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A good day last Friday. I woke up pain free for the first time in 8 weeks. My fingers felt supple and my feet didn’t throb. Perhaps this was the road to recovery? Saturday morning was roughly the same so I decided this was a good time to get my impulse purchase in. I headed out [...] I am whacked. Yoda is sick AGAIN. Vomiting this time and coughing like a smoker. Poor lamb. So our weekend trip the The Smoke is cancelled. We were to do a grand tour of various people including a 40th birthday bash but that is all out the window now. Instead this will be DIY weekend. Yes, [...] One other thing I did in Cyprus was to further extend my unreasonable collection of stringed instruments. I am now the proud owned of a spanking new tertrachordo Greek bouzouki. Cor! Tis loverly! So it should be, as it cost an arm and a leg. Greek bouzoukis appear to be much more expensive than their Irish [...] After my last abortive attempt at purchasing a new mandolin I have fallen again. This time the offending instrument is a Tanglewood steel strung acoustic guitar. £40 from someone at work. That is less that a pair of shoes or the price of one of L’s many handbags. See how I effortlessly justify my expense? Naturally [...] After promising L that I would never ever buy another musical instrument after the violins, I have cause to hang my head. Granted the new mandolin was only £30 and comes with a pick-up. Indeed it was my own cash … and I can quit when ever I want … and other such stuff smack [...] |
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