w.atching the w.orld unw.ind

Today's lyric:
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"So you celebrate your love
With a little house, just made for two
With all the lovely things you can buy brand new
You gonna settle down
Just the both of you, you gonna be a good soul
From now on....."

The Levellers: "Celebrate"
From the album: "One way of life"

Down on Pompey at the weekend, to see the Big Yin on Saturday, we were browsing for Freeview boxes for Ol' Sparky (who may be back on the blog?) and our view of the shelf was obstructed by another customer.

Peering round her to check out the options, she eventually moved away just as we were re-joined by Mrs.D. and Mrs Ol' Sparky. At which point, the customer introduced herself as Mrs.D's bridesmaid, who we hadn't seen for over ten years. (Turned out she was visiting her mum and needed to replace the carer's Freeview box.)

So a rapid life-catch-up ensued (and a subsequent 'phone-call resulted in a booked meet-up proper)

Then edging past a couple to reach our seats at the Billy Connolly concert, they looked at me and asked "Are you Mr.D.?"

"Er, yes" I replied, desperately trying - as you do - to recall from where I knew them.

Turned out she'd worked for me over twenty years ago, and at the time was dating a guy who - at nineteen - was having treatment for a second occurrence of test1cular cancer. And there he was - large as life and twice as ugly, as they say - but fit and healthy to boot and now married to her. Aah..

And we six - plus the rest of the packed audience - pi55ed ourselves for two solid hours as Billy took that long to complete the story he set out with.

If you get the chance - go see him.

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