OH BOTHER WHERE ART THOU?

Ha ha, I'll have to look at changing my time dilation travel agents after a bit of a cock-up.

I was planning to go back to see an old favourite band of mine - The Rouse Brothers.

That's me driving that truck in the background. I was late for the photo shoot that day.

I like their version of 'Orange Blossom Special' and have done so ever since a great wine tasting trip I had a while ago (more about that in another post in the future ..... or the past).

THE ROUSE BROTHERS

Somehow something went wrong - maybe it was due to those lightning strikes we've been having - and I ended up in Petone seeing these guys in concert:

I was going to keep in the shadows so that my old boss Richard couldn't see me just in case he was miffed at me jumping ship but remembered that this was before that happened so he was OK. I gave him some advice on which strings to put on his bass and suggested to Robert to 'lose the mo Bro'

The concert was pretty good but unfortunately they didn't play 'Orange Blossom Special' as I know that Richard will play this pretty well at some time.

BEGORRAH, OCH AYE THE NOO BOYO!

I've just been back to 1985 in Scotland. Edinburgh to be precise.

Feeling a bit peckish and not having any Scottish Pounds on me I decided to gate-crash a wedding to get some free eats. I got there a bit early and who did I encounter getting dressed for the occasion?

Yes, you guessed it, it was the Boss - TC.

Nice skirt TC. Ha ha ha ha.

ONE YWO THREE ...RED LIGHT....

1-2-3 RED LIGHT


.....Ha ha ha. Those Fruitgum guys did a good song or two. The Prowse Brothers or PBs could pick up some ideas here - snazzy suits, clever lyrics, music and, a place for Robert playing two of those whatchamacallits - the circular things that kind of rattle and jingle.

So, why red light you may ask? (Actually I peeked into the future and you did ask). Well I was driving in Wellington recently and was stuck at the intersection of Buckle Street and Tory Street. The bloody lights took ages to change so I snuck back in time for a quick look to see when these lights were first installed.

And who did I see there as a special guest to witness the official turning on of the new lights?

The Boss - TC.

What a guy.

COOL!

Hey Boss.

I've just been back a couple of decades having a Winter holiday. It's been too bloody hot around here (and there) recently so I went to Mount Ruapehu and who did I see?

Who?

Oh, I forget, you're stuck in 'now' time (I hope that wasn't a result of reading that book that Richard was touting a couple of years ago - was he getting a commission or what?)

This guy:

Pretty impressive I must say.

All the ski-bunnies were lusting after you....








....Not (as Richard would say)


Anyway, I noticed that Lynn was with you that day and I distinctly heard her calling out "My Hero!" as you negotiated those moguls.

SUMMERS OF YESTERYEAR

Boy am I enjoying being part of THE CURMUDGEONS INC.ⓒ (TCI)

THE CURMUDGEONS INC.ⓒ

These guys really know how to run a blogging community. TC allows us lots of time to explore our own interests as well as keeping to the TCI themes. He kindly forwarded some unpublished drafts to select from and update as we see fit. I'm working on a couple now but since TC published a post about the end of summer HERE I thought I'd nip back to see what the TCI members were doing back when.

I've got loads of material and took some great pics which I'll share over the next few days weeks months years. To start with here's one of TC himself.

Notice how he had that sartorial air about him way back then which makes me think that his Old Girl is a bit unfair when she says he looks like a bag of busted arseholes HERE

NEW BEGININGS

Hi, it's Bill here .... and there....ha ha.

I've had a bit of a think after being laid up for a while after a savage beating. I don't dwell on the past .....ha ha - get that? No, I can just go back further in the past to forget it and I have. My new pal The Curmudgeon has created a place for me in the tremendously successful THE CURMUDGEONS INC.ⓒ which in fact will go on to be the greatest .... but I shouldn't give away secrets.

I'll gather some interesting bits of news (and olds) on my travels to feed into my new buddies blogs.

Got to go now - I'm off to the Donald Trump impeachment celebrations.

PS: If travelling from Masterton to Wellington over the next few days expect long delays caused by slow traffic. It'll be faster and quicker to go via Eketahuna, Palmerston North and then down via the Kapiti highway.