The Beach.
Welcome to the Beach. The off topic place for froggers and peeps to be frivolous, have fun or just to chill out. The weather is always perfect, the sea is never cold and the breeze always warm and gentle, ideal for blowing away the woes of RL and flying kites. The company is always engaging and there is usually a something going on at 'The Nick Clarke' bar where tipples and nibbles can also be had. There are hammocks to laze in, a dog walking area and even a naughty step for those that want to self administer mild punishment! Whether it is a herd of camels wandering by, parties or semi organised beach games and activities there is always something to watch or join in with, so why not come and join us? All we ask is that you be nice to everyone.
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Good morning fellow froggers! Mango juice and tropical fruit on the breakfast bar for everyone. Just off for a swim...
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So energetic! I might just sit here. For a loooooong time.
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@ Eddie Mair: I thought, you should be getting ready for the Day at PM....
[of course; you and all are welcome to visit...]
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coffee's ready. and about time too. here's a big cup for you mr mair. and i assume this "worlds best grandad" mug is yours Treebeard. that'll get you growninig.
there'll be chocolate pain and cross aunts aplenty once i get to the boulangerie.
but first to a meeting... :o(
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can you tell it's afore 7..? i did of course mean growing. groaning optional.
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.... and a large pitcher of freshly squeezed orange juice (or, for Amanda, orangutans) on the Bar.
Eddie, they don't call you the Party King for nothing, do they? ;o)
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I love a good groan Little Red! It's either that or screaming.
Isn't Eric doing Any Questions tonight? You'd better get your skates on old fruit!
;o) []
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Eddie, while in Margate, would you give my regards to the Winter Gardens?
I spent a number years of my early childhood living in the outskirts of Margate near the Royal Sea Bathing Hospital. I remember well seeing patients in their beds outside as part of their 'cure'. It has now been converted into apartments, I believe. Beautiful beaches, depressed economy.
Will Tracy Emin be on tonight's panel?
I hope the programme goes well for you.
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Morning Froggers, Peeps, Frogging Peeps and Peeps-a-Frogging........and you!
Glass of orange juice please and crossaunt when they appear.
busy busy busy on the IT Helldesk lately...what is it with users thing I am just here for there every need!
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I will be looking for a cure, yes.... ;o)
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I'm surprised the beach isn't flooded. Nice cafetiere of Taylors best on the way.
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A Prairie Oyster and a couple of aspirins coming up for Mr. Mair. Just lie back and think of James Bond, Eddie.
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12 Big Sis
Maybe we could rebuild the sea bathing hospital here on the beach - much better than a couple of aspirin.
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Fine by me lucien! though I doubt we could match the fine architecture of the original.
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Ahh, but that's the beauty of the beach ... we can have the finest architecture imaginable.
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If I'd known the Beach was open at 5 45 this morning I would have called in! After I'd been down the garden in my dressing gown to investigate why one of the hens was clucking loudly enough to wake the entire neighbourhood. For no reason, as it turned out (unless it was indeed just to wake the entire neighbourhood.)All the other hens were still asleep upstairs. Maybe this one thinks she's a rooster? She has the most enormous comb, looks a bit like Feathers McGraw. AND she's the one who escaped the other day. Luckily we got her back before next-door's dog ate her.
Anyway, enjoy your exotic fruit joices etc for breakfast. I might just manage a boiled egg...
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I'm not sure, lucien, that Regency suits the Beach, though. But .... on reflection, we oculd always build it a couple of bays away from the Nick Clarke Bar, in fact, now you come to mention it, I rather fancy a Regency bay .... We could have the Royal Pavilion, the Royal Seabathing Hospital, a Royal Crescent, and all manner of Georgian and Regency delights. Okay, Lucien, I'm up for it - and I guess we can give the bay an appropriate name - Regency Bay, perhaps (though some might prefer Pseuds Bay, I guess ;o))
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16 annasee
Best not to come to the beach before 6am if you can't keep your hens under control.
I've just put a couple of frozen Iceland cheeseburgers-in-a-bun into the microwave ... anyone fancy one?
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Too busy drafting plans for the new Bay, lucien. But thanks for the offer.
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17 BigSis
Let's start work on the contruction, I've got my bucket and spade at the ready.
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As I think we need to make the construction carbon neutral, or as near as possible, I'm debating whether we should use lime or concrete to give it more strength, Lucien. Of course, here on the Beach, such issues really don't have much relevance, do they?
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Go with lime ... it's more tasteful.
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Thanks goodness for a new Beach ... yesterday got too much for me and I had to retire, hors de combat.
[pauses while mods decide whether to leave THAT in!]
In fact... with all that construction work going on at Pseuds' Bay (I like it!!) I may just take a short nap in the purple hammock until I feel up to a cuppa. Wake me if anyone's making some geralds, will you?
zzzzzzzzzzzz...........zzzzzzzzzzzzz............zzzzzzzzz......
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Hm, all this hodcarrying is hard work. Still, Rome wasn't built in a day (though Pseud's Bay may well be).
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Hi Fifi!
Best to wear some earplugs in case annasee shows up with her hen.
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too late for the bready produce now, so i bought upo a bunch of delicate fat rich pastries instead. the mille fuille are deliciously custardy, and the chocolate tartes are beautifully bitter. doubt i'll have room for lunch now...
*gorge gorge scoff scoff*
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21 Bigsis,
Would you like a hand? I've got a wheelbarrow we could use.
I can't help but think that the beach needs a greasy spoon caff. Tartes and mille fuille (whatever they are) are fine in their place but they're hardly appropriate to a construction site.
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Lucien (or should I call you Lucy?) I'm not into millefeuille and pastries - too sweet for me! Perhaps we could persuade one of those roadside mobile cafes to set up here for the day? Then they can disappear without a trace when the hard work is done.
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28 BigSis
Call me Barbara.
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What's all that commotion?
*trips over hammer*
Good heavens! A new pavilion with spectacular sea views. Lovely.
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BarbarbarBarbara Ann .... Time for a(nother) song, perhaps?
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Lady Sue: I left a link for you last night relating to your query about chickens.
What is it with chickens, btw? Annasee too is beating on about them ....
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We all live in a yellow submarine,
a yellow submarine,
a yellow submarine ....
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One night Annasee,
Was takin' the air,
Locked up the barnyard
With the greatest of care
Down in the henhouse
Somethin' stirred
When she shouted "Who's there?"
This is what she heard:
There ain't nobody here but us chickens
There ain't nobody here at all
So calm yourself,
And stop your fuss
There ain't nobody here but us
We chickens tryin' to sleep,
And you butt in
And hobble, hobble hobble hobble
With your chin
There ain't nobody here but us chickens
There ain't nobody here at all
You're stompin' around
And shakin' the ground,
You're kickin' up an awful dust
We chicken's tryin' to sleep
And you butt in
And hobble, hobble hobble hobble
It's a sin
Tomorrow
Is a busy day
We got things to do
We got eggs to lay
We got ground to dig
And worms to scratch
It takes a lot of settin'
Gettin' chicks to hatch
There ain't nobody here but us chickens
There ain't nobody here at all
So quiet yourself,
And stop your fuss
There ain't nobody here but us
Kindly point that gun,
The other way
And hobble, hobble hobble off and
Hit the hay
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Green and growing (at least horizontally), thanks, Li'l Red!
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Big Sis - yes! Only just clicked on your link (or should that be "clucked"), thankyou.
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Hydraulic Lime was good enough for the Romans, but they did have more than a day....
And isn't "Barbara" related to Barbarian? And please don't mention submarines.
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34 BigSis
Beautiful lyrics ... could you hum the tune for us?
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More than happy to oblige - though Phil Harris did it so much better
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Crikey! What a lot of activity!
I saunter in and find a brand new Regency-style pavilion under construction, vocal hens making the occasional appearance from behind the dunes, and Bis Sis taking a break to sing!
At least the remaining invaders from last week's Beach haven't arrived (yet), so we've still got this one to ourselves (for the time being).
Meanwhile, I think my work team are very weak-willed in the stomach department. An early riser sent a circular email at 7:45am this morning announcing he'd brought in 3 packs of flapjack bits, then someone else sent another at 8:20 to ask if anyone was interested in visiting the pub at lunchtime, and attached a pub grub menu so we could pre-order food...
(Bear in mind the majority of the team arrive at varying intervals between 8 and 10am - the wonders of flexitime!)
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Hi Mittfh!
Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!
Suicide mission?
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And I must learn to proof read before clicking [Post Comment]. Flapjack bits? I meant flapjack bites - one pack of plain (butter), one pack coated with caramel (currently the least full, so presumably the most popular!), and the third coated in chocolate. Oh, and a pack of mini gingerbread people.
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Go easy on the flapjacks mittfh, someone was trying to get them banned recently on health grounds - all that fat and sugar!
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Big Sis (34) : I do like a little bit of Louis in the morning.
Oh heck... it's the afternoon now.
Time I was getting a shimmy on. Lots to do today, some of it in the town known in this household as Pborough.
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mittfh, I'm not taking any breaks! I'm singing to keep my spirits up while I continue my construction work.
The Pavilion is nearly finished, though the Seabathing Hospital is taking a little longer. It's all the swimming pools...
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Big Sis (can I call you sissy?) ... make sure to fill one of them with Bollinger.
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I wonder if Eddie will do a train blog en route to Margate?
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47 jonnie
I think he's cycling there.
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I was always amused by the very idea of seaside swimming pools.....
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Yes, Treebeard, I agree, but the rationale in the case of the hospital is to ensure bathing no matter what the weather (or, in the case of the Beach, tidal status).
Bollinger? Wouldn't that make it look a bit like a Brazilian shower?
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50 BigSis
Now that would be taking the p***
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How about this?
And, from an underwater source, another variant
;-)
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Jonnie, Re Flooded Beaches
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8189048.stm
okay Lindisfarne causeway not quite a beach.
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A good weekend to all!
Who want to join me baking some bread to the Fayat (France) people?
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I'll gather the firewood, Guima! We can get the oven really hot, and cook pizzas, and then use the residual heat to bake the main bread, followed by cakes, scones, etc., as is traditional.
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Right that 400 kilos of Uranium 235 at the end of the beach and 400 kilos of Carbon at that end of the beach so if I stand just.....about here…… I should be carbon neutral.
Oh look, a glowing Camel!
8:-)
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I'm getting a sinking feeling......
Glug, glug, glug......
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What are you sinking about, Ed?
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Has someone sunk Ed?
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Never mind, DIY. Each life, however brief, is yet worth the living.
A message from the ether:
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Well... Ed may have fallen into the sea-water pool before Big Sis had finished it or ... the mods have been active, possibly doing a bit of population control.
Many people blog using assumed names (not me!) which is fine and sensible, but multiple identities are confusing to others and can clutter the blog - let's all stick to just one name!
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But if we all stick to one name ... how will we know who we are?
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Sid 62
Well I know who I am, but to make a pointless clarification ... let's all stick to just one name each.
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* "Your nickname may also be failed if you open new account when your older account has already been banned or premoderated"
Perhaps that's why mac has also apparently disappeared...
I think he was getting on for about two dozen banned accounts the last time I checked (from mac to ThinkerRetired via pmLeader, SentInTheClowns, TRWTheRealWorld and at least a dozen others)...
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I wonder why EdI doesn't want to be EdI, is he trying to hide something under his kilt?
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Afternoon all!
What's been going 'ere then? I tell you, you don't come round for bit and suddenly the U-boats are attacking, there's an outbreak of Jacks and somebody's gone an built a hospital, some swimming pools and a bloody great pavilion on the beach!?!?
Oh... I forgot, change is a GOOD thing ;-)
Anyhoo I could murder a ham susan gerald - any takers?
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"'Curiouser and curiouser,' said Alice"
And now today's Glass Box comments appear to have gone AWOL...(for the time being, at least! No doubt they'll be back up by the time you read this...)
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Lucien, "Many people blog using assumed names (not me!) which is fine and sensible, but multiple identities are confusing to others and can clutter the blog"If you don't mind, I'll take the entire sentence in the spirit of unspun truth as evidenced in its first clause.
Shirley, we can't be doing with confusion and clutter!
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It is also a possibility that even "real" names have been torpedoed by those in receipt of £46.5 x 10^6 of our license coins.
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mittfh - nope still a 404
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TEIC 70, Still 404, but it has five posts. The first was mine...
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Okay, guys, Pseud's Bay is ready for an official opening.
Marvel, if you will, at the fine Regency crescent on the headland, with several equally lovely squares below. To one side, the Beach Bathing Hospital, modelled on that in Margate, while to the other side is a Regency theatre, all in readiness for a visit by ISIHAC and other delights. And the centrepiece? Why, isn't that the Royal Pavilion? If it isn't, it's pretty d*d like it!
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TWIC 70, If you click on my name, you can read it.
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BS 72, No smoking on the beach! Specially funny stuff.
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72 Big Sis,
It's wonderful, and you're so much more efficient than the Romans ever were. Margate must be a very beautiful place.
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68 Vulcanthebold etc.
Do you agree with my basic point that each blogger should use just one moniker?
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Anna see on you're gender confused chicken.
I got one as well.
I know it's a female cause the mother told me. but it crows and struts like a rooster.
Lucky for me the No rooster police believed me when I explained it just looks like and crows like a rooster.
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ld 76, I agree. But occasionally, a blogger gets banned and has to change his/her name.
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74 spoil sport.
How come the oldies always got to ruin everyone's fun.
Sorry folks but you mention Jacks and Frogs so it might be time for a "jacksfrog"
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_2&listing_id=17037572
Vulcan should appreciate the work.
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Lucien 76,
As a general rule, one (at a time) is probably a good idea, but I see little need for voluntarily setting (or accepting) arbitrarily fun-spoiling rules. There is quite enough of that on involuntary offer from our well-paid guardians.
I don't swear much in cyberspace, don't severely assault folk, don't easily take offence, and try not to give same. I suspect you follow similar rules yourself, but I'm worried that you'd suggest actively discouraging masked balls, especially on this beach. You surprise me.
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80 vtb
I've no objection to nick-names whatsoever - just just people using more than one identity in the same conversation.
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please excuse the typo in 81 - second part should've read 'just to people using more than one identity in the same conversation.'
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Why? If you want to know exactly where you stand, and all the facts of every interaction, you should stick to the City, or on reflection, perhaps not the City, maybe Parliament, or the BBC, or, the family dinner table.
hard to know anything for sure in these complicated times, but that's half the fun, and certainly on a self-organising cyber-beach. Only God makes the rules, and my impression is that she prefers a few, very simple ones.
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Or the average
political party?
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Vulcan, hope grand bairn doing well.
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Eddie's on!
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Eddie -
On Margate sands
I can connect
Nothing with nothing
(Toilets [anag])
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Actually, 'I made no comment. What should I resent?' might be a useful motto sometimes on the Frog; but I make no comment, me.
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Since when has this nasty new blog started calling me 'you' instead of Frances O? (btw, the name I've had since Day One of the Beach, except when I had to go under the rather transparent alias of Frances_O)
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You a
You're only Frances when you isn't 'signed in'
When you is signed in, you is only you.
;-)
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#84.vulcanthebold
The very average political parties. The mean political parties.
Parliament is for the constituents representatives. The parties should become lobby groups, and allowed to preesent their ideas and ideologies to the elected representatives from time to time.
Speaking of independents, Craig Murray is guest on George Galloway/talksport in a few minutes.
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Happylaze
Take a look at Marcus User Profile over last 24 hours. :-)
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Frances I Agree. This you stuff is annoying. Can't find my posts as easily now I get shown as you. I'm now you. But, at least, to me you are still you :-)
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Richard,
He's a poor thing, isn't he?
Wales has got his number.
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#94. vulcanthebold
Thanks to your reference about Zimbabwe.
Those posts today are so funny.
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I can see that a discussion group has descended on the Beach, outcasts apparently due to the demise of two other Beeb blogs. Some of you may already know that there is a thread dedicated to free discussion on Eddie's Blog, but you may have lost your way to it. The most recent version of The Furrowed Brow (for that is its name) can be found here.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/pm/2008/11/the_furrowed_brow_72.shtml
You could always ask Eddie to set up a new Brow for you? It would give you the dedicated space you seem to need, while not spoiling the fun, or the purpose, of the Beach. Whatever that may be ;o)
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"The off topic place for froggers and peeps to be frivolous, have fun or just to chill out."
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"...or semi organised beach games and activities there is always something to watch or join in with, so why not come and join us?"
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Elder Sibling,
You're not implying that I'm too serious, Shirley?
That's serious.
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A treat!
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Goodness - 100 comments made in less than 24 hours!
There's a lovely full moon in the distance bouncing off the waves and lighting up the beach. I'm off for a pre-dawn stroll.
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Morning Peeps.
I have got a Full English on the go.
Griled bacon, sausages, kippers and tomatoes.
With fried, scrambled, poached and boiled eggs.
Mushrooms and beans.
Toast in the perfect shade of brown.
Tea
Coffee
Chilled fruit juices.
Preserves.
And crossaunts.
Those looking for the Full Monty will find it at the top of the Naughty Steps.
Mrs DiY celebrates her 34th 21st Birthday today so I am duty slave!
:-)
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A Revel!
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Or some Jellytots?
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Cold pizza slices for all!
It's been in the fridge overnight so it should be fine, the anchovies have gone a bit slimey though.
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Elder Sibling,
I very much appreciate your architectural virtualities and the spirit of the (virtually) self-organising creature called "Beach". In fact I am intimately acquainted with at least one or two who were there at its inception on the legendary Day One.
There was also a time when serious discussion happened on the mainstream parts of this blog.
It's a matter of record
A long road of over 6775 footsteps.... , snuffed out by a self-appointed Czar Nicholas, witness the host of comment corpses
Adieu, until wee meet again
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Happy Birthday to Mrs DI!
btw, Tony Archer's wife* insisted he needed some new swimming trunks as his old speedos were, well, old-looking. Pat brought back some which were 'more fashionable' and wouldn't make 'small children... avert their eyes'.
'The Archers'. Not Real Life
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I will be staying away from the Beach this weekend. No, it's nothing you've said... exactly... only I have this little problem you see.
In RL at the moment, whenever I eat anything, I have to make what could best be described as a 'mad dash' shortly thereafter. (If I finish the book I've got in there before this bug passes, I'll be really cross!)
And we all know that Beach food is the best, so... bye for now folks!
:o(
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Sorry to hear that Fifi.
You could always get a laptop for the loo and check-in at Big Sis's sea bathing hospital (just make sure you don't swallow the water).
Get well soon!
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Thanks Lucien. I....... oh no!
* last seen heading for the hills (or is it the heads?) *
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Fifi I've got Tesburysons to deliver a waggon load of loo roll to the other side of the dunes
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So I'm sitting here, gazing at the shores ... what shores, did I hear you say? Very kind, I'll have a large g&t.
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Feefles, "If I finish the book I've got in there"...?
You've eaten a book? No wonder...
'Readers' Digest' is not meant to be taken (ahem) literally.
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It's known as a "code brown" in the old-folks facilities, Fi.
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SamPling the Belgian grand cru with added cherry flavour. Tastes like a nice strong beer.
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Code brown, CODE brown...
code brown!
Get Well Soon Feefs!
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Ah! Here comes Fifi! Oh no ... my mistake, she's gone again ...
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Bold Vulcan: I know who you are, and you know that I salute you. I didn't meant to offend, and hope I didn't - the suggestion was intended helpfully. Too much seriousness on the Beach can lead to sand being kicked in the eyes. But not, I hasten to add, by me. ;o)
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Coffee on. Bacon grilling. Kids fighting. Morning all!
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Mmmmm, nothing like the smell of coffee and bacon. Thanks Stewart.
Suggest you direct the children to the child friendly sand dune where they can avail of camel rides - that might amuse them for a little while.
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Sibling,
I salute you right back!
Now for a bacon and sausage feast!
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Morning all!
Salutes all round... and a slainte for Ed.
Sausageandbaconfest has been declared.
I'll add a plethora of potato bread for any takers.
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Beautiful day in RL, I'm setting the badminton net up next to the pavilion if anyone fancies a game.
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After a restless night, courtesy of the mad collie, a spell in the seabathing hospital might suit me today. I'll get one of the nurses to wheel a bed outside for me ...
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124 BigSis
I've got it for you ... I'll be nurse, you be sister.
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Lucien, how very kind! Ahhh - crisp, cool sheets, just what I need ...zzzzzzzzzz....
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Nurse! Over here when you're ready ...
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... please!
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Potty Potter?
Mine's a Liffey!
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"No man who has faced the Liffey can be appalled by the dirt of another river."
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Vulcan, This stuff that hairy Porter drinks is Butterbeer, Nowhere in any of the books does it mention alcohol. An American overly zealous response perhaps? They will be telling us the the films are fictitious next and wizards don't exist.
I'll share a Liffey though.
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Morning Peeps.
Good news......I am on holiday this week.
Bad News....I will be painting, decorating and plumbing.
Anyhoo, tea, coffee and crossaunts are ready at NC's.
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Thanks DIY. I'll have a pint of coffee and two croissants, please, with apricot jam. And butter.
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Make mine tea and a crossaunt please, DIY. Plans for the morning reformulated since (surprise, surprise) it's now raining again. Might just curl up in front of a hot keyboard while waiting for the plumber to restore normality to the hot water.
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Morning All. Crikey Monday already?
Does anyone know an effective hangover cure?
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135 TWIC. Yep..........don't drink!
:-)
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135/136
... or don't stop drinking.
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@135 - apparently slamming your left hand fingers in the car door effectively removes all worries about the hangover...
I am assuming that this cure works if you do it yourself - I have only ever had it done unto me!!
coffee anyone?!
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Thanks everybody I feel much better now ;-)
NN yes please.
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Cake for all! (And probably everyone will get a piece with a candle on, even the camels.)
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And as the echoes of the noon day gun ripple out over the Beach we can look forward to bacon and sausage geralds at NC's.....bring your own sauces and relishes!
:-D
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SSCat - does that mean 'Happy Birthdays' are in order? If so - many of them.
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Where did that noon-day gnu come from?
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SSC - I'm going to stick my neck out and wish you a Very Happy Birthday ;o)
Tell you what...I'll even blow up some balloons
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Thanks for the cake - I'll have a sausage gerald please, DIWyman, and make my coffee iced please, nikki.
Perfect ;o)
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Bacon gerald please DIY, extra crispy.
SSC Happy Bday (if indeed that is the case).
136/7/8 Tried all your "cures" I now have a broken hand but I'm drunk so i don't care.
Sorted ;-)
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SSC happy birthday, and extra cream for you today!
TWIC there, there.
I have a new variant on the geralds: I've bought some of those clever little pockets that turn a sandwich into a toastie, via the toaster! They work surprisingly well but I am now looking for ideas for fillings.
I'll set up a production line in the NC bar, if you'll just leave your orders there please...
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Happy Bathday SSC!
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Happy Purr-day, Cat.
H.
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Cat have a good day.
Fifi, how about Bolognase in your toastie? or any baked potato filling? I'll get the fire brigade on standby, not only to make the bread, but also to put out the inevitable electrical appliance fire we will soon have.
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Hmm, Stewart, interesting ideas. I can see the bolognese soaking through the bread ... but what if I sandwich it between a layer of cheese either side of the sauce?
Yummmmmmmm.
Next??
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Thanks all! I am now officially Old.
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ooooh another birthay on the beach?!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAT!!!!
Live long and prosper, as they say!
and let's bring out the bubbly:!!
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152 Stainless Steel Cat
Does that mean you're rusting?
(don't worry ... no-one ages on the beach)
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Happy Birthday, Cat!
Though you're wrong about dogs .... ;o)
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Besides which, you're only a day older than you were yesterday - not a whole year.
Also, birthday's are nature's way of reminding you, if you haven't thrown a party already this year, to get on with it and organise one now!
We already have the balloons and cake. I am stockpiling home made salsa to take to my favourite festival at the end of the month, and can divert a vat or two of that ... plus some toasties of course.
Jonnie, have you still got that Twister game? That might be fun!
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Lucien (154):
I certainly feel rusty today. Hopefully by tomorrow I'll be more used to being (prime number).
By the way, would I have to go to the naughty dune if I said I really liked Gillianian's balloons?
(hur hur)
((Hey, I can now get away with being a dirty old man! Age-wise anyway.))
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Just thrown the twister dice. It says RED and right buttock.
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157 SSC
I hit a significant past-my-prime number last year ... you get used to it.
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Stewart M (158):
The dice is right, but how did it know?
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SSC(160) I'm glad you like my balloons - personally I think they're a bit small, bit I guess like me you're of an age to be wearing magnifying glasses?!
This is lovely bubbly, nikki - look at the fizz!
*o#s%@z#*
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For all the ancient ones on the beach, quote from Groucho Marx. "You're only as old as the woman you feel"
My good lady's older than me..........
Happy birthday anyway.
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Here's Bara Brith and Welsh Cakes for all, and there's an urn of tea on the bar. I've brought SSC a doughnut cushion to sit on.
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Stainless steel cat
Skitty skip bob bin laden says "happy Birthday"
yellow cake for me
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Godot (164):
At last! Here's all the stuff we've been weighing for you... -->
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Godot(164) SSC(166) Thank goodness - that's a wait off my shoulders!
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Godot (168):
We've decided to get you a personal assistant so you're not constantly tied up with work and late for appointments. She's come all the way from China specially... meet Wai Ting.
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135. WRATH!
It's a bit too late in the day, but here is a 100% genuine hangover cure which always works. You can do yourself a favour and remember it for later.
The most important component of your hangover symptoms is dehydration (alcohol has that effect on the system). You will have been told to drink pints and pints of water before going to bed, and it's good, but you may not remember or want to.
So here comes the cure. In the morning, take a large glass of warm water (or a really big mug) and add one level teaspoon salt and one heaped teaspoon sugar. Stir to dissolve. Drink in sips (it will not be unpleasant). Give it 20 minutes. Live again. I still pray for the woman who gave me this knowledge.
This mixture is what they use in refugee camps in Africa to rehydrate children suffering from dehydration through lack of water or cholera. Salt stops you losing water from your tissues, sugar has a similar, but milder effect, and makes the mixture more palatable.
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I see birthday wishes are in order. Dear Cat, I hope it is only the first of your nine lives you are going through!
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Happy Birthday, old cat. It's not so bad being ... whatever the word is.
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Mmmmmmph...Scrumpy...thud......crashshhhhhh.....NC'ssshhhh..ENJOY!
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CG 170 - Interesting. I think I shall try that on the next occasion.
Many thanks.
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SSC - at risk of being mod ed
LÃ breith sona dhuibh! Happy birthday!
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Again, thanks all for yesterday's good wishes. Today I'm off for the departmental barbecue (taking sandwiches!) Let's hope the rain more-or-less holds off. Can I send it to The Beach instead? ;o)
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Bad news for some of us ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/aug/10/alton-towers-speedo-ban
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Sid (178):
That's OK, i never wear Alton Towers Speedos; they ride up something terrible.
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Cat - is that what they mean when they talk about the scary 'Alton Tower rides'?
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'Departmental barbecue', Cat? Surely that's anathema to the shiny feline!
Now, where did I set down that sausage gerald....?
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BBQed sandwiches. Sounds like an upgrade to fifi's sandwich toaster.
Coffee time. I'll do a costbucks trip for those quad latte's.
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You've reminded me, Stewart: must re-stock our bass player's stash of decaff teabags. I get through 2 pots of the stuff every time we rehearse over there!
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Fifi its decaff which means that you need to drink twice as much for half the hit. Shove a real t bag in and see if he notices. (assuming bass player male there. I shouldn't do that)
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Sorry Stewart (184) ... the decaff's for me. Normal tea makes me feel queasy, ever since I gave up having milk in it. The bass player (yes, a he!) has gone as far as rooting out and scrubbing clean a teapot for my use, and I'm such a prolific tea-jenny that it takes 2 potsful before I stop grumbling about how thirsty I am!
Meanwhile he'll be on either strong coffee or beer...
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The sun's out ... could it be that summer has returned to RL?
* immediately packs up laptop and heads for the Summer Branch Office *
Yippeeeeeee!
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Mmmm, barbecued sausage geralds, lovely. Just what I need.
Sorry not to be around for a few days, had a very busy weekend.
Tea?
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Oooh yes please Wonko. I've just had a very stressful meeting with the cemetery contractor, during which I struggled not to rip his arrogant patronising lying little head off his slopey teflon shoulders!
Cuppa tea would slip down rather nice, thanks. ;o)
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Belated extra strength ultra calming tea for Feefs on the bar at Nick's, with a couple of sponge fingers on the side to raise in an appropriate salute in the general direction of said flunky.
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oi don't believe it oi just been chucked out of Halton Towers for wearing mit Sprout Speedos!
Anyhoo.. tag-u-telly for dinner, and there is plenty to go round!
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Fifi (181):
It is, and it was. "Washout" is the amazingly apt word for today.
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Did you see about that woman who threw a mug at the Mona Lisa ... and in the Guardian it has this:
"In 1914, the militant suffragette Mary Richardson attacked Velázquez's Rokeby Venus in London's National Gallery as a protest against the arrest of her fellow suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst.
"She entered the gallery and slashed the painting with "a small hatchet that had been concealed in her muff," according to the New York Times, which reported the incident the following day."
Well, I never ...
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Sid, I am sure the double entendre was not intended in 1914. But then again, Is that not how you smuggle mobile phones into prisons?
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Morning all!
Tea, coffee, toast and crossaunts are ready at NC's.
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Thanks DIY!
And Stewart - no, that is NOT how I smuggle mobile phones into prison ...
[Go on, someone, refer this for promoting illegal activity]
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Morning all "you"s.
Scrambled eggs bacon and toast for breakfast today... YUM!
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So Sid, just how do YOU smuggle mobile phones into prison?....
;-)
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Sid, my muff is doubling up as a coffee cup warmer this morning.
My mobile phone is in my coat pocket. My i(music player) with a touch screen is in my shirt pocket. It has a useful app on it.
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SM 198, Do you go diving in your muff?
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Lunchtime!! I can offer home-made minestrone soup....has anyone baked any bread today?
I came across a new (to me) postal scam yesterday - my aged mother has been propostioned! Someone with our unusual surname died intestate and without kin in Singapore, apparently, leaving a huge sum of money. If my mother pretends to be related, she'll receive 30% of the takings - a sum of about £3 million.
Who'm I gonna call? Scam-busters!
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oooh Gillian that sounds good - I have some freshly baked rolls this morning!!!
And, if anybody comes across any relative of Noodle with a large fortune, I will gladly let you have all my bank details; £3 million would just come in handy about now, as I need to pop out and get some spam, mushy peas and tinned new potatoes for tea....
Nikki Noodle
xx
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I can offer freshly made raspberry jam to have on the bread for 'afters'.
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WIC (196) how very scouse you are today!
Hello all, I'm just back from nearly 3 weeks away in (ahem!) sunny Cornwall. Well, the sun did come out a bit towards the end of the Festival but several unfortunate campers were almost washed away in the first week.
Have I missed anything? St Kew biscuits on the bar with a barrel or 'Proper Job' (say it in a rich carrnnnishh accent) for later. GMx
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GM: If you're going to put rival beers at the bar, I think I will have to steer clear until it is all gone.
If anyone would prefer Doombar, or any others from that stable, I shall have them put on tap in the Pavilion in Pseud's Bay.
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Gillianian I had one of them come to work last year. Dear Mr Fraser it was written to. Mr Fraser, if still alive, would be about 170!!
To send a next to no cost e mail is one thing but to go to the expense of paper and stamp seems strange. I suppose to target vulnerable older folk without e- mail.
And I am Happy to share big sis's tap.
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minestrone soup...Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm..
raspberry jam.....Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm....
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stop me if I is dribbling!
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innit!
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Anyone wanting to hear Evan Davis being a little bit naughty this morning, Listen Again to the Today programme, about 54.30 seconds into the programme. ;o)
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Belated Happy Birthday Wishes SSC!
Quick dash along the beach with Fido on the way to the Run......
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Big Sis - I have certainly done my duty to the old Doom Bar over the last 3 weeks including bringing some home! Surely the odd guest beer (also from a local brewery) is not unwelcome? And asking for it at the bar can be vaguely amusing.......
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GM: I don't think my SO would agree ;o) - But let's put up some Chalky's Bite as well, shall we?
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Went out for a Balti with some friends the other night and took some King Cobra beer to go with it. Felt a bit squiffy after a couple of cans only to find that it comes out at 8%. It really does what it says on the tin!!
Despite the fact that it's all cloudy and 'orrible here, the sun must be over the yard arm somewhere. G & T o'clock methinks.
Can I have a raspberry jam Arnold with peanut butter please.
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Minnestrone Jam, mmmmmmmmmmmm
Raspberry soup, mmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Today and yesterday in RL have been unmitigated disasters. The website I work on is acting up and the technical support people are ignoring my pleas for help. The Court appearance I attended this morning to offer moral support didn't go well. And now tonight's amplified rehearsal (we have a fundraiser gig at an RAF base in a week's time) has been called off at short notice. There's nothing on the telly and my SO is out at 'bellringing practice'.
Does anyone have suggestions for how I should pass my time this evening? I do have to maintain a certain decorum, as parish councillors unlike MPs are required to sign up to a legally binding Code of Conduct, but otherwise I'm game for just about anything.
Skinny dipping in Rutland Water sprang momentarily to mind...
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Fifi, you could always ask Alan Duncan to join you - ?
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Whoops!
;oP
I guess the mods have figured out Fifi Rhyming Slang then!
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Newx just in from the East Midlands....Mermaid spotted swimming in Rutland Water. An Anglan Water spokesperson says it is not the first time this has heppened. It usually coincides with bell ringing practice in the nearby village of.....
;-)
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What the x is goinx on?
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Just spotted on El Reg:
Alton Towers, the UK's biggest tourist attraction, has balked at the corrupting spectacle of men in skimpy swimming trunks, and has threatened offenders with compulsory bikini line waxing.
The Staffs-based theme park has slapped a ban on Speedos and similar garments at its water park, in a bid to maintain its "family friendly atmosphere."
Now, who do we know that's a Speedo affectionardo? :)
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mittfh - you must have missed my 178 ...
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Can I, very quietly, raise a glass to Tibor Barna?
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Morning peeps.
Grilled bacon geralds and coffee available at NC's.
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Did any other froggers watch Who do you think you are? last night? I was in tears. But I was also hugely impressed at the way Kim Cattrall handled such a difficult topic. I won't spoil it for anyone who didn't see the programme, but would urge watching it on the iplayer if you didn't.
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Big Sister(223) I watched it too - it was excellent, and took a completely different tack to the usual content of the series. I liked Kim Cattrall's comments about the women she met on her quest!!
Thanks for the bacon gerald, DIWyman...I'm having mine with brown sauce, and I've made a pot of builders' tea.
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I was watching the footie, Big Sister - I was in tears too.
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Compulsive viewing, Big Sister, and a lesson to anyone who thinks they now live in poverty.
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Died in Australia, didn't he?
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Morning All!!
lovely day here, beach combing going on round the dunes, am going to see what i can come up with....
n-n
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Was I the only bloke watching "who do you think you are"?
It was excellent. The change from delving into dim and distant past and concentrating on one man from two generations ago was very interesting.
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Sorry David, Missed your post. yes it was Australia.
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Stewart M re WDYTYA....I agree. A good example of an excellent prog from Aunty Beeb.
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Seems like we're all agreed then. A truly compelling programme.
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In Japan, where they took my fingerprints on entry.
They keep them apparently.
Copped a typhoon. On of its spill over effects was to turn the tide lethally on swimmers a mile out from the Beach where we were bathing.
And a small earthquake in Tokyo. It bounced Beyonce as well. It was between 5 and 5.15 in the morning. Being in bed was like being in the back of an old fashioned lorry going at high speed round steep serpentine bends.
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TR (233) you were in bed with Beyonce??
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The earth really moved for us.
She phoned her mum right afterwords.
My comfort woman was stirred and shaken.
Beyonce's sister, here with her, was not put out at all.
On the Beach mouth to mouth saved one.
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well, after nearly all afternoon, I have come up with 'this'....
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What, Nikki?
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nikki, I found this one - do you think it's the other half of yours?
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ooooh, could be, Anne P!!! yours has those same marks and squiggles as mine - let's see if they fit
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but that would be 'these', wouldn't it? I mean, they?
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SM 230, Way to go, giving away the ending. Some people...
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nikki, I tell you what, if we fit them together like this......ta da! You see what I mean.
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Oh my....
What is thatthemthistheythose....
Crikey
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Sh*t!
I just watched the Have I Got News for you hosted by Brian Blessed, think it was about a year ago, Alan Duncan I thought was quite entertaining. Or at least laughed at...
But that Brian Blessed...
I laughed so hard I couldn't breathe, should be on the iplayer now if anyone hasn't seen it. Classic.
Ah, here it is. check this out!
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Followed that link, wrath, to find that widoze vasta (that did an update at teatime) has lost my audio drivers. To see Brian Blessed without sound is probaly funnier!!
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Lose 'widoze vasta' audio and you won't hear the fat lady sing.
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Stewart M - bloody windoze eh.
Still at the time they probably heard him in islamabad.
Try it when you find your drivers it's definitely worth watching.
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Anyone care to join me here? I'm blowing up balloons as fast as I can but I really need Gillian's deft touch with the bunting and ValP to make a cake.... so much to do!
;o)
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Ah - you're on this beach! I'll give you a hand with those - you know how I like a good blow!
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Bunting - @~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@
Fairy lights - #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*
That's better - thanks, Fifi - Happy Birthday, Blog!!
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Yay, I'd forgotten we actually have a reason for a party... just wanted cheering up, really!
Love the bunting Gill - and Sid, take it easy mate, you'll get lightheaded if you keep that up!
Anyone fancy a bonfire? Where is Witchiwoman when you need kindling?
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Puff-pant - and here's the cake! Had to zip it together real quick before we reached the witching hour, but I hope it's up to AnneP's standards, cos it's her recipe as usual.
I've decorated with the obligatory Sm*rties, I think you'll be able to recognise the froggy shape?
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Party! Party! Just put IPA in a barrel so can we wait two weeks?
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Wait two weeks? Don't be silly. We'll have ANOTHER PARTY in 2 weeks, is what we'll do. Meanwhile we can chug this vat of my pal Dave's hastily-bottled homebrew (slight over-tightening of a plastic lid led to unscheduled early bottling apparently) to be going on with.
Where did this lovely cake come from? I just need to have 'this' red smartie to even it up ... oh no, now I'll need to have 'that' orange one to make it balance the other way ... oh no, now that green one's in the wrong place ...
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What ho!
I am not a happy Wonko. After several weeks staying with Mother-in-Law (long story, don't ask) I'm back home and resuming my usual commute. The journey from Mater in Legalis was between 30 and 40 mins shorter than my usual one, and I'd forgotten how much I hated it. On top of this I bashed my small toe and the one next to it last night on a box Mrs Wonko had thoughtfully left on the floor as part of a tidying up exercise. I was most restrained and only swore once - but it was a good one. And lastly a work colleague has returned today from a nice holiday and is looking horrifically healthy, relaxed and generally pleased with themselves.
Coffee. White. Two sugars please.
And another thing...
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