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Post by Mr Kite on May 7, 2020 8:28:34 GMT
Hello People !
Well , I got that dreaded phone call . "How you doing ? and can you start Monday ?"
I did`nt cry .
"Yes ! I would love to go back to work , I mean who wants to live a life of getting up in the morning and looking forward yet another wonderful day in paradise"
So as someone once sang All Things Must Pass
But I have a future , I have a reason for looking forward to when the world gets back to normal . I can not state enough how my life has changed in the last six weeks . Soul searching . I should say ! Yesterday I even rang people . I talked to friends I never think of ringing . My old next door neighbour . Mad as it may sound to you but this was a thing I don`t do . I only interact with people at work and people who are on the same wave length as me This sounds like I`m either a loon or need to sort my self out . I can`t talk to people who have nothing in common with me . I talk to them , I just don`t "talk to them" Hard to explain with doing about how this and how that . People talk to me about car engines and I start to fall asleep . It`s how I am . I guess . Talk to me about something I love and you best bring a picnic basket with you . Your in for a long stay . It`s how I am . I am me . Then we have someone who I have spoken to every single day through this Lockdown . Yes it`s by text . Which is what I`m doing now . And you can connect with my words or you may be falling asleep ? But you can connect with words , it`s what puts us in a different animal from the rest of the species on this planet A special gift indeed It has really been a incredible experience . So much so I`m learning a new language so I connect with her even more . I`m looking forward to the future for the first time in a very long time . This social distance we have been going through has brought me someone very close to my heart . Grazie .
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Post by Amadeus on May 7, 2020 19:20:21 GMT
Let's talk about Wankle Rotary Engines.
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Post by Mr Kite on May 7, 2020 21:09:25 GMT
Let's talk about Wankle Rotary Engines. Are you embarrassed easily ? I am . But I`m here to help . No, not really Monty Python covered that so much that anything after it is just silly. I have done lots of pondering recently . One is that as I`m walking through our wonderful country side on it`s many footpaths I thought to myself . Why can`t I just walk in a straight line . This is my country , my planet and dare I say it my solar system . I have as much right as the next man to walk where the hell I want . Just because I`m not rich , not educated, don`t have a key to the city and not in the art of milking Cows . It`s my planet . It`s not my fault that I was dealt a few bad cards , I can go where I like . Maybe not a Kiss concert , if I was the world leader , that would rule one . No Kiss gigs unless attended by an adult Oh ! I bet I can think of more ... Ban all Reality T.V. When I was a lad you had to be really posh talking or actually had a talent to be on the telly . The hell that is Reality has put all that top entertainment to it`s knees And as recently the wacky world of dross T.V. has shown what can happen when the it gets nasty . Less said about the the better . Wipe it out . Lets get people thinking for themselves again . Ban Tattoos . My God and his talking Badger What the hell happened with tattoos The only people who had tattoos back in the day was sailors (Popeye the most famous ) People who had been in prison and ladies who worked late at night . Now teachers , dentists ,people who work in banks ! Even seen grannies with them . What the hell was everyone thinking about I did ask someone .Why ? He said its showing his individuality . Like having a tattoo that half of Tameside have the same bloody thing from the same bloody book from the same bloody shop . Or something like that ,I may have said . Jesus and his talking Parrot . Lets give it a rest with the Tattoo epidemic . Ban sentences starting with . So It really has got to a point where kids talk in pure gibberish . "So, init , you know , and she said "eerrr" And I was like . errrr I did struggle with Shakespeare . But Jesus and his price of shelves, today`s kids are .. Well , take a phone off one for 5 minutes and see what happens . So there you have it . I will walk through the fields and if the farmer has a twelve boar , I will run through the fields as Gordon Sumner once sang . England is .. Great Britain once was a great nation , a proud nation , rule half the world (yes I know ) invented Cricket and Curries Brought us some of the finest minds and yes, I was once very proud to be English . I felt pride of the stories of our war heroes and our proud history . Tomorrow is for the first time I know of is V.E. Day being celebrated as a national holiday . Which is now celebrated depending on the weather is barbies , getting rat arsed and doing D.I.Y. Our great nation that it once was is no more . It`s a dead parrot .
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Post by Mr Kite on May 8, 2020 19:31:19 GMT
Thanks for the love Amadeus
And so we come to almost the end of my strange and sometimes wonderful and beautiful Furlough Yes Work . I`d like to talk about work . Well , not really . But would`nt be wonderful if at the age of , say 14 and the people in suits and armed with canes , blackboard wipers and even once a chair . They would ask you . "What would you like to be when you leave school Johnny ?"
"I`d love be in a right shit end job for the rest of my life with no future of moving up the ladder and having a company car and even go almost 7 years without a pay rise , until I hand my notice in and then they gave me on . " "Because that`s what going to happen as this school could`nt teach a Monkey to swing from a tree "
That`s how it should of gone .
But it did go that way and I have no one else to blame but myself I guess .
I hated school . I hated everything it stood for . The things I saw there would make Hitler look like a decent leader . But I`m not here to be bitter . The best thing about school is that sooner or later you leave . I left and skipped all the way to the Football field and play football every day until it was one a side . Then it was time to find a job . Remember signing on after leaving school and I remember a question . have you got any children ?
I`m 16 . I did once kiss a girl That I do remember , but the rest was my favorite overhead kick and Old Trafford every other week were my moments of pleasure .
So all the lads have gone and so I have to find a job . I got a job . At first it was a scary . But I settled in and to this day it was the best place and the best job I ever had . A window unit maker . Great money , great people to work with, all of most were the family I never had . Thatcher put an end to it all though. Anyway . Back to work Monday making Windows .
If only I got my head down at school and got a good job . I think for he most part I`ve made so many great friends in my time of Window making . Some are still my friends today . And for the most part we still see other and I`m very proud to have worked and grown up with them . They are my family .
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Post by Mr Kite on May 16, 2020 18:50:31 GMT
Alright .
Sad to wake up to hear about Astrid`s passing . I`ve been very lucky yo meet her twice over the years at the International Beatle Week`s The last time was 3 years ago . From my early years of getting into the history of The Beatles her name always was prominent of the band that would rule the world.
A week as already gone by in my back to work ..Thing .
Overtime next week . That seems to be the world going back to normal I guess . Went for a walk this afternoon and it was ..Like a Saturday afternoon ! Lets hope it does`nt go tits up
Lets get back to the normality of life . Will it be the same again ? Who knows .
Not much else to report really .
In a bit
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Post by Mr Kite on May 23, 2020 16:32:55 GMT
Well , Beatle People and none believers this is my .. 5000th Post ! Exciting ! I`d like to thank .. My manager , my school teachers ... Hang on . If I had a penny for every time I spelt something wrong , I`d be a millonare News . No news . Sport. No sport Weather Rain and wind and snatches of Sunshine . U.F.O. Sightings No sightings Deer Sightings No dear I went for a walk today with me` ol` mate We did the 3 reservoirs ( but there are 4 ) and we met people along the way . Some runners chasing Sheep A lady runner asked us if there were Cow`s over the hill ( I did bite my lip as I almost said "Saw some just the udder day " ) And a Cyclist asked us if we had seen any Deer But that`s Northerners for you . That`s it really . Not a exciting 5000th post , but it`s better to post than not at all.
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Post by Amadeus on May 23, 2020 19:32:13 GMT
Lol.
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Post by Mr Kite on May 24, 2020 19:21:44 GMT
True is stranger than fiction .
Hello again !
Don`t you be thinking I have anything interesting to say . I hav`nt I`m just doing what I do best . Make it up on the spot .
Right .... (4 minutes later )
Erm. (3 minutes later )
The thing is .. My hobbies are Music , Concerts , Films, like a good read and a like a bit of footy
That is really it , and at the moment I can`t do any of them . Who remembers the first time they saw a live band ?
I can , it was in the late 60`s (or early 70`s ) it was Freddie And The Dreamers on Blackpool Pier . With Ken Dodd .
I know , what a start .
First album . ABC - Jackson 5 . Yes folks I was weened on Tamla Motown
The first album that blew my mind was Simon & Garfunkel`s Bridge Over Troubled Water . I think that was the little spark in a 8 year old that Music would be a big part of his life .
I was given Hey Jude the single by my brothers mate at the round about age of 7 maybe 8 . I loved the Apple .
But then lets go forward to 1973 Hyde fair . Heard Helen Wheels blasting out from one of the rides . I loved it and bought it from Hyde Super market , upstairs was a record shop ( remember it ? )
And that was when I became a Wings fan . Bought Band On The Run album . ( I still have it ) And almost 50 years on , here I am on a Beatle Forum talking about it .
First trip to the Cinema . A bit tricky this one . But I`m sure it was Herbie . Or maybe not . I remember the game changer for me though at the Cinema . Escape From The Planet Of The Apes . That did blow my mind . Just check out the opening scenes of 3 Astronauts getting out of a space ship in full space suits walking out of the sea and taking off their helmets to reveal they are Chimps ! Yes that blew me away and the ending ! Tell me who has`nt got upset at the "Men In Suits " killing a baby monkey . I wonder if that triggered my hatred of men in suits and me wearing a suit ?
Football . I saw Brazil in the 1970 World Cup . And that was me hooked on Football and Brazil . I still support Brazil to this day . Yes , I get a hell of lot of stick for it , but I don`t care . You wont believe the banter I`ve had . Here is a classic Remember I`ve had the s**t for it a long time .
"Why do you support Brazil , when your English?"
Why do drink German beer and eat curries and drive Japanese cars when your English ?
Or . Did I ask to be born here ? Or . My team supporters don`t go all over Europe smashing restaurants Or When was the last time you watched football ( like that one ) Or . How come you boo your team
And many many more .
So , yes people , it`s a strange time for me as my hobbies are on hold . But I hope that we will get through it and my posts will be a bit more entertaining ( Unlike English Football )
Laters !
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Post by Mr Kite on Jun 2, 2020 20:47:40 GMT
A transcendent puddle .
Hello again . The weather has been a bit of alright has`nt it .
But I`m not here to talk about the weather the terrible things that a going on in the world . I`m here to talk about me . so you can click off now or go and put the kettle on , this is going to be intense .
Don`t forget the biscuits .
All alone at the end of the evening And bright lights have faded blue I was `bout a woman who might have loved me I never knew You know I`ve always been a dreamer ...
Eagles Take It To The Limit .
Apt . Yes folks my cyber love affair is over .
But I`m jumping the gun here .
I always thought about why people have personal dairies They are personal . So no one is going to ever read them Until the person dies or ..Other mishaps along the way . Imagine it , the man spends most of his life writing in his personal diary . Dies all alone and the council come in his home to clear it out . "Hey Harry , there`s a Diary here , what shall I do with it ?" "Just throw it in the black bag ! "
So this here little place I have , I think I will make it a personal dairy and let the world and his dog read it .
"But why ?! , it`s personal " I hear you say .
Why not . I know no one is going to get upset about it . I`m not going to regret it . I`m not going to be the man who has just had his Diary thrown in a bin bag . My Diary is going to be read . That`s why we write stuff . It`s meant to be read .
OK then .
Here we go .
Yes , my love of someone I never met is over . I called it . My doing . I`m not here to talk about the reason . But about the feelings I went through .
Words are very powerful things . And if someone says they love you . You walk on air . I walked on air . From the depths of hell I climbed out of the hole I had dug myself . I had been through this bit before , I think , as I seemed to have told the world that I had a reason to get out of bed . Stop feeling the world was a horrible place and no place for me , this is`nt what I expected in my later life . Coming home to a empty house . A long night alone and in a dark place . It is`nt fun I can tell you . A long day at work , get home , peel all your rain drenched clothes , curse God and eat alone , go to bed alone . You see where I`m going with this .
So then one day , the sun shined and my life was full of love . The sky was blue and the world seemed to have be turned into heaven on Earth . I talked with my love every day , and even though it was just text it felt real . Feelings I hav`nt had that seemed forever had come at me at full force . At one point I could`nt eat and then I could`nt sleep . I really had gone full on In Love ! Yes , it`s crazy , but it`s true , it happened and I kid you not I had knots in my stomach . If anyone can explain what I was going through , I`d love to know ?! I had lost the plot . I told everyone I knew ! People were all happy for me as they knew I had gone through a very bad time in my life . I have this all to thank to a beautiful woman , I`ve never met . She saved me . Yes , for all the love she sent me and I was cured from my deep dark depression . But it`s over now and I am heart broken . But she will be forever in my heart and a part of my life as what she did for me in those weeks when I was alone . God bless her .
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Post by Mr Kite on Jun 4, 2020 18:25:58 GMT
Hello reader(s) !
Back for more !
I bet you thought I`d be swinging or even worse listening to a Kiss album .
Yes, my humor is`nt quite back yet .
More self therapy ?
I don`t know as with all these posts I just . Think ...Type . (regret ?)
Regrets . There is a thing . Have I ever regretted anything ?
I don`t think I have . Apart from not going to see Zep at Knebworth in 1979 , I guess not .
Maybe I do regret not buying 2 copies of Kate`s Never For Ever . Instead of just bloody one ! 2 signed Kate albums ...Imagine that !
Anyway . So apart from those two . No regrets ..
Now what was I going on about ?
Ah yes , self-pity . Maybe that is not the word .
But I like to think that I could do with a bit of a hug . From 2 meters away .
The next morning after the night before . I woke up . Did`nt want to get out of bed . I crawled out and opened the curtains . It was raining I can`t even remember the last timed it rained and this is Manchester ! Turned on the T.V. for the weather(?)as I always do . It showed Italy . They were gearing up for bringing tourists back to the country . You could`nt make it up.
As Mr Lennon once sang .. And so dear friends , you`ll just have to carry on ...The dream is over .
Nothing lasts forever ..
What else ..
I do have my opinion of the whole state of this world at the moment but all that does is make someone angry as anything we say today is going to upset someone as we all have a right to say "That makes me angry !" Free speech is well and truly over . There are even people out there who own Kiss albums . People posting pictures of cups of coffee on there social media platform wearing masks in there cars . Driving and using there phones in there cars People still watching T.V. Reality shows . Buying cassette tapes ! Still smoking ! Still think they need another tattoo when all you can see on them are tattoos ! Buying greatest hits albums! Think that wearing a baseball cap backwards is still cool ! Think that the Earth is flat ! Man did`nt walk on the Moon ! And so on .. Yes , I think I`d better go and have a lie down .
It`s been a experience this year in more ways than one . And I just hope that things are going to get better . Any questions .
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Post by Mr Kite on Jun 7, 2020 16:06:46 GMT
That was a strange post .
Hello !
Yes , I know, it`s more nonsense .
How much can a man come up with waffle . I think it`s a gift .
But hey ! I`ve joined Facebook proper
Just think it was time and even though it`s not really a life changer , it`s ... There . Talked to Bobber this morning , that was a thing , I remember him from 2004 when I joined the D.M`s Forum And got to meet him a few years ago in Liverpool . And talked to Mr Mustard (Simon ) So I guess it has it`s benefits .
In a lifetime .
Anathema . I love this band .. ( just come on my You Tube mix )
I think I should let out my feelings on the state of the world at the moment .( sorry if I offend anyone )
The world is in a total meltdown . We have a plague that , if it is ever over , will change the way we live forever . I never thought I`d be around to see such a total chaos .
The world has seen much worse times , but this is up there .
Half n Hour Later ..
What I have just done is typed out my thoughts on what is going on today . I`ve just deleted it .
I really don`t think I should give my thoughts on here . I feel that what I think will upset someone and I don`t want to do that . This is not the place . I think at the end of the day , we all want the same thing .
All You Need Is Love .
I`m sure we all agree on that
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Post by Amadeus on Jun 7, 2020 17:40:18 GMT
We're into fun here. An escape.
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Post by Mr Kite on Jun 7, 2020 18:49:10 GMT
We're into fun here. An escape. Yes , your right Amadeus . I`m trying to lighten up . A slow therapy it seems for me . My humor is in there somewhere, I just need to get it out into the open .
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Post by Amadeus on Jun 7, 2020 19:18:12 GMT
There's an operation for that.
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Post by Mr Kite on Feb 11, 2021 15:04:15 GMT
Hello !
I think it`s about time for some more therapy .
What`s happened since my last waffle ? Nothing much . I`m going to be a Grandad next month that`s a crazy thought
So lets get to the now .
A funny (?) thing happened last week . My work mate had a bit of a man flu going on and he thought best to go and get a Covid test . Would you believe it he was positive . So the powers that be ask him who`s he been in contact with . Well folks there are about 50 people in the place , but he just picked me and another bloke and so I`ve been in lockdown for 9 days now , I`ve not been in contact with another human being , thank God for online shopping . Have I gone insane ? I`m getting there . My last day tomorrow , so I can unlock all the cutlery . So what have I been doing for 9 days ,stuck at home . E Bay has been a daily visit , I can`t tell you how much I`ve spent ! As for albums I`ve played ! Funny how we took going out for granted and now how I`d love to go to a Gig , a Football match or even a Film . It seems my hobbies are all up in the air at the moment That`s about it . See you laters !
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Post by ROCKY on Feb 11, 2021 15:18:26 GMT
Welcome to the Club Mr. K! I don't go anywhere except to the store to buy food. lol The only time I venture outside, it's 10 degrees F -12C, is to feed my flying friends and to snow blow the 6" of snow we got last night off the driveway. Doctor says it keeps my heart from stopping. lol
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Post by Mr Kite on Feb 11, 2021 15:43:58 GMT
I love snow !
Take care Rocky !
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Post by ROCKY on Feb 12, 2021 14:57:32 GMT
I love snow ! Take care Rocky ! I can send you some of mine FREE!!!
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Post by Mr Kite on Apr 17, 2021 20:17:27 GMT
Hello reader !
Back again with not much to talk about , but as ever I don`t do anything planned as in life your never know what`s round the corner . A few bits of news I`m now a Grandad and it`s a very strange sensation as it`s took happened this long in my life and of course it`s not something that happens in your early life is it ? I hope he likes Music and The Beatles as I don`t want my collection ending up on a skip . I rang for a skip once "Can I have a skip outside my house ?" "You can do what you want mate "
I`m a Admin now ! Yes I can get rid of those nasty Spammers , I hate those people . Why ? But what about those phone calls you get Jesus and his stamp collection . It`s come to a time in the human race where people can rob innocent people at the other end of the phone . At least you could do a description of your mugger back in the day .
What else . I have a Hedgehog hibernating in my back garden . I check every day if he`s woke up yet . Today I checked and he`s or she is still asleep . It was . Supposed to be up about now and that got me thinking do Hedgehogs over sleep ? Imagine it`s shock if it woke up in October .
I think that`s it . See you again when I have something to talk about , I`m sure something is going have me shaking my head in the coming weeks . I think I`m sounding like a Grandad .
Laters !
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Post by Amadeus on Apr 19, 2021 18:42:33 GMT
Well Grandad! Must have a chuckle and dash!
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