ground...
   Let's end with a little musical chambermaid gymnastics:

Quote; Ambrose Bierce.

"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography."

          Elayne Boosler.

"We have women in the military, but they don't put us in the front lines. They don't know if we can fight, if we can kill. I think we can. All the general has to do is walk over to the women and say, 'You see the enemy over there? They say you look fat in those uniforms.'"

And Then That’s Another...

   As I reload my time accelerator weekly pill poppin’ pods, once again I wonder where that week went. Same old ‘news’ featuring stabbings, shootings, bombings, crashes, global boiling floods and floods of new folk being booked into our hotels. Life{?} goes on then.
    And the icing on the MSM misery cake? Why that would be a tree wot’s been chopped down that seems to have driven a lot of folk nuts as it’s, apparently, iconic. Hope they get it down to Drax to give a nearby home some lekky for a little while... Was it chopped down as some sort of protest? A protest against wot one wonders. Will this see a surge in chain saw a crime on the streets you think? That’d make gang fights a tad messy would it not.
    So no change out there as we continue to swirl ever closer to the plug hole. It’s a blue do is it not?
    Yup, everything’s Evaporating;
Direct light,
Nothing we can see by,
In turn we live by touch,
Blind as our first moments,
All white and flame,
Become the darkness - see too much.

Quote; Voltaire.

“Ice-cream is exquisite - what a pity it isn't illegal.”

And Then Memories...

   I awoke this AM to discover a strange word had buried itself in my head. And that word would be? Swingle. Where did that come from I wondered to myself, there being no one else in my swede at the time to wonder with.
    Anyhoo, the morning progressed and that word was eventually joined by yet another word. And that other word would be? Singers. Boom; Swingle Singers! That stir memories for anyone of an age out there? Just a quick search of that Tube of You thingy and I was back in time a tad surprised to be back to the early sixties.
Below is wot I was directed back to by my old head for reasons not yet fully understood other than for fond memories of times past but not, it would seem, lost.
    Now you may, like me, not be a great lover or possibly not even like classical music but please give it a click as you may be pleasantly surprised. To me that’s wot it should sound like.
    Nice background music as you wonder round the Wibbly Wobbly Web in search of the real news before it’s declared total tittle-tattle and removed by the totalitarians up there.
    Thus the pointless preamble pauses for the two tracks below. Bu-by.

Quote; Woody Allen.

“I can’t listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland.”

And Then Just A Smile...

   Nothing to tap about here; just getting the garden ready for winter or global boiling whichever gets here first. I kind o’ know wot’s coming but I really should get a grip and start following the science, right?
    Anyhoo, I’ve also been periodically watching the ‘news’ wot just seems to be confirming my belief that those wot would rule over us are proceeding a-pace with their plan of making anything and everything ever more miserable minute by minute with their mindless{?} meddling.
    With the above in mind, whilst pointlessly blundering about on the Wibbly Wobbly Webb I perchance clicked on an old classic wot I should’ve played a phew months back when tapping about the warming weather prompting folk to discard all forms of body concealing clothing. By-the-by, aren’t full length mirrors in the hallway for a quick glance before heading out a thing anymore? I’m sure if they were still a thing, there’d be far more fully, sensibly clothed folk out and about...
    Please be advised this old track isn’t suitable for Timidadians, those wot are woke or those confused regards their own pronoun. Hello? Anyone left? If so, smile awhile. 

   Kokomo you say? Damn! You remember that?

Quote; Ronnie Barker.

“The marvellous thing about a joke with a double meaning is that it can only mean one thing.”

And Then, He’s Caught...

   I see the squirrel is back in its cage now the - wot was it called? The energy bill? has been passed by the conservative - or is it communist party - with nary a murmur from the MSM. Anyhoo, with him now caught that just leaves wot on the watch list? thirty thousand is it? Growing daily, dinghy by dinghy...
    Regards those gimmigrants, I ran into an interesting image on Going Postal wot says quite a lot and should be compulsory viewing for all those everyone welcome here folk.

   Then I bumped into a little light relief; coming to a hospital near you soon? Enjoy.

Quote; Sarah Jessica Parker.

“You can't be friends with a squirrel! A squirrel is just a rat with a cuter outfit.”