Stephen Lewis - Tickets Please

 

Released 7th December 1973, Stephen Lewis (17 December 1926 – 12 August 2015) was playing the part of Inspector Blakey in the comedy series On The Buses, later played the part of Smiler in Last Of The Summer Wine, I can not recall ever hearing this record being played on the radio.

I have some relations who worked on the buses in Sydney Australia, some of the stories of their exploits and things that happened were funnier than the TV series.

The fishing trip I had booked for the 25th March from Brighton was cancelled due the high winds, the next trip I  have booked is also from Brighton after Black Bream on the Kingsmere Rocks on the 15th April, the last time I got out fishing on a boat was August last year.

Stephen Lewis (Inspector Blakey) - Tickets Please

Shane - St Paul

 

Released in New Zealand September 1969 by Shane, this record also had an Australian release,

 Saint Paul by Kiwi singer Shane

Here is the Margot Robbie version, I was thinking this had been missed when the limited edition CD of Paul McCartney tribute songs, I found out that it was issuesd well after the CD was released and has not been issued on a 45 Single.

 Margot Robbie - Sanit Paul (Terry Knight Cover)

Memory Finaly Sorted

 

The failed 8TB SSD drive was returned to Samsung for repairs, it had a minor problem on its journey back, as the consignment it was in was turned back at Customs, it cleared Customs the next day, I had a message saying it would be delivered late in the day, it turned up at 09.00. The failed unit had been replaced with a new one. I had almost finished downloading the tracks from the original drives 2 x 4TB, 1 x 1TB and a 500GB when the drive failed, the download has been re started the 1TB & 500GB have been downloaded, the 2 x 4TB drives I have found it better to download it in chunks of about 25,000 tracks, even then it can take over 24 hours.   I also acquired a 4TB SSD drive at a reasonable price, for use a a general drive.

The 20TB HDD drive also failed, I went into Argos and was told they could not send it back for repairs as it had been posted to me, they could refund me the cost of the unit I took the refund and ordered anew one when I got home, in the 3 weeks since I brought the first one the price had gone up by £109, I was told in my local computer shop that the price of computer memory has sky rocketed due to the demand of it for AI, I noticed that some people were selling 4TB SSD memory for over £1,000.

During the week I had to go to the Pet Shop in Epsom, on the way out someone asked me if I could do a jump start, I said yes and he was most surprised that I had jump leads in the car, my son had battery problems with his car, I had never bothered to take them out of the car after he had the battery changed, when the battery cover was removed I noticed the white fur on the battery clamp and on the positive terminal, and also down the side of the battery, the battery was changed a couple of years ago, at its next service I was informed that the battery was leaking and needed replacing, the lady on the phone was not happy when I told her that it was a new battery fitted at the last service, saying it will be changed under warranty, it is a Varta battery and I hate Varta batteries (they always seem to leak), I used to watch YouTube videos of someone repairing old PC's, the PC's had often been standing around for a number of years and without fail every one that had a Varta battery the battery had leaked, none of the other makes of battery leaked. My car is booked in for the end of the month for a battery check.

A Word Of Warning

There is a lot of cheap Chinese SSD PC memory for sale i.e. 16TB for £13, the equivalent item if you can get it from a reputable manufacturer would cost in the region of £700+

Most places have sold out but a few were still showing it in stock at over £1,000+ some places are selling 8TB SSD divers for over £1,000, people are now asking over £1,000 for 4TB drives. it makes the cheap SSD drives look attractive.

A reputable SSD Drive

Do not Buy or Connect one of these cheap SSD drives to your PC, if you connect one and have other external drives connected the Chinese Cheap SSD drive will kill the other external drives.

Terry Knight - Saint Paul

 

A 1969 release, the story I head was that when the Beatles Abbey Road LP was released there was a rumour spreading that Paul McCartney had been killed in a car crash and that a he had been replaced in the band by a ringer, the cover of the Abbey Road LP was the first part of he announcement Paul McCartney has no shoes and the number plates of the cars parked in the road gave the rest of the information.  I can not recall where I first came across this track, possibly on a CD of reply/novelty or Beatles related tracks, I did get a limited edition CD that has 2 versions of this song and 2 other Paul McCartney tribute songs, I have since found a third version of this song, I do not know how limited the CD of Paul McCartney songs is as my copy is #66 other copies have been listed and they always seen to be #66.

"Saint Paul" - Terry Knight in Full Dimensional Stereo

More Additional Memory Woes

 Last week I received an email informing me that the SSD drive had been repaired and was being despatched to me, I later got 2 additional emails saying the consignment my package was part of was being held at Customs, a further email said that the whole consignment had been returned to the sender, I I then got an apology for the delay the next day another email my package has cleared customs and should be at my pick up point on Monday.

The consignment returned reminded me of the short time I spent in stores, the returned broken/failed items that were returned to the stores were sorted and returned to the manufactures for refurbishment or repairs one company all items in the box had to be listed, it was routine anything you put in that box was listed on the paperwork, one week the box was returned there was an extra item in the box, the box was unpacked and every item checked with the inventory, it all corresponded, in the bottom of the box was a small screw that had come off one of the other items, because the screw was not on the inventory they rejected the whole consignment, the screw was returned to the item it came from and the consignment was accepted.

No Artist - G.S. Parody

This is a custom record released 1965, It is not known how or to whom the record was targeted to, the song relates to the policies of the then President LBJ, and how his policies were affecting the country, sounds familiar. 

I first came across this record on WFMU 365 Days Project.

It's the first Hook Road Arena Boot Sale of the year today, there was quite lot of rain on Friday with some more rain on Saturday, the Arena is on clay soil and does not drain well or quickly in previous years when the early Boot Sales went ahead after rain many of the cars had to be towed out of the site.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD8-3alMjh8