Lost CD’s!
As we begin the third week of the new year winter has finally decided to make a real appearance! It snowed here for the first time this winter and we normally expect snow (a lot of it) by mid November! It was a chilly -20C + last night; quite a change for the hostellers who were wearing light spring jackets a few days ago in temperatures around +13C! As a result, most of the hostel activities have moved indoors. Some of the bolder guests have gone out to a local pub, The Fox and Fiddle (a.k.a. the Pox and Piddle) a mere 50 meters or so from our front door. The city has issued an extreme cold weather alert but it’s not expected to last more than a couple of days. The temperature should rise above the freezing point by the weekend.
I’ve got an idea for a new “event”. Over the months and years a lot of people have either lost or abandoned CD’s in the hostel. I’m going to play them on a cold winter’s evening. I think most of the CD’s weren’t lost but abandoned; they aren’t very good to say the least! I want to see if they will drive people out into the cold. My particular favorite is a disc from a Vietnamese Rock Star named “Johnny Dung”. Call me culturally insensitive but I find that irresitably funny! I can’t wait to hear it myself!