Nostalgic again

Had a delivery from HMV this morning. It was the second of two nostalgic CDs I ordered. This time it was Ultravox, Rage in Eden. I must getting mellow in my old age because when I was a wee nipper, and 80s child, I wasn't very impressed with Midge Ure's incarnation of Ultravox. I was always a John Foxx follower. However, listening to the opening track 'The Voice' I am thinking that perhaps I was a little unkind to the Scot and should reassess my opinion, after all the rest of the band were the same - okay apart from the guitarist.

BTW, the first CD was the other Ure collection - Vienna.

Muslim Veils (Burka), caning and flat caps

Another member of the MK crew, well he's not actually, as he lives in Devon at the moment, is my dad. He is wonderful at Hallowe'en as he can scare us all with tales of when he was at School. He was at school in the days when corporal punishment was mandatory and sweet rationing had just been abolished - well that's how things balanced out, it's the old yin and yang of life*

Anyhow, he visited on the weekend and we were talking over dinner (we did the whole Sunday lunch thing, which was nice). As normal we got around to talking about current affairs and after warning my mum about the dangers of believing anything written in the Daily Mail, we moved onto the whole 'veil' issue, and the suspension of a teaching assistant for wearing one at work. It wasn't a particularly serious conversation as it ended when my dad piped up...

'Lucky she didn't go to my old school, our headmaster once caned a lad for wearing a flat cap.'

I'll reveal more of these stories as we go on, as they have been a source of entertainment for years


*See the latest Mint card adverts for confirmation about how life balances out**

**Please note I am not that stupid