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Home & Away
Jan. 25th, 2021 09:36 pmThe 2nd week in a row that Debtors Prison has screwed with my roster. In fact, it's probably the 52nd... though I can't claim that consecutively. Hell, if we're not thinking consecutively, it's probably the 104th, if not more. I've definitely been there too long!!
Radio silence from my Mother & Sister. which suits Long-Suffering Partner & I just fine. They'll need us looong before we need them. We're a pretty self-sufficient & resourceful pair. They... are not
The exotic musical instrument collection here at WaitingManor just increased, with the addition of a Hohner Melodica, which joins the kalimba, electric kazoo, cajon, slit drum, djembe, cigar-box guitar, mandola, resonator steel guitar, prayer cymbals, whirly tube (though I prefer the name 'Corrugaphone'!), egg shakers, Indonesian gong... & probably a few other things I can't see in here at the moment. L-SP found the melodica on a local website, going for just $40 (new ones are $125), with a case & 2 mouthpieces. I said yes before she'd even mentioned it was in a suburb about 40 minutes drive from home, but still worth it!! Though I do hope L-SP learns something else to play, other than the intro to 'The Final Countdown'...
We've been having a tropical heatwave in Sydney for the last few days, with tomorrow promising to be the hottest one so far - reaching 37 celsius on the coast & into the low 40s in the city's west. So - what are the odds I'll have to drive out there for work at some point tomorrow... probably early afternoon... I wouldn't even take that bet. I've definitely been there too long...
Radio silence from my Mother & Sister. which suits Long-Suffering Partner & I just fine. They'll need us looong before we need them. We're a pretty self-sufficient & resourceful pair. They... are not
The exotic musical instrument collection here at WaitingManor just increased, with the addition of a Hohner Melodica, which joins the kalimba, electric kazoo, cajon, slit drum, djembe, cigar-box guitar, mandola, resonator steel guitar, prayer cymbals, whirly tube (though I prefer the name 'Corrugaphone'!), egg shakers, Indonesian gong... & probably a few other things I can't see in here at the moment. L-SP found the melodica on a local website, going for just $40 (new ones are $125), with a case & 2 mouthpieces. I said yes before she'd even mentioned it was in a suburb about 40 minutes drive from home, but still worth it!! Though I do hope L-SP learns something else to play, other than the intro to 'The Final Countdown'...
We've been having a tropical heatwave in Sydney for the last few days, with tomorrow promising to be the hottest one so far - reaching 37 celsius on the coast & into the low 40s in the city's west. So - what are the odds I'll have to drive out there for work at some point tomorrow... probably early afternoon... I wouldn't even take that bet. I've definitely been there too long...
