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I had a fall and dislocated my shoulder last week and off I went to A & E\u2026\u2026I also needed stitches in my ear\u2026.the doctor involved was telling me he treated Jimmy Krankie when he fell off the beanstalk during the Glasgow panto five years ago\u2026.when I told him that Jimmy was singing one of songs at the time we were both a bit flaggergasted\u2026..small world or what.\n\nReminded me of the time I was invited to form a skiffle group and and appear at a big concert in Finland\u2026I was working on Radio Merseyside at the time with Monty Lister\u2026the show took place in Hankasalmi which is 500 miles north of Helsinki\u2026after which a guy invited us to his restaurant and on the way put on a CD of Rock and Roll\u2026and what comes on\u2026Monty Lister interviewing Bill Haley in 1958\u2026\u2026at the precise time I would have been on the radio with him that morning\u2026.some co-incidence?\n \nThe Northern Lights have been on full view in Scotland\u2026.can\u2019t see them from here\u2026.I once went (with Monty Lister) to Tromso in Norway\u2026the most northern town in the world\u2026to do a radio programme on the famous Lights\u2026.despite the fact you couldn\u2019t be any closer we couldn\u2019t see them through the clouds\u2026so I have YET to see them\u2026.I did however meet Patrick Moore and have a chat over a beer\u2026great character\u2026sad loss.\n \nWatched a programme on B.B.King\u2026.fascinating\u2026I\u2019ve never been a blues fan but I really enjoyed the documentary\u2026\u2026he is living proof that if you want to be a success you really have to WANT to do it. His classic line was \u201cI don\u2019t do chords\u201d\u2026as B.B. sings then throws in riffs\u2026never plays and sings at the same time\u2026he\u2019s now 88 and much respected by all the top guys.\n \nOn the news front it has all been a bit depressing\u2026blanket coverage on the two terrorists who killed the soldier have got life sentences\u2026outside there were mass protests wanting hanging to be brought back\u2026all carrying home made wooden gallows\u2026.and the Irish bomber whose trial was abandoned because he had received a letter (mistakenly) saying there would be no further action\u2026there has been a backlash on that\u2026but people have to realise WE don\u2019t count\u2026what we think or feel makes n difference to those in power who merely pay us lip service\u2026that\u2019s how it\u2019s always been and that\u2019s how it will always stay.\nDon\u2019t even get me going on \u201chuman rights\u201d.\n \nand finally\u2026..there is a move afoot to give lonely old folk,who have nobody, food bags for \xa32\u2026\u2026along with a distinct probability that the minimum wage is going up by 70p or something\u2026then in the same breath we hear that the top bankers are getting 140% rise\u2026.while the staff get 3%...they don\u2019t call it \u201cbonus\u201d any more\u2026it\u2019s a payrise\u2026which makes it O.K.\n\nThen we have the highly intelligent Wayne Rooney getting \xa3300 thousand a week\u2026\u2026which is the wages of 600 soldiers\u2026.now there\u2019s food for thought.\nThere\u2019s THEM and there\u2019s US\u2026\u2026end of.