A message from the operations centre

It may be 2009 but even if in my workplace the rooms I see people in have small laptop computers for looking things up for them, I'm sat here with an old school base unit, the one I've had since October 2006, a keyboard, mouse and 15 inch CRT monitor.

I do have some things such as plushies and that in the back office plus from time to time I play with children while dealing with their parents but this is where I do my age regressing in apart from my bedroom.

My computer is downstairs to help avoid any issues with overuse at night when obviously you're meant to be sleeping  and also to reduce clutter in it.

Since the issues that lead to my nervous breakdown a few years ago, outside of work I've been stepping back from full on adulthood and tend to wear more girlish clothing when regressed and playing.

For the feminine boy

Every little has his plushie even if back in the day we did not call them that that typically came from Aunts although naturally there is no reason an Uncle couldn't buy you one as for that matter could your dad.

Thing is most of us don't want unicorns or things really saturated in pink  cos they're not just comforters but things that we had to play with often with other boys.

This blue Dinosaur plushie really is the right sort of thing for a boy and athere's no eartly reason for me not to have one as a little sissy gurl either.

Summer Comics

It's summer so it's summer special time again but with a twist as the Dandy's goes with it's controversial maker as Dandy Xtreme for this one and I for one don't care for how Desperate Dan has been drawn, looking mean.

A bit of a let down.

A few years ago The Beano stopped doing the Summer Specials I loved as a kid for the celebrity centric Monthly colour BeanoMAX editions that do little for me.

You might as well just make a point of having the regular weekly editions  with you when you're on your hols 

That might of been from 1966 rather than 1976 but it so much more colourful and appealing to a child under fourteen (or like one like me who still mentally is under that age) compared to that DandyEXTREME.

That might be a 1967 Beano edition and by 1976 Dennis would be on the front cover but that cover sets the scene as it was the edition that you had all summer hols and with you on your family holiday at the seaside.

Isn't all of this so much more age appropriate for children's publications?

Dateline June 1986: My first CD Player and Disc

Yeah, I know that titles a bit Fischer-Price but actually this player a Toshiba XR-J9 'transportable' mains only machine actually was the first I had back in June of 1986.

You pressed the open button to place the discs on a platter and lowered the lid down causing a puck to grip the disc.

It originally had captive leads for the line out which was one volt peak rather than usual two of bigger players. 

The 3.5cm headphone socket is on the front panel with a volume control.

To go with that Toshiba player I got this - the very first compact disc I ever bought - from Our Price (RIP).

It's the PolyGram pressed version with on barcode on the rear and came in a smooth sided patent pendings case.

The second disc was a UK Nimbus pressed Pet Shop Boys, Please their current album bought from John Menzies in Newcastle Under Lyme.

Beatles Second Album

This must of been one of the first studio albums by the Beatles I bought.
It was March 1979 if I remember correctly and I spent the weeks allowance on it in a matter of minutes!
The label was a Green Apple which suggests it might of been old stock as the later ones such as my current copy are Purple with the Capitol dome logo.
I still get a buzz from hearing Thank You Girl in stereo.