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• 1. At 06:58am on 07 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  Morning Peeps. Coffee and toast is ready. I'm going to have a 'Hammock' day! Pure R and R.

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• 2. At 07:28am on 07 Nov 2008, Molly wrote:

  Good morning!
  Coffee brewing, warm croissants, apricot preserve, freshly squeezed orange juice,bacon rolls, all your papers...
  
  Anything else before I take an early dip?
  Have a lovely day everyone.
  
  Mollyxx

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• 3. At 07:55am on 07 Nov 2008, mittfh wrote:

  Morning all. I think I'll skip the papers - the images conjured up by the phrase "Brown Bounce" are disturbing enough...
  
  Anyway, a nice sunny day IRL, let's hope it stays that way.
  
  Looking at the posting time (4:14am), either Eddie has got up ridiculously early or he's teasing us with another "pre-recorded" entry (c.f. the Glass Boxes when he was away)
  
  Meanwhile, in BeachLand, I think I'll help myself to a croissant or two before restocking the biscuit barrel in preparation for elevenses later on in the morning - custard creams, choc chip cookies and hob nobs.

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• 4. At 08:19am on 07 Nov 2008, Sid wrote:

  In honour of National Sausage Week, I'm going to the deli to get as many varieties of sausage as I can for lunch. Sadly, few of them will be British ...
  
  
  
  

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• 5. At 08:29am on 07 Nov 2008, jonnie wrote:

  And some nice organic (well that's hat it says on the packet) bacon to go with Sid's sausages.
  
  I'll clear up the mess at 11-ish and bring some biccies down and share coffee with you all

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• 6. At 08:59am on 07 Nov 2008, Fearless Fred wrote:

  Quick dash across the sands to grab a mug of coffee. A day of work in RL beckons, and I have a feeling it'll be a long one...

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• 7. At 09:07am on 07 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  Sid, try and get some 'Wild Boar' sausages......they are really, trully, mouth watering tastylecious!
  
  I had some from a butcher in Leominster a few months back and now I have to wait for another 'job' to come up in Herefordshire so that I can get some more!

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• 8. At 09:14am on 07 Nov 2008, gossipmistress wrote:

  Morning all! I have a rare friday visit to the beach - am off to Farncombe in the Cotswolds later to learn folk violin for the weekend so just busy trying to remember how to iron clothes and packing.
  
  Anyone for nice strong builder's tea? Just off to make an urn...

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• 9. At 09:31am on 07 Nov 2008, ingeniousCliff wrote:

  Good morning all. Thin slice of toast for breakfast and tea of course. I have the afternoon off and will have a haircut at noon. I will walk for 40 mins along the cliffs. Then home to Pulpo a la Gallega and Tarta de Santiago with my 10 month old. He will think he is eating it too from my plate but he will be really having a delicate blend of veg and fish from a secreted pot by Daddys foot.
  I hope I put the right spoon in my mouth. A peaceful weekend to everyone.

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• 10. At 09:57am on 07 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  ingeniousCliff 9, now that's not fair!
  
  Here is my trying to not think of sticky buns and doughnuts and you come with St James' Cake!!!

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• 11. At 10:17am on 07 Nov 2008, lordBeddGelert wrote:

  http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/nov/07/bbc-tvnews
  
  Some more 'good news'; PM's loss is Newsnight's gain...

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• 12. At 10:26am on 07 Nov 2008, Frances O wrote:

  Morning, all.
  
  Congratulations to Peter.
  
  Mmmmm... apricot... thank you, Molly.

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• 13. At 10:32am on 07 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  Normally, all odd-flavored sausages taste the same to me, from pork to wild boar to donkey. I did, however, tast a blackberry sausage (dried) that actually tasted like blackberry. It was at the Continental (mostly French) market that visits St Albans several times a year.

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• 14. At 11:37am on 07 Nov 2008, ingeniousCliff wrote:

  Blackberry sausage? Interesting. You should try my Pork Jam.

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• 15. At 11:47am on 07 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  or Pork Marmalade!

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• 16. At 11:54am on 07 Nov 2008, gossipmistress wrote:

  Sorry to leave all these goodies... off darn sarff for the weekend. I'll have a look for any delicacies to bring back to the beach.... see you sunday... enjoy your sausagesx

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• 17. At 12:50pm on 07 Nov 2008, Wonko wrote:

  Ah sausages, the fuel of the future! And 100% renewable too!
  
  We had friends round last Saturday and cooked up a vast batch of sausages, mash with cream cheese, wholegrain mustard and paprika, pan fried red cabbage in sangria and grilled sweet peppers stuffed with pilaf rice. The Wild Venison sausages were particularly popular.
  
  Mmmm, that's got me in the mood for lunch. Pie and mash I think, with gravy.
  
  ;o) []
  

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• 18. At 12:56pm on 07 Nov 2008, U12196018 wrote:

  Wonko!!!! - That's not fair! I'm really, really hungry now. :-( )

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• 19. At 2:40pm on 07 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  It's no good....I gave in to temptation and had left over Spag Bol for lunch..but now I will have to find something for tea.
  
  I know, how's about sausages and chips!

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• 20. At 2:40pm on 07 Nov 2008, Wonko wrote:

  Sorry QL. Tell you what I'll make a nice suet crust chicken and vegetable pie for dinner tonight and make some more mash to go with it.
  
  I could do with a strong cup of tea, I'm having a bad day. Why isn't it 6:00pm yet?
  
  ;o( []

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• 21. At 2:56pm on 07 Nov 2008, U11204129 wrote:

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  You're sure it wasn't a mulberry made of gooseberries?
  
  I don't know what THEY tast like but French blackberry sweets are NICE.
  
  
  What you had seems a trifle trop mur.
  
  
  
  
  
  An over ripe trifle, over here, found in St Albans?
  
  
  No, I give in. Who? What? How? WHY?

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• 22. At 3:19pm on 07 Nov 2008, Gillianian wrote:

  ingeniousCliff - welcome to the Beach. You certainly know how to win friends and influence people - Pork Jam eh?! Do we eat it on sage and onion scones?
  
  Wonko - sorry it's late, but here's a pot of builders' tea. *cheers*

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• 23. At 3:21pm on 07 Nov 2008, millerqueen wrote:

  hmm, sage and onion scones, should be do-able, imagine them served warm with melted butter and cheese on top....

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• 24. At 3:24pm on 07 Nov 2008, Gillianian wrote:

  millerqueen - that actually sound tasty - though I'm not sure the cheese would be right with pork jam ;o)

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• 25. At 3:25pm on 07 Nov 2008, Wonko wrote:

  Sage and onion scones it is then! Served with blackberry and apple fajitas!
  
  Chees for the tea Gillian, I needed that.
  
  ;o) []

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• 26. At 3:29pm on 07 Nov 2008, Big Sister wrote:

  Cheese for tea? Scones, I hope, Wonko?

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• 27. At 3:53pm on 07 Nov 2008, Wonko wrote:

  No, no, Big Sis, it's chees. They're either a small, savoury item a little like a pikelet, or a figment of my imagination and a result of a bad attempt to type "cheers". Could go either way at the moment. ;o)
  
  I've said it before and I'll say it again: I'm not having a good day. Is it Pimms O'Clock yet?
  
  ;o/ []

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• 28. At 4:02pm on 07 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  Anyone fancy a Mackerel Pancake?

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• 29. At 4:17pm on 07 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  iC 14 DI_W 15, I make redcurrant jam with a sprig of rosemary in it.
  
  pmL 21, I'm sure it was what I said it was.

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• 30. At 4:25pm on 07 Nov 2008, Gillianian wrote:

  Wonko - of course it is! How about a warm winter one, made with apple juice?It'll go nicely with the mackerel.

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• 31. At 4:26pm on 07 Nov 2008, Big Sister wrote:

  Eeek! Mackerel! The only fish I REALLY REALLY hate!
  
  Where's Johnny Depp when you need him?

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• 32. At 4:40pm on 07 Nov 2008, ValeryP wrote:

  Johnny Depp's not a fish? Is he?

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• 33. At 4:45pm on 07 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  R-o-l-l-m-o-p-p, rollmop, doo-doo-doo-dah-de-ah-dah.....
  
  Eh? Ragmop? Sorry....
  
  Still, very tasty.

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• 34. At 4:52pm on 07 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  D-McN 33......with a generous covering of freshly ground black pepper!
  
  

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• 35. At 5:01pm on 07 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  DI_W 34, Yes please. And some crusty bread.

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• 36. At 5:21pm on 07 Nov 2008, nikki noodle wrote:

  Exckusive!!!!
  
  I've been asked to edit some programmes on BBC Radio Four, all hush hush, apparently, but they've sent me a folder with a one-way ticket to some training camp in Morocco...
  
  
  ...hang on a moment, one-way??!! Must be some sort of initiative test, I guess...
  
  ...I am told not to use my real name, neither...
  
  hmmm

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• 37. At 5:37pm on 07 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  Just sitting here crunching Bombay mix (look out for the green ones, they'll break your teeth), drinking wine, and listening to Edwardio. Maybe a bittle lit too much wine....

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• 38. At 5:41pm on 07 Nov 2008, Gillianian wrote:

  nikki, you'll need a disguise - here's a yashmak for starters.

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• 39. At 5:56pm on 07 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  Gill 38, Do you drink red or white wine with yashmak starters?

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• 40. At 6:14pm on 07 Nov 2008, Gillianian wrote:

  David -try ginger wine, as you would with a whiskymak.

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• 41. At 6:59pm on 07 Nov 2008, Fifi wrote:

  Been hiding in RL today, trying to get this job finished so I can be paid for it! Have I missed anything?
  
  GandTs lined up on the bar, folks. And 100 different kinds of mustard to go with all these sausages keeping warm in foil on the barbie... wish I'd got here earlier now! ;o)

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• 42. At 7:34pm on 07 Nov 2008, ChrisThePickle wrote:

  Nikki, here's a pac-a-mac too, in case it rains =D

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• 43. At 7:48pm on 07 Nov 2008, ingeniousCliff wrote:

  The day? It all went to plan...except.....the barber forgot I was a customer and thought I was his psychotherapist. I heard all about his bank manager and his anger at the City. Most of the time he was not clipping or cutting but staring at me with his scissors down by his sides. I soon stopped nodding and became the coldest mirror staring Kleinian therapist you could imagine. At 50 minutes , thinking of my Pulpo waiting at home I nearly handed him a box of tissues, gave him my best Princess Di look and said 'your time is up, we must end here'.
  He stole something from my day and I had to pay for it. Hair looks great though.

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• 44. At 8:19pm on 07 Nov 2008, Charlie wrote:

  ingeniousCliff@43
  
  You've got HAIR..?!

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• 45. At 10:16pm on 07 Nov 2008, U11204129 wrote:

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  What did you think you'd said it was?
  
  In your own time.
  
  Poor old thing, they got you to eat a rotten sausage.
  
  Try not to dwell on it too much.

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• 46. At 10:58pm on 07 Nov 2008, millerqueen wrote:

  45. there are times when I am glad I'm a vegetarian lesbian, the odds of that happening are few and far between.

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• 47. At 11:15pm on 07 Nov 2008, ingeniousCliff wrote:

  That sounds like a healthy option. Goodnight

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• 48. At 07:43am on 08 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  Morning Froggers, anyone for tea?
  

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• 49. At 09:23am on 08 Nov 2008, Molly wrote:

  Nikki-Noodle-
  
  DON"T DO IT!
  Say you're busy!
  Sound's fishy to me...
  
  (tee_hee!)
  
  Mollyxx

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• 50. At 10:08am on 08 Nov 2008, Aperitif wrote:

  Yes please DIY. You're a sweetie :-)

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• 51. At 10:41am on 08 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  I have a problem!
  
  Mrs DiY says I can cook my own tea tonight, she is out having lunch with friends at Loch Fine.
  
  I cannot decide whether to do Chicken Jalfrezi, Chicken Tikka Masala or just a Vegetable Curry.......HELP!

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• 52. At 12:34pm on 08 Nov 2008, Gillianian wrote:

  I'd do the Jalfrezi, DIWyman - but with a few boiled tatties mixed in - oh, and maybe a boiled egg on top?

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• 53. At 1:12pm on 08 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  Gillianianian, thanks......that is the one I'm going to do as well, plus a side order of Sag Aloo and a couple of Onion Bhajee.

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• 54. At 1:18pm on 08 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  Gill 40, Yakshemash.

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• 55. At 2:20pm on 08 Nov 2008, Gillianian wrote:

  David - hi to you too, Handsome ;o)

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• 56. At 4:01pm on 08 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  Gillianian....put yer glasses on!
  
  DiY :-)
  

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• 57. At 4:35pm on 08 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  Hey FF, where's those drinks you promised?

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• 58. At 4:46pm on 08 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  Here you go D_McN, have a pint of Scrumpy, and don't let those nasty Romans get you down!

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• 59. At 4:49pm on 08 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  DI_W 58, I remember what they did to Alban. Of course, the executioners eyes fell out.

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• 60. At 4:51pm on 08 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  I'll bet FF gubbers off when it's his round in the pub.

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• 61. At 5:04pm on 08 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  I'll have a bim bam boozle and a river bargee.

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• 62. At 5:08pm on 08 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  Peeing down here....

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• 63. At 5:19pm on 08 Nov 2008, Sid wrote:

  Watch out - there's a copper on a bike ...
  
  
  

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• 64. At 5:25pm on 08 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  FYI, I haven't been wasting my time here all day, Ive also been using the Timewatch Forum discussing serious things like Stonehenge.

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• 65. At 5:29pm on 08 Nov 2008, U11204129 wrote:

  You're foodies, aren't you?
  
  I know my oysters story convinces no one (Oysters when plentiful in the middle ages were the food of the poor. The rich wouldn't touch 'em with a barge pole. Then they got scarce. The rich thought they were brill and the poor said they were slimy)
  
  But when you're poor you have to think 'I add tomato puree to green pesto, and dried tomatoes and ragu and garlic and stuff, and the result tastes exactly like tomato ketchup that daddy (nudge, nudge) sells'.
  
  Or argue that the excellence of two pound forty five wine is an acquired taste.
  
  And I expect no one to follow me in my love of 18p for two litres diet cola with artificial sweetener tablets added.
  
  (There is an exception to such eccentricities. My love of mashed and peppered swede positively reeks of discernment and couth)
  
  But this one is REAL.
  
  My goodness, Tosco's (sic) home brand Brie is just to die for. It tastes like butter.
  
  It is honestly the best young brie I've ever tasted.
  
  To those who say brie shouldn't taste like butter, I say 'Oysters!'
  
  
  To those who say don't eat it young, eat it when it crawls off the plate, I say that's to talk of milk and yoghart.
  
  (Or buy two, one for later).
  
  
  Believe me, its bootiful.
  

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• 66. At 5:41pm on 08 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  pmL 65, Sorry, we are all over on Sorry.

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• 67. At 5:44pm on 08 Nov 2008, Sid wrote:

  pmL - sorry again - but I take the use-by date on French cheese as a now-ready-to-eat date. Here, try some of this Camembert ... if you can catch it.
  
  Mmmm ...
  
  
  

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• 68. At 5:45pm on 08 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  pmL 65, I excavated rubbish tips on archaeological sites with loads of oyster shells on them. In the future, it will be oyster cards.
  
  Tosco's home brand yeast extract is better than Murmight.

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• 69. At 5:47pm on 08 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  Some of the butter in our fridge taste like brie. The stuff at the back with green stuff on it.

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• 70. At 5:52pm on 08 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  Crikey David_McNickle 59, are you REALLY that old!!!!
  
  DiY :-)

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• 71. At 5:57pm on 08 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  pmL...I know of a place near Exeter where 'cultivated' Oysters grow wild and all you need is a crow bar to harvest them!
  
  And re the Brie, I totally agree. Spread on toast it is sooooooooooooo........

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• 72. At 6:05pm on 08 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  DI_W 70, I saw it on youtube.
  
  DI_W 71, Huge Farmers Marketstall was doing something like that on his program recently. Or was it that guy on BBC 2?
  
  When we eat at a certain restaurant in Calais (two weeks from now) we order a dozen oysters for our starter and split them. They don't mind and even bring an extra plate. Let's see if I can get away with a plug.....

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• 73. At 6:06pm on 08 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  au Cote d'Argent.

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• 74. At 6:06pm on 08 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  Wasn't going to get all of 72 deleted.

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• 75. At 6:13pm on 08 Nov 2008, Fifi wrote:

  I have never been tempted by an oyster before now. ;o)
  
  It's a shame Nikki Noodle has gone to Morocco, as I quite fancied a game of Beach Conga. Can anyone remember the rules?

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• 76. At 6:37pm on 08 Nov 2008, Sid wrote:

  D McN (72) - I think you may be thinking of Valentine Warner - he did deep-fried oysters with attitude sauce ...
  
  
  

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• 77. At 7:11pm on 08 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  D_McN..re..Huge Farmers Marketstall, yep those are the same ones!
  
  There are / were thousands of 'em!
  
  But I guess everyone knows now. It's like the fresh water Mussels on the River Onny in Shropshire.....you just need to know where to look!

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• 78. At 8:01pm on 08 Nov 2008, Fifi wrote:

  Paracetomoxyfrusebendroneomycin
  Paracetomoxyfrusebendroneomycin
  It’s our brand new wonder drug we think you’ll find enticing
  Paracetomoxyfrusebendroneomycin
  
  The BNF has twenty thousand different drugs to take
  So we thought, what could we produce to give you all a break
  A drug that could treat anything from leprosy to SARS
  And you can give it orally, IV, or up th... not here you can't!
  
  We tested it on animals and none of them survived
  But that’s OK ‘cos when we wrote the paper up we lied
  It’s first choice for MI, MS and even for ME
  And COPD, HIV, PE, and DVT
  
  

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• 79. At 8:56pm on 08 Nov 2008, Fifi wrote:

  Um diddle iddle iddlum diddle aye...
  
  

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• 80. At 11:53pm on 08 Nov 2008, Stewart M wrote:

  Does (78) need "A spoonful of Sugar?"

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• 81. At 07:51am on 09 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  Fifi, 78....NICE......DiY :-)
  
  Morning everyone, I'll put the sausages under the grill, if someone else could make the tea that would be brill!

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• 82. At 08:35am on 09 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  Fifi 79, Um, I think you missed an um.

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• 83. At 08:37am on 09 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  Sid 76, Yes, he's the BBC guy. Eats everything beore it is hardly out of the pan.

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• 84. At 09:48am on 09 Nov 2008, Fifi wrote:

  Oooh, everyone's a critic! ;oD
  
  What a beautiful morning... think I'll take a stroll along Fido's Run, and maybe the last paddle before winter.

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• 85. At 11:00am on 09 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  ..at the 11th hour....

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• 86. At 11:02am on 09 Nov 2008, Gillianian wrote:

  I'm sorry I missed the sausages, but here's a plate of muffins for elevenses.
  
  Winter, Fifi? What is this ''winter'' of which you speak? This is the land of Eternal Summer!!!!

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• 87. At 11:58am on 09 Nov 2008, Gillianian wrote:

  Sorry if my last comment was a bit insensitive ;o(

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• 88. At 12:09pm on 09 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  Fifi 84, I missed the 'f' in before.

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• 89. At 1:09pm on 09 Nov 2008, Fifi wrote:

  There's a lovely aubergine bake bubbling in the oven, to warm me up again after the stint at the war memorial this morning.
  
  I've made extra... do dig in. The melted mozzarella on the top is done to a T!

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• 90. At 1:32pm on 09 Nov 2008, Gillianian wrote:

  DIWyman, I hope you've been listening to Sheila Dillon's programme - it's all about cider ;o)

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• 91. At 1:55pm on 09 Nov 2008, nikki noodle wrote:

  what a cracking day!!!!
  
  sorry I havent apologised recently, sorry....
  
  and sorry I been away: it was a wild goose chase all the way to Morocco, there *was* no editor job available at all!!! Can you believe it??!!
  
  I got through security at a well known airport (eventually - they couldnt believe I really had a one way ticket, and decided to check *every* thing...), and then when I arrived, and found there was nothing doing, I hitched all the way back; and, apart from the small furry animals, the lack of air, the being awake for the last 48 hours, with no shower or clean clothes, food....
  
  On the plus side, I've gained a paca-yash-mac, a maca-paca, a yashy-yish-yash, and a pair of yurts.
  
  Oh, and a brace of wild geese....
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I'll be in the hammock.

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• 92. At 2:27pm on 09 Nov 2008, Fifi wrote:

  ....well I suppose you COULD have got your own hammock n-n...
  
  I'll budge over a bit shall I?
  
  ;o)

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• 93. At 3:47pm on 09 Nov 2008, Frances O wrote:

  Hello, all!
  
  DMcN, "I missed the 'f' in before"???
  Don't swear! You might be all alone on the naughty step while we munch, doze and frolic...

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• 94. At 4:28pm on 09 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  Thanks to Gillianianian..for the cask of Ciderthis evening..sup up and enjoy!

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• 95. At 4:31pm on 09 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  n-n, re Wild Geese.....would they be looking for a crusty pie topping or something else!

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• 96. At 4:47pm on 09 Nov 2008, mittfh wrote:

  "On the plus side, I've gained...a maca-paca..."
  
  Isn't that a small, nocturnal garden creature with a penchant for polishing stones? Or am I thinking of something else... :)

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• 97. At 5:01pm on 09 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  mittfh, you really need to get out more!
  My little niece lives about 7 miles from you and she has a BSc in macca pacca!!

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• 98. At 5:02pm on 09 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  ...Doh...and she does things with geese DiY :-)

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• 99. At 6:27pm on 09 Nov 2008, Fifi wrote:

  Haggis for dinner tonight. Yum!
  
  Do we think a cheeky Shiraz would go with that, or a decidedly more mannerly cab sauv?

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• 100. At 8:36pm on 09 Nov 2008, Stewart M wrote:

  A nip or two or Whisky surely.
  
  Tatties and Neeps also.
  
  Saying that any good red. I think I usually have my Burns night haggis (at a do) with a Cabernet/Shiraz.

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• 101. At 8:56pm on 09 Nov 2008, Gillianian wrote:

  Cabernet/Shiraz? Irn Bru, surely!

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• 102. At 8:57pm on 09 Nov 2008, Fifi wrote:

  Haggis is too versatile to be limited to seasonal use only! Haven't you ever tried haggis risotto? Mmmmm...

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• 103. At 9:15pm on 09 Nov 2008, Frances O wrote:

  No! Recipe, please, Feefs.
  
  I love haggis. Proper haggis - once got one from, I think, Insanesberries, and it was made with pork liver... too smooth, not nutty enough (unlike the Frog).
  
  Mind you, M@c$ween's do a fabby veggie one I first tried in Belfast on a Burns' Night there.
  
  You'd want something that would stand up to the meat, but also the pepperiness, I'd think, young Fifi. But them I don't know what haggis risotto is like...

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• 104. At 9:24pm on 09 Nov 2008, Fifi wrote:

  Haggis Risotto Recipe:
  
  Ingredials: leftover cooked haggis
  risotto
  
  What you do: add the haggis to the risotto, season to taste, eat, yum.
  
  ;o)

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• 105. At 9:53pm on 09 Nov 2008, nikki noodle wrote:

  Now, I'll be the first to admit I'm no chef, but I must say:
  
  that is the sort of receipe even I could follow!!!!!
  
  n-n
  xx

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• 106. At 10:00pm on 09 Nov 2008, Frances O wrote:

  Right. I've got the haggis, I've got the dials, but I can't find the ingrates.
  
  They're the important part of the risotto, but who to choose?
  
  And is chicken or veg stock better?
  
  

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• 107. At 11:10pm on 09 Nov 2008, Stewart M wrote:

  Cheese "&" Biccies anyone?

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• 108. At 00:32am on 10 Nov 2008, Fifi wrote:

  ooh yes please Stewart!
  
  Stilton and Brie, is there? (I don't mind missing out the biccies.)

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• 109. At 00:34am on 10 Nov 2008, Fifi wrote:

  Apologies for my haggis-burps by the way, folks.
  
  ;o)

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• 110. At 08:29am on 10 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  Morning Peeps..did i hear a fog horn last night or was it just a dream?
  
  Anyhoo....coffee and toast are ready...anyone fancy a boiled egg?

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• 111. At 09:43am on 10 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  DI_W 110, It was a frog horn.

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• 112. At 09:46am on 10 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  F_O 106, Haggis and risotto? We had haggis, neeps, and mashed potatoes the other night with whisky gravy. I found the haggis at the bottom of the freezer whan searching for sometning else.

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• 113. At 10:33am on 10 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  Mmmmmmmm Haggis !!!

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• 114. At 10:41am on 10 Nov 2008, Anne P. wrote:

  We had Haggis and Squeak the other day - left over neaps and cabbage mixed up with left over haggis and fried. Not bad - though I was a bit disappointed with that particular haggis. I too have had an excellent veggie one - on Shetland about ten years ago, sadly don't remember the name of the maker.

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• 115. At 10:50am on 10 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  AP 114, Macsween's makes a veggie haggis. I got one from Shetland made from a pony.

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• 116. At 11:01am on 10 Nov 2008, Fearless Fred wrote:

  Anyone got a towel I can use? I've been rained on in RL both Saturday and Today.

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• 117. At 11:04am on 10 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  FF 116, I've got a lot of trowels from when I worked in archaeology.
  
  Raining in St A as well.

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• 118. At 11:17am on 10 Nov 2008, Fearless Fred wrote:

  Hmmm, might be a bit difficult to dry myself with a trowel, D McN...

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• 119. At 12:11pm on 10 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  FF, 'ear you go son 100 percent Indian cotton, normally 4 pounds and 50p.....to you on a wet RL Monday eighteen quid........it's supply and demand!

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• 120. At 12:20pm on 10 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  David_McNickle 117...Good old St A ....been there, done that, got the medal!

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• 121. At 1:30pm on 10 Nov 2008, Fearless Fred wrote:

  Ooh, ta, DiY!
  
  I just popped out of the offive to Tesburysons in RL for lunch, and got completely soaked. :-( Now I've got to spend the rest of the day in damp clothes. Yuck!

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• 122. At 1:49pm on 10 Nov 2008, U12196018 wrote:

  FF - Take all your clothes off and stand by a radiator. It will make the afternoon in your office much more interesting.

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• 123. At 2:28pm on 10 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  Yeh FF, I'm with the QualifiedLoon on that one...you may even make the BBC News!!!
  
  Go on, you know you want to......!

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• 124. At 3:01pm on 10 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  Tea and biscuits now being served!

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• 125. At 3:37pm on 10 Nov 2008, Frances O wrote:

  DMcN, I got one from Edinburgh made from rock. Crunchy, but at least vegetarian.
  
  Unless your pony is in notes, in which case I suppose much of it is vegetable matter.
  
  I still say (103) M@c$ween's veggie one is great.
  
  Anne P, what a fabby idea, haggis, bashit neeps and cabbage all mixter-maxtered into a squeak.
  
  

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• 126. At 4:19pm on 10 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  DI_W 120, No, no, St Aubin.

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• 127. At 4:21pm on 10 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  QL 122, As long as he stands with his back to it. Heat and cause and effect, y'know.

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• 128. At 4:33pm on 10 Nov 2008, Fearless Fred wrote:

  QL (122) et al...
  
  I think I will pass.... I don't think the office could cope!
  

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• 129. At 4:38pm on 10 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  FF 128, Pass on the radiator and you might get electrocuted.

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• 130. At 4:49pm on 10 Nov 2008, U12196018 wrote:

  This is a spoiler.

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• 131. At 4:55pm on 10 Nov 2008, U12196018 wrote:

  Didn't want DMcN to get the full 5 on Recent Comments!
  
  Sorry! - No, that's another thread isn't it?

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• 132. At 4:55pm on 10 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  QL 130, What's a spoiler? Asp oiler with the space in the wrong place.

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• 133. At 4:56pm on 10 Nov 2008, U12196018 wrote:

  No, an asp oiler greases up the snakes in Whipsnade Zoo.

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• 134. At 4:58pm on 10 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  F_O 125, Does bashit come out of sheep?

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• 135. At 5:03pm on 10 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  QL 133, I wondered what made snakes slippery.

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• 136. At 5:14pm on 10 Nov 2008, Fifi wrote:

  * wanders away shaking head in a bewildered fashion *

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• 137. At 5:17pm on 10 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  Fifi 136, Wander, wonder, wilder. Pastpluperfect tenses of Wanda.

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• 138. At 5:24pm on 10 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  Gammon steaks tonight with mustard sauce and leftover veg from the pub. Hey, we're pensioners! (And just became greatgrandparents, Oct 29, a girl.) The gammon was under the haggis in the freezer, circa 2005.

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• 139. At 5:39pm on 10 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  QL 131, If the title of a thread is long enough, it can take only two comments to fill it.

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• 140. At 5:50pm on 10 Nov 2008, Fifi wrote:

  Bizarre synchronicity on the Beach tonight: we too are having gammon steaks tonight. Although ours were only bought on Friday and shouldn't poison us.
  
  It's been a stressful and tiring day in RL... think I'll just have a wee snooze-ette on that new fur-lined hammock, before the cooking commencesssszzzzz.... zzz... zzz...

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• 141. At 5:56pm on 10 Nov 2008, nikki noodle wrote:

  cor what I wouldnt give for a nice piece of gammon
  
  drifts off, drooling....

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• 142. At 6:01pm on 10 Nov 2008, U12196018 wrote:

  DMcN (135) - I was lying. Snakes aren't slippery at all.
  
  And (139) - No, it is always 5, unless some of the 5 are awaiting moderation.

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• 143. At 7:37pm on 10 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  WELL!, I / we had home made Chicken Flied Lice and it were right tasty!
  
  Now who wants some Raspberry trifle....seems they be hibernating at bottom of our freeze her!

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• 144. At 8:14pm on 10 Nov 2008, U11204129 wrote:

  142
  
  And talking of which ,why are my posts on thsi very Beach, of 3rd. and 10th. OCTOBER (posts 246 and 6) still at hte Moderators.
  
  And before DMcN even thinks it, it's not because they were so long it's taken 'em all this time to read them.
  
  They were very short, both of them. (So maybe they think it's a personation)
  
  My theory, they both mention Fifi and so fail some 'too much froggy talk for froggers to bear' test. But the Mods don't have the neck to admit that's why.

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• 145. At 9:34pm on 10 Nov 2008, Stewart M wrote:

  Is it just me or are the pictures missing? All of them. Even Eric's head on the header bar?
  
  Using Firefox

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• 146. At 07:29am on 11 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  Morning Peeps, coffee is brewing.
  
  Also, the RNLI needs our help!

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• 147. At 07:56am on 11 Nov 2008, Eddie Mair wrote:

  Morning. Has mittfh seen this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/ipm/2008/11/show_us_a_better_way_winner_an.shtml

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• 148. At 09:16am on 11 Nov 2008, Sid wrote:

  Stewart (145) - you're quite right, you're missing as well.
  
  
  

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• 149. At 09:41am on 11 Nov 2008, U12196018 wrote:

  Sid and Stewart - Everything normal here on both IE and Firefox.

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• 150. At 10:01am on 11 Nov 2008, Sid wrote:

  QL - same here - except Stewart is missing, as he fears ...
  
  
  

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• 151. At 10:12am on 11 Nov 2008, U12196018 wrote:

  Sid - Missing from where?

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• 152. At 10:14am on 11 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  QL 142 Yettttthhhhh, it is a mythhhhhh.

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• 153. At 10:28am on 11 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  QL 142, Yes, it is always 5, unless it isn't.

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• 154. At 10:29am on 11 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  Fifi 140, One day later. I am still alive.

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• 155. At 10:31am on 11 Nov 2008, Sid wrote:

  He seems to imply he's missig from the header bar, along with Eddie ...
  
  
  

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• 156. At 10:37am on 11 Nov 2008, Fifi wrote:

  I have checked and nothing seems to be missing here. Stewart, I think it is just you. (And Wogan.)
  
  David, I am glad you're still with us. Gammonsteakitis is a terrible thing if you happen to get the gripuscular strain...

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• 157. At 10:38am on 11 Nov 2008, Big Sister wrote:

  Eddie: It would appear that 'he of the unpronounceable name' (otherwise known as mittfh) is as yet unaware of the fame thrown upon him on the iPM blog.
  
  Shall we open a book on how long it takes him to spot it? ;o)

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• 158. At 10:40am on 11 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  FiFi, Maybe Stewart has gripuscular gammonsteakitis.

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• 159. At 11:03am on 11 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  EM 147, Overstepping the boundaries a bit aren't we, Eddie?

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• 160. At 12:57pm on 11 Nov 2008, DickPimple wrote:

  Re nothing at all, I again heard reference to "Doctors Without Borders" on R4 this week - surely the correct BBC translation of "Medecins Sans Frontiers" is "It's a Doc-Out". Now over to Eddie and the Mini Marathon.

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• 161. At 4:56pm on 11 Nov 2008, Fearless Fred wrote:

  Maybe we should start a Beach it's a knockout! So, unpack the giant inflatable costumes, get the waterslide up, and let's have some fun!

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• 162. At 5:00pm on 11 Nov 2008, Gillianian wrote:

  Big Sister (157) Sorry! I'd already had a quiet word in mittfh's ear ;o)

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• 163. At 5:11pm on 11 Nov 2008, Big Sister wrote:

  Fearless: Should we ask Otto to join us? If he's not too busy with Eddie in the cockpit, that is ....

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• 164. At 5:31pm on 11 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  FF, 161, I'm ready.
  
  I have donned my blow up Sprout Green Speedos of Power and is ready for the first event.
  
  Which is..........?

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• 165. At 6:26pm on 11 Nov 2008, Sid wrote:

  Keep up, DIYman - the first event is always 'Falling Over While Walking Backwards In A Giant Rabbit Costume'. Good luck ...
  
  
  

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• 166. At 9:57pm on 11 Nov 2008, Stewart M wrote:

  Sid, Eric's head is back. Somehow Firefox had been set to block images from the bbc.co.uk web site. No-one but me uses this pc. I didn't do it. Who has been messing about with my laptop when I was away from the beach?
  
  
  Can we attach the bungee rope to diy's sprout costume and sort out the greasy slope.

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• 167. At 01:13am on 12 Nov 2008, Fifi wrote:

  * squifffle! mfffffle! rghkle! *

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• 168. At 01:14am on 12 Nov 2008, Fifi wrote:

  New temporary notice temp-tacked to the middle palm tree:
  
  WILL FROGGERS PLEASE CHECK THE HAMMOCK IS VACANT BEFORE LAUNCHING INTO IT WITH GAY ABANDON AND A HIGH-PITCHED GIGGLE.
  
  THANK YOU!

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• 169. At 08:40am on 12 Nov 2008, Big Sister wrote:

  Good morning, froggers!
  
  
  I have set up a six tiered birthday cake on the NC Bar in honour of our Lord and Master. There should be plenty there for regular froggers, the PM team, and and whole tier for Eric himself.
  
  Unfortunately, I had a hard time putting together enough candles for the occasion. This is one of the problems we all meet as we get older. And will Eddie have enough 'puff' to blow them out?
  
  Best wait till he's settled in his chair before we light them (though they are special longburning ones, with the potential to burn from now til 5 p.m. if necessary - Ah, the wonders of the virtual world!)
  
  All together now
  
  Happy Birthday to you!
  Happy Birthday to you!
  Happy Birthday, dear Eddie!
  Happy Birthday to you!
  

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• 170. At 08:45am on 12 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  Bappy Hirthday Eric!
  
  Coffee is ready.

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• 171. At 09:04am on 12 Nov 2008, Gillianian wrote:

  Oink! xxx Oink! xxx
  
  Hogs and kisses for your birthday, Eddie

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• 172. At 09:38am on 12 Nov 2008, Perky wrote:

  Happy Birthday Eddie!!
  
  I have been looking for entertaining frog games to send you to give you some birthday fun, but as none of them involved brussel sprouts, I decided against it. There was a new, rather entertaining Turkey one, however, which I might send over in time for Thanksgiving . . . .
  
  Enjoy the cake - it looks rather too good to cut into from here - and I have also left a variety of Danish Pastries on the bar to go with DIY's lovely coffee.
  
  xx

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• 173. At 10:05am on 12 Nov 2008, annasee wrote:

  Happy Birthday Eddie!
  
  Just in case you're getting to the age when you find it hard to remember exactly how old you are, if you check any prescription from the Dr, you'll find they helpfully print your age on it. Isn't that useful? The first time I noticed it, I thought "Oooh, who's that old person?" then realised that I had, in fact, reached the alarming age printed. (Reactions slow with age, too...)

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• 174. At 10:46am on 12 Nov 2008, gossipmistress wrote:

  Hippo Birdy Eric!
  
  Hope your colleagues are spoiling you!

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• 175. At 10:49am on 12 Nov 2008, Humph wrote:

  A recent headline in the Beach Times:
  
  "Initial applause near Welsh-named hole"
  
  Clap "E", Bore Dai, Eddie.
  
  H.

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• 176. At 5:10pm on 12 Nov 2008, Sid wrote:

  In case anyone wondered, that was me descanting in the singing of happy birthday!
  
  Hope you've had a good day, Eddie. Nearly time for those party shoes ...
  
  
  

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• 177. At 6:05pm on 12 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts. But be careful where you drop the shells!

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• 178. At 6:08pm on 12 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  I have just popped the cork on a bottle of Champers to celebrate Eddie's Birf day!
  
  It should go well with the canopies wot I got from Tesburys!

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• 179. At 6:09pm on 12 Nov 2008, Fifi wrote:

  (177) : It's normally considered manners to let others compliment one's coconuts first...
  
  ;o)

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• 180. At 6:16pm on 12 Nov 2008, RxKaren wrote:

  Can someone give me a hand lighting the candles for Eric's cake!?
  
  Chemists make yorkshire puds - I've made a birthday cake. And no DIY they are little jelly diamonds and not what you're thinking!!

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• 181. At 6:17pm on 12 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  Fifi 179, Just a reference to another story.....

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• 182. At 6:23pm on 12 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  Sid 176, Was that red or white wine that you were descanting?

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• 183. At 7:03pm on 12 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  RxKaren, nice cake, here are the Vestas and well done at the mind reading!
  
  (wonders if he will get a biggers slice for crawlin')

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• 184. At 7:09pm on 12 Nov 2008, Gillianian wrote:

  Oh thank goodness I'm here - what a day!
  Oh, there's a lovely warm glow coming from over there beside the dunes - is it the remnants of the bonfire? or all the candles on that huge birthday cake?
  Oh heck! No.....it's the glow from Eddie's embarrassment!
  Never mind - *chink!*
  Bottoms up!

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• 185. At 7:13pm on 12 Nov 2008, nikki noodle wrote:

  chink to you, too Gillian!!!
  and happy birthday, Dr Mair!!!
  
  And, phew!!! what a day here too!!!
  
  Nevermind, a couple of racks of ribs on the barbie, and a few (several) glasses of bubbly ought to help...
  
  n-n
  xx
  

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• 186. At 8:01pm on 12 Nov 2008, Gillianian wrote:

  Let's have some cider in that champagne, eh, nikki?!

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• 187. At 8:58pm on 12 Nov 2008, Stewart M wrote:

  DIy A CanO'pies. Is that some short cut to make cooking easy?

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• 188. At 9:31pm on 12 Nov 2008, Fifi wrote:

  (181) : Yes I spotted it ... and clearly needed to pull much funnier faces at you than I did so you knew I knew!

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• 189. At 07:26am on 13 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  Morning Froggers.
  
  Gillianian 184, can i put my bottom down now?
  
  It's very hard to prepare breakfast whilst in this position!

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• 190. At 08:17am on 13 Nov 2008, Sid wrote:

  But on the other hand, Mr Wyman, it does provide mirth and entertainment for the rest of us!
  
  
  

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• 191. At 08:59am on 13 Nov 2008, Big Sister wrote:

  Gill: An envelope is winging its way .....
  
  Now, a question to you all: Will Eddie be doing a double shift today, or will Sequin be 'standing in' while Eddie prepares for tonight's debate? Or (shockingly) was it all prerecorded?
  
  I guess we'll find out soon ....

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• 192. At 09:36am on 13 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  Sid. Oh, so I am to be the 'butt' of everyone’s enjoyment?
  
  DiY :-)

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• 193. At 6:04pm on 13 Nov 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  Gill 186, Is that a commoners version of Kir Royale?

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• 194. At 8:33pm on 13 Nov 2008, DI_Wyman wrote:

  Evening all, I have chucked another prawn on the barbie and the cider is chilled to perfection, help yourselves I'm off for a spot of swimming in the moon light.

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• 195. At 9:07pm on 13 Nov 2008, U12196018 wrote:

  DIY - You'll find the swimming is a bit easier if you do it in the water.

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• 196. At 9:08pm on 13 Nov 2008, nikki noodle wrote:

  ...whilst the rest of us mere mortals have to go for a spot of swimming in the sea....!!!
  
  n-n
  xx

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• 197. At 9:26pm on 13 Nov 2008, Sid wrote:

  DIY - butt me no butts ... or, as Mr Shakespeare said, no me contradigas.
  
  
  
  
  

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• 198. At 10:55pm on 13 Nov 2008, Fifi wrote:

  I know it's just past full moon... but why is DIY straddling that hammock flailing his arms and legs like that?

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• 199. At 11:59pm on 13 Nov 2008, mittfh wrote:

  Fifi: He's just acting normal (for him, that is)...
  
  See you all on Beach #87 tomorrow...

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• 200. At 3:33pm on 11 Feb 2009, MrsEffingham wrote:

  Ask me about my ability to annoy complete strangers...

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• 201. At 3:37pm on 11 Feb 2009, Big Sister wrote:

  What are you doing here, Mrs. Eff? Keep up! Keep up!

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