David's blog

Its Thursday again and I went to the sauna and for a swim but this morning one of the attendants came the sauna apparently thinking or someone thought they had seen someone going in naked I think the problem was that there was a guy in there with only swimming trunks well I say only what are you suppose to wear in a swimming but trunks I think the attendants don't have enough to do probably they have to much time on their hands probably. Was hoping the sauna would help with my shoulder which is painful and has been for while now it did not do much good itstill painful. I guess I will have to go to the doctor soon again. This afternoon I have been trying to find contacts that can help a friend of mine who is blind with getting hold of a new digital audio workstation that is accessible that he can use his speech software with

This is how my impatience cost me forty quid today. Nearly a week ago I heard the washing machine make a noise I thought was unusual it seemed to be stuck or something.  This noise got on my nerves a bit as I thought the machne was broke so I gave it a sharp nudge and this resulted in the switches breaking so |I couldn't get the thing to do anything now.  I called the washing machine he said it would be today that he would be able to come out and not whe it was broke. I rang another chap to come and fix it he said he woue be hare on Monday but in my wisdom I decided to go out and be back hopefully before he came, well I wasn't he had been and gone I was a bit annoyed with myself for missing the appointment. jAnyway the one who was booked for today turned up just befroe lunch time and told me that washng machines sometime take a long time to spin as they are tryinng to get the load balanced and that it what I experienced  and I needn't have broken the switches. I guess I s

The margin on this blog seems to have moved and I am not sure how to move it back. Its Sunday again and they just come around a lot sooner these days it will be xmas soon which is not my favourate time of year I think its anti social, a lot people are left on their own if they don't have family its impractical, there is no public transport in rural places to speak of.  It also costs money which people will have to pay for months after the thing. The whole thing is basically very boring and hopefully it will come and go quickly which I guess it will as time does seem to pass by quickly these days which is a sign of getting old I guess.  More on the isolating effect of xmas. https://community.scope.org.uk/discussion/37541/disability-and-social-isolation?utm_content=buffer18b31&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=buffer#latest It does not seem so cold today I guess I could have done my washting too except the thing broke down a couple of days ago and I am

Had bit of strange time at the library today.  I went there to do some stuff on the compouter and pass the time before the bus came along.  I had been there about 20 minutes when a load of middle aged women came in a few of them said hello as I was aquainted with them.  One of them seemed to be in charge they sat down and started to discuss the issue they were going to discuss that women and pensions.  I was not sure if I had missed something and the room was not free and I wasn't suppose to be there I just carried on anyway expecting them to get room I guess but the meeting went on and I was made aware of issues that they were discussing. I felt I was intruding really even though it is a public library.  Eventually I got fed up of trying to get the compouter to do what I wanted and got up and left and wished them luck with their campaign.  I am sure they would have preferred a private place I am not sure whey thought it was a good idea to have their meeting there in the library. 

On this dark and murky day the noisy manhole cover has been fixed I am sure they will need to come out again in a year or so as it does not seem to last long/ The electric light in the street has not been fixed so its still nice and dark outside I guess its a change from the usual I doubt it will stay that way for long. I had a go today on the looper pedal and found out it can help with trying to write a song its possible to get a guitar progession going and to come up with some words and also to come up wth another part to the song.  I should have recorded it really as I have now forgotten the song I came up with I guess there will be others. Damn I have just come across an email about the cleaner I was chucking out, and eventually put in the rubbish I have only just come across this email not sure how I missed it

I went to the doctor yesterday regarding the pain I have in my stomach he gave me some painkillers which seem on taking them this morning to do nothing really only make me a bit dizzy.  It seems there is going to be no relief from this pain in the foreseeable future which is a bit depressing. This weekend is last bank holiday weekend I have no idea where the supposed summer has gone it has been very poor except for the few days in June which makes them want to move the school holidays a bit earlier in the year which I guess is no big deal really as most kids these days seem to be stuck in the house on their computers. I am hoping to go for a walk tomorrow if I am not in pain and the weather which has been forecast to be fine, is fine.  I am then down to play some music in the evenng which I am not looking forward to its a bit of a drag really.

Well I was hoping I would have been watching Wales play in the playoff today but its Ireland, well I say hoping, I know really that Wales don't do things like get to world cups I have experienced the dissappointment many times.  I think the reason mainly is that Wales I guess does not see itself as a country wholly so when it comes to 'fighting for your country' the fight isent there and teams with lesser ability knock us out due to they having more fight in them as happened with the bogytrotter I mean the Irish but they did play like bogtrotters really and hopefuly will not get the chance to stink out the the world cup.  Though the world cup is strange the people who run the thing have not bothered to comment on the injustice suffered by Northern Ireland they just have to suck it up which is not really fair as that desicion had nothing to do with football but all do with with a stupid mistake which would not have been so bad in the qualifying games but why did it happen in

It was a sad start to the day today I went to friend's funeral she was the same age as me and actually it would have been her birthday tomorrow from what I could here in the service.  I have been to many funerals in my lifetime but this was the first funeral I had been in which was not in a crem or a chapel.  The service was held in the local village hall and was well attended I guess that would be due to her being quite young in relation to the age most die.  I guess it was in the hall as they were not religious I guess. Anna had died a week ago from the rot that is cancer it seems to be very common round here at the moment.  The fact that the service was not a religious one it seemed to be runnng the same way as a religious except there was no religious singing involved on no mention of God etc. The village hall does not get used a lot its a bit of while elephant maybe it can be used for such things as funerals I guess so it just doesn't stand there taking up space. RIP

I have been getting the local community newspaper on tape recently and its great a I have said I can convert it to digital with this gadget.  This morning I told the lady who gives me the tape that I could do this not thinkng that implies I keep a copy of the CD and can do what I want with it really.  I get tape for nothing really which is nice.  Also this morning I offered to make a copy of the tape on a CD for others.  You would think by now that the service would be on CD most folk have not got tape player. I think this recording of the newspaper could be enhanced like there could be interviews put on it and this would maybe broaden the audience who look at the paper.  Also old interviews could be added to the 'tape' and this would introduce people to some stuff that they might be interested in and not able to access it such as old interviews with old characters who are not longer with us.  Old recording which are still around on whatever medium could be changed into digit