Wednesday, 4 November 2026

MS 'Anniversary'

My MS Symptoms started on 4 November 2016...

💥 My MS Diagnosis Anniversary was on 23 January 2017 - nine years for me. 💥

Crikies... what an 'interesting' journey for me so far...

[that loaded word 'interesting! lol].

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Peas be with ewe
Mal

Sunday, 25 October 2026

I am a Beatleholic

Ever since I was 1 year old, I have been a big fan of all things Beatle-related.

My 10-years-older brother played their 1964 LP album "A Hard Day's Night," and I—barely walking—would pull myself up on the little wooden barricade between our bedrooms and rock back and forth while he played this—so I'm told.

This doesn't surprise me at all (laffs).

I physically wore his 1964 vinyl Black Label Parlophone label copy of this album out over the years - played it to death - true!

Things kicked-in in my younger High School days, when I wrote an (albeit terrible) Beatles article in my school newspaper.

It wasn't long before I had them all—all the officially vinyl-released albums, singles, and EPs as well! (Still have)

An early childhood memory: I had an old 4-stringed squash racquet, and I used to pretend to play along to other records, whilst watching myself in the mirror [laffs]. I had no idea then why it had 4 strings, only that Paul played a 4-stringed guitar!

I learnt guitar by chugging along to all of those albums. Thanks, John Lennon. I could play them all by ear forever.

Come this digital age, now I have everything PLUS! Official and bootleg versions of songs, concerts, jams, outtakes, different versions, DVD's & videos. And books... plus now with the internet, you can find practically anything. Pics, vids, music, videos, DVD's... amazing.

If it had been possible, I could have easily earned a [wholly useless] University Masters Degree in Beatles (if it existed then). Random thought: such a thing exists NOW! How bizarre! (Examples: [01] [02] [03]

Trivia Nights etc... guess who knows all the most obscure Beatles facts?! [laffs]. I've seen a few brilliant cover bands, and I'm usually the only one in their audience that can answer a random question they may throw out; like, "Who was the stand-in drummer for Ringo in their June 1964 Tour?" Jimmie Nicol, of course! [laffs]

➽ Meanwhile, on the Abbey Road Crossing (London) Live Webcam

→ https://bit.ly/Abbey-Rd ←

#TheBeatles #AbbeyRoad

Of course, I love other 1960's-type harmonic music like Crowded House, XTC, Pugwash, The Byrds etc (cf. "My Favourite Bands" and "Favourite Albums")

https://bit.ly/Beatle-Mal

Peas be with ewe
Mal

Treadmill "Oscar" & Wobble Board

I don't walk enough using "Brian," and I know it. Hence, the excess weight I've put on recently.

Thanks to eBay, I inexpensively bought one of these manual treadmill things (Sept 2023).

For whatever fun random reason, I've decided to call it "Oscar"... and why not I say.

Now, I just have to get used to using it a few times a day, as it's handy and stores away easily. I WILL USE IT [laffs]. Just increase the distance a bit each few days, etc.

In conjunction with the Foot Pedal Exerciser (which I also admit I do not use enough!), this should help me in a lot of health-wise things.

As one physio said to me, "Exercise - take it regularly, not seriously" - @bilfulaAU

December 2024

Wobble Board

Something that was suggested to me was one of these vibrating / oscillating machines; it helps (for me) to simulate walking when my MS legs aren't really cooperating enough with "Oscar" (the treadmill). I bought it inexpensively via eBay and they delivered it to my door.

Hopefully, it might also help my balance issues a bit.

I use it for 10 minutes at a time, maybe a few times a day, while listening to good music with my ancient still-working MP3 player and good-quality lightweight headphones. Niiiice.

Mine (cf. pic below) has a little remote control, so I don't have to bend over to turn it on, set the speeds, etc. Yay!

I've called it my "Wobble Board".