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The end of blogger...

If you read this Wishbone Ash blog through an RSS reader then you won't be getting any more updates. The website - wishboneash.com - has undergone some serious renovation and blogging is now done via the site rather than through google. Check out the new website, or subscribe to the feed from here - http://wishboneash.com/blog/rss_2.0/

Cheers,
Joe

Old Soldier

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So that's who is under the Argus helmet, eh?
Fawbert took this one. Classic. Thanks to Ian Harris

~ A.P.

Joe's plumbing blog...

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I realise it's been a while since I contributed to the blog. My excuses are that I've been busy with a lot of technical stuff and that I just haven't seen anything blog-worthy.

I don't make a habit of going to the doctors. I know some people will be in there at the drop of a hat. "Doctor, doctor, I dropped my hat..."

I usually feel guilty about wasting a doctor's time with my petty illnesses so I'll wait until I have a few before going to see him - "I've had this cold for a month now, I can't see out of my left eye and by big toe has turned black" - that kind of thing.

Perhaps it's the same with blogging. One plumbing annoyance does not a blog make.

So, here are my three...

1. Push button taps which turn off as soon as you stop pushing. The bathroom equivalent of the Zen koan "What's the sound of one hand clapping?" You can wash your hands in the regular way if you hold the button down with your head and don't mind the funny looks.

2. Sinks with 2 individual taps, a sign saying 'Very Hot Water' and no plug. A guaranteed recipe for blisters.

3. Ignoring standards (see photo). The makers of this particular shower were careful to label the directions for 'hot' and 'off', and kind enough to warn you about the 'very hot water'.
What the sign should say is 'Very hot water and backwards plumbing' as when the dial (I was going to write knob) is steamed up and below waste height you automatically (and perhaps foolishly, to the tune of a scalded back) assume that 'off' will be in the same direction as all the other showers and taps you've ever used in your life.

I'm really not a pessimistic person. I'd usually consider myself a glass half full kind of person (unless it's a glass of shit). Perhaps I should write blogs about how lucky we are that service stations provide us with any water at all and that the occasional scalding from a shower keeps you warm in this chilly weather.

J

the seafood challenge

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just the other day, i think it was in Bath, I had a walk downtown and decided I wanted to have fish for my dinner. I am not crazy about fish and chips, but every once in a while it is good. Why is it btw that the english and the americans are so wild about battering all creatures living under the sea? I never understood that. But then again i am just an ignorant finn..Well, anyway, they advertised this seafood challenge having " fresh cod fillet, crispy haddock" so I, being an optimistic guy ,thought it may not all battered. Wrong. To make sure I asked if this was all meant for one person. " yes" they said," that is why we call it the seafood challenge".I have to admit that it was too much of a challenge for me. And the peas...I have to agree with John Lennon when he sang" give peas a chance". If you people carry on this way, it´ll be a challenge for your Ministry of Health to deal with the rapidly increasing number of overweight people in Britain. I am pretty sure they didn´t use extra virgin oil for battering this lot...
mudster

It's Here!

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A happy band, seen here with Daniel, holding armfuls of the fruits of our labour; the new Live in London DVD, which celebrates Wishbone Ash's 40 year career. The 51 minute bonus road movie makes the whole thing a real value for money item, to say nothing of the Hi Def quality .

I could go on with the shameless self promotion but you'll just need to get a copy and check it out yourselves. By the way - great gig tonight in Bolton. I thought there was a great vibe in the audience and a certain loosy goosy approach to the music from the band. Lots of very positive comments about the sound. Nice one Le Danos!

~ A.P.

Muddy's New Toy

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After our recent visit to the London headquarters of Gibson Guitars, Muddy Manninen scored a beautiful Firebird 7 guitar which he's been using on stage recently.

Featuring banjo style machine heads, 3 mini humbucker style pick-ups and gold hardware - this is a beast of an electric guitar. I used to have a rare white one myself back in the 70's, which now resides in the collection of of one, Mr. Stephen Stills.

That was then - this is now.

~ A.P.