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Morning Froggers, coffee is on.
I don't know about the rest of you but I have just had to drive through a very wintery squall on the way to work in RL!
Perhaps there will be enough snow later to make a snowman!
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Oh heck - I'll have that bloomin' song in my head all morning! And that IS Fifi's strapline again ;o)
It's just grey here, DIY, and a bit blustery.
Here's coffee and Bailey's for those who need a kick-start.
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The mystrey word is leg.
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Mystery!
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Gillianian, ditto re the song! Gladys what's mysterious about the leg?
English Breakfast and Darjeeling on the bar for the non-coffee drinkers.
Sunny in Derbyshire DIY very strong NW wind though.
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The weather is wonderful in the Seychelles.
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Goodness, what a sight for sore eyes! Must alert the other remaining Lying Scotsman that his bass line is playing on the BBC...
Corrr!
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Just enter PM blog into any serrarch engine.
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Gladys_Friday, are you using the McNickleville On screen keyboard?
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Gladys - You're displaying an awful lot of r's today.
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I think Gladys may be communicating with someone from the 'other side'!!
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DIY - It doesn't matter who she is communicating with, she should be more careful where she puts her r's.
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But what lovely r's!
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Her P's and Q's aren't bad either [so she tells me]
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Why is it OK to write r's and use the apostrophe rather than just write rs?
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Rs would be better.
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Fifi (7) Remember to tell him that it is on the BBC's Listen Again facility. And Again. And Again. And Again. And Again. And . . . well, you get the idea.
H.
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(3) Who's leg?
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Humph (17) : Sadly, he has never engaged with Froggy culture and consequently finds the song a complete mystery.
Whereas I'm still gobsmacked that somehow we pulled together a whole song, written recorded produced and now with video, with only the 3 of us who did the basic track ever being together at one time!
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We love Harriet Cass.
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Fags mags and bags - my favourite!
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Fifi and the Froggers: that was very clever and funny! Like Gillianian, I'll have the song in my head all day too.
Well done!
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Considering it all started with a radio programme ... life takes strange turns, doesn't it?
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Lovely to have this aired again, clever people.
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I knew it would never work, so I didn't join in.
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Ah, I *knew* there was a reason for not fitting speakers to the work PC. I'll be spared having this running round my head for the rest of the day....
Off for a trip to the Deli on the next island. Any special orders?
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Credit must go to Jonnie, without whose technical expertise it would still be no more than a heap of assorted MP3s, CDs and audio tapes!
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Fifi (27) I thought there was a shortage of credit these days :p
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no wintery squalls here. first thing it was a balmy 28 with night on 100% humidity.
but then living in the middle of nowhere has its disadvantages too - my internet is far too slow to play the link above. I'll have to start downloading now, and by the time i get home from work this evening it might have loaded everything!
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(29) Little Red: where are you?
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Ho hum - Eddie's rediscovered *that* video...
You may notice there's a lot of blank (black) space on there - if anyone cares to send me appropriate images, I'll work at integrating them into the video...
Anyway, back to Beachy issues - I've put the usual selection of booze behind the bar and biscuits on it. Now I've just had an invite IRL to hit the pub for lunch - who am I to refuse (even though it'll be cola as I'll be driving home later on)?
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Well done Jonnie!
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Was that Annasee in that iPM clip on Feedback just now?
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What ho!
Quick visit to the Beach this afternoon, it's all a bit busy in RL today.
I've put some Cleric's Digit and Spotted Chicken behind the bar at Nick's for later, I think I may need the odd one or seven.
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Fifi (33) Indeed it was! I put the radio on just in time to catch her, purely by chance.
Well said, annasee ;o)
Thanks for the booze, chaps. Wonko - I'll take the even two and eight. 3-6 are still up for grabs.
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There are now two jugs of Scrumpy tucked away behind the Cleric's Digit and Spotted Chicken. Oh and a box of Cheese and Onion crisps and a large bag of Pork Scratchings!
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7742378.stm
Eddie and Martha -- Tru Luv..
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Let's have that as the 'Theme Tune' !!
Whilst 'People Power' is in ascendant..
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OK, here's confusing. Earlier on, I somehow managed to sign on as "mittfh" rather than "mittfh2"...and therefore got treated as a brand new user. If you don't believe me, just click on my nickname in post #31 above...
By the looks of the weekend's weather forecast, we could all do with hiding here on the Beach, where the weather is guaranteed to be pleasantly warm and sunny!
Meanwhile, as DIY's brought along some Scrumpy, I think I'd better bring along some Bubbly - we must have the ability to make Asp Nibble at all times!
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Am I alone in looking forward to winter? (Has to be proper, mind - three feet of snow etc.)
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Bedd (37), that was a revelation! Um, who's Denny Crane?
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yay!!!!
A weekend on the beach!!!
n-n
xx
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Ah winter... I think I'll spend the next few months relaxing in my grand 30ish degrees frolicking on RL beaches, and when the dreaded c-word comes around wistfully playing "i'm dreaming..." in the background.
Where am i....? Lets just say significantly south of the PM office.
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Little Red..if you is in Oz can you nip round to Bourke St, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, shout "MATT your pants are on fire and ring yer mum!"
Tah..DiY :)
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Right, folks....Barbie is all fired up, who's got the prawns?
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Barbie is all fired up; who's going to tell Ken?
Does Ken ken?
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Congratulations Annassee on your performance this lunchtime, especially as you were fighting through the gravel in your throat. The price of fish has never been so interesting!
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Oooh, I missed Feedback - real flippin life got in the way. Is it repeated? I can't get iplayer any more after the, er, updates (hollow laughter)
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DIY - I'm afraid I'm not in Oz so can't relay the urgent "pants on fire" message. Perhaps we could make a smoke signal from the embers of the barbie. Or failing that, we could each send a letter with said urgent "pants on fire" message and perhaps he'd get the point?
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Frances - you can get it on i-Player - about two thirds of the way through
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Morning Froggers, warming bowls of porridge are available at NC's!
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"and whose been eating my porridge?" said baby bear....
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Goldyb@lls, you muppet!
DiY :-)
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I have had a cold and wet day in RL so I have done a Chilli for tea..........Bring yer own rice and heatproof tongues!!
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Ta, DIY - here's a vat of soured cream and some pitta breads to go with the Chilli ;o)
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And for those who eat a bit later... here's the pakora, and in about another half hour there should be some nice chicken in soy/lemon sauce, with jacket pots.
Now: who's got the vino collapso to go with all that?
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But, gossy, and thanks for your suggestion, since the Beeb 'improved' or 'updated' i-player I can't get it.
Will have to see if it's i-poddable.
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Phooey. It isn't, as far as I can see. Must listen to the repeat on Sunday.
I've given up trying to get the boffins or anybody in authority to reply to my queries as to how to access Listen Again.
Hmmmm, could this be an iPM item?? I expect so many others have asked the same question that the Beeb has just decided to ignore us.
Result: I listen less to my beloved R4.
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Completely worn out. Wine please. Hammock please. Quiet please ...
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Frances - Listen Again isn't the same as iPlayer. It's a doddle!
Go to the Radio 4 website, hunt down the right hand side for Listen Again, click on it, then use the A-Z to find Feedback-with-an-F and you should be able to hear it with ease.
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Oooh, Feefs, worth a try. Thanks.
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Cripes! So it's lying when it tells me I've got a modem (nope) and the modem won't work.
That was when I gave up. The other thing it told me was that I could only get LW.
Or, if I tried clicking though a few things, only R2.
At which it was time to call nurse with those nice 'it's only a radio programme, dear' pills and a cup of tea. About 40 years too early.
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Right! I'm all happy now, but it's a bit late to organise a party; how about a day-long bring-what-you-have do on Sunday?
I have five sparklers, one bag of marshmallows, some excellent Polish sausage [Hi! My name's Jaroslav!]
Bah. A talking sausage. The very idea.
And a bottle of Worcs sauce. Oh, and choccy cake.
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I admit I don't normally use iPlayer, but use it to find the link to allow me to use mplayer (and entirely different system) to listen to the stuff again, or usually for the first time, in much better quality than if I used iPlayer. I normally have to tell the systems I *don't* have boredband.
This is rather technical for the Beach. I need a glass of red. This Shiraz will do.
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I have a rather palatable cab sauv on the go chez Fifi ... any takers?
The chicken was the best yet. :o)
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I agree with feefs... the chicken was on form tonight, though some of it's routines were a bit riske (add your own accent, my one comes out as a £)...
...and the sausage was totally original, I thought, and could well get the new-comer-of-the-evening award, especially with its knockout opening line, "Hi! My name's Jaroslav!"
(its been a long day; I'm writing stand-up for comestibles; even if t'were for scriptorial Limbo, this would be a new low, and my shoulders would be grazing the carpet.... hmmmm, maybe I could use that to add a little something to the 'mutton gag' ...)
...why did the lamb shank?!
what's that Sid? disturbing your sleep?!!? Right. Sorry....
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Morning Peeps, tea and coffee all ready, toast wont be long coming, that is if I can find the toaster that is.
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Good news, found the toaster! It was over at McNickleville having a conversation with an on screen keyboard.
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Back from the boulangerie with croissants galore. Kettle's on. Sun is out. Looks to be a beautiful morning on the beach!
Think I'll settle myself in the purple hammock. now... who's got the paper?
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Here you go, Little Red - this paper will keep you going all week!
Thanks for the pain au raisin - it makes a nice change from croissants ;o)
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Keep an eye out for Fifi, folks - she's gone off on a ramble again.
Maybe the smell of this cheese on toast will help her head back over this way ;o)
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Thanks Gillian for helping me find my way back from the wrong end of the island! I was just refreshing the bird feeders in the Bill Oddity Wildlife Garden there and one of the reindeer whispered this in my ear:
http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/details.asp?id=tcm:9-202877
I've laid a trail of breadcrumbs on the way back to the Bar, so with luck I won't get lost next time...
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crumbs!!!
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I See it quiet here. Must keep them survivors off the beach. A Shiraz Vionier open
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* Holds out glass towards Stewart *
Oi, Noodle! Off my crumbs!!
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glug glug glug
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Oooh, that just hit the spot, thanks Stewart!
Back in from putting out the bins and recycling ... and through my door has come the Annual Incomprehensible Leaflet with all next year's recycling dates.
Is any frogger with future-predicting powers able to tell me whether I should be glad to see the back of 2008 or keep on trying to forget that it's nearly 2009? I can't decide!
(Survivors isn't helping!!)
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Fifi (77)
Richmond just launched a new recycling system (again). All glass, foil, plastic, etc collected in one box, thrown into one lorry with hydralic ram, for all the world like the refuse cart that came by a couple of hours earlier...
If I were cynical, I'd say they're carting it off to landfill as Lib Dem council cannot be a*sed. Moi, cynical? This, the (same political party) council that stopped plastic recycling, then tried to triumph its return.
B*ll*x, this is the beach... Something stronger than the Sharaz, B*mb*y Gin tonight...
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(prawn onto barbie)
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Deep ... I have some lovely scrumpy here, which is dispelling my gloomy mood beautifully!
I have the impression it is also improving my complexion and making my hair shinier but that might not be strictly true.
;o)
More shiraz mataro, anyone?
* proffers box of same *
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My (78) referred to the Mods?
WTF (experiment). RuTC's policies are beyond the bar?
Onto the cooking sherry at this time...
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I don't remember anything untoward in it, Deep (81). Other than being not very nice about local government, which you tagged with its political flavour ... that might've done it?
Here, have a pint of scrumpy with me. Let's link arms and settle back on the scatter cushions at the Naughty Step ... and tell filthy jokes till someone works out what our double-entendres mean!!
;o)
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Which reminds me - did that planning permission for extending the naughty step ever come through? or did we decide just to go ahead and do it anyway?
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Planning enforcement being what it is(n't), our weekly removal to the new Beach means the BBC Conservation team never catch up with us, Sid.
Last I heard, they had just caught up with August 2007...
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morning all . glorious sun up this morning after last nights rain. my clothes are still drying from the 3m dash from road to house which felt like jumping into a swimming pool. but the elephants seemed to like it. perhaps they can come and join the camels...
anyhoo. coffee on the bar (and i really need it this morning so the offer wont be around too long). Afraid I don't have time for a boulangerie dash this morning, perhaps someone else could do the honours?
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morning Little Red!!
morning all, more coffee ready, and lots and lots of boulange.
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Morning, all! That coffee's most welcome.
Eddie doesn't seem to be up and about yet, so here's a quadlatte for him, too.
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Our first You-know-what* card has just arrived. Waaaaaa! I'm going back to bed . . .
* other winter festivals are available IN A MONTH'S TIME!!!!!!!!
:o)
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Feeling so hungry I could eat a pizza, but I'll make do with these snack size things we've been working on. I'll leave a few on NC's bar. Watch out for that cheese - it's like napalm when you bite into it, then it does that stringy-snap-stick-to-your-chin thing with a little flick-of-sauce-onto-the-clothes. Tastes great though!
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What's the best menu for 2 hours of BBC2 coverage of darling Alister + 1 hour of Edgie trying to make sense of it?
I hear ('sources close to...') that BIG BORROW is going to be paid back by a blog-post stamp duty.
Though whether by charged by the word, keystrokes or per post, is not yet clear.
Love the video. It's one of Edgie's best choices, up there with Shatner at an award ceremony, Edgie's co presenter getting the giggles and Sarah Palin clips.
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UtT (89) Wow!!!!!!!! Thanks for the warning - I only had a nibble and it hit the top of my skull...........
Mind you, it's good for clearing the sinuses ;o)
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For two years now, in M*rrison's in Likes, a HEAVY, gathers up all the 'last day for sale' items that he fancies, from the 'Reduced' chilled shelves, just after the major restock by staff in the early afternoon.
He proceeds to hide the stuff round the store.
Then comes back at 6,30 and gets it re-labeled at give-away prices.
I'd always thought he must be chief procurer and head chef in a bouncer's collective.
He must also listen to Radio 4, 'cos after Anna Christiansen's pieces, now he turns up with two enforcer mates for the cheap food scam.
Do the staff worry? No, anything THEY want, never gets to the Reduced shelves.
These scams mean the hungry and weak five thousand must eat dirt, whilst all the loaves and fishes go to the strong and overfed.
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I'm off to Morrison's, to forage for hidden bargains.
I'll earmark the sour grapes for you, pmL.
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Afternoon all. Hope everyone is fit and well.
As it's tea-time I'm making tea and toasting some tea cakes. Butter and various jams and preserves on the bar at Nick's. I'm doing Assam, Ceylon and Builders on the tea front. orders please.
;o) []
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Ta, Wonko - builders, and just butter on my teacake, please ;o)
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Here you go Gillianian - milk and sugar on the bar if you need them.
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Hello chaps!
Builders and teacakes- just what the doctor etc
Mmmm! Slurp! Lovely....
Gillianiian (95)
Why aren't you listening to you-know-what?
I am! (smirks)
Mollyxx
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I've written a wee song for all ye bloggie fans (groupies wi' keyboards), to sing in ma honour.
If ye sing it, it'll bring ye a wee amount o' borrowed fame (borrowed from me, with almost no interest at all) and it'll help in ma campaign to be the first iMP in Britain. Sitting for ye PM and iPm acolytes.
Its called Springboard Time for Edgie.
"PM for Edgie and the BeeBeeCee,
News time is so gay and hap-p-pee
We talk up the news that's already dead
More plugs for iPM than hairs on ma head
Edgie is Scots, read his lips, watch his mouth
That's why he still loves coming south
His iprog goes down whilst we're all still in bed
That's where Edgie is given his head
Don't complain about the puerile jokes
He thinks them funny, that's no hoax.
PM for Edgie and the BeeBeeCee
Making us glad that we've got a TV"
Now dinna blame The Producers, look more to the HeadHitlers.
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I've spent a lovely lazy day over here on the sparkly hammock ... and fully intend to enjoy an equally lazy evening in front of Spooks, enjoying something cooked by not-me, and admiring the lovely flowers I was given today.
If someone could just make sure my glass is always topped-up, that would be perfect. Thank you.
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Good for you Feefs. How about a nice fruity Merlot? Hold your glass out then...
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* Holds out glass to Wonko *
A nice fruity Merlot sounds gorgeous to me!
I'll just leave it to breathe on this low table beside the hammock, while I nip out to obtain the something cooked by not-me I mentioned earlier.
Today's turning out better than I expected. ;o)
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Forgot to say the magic word to Wonko:
"THANKYOU!"
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Ah....... that's better.
Fed, reclining, glass in hand, swinging gently in the sparkly hammock.
Cheers Wonko!
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Quick - I need somewhere to hide!
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* Grabs conveniently strewn throw *
Karen! under here, sparkly hammock!
* Grabs extra glass of nicely fruity Merlot just in time *
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You're welcome Feefs, did you save any for me?
Sorry to dip out there for a while, must find a way of accessing the Beach while on a tube train... note to self: invent way of accessing the Beach on the Underground...
Came home to find that:
a) Mrs Wonko had cooked a lovely dinner from the chicken I left marinating overnight in the fridge (secret recipe, sorry).
b) She had also bought the DVD of a certain musical film heavily featuring the songs of certain Swedish Eurovision Song Contest winners, based around a wedding on a Greek Island. Despite the fact that Pearce Brosnan couldn't carry a tune in a gold plated, 2 gallon, air conditioned, two-stroke engine self powered tune carrying bucket (with optional sing-a-long-a-music system), it's quite fun.
As Mrs Wonko said: "The lyrics may not have been the most complex or deep, but boy could they write a melody."
Anyway, I'm retiring to a comfy armchair in a quiet corner of Nick's, as I have to be up early in the morning. Did you know there's a five o'clock in the morning as well as evening?! Chin, chin.
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Ahhhh wonko, what a treat!!
feefs, sounds like you need a top up after such a 'stressful' day!!! pours
n-n
PS is karen still under that throw?!
"Karen??!"
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Karen-
Ouch! Steady on............!
Oh! Have it then!
I'm off to bed at booktime...... now, where's my bed?
I''ve had a busy day too....;-)
Molllyxx
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Oh, my goodness, tea cakes!!!!!! I can't remember when I last had them. What a treat! I'm getting hungry at the thought and it's bed-time.
Please can I have some tomorrow? Just butter. All melty.
I'll be good and do my homework, even if it's sums.
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I think it would be prudent of me to mention that I am not bi-anything and therefore that ... oh well YOU know!
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Bi nothing was yesterday and today I think.
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Have just popped in to raise a glass to the most inspiring conductor I've ever had the pleasure of singing with - Richard Hickox, who has died today, aged only 60.
You may not have heard of him but he has been a fervent supporter and promoter of English music for many years and despite being conductor of Sidney Opera house, came back every year to conduct, lead and be the backbone of the St Endellion Music Festival in Cornwall, unpaid and purely for the love of the music and good company.
A large one to you, Richard, you had so much more to give, and love to all your family and friends GMxx
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morning all. and a special MORNING to wonko who obviously isn't an early bird! (Note that I have the advantage of an hour on the bbc!)
Anyway due to special request I found some tea cakes lurking and have them in the toaster. But my personal fave are crumpets! with lashings of *real* butter. So here's some of them too. The usual drink selection on the bar though I would advise against the merlot at this time of the morning!
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Morning!
Ah, tea cakes and coffee for breakfast, excellent.
You're quite right Little Red. In no way could I be described as a "morning person". As an old friend of mine would say: "What can you expect from a day that begins with getting out of bed?" I don't really start to function until 10:00am. In fact I have been known to need a cup of instant coffee to get my strength up to drink a cup of real coffee.
Mutter, grumble, etc...
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Ah - tea cakes and coffee! Thanks Little Red.
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Oh, and while I'm here - I see that a couple are about to be ejected from the beach for being naughty. So, which couple??
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Sid - Nothing to worry about. It was just two camels who got carried away after eating some fermented figs.
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Regarding today's strapline by mittfh, I'm not sure that he is right. You want to see what is building up in the North West and heading my way. I reckon the sky will have fallen on me inside 30 minutes.
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Just bought some Belgian waffles, so plenty on the bar for everyone. (Who says Belgium is boring.) Not sure if you are meant to eat them with maple syrup but it is yum....
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Thanks Anne - I'll eat waffles with maple syrup, don't you worry! Delicious.
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Thanks, n-n (107) ... several top-ups later I was feeling much better.
And now it's Ed Iglehart's birthday! If you're lurking, Ed, best wishes from Fifi.
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Sorry to be semi-technical on the beach...
Frances_O... you were asking a few days ago about the listen again feature and having trouble using it. I too had trouble for a while... i seem to remember you are a safari user as i am myself
I am no computer genius but as far as i can see safari is not compatible with LA since the *ahem* updates - for some reason LA can't recognise that you have real player/media player already installed.
So... I would suggest getting another program - personally i use mozilla's firefox (it's free). and perhaps someone in the beeb should look into it...
*End of semi-technical bit*
I seem to have too much
halloumi with chillie in oil for my simple lunch. Spares are on the side for those interested. And bottles of ice cool Oringina in the fridge!
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of course i meant orangina! that's brummy fonetics for you!!
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Little Red - I use Safari here, no problems.
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interesting. in safari for me it soesn't work but in firefox it does...
perhaps the OS version matters too?
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Frances, maybe the short term answer, as with the non-arriving newsletter, is for a frogger to help out in a more practical way.
Why don't you ring me, and I'll set LA going on my computer, and then leave the phone next to the speaker where you can hear it?
;o)
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May be your setting are different in the two browsers. I "lost" graphics the other week. I swear i did not touch anything. Poke and prod of various settings and all was fine again.
If in doubt poke and prod.
Now thats a strapline "poking and prodding to get to the bottom of the news"
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Frances, Little Red - you haven't let any of the smoke out of your computers have you? It's a well known fact that computers actually run on smoke, so if you let any out of them they will stop working. ;o)
Otherwise I am also a fan of poking and prodding settings on software. Lots of issues can be sorted out that way! Ahem.
Pimms O'Clock anyone?
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I need to keep a clear head Wonko: Committee From Hell tonight!
Just pop mine in the fridge behind the Bar and I'll collect it later, once I've spat the fur and feathers out...
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Will do Feefs, good luck!
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Is it safe to come out? I'm avoiding a strange customer who is a victim of his own hormones...
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Oh, so THAT's what all that was about, Karen! ;o
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Wonko, you still here? I'll have my Pimms now thank you.
Committee From Hell were as putty in my hands tonight... tee heee!
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I think its time to Mull over some more wine.
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putty? did you put their windows out?!!!
Karen, I am sure we outnumber his hormones, who ever they are. So it is absolutely safe to surface once more. Have a glass of this!!
Frances O - what about hte iplayer? can you get the content to play from that? and how about the news 24 thing? or is it just listen again?
Stewart, you read my mind!!! I 'll have a glass, to start with, and then, mabye anothre, or so, to be getting on with....Wonky, are you a fan of the Mulled stuff??? Little Red? Can you get it out htere?!!!
n-n
xx
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Have come back from my "asthma night" (Don't ask - it's complicated) bearing a case of red for you all to share. Oh, and a bottle of sprout wine. Who wants that?
Many thanks for hiding me so well, guys. I'm going to deal with him tomorrow.
Failing that my lovely gay friend has offered to pretend to be my boyfriend. Apparently he doesn't go hetty for just anyone. That could be a whole new heap of trouble though...
I'm going back under the throw with my merlot!
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Since this has become a technical beach, as it were...
I had trouble with iPlayer (I use Mozilla under linux), but it cleared itself up in the end. But there are still glitches, such as a Radio7 programme "listen again"ed at Radio 4 sound levels (Last Wed's Hudson and Pepperdine).
I actually use mplayer to listen again, but have to go via iPlayer to find the link (Radio_Bridge_*.ram) from which I can then set mplayer to go and get started.
They certainly make it ever increasingly difficult to "listen again" on any platform other than iPlayer, which does not play all so often (e.g. on dial-up modem).
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Well, I'll rely on you to have a good stock by you, when the stores appear to have run out. :-))
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Morning all (just).
Where is everyone? Just a mulling pan, several empty bottles and a mysteriously unopened bottle of something green... Sorry not to be around last night, things to sort out in RL. Not least of which was a distressing lack of tomato ketchup in the Wonko household, which obviously had to be rectified directly!
Oh well, I'm doing omlettes for lunch if anyone's interested.
;o) []
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Omelette? Yes, please! With lots of stuff in it and a wodge of French bread. Thanks.
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Re-heated cauliflower cheese anyone?
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I have set up a Quarantine Ward under the palm trees for the man-flu sufferers and those with bad colds.
Hot and cold running nurses will mop brows, administer medicine and keep the coffee, beef tea and milky drinks flowing.
There's a tureen of chicken soup bubbling and a barrel of rum tapped.
Oh, and hankies!
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Feefs - can those not suffering from any of the described conditions but who just fancy a bit of a rest and some comfort food go to the palm tree isolation unit?
;o) []
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Wonko (143): This is the Beach - you can do anything you like here.
But if you don't want to be sneezed around or spluttered near, you might be wiser to take advantage of the deep leather sofas in the always peaceful surroundings of the Furrowed Brow snug.
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Feefs (144) any use for a cynical pharmacist telling them all to pull themselves together in your new zone?
I've brought party food. No need to hide tonight. YIPPEE!!
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Nurse!
Nurse! I need 200cc of chicken soup and a hot toddy. Stat!
;o) []
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Karen (145), you're free! Congratulations and pull up those chipolatas where I can reach 'em...
By the way my SO is blessing you for the antihistamines tip. They are working wonders with the phlegm count chez Fifi this week.
;o)
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Pleased to be of service! Olbas Oil tissues are my current recommendation - particularly useful if you're a surgeon or a scrub nurse.
Anyone for an iced party ring? And a fruit punch made with stuff from the flammables store??
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I would, but I have to brave the Mines of Moria, ok the Victoria Line. See you tomorrow.
;o) []
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fx: preen
Sid the poet
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Careful, Sid - your laurel's slipping ;o)
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I've stocked up on rolls for the morning butties, so please leave your orders on the bar and I'll make them up in time for breakfast.
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can i still put an order in for a fried egg butty. need coffee immediately but I think a butty will hit the spot in about 4 hours time...
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Fifi-
Hope you don't mind- I'vehelped myself as you must have overlaid, as they say.
Gosh, this is a good way of keeping dry in RL.
Mollyxx
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Little Red - 5:28 am? Good grief, makes me feel tired just thinking about it ...
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well as i mentioned before 5.28 in bbc terms is actually 6.28 here. so not all *that* impressive.
fried egg butty and relax on the beach really needed after morning from hell in RL. needless to say i'll be keeping a keen eye on the sun and yardarm this afternoon.
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Help! I think I'm becoming addicted to statistics!
My role is normally to produce guidance and helpsheets for our database system, but there hasn't been much call for it recently. I noticed we were getting near the end of the month, and for the past month those doing helpdesk duty in the mornings doubled up because of a perceived increase in call volumes.
So, for want of something better to do, I've been extracting the number of calls logged each day for the past 6 months, plopping them into a spreadsheet, and not only graphing them but working out things such as total/min/max/mode/median/mean calls for each weekday...including having tremendous fun with tweaking my formulae to cope with bank holiday mondays (when obviously no-one's in) - so have to stick NA() in for the benefit of the graphs, then lengthy array formulae involving ISNUMBER() for the benefit of the statistics. The scary thing is - I'm enjoying it...
Never mind isolation wards on the beach for those suffering from colds/flu, what about those suffering from insanity?
Meanwhile, hiding behind one of the dunes, I've salvaged a Pick 'n' Mix display from a branch of Woolies - so even if your local branch closes, you can still enjoy the (virtual) taste of (virtual) sweets! Just save a few jelly babies for me :)
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Now to see if there's a Linux variation on a theme of Flash - now a certain video sharing website is displaying in widescreen, I think I should do a widescreen version of the song...including some images to fill up the black-ness.
If you'd like to contribute some images, they'd be more than welcome - regulars should either know my email address or know how to obtain it!
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Quick wave to the froggers on the Beach as I rush past in RL....
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And a quick wave from me too!
;o) []
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Afternoon Peeps, been too busy in RL working here to do any Frogging, but now I am back in Norfolk and waiting for T at 3 whilst I catch up with what you have all been doing.
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DIWyman - will a maple syrup and pecan
pastry make up for the long wait you've had for your cuppa?
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Me too with the busybusy.
What IS it about RL today? Must be balancing out the tranquillity of all those lovely harp photos...
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I'm going to do a poetry reading later. Won't take long. All are invited.
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I'm on the last page of a chapter. Hurray!
It's a much earlier chapter than I should be on by now. Boooooo!
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Sid -
Oh freckled grunt buggly,
Thy micturations,
Are to me...?
;o) []
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Sid - yay! Post them on here. Any about sprouts??
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Okay, Sid - I'm sitting comfortably....would you like to begin?
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Perhaps I should begin...
Ladles and jellyspoons,
I come before you to stand behind you
To tell you something I know nothing about.
Next Thursday, the day after Friday,
There's a ladies' meeting for men only.
Wear your best clothes if you haven't any
And if you can come please stay at home.
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Well, I was going to start with the one Eddie read out ...
'There's whales in the ocean,
There's poetry in Motion.'
And then I was going to stop and drink a lot of wine. What do you think? Would people pay for that?
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Sid - that is fantastic! I think stop right there - while you're at the top. Rather like Eddie's piano playing on iPM. "Always leave them wanting more" is the best motto.
The motto doesn't apply to wine, btw. And I just heard a serious science prog saying something found in red wine will reverse or stop ageing, and keep your immune system young. Then he said "You'd need to drink about 1000 bottles to get the effect"
What are you waiting for Sid??? You heard the man!
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You mean, Eddie played the piano on iPM? How? Where? When?
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5.45am on Saturday, Sis (172). At the end of the programme. And he lied about it....
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Must get the podcast of that before saturday. Iplayer about to go on! Or even I tunes
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I have been a bit naughty and ordered myself a Netbook. So will be spending next week or so making it dual boot for various reasons best known to myself. Linux on Netbooks = fast load to online. But I intend to use it for accounts so need XP to run Sage (Other accountancy packages are available). I have a plan. Partitioned HDD with a data drive using Open Office. So I can access files easily which ever boot up I'm in. Sad man what I am.
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What were all those 1s and 0s that whizzed over my head a couple of hours ago? They looked as if they were in a big 'S' formation but I couldn't be sure... might have been a giant pair of spectacles.
Anyhoo... very late night bacon rolls for anyone still awkward enough to be still up this time of night. And a fairly acceptable Shiraz.
Gosh, I'll be bumping into Eric going the other way on the stairs if I stay up much longer!
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* Bleagh! *
First one on to the Beach this morning, eh?
I'll tiptoe around the slumbering bods and try not to step on the 1s and 0s littering the sand around Stewart's lounger (nor rustle any of the swear-words from when he couldn't get the new thingy to work!) ... ... ...
... ... and write this gigantic 'Vyle Hernia' in the wet sand where the tide's going out.
Does that take anybody's mind back, I wonder?
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Fifi - you're being nostalgic in more ways than you know ;o)
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Gillianianianianianian (178) : And there was me thinking I was being nostalgic just in one way! :oP
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Gosh Fifi!!
did you get any shut eye between half two and eight this morning?!
And all this nostalia business isnt what it used to be; in my day, we used stones or pebbles to write giant letters in the sand.....
Greetings to you all on this beach, how i wish it was as warm and inviting where I am!!!!
Maybe just a little glass of something, and a mince pie;
n-n
xx
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n-n....I see naughty Fifi has led you astray again ;o)
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