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It's the final fighback

Sequin | 10:00 UK time, Monday, 5 May 2008

"dah dah dah dah
dah dah dah dah dah
dah dah dah dah
dah dah dah dah dah dah dah deedy dah deedy dah dah dah dah dah daaaaaaaaaa dah

We're leaving together,
But still it's farewell
And maybe we'll come back,
To earth, who can tell ?
I guess there is no one to blame
We're leaving ground
Will things ever be the same again?

It's the final countdown..."


On the subject of Europe - we're bidding Sir Cliff on this claim that he was cheated out of the 1968 Eurovision title when General Franco's fascist regime rigged the contest to boost Spain's image.

Congratulations if you can make sense of any of this. It is the Bank Holiday after all. Indulge me!

Ed's back tomorrow!

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  • 1. At 10:07am on 05 May 2008, Big Sister wrote:

    What's a fighback, Sequin? Is it related to a thighback I wonder?

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  • 2. At 10:11am on 05 May 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

    BS 1,
    Sequin lost her 't' during a nuclear attack.

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  • 3. At 10:16am on 05 May 2008, Big Sister wrote:

    LoL, David!


    Sequin, are you having a La-La Day?

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  • 4. At 10:18am on 05 May 2008, RJMolesworth wrote:

    Sequin, its the final thigh back, sigh back, high back....

    Out there, crow black, men
    Tackled with clouds, who kneel
    To the sunset nets,
    Geese nearly in heaven, boys
    Stabbing, and herons, and shells
    That speak seven seas,
    Eternal waters away
    From the cities of nine
    Days' night whose towers will catch
    In the religious wind
    Like stalks of tall, dry straw,
    At poor peace I sing
    To you strangers.......

    Oh, there's lovely look you.

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  • 5. At 10:19am on 05 May 2008, Tug Wilson wrote:

    Imagine the damage to the UK's image if Sir Cliff had won with "congratulations"!

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  • 6. At 10:22am on 05 May 2008, Big Sister wrote:

    Molesworth: If you haven't washed that anorak yet, today's a good day for drying ....

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  • 7. At 10:24am on 05 May 2008, Big Sister wrote:

    There's a little gremlin around today who *signed me out* without my knowedge.

    I can't even blame the dog.

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  • 8. At 10:48am on 05 May 2008, jonnie wrote:

    I'm still not convinced that Evan is heavyweight enough for the Today programme.

    He seemed to miss several opportunities with Douglas Alexander this morning - which I'm sure Carolyn or Eddie would have tackled.

    At one stage Douglas said that under Labour in the past decade there had been 16 quarters of growth. Does this not also equate to 24 quarters of decline?

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  • 9. At 10:53am on 05 May 2008, jonnie wrote:

    I should add that Evan is a brilliant commentator with a fabulous face and smile.

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  • 10. At 11:34am on 05 May 2008, The Stainless Steel Cat wrote:

    Oddly, I find it very easy to picture Sequin as an 80's rock groupie chick...

    In that same picture I see Eddie in a chunky knitted sweater listening quietly to his Tony Bennett LPs.


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  • 11. At 11:46am on 05 May 2008, Big Sister wrote:

    SSC: Do you think Sequin is Debbie Harry's younger sister (or even her daughter)?

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  • 12. At 12:02pm on 05 May 2008, Fearless Fred wrote:

    Indulge away, Sequin :)

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  • 13. At 12:11pm on 05 May 2008, Big Sister wrote:

    Fred: Seeing as you're around ... Can I email you about antivirus issues?

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  • 14. At 12:19pm on 05 May 2008, jonnie wrote:

    Sequin, we only seem to have had one Newsletter in May - last Thursday! - Don't forget will you.

    Big Sis - not sure whether it's relevent - but Norton and McAffee seem to always cause me grief - so just tried Live One care from MS which has really speeded things up - as well as isolating some spyware. It's also cheaper than most of the others. AFG is reasonable - especially the free edition.

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  • 15. At 12:26pm on 05 May 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

    Bank Holiday Monday....the sun has got it's hat on.....patio construction is going well....son #3 has invited us round for a Bar-B-Q and Sequin is 'doing' PM........wot a perfick day.

    BTW...jonnie, surely for AFG read AVG?

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  • 16. At 12:32pm on 05 May 2008, jonnie wrote:

    That's what I meant DIY -

    Oh and an instant Newsletter Carolyn! Thanks ;-)

    Be interesting to see if Cliff subscribes?

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  • 17. At 12:32pm on 05 May 2008, Big Sister wrote:

    Thanks, Jonnie, for those tips. Btw, nice to see you - you've been rather quiet lately.

    DiY Your sun may have its hat on, but its pretty cloudy down here. Hope Molesworth's anorak is drying well.

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  • 18. At 1:29pm on 05 May 2008, Aperitif wrote:

    I remember "The Final Countdown". I'm off to do something to make up for that shame.

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  • 19. At 1:36pm on 05 May 2008, Stewart_M wrote:

    Big sis, try zone labs. I converted to this from AVG. More cos its spyware and firewall as well as virus. Free version does less but I pay as its a work system it protects. One PC I had with Norton on had to be re formatted to remove it so am less of a fan of this antiviral option.

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  • 20. At 2:16pm on 05 May 2008, steelpulse wrote:


    Clan or Quinine fistfight - Kith balance - Rocky Number One on an Ice Cream Van too?

    Sly films eh?. First Blood to whom, Caroline?

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  • 21. At 3:20pm on 05 May 2008, Big Sister wrote:

    Stewart: Thanks for your suggestion too. Fred has pointed out that I should have access to free stuff as a customer of Botswanian Telecommunications (!) though I seem unable to access the little blighters. Looks like I'll have to find a few quiet minutes to tackle this more seriously as my Frank Norton sub runs out in the next few hours ....

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  • 22. At 4:19pm on 05 May 2008, timbaler2008 wrote:

    Sir Cliff Richards was lucky not to win so UK reputation didn't fall to the floor... but have you seen the Spanish song for the 2008 contest? If they win... is the end of the Eurovision Contest!

    http://eurovision-08.blogspot.com/search/label/Spain

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  • 23. At 4:21pm on 05 May 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

    Am I the only person who has never installed an anti-virus program and has never had a viral attack? I think AOL provides something for me.

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  • 24. At 8:41pm on 05 May 2008, Stewart_M wrote:

    Virus problems are less with Linux and Macs. That said I'm still using windoze

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  • 25. At 09:59am on 06 May 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

    Stewart 24,
    I'm Windoze XP, following on from ?98.

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  • 26. At 12:02pm on 06 May 2008, Aperitif wrote:

    There is no "next" button at the top of this page, rendering navigation unnecessarily complicated.

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  • 27. At 4:33pm on 06 May 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

    Aperitif 26,
    I use the previous and next things at the top all the time.

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  • 28. At 8:35pm on 06 May 2008, Chris_Ghoti wrote:

    DMcN @ 27, so do I, but there isn't a 'next' at the top of this particular page, only a 'main' and a 'previous'. This has been happening at intervals for some weeks now: a thread from which one can go back but not forward, or forward but not back, and once I think a thread one could only reach by going back to it via 'previous' but not from 'main' or 'next', according to which it didn't exist.

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  • 29. At 5:52pm on 07 May 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

    CG 28, Gripe and complain! Just click on main and then go back and forth from another thread. Sheesh!

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