Phases

Life is a succession of phases. At the moment, Didi is a bit of a monster, with cute interludes. She has three categories of toilet, for example. She goes for a wee, for a poo, or for a poowee.

Musically obsessive phases I have been through include but are not restricted to the following:

1976 - 1981: Les Beatles*
1977 - 1995: Bob Dylan*
1978 - 1996: Spruce Bringsteen*
1988 - 1992: Tom Petty
1989 - 2000: The Band
1987 - 1991: Country Music (mainly male)
1991 - 1994: Van Morrison
1992 - Date: Country Music (mainly female)

*This is to ignore the occasional, brief revival of interest due to some thing or other.

Girl and chocolate phases tend to be both more complex and overlapping and more fleeting. With a couple of exceptions. I could probably break it down at a push.

As far as cars are concerned, I've been on Volkswagens since 1984.