Successful Spaghetti Night ...

... of the SCART variety !!

For months now, we've had a VHS recorder sitting proudly in our TV/Sky/DVD cabinet - and I mean just sitting there - unloved, unplugged, unused. So ... I "went for it" tonight - found an unused (and unopened) SCART lead knocking about and - probably more by luck than judgment - managed to plumb the lot in together - so everything now works - even the Freeview on the telly (handy that as we're getting shot of Sky at the end of this month - at least we can say we're not subsidising the bloody Premier League any more !).

Flushed with success, I fished out a few dusty VHS recordings - and am at present watching a video of "Live Aid 1985" - I made a couple of tapes off the TV all those years ago - and they're still in very very good condition (remember - Is it Live ?? Or Is it Memorex ?? Bought a couple of new tapes especially for that day) - Bryan Adams has just finished (together with all the technical problems on the day !) and Knopfler/Sting version of "Money for Nothing" is playing as I type. Probably won't watch it tonight (gotta be up at 0530 for work - "money for something" it's called), but I will always remember the Queen set on that day at Wembley all those years ago - in my mind probably the finest 30 minute live set of all time - if you've never seen the full set - you've never lived - absolutely brilliant. Here's just a sample - Freddie Mercury in total control ...



Now - bed - work - football (well once George Thorogood has finished anyway !!!)
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