Hope we grow old, but we never grow up (Niall Horan)

Wie geht's?

Had a wee shock this morning when I was called to the phone at school. A guy was on the other end of the phone who said he knew me when we were kids, when I lived in Korma Ave!

Turns out he was right. He (let's call him John) told me that he decided to make contact with me after watching a western on TV - a film that reminded him of a birthday party he attended as a youngster. The birthday was mine. 

As long time readers know, my mother marked our birthdays (Ross and me) by taking us to a movie with some of our friends. His memory was triggered and he remembered me and my mum.

As John was a fellow student at Royal Oak primary, and therefore a friend (basically, at that age, everyone at primary school is your friend), I asked him and couple of others to my party/film event.

I'm not sure which exact birthday it was, but by process of elimination it's either 1966 or 1968 (before '66 and '67 were Disney movies). In 1966 we (mum, Ross and some friends) went to see El Dorado, in '68 it was probably Villa Rides, Bandolero, or The Scalphunters (we saw all three throughout that yesr).

I would plump for 1966 - we were 9 years old, because I am pretty sure the 1968 films were just me, mum and Ross.

The thing that got me was the link back to mum. John distinctly members my mum organizing the birthday party and film treat (more evidence that it was 1966 as I would have outgrown parties as an eleven year old I feel). That's really cool!

And amazing. It was 57 years ago for Pete's sake!

Love and peace - WNP

By golly it's clean clear to Flag Town, c'mon (C W McCall)

Photo by Nigel Tadyanehondo on Unsplash

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Sometimes the little niceties in life may a big difference.

One of my little sayings while driving is, 'there's always another truck on the highway'.

This morning I had two to pass on State Highway 50.

Each truck driver made it safe, and easy for me by signaling when it was safe to pass. I did my double toot as I passed as a 'thank you', and they tooted back a 'you're welcome'.

See - there are helpful, nice people in the world with some care and compassion to help an anonymous driver on his commute.

It's nice to let them know that.

Love and peace - Wozza

I'm walking on air (Robyn Hitchcock)

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I love my friends. Catching up with them bookended a working trip to Auckland and the northern provinces at the end of the week.

Two of my closest friends and I are united by a shared sense of humour and connection. 

When I mentioned I was reading Bob Mortimer's book, they immediately quoted back to me stories from Would I lie To You! We laughed again about some of Bob's true tales without any further explanation.

When I mentioned it to a few other friends they didn't immediately tune in to his Bobness.

So for them and as both a primer and a celebration of Bob Mortimer, check out the following from Would I Lie To You. 

By the way, if you don't cry with laughter during the owl story you have no sense of humour. Just sayin'.

Love and peace - Wozza

I'm a space cowboy, I'm sure you know where it's at (Steve Miller Band)

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We recently watched...

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (137 mins)

It's visually stunning but the plot is convoluted and bizarre verging on the ridiculous.

Basically, we needed to watch this Luc Besson extravaganza over three nights (length and our levels of tiredness). We just didn't have the wherewithal required to hunker down for the duration.

This is a bit of a theme of late. I kind of miss movies that got to the point and resolved themselves in 90 minutes.

Still Valerian was fun and the references to bits of other space opera movies were cool, plus the cast included Herbie Hancock. So there's that.

There are worse ways of spending 137 minutes.

Love and peace - Wozza.

Oh I've loved her so long (Unicorn)

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It was Fanfa's birthday during the week. Another trip around the sun to celebrate for offspring number 3 and that means time for her proud dad to show you some of his favourite snaps.

Happy birthday Samantha Mary Purdy

Love and peace - dad

Music's in my heart, I can't deny; I wake up every day to hear the high (L.A.B)

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Music soothes me like nothing else.

I ordered a few records last week because it was a cabbage week at work and I needed something to look forward to.

I have a lot of music at home but I noticed a couple of albums on a Vinyl Countdown Facebook page. They often highlight new second hand additions to the store.

One was a pretty obscure Jerry Garcia album called Reflections. It was on my list, so I sent off an order. Being Vinyl Countdown it arrived the next working day.

I put it on last night while JFP watched the news.

Arrrrrr. Nice. I immediately felt my shoulders relax and feet started a-tapping and my heart started a-singing.

Thank you Jerry and thank you Vinyl Countdown and thank you TV One news and thank you OneSchool Global for providing me with a job/wage so that I can indulge my need for music.

Love and peace - Wozza

Do you know what's going on? Take me by the hand singing, "Yes, I do" (L.A.B)

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Have I done my annual celebration of autumn post yet? 

It's a long held tradition so I thought I'd link to a few of my past efforts celebrating my favourite season.

Here you go:

One from 2015, one from 2018, one from 2020, and one from 2021.

Love and peace - Wozza