History...
The Wife is at an away day for her work, I have the house to myself for a bit. Done the washing up, hoovered, got one load of washing done and drying and got the second in the machine. For lunch I treated myself to a favourite, Boursin herb and garlic cheese, freshly cooked part-bake bread, chorizo, grapes and a bottle of red plonk, all while watching Tron.
1982. 35 years ago that came out. History now. The Wife and I are suckers for a bit of history, love watching documentaries. Thank Smeg for BBC 4 and the Yesterday Channel. The latter is what the History Channel was supposed to be before it decided to appeal solely to the "Alien Nazi Conspiracy" crowd. They had a 1975 "Two Ronnies" programme on there the other day, great stuff. BBC 4 have been showing "A House Through Time" a life story of a house in Liverpool from the late 19th Century all the way up to the present day. The last one was fascinating because this was when I was born, would be growing up. The Thatcher years, the Toxteth Riots, the AIDS epidemic (I remember the public service announcements with the big slab of stone). All the stuff I saw on the TV news but didn't really understand at the time. BBC 4 then showed a "Top of the Pops" from 1985. Oh gosh the hair! The 80s hair! And there was George Michael and Wham! Poor George.
I have that book off my Brother I mentioned now, "Inventions That Changed The World", also 1982, Reader's Digest. Wonderful stuff. The 80s seemed limitless somehow, troubled but the start of a brave new world, so many exciting things starting to happen, so many new possibilities on the horizon.
And look at us now, Brexit, Trump, cat memes and the French rioting over discount Nutella. I mean, for pity sake, you'd think they have more class! A duel fought over a particularly exquisite truffle perhaps, but a punch up over a cut-price jar of chocolate and hazelnut spread?
Merde...
1982. 35 years ago that came out. History now. The Wife and I are suckers for a bit of history, love watching documentaries. Thank Smeg for BBC 4 and the Yesterday Channel. The latter is what the History Channel was supposed to be before it decided to appeal solely to the "Alien Nazi Conspiracy" crowd. They had a 1975 "Two Ronnies" programme on there the other day, great stuff. BBC 4 have been showing "A House Through Time" a life story of a house in Liverpool from the late 19th Century all the way up to the present day. The last one was fascinating because this was when I was born, would be growing up. The Thatcher years, the Toxteth Riots, the AIDS epidemic (I remember the public service announcements with the big slab of stone). All the stuff I saw on the TV news but didn't really understand at the time. BBC 4 then showed a "Top of the Pops" from 1985. Oh gosh the hair! The 80s hair! And there was George Michael and Wham! Poor George.
I have that book off my Brother I mentioned now, "Inventions That Changed The World", also 1982, Reader's Digest. Wonderful stuff. The 80s seemed limitless somehow, troubled but the start of a brave new world, so many exciting things starting to happen, so many new possibilities on the horizon.
And look at us now, Brexit, Trump, cat memes and the French rioting over discount Nutella. I mean, for pity sake, you'd think they have more class! A duel fought over a particularly exquisite truffle perhaps, but a punch up over a cut-price jar of chocolate and hazelnut spread?
Merde...