The Beach.
Everyone should have a Beach to go to, chill out, meet their friends and relax. In other words it's the off-topic area of the Blog, renewed every week on a Friday, to keep it to a manageable length. Bad attitudes not welcome. No bridges for Trolls to hide under. Just warm sun, sand and virtual sangria. Plus the odd (make that very odd) camel wandering around.
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Hi, Friends!!!!!!
Welcome to a NICE and HOT Day at the beach...Drinks (preferably non-alcoholic) will be served....
And, we should welcome Eddie, Carolyn and the others at PM to visit the beach, they work hard for us......
~Dennis Junior~
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Morning Froggers, Peeps, Frogging Peeps and Peeps-a-Frogging. Oh and Denny Boy!
Toast and a selection of cereals, tea, coffee and fruit juices now available at the NC breakfast buffet. Tuck in and enjoy
*wonders, what's all this about (preferably non-alcoholic)!!*
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Now that he who hails from that town in Herts has gone (again) shall we get the bunting out?
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Party time this evening? I shall bring my karaoke machine. And several cases of Rioja.
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What a brilliant beach photo - I imagine Septic is behind it. Very clever!
Lovely breakfast DiY: I'm so hungry this morning after my midnight skinny, er... swim.
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Well, I have just arrived at the beach, I am glad to see that the weather has improved.
I am just setting up my umbrella and getting out my book, I have my orange juice and sarnies at the ready.
See you there!
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Morning all! Right, I see there's a barbeque lurking around here. What say we have a big Beach party this evening?
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A party? I'm up for it!
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A think a party's a good idea - a bit of fun and frivolity never did anyone any harm ;o)
Welcome, Carla - don't let the camels see those sarnies....they're especially fond of sausages!
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I have just received an important email from Nigeria asking me "ARE YOU STILL ALIVE?" I wonder just what sort of reply they expect if I am not.
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I see the camels have eaten the camellias again. Or have we had an unseasonable beach frost?
Give me a nudge when it's time for elevenses ...
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Morning all!
Love the photo.
Anne, what a bizarre email. Had you by any chance won a lottery or were you helping a prince?
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Frances, it would appear the Federal Ministry of Finance wishes to give me $35m.
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DI_W 3, You obviously aren't talking about me as St Albans is a city, not a town.
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Wow, Anne! What are you going to do with it all? ;o)
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For anyone who missed it on the old beach - here is Anne P at the Cransley.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDztjo06nPM&fmt=18
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jonnie - how could you!
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Frances, Izzy, it would appear that the naughty Mr Peter Woo has told them that I am dead. "We need to confirm from you if it's really true that you are dead " and in order to claim my money and prove I am indeed alive all I need to do is send them "full particulars and direct phone number for an easy communication, your age and occupation to this effect in furtherance to these verifications."
All suggestions as to how I should spend my new found wealth gratefully received - please send me your full particulars so I can share my good fortune.
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Lady Sue (5) Yes, guilty as charged. Going to be going out shortly to try and get something for next week. Twenty minute stroll to the beach, take a few pictures, lunch in a very nice sea front pub and the bus home. Ah, the joys of unemployment.
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Anne P - Tell your Nigerian contact that sadly you passed away last week but would appreciate it if they could forward some money to cover your funeral expenses.
Then you could use the money to take Jonnie to court for harassment/invasion of privacy/performing rights violation.
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IH (20) I might just forgive jonnie because you made me laugh so much.
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David_McNickle 14, You obviously aren't talking about me as St Albans is a city, not a town. So you DO live in St. Albans then, thanks for the confirmation!
*hook, line and sinker*
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Anne P, all sort of useful stuff here!
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Sid, bit late I know, but nudge nudge!
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Anne P - Clearly you should send it all to Eddie , in an effort to bring his pittance of a salary up to something approaching a living wage. I mean, the poor man is having to moonlight looking for truffles - that can't be easy, at his age...
I've just been round to the Dr's surgery, and am proud to announce that I have apparently got not just tennis elbow (too common for words), but also apparently "golfer's elbow". And there was I thinking I wasn't interested in sport (and have never held a golf club, and 30 years since I held a tennis racket). Obviously I'm much more athletic than I thought!
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annasee, that sounds pretty dire for a harpist - can you still play ok? If music related surely it should be harpist's elbow, must be rare enough to get you a place in the medical textbooks.
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Annasee (25) - What's your handicap?
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Mm. Mmm. Mmmm. Zzzzzzzzzz ...
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Can somebody roll Sid over? His snoring is attracting the attention of the Camels and I don't like the look of them!
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TiH, probably having no golf clubs!
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annasee, if you can still play perhaps some music to sooth the camels would help divert their attention from Sid's snoring.
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I was down the street at the bank this morning withdrawing some petty cash - 300 quid in fact.
I had an idea that there was something amiss as the cashier counted out the cash, but I didn't check it until I had moved away from the counter. I went back and told her that she hadn't counted out the money correctly.
"Sir, you stepped away from the counter'" she said. "We don't make corrections after you leave. There's nothing I can do about it now. That's the policy of this bank."
I wasn't particularly impressed by her attitude, but I let it go. Now, what will I do with 100 quid I wasn't expecting?
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IH (32) let's add your £100 to my $35m and throw a really great party.
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TiH, you could buy annasee some golf clubs.
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Anne P. want to know how to turn £100 into £100?
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prefix the pound sign with a Â
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DIY - where do I find an A with a hat on - which is how the four square box shows up if I select Western encoding ?
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DI_W 22, Mind slipping a bit then, is it?
Next time I meet up with my sister and brother in law in the Fighting Cocks why not join us for a pint or two.
You would be most welcome.
DiY
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D-M 38
Is the Fighting Cocks anywhere near the venue for "Paddy Pants-Down's",
"An Evening with..?
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Charlie 39, Dunno. The Arena? The Maltings theatre? I haven't been invited yet... The Fighting Cocks isn't really near anywhere.
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Charlie 39, May 12, The Arena (Google). Nowhere near the Fighting Cocks. Next door to the Waterend Barn, though. One of those Wetherspoons bars. Best avoided after 7:00, especially on weekends.
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Could someone pour me a big, BIG drink. Am nearly prepared for my peer-group teaching practise (not until sunday so still have days to fret) and had a quick wander around the blog....goodness, it's fraught out there! At least I can rely on the purple hammock...can't I?!!
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Here you go witchi, do you want ice and a slice in this G and T?
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Careful Witchi! I think Sid is still sleeping in the purple hammock.
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Oh, ice, yes pleasey. And thanks for the warning horse, have made do with a sun lounger. Aren't the dolphins looking splendiferous today?
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You're quite right about the golf clubs. But nor do I wish to own any, or ever play golf, so don't feel too sorry for me. It's a mystery where I got this golfer's elbow, isn't it? Do you think he wants it back yet?
My favourite experience in a golf club: (aha, don't have to play golf to go to a club - they do weddings, you know)...Sorry if I've already told you this.
Was talking to a registrar, and the manager of a golf club, soon after the law had changed to allow civil partnership ceremonies. The registrar asked the manager, (in a slightly mischievous fashion, I thought) "So, are you going to permit same-sex ceremonies here?".
The manager thought for a moment, then said, very equably, "Well I don't see why not. After all, we let people play in short socks now!"
I just loved his sense of priorities. Still amuses me now when I think of it.
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Anne,
Pound signs and such made (almost) easy...
Loved the song!
xx
edsiodos
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Annasse (46) - Same-sex ceremonies in a golf club? Hmm. Can we just accept that I would normally, at this point, make a comment about members and balls and pass on quickly?
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Thanks Ed, I like life made simple.
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Horse - 48 - go on, spoil yourself!
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Yeah Horsefeathers, get dirty!
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Val (50) - Nah. It's not the same without Aunt Dahlia here to spur me on.
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Could it have been a VW Golf, annasee? Other cars are available, of course, but then it would be a Punto elbow or some such.
Anne, lovely singing. Tune = the Ball at Kirriemuir, btw??!!
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And Christmas just won't be the same without Walt Kelly.
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Thanks Frances. Interesting, I thought it was also the tune for "Wee Willie Winkie" (if the mods will permit).
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snore ... oh, hello young lady!
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Some of the lyrics would have been similar, then, Anne
;o)
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If this is a garbage-free beach, then it cannot be Ramsgate through to Broadstairs.
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Boo Hoo I have just been to the fridge only to discover that my Easter egg I was nibbling away at has......... GONE!
Mrs DiY said it was the the younger of our two cats, Rosie, but I have my suspicions. I think it was Stella the older one!
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53 how dare you besmirch the reputation of Golfs!!
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<Testing>
I'm experimenting to see if I can get away with directly typing A cirumflex followed by the symbol...
Let's experiment with currency:
Pounds: £500.00, Euros: €600.00, Yen: ¥10,000,000.00, Cents: ¢35
Various legal stuff: ©BBC Enterprises Ltd ® ™
I wonder if it will do degrees? 25°C
Onto maths: plus or minus? ±
Divide: Â÷
</Testing>
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So Cents, degrees, plus/minus and the registered trademark symbol can join Pounds and Copyright...
I'll try the Yen once more as only one symbol appeared in its place... ¥100,000
Then try A tilde for the ones it didn't like...
À500 / Ù / Ã÷
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mittfh . . . .ths is . . .really . .zz . . interest. . zzz . in . zzz. g..zzzzzz,
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or even http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/977140
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Nah, you want this: http://tr.im/jEjT
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he he, half a http link breaks the house rules. See you on the naughty step
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Which leads me on to: http://www.jigsawgallery.com/details.php?refnum=BV6820
Why in the name of [insert preferred deity here] would anyone enjoy solving a jigsaw puzzle featuring that?!
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I thinl I have (or had) this jigsaw. It has NEVER been made. I think in may have been a wedding present.
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Bean there. Done that.
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Bought the T shirt? :)
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Eddie old son....For heavens sake sort out that "furrowed brow " thing.
Can you not put the latest ones at the top?
It's all out of date and upside down!
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Mittfh,
For the A tilde one there is an offset of 64. So for CHR 231 you need A tilde plus §
Weird!
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Have I wandered into some kind of convention for Techie-Wizards?
Take a break chaps - the sun is rising, promises to be a gloriously hot day, the waves are crashing in on miles of golden sand, the coffee is on *smells divine* and the croissants are warming.
No sign of DiY but I can hear snoring coming from the Speedo shaped hammock.
No-one about... I'm off for an early morning swim.
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Morning Lady_Sue! I have actually been awake since the 5 o'clock departure from Norwich Intl. Airport flew over the village. But I just couldn't be faffed with getting up!
Thanks for the coffee and crossaunts.
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I can beat 5am by half hour, but am not gloating.
Had very odd dream - met up with Eddie before trolling across London with him to the Sony Awards (a very nice wlk which involved walking through fountains). All the Froggers convened in a pub outside awaiting the results which Eddie was phoning through to Big Sis (who was wearing an AMAZING green satin dress). We were also going to give an impromptu set of fabulous songs and someoe had managed to bring a double bass along.
On that note, excuse the pun, am going to hie myself off for a run over the dunes before having a cup of that rather wonderful smelling coffee.
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witchi, just goes to prove it is best not to have strong cheese, pickle and strawberry jam sarnies for supper!
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I really should learn!
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Morning, early froggers!
Oooooh, that coffee smells good.
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Morning all, this beach is much warmer than other places I should be.
Tea, coffee and toasted teacakes (with lashings of butter) for elevenses.
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Teacakes! Oh, go on, then. Just the one.
;o)
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Mornin' all. I've been wandering our community woodland's meadowlands with a couple of other trustees and a digger man to dream up a series of ponds and pools and a bank for the sandmartins.....a glorious morning with birdsong, new leaves running water, and all.
Time for a coffee and the bacon/sausage sandwich i kept back from breakfast.
That's better
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morning. just back from an AM at work. The joy of impending holiday means I have to put in the extra time needed to do the work that would usually be done then, now. if you see what I mean.
I've had a few too many coffees already so it's orangina and djino (the local fizzy grapefruit juice drink that's rather tasty) all round.
and poached eggs will soon be available at the bar with fresh baguete (from the baker's 2nd load so it's still warm from the oven).
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Hesiodos, that sounds blissful.
Is the digger man an Aussie?
Little Red, I know what that's like. The 'paying for your holiday' syndrome.
I'm just back from an exhausting hour hunter-gathering at S@1n$bury$ and in the local shops, so djino, poached eggs and fresh baguette sounds heavenly, thank you.
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Little Red, me too with the fresh baguete /baguette though i hadnt thought of poached eggs...mmmm.
Meanwhilst, as a toast to Martha, I am having a little pot of honey.
n-n
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Pooh!
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Frances, if he'd been an Ozzie it would have been Digger, capital 'D'. Easy.
However, using that inimitable Ozzie logic, if he'd had red hair he'd have been called 'Blue'.
I hope you are taking notes, DiY. Don't want you to get caught out on the streets of Melbourne.
BTW: are you taking the Aeroguard?
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Off to saltaire in a bit. Youth festival and eldest in one of choirs. All welcome. Have to also sort out CCTV at work. Some so and so (insert suuitable expletive)has smashed another window at work.
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DI_W 59, Chocolate is poison to cats and dogs. Rosie is next to me on my scanner.
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Please David - no more of your animal tortured pictures!
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DiY WIll my chocolate chilli penguins work as a suitable substitute for the nibbles eggs? They are more chocoalte than chilli.
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ISIHAC
Abridged TV series:
1. The Apprentice:
You're all fired...except for you
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2. Robin Hood:
Got you this time, you outlaw!!
You'll never get away
tttthhhh tttttwwaaaaannnnng!!!!
oh blast it!
After him you fools!!
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n-n - the film Mrs Sid's watching:
I used to be married to him ... and I'll be married to him again!
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Waiting for Godot:
"Vladimir! Estragon! You're late. I've been here for half an hour."
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Big Brother.
'Deeeeay Won. All the house mates except Sherreigh-Anne flounce out after 10 minutes.
"Er..."
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Shogun;
Lord Toranaga " I'm in charge now. Thanks for your unwitting help, Anjin-San".
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Hawaii Five-O;
"Book him Danno. Murder One".
What else did you need to know?
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Anything by Agatha Christie;
"The real culprit is XXXXXXX".
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Petrocelli;
"Are you STILL building that house?"
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White Rat on the beach,
La la la la la,
White Rat on the beach,
La la la la la la,
White Rat on the beach,
La la la la la,
He look like a sugar in a plum! Plum plum!
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War And Peace:
"Phew, thank god that's over!"
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The Hunt For Red October:
"Found it!"
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Romeo and Juliet
"She's dead"
"No I'm not"
oops - too late
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Morning all, fresh beverages on the bar. How does fresh guava and lime juice sound?
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One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing:
"Here it is!"
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Hamlet
Young Hamlet thought Uncle a traitor,
For having it off with his Mater,
"Revenge", (that's the plot),
"I'll murder the lot!"
So he did, nine soliloquies later.
Time for breakfast! Anne that juice will be lovely, thank you.
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Anne P. refreshing. But I am adding sme coffe as I need to WAKE UP and get to work :o(
I shall stop at the boulangerie en route to grab fresh pastries so I'll see you in 20min.
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H 73, I'll see your 30 and raise you 40.
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Gotta go out in the garden and see the 'new leaves running water', whatever that is. Ask the grammar expert, Mr Dingleberry.
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Maybe Ed's wife is an American Indian named New Leaves Running Water.
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Well I got into the office and promptly forgot about the angry uncles wives I just bought. But now I have a few jobs down (the easy emaily type jobs) I bring a platter of the aforementioned angry ladies along with lashings of full fat cream cheese (non of this low fat lark when you're working on a Sunday). Also I have a thermos of the wake up juice should anyone need a caffine injection.
Now back to it.
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Little Red, how wonderful, thank you. Do you know what they are made of, these angry ladies?
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Little Red (112) Thanks for remembering that I prefer my cross aunts smothered in almonds ;o)
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No, but my Great(*n) Grandmother was named Pocahontas....as was my Great Grandmother...
;-)
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Gillianian, thanks for that. I began to wonder if Little Red had turned cannibal!
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Took me a while, too, Lady Sue!
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Gosh what a wonderful birthday party yesterday. Super lunch at the pub, then back to the cricket pavilion for drinkies, croquet, music and fish and chips.
Whatever will our friend dream up for his seventy-first, I wonder, to top all that?
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Fifi, sounds like you had a fun day. Perhaps we could all have fish and chips and a game of croquet on the beach this evening?
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I have loads of trifle left over from Granny's 90th birthday party. I'll leave it here on the bar - help yourselves.
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Trifle, Karen? Yum! I've just put a gammon on to boil.. should be reading about quarter to eight if anyone wants some.
Lady Sue - the (70th) birthday boy was explaining the rules to me yesterday while I was still sober. It's like a cross between chess and snooker - much too hard for me! I do however have several petanque/boules sets, including a mini-set which can be played sitting down....?
By the way I gather from a thread elsewhere that the St Albatroll has been winding up some froggers. What do you say to a corporate approach of everyone not feeding him at all, in hopes he will get bored? This to include EVEN if he makes a direct attack on anyone? (even me!)
;o)
G and Ts are lined up on the bar, next to the ice bucket and a dish of lemon slices. Do dig in, while we wait for the gammon!
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Fifi, all sounds yum! Yes to everything (I'm just a girl who can't say "no").
Corporate approach a good idea. In the meantime, there's a most amusing game of hide and seek happening on Friday's Glass Box. Note, I don't take up much space at all because I'm terribly thin (ahem).
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Successful day all round. I did my first stint of first aiding for the year and had a lovely young man with a groin strain. I was very professional. I let him hold the ice pack.
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Oh, please let me collapse somewhere...have had a real 'brain day' and am now fretting about tax and the fact that I'm not keeping the records I should and that i'll never be organised enough for this teaching lark....@rse
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Long day at the office followed up by a thunderstorm. Still, it means the BBQ was cancelled and I have time to curl up in a chair with a good book and a steaming mug of something.
Or did someone say G&T?
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Isn't Sunday re-e-eal-ly lo-on-g when you get up at 7.30 instead of brunch o'clock?
Mind you my back's sore from mowing about an acre of grass. Anyone mind if I bags the comfy hammock tonight?
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Good morning all - teas and coffee on the bar along with a selection of pastries. And buttered toast. (Of course, being the Beach it's all marvellous low fat!)
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Oops, here's that pesky 'ly' that went for a play in the surf!
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Lowly fat? Hmmm ...
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I thought Witchi was referring to butteredly toast, Sid.
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Goodly morning, Big Sis! A teasly coffee for me, I think ...
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Bonjourly, Sid! A crossly aunt for me, perhaps, with a decaffly coffee. Not to mention a juicily orange, of course!
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Poorly Blog today?
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Big Sis: Why 'poorly blog'? It's just getting started.
Another glorious, sunny, warm morning. Coffee smells wonderful but it's time to avoid cross aunts and go for the fresh fruit salad option.
*skips along sand like golden gazelle in teeny weenie bikini heading for the crashing surf for pre-breakfast swim*
(this is a virtual world so a girl can dream).
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Well, perhaps less Swine Flu than hiccups, Lady Sue. It is certainly having intermittent turns.
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Morning all, not sure I dare ask for a croissant after being so slow to realise what Little Red meant - doh!
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Morning Peeps, I think the Blog needs a holiday!
Anyhoo, just coffee for me please.
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Who is that skipping along the sand like a golden gazelle in a teeny weenie bikini heading for the crashing surf for pre-breakfast swim?
Why, it's Lady Sue!
(this is a virtual world so a boy can dream).
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B_S 133, A bit odd. I keep seeing old threads with no comments listed.
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LOL DiY! That was me! Amazing how a virtual world sheds years, pounds and adds a tan.
Is it only four more sleeps till you take off in the Big Silver Bird?
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LOL Lady_Sue, me DiY, him Sid!
Five actually, we fly out on Saturday evening!
DiY :-D
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D McN #139; I've noticed the same thing myself. The only way I've managed to "recover" the comments is to either go forward and back to another thread, or, sometimes, to fdo a refresh of the thread with missing posts. That seems to correct the problem....
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JM 142, That's what I do, back to 'previous', then to 'next'.
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JM, It is also a bit slow sending some of my posts.
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DIY - If you find yourself morphing into me - don't worry, I'm really nice.
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Sid, I thought the Recent Comments said Sit on The Beach.
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(141) DiY and Sid: sorry! It's this blinding sunshine - I couldn't tell between the two handsome devils on the beach, dazzling me with their multi-coloured Speedos!
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I'm having to refresh to see the Comments, too.
Thank goodness for the waterfall cascading onto the Beach - it's warm water, too ;o)
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Shall I line up some deckchairs in suitably dazzling multicoloured canvas for DiY, Sid, David and then you can all "sit on the Beach" while Lady Sue continues to cavort on the sand?
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Wha-? Morning? Already? Ooch, ouch, I can't seem to roll out of this hammock. May I just stay here all day?
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B_S 149, It's raining in (should I mention it)(oh, give it a go) SAINT ALBANS. (There, I said it!)
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Let's be grateful, David, that it isn't July 15th (yes, I know - a different saint!)
For what it's worth it is also raining here in the Arun Valley.
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It's been raining in East Lothian too, David :-(
Still it makes the incredibly stiff shoulders all worth the while because at least I didn't leave any of the grass to be finished off today.
Coffee time?
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In real life, it's raining in Hampshire too. Any coffee still going? I need to warm up...
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Hmm, comments seem to keep appearing, and disap
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Rain in Staffs too - I got our grass cut yesterday, too - and the new patio's getting its first soaking before the cement's set ;o(
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That's bad luck, Gillianian :-(
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Not raining, at the moment, in sunny Norwich.
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Hmm, I didn't mean that in a sort of harbinger of doom type pronouncement, which is what it looked like as I re-read it. I just meant, after all the dry weather we've had, the weather timing was most unfortunate.
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Nice and sunny here in Belfast (for now).
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Raining in Surrey, but lovely here on the Beach, which is where I'd rather be.
I'm just a bit worried about all that cavorting over there. Sand can be SO uncomfortable when it gets stuck in sensitive places . . .
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Ha! Yes DiY - I notice that Google is marking the date too!
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DOH!.......Just remembered the mods don't like foreign languages!
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What language were you speaking, Mr. Wyman?
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Big Sister, Samuel Morse!
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The mods don't like Samuel Morse then!
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Still raining here.
VP Wot's a hamburger of doom?
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No, clearly not. Yet it is not a foreign language, and we can post dots and dashes, as long as they are random (apparently).
Anyway, Happy Birthday, Samul Morse!
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Undeterred, B-...i..g--. S...i..s... , using unusual punctuation, attempts another feat and hopes she doesn't upset anyone.
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I'd imagine, David, that such a hamburger of which you speak is smothered in ketchup. Either that, or was made in a dodgy backstreet kiosk.
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That's my cavorting done. Pamela Anderson, eat your heart out.
It's GLORIOUS today in iRLeland.
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D_McN "hamburger of doom"
Would that be akin to Horsies "Death Burger"?
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Well that's The Lady_Sue Convorting Show over, what shall we do this afternoon?
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Our IT dept are not amused by my choice of new password. They said it had to be between 4 and 7 characters long with no spaces or numbers. So I choose one of seven characters long:-
BashfulDocDopeyGrumpyHappySleepySneezy
DiY :-)
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Your turn DIY, We need to see your flying suit. If you show us today you can get it dry cleaned before you need it for your long haul.
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Hurrah! Inspector Morse would be proud of me (I hope).
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Big Sis: I think I've missed something there. Why would he be proud?
DiY: have you got one of those blue and red flying suits with a cape and yellow Speedos over your tights? Can't wait to see. Budge up Stewart!
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Norwich weather update, it's now raining.
Stewart M, Flying suit is at the cleaners, so how about my birthday.....
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Lady_Sue, I don't 'do' tights, stockings yes, tights no.
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So, here we go...if I bend over this is my impression of the Blackwall Tunnel (Southbound).
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My 172, Lady Sue. (whispers: I managed to slip in a little of the forbidden language)
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DiY: Stand up immediately! That's quite indecent!
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Raining in Manchester too. AND it's a day off. But yesterday was glorious in Birmingham, where I had to work. :(
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Ah, Annasee, but clear blue skies and glorious sunshine here on the Beach.
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and this my impression of The Cerne Abbas Giant.....good init!
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and this is my impression of the Doughnut Hole Maker!
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DI - your quickness-of-mind dwarfs theirs!
Big Sis, v v clever, but do we get a translation?
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DI_Y and WR, Off to the Naughty Step for the pair of you!
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*waves from the naughty step*
well it was fun while it lasted!
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Wonder what WR said, then...
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I'd repeat it, but I'm already in Nid, so it would never get through...
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*texting from the Naughty Step!*
Frances O, it is BIGSIS, this is a handy converter
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annasee, raining in Manchester....never, yer 'avin a larf!
BTW, how is your golf / rugby / tennis / soccer / squash / pole vault.......foot / hand / knee / back / wrist / elbow?
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I've got a headache.
I know Hesiodos is doing his best, bless him.....
but where's the Young Macallan when I need him?!
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Gillianianian, bless, here I have finished with this ice pack, the swelling has gone down now!
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Don't pour a libation of wine at dawn
To Zeus or any other immortal god
Without first washing your hands:
They'll spit your prayers out.
hesiod
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So, that's no to a glass of wine straight from the gardening, H?
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or as they say in Glasgow?
Don't have more than five pints of heavy afore breakfast.
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Nah! It's just about hygene:
Don't wash in a woman's bath-water,
Which for a time has a bitter vengeance in it.
;-)
Marry at the right age. Bring home a wife
When you're just about thirty, give or take
A few years. That's marrying in season.
A woman ought to wed when she's five years a woman.
Marry her virgin so you can teach her prudent ways.
The best girl to marry is the girl next door,
But have a good look around and make sure first
That marrying her won't make you a joke to your neighbors
A man couldn't steal anything better than a good wife,
Just as nothing is more horrible than a bad one,
Some freeloader who roasts her man without a fire
And serves him up to a raw old age.
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Quote (203)
"The best girl to marry is the girl next door,
But have a good look around and make sure first
That marrying her won't make you a joke to your neighbours"
Yes, I'm sure her parents (your neighbours) could tell you a thing or two about her, but perhaps they could also tell her a thing or two about you (having lived next door to you). All those loud parties, women slipping out at dawn etc. etc.
:o)
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Don't let your privates be seen smeared with semen
Near the hearth at home. Be careful to avoid this.
Don't beget children after coming home From a burial.
Wait until after a feast of the gods.
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Don't let any of your corporals be seen in similar state to your privates, particularly when smeared with seamen.
Oh, this is silly, but fun! ;o)
Keep 'em coming, Hes!
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Dot dash dash/ dot dot/ dot dash dot dot/ dot dash dot dot
dash/ dot dot dot dot/ dot dot/ dot dot dot
dot dash dash/ dash dash dash. dot dash dot/ dash dot dash
or will I get naughtied step too?
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SM 207, Going dotty? Dash out and get some medicine for that.
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Stewart M WILXHI3ORK? Not in these Speedos mate!
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My translator/ spelling is poor. Will this work was supposedly the massage
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Stewart - Massage? Where? Me! Quick!
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Big Sis: that was clever!
I've only become wizard at MC since DiY sent his fun converter. Wondering how long my 212 post will last.
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Ah, it lasted until some beady-eyed midnight mod picked up on my own comment at 213, I suspect!
What I said was...
"(205) Hesiodos: Yuk.
(207) WILXHI3ORK? Oh, I see "will this work". Not bad."
Then I did line of MC which, when translated, said, "Time for a skinny dip".
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why up so early LS - are you making cross aunts from scratch? from personal experiece - it doesn't work. so if you don't mind i heading off to grab some fresh from the experts. But I'll leave this coffee here - looks like you could be in need of it.
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Mmmmmmm coffee. Lady_Sue, I think you forgot to put your bikini on!
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There is a tray of dash dot dot dot / dot dash / dash dot dash / dash dash dash / dash dot / dot dot dot / dot dash / dot dash dot / dash dot / dot dot / dot / dot dot dot at NC's but I forgot to bring the brown sauce!
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Hm. Why was Andy Kershaw On the Ropes pulled, I wonder? Does anyone have a clue?
(Wanders away scratching head ...)
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DiY: Bacon sarnies! My favourite BUT I have to watch my gazelle-like figure. Oh go on, just the one then.
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Lady_Sue, you tuck in, let me, Sid and Stewart M look after the gazelle-like figure watching!
DiY :-D
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Qas it, Big Sis? Cos it was trailed yesterday... hmmm... quick call to the Press Office needed here, I think.
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It's still on the R4 schedules page
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/programmes/schedules/fm
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Ah. Grauniad Media:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/apr/28/bbc-radio-4-andy-kershaw-interview
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Oh, they pulled the plug at just about the last possible moment.
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Yep. Is this a Ross/Brand knock-on?
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Could well be! Once (twice) (thrice) bitten, twice as shy?
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I always loved his broadcasts. Here's hoping for a re-birth.
Slainté (oops!)
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Hes, I agree. A very sad story.
The Salman Rushdie programme, about the Wizard of Oz (which I'd heard before) was not an unpleasant substitute, but I hope we get to hear the interview with Andy, or perhaps another attempt at the interview, before too long.
Andy, if you're reading this - Hope you soon find your feet again and that you'll be able to move on with your life.
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Diy, These Gazelle like sausages are excellent. Better than the Venison
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Stewart M, wasn't Bambi a Gazelle?
You cruel heartless harbinger of culinary lows!
*wanders of whistling the theme to Watership Down*
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From The Management...., some words (and discussion) on the Kershaw decision
;-)
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Diy now I just fancy rabbit pie.
"burning like fire"
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Stewart M, I prefer Rabbit Stew! (no pun intended)
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Big Sis & Hesiod ... I'm with you re Andy Kershaw. Let's hope he makes it back soon.
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(220) DiY! I'm putting that bikini back on immediately!
Stewart and DiY: how could you? Poor little baby rabbits...
BTW: I hope those bacon sarnies were Swine Flu free.
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I do not think we can eat rabbit. The ones I've seen have AA batteries and RxKaren risk assessed AA batteries last week. She said You can't eat them.
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Aha, wish I'd got down here earlier in the day, I've been cudgelling my brains since listening to Salman Rushdie this morning. I remembered it was supposed to be On the Ropes, but was darned if I could remember who was supposed to be on.
What do you mean, look it up somewhere? Where's the fun in that??
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"Fluffy, fluffy bunnies, bouncing in the air..." (A couple of times when bored and TV channel flicking in the morning, I've encountered a cartoon called "The Secret Show" - if you've ever seen it you'll know the proverbial 'what happens next')
But it looks as though we may have a few wannabe Elmer Fudds in our midst. And presumably several froggers will be hoping their bunny catching efforts are as fruitless as their role model...
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Stewart M (236)
"She said You can't eat them."
That's not strictly true. If I recall rightly, RxKaren only said that a 'leaking' battery would be a hazard if you inserted it into a body cavity. If you can manage to swallow them whole you should be OK.
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Sid, Are you Seagull Sid?
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DMcN@240 - sounds significantly quicker than mainland UK police, who'd probably lose their criminal within 5 minutes and wouldn't have the foggiest idea in which direction he'd disappeared...
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mittfh 242, Don't get your knickers in a twist, I made it up. For reasons that will be obvious to others.
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mittfh, have you taken to wearing 'knickers' again?
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Don't 'spose anyone has an AA or PP9 extraction tool?
I was experimenting and got a bit carried away.
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Well, since Sid is absent, I will explain.
I was listening to the program that follows TWAO hosted by Phil Hammond ( a bit like Clive Anderson, except Phil is a doctor and Clive is a lawyer) where three people are asked to suggest a record that influenced them, or that they liked. One, a Ms Flanders, was the daughter of the Flanders of Flanders and Swann. She is an economist (As I recall. I hate economics.) and has nothing to do with this story.
Another person, who I have never heard of, chose Aker Bilk's Stranger on the Shore. Now I think I have heard Bilk (he is still performing) with Chris Barber. Or was it Monty Sunshine playing Petite Fleur? With Barber, that is. A clarinet duet of two different songs would be ridiculous. Maybe it was both, but at different times.
Anyhow, when the person I never heard of (Hey, he probably never heard of me. Unless he uses this blog.) was a kid, his parents had a caravan and they went to the same campsite every summer. (We are going to Brittany this summer, but they provide the tent. V large, beds, cooker, fridge, table, chairs, etc.) There was a man who showed up every summer and chased seagulls away from the caravans. According to Mr Unknown, he might not have been paid to do this. So they called him Seagull Sid. I assume his name was Sid, but Mr Unk. didn't say. Maybe it just sounded good and his name was Montgomery. Just a suggestion. Could have been lots of other names.
Time for a new paragraph. I hope nobody thinks I am morphing into TRW.
This man, let's call him Seagull Monty, used to go into the entertainment hall/bar/tent/wotever (think Hi De Hi) every night wearing a bowler hat and a ladies nightdress to the record of Stranger on the Shore (Once again, unpaid, according to Unk. Hey, he was kid, what did he know? I'll bet they paid him lots to do that.) and would sit in the laps of men and kiss them. So Mr Unk chose this record because of some kinky guy he remembered. That's it. All done.
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Did that camel just sneeze?
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nn 247, Got the hump?
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AA batteries are an inhalation hazard. I never risk assessed swallowing them. My friend did. He thinks it's a bad idea.
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DI_W 244, it was a saying, like Mind Your Own Business!
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Well, that worked....
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David: you astound me. I didn't think it was humanly possible to become even more boring.
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DIY ..(245) AA batteries.. no problem...have the extraction implement..but PP9?? these must be the size of Norfolk and at least 30 volts...feel the speedo's will vibrate all the way across the Antipodes.
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n-n, LOL...no it was St Albans man clearing his throut.
Froggersf, thanks, but I,m now sorted have plugged my Speedos into the National Grid and will soon have a discharge!
David, stop shouting on the Beach, you could end up a little Horse!
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David re Seagull Man. The caravan site in question is next to Black Rock Bay outside of Port(h) Madoc.
Two things of interest of that Beach . I learnt to drive my fathers Morris Minor there and (as a twelve year old) saved a complete stranger's son from drowning. I had just got my ASA Gold Life Saving Award when some 'day trippers' tried to walk round to the Black Rock sands from Borth-y-Gest without realising that the Afon Glaslyn flowed out past the headland. It was only six feet wide, but eight feet deep and very fast flowing and he trotted straight in thinking it was sahallow tidal water just going out to sea.
Since then I have gained the RLSS Silver medal so I am a lot wiser about putting myself into danger!
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DiY: you little hero you!
Were you wearing Speedos?
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LOL....Yep! That's when the whole sorry Speedo trunks thingy started!
I will see if I can get a photo of me then from my Pa!
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Wonderful! (I think). [for a moment I thought you said "stringy Speedos" and I don't suppose that image appropriate for ladies of a certain age].
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Think away me Lady, think away!
Ah, the memories of my distant youth!
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you weren't wearing the mandatory pajamas used in the ASA Gold Life Saving course? Shocking.
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Little Red: DiY doesn't strike me as the pajama type... It's 'Speedos' for every available occasion.
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Little Red....re pie-jar-mahs..yes I was! And lugging round a bluddy great black rubber brick for hours on end, (well it seemed like it at the time!)
Lady_Sue, re the pye-jar-mars, a man has to do wot a man has to do! Ask D_McN. He is a man, probably.
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oi you lot!
enough about the pyjamas already....i've just had to put a poorly camel to bed, and getting *her* pyjamas on was no fun, I can tell you.
poor love, she couldnt do up the buttons no matter which hoofs she used.
and I've just given her a hot lemon sipping drink with a little dose of the medicinal.
so no high jinks or larking about near the camel beds tonight, cos she needs propa rest.
nikki
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Morning, peepfrogs! What, no breakfast yet? Just as well that I've made coffee (here, Eddie, this one's yours).
Freshly squeezed oj in that jug over there.
On the bar at Nick's, cos it's a beautiful sunny morning, a huge fruit bowl filled with...
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fruit?
......also a late delivery of warmed croissants.
DiY
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DI_W 256, You obviously listened to the program as well. Somrbody has referred my two 'stories' (probably TIH) for no good reason that I can see other than they don't like me. They obviously prefer to discuss fake food on a fake beach.
L-S 253, I'm sure you can get more boring if you try. Troll. troll, troll, troll....
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All, I have gone right to PM to report the bullying way that I am being treated here. Referring my posts just for the fun of it isn't amusing. Until I hear from Eddie or someone else, I am gone. Bullying isn't very nice. Grow up.
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Bye!
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David, I think you will find that only the moderators moderate the blog and contacting PM directly will not achieve whatever you are hoping for.
The spirit of the blog is encapsulated each week in the piece at the top, I'm really sorry that you feel you are being bullied. It is often difficult to 'see' the tone of something in print which if spoken would be clear. I'm afraid I think you have taken things which were initially simple misunderstandings and magnified them to the obvious irritation of many here. Resorting to name calling Lady Sue however does not strike me as very grownup behaviour either. We do try to do a lot of self-moderating, such as removing frivolity to the beach and respecting genuine differences of opinion in serious discussions elsewhere. If you can't accept that, I really don't know what we can do about it.
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DI_W 269, I just searched other threads and saw that other posts of mine have been referred. I reported this to PM (the heck with the mods) and merntioned you and several other bullying posters. I got a reply to the first email.
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A_P 270, When people like TIH take to referring my posts for no good reason at all after I have put a bit of work into them, I see no good reason to remain here as he will just continue to do so to annoy me.
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AP 270, PS I bypassed the mods on another forum and went straight to the 'owners' of it to get something removed. It worked there.
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David, if you want to spend your life fighting battles on numerous fora to get people you don't like removed then carry on, but please just don't do it here.
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LOL...I have been merntioned ?
David you may find that the 'bullying' is triggered by your abrasive attitude.
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Just to clarify matters, I did indeed refer DmcN's (240) to the moderators.
I have not referred any other of his posts apart, that is, from the ridiculous 15 in a row he posted on some thread recently.
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David, I think Anne summed it all up in her (270) [well said Anne]. The start of the Beach thread always states, "Bad attitudes not welcome".
I'm sorry you feel you are being bullied too - though I think you consistently provoke responses from others and are your own worst enemy.
We tried.
Bye.
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Glorious morning on the beach. Who's for a skinny... er, swim?
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Lady Sue - I ain't going in until the camels come out!
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Would love to but IT Helldesk in RL is busy this morning! Maybe this evening.
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I'll join you as the speedos are free. I'll have them cleaned and re-shaped for DIY by tea time. After all he will need a dip and a scrumpy after his day at Helldesk.
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Hmm...does this mean us lurkers may stop lurking?!
Anyone for homemade sultana shortbread?
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Yes please.
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* wonders if/when a certain contributor will act on his threats to stop contributing...from what I've seen he hasn't resisted the urge to contribute for more than a few hours at a time so far...
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Re my (279) - I need my eyesight checked! It's not a camel in the water at all. It's just somebody with the hump, swimming off into the distance.
Right, here goes. Anybody ever seen a horse doing the backstroke? Impressive or what?
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Horse, suitably impressed, but do look out behind you there seems to be something bobbing on the water that looks oddly like truffles.
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Witchi - I too have been lurking more than posting of late, because of the unpleasantness.
What's more, if it starts up again I'm referring (267) to the mods for being defamatory and offensive as well as off-topic!
Are those crossaunts still warm? I could just do with a couple when I get back from my paddle. (What IS that out in the water, splashing around like a couple of waterlogged windmills?)
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Sultanas, YUM!
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Hesiodos, now there you have me. I've never been that fond of sultanas - raisins yes, currants maybe but not sultanas (except in Christmas cake). Difficult to explain why though.
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Stewart, I hadn't realised there was only one pair of company Speedos. If you skinny dip, you wont need them and I wont look, promise!
Fifi: ok so my Oz crawl isn't the most elegant... oh, you mean the backstroking Horse? Don't think the Thorpedo has anything to worry about but at least he's keeping his head above water!
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Horse - you will need your shoulders re-locating after that backstroke!
Anne P - I lurrve sultanas! However, my 12 year old nephew, staying with me recently, painstakingly removed them all from his Sultana Bran. Is it a testure thing? I hated mushrooms as a child because of the texture.
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TiH, Wow! I reckon you would be really good at water polo.
DiY ;-)
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witchi, fifi
A rhyming motto:
"float like a butterfly
glide like a bird -
rise above all the narkiness
narry a nasty word"
ok, it doesnt have quite the *polish* of the output of, say a Poet Lauriette (sp), (its more like a motion of another kind....)....
...after all this is a public square, an open-air cafe, or, if you will, a Beach, and there is no barrier to whoever wanders along. Fortuneately we dont have too many vendors or purveyors of cheap tourist goods.
n-n
xx
PS I had to self-censor the last line.
Also, I have another version that regails the delights of lemon curd.
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DIY (292) - No way! The one and only time I tried water polo, the rider kept taking me into the deep water and I nearly drowned. I gave up after the first chukka!
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gossipmistress (291) - Re the texture thing. I still have problems with mushrooms because of the texture. It's a pity because I love the flavour.
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Horse - may I recommend thinly sliced stir-fried until crispy?
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GM - I think it's a bit harsh to suggest stir-frying Horse. I've always thought of him in a juicy steak kind of way....
I've got too much to do in RL to stop for lunch yet, but are there any croissants left from breakfast - I need to eat on the go!
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GM 296, sounds tasty! I will leave some freshly made Horse Raddish Sauce at NC's.
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PerfectlyPerky, are you wearing a face mask?
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Nope, DiY - but I am sneezing into my elbow as strangely suggested by the guy on BBC News earlier this week.
I am starting to attract unwanted attention.
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Perky (300), someone posted a link to a video about sneezing into cloth (absorbs and kills virus) when the subject arose on the blog a few weeks ago. Perhaps someone other than me can find and revive the link?
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Lady sue. You can open your eyes now. I am here in all my gory!
Just busy rustling uo some pasta for lunch then off to an afternoons continuing education. Actually I'd better be off. 2.30 start and whilst its only 20 minutes normally I have to cross a road that tails back from some road works. o may get caught in un wanted traffic
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'gory' Stewart? that sounds nasty.
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Anne P - Gory? If you wanted to see gory, you should have been earlier when gossipmistress and PerfectlyPerky were trying to hack bits off me for their lunch!
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Anne (301) - it was the suggestion of the elbow, rather than a tissue or handkerchief that puzzled me!
TIH - you were very tasty though. I'm sure it'll heal over in a couple of days ;)
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Perky, I'm not sure but I think it's the dryness of suits, jumpers etc that works as opposed to soggy tissues or handkies being waved about. Don't suppose many people use handkies any more or know about boiling them either. My mother boiled everything in sight in 1957 to prevent us getting asian 'flu from my Dad and succeeded. Sorry should really be on another thread!
Must go and make chocolate cake for weekend festivities.
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I seem to recall that the suggestion to use the elbow (or sleeve) had something to do with not leaving germs on the hands, which can then be transmitted via handshakes, doorhandles, etc. - but I could be wrong.
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Mmmmmmmm chocolate cake and me going to be on my way to Melbourne...Doh!
mittfh can have my slice/s!
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I've just tried this sneezing using the elbow suggestion and it doesn't work.
But to be fair, I'll have another go tomorrow, when I will be wearing a long-sleeved shirt.
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Big Sis, you're right. If no hanky, sneeze into crook of elbow rather than hand Unless you open doors with your elbow, of course, in which case I suppose armpit, though it may be insalubrious.
NB do not attempt to lick your elbow afterwards.
Speaking of which, Perky, how could you be so, well, Shakespearean towards our Horsey? Good to see you back on the Beach. Did you see that old B/W pic of you and Pinky on another thread?
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Lovely atmosphere on the Beach tonight isn't it? So...... relaxed.
Am just off to nab a fish supper for our dindins, ahead of an evening's Jam Tart practice over on the island.
Orders, please?
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Chips and a few batter bits please. Stash them somewhere the camels can't reach them, have to scoff when I get back from teaching.
Thanks Feefs!!
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If it's not too late can I have a bag of chips and a battered sausage please? Just vinegar on the chips please.
Haven't been around on the beach for a while, RL getting in the way again. Oh well, just another twenty minutes or so and I should be able to go home...
;o) []
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2 x Fishcakes, Batter me sausage, deepfried Mahs Bar and a large portion of chips. Oh and some 'Batter Crispies' if they have any.
Will skip the fizzy drink tonight as I need to watch the figure!
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*waves wildly*
.....and two buttered bread rolls....!
thanks.
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Hoy! Feefs... if it's not to late... could I have some cod please? No chips (watching my figure) and any chance you could bring back some crisp, cool, dry chardonnay? Ozzie if you can get it.
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DiY: you're going to have to swim off some of that you know, or you'll never fit into your Speedos. Only three more sleeps (lucky devil!).
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L_S, yep and I am sooo excited. Mrs DiY says stop making tents in bed!
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Stewart M 281.
Ahem, 'scuse me young man, and I use that term with some reserve cos I have seen the pics, (no it wasn't a trick of the light) why have you added a 'Go Faster Flap'
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DiY! I'm shocked! Well, I'm not really shocked, I'm very jealous of Mrs. DiY though. Lucky girl.
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girl.....Mrs DiY.....yer needs yer i's a testin!
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What a beautiful day!
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TRW, very true. I have had me tea, Pigs Liver in onion gravy on mashed spuds with peas a carrots, and am now off for a stroll down to 't mill with a few crusts of stale braed to see if 't ducks are OK.
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I meant bread!
but braed sounds 'posher'. Rather like 'Oh, a cresh' a car accident as in some parts of South Oxfordshire
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Just seen the PM truffle-searching pig trailer in RL. I wonder if he's a gloucester old spot or a saddleback?
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GM (325) I'm pretty sure he's a Tamworth - he's hardy, and rugged, coping well in adverse climates. He's a great forager, having a keen nose for tasty morsels. He has a good disposition and enjoys the attention of humans. ;o)
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Feefs,
re requests:
do you know the one that goes 'pm pm pm?'!!!
n-n
xx
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Diy What are we going to swim in when you take the speedos down under? My Gory or glory (both as bad as each other) will perhaps scare everyone.
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Gillianian - was he ginger before he shaved it off then?
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Would anyone else care to contribute to a quick whip-round to get Stewart his own pair of Speedos?
Lovely sun-rise this morning and the morning chorus has started.
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Morning all. Stewart M? Whip round? I'll get my riding crop!
Anyhoo. Now available at NC's, tea, coffee and toast with a selection of marmalades.
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Morning All!
Mmmm breakfast, I remember that meal! Think I'll make some porridge.
;o) []
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Diy...Why not rent your Speedos while your away ( they are obviously right hand drive, for the UK) and purchase a pair of the antipodean ones with the fetching, dangling corks, to ward off the Great Whites...
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Great Whites? I am not planning on playing any cricket while out there!
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BTW re they are obviously right hand drive, for the UK have you past your driving test yet?
DiY ;-)
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Morning all, I'll have some of that porridge Wonko if you please. Need a good hearty breakfast today.Busy busy in RL again today.
DIY what about job-share speedos, you can leave them at the bar for whoever is on duty ;-)
PS whatch out for the Great Whites, they do tricks you know!
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Last time I was there, Melbourne was a Great White free city so I suspect DiY will be safe.
DiY: we do drive sitting on the right of the car...
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Isn't it peaceful here?
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Sid, it's bliss! Fancy a swim?
BTW: Thanks for expanding on my question on the other thread. I thought after posting that perhaps I should have been a little more specific and you covered the questions I would also like answered.
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Lady Sue - if I didn't know better, I'd say you were missing your boyfriend ... okay, let's have a swim!
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LOL.....Blubby Hell, no one mentioned sharks!
re RHD, I thought Ffroat was saying we drive on the right! I stand corrected.
Now, who is ready for elevenses?
I have some Doughnuts.
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Sid: [with apologies to Scarlet O'Hara] "I've been crying into my pillow all night..."
DiY: Never mind the sharks, 'Mate', mind the spiders and watch out for speeding kangaroos.
Doughnuts? Not some you poked yourself, I hope?
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Lady Sue - You're not too familiar with the naughty step, are you? Let me show you the way.
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Lady Sue, no, these doughnuts don't have holes! They are big round ones full of raspberry jam.
And what's all this 'bout spiders? Nobody mentioned spiders!
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DiY....Yep...goin' on the web, down under can have serious consequences...even sittin' in the left hand seat
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TIH - oh dear. I've always been such a good girl, I've never had to go to the naughty step. *sob*
DiY: might I take a doughnut with me? *sob*
Re. spiders: if you do get bitten, make sure you know which type it was so you can tell the doctor and get the right antidote. Far better than waiting for the symptoms to kick in. I wouldn't worry - wear glow in the dark Speedos and I'm confident they wont bother you.
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Ffroat, best I stay away from the beach / the sea / roads / open spaces / outback and just sit in the pub all day then!
BTW I have left a pair of my '2008 season' Speedos at NC's for general use. I don't know waht size they are, but as we are all slim and svelte on this Beache they will fit anybody. I just hope you don't mind the colour, Sprout Green.
Oh, and I have washed them!
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Lady Sue - I shouldn't worry - some of my most enjoyable beach memories concern the naughty step.
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DiY: Ozzie pubs are not like your lovely English/Irish ones - they reek of beer and are jam-packed with sweaty locals. Safer to be outside, braving the sharks, spiders and er, did anyone mention snakes?
TIH: the naughty step is looking rather fun and, from what you say, has promise. There's no-one about and a bit of private beach - time for a lunchtime swim! (Sans Speedos).
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Diy, I'm dressing left sided these days so had better get my own speedos. Right hand ones may not do me any good. Was it gillianian who used to knit yours?
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And don't forget the crocs DiY.....
If you want to test you Xray reading skills - have a look at this from BBC Scotland - one of my friends operated on this dog!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/8026310.stm
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Gossip (351) : I have always detested the idea of Tinder* Surprise, as they play to the most evil manipulative instant-gratification tendencies of bratlets.
Now I hate them even more that I know they are a hazard to cute little doggies!
* Fifi Rhyming Slang
;o)
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Sounds like there is too much blubby dangerous wildlife in Australia if you ask me. Makes you wonder how it all got there, after all it's an island for crying out loud.
re Dixie
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DiY :-D
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Stewart, sorry to hear about your, ahem, dressing problem!
Gillianianianian does indeed knit my Speedos. Best I get her to quickly run up a pair of Shark / Roo / Kola/ Spider / Snake / Croc and Shelia Proof ones. A chap needs to be careful, dontcha know!
Lady Sue re Ozzie pubs are not like your lovely English/Irish ones - they reek of beer and are jam-packed with sweaty locals. You've not been to Norfolk have you!
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Re: Australia, the Big Yin did state that he was amazed that Australians make it to adulthood as the place is fraught with danger.
If I recall corrrectly there are:
- 14 of the World's 15 most venomous snakes.
- Saltwater and Freshwater crocs (the Saltwater ones reaching 20 ft in length).
- The famous Funnel Web Spider.
- Sharks.
- Dingos.
- Sheep.
- Sheep shearers.
- Ahem!
- Aussie males (according to one J Clarkson the most common last words for them while driving being "hold me beer mate while I do this...").
- And last, but by no means least, Stingers (Exclamation Mark). Remember, if the heart stops dowse the wound liberally with vinegar - where's that chip shop?
;o) []
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? more jam packed than Norfolk doughnuts?
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Wonko (355) - You're spot on with "14 of the World's 15 most venomous snakes."
The 15th and probably nastiest of the lot has a regular column in The Daily Mail.
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I've decided to make a big tub of salsa for the weekend. So I'll need a big bag of tomatoes and quite a few jalapenos.
Anything else, while I'm out there?
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..a big tub?
Wonko, I know what you are trying to do.....! But I got my Boy Scout First Aid Badge so I can cope with anything. Besides I don't expect to find may dangers in the bars on Bourke Street!
BTW, re Stingers, I believe urine works just the same! Same goes for The Daily Wail.
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DIWyman (354) In order to give you as much protection as possible, I've knit you a pair with extra fine aluminium wire wool (lined with the softest cashmere, of course!)
I'm sure you'll be relieved to know that wire wool is excellent for filling holes where rodents may gain access, and also for cleaning up exhausts - just what you need in a pair of Speedos after you've dined on sprouts!
Just don't put your phone in your pocket - even the smallest battery can cause the fine wire to overheat, and possibly ignite.
Now, Stewart - Would you prefer silk or something fluffy?
And of course I'll need your vital statistic, as they're always made - to-measure ;o)
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Thanks Gillianian!
These days, I believe Stewart has a penchant for Leather, or was it Rubber.
Either way you pick as I know he will be pleased with wot you can come up with. And vital statistic? Surely that depends on the tempreture of the water. I have found if it is chilly then a certain amount of shrinkage can be expec......
*gets dragged off to the naughty step*
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Gillianian, I never have any compaints ;-)
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LOL......but loads of complaints though.
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Anyone know the weather forecast for the south-west peninsula (checks spelling VERY carefully) this weekend?
Trying to decide whether boot-space better allocated to shorts or wellies.
I'll be chopping tomatoes if anyone wants me for the next 20 minutes...
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Fifi - Don't allocate your boot-space to shorts. Keep it allocated to boots.
If however you mean 'shorts' as in alcoholic beverages, then there is an easy solution. Put the bottles in the boots and put the boots in the boot-space.
Is there anything else I can help with?
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FiF, don't forget face masks, the SW is riddled with swine flu.
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DiY: lovely to see you here on the naughty step. I was getting a bit bored all on my lonesome (though I did have a lovely swim). How long do I have to stay here?
Fifi, further to the advice from TIHorse, you could save even more room by just pouring the contents of the bottles into the boots.
TIHorse: I thought you said the Daily Mail was dangerous and could rot your brain?
(Who is it?).
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Lady_Sue 'We' have to stay here untill someone says the 'magic' words!
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DI-Y and Lady Sue:
"Magic Words"
There you go, you're freed from the Naughty Step :-)
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Gosh DiY, that might take forever! [I don't even know what they are.]
Oh well, budge up and pass over that book on poisonous creepy-crawlies in the Land Down Under.
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Lady Sue (367) - It does rot your brain.
And if I said it was Melanie Phillips I'd probably get modded, do I won't.
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Thanks Jim, you be a true gentleman and scholar!
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I've managed to glimpse who it was before any potential modding - not someone I've ever heard of but that's probably because I don't read it! Thanks though.
Will you please say the magic words to free us from the naughty step? I want to be where the fun is when PM starts!
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I don't know what we are having for tea.
Mrs DiY is determined we empty the larder and the freezer prior to our trip despite pointing out that we will be need of sustenence upon our return.
We are now down to eating the left over - left overs found at the bottom of the freezer.
Perhaps we are going to go on a diet of Chineses take-aways, Fish and Chips and Kentucky Fried Fowl......in which case....RESULT!
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Lady Sue, Jim at 369 said them!
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Do we not need a sea change here and have a good step for those that forget to add a double entendre to their posts?
And DIY should I have used compliants not complaints?
I always comply!
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Jim! Thankyou! Your post didn't appear until after I'd sent mine.
Stewart - perhaps the whole Beach IS the good step?
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As you all can see, TIH wrote this. Let's see if he refers himself.
30. At 11:29pm on 03 Feb 2009, The Intermittent Horse wrote:
c0lera1ne (23) - If you are really from Coleraine then the question is a bit academic, isn't it? You haven't had any snow, have you?
I live in Coleraine and employ about 15 people. Those that live in Coleraine, I expect to get to work, no matter what the weather is. Those further afield, I will judge on what the prevailing weather is and balance it against the travel that they normally have to endure when the weather is good.
I don't employ any recruitment/agency staff, but if I did I would judge them the same as fully employed staff.
It is a bit simplistic to correlate your situation with that of schools. If schools can't guarantee that they can have enough staff in place to ensure the education/supervision/safety of the pupils then the only responsible action is to close the school. That, as they say, is a no-brainer.
I'm not sure what the real answer is between agency and non-agency staff.
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My sister Marilyn emailed and said that my other sister, Lorraine, who has no computer, wanted to get in touch with me. Think I should call Lorraine?
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Do what you think best, David. It's the only good advice in the circumstances. ;o)
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BS 380, I have another problem you might be able to help me with. We have a tiny back garden and because of the credit crunch, we need to store coal and save rain in large barrels, but don't seem to be able to manage both. Coal or rain, what do you think? ;o)
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I just read this on a US website:
There was an explosion in a Coca Cola plant near Atlanta. The stuff was coming from the sky. Sort of cola rain.
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David, your mind is very restless tonight, isn't it?
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Kitty of Coleraine (Traditional/Author Unknown)
As beautiful Kitty one morning was tripping,
With a pitcher of milk from the fair of Coleraine,
When she saw him she stumbled, the pitcher it tumbled,
And all the sweet buttermilk watered the plain.
Oh! What shall I do now, 'twas looking at you now,
Sure, sure, such a pitcher I'll ne'er meet again.
'Twas the pride of my dairy, Oh, Barney McCleary,
You're sent as a plague on the girls of Coleraine.
He sat down beside her and gently did chide her,
That such a misfortune should give her such pain.
A kiss then he gave her, and before he did leave her,
She vowed for such pleasure, she'd break it again.
'Twas haymaking season, I can't tell the reason,
Misfortune will never come single 'tis plain,
For very soon after poor Kitty's disaster,
The divil a pitcher was whole in Coleraine.
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Great song Horse.
Anyone seen the Gin? I think I might need a stiff one.
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Another 1/2 hour and I'm off to try my hand at ceilidh-band playing. I'll whisper it here, because I know you won't say anything... but I'm more nervous about tonight than anything else I've done with music!
Wish me luck folks. ;o)
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DiWy, it is imperative that you empty the freezer prior to leaving the house, in case of power cuts during your absence. In order to assist you with this, you need to invite a few froggers round to a "clear out the freezer" dinner. We did and it worked a treat. Of course, you also need to arrange for friends to re-stock your freezer shortly before you get home, otherwise you will get a bit hungry on return. You won't find those airline meals do much to sustain you.
We survived the great down-under wild-life experience, seeing no more than a few squashed cane toads, and some spiders (large but harmless). Of course, I didn't leave the house for 2 weeks, or open the windows... well it's jolly dangerous out there!
Bon voyage!
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Good luck Fifi! I'm sure you'll be brilliant.
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Thanks annasee, that is soooo reassuring!
Oh, I see there is an old hump backed whale just offshore, shall we all swim out and give it a scrape down? Poor old thing might enjoy a bit of slap-n-tickle!
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A few years ago they excavated a burial with a lot of grave goods near the edge of St Albans that was thought to be that of Old King Cole. I suppose it was dug soon after the Cole reign.
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Right - off I go. Thanks for your kind thoughts Lady Sue.
* skips into sunset with guitar case *
... ... ...
* skips back from sunset, and then in the correct direction for the rehearsal *
;o)
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David of St Somewhere!
Welcome back, we thought you had left us high and dry.
We have sure missed your astute wit these past few days.
Here have a cold one! Anyone for pre-dinner niblets?
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Feefs, if you be heading for them Pasty parts, best you take a compass me 'andsome!
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D_M 390
I thought you'd be "sticking-your-oar-in" somewhere.
The Beach. So, you're on vacation..?
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Fifi @391: that did make me laugh!
DiY: was that "have a cold"?
I knew it was too good to last.
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LOL....Now now Lady Sue, forgive and forget is my motto! I was only offering him a cold tinny of the Amber Nectar!
*starting to get the hang of the lingo now*
As in...
G'day cobber, is yer Dingo tame?
Is yer brother Shelia in?
Do you sell Vegimites?
Do you know Lady Sue?
Stewth cobber, best throw another Prawn on the ol' Barbie!
I should blend in rather well, dontcha know.
*re the above and if you is from Australia. I is only a-joshin, just a bit of Norfolk squit really*
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Hey folks, I survived! Fingers are a bit sore, brain is a lot sorer... but I didn't make a complete custard of it and I'm now in a ceilidh band.
Hurray!
Now, where's that celebratory bottle of Black Stump I'd set aside....? Hold out your glasses please.
;o)
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Feefs: Heeeeeee-yoooch! [or however it's spelled]
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Thanks, all. You're too kind.
I was introduced to a new instrument tonight - the chin cello. Not, as I thought, a small squeaky rodent-like instrument but a 5-stringed violin that sounds exactly like a cello.
And now, G and T and feet up before tomorrow's epic quest southward.
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Yeah...400
Sent a piccy into Eddie for tomorrows beach. It's of lovely Port Erin.
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Horsey (384) Wonderful! Thanks for that - I never knew that lovely song had a second verse.
I learned the first verse when I was at Primary School, and it often pops into my head.
I suppose the second verse wasn't deemed suitable for little 10-year-olds.....but it's made me wonder.....
What exactly did the Lady on the Hill say ''No, John, No, John, No, John, No'' to?!
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Ah well, if we're singing traditional songs, I'll add my own:
In Scarlet town where I was born,
There was a fair maid dwellin'
Made every youth cry Well-a-day,
Her name was Barb'ra Allen.
All in the merry month of May,
When green buds they were swellin'
Young Willie Grove on his death-bed lay,
For love of Barb'ra Allen.
He sent his man unto her then
To the town where he was dwellin'
You must come to my master, dear,
If your name be be Barb'ra Allen.
So slowly, slowly she came up,
And slowly she came nigh him,
And all she said when there she came:
"Young man, I think you're dying!"
He turned his face unto the wall
And death was drawing nigh him.
Adieu, adieu, my dear friends all,
And be kind to Bar'bra Allen
As she was walking o'er the fields,
She heard the death bell knellin',
And ev'ry stroke did seem to say,
Unworthy Barb'ra Allen.
When he was dead and laid in grave,
Her heart was struck with sorrow.
"Oh mother, mother, make my bed
For I shall die tomorrow."
And on her deathbed she lay,
She begged to be buried by him,
And sore repented of the day
That she did e'er deny him.
"Farewell," she said, "ye virgins all,
And shun the fault I fell in,
Henceforth take warning by the fall
Of cruel Barb'ra Allen."
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Am I alone in remembering being at school and singing along with the radio? I believe it was called "Singing Together". I remember so many songs from that time.
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DiWy, You'll blend in just fine - the whole place is full of foreigners. (And don't tell anyone, but one of the gift shops we went to was FULL of toy g*llyw*gs, and I mean dozens of them. I sent a photo to Eddie but obviously it would have breached the BBC guidelines or something...)
The relatives we visited in Brisbane have at various times been invaded by snakes (including one that curled up in their suitcase, open on the bedroom floor) giant cockroaches, and very large spiders. Also an opossum that liked to sit on the decking roof framework and "water" unsuspecting guests below. Very funny if you weren't the one getting wet!
Make sure you take plenty of photos for us, won't you?
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Big Sister - I did Singing Together at primary school, and have even acquired some of the booklets!
Where else would one have learned the use of chime bars, tams and claves?
Only problem is, I learned thoroughly songs that I have encountered since, which it turns out Singing Together had mucked about with words-wise. Dead giveaway!
Wonderful show. I remember Mrs Barnfather setting up the radio in the hall of our village primary school, ready for us to follow the instructions....
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Ah, yes, we were talking of William Appleby only last weekend.
Sadly the flow doesn't seem to be both ways.
We didn't see a water vole.
(It was a source of perpetual guilt to me in Primary School that our second learning-to-read flip chart at school said that I 'saw some water rats by the pond'. (It was a bit like the development of PM's interactivity. The first was about an imaginary Jim, whose cap had blown off. From then on it was our own week's news. The sad thing was that I'd been taken down at dusk to see these vermin. But hadn't. Seen them I mean. Whether 'cos I'm short sighted and at that time didn't have spectacles (how could a child of parents both 20-20 need them?) or whether it was just a case of a child not being able to see what for adults is clearly visible (like muddy puddles), I don't know. But an enthusiastic 'We saw water rats' was modified by the teacher into the embarrasing text. Who was I to point it out as wrong? She'd done a little drawing of it, too. Me, on the bridge with my mum and dad, me not seeing water rats. We used to recite it (with 32 others) once a week.
Oh. the anguish!)
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Right bracket after news.
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I have rewritten my 'offending' post to make it acceptable.
I read this on a news website:
A man named Seamus Raine escaped from jail/gaol in Belfast and headed northwestish. The police took pursuit and it took them about an hour to get to collar Raine.
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