The view or two from my "office"

[Flyfrequently]

If in Sydney you should drop in to Turramurra Music at Turramurra. Tell 'em prozac sent you you'll be looked after.

Thanks for that @prozac
Hard pressed to get him to Sydney but you can never under estimate the lure of music - have lost count of the music related places I have spent time in over the decades - Tennessee 1999 through to Denmark Street London 2017, Brook Street 2018 ( gotta say more Hendrix than Handel!) the list goes on

 

[prozac]

Thanks for that @prozac
Hard pressed to get him to Sydney but you can never under estimate the lure of music - have lost count of the music related places I have spent time in over the decades - Tennessee 1999 through to Denmark Street London 2017, Brook Street 2018 ( gotta say more Hendrix than Handel!) the list goes on

Owner was in 70% of the aussie bands I was in.

 

[Flyfrequently]

I never knew you were a carni.

Ha ha @prozac !
My grandmother lived 6 minutes walk from Luna Park, my Dad grew up on Marine Parade, beach over the road and Luna Park and Palais theatre virtually in his backyard. Lifetime of memories.

 

[Flashback]

My BA JFK-LHR office this morning, then the arrivals lounge. Slept for most of the overnight flight. A shower is always most appreciated after a longhaul flight.


Picked up a rental car to drive home, swap bags and then back to LHR with a lovely traffic jam.

Tonight's "hotel" office is ET down to ADD. Very glad the plane was swapped from the older 2-2-2 layout to 1-2-1 staggered.


The new amenity kit isn't as functional BUT it does still contain a stick of lip balm still, instead of a tube or paste. Hooray!

Was directed to the Air Canada lounge at LHR T2 except... it closed at 5.30pm. SQ seems closed for renovation, so it was off to UA. It was a zoo, but I found a seat and got some work done so all good.

 

[Larko1]

QF52 SIN-BNE arr. 0541 on airtrain @ 0608

 

[Larko1]

QF2 go around yesterday arvo due to plane slow off runway

 

[DejaBrew]

Fairmont Gold lounge and Pool
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Hmm.... feels like they need to add some more gold to avoid the obvious confusion with the Fairmont Silver Lounge and Pool...

 

[jkbaus]

Reminds me as budding musos in the early 70's we'd drop into Palings in George St (Sydney) and play the Fenders and Gibsons. Bought our first amp there, a 60W Goldentone, no it was an Acetone, from memory. If in Sydney you should drop in to Turramurra Music at Turramurra. Tell 'em prozac sent you you'll be looked after.

Or later 70s. Harry Landis had the most Fenders and Gibsons at that time. Just don’t play Smoke on the Water or Stairway to Heaven

One of my closest friends owned Guitar Crazy at Coogee from the late 80s. Biggest collection in Southern Hemisphere. Charlie unfortunately died way too early from motor neurone disease in 2022.

 

[RooFlyer]

Fairmont Gold lounge and Pool

if you’re still there you might want to tell them that in that form, the shiny bits are pyrite ( fools gold) . Au never forms like that (can get extremely rare trapezoidal habit).

 

[prozac]

Or later 70s. Harry Landis had the most Fenders and Gibsons at that time. Just don’t play Smoke on the Water or Stairway to Heaven

Was that the shop in Market or Park St? I thought it was mainly amplifiers.

One of my closest friends owned Guitar Crazy at Coogee from the late 80s. Biggest collection in Southern Hemisphere. Charlie unfortunately died way too early from motor neurone disease in 2022.

Like the owner of Eagle Music in Dee Why, gone too soon.

 

[jkbaus]

Was that the shop in Market or Park St? I thought it was mainly amplifiers.

It was in Park St.
Guitars along left wall and middle aisles I think.
Amps on right side and a few like AC30 size in the middle maybe
A friend bought a flying V there.

 

[Steady]

Bidvest Sky Lounge JNB - access with Priority Pass 7.30am

not too bad for a domestic lounge, fairly comprehensive food offering with lots of drinks available (+8 x red, 8 x white wines, half a dozen beers, a couple of ciders available from 10am)

 

[Captain Halliday]

Heading back to Perth we stopped for brunch in Mandurah.





From there we kicked on to our digs by the beach.




Scarborough, Western Australia.

 

[Flashback]

My first office this morning was ADD - their security fencing leaves a little bit to be desired?

My current office, TNR.

 

[jase05]

Raffles Doha, very nice upgrade

 

[VPS]

Very much behind with my VFMO.

Hunterian museum in London. Lots of exhibits people may find confronting, including the bodies of a set of quintuplets born at 25 weeks. Two died stillborn, and the others died within two days. I won’t attach photos of those.

 

[VPS]

Lincoln’s inn London surrounds and chapel. 11 organists since 1820. Amazing

 

[drron]

Port of Kanazawa, Japan. Snow still on the mountains.



A big neighbour.


And cherry blossoms. Peak viewing was officially declared in Kanazawa 2 days ago.




The ship is officially welcomed to Kanazawa.

 

[Larko1]

Last day in London before heading home, a ferry ride from Greenwich to Putney.

 

[prozac]

Last day in London before heading home, a ferry ride from Greenwich to Putney.
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Did you visit The National Maritime Museum at Greenwich?