Phuket. I am sure I will write about this a lot! They legalised Cannabis in Thailand so the place is filling up with pot heads. That takes me back to my youth when I was a big fan of a band called Gong. They had songs about Pothead Pixies, Flying Teapots and Submarine Captain Capricorn.Continue reading “It feckin stinks!”
Category Archives: Relationships
I dont to talk about it
Same band playing same songs. Paloma Bar. They played I don’t want to talk about it. Rod Stewart did a great version live with Amy Bell. It set me back again. How many broken hearts in this world? Jane, Diana, Louise, Sara, Aisha, Nurgul, Irada, Lala, Daisy Daisy, Tasha, Anna, Ramilla… and mine. It oftenContinue reading “I dont to talk about it”
Angie and the floppy disc.
More recollections; why do the evenings in Bali make me reminisce? I am back at the Paloma bar and the act are playing the classic Rolling Stones song Angie. A flood of memories. Only 16 and just moved into the sixth form and stated going to the pub, not that it was legal. I thinkContinue reading “Angie and the floppy disc.”
Paloma Bar and Resto, Sanur, Bali.
Deaking with life… in a bar I was welcomed as I had been there before! I sat down with a beer and a menu, and then a pissed up Australian decided I was his mate. He sat opposite me and started jabbering about being born in England but moved to Australia when he was elevenContinue reading “Paloma Bar and Resto, Sanur, Bali.”
Arrogant idiots
Dunning-Kruger syndrome I get fed up with stupid people who think they know everything. I see people these days who pick up their phones when I tell them some Historical or Political fact. They feel they have to check what I said. I call that rude ignorance. It takes me back to a former arrogantContinue reading “Arrogant idiots”
St. Kevins Roman Catholic Comprehensive School, Kirkby, Merseyside.
Dating. Though it was actually still part of Lancashire when I first went there in 1968. Two thousand boys. Testosterone City. Fights everywhere, sometimes with the boys, sometimes with the teachers. Priests with a streak of Sadism. There was a ritual you had to go through if you had a date with a girl. ItContinue reading “St. Kevins Roman Catholic Comprehensive School, Kirkby, Merseyside.”
Raging in Sanur.
Regrets! It’s a popular idea that, as you get older you regret the things you didn’t do, more than the things you did. I can go with that. These couple of months in Bali have left me in a very reflective mood. And today, Matthew, I am mostly being Mr Angry of no fixed abode!Continue reading “Raging in Sanur.”
Farts and retirement
Retirement. I’ve tried it a few times now and it hasn’t worked. When I left my school in China as a Headmaster I thought that would be it. I believed I’d done some marvellous investments which were due to come to fruition… I was wrong – still fighting that one 14 years later! After aContinue reading “Farts and retirement”
Long Playing records
I have no idea why sitting at various bars in Sanur, Bali, is making me recall and review so much of life. Maybe because this candle has almost burned down to the bottom, so I have to get it all on record. Which reminds me of records! I am of the era that grew upContinue reading “Long Playing records”
Eye for an Eye
St. Kevins, Kirkby, Lancashire, 1970 We were still in Lancashire then. Merseyside was created April 1974, so all my exercise books said Lancashire County Council, though some did have the school crest on the front and the famous Respice Finem. We used to write A.M.D.G. in the top left-hand corner of every page as weContinue reading “Eye for an Eye”
Fairy Hanny 