The Grand Opening.

Let me tell you a few things about myself.

I`m old. 67, You may not think that`s old, unless you`re about 13 , but you aren`t sitting where I`m sitting.

I have the body of a god. Unfortunately it`s Buddah. I`m gross, somewhere around 33 stone in English money. A stone is 14 pounds. I`ll let you do the conversion to kilograms but it`s a big number. My only saving grace is that I`m a little over six feet. If I was any shorter I`d be spherical. If I was Japanese I`d be wearing a nappy and pounding some other fat guy, or at least, I would if I could stand unaided.

I`ll probably explain why I think I`m that size later.

So, I`m housebound, my poor old knees have given up the ghost and my feet feel like I`m walking on hot coals. Why this should be I don`t know, which makes me as medically astute as my doctor, because he don`t know either but he's coming down on the side of diabetic neuropathy. I haven`t been out the house for about five years which is hard for someone who spent most of his working life on the road. I probably get less exercise than a lifer. People say I should get more but it`s difficult to exercise when there`s every chance of falling over when getting out of the chair. And falling over is a big fear. Doubt you`d get a crane into the house.

But I have a carer, my missus, recently elevated(?) to that position but having been one unofficially for years. She`s a godsend and I love her dearly. I`ve also got two wonderful daughters and five grandkids, more of which later.

I`m opinionated. This will come out if I carry on with this blog.

I spend my life between two rooms. My bedroom and the living room watching telly or using the PC That`s where the image part in the title comes in. I love 3d graphics. This doesn`t mean those images made up of three differt colours that you view through cardboard glasses, but a way of producing something like the pic below. I`ll show you some more if you like.

Like I said earlier, I`ve spent a large chunk of my working life behind a steering wheel, although what I actually said was "on the road" so you may have thought I was a tramp. Appearences can be deceptive.

I`ve driven most kind of commercial vehicles but mainly I`ve carted people around, not produce. I`ve driven London double deckers, tourist coaches and was what is now called a limo driver, although at the time I was a chauffeur. Met some intersesting people doing that job.

So although it`s pretty much crap now, I can`t complain about my life but I do, constantly. It`s being so miserable keeps me happy.

Well, I`ve dipped my toe in the blogging water, don`t suppose anyone will ever read it but more will follow.