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Good Morning Eddie and the PM Staff...
Hello, welcome to the Beach and the warm water (and) all of the legal beverages that you want....
Also, Breakfast is going to be served shortly....
Also, Please, be polite and kind to each other at the PM Beach...
=Dennis Junior=
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Breakfast - perfect.
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morning Dennis. morning Eddie. I'll have a large coffee please. might grab an egg sarnie after that, seeing as it's Friday.
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Can I have black pudding , oh , and a ducks egg please?
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Morning Froggers, Peeps, Frogging Peeps and Peeps-a-Frogging.....and You!
Can I have a Sausage gerald with brown sauce and a coffe to go.
Today I will be celebtrating Hans Christian Ørsted's birthday with a current bun!
:-D
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What ho!
Lovely new Beach, lovely new breakfast.
;o) []
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Hello heartinthehighlands, pull up a dune, sit yourself down, have a cup of something and a bite of breakfast.
I might do some brunch later...
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Ah. A lovely, clean beach and a tasty beach breakfast. What more could a girl want? No, DIY, put those sprouts back in your speedos.
Could I have a cup of strong coffee please? I've brought a selection of sweet pastries to share . . .
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Morning Wonko and heartinthehighlands!
Can you put me down for a spot of brunch please. Bacon and scrambled eggs for 11ish would be brill.
Just off to collect the grandsons as they want to have a holiday with Mrs Diy and me. Will have to call in at Toys-R-.....on the way back as I think we need a kite or two!
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Keep the noise down, chaps - some of us are trying to sleep!
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It's a better Beach than the one you'll find at Rye, Eddie, though Camber Sands are rather nice.
Jug of freshly squeezed orange juice on the NC bar.
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Morning all and Happy Friday!!!
Lovely breakfast thanks severyone. Not been around much lately, RL getting in the way again!
For anyone who missed it on the old beach something to make you smile.
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Ah yes, Wrath, Bless! ;o)
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Anyone seen 'Have I Got News for You' recently?
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lucien - I didn't know you'd lost it, where did you see it last? I'll try looking under the cushions and down the back of the sofa at Nick's, you check around the sunloungers.
DIY - brunch order noted, any other requests? I'll get the frying pan and grill ready.
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I lost it far too long ago to remember where I last saw it.
On the subject of ...
Big Sis - what have they done with your lovely pavilion? Best send some cranes to the old beach.
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Yippee! I'm hoping to get to AQ's tonight in Rye. Soooooo excited !
Eddie- you'll love here, I'm sure.
Mxx
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lucien: In the world of the PM Blog, the Beach is always reincarnated intact. Pseuds Bay is still available this week. I went for a quick stroll around the Pavilion just a few minutes ago. ;o)
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l_d 15, Aren't they repeats?
W 6, Woddaya mean, lovely new beach? It's the same old one. Maybe I should send one...
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19 Big Sis
It's because I was on the wrong side of the horizon ... it's coming into view now.
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Ooooh, Molly - how exciting. Do make yourself known to Eddie - I'm sure he'd be delighted to see a frogger!!
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PerfectlyPerky (22)
If I'm feeling brave, maybe....oooh! er!....
mxx
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It is clearly one of those days when I shouldn't have got out of bed.
First the boiler has broken down, then the laptop spent an hour apparently downloading updates and refusing to do much else, now a certain social networking site has gone awol, and I read that the West Antanctic ice sheet is heading the same way.....
My turn in the purple hammock I think - wake me when the world is working again please.....
and now it seems the blog is broken too!
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well not quite broken, but it took four attempts to get it to accept the comment
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I know, I know, I'm late with brunch. Sorry RL got in the way, I wish it would leave me alone , life's so much simpler on the Beach...
Anyway, here's the scrambled eggs and bacon for DIY. And because I did far too much scrambled egg (as usual) I've done some toasted muffins for it to go on along with some smoked salmon and fresh black pepper. There are also sausages and more bacon and bread and a variety of sauces for making geralds.
And I've put a fresh pot of coffee and another of tea on.
;o) []
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Have you seen the date. Its halfway through August already and I have so much to do before year end and here I am wasting my time on a beach. Still cosy here ain't it. I think I'll relax and put off till tomorrow what needs doing.
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That's the spirit Looternite - never do today what will be someone else's problem tomorrow!
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Cheers Wonko, I wouldn't mind a chicken and bacon baguette if you have one available.
It's Mrs M's birthday to-day, so we're off to the Hippodrome in Brum to see "We will rock you". Any froggers seen this show?
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29 M
My mum saw it four times, she said she liked it.
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re: 30 lucien_desgai
My mum could see it as many times as she wants since she had her cataracts done on the NHS for free. Whoops wrong blog sorry.
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Sorry Mansaylo, I have neither chicken nor baguette...
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lucien (17), Big sister (19):
Yes, on the Beach everything that was, shall ever be.
Sometimes the camels move things around though. Do you really think Eddie's gone off to do AQ? Or has he just been buried up to the neck in a hidden dune? And what about Sequin? She hasn't been on air for... oh several hours now. I think she's been misplaced by the camels...
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Poor Anne ... there there ... have some sprouts to gnaw between whiskies as you slosh around in that hammock.
I'm off to collect my new Dame Ednas from t'optician in town. Bet you won't recognise me when I get back!
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EEK - another Friday? Don't mind if I do have some of that coffee thanks, another mountain to climb in RL - and also a whole heap of Festival type things to factor in. Could anyone arrange for me to have an extra couple of days next week please??
Molly, do be kind to Sir Edward de Mair, no heckling ;-)
Think I'll suggest to SO that he and cohorts go sailing off this beach this weekend, rather than off the West coast of Scotland, where the weather forecast is grim!
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Valery P,
For you:
For folk further North and West
;-)
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Molly, will you please be very nice to Eddie tonight, and pass on the best wishes of all the regulars? If he looks as though he'd tolerate it, a little kiss on the cheek from Big Sis? You can blame me and get all the pleasure ;o)
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New face/voice on pm tonight so be good everyone. That means you with those fancy glasses. Sort of looks like fifi but not with a set on bins as fashionable as that.
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I've already promised Eddie that I'll behave tonight, Stewart. As if I wouldn't.
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Afternoon all, just come for a quick cuppa and one of those geralds.
Flippin' eck its busy in RL today. Maybe Ill just lie on the sand for a bit while I eat my geral...
*snore*
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HitH (36):
Looking at the Strathclyde weather warning off that page, it says:
"widely 25 to 40 mm of rain accumulating through Friday, locally in excess of 50 mm, mainly over higher ground."
Isn't the point of higher ground that the rain doesn't accumulate, but runs off somewhere lower? Unless someone's transplanted Table Mountain to Bishopbriggs of course...
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HitH (42):
Millimeters! Of course... I thought that stood for "Moist Moments".
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Big Sister (36)
Phew! Gosh! I've come over all hammocky...
Move over you lot...I need a lie-down ...don't let me sleep too long...need to get my tutu out....nothing ostentatious you understand...
wake me up at seven..that should give me time...
And here's me, a married woman, all a-quivver....
mxx
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LOL....Who's that a-quivvering over there?
Anyhoo....Mrs Diy had to drag me kicking and screaming out of Toys-R...much to the amusement of Grandsons!
But I got a kite!
One of those aerofoil ones and crickey it is good fun, downside is my face is now a bit wind / sun burned from staring up at it!
Mind you, should be more fun tomorrow, there is a slight chance of thunderstorms!
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Kites are great fun. I spent a happy afternoon on a stag weekend on Wells next the seas' beach flying kites. One of our party was well prepared for the beach what with his leather brogues and blazer. A Stag weekend in Walsingham was a strange choice though!!
Currently have two framed stunt kites and a two stringed parafoil.
How big is grandchild? You could get him/her flying if wind strong enough!
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SM 46, A stag weekend at Walsingham Priory would be strange.
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I just sent a new photo for the Beach. Maybe it will appear next Friday.
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Re; #42 heartinthehighlands
I thought that we are only allowed to use English on these PM blogs. Can I start to use Anglo-Saxon now, I do know a few terms.
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heartinthehighlands
See you pa1, twelve pints isnae enuff tae get ye pished so dinnae act it now get aff yer erse ya auld weegie bampot and get us all a pint.
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What a great idea - kite flying on the beach! I've got one I bought at Washington (Tyne & Wear not USA) kite festival, in the shape of a big black crow. Flies really well in a decent breeze.
I also have a couple of snazzy boomerangs if anyone fancies a go... Humph knows about those, don't you H!
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Good luck Molly! Give Eric a big kiss from all of us admiring groupies...
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Hoots mon (54) ... Ah ha'e stuff tae marinade aheid o' Sunday's amplified rehearsal wi' BBQ, an' Ah spec's ma turn tae cook dunner (again) az weell.
Oi Jummy! Taste ma dandruff! Pick a windae - yer leavin'!!
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Thwack!!! Ow! Who threw that boomerang? I'm going to have to buzz you with my kite. Ah Cannae be fached to dee an accent!
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In the interests of research, and since I haven't subscribed to the Met Office site (I only wanted to see what they did with Welsh place names, honest) I typed 'western isles' into the BBC Weather search and was informed 'There are no forecasts in the UK matching [box]western isles'. Ditto for 'highlands'. Now either they are case-over-sensitive, or this is odd.
Glad to see this, though:
There are 3 forecasts in the UK matching 'wales':
Liverpool, Merseyside (near Wallasey)
London City, Greater London (near Woolwich)
Wells, Somerset
Well! (not in Somerset)
Nutty.
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What did you do on Hiroshima nad Nagasaki Days?
I was here in Japan and went to the Beach. Two died from drowning. Fewer dead than in 1945, thank goodness.
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Well, Molly, how was it for you?
Did you get your (our) kiss?
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Och Stewart, do ye no remember that there wiz a right kerfuffle when ye wiz papped ootae the pichurs fur havin a Tom Kite on tae balcony!
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my Molly looks a bit flushed....has she been 'Eddied'?
:-P
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Well, my friends....
You had better ask Eddie...
Mxx
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'In dreams I walk with you....'
mxx
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Molly, you simply cannot get away with that! If you don't want this to become public consumption, perhaps a quiet word with Fifi for onward transmission?
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Oooh Molly - do tell?
FranO - Met Office? I despair :-(
I've suggested to the sailor that they just stay moored in Troon and have a couple of boys' nights out instead. Boys will be boys though...
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I can see tonight will be restless....
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'Quiet word.....onward transmission'?!!!
I bet!
No. My lips are sealed. Enough to say that, yes, I was there.More than that I cannot and will not say.
Not here anyway.
Camels have ears...
Right- coffee and croissants before the full english no doubt appears.
I'm off to the National today (theatre not bank- silly!) to improve my mind...
Have a good day .
mxx
ps Question: 'Do purple t-shirts get you noticed?'
Bob Crow -over to you....
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Eddie was wearing a purple Tshirt? Shock, horror!
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Depends how you wear your purples tee shirt. If like diy's speedos then yes. And whilst on the subject naughty step beckons for diy.
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So that he'd get noticed by Bob Crow?!
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My Molly is positively glowing this morning!
Anyhoo, bit late for breakfast so I have started on a Full English Brunch…..should be ready in about ten minutes.
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"My lips are sealed. Enough to say that, yes, I was there.More than that I cannot and will not say."
So, Molly, nothing happened? How very disappointing. ;o)
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'Your Molly', DiY? Is there something you two aren't telling us? ;o)
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Who wants left overs for lunch? Loads of chineses left from yesterday
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I rarely eat chineses, Stewart (74). The rickshaws get stuck in my teeth.
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... and I've got some doner kebab left on the kitchen counter. Chilli sauce anyone?
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How exciting Molly! Do you need a lie down and a G&T with a slice of lemon?
Just escaping RL - whole weekend of work :-( On the bright side, am away singing in Southwark Cathedral next weekend and we got a deal so are travelling FIRST class to Euston what a treat!
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Tut, Molly, you know well enough that 'no comment' excites much more interest and speculation than, 'OK, I did it' does.
So - tongues or not? This is what any self-respecting tabloid journalist* would need to know.
* Surely an oxymoron? Ed. Not EdI, just Ed.
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gm 77, Say hello to Colin Slee.
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Oh, Eddie, how unfair that Jonathan has got Middle Wallop and not you!
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Has anyone else noticed how Eddie Mair seems to attract a better class of caller to 'Any Answers', a programme that can often be indistinguishable from 'Down the Line'?
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83 HH
A case of extreme moderation ... what did you say?
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hith 83, Assuming you really are new here, being referred and then either put back or removed can take forever. I finally had one removed so long after I wrote it that I couldn't even remember what it was about.
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l_d 82, At least after I complained that AA was all one topic two weeks ago, Eddie hurried people along today.
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After last weekend's attention to the front of the house (can't call it a garden; it's the A43!) we are today fixing the back of the house (more driving range than rolling acres). SO is stapling a failing fence panel back together, while I mow the elephant grass and slash away at the rampant brambles, ivy, russian vine and nettles.
One good thing about it is, I'm getting used to wearing the new bins. All day so far, and nary a nose ache or hurty ear to my name. Hurrah!
However, to business. That ice cold lager is mine mine mine so get yer eyes off it RIGHT now Mr DIY! (Yours is in the fridge...)
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It looks like a naught step comment mr highlands. If not it would have been back by now. Off to see if there are any more one euro cent rooms going cheap.
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EdI (90) I don't see how that gets us any further ... but it could get you dismissed from the Beach, which seems to be a shame.
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See! my 95 was removed because I had the nerve to mention the names of all the companies that deals with the non BBC company that does all the moderation for the BBC.
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I will be on the Post-Moderated step if anyone wants me.
BTW I think we should all applaude EdI's efforts to exposing this charade and double dealing!
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*Round of applause for EdI, pat on the back for DIY*
I know I havem't been around much lately - busy busy. I have been watching though and I must say "I hear you gentlemen and I agree".
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Profanity my arse!
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Any room on that Post-Moderated step?
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97 DIY
Do you mean the other clients listed on their website, or something more sinister?
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Ed & DIY - I give you the clap!
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Bambi casserole for tea with a nice Rioja. Enjoy.
Need to see how near the mark we get with a name. Will try later.
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Bambi casserole?
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heartinthehighlands......this fine gentleman!
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Morning Peeps.
Sorry no left over Chinese takwaway to reheat so how about lightly boiled eggs and 'soldiers'?
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No bambi casserole left either. (venison). But bacon in fridge and industrial sized expresso pot about to go on hob .
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Ooops, Feefs beat me to it! ;o)
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Have you checked the spelling, Stewart?
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SO, hith is that cooking pot carrying troublemaker.
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I just searched the offending word ... sinister and utterly ridiculous.
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Awful lot of referring today.
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The issue here is of a commercial body using its administrative control of a BBC website to protect its own interests, and perhaps those of its other clients.
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gosh someone's not happy this morning. i'd say they were having a temper tantrun but i'm not sure where that'll get me...
nutella on toast to cheer everyone up. and of course lashings of coffee.
in the mean time in RL my courgettes have gone missing, which is extremely annoying given they aren't ripe so the thief wont even be able to enjoy them. also some other veggies (not sure of the name, local equivalent to courgette though) I planted yesterday also seem to have gone missing over night. hmm.
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It looks like someone has seen fit to obliterate most of this morning's conversation, I wouldn't like to say who.
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perhaps it was my spelling of tantrum...
I wonder how much is getting by the mods whilst they're wasting their time on our posts. what a shame.
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127 Little red - it looks like they've taken the temperature of debate and reinstated your failed post (124)
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Wait till you see my #125 ...
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Ooops. Back to beach activities. I fancy extending the tree house. Major tidy up happening in RL eldest daughter has birthday party and sleep over so need to make spare room tidy.
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Little Red @ 124
Last year we saw a squirrel legging it with one of our squashes ... and one of our strawberries! Cheeky little monkeys.
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Obviously somebody with a hatred of anything ferrin!
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133 Sid - watch out that the octopus doesn't get you first.
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Are we playing Chinese Whispers? It must be my turn.....
*pssssfwthmmm....*
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Talking of moderation - is this a record?
"1. At 7:27pm on 13 May 2009, you wrote:
This comment has been referred to the moderators. Explain."
Three months - I can't wait to see what I said!
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At a quick count, I think there are 18 referred posts from 80 to the end. (Yes, I have better things to do.) Were the all referred by the same person?
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Sid 134, I'd like to see a squirrel carrying a squash. I like to watch ours try to put a third peanut (in shells) in their mouths. They never seem to make it. Maybe they need an assist.
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I blame it all on that Ed Dingleberry, or whatever his name is.
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140 DMcN
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Has this week's beach been pitched on quicksand? It seems to be sinking more quickly than we can fill it!
If the troll who's referring all these comments keeps it up, I'm going to complain about HIM and see how he likes it.
>:o(
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hith @ 145
My point was, mine is still awaiting moderation ...
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Seafood's off, I'm afraid. Batter for the fritters has been moderated ...
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I wonder if BBC employees are also subject to the same moderation rules: what happens if Roger mentions a certain name in one of his posts?!
n-n
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Pernod anyone? Or maybe a pint of creme de menthe?
;o)
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I'll bet I'm the only person here who watched the World Athletics Championships followed by the all Handel Prom on BBC 2 yesterday.
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hith 148, I think you mean you're EdI.
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Fifi (151). Meths for me please dear Frogger.
BTW. A word of warning. I have just had a rather disappointing episode with a roll recycled toilet paper.
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It seems that on further investigation one should let it dry out before using it on one’s botty!
:-)
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DIW 156, During the WW2, we had to use both sides of toilet paper.
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What do you mean 'the WW2'? Wot's wrong with just 'WW2'?
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Mr McNickle...on Ops these days (well the 1980's actually), you get three sheets a day.
One up.
One down.
and one to wipe you fing....on
and a little black doggy bag to put it in!
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DIW 159, We don't have a little black doggy.
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It's all going awfully well. Guitar player's now arrived, without the electric guitar he was supposed to bring. And he's left handed so he can't borrow mine. Never mind - we're converting a lilting folk ballad called Lukey's Boat to sound like the Sex Pistols.
Justanother sunny Sunday afternoon in sunny Englandshire.....
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I'm thinking of deep-frying vegetables in a very light, translucent batter.
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I tried it earlier, Frances O - but the batter inspectors put the mockers on it ...
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Error 404, hith. eggpaint unacceptable.
Sid, 'tis a far, far batter thing you did
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Enjoying the weather. How fortunate we are to live with a climate that is neither too hot nor too cold.
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hith, LOUD laugh! v good.
And who are you calling gouache? I'm quite sophisticated, sometimes.
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And to go with the vegetables, jellied eels. Bet you can't guess which sort.
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Not freshwater, not mud, not even conger.
Can you guess?
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On the Lido (as posh Beaches are called) on the Serpentine yesterday, I am reliably informed, a snack for two cost 27 quid.
Still, the starlings eat out of your hand, on the mob handed wing, the swimming is excellent, the social mix is convincingly multicultural and the atmosphere is like a return to the pleasingly naive 1950s.
None of the atmosphere of smart one upmanship so characteristic of the last 50 years. Do you think it came and went with the rise and fall of the money-men?
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Oh, morays!
You guessed, hith.
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27 quid. Could be the lido Venice at that price.
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David_McNickle (160) don't fret it doesn't have to be a doggy!
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Diy, Welcome back from the mitiging problems in other threads!
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What a surreal day.
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Lazing on a surreal afternoon, perhaps, Sid? "In the summer time..... In the summer time ....."
The mods have taken all my posts
And left me on this Beach to mope
Lazing on a surreal afternoon
And though it seems absurd
They've taken every single word
All that's left's this surreal afternoon.
(Altogether now)
Save me save me save me from this please
There's a moderator trying to break me
And I love to live so pleasantly
Live this life of frivolity
Lazing on a sunny afternoon
In the summertime
In the summertime .....
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Lovely, Big Sister. And today is another day (unless it's groundhog day), so coffee's on, tea's made, croissants, fruit salad on the bar, yoghurts in the fridge ...
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Hmm. A bit surreal already ... someone's laughing during the sports report on Today ... and Gary isn't that funny.
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Thinking about it, Sid, every day is surreal on the Beach.
Big jug of freshly squeezed orange juice on the bar.
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What's all this 'ere then? I just passed a mound of exhausted moderators on the road to the Beach. What've you lot been up to?
David (157):
Yes, I remember that, and in those days it was that stuff like shiny greaseproof paper that had all the absorbency of Bakelite.
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Cat: Part of the problem appears to have been the use of foreign words.
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Cat: Some of those foreign words apparently touched raw nerves.
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182 Sid
Were they stealing the deckchairs?
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CORRECTION!
184 SSC
Were they stealing the deckchairs?
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Cat: You may want to check an inbox in another place.
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The mods are back at their desks - a post has been removed from the AM glass box. I wonder when they'll get round to the 20 posts here that await their attentions?
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SSC 184, Back in the 1970s when I was working in archaeology in Winchester, the council supplied us with toilet paper like that that had HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL NOW WASH YOUR HANDS printed on every sheet.
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Bronco, Izal - both equally uncomfortable, if memory serves me.
Who'd chose to wipe their bottom on greaseproof paper?
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So this has turned into a foreign Beach then? That's good, it means I don't have to face booking a trip abroad this year!
Big Sis (192):
Izal! That rings a (rather uncomfortable) bell.
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BS 192, How old are you? Better than the US alternative, waxed paper.
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We had some weird stuff in the military. We all reckoned that the shiny side was wot the orficers used. Has "Government Property" printed on every sheet.
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As a child, David, Bronco was de rigeur in my grandparents' household.
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As a child, I used Bronco for tracing. Worked really well. Needless to say, I stole it from the roll, not the pan.
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193: No I can't face booking holidays, But at least, in this virtual world, life is one big party and we can send each other virtual postcards. ;o)
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Morning all - Izal yuk, tracing paper was all it was fit for. Not sure newspaper wouldn't have been preferable but of course that would not have been upwardly aspirational!
Sid (190) I got a spam post removed from the AM glass box. It seems to be a regular target first thing in the morning.
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Morning Peeps, tea and bikkies for elevenses.
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I usually ride bikkies, DiY ;o)
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A large mug and some dark chocolate ginger biscuits for me please.
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I see a certain frogger has been turned into a number again, presumably for a posting on the Furrowed Brow - this is getting too silly.
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Izal is perfect for making comb-and paper music!!
Yuk!
Are there some really jammy biscuits, DIWyman, to take the taste away?
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Gillianian: But, unlike Bronco, Izal TASTES. Ugh, the thought of that is pretty gross.
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Izal-flavoured crips: for the discerning amongst us.
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Arghhh! I meant crisps, of course. Just thought - they'd be perfect for anyone who's trying to lose a pound or two.
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Afternoon all - just a quick hello.
Oooh and a couple of chocolatey type bikkies please.
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Gillian, TWIC et al...there is always every sort of biscuit you should so desire on this Beach!
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DIY (210):
Ooh, nice. I'll have a garibenguin, a jammy hobnob, and a couple of bourgestives then. Oh and a twub and a claxi too.
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A Turnocks wafer for me. If thats okay.
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submersible (211):
It's an adverb meaning towards a higher place or position, a direction to, of or at a place perceived as higher.
Hope this helps.
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Ok....biscuit and assorted confectionary lovers.
What's got a Hazlenut in every bite......yep, that's correct......Squirrel Pie!
Boom Boom.
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I presume Ed the Monarch of the Glens is having moderator problems again?
;-)
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Also a hazelnut in every (something else!). Urrrgh!
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Stewart M (218)
You eat Sciurus carolinensis droppings.....get yer eyes tested mate!
;-)
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I am finding this moderation nonsense very upsetting now. The BBC benefits from this blog by gathering together a core of its PM listeners who can, when asked, give specialist advice or comment on subjects the programme is covering.
To then treat us like over-inquisitive children in a Victorian nursery is insulting.
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Well said Feefs
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ref #80
I make it 24 hours and counting - how long do the mods need?
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DIY (216):
Surely to get a hazelnut in every bite it would have to be a pie made from the monstrous multi-headed foe of Hercules, Hazel the Hydra?
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Whoa!
Stuff only disappears after it has been REFERRED. Do the Mods themselves do that?
U14105404 is just using his/her registration number as a nick name isn't s/he?
That s/he can still post proves s/he isn't banned.
Toilet paper is like IT. Everyone goes on about how nice the modernisations are to use, allowing deft finger work, that they're so unlike the eye watering buttock clenching old stuff, and how it puts them on a pedastal, whilst the Stephan Frys of this world expound on how clever they are to be 'no flies on us' up to date.
But isn't it the inventors behind Mozilla and elephant roll rather than the users who should be being congratulated. Praising oneself for using an invention as it should be used is surely what Sean Connery says when he says 'Eyesight'.
In the Kensington Gardens Gents (seen on my way to the Lido Beach there where my Tri-Athelete comfort woman was in transition between bike and swim) 'No water fighting in the park' By Order of the Secretary of State.
This Fail-Althelete watched her whilst breast stroking in the serpentine Serpentine among Canada Geese, cootes (or are they moorhens?) and flocks of the excellent pigeons nad starlings (some brown headed) in swooping flight.
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Fifi (220) - I'll just add my 'hear, hear' to your comment.
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And reprise Big Sis's witty parody, which I love:
The mods have taken all my posts
And left me on this Beach to mope
Lazing on a surreal afternoon
And though it seems absurd
They've taken every single word
All that's left's this surreal afternoon.
(Altogether now)
Save me save me save me from this please
There's a moderator trying to break me
And I love to live so pleasantly
Live this life of frivolity
Lazing on a sunny afternoon
In the summertime
In the summertime .....
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ThinkerRetired (224)
The 'moderation' we are bemoaning is when the non BBC Mods decide to remove any post that refers to them by name hyperlink or whatever, their company and their activities.
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I've been humming Kinks' tunes all day ...
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Sid!
Didn't realise you were old enough to remember them...whoever they are..well before my time...
;-)
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Stewart M (218) Have you been putting Nutterly Butterly on your toast again?
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Gillianianian, with the state of his eyesight, Stewart could be spreading anything on his toast!
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Maybe those nice moderators will bring us something from the nearby Deli. Since they don't sell anything in batter, a salt beef hot wrap would be lovely ;o)
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My eyesight is fine. It's just that I'd borrowed fifi's specs and, by heck, she must have good eyes to see though those!
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I wondered where they'd gone, Stewart. And because I didn't have them on, I couldn't find them...
Who left that camel lying here? Nearly fell over the darn thing!
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Shoves own specs back on and sees the world with a rose tinted haze! WHo left that sand pit there?
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BS 197, Bronco Nagurski?
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Hi All
I haven't been able to get hold of anyone at PM to tell you this, so I hope you don't mind me interrupting to explain the removal of some recent posts and action taken against accounts.
Some users have been posting up the details of the moderation company, and even the home addresses of staff who work there. While of course this information is freely available to licence fee payers, we have regular instances of threats being made against the moderators and so we remove references to the company as a matter of course to prevent this kind of intimidation - anyone working for the BBC or their suppliers deserves the same protection from harassment as any of you would have on BBC services.
There's some more discussion about this here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mb6music/F1950413?thread=5745228&skip=180&show=20#p67255570
If you wish to make a complaint or FOI request you can visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints and http://www.bbc.co.uk/foi respectively.
I hope this explains the removal of posts and that it will bring an end to this - and that it will be understood that users who continue to do this may have action taken against their accounts.
Paul - BBC Central Communities Team
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I figure if you don't like the mods, go somewhere else. Don't use the blog just to make a nuisance of yourself.
I used a forum where the mods were actually other users of the forum and were listed on the home page. I even met one of them. We both no longer use the forum, but still keep in touch occasionally.
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241 Paul
I was active on this blog yesterday, and indeed had a few of my own posts removed. Nobody posted home addresses of moderators (!) and certainly no threats were made, nor any remarks which could in any way be mistaken for a threat. I'm quite certain that nobody who was posting here yesterday would ever dream of behaving in such a way.
The moderators removed posts which mentioned their company name, or anything which sounded vaguley like it.
The company concerned is a supplier to the BBC, you are its client and we are the license payers. Moderation should be conducted in the interests of the BBC and its users, not the commercial entity providing the service.
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l_d 244, Read the disclaimer at the bottom.
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l_d 244, Are you saying that CCT 241 is fibbing?
I'm orf for a real glass of wine.
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245 DMcN
Not sure which disclaimer you're referring to but, like you, I've no interest in perpetuation the moderation discussion - I just thought that Paul's remarks required a response.
Anyway .... I'm off the the sea water hospital for a relaxing float.
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l_d 247, 'The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.'
Look out for floaters.
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249 DMcN
Don't worry, Big Sis installed a very sophisticated filtration system (and lots of soft toilet paper)
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So, now DIY's on pre-mod. I expect I am too, or very soon will be.
Thank you, Paul, for at last explaining what the problem was.
It's disappointing that things had to get so unpleasant before someone would explain what this new rule was - I blundered into it completely innocently, thinking I was solving the equivalent of a crossword clue!
Can we please have some sanity back, and restore the trusted status of regular froggers who've fallen foul of a new rule that nobody knew about?
Thank you again,
Fifi ;o)
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communication committee
Are the bloggers not allowed the same level of protection from the moderation company as you give them.
what about them threatening to contact employers etc. what about them contacting ISP. to get people banned.
who watches your watchmen?
Sorry to interrupt your important discussion on the price of eggs in china.
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David (243) : It is now clear that frogging peeps weren't 'making a nuisance of themselves' they were falling foul of a brand new rule (Thou shalt not mention the mods company) which hadn't actually been made known to us.
All this could have been prevented if someone had just flagged up the new rule when it was brought in. Then, anyone who deliberately tried to circumvent it would indeed have been 'making a nuisance of themselves' and deserved the consequences.
As things stand, it's rather like someone being arrested for shouting: 'Down with Eastasia!' at a public gathering, not having been told that they were suddenly now at war with Eurasia again. That man Orwell was a genius.
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This is the tip of the moderation ice berg that will sink the BBC blogs if they carry on.
Half the comments that are threatening are written by the very people that work as mods.
Mods post their own comments and threaten the world some days .
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talking of moderation I commented on the healthcare NHS Vrs USA that
'I hear people shouting
M4
A3
No M25
M3
A304
" Can I dare ask if we can agree where we want to go first?"
So the Moderators referred the comment.
?
Nothing to see here?
?
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Hello fluffytale, welcome to the beach! I presume you're still on pre-moderation because you're new here ... but do stick with it and join us when you can!
I've set up a selection of nibbles on the Nick Clarke Bar, including some of my famous homemade salsa which went down so well at yesterday's open air band practice in RL. Watch out - it's a bit spicy, so help yourself to soured cream won't you?
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Hi fifi
Not really new they just like to suggest that.
Any digestives.
I've already mortgaged three properties to save up for a pack here in la la land.
I'm waiting to see if the comment above is still referred on the post where it would be more relevant.
Us refugees do what we can.
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I would ask Paul an important question.
We signed up to the membership thinking it was the BBC we gave our info to.
the "moderators " have my date of birth and real name, I don't know how much more.
When we complain WHO reads them. The BBC or some ghost company we can't mention.
Can we have a reassurance that the complaints do not get processed in the same way by the same company?
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Ah... I see fluffytale is a seasoned campaigner and needs no hand-holding on this or any other Beach! Welcome anyway, old bean, and pull up a lounger. We're trying to be silly here but today it's just ... well... trying.
;o)
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Fifi,
I'd love to be silly, but I'd probably be forcibly drownded
;-(
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Apparently my failing is the monopoly money I have been selling my house for is not real.
Back to plan one.
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Thyme
that is the problem if you float you are guilty.
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Dear Paul (241),
I have been emailed by the moderators to say that I mentioned the name of their company who claim that I mentioned the name of their company on this Blog.
I have done no such thing (or, if I have, I am unaware of
having done so). I do not know the name of the company who do the moderation on this, or any other blog (in fact, naively, I thought it was the BBC themselves). My comment was in response to another person's post who was referring to a crossword clue.
I am really very angry at the suggestion that is being made by the moderators on this matter particularly since, having followed your suggestion and looked up who DO moderate the Blogs, I can see that I emphatically DID NOT NAME THEM.
When my post was removed, I assumed it was because I had used a foreign word.
When did the BBE make the move from moderation to censorship?
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Sorry for the typos in my 264 - I can put it down to be extremely angry.
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How many times have I wandered this blog.
only to find mines been undone.
the answer my friends
is blowing in their wind.
the answer is blowing in the wind.
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Hello Peeps!
I hope you are all well. I feel totally washed out and in dire need of some suitable Apple based liquid refreshment. Can anyone suggest anything to fit the bill?
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sis
o
welcome to the fold( ^ )
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Big Sister,
"When did the BBE make the move from moderation to censorship?"
Indeed.
Outsourcing is a Good Thing!
Even Obama does it.
Just ask Blackwater.
;-(
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I want the Old Beach back! Is it too late to re-inhabit last week's Beach, and forget all this unpleasantness?
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Look, here's a nice line of pontoons so you can reach the old Beach....
http://tinyurl.com/p7omh4
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Happy Birthday, Blog.
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IS it Day One all over again?
How appropriate!
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Indeed, Big Sister - I had realised it too, but it's just not been the same lately ;o(
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Happy Birthday Blog!
Three today! Who wudda thunk it?
Many happy returns!
A Toast to absent friends...
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please, peeps, lets *try* to keep this beach...
If we all go on mentioning recent activities then they will just take it away from us - we already on quicksand anyway, as an 'off topic' area is (barely) allowed.
You all have my continued support, and if you want, my email inbox and outbox if that'll make a difference.
I beg you here, please, lets just stick to frivolities, BBQs, congas, campfires and all our usual shenanigans!!!
n-n
xx
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Happy Birthday Blog!
(let's hope it's all just been growing pains)
Can I help anyone to a nice pale malt? I'll even offer round a peaty one if you insist, although my preference is definitely for the paler ones.
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I'll have a peaty one, thanks Anne.
And a twist of the wild mountain thyme as well...
;-)
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Thanks, Anne!
Yes, I think that'll go down a treat - and here's a toast to fellow froggers, both here and elsewhere!!
n-n
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279 That reminded me of a song, which I was sure was Scottish but when I looked it up I see it's claimed for Ireland, never mind...
And the trees are sweetly blooming
And the wild mountain thyme
Grows around the blooming heather
Will ye go, Lassie go?
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Given the day I believe a large magnum of champagne (each!) would be appropriate.
In the meantime I shall return to my RL strong supermarket cider.
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Time for this lassie to go, I'll just build the bonfire a little higher before I do. Adieu fellow froggers, till whenever....
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toodle pip Anne
I wonder if I can set up three candles?
iii
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fork 'andles?
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plugs?
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bath?
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no..13 amp!
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Please note that when filing a complaint Here, as advised by Paul,
The personal data you provide will be held securely for the BBC and its service providers, in line with the Data Protection Act 1998. Any information you include will only be used for the purposes of responding to your complaint. For more information, please see our Privacy and Cookies policy.
[my emphasis]
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Sprout et al...
We've all made our points (me included) and posting street addresses REALLY doesn't help things much.
Let's just get drunk, celebrate the birthday and live to fight another day!
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Big did/ gigi, The problem with the cross word clue was because I did it in response to something else. it was perhaps a bit naughty. But You are right though we never mentioned the certain word just words very similar. I too was unaware of this being not allowed.
Happy birthday blog. Just think of Sunday as a toddler tantrum.
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In the spirit of celebration of three years of the Beach, I hereby designate this dune over here, not too far from Nick's, as Celebration Corner.
All those who wish to join me to celebrate the Beach are cordially (that would be elderflower cordial, plus a large vat of sprout cordial which, inexplicably, is still full despite being nicely matured) invited to join me.
I took the liberty of filling a lined sandpit with ice, in which nestle champagne, gin, tonic, several tasty fruit juices and smoothies and some other bottles with their labels turned away - perhaps you'd like to decide what they are?
There's a barrel of cider and a bottle of Macallan, which a handsome young man who claims to be a relative is eyeing.
Cap'n Jack is bringing some rum.
All we need now is nibbles and peeps.
There's anough here to last till well after midnight, so I've arranged for coffees at Nick's to be available at any time -
Ah! Here's Robocof, the humanoid robot whose sole purpose in virtual life is to make perfect coffee for anyone on the Beach. Robocof is only activated when humans are in no mood / fit state to make coffee, and will in no way be any substitute for real Beachfroggers. If there's a coffee-making Frogger around, he won't be back. At least until he's wanted.
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ooooh I can not resist nestling champagne!
nibbles and peeps, too
ah, the night is young, the company delightful and the beach, 3 years old, has a Celebratory Dune festooned in garlands and bunting.
Cheers!!!
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I hope Gillian doesnt mind, if I bring over some colourful lights inspired by her wonderful designs from another place:
Strings of fairylights in different colours:
@_@_@_@_@_@_@_@_@_@_@_@_@_@_@_@_@_@_@_@_@_@_@_@_@_@_@_@_
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~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
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Any champers left?
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Meanwhile, I'm going to join on the end of this conga line. Anyone else up for it?
~K~k~k~k~k~K~K~k~k~K~k~K~K~k~k~~~~~~~~~
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Is that Nanki-Poo, sitting beneath a willow tree?
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cripes! champers and congas!!!
~~~~~~~
hahah!! I missed it! will try next time it comes around!!
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~K~k~K~k~~~;~;~;~;~~___
Can someone please help me up
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[sings], quoting Ko-Ko:
On a tree by a river a little tom-tit
Sang "Willow, titwillow, titwillow!"
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lucien, here's a hand
^^^^Hup!
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Thank you BigSis ... I think I ought to take myself back to the floating hospital now. :*~~~:
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dadadadada Da! Da!
dadadadada Da! Da!
¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬
where else could you conga on the beach?!!
~~~~~~~~~k~k~K~K~K~K~
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Best give Lucien some support on his/her way
^lucien^
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I'm slumped in my wheelbarrow, BigSis, if you wouldn't mind giving me a push.
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dadada - da - da, dadadada, da da da, da da dada!
Oof!¬~¬~¬~¬~¬~¬~¬~¬~¬~¬~¬~¬~¬~¬~¬~¬~¬~¬~¬~¬~¬~¬~¬~caught ya!
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I've been on the champagne all evening, and that was fine, to be sure; but I've had one little sniffter of lemonade, and suddenly, my legs have gone all quiffy....
...I'll just prop up this palm tree for a moment, to catch my breath.
ooo hang on, maybe it'll be easier if I just lie down, only for a moment or two!
something's still moving; who's waving those trees?!!!
xx
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there's room in my wheelbarrow, nn
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(sorry ... dunno what caused all that white space but it looks like a big drop)
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----[lucien]\ O
Phew, lucien, this quite a push .......
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I'll just tip you gently into the seawater pool
{Splosh%%%%%]
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Well I must be the really big sister/brother.
Anyway, I think you just tipped me off a cliff.
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lucien - I think that was a wee bit more than a drop!!!
now we're here, anyone fancy a quick dip?
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Thanks BigSis, if you'd ever like the favour returned then you only have to ask.
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What in the world....? I hope I'm not too late.
I've brought a barrel of Guinness (just a wee one, mind....)
Happy birthday little blog, but now it's for yesterday...
I gues that means it's Happy new year!
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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Goodness me what a mess! There's a frogger floating on an inflatable camel in the seawater pool, the remains of a HUUUUUUUUUGE bonfire, and ever so many whisky glasses (empty of course) strewn everywhere. As for the state of the bunting - !
Strong coffee and bambi & chilli geralds anyone? Looks like you need it!
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Morning all. When I banked up the bonfire I had no idea it would end up THAT big!
Here, Fifi, I'll give you an hand with those glasses. And some fresh tea and toast with home-made marmalade for those in need.
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Assorted hangover cures on the bar. Full English for those of us who couldn't make the party.
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Shame Eddie couldn't make it. It seems he'd forgotten the significance of the day (see A High Pay Commission? thread)
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If the blog ends up populated with nothing but 'you' and 'U' it will be incomprehensible and not worth the effort.
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Welcome, Do_It_Yourself - toast and coffee coming up. Marmalade on that?
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Brought some award-winning local sausages and bacon. Is there any of that excellent coffee left? And has anyone seen my snorkel?
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Owwww ... I've got salt in my eyes.
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I've seen your snorkel, and I was really impressed.
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Anne P. please, Lemon if there is any would be very tasty.
;-)
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Huh???
Dear BBC blog contributor,
Your Nickname 'U14105641' has been changed back to
'14105641', since it contravenes the House Rules –.....
;-)
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U1410564, maybe you should be here if you are just a number?
;-)
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uuuuggggghh.
Anyone got a car-door handy?! (see beaches passim).
n-n
xx
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Eleven o'clock.......tea and biscuits time.
Sorry no Jammy Dodgers today.
But there are some rather interesting Sprout flavoured ones that are in the shape of a pair of Speedos!
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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...
:o( []
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Hi All
I've been in touch with the PM team who will post later today about the problems we have on here in the last few days.
In the meantime I'll answer a couple of your queries from above:
The moderators don't have access to your full name or date of birth - this is only available to a select few within the BBC. There might be times when we do need to share this information with suppliers or other third parties which is why it's covered in the terms. In fact the normal mods don't even see which account is making a post, it's only if escalated to a supervisor or host will the username be made available.
You should know that if you reply to the email sent by the moderators it goes to the divisional team within the BBC and it is their responsibility to reply or raise with our team as necessary. This, like the posts that sit referred for long periods is an issue we hope will be resolved soon.
Regardless of any complaints you might have about the service, harassing BBC staff or the staff of BBC suppliers is completely unacceptable. They deserve exactly the same protection from intimidation, harassment or invasion of privacy as you receive here. We are sorry that some of you have been caught up as we dealt with more serious behaviour, but continuing to repost removed material, even in ever more 'creative' ways, will result in action being taken against accounts.
Paul - CCT
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Looks like I'm not the only one...
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Can we please have Women's High Jump and Pole Vault on the Beach.
Let's raise the NC bar for the event.
Who's that pole vaulting into the hammock over there?
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Paul: Thank you for your further comments. I entirely agree with your point about harassment - it applies to us all, whichever side of the Blog we sit. I also appreciate your comment about people who have been 'caught up' in what, from what you've said, seems to be a wider issue, and since I assume you mean 'innocently' - as it certainly is in my case, and I think in the case of some others hereabouts - your comment is welcomed by me.
I'm looking forward (I think!) to the further explanations from the PM Team.
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I'd like to attach myself to BigSis's coat-tails on this matter. I do hope that no collective sanction will be taken against this blog.
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Lucien, while I don't have coat-tails, you can certainly hold on to my belt ;o)
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Clunk-click every trip, that's what I always say.
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Oh sdear, I haven't been to the Beach in a while, and looking here now, I'm both glad I missed what appears to have been a bad case of crossed wires but also sad I wasn't here for moral support of the Froggers who've become numbers, gone to pre-mod, etc.
Paul (335) I do hope that some calm and sanity can be brought to the whole situation. In your post, you say You should know that if you reply to the email sent by the moderators it goes to the divisional team within the BBC and it is their responsibility to reply or raise with our team as necessary. This, like the posts that sit referred for long periods is an issue we hope will be resolved soon.. That's good news. The few times I've been modded, I tried to reply via this route, but there was absolutely no response, not even an automated "thanks for your email, we will get back to you shortly". Can I suggest that you at least put something in place that can reassure those wishing to contact someone that their email has actually reached someone?
Anyway, enough of that. Happy 3 Years and 1 Day, Blog!
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Hm, my memory goes back further, I'm afraid. A very early road safety ad's message was very stark and I still recite it (particularly to my other half)
Better late than dead on time.
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Harassing BBC staff?
a) unacceptable and
b) I haven't seen any evidence of it, but I don't frequent the Blog as much these days because of the irritating new format.
Great party last night!
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345. Jo Carr-stle. Side view.
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Fred (342)
"Can I suggest that you at least put something in place that can reassure those wishing to contact someone that their email has actually reached someone?"
Thanks Fred, it's not for me to implement (we've got an auto response if you contact our team via http://www.bbc.co.uk/messageboards/newguide/feedback_form.shtml ) but I shall suggest it to 'Fab George' when he returns:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/pm/2009/08/a_word_about_the_blog_from_jo.shtml
Paul - CCT
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BS 264, Re crossword clue, I know a person in Nigeria who would like to put a lot of money in your bank account...
l_d 341, Clickity click, sixty six.
TR 348, Clap, clap, clap.
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U 348, U just can't behave, can U?
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Nearly time for the World Athletics Championships on BBC2.
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David, would you rather complain about your 350 or shall I? We can't prevent you compromising your personal identity, but you can!
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AP 353, I thought they might automatically delete it.
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AP 353, Or changed my name to 'you' in the text.
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Whoops, another ancient Fifi posting has been removed. I can see 'now' why... but at the time, honestly I didn't know!!!
Please don't send me out on the U-boat, pleeeeeease!
(It was a link to a horse called by a totally unmentionable name, which until the other day I had just thought was a meaningless bit of Latin. I shan't repeat it here but it began with a letter of the alphabet.)
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Just received by telepathic carrier pigeon from somewhere a bit east:
Just to let you know.
DI_Wyman is unable to post.
So I have terminated my membership.
( Also Sprouts-U-Like and Do_It_Yorself have also expired! )
I will watch from the side lines for the time being.
DiY
... I'm posting this just so that lurking/intermittently present frogging peeps will know why he's gone so quiet and the air is suddenly free of eau-de-sprout!
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Time we all settled back into nice mode. I am sure the intentions of most of beach folk, if not all, is to be anything but malicious.
Tea anyone?
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Anything but malicious, please! No tea (too prim and proper). You'll be offering us cucumber sandwiches soon, Stewart! ;)
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Sad to hear that DI_Wyman has departed :-(
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DI_Wyman ... it'll take a big man to fill his Speedos ...
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Sid, I don't think anyone should try. Let's hang the speedos up above the NC Bar in memoriam. I'll make a garland of sprouts to decorate them. Sad day.
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I have an apple upside down tarte just coming out of the oven and a pot of crème fraîche is in the fridge. think i'll settle in the sparkly hammock with a mug of tea and aforementioned tarte. is that radio tuned?
ah...
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What's this? No DIY? Sad, sad day. I don't know what's been going on, haven't really been around to pay much attention, but I feel we should return this beachy blog to it's solid foundations.
Pimms O'Clock anyone?
;o) []
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"Malicious": portmanteau of "delicious" and "Malcolm Reynolds" - opinion of many female fans of sci-fi TV series Firefly starring Nathan Fillion (Desperate Housewives, Slither, Dr. Horrible, Castle) as Captain Reynolds.
Anyway, I hope mssrs Wyman and Horse will soon return!
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Sorry, for the late return:
Eddie, looks good in purple....
=Dennis Junior=
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SSC - glad to see another Firefly fan on the Beach!
Time to brave the commute home again, see you tomorrow.
;o) []
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DI, sorry not to see you around here.
Especially after a suspiciously sprout-scented item was read out on PM today...
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David (350) - it weren't me, I was doing the ironing.
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Do you think s/he's still waiting patiently?
6. At 10:12am on 10 Oct 2008, U11204129 wrote:
This comment has been referred to the moderators. Explain
(As of now)
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It's my local Indian eating palace's 21st birthday party tonite.
Almost as good as an all nite Beach party.
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CCT if you think the problems have just been going on for a few days you may be as perceptive as the reporter you sent to America for years.;)
Can you explain why Jacksforge was hounded off the site.
or why saying a basic fact in a non racially bias way is a banning offence.
Just that some never tried to out any BBC contracted staff.
but they were harassed within the medium here by staff.
There has never been a satisfactory explanation of why jacksforge/happylaze was banned.
There is more to the bbc blog world than the beach.
and some of us want to know why these issues are banned from discussions even on boards that were about "improving the balance"
still not worth answering to those that wonder why some are banned and others stay to spout hate another day.
so don't talk of threats to the staff because I doubt there have been any that can beat the comments allowed by the staff for nasty hate filled threatening posts.
If it is not mods writing them why do they allow them so consistantly?
sorry
all to inject some seriousness.
tidlpom see the sea oh me o mi look at the eye.gobbledy cock i'v got a smock.
lolol haha.XYZ
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Sid 361.... re DiY... It will also take big sprouts...
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Wonko (367) He's not the only one! Shiny :-)
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Is it safe to come out yet? Crikey it's been like closing time in the high street round here the last couple of days.
SSC, Wonko, Fearless - Firefly's one of my favourites I especially like Serenity seen it at least a hundred times :o)
DIY, Horse - come back, you will be missed.
Now can we have less of the seriousness and get back to some serious silliness? I for one frequent this fine beach to escape normality.
To paraphrase a fallen comrade - wibble.
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Anne P - 369 - I do hope you still do your ironing to Annasee's CD??
PS Can anyone tell me why every time I start a post (since the new Blog has appeared) it automatically indents itself one space? It's irritating the hell out of me ;-)
Must be time to pour some wine.
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Val P - I can't tell you why but it happens to me also and I am suitably irritated.
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ValP, agree very irritating, have just got into the habit of hitting backspace every time.
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375. Wrath: not only is Serenity universally loved in our family, but there was a birthday card made for the junior daughter-in-law with a certain famous face looking pensive and the words "What is Serenity if Claire isn't here?"
I am sorry to say this but I have been watching recent developments on the Blog with increasing disquiet: I used to enjoy many of the contributions, now I mostly scroll. I feel that the Blog about the stories in the news has become the story about the Blog. Saturn devouring its own children, you may say.
I am departing from the desolation of the interminable squabbles and bickering, the self-appointed Big Brother monitors daily patrolling every thread like a classroom, ticking off naughty little bloggers, and some sad spelling.
For a while coming to the Blog felt like rejoining friends. Now so many valuable contributors seem to have stopped.
Perhaps one day the Blog will regain its true purpose and form. I'd love to come back then; for now, farewell. I miss the camels already...
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DiY!!. Who's going to keep me off the straight and narrow. No one to inuendo with? By the way Loved your MY News item that was repeated this evening.
Off for a speedoless swim.
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Stewart - oops, better backspace, ahh that's better - Shirley not speedoless???? I'll wait over here with a towel to cover your confusion, if you wish?
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Hiding my modesty with a Ukelele!. No need for a Double Bass, the waters a bit chilli this evening!
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Whaat?
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Stewart - um, you know that bit when they asked everyone to hold their ukeleles up in the air - well - did you? Mmm, I thought as much. Is that why all the ladies around you fainted?
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Could somebody please remove these interlopers from the Beach?
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I'm referring them as quick as I can, Big Sister - but it's nearly my bed-time ...
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Higgler: I can.
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I don't know if it is liffey water that is causing this excess of emotion from Higgler, but I do know that you are being extremely unkind to a group of people who have not done you wrong. Please think again about what you're doing and where you're doing it, whatever the whys and wherefores of the matter. Please.
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Sid: That's very sweet of you. Off you go to bed ;o)
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G'night, all ...
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Sweet dreams, Sid
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Everyone asleep now? Jolly good ...
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... and now it's Wednesday - early closing!
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Damn! Missed the boat again.
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Lucien, your turn on the watch ;)
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5 past midnight
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... and counting ....
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I don't
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except for sheep ... goodnight!
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'Night, Lucien ...
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Am I the night watch? Was about to go off to bed myself
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Cossackgirl, please don't go!
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Hi all, what's going on? Never seen such moderation on he beach. Full English as usual. Sprouts for those that like them. I'm off to do a bit of DIY. Need the horse to get where I'm going.
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A bit of tidying up to be done round here ... after a pint of coffee and a couple of doughnuts, I think.
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What ho!
Coffee please! Far, far too early in the morning for me, I don't really start functioning until about 11:00. Thanks for the breakfast, I need it.
;o) []
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Full English sounds good Mansaylo, tiring day ahead so I need building up, thanks.
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Stewart you did a grand job last night.
Sid was a hero.
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Happy Birthday to my wife.
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Many happy returns of the day to Mrs McNickle.
Any more coffee going? I'm really struggling this morning.
|o) []
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376, 377, 378, It happens to me as well, but not all the time. It didn't happen with this post.
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So, I can't even mention my own name or date of birth here. What is this world coming to? Will they now delete my post wishing my wife a happy birthday? It's Bill Clinton's birthday today as well.
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Happy Birthday Bill.
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Big Sister - you're too kind ... I'm off with my litter picker and a big black bag to clean up the overnight debris - mostly expired higglers, as far as I can see.
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D McN - your post hasn't been deleted (yet). It has been referred. Let's wait and see, shall we?
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Happy Birthday to Mrs McN. and everyone else whose anniversary it is.
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Happy Birthday Mrs McN - assorted muffins on the bar. I'll have three - I need sweetening up this morning. I'm not in pain - I'm just trying to put a smile on my face before I go out into RL.
Hmmm....those doughnuts look tempting. Can I eat one without licking my lips?
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Sid 425, I waited and 'seed' for such a long time with one of them that I forgot what it was about when it was finally deleted.
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Higglers (428) Hang on - I'll get my ukelele. That's got a great reggae beat!
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AP 426, Funny how they call them anniversaries in France.
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428: Are you really from Tunbridge Wells?
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428 HC
That's a powerful, angry and disturbing poem (what was that about warheads?).
Anger and disturbance are really best avoided on this blog at the mo -
I'm sure that there are people who can and should listen to you, but they're probably somewhere else.
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Higgler & Big Sis, I'd guess Jamaica since Clarendon is a parish there?
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430 Gillianian - Do you have a banjo as well?
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Yes, I got the Jamaican reference, Anne, but Higglers Close is definitely in the Tunbridge Wells area (well, very nearby).
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Jamaica and Tunbridge Wells are easily confused.
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A bit like the Master and Margarita, Lucien, and Higgler Close and Sir Azazello, perhaps?
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I'm a little confused by your references, Big Sis, but a large overproof white rum would be very nice.
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It's on its way, Lucien ;o)
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... and so will I be. Thank you!
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backspace Morning all, my brain's just woke up so I thought I'd pop my head in for a mo.
Bigsis, stewart, sid, lucien - Excellent work with the U-boats last night. Although I do wonder what they were blethering on about this time.
Cossackgirl - Noooo don't leave. Come Back! If it keeps on like this it'll be just me, the camel and those bloody U-boats. Also ineresting idea the card, maybe if I drop a few hints...
Elevensies, I've got some scones and cream, a fresh black forest gateau a vat of industrial strength coffee for me and wonko (and any other takers) and a large pot of Earl Grey for soothing purposes.
Also if anyone is in a reminiscent mood some jam geralds I just made with my 4 yr old.
Enjoy.
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Crikey! What a lot of U-boats and moderated posts!
May I suggest that on the next Beach (the first post-anniversary one) we try and refrain from discussing moderation - it would be nice to be able to look out to a calm sea - not one littered with the wrecks of submarines!
-oOo-
Meanwhile, Day One now appears to have lost all its posts! Even more bizarrely, it suggests no topical posts - and the blog entries after Day One have a trio of topical posts from June 2008 ("Don't Be Alarmed", "Discuss" and a Wednesday Glass Box)
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Time for a post prandial G & T, ice and a slice. Anyone care to join me??
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...or am I all alone on the beach to-day. Ah........ a footprint in the sand. He's leaving Friday, you know.......
Who is?.....
Robinson Crusoe.
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SO, are we missing DiY and Horse? How can we go on? I agree with Mittfh - we need a clean sheet and to start again now we all know the rules, with DiY and Horse and any other lovely regulars who are lost.
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Hello again,
TWIC - meant to say thanks for the industrial strength coffee, but between seeing that it was there and being able to once again visit the Beach 3 hours seem to have slipped through a rip in the space-time continuum! I really must do something about RL, it's getting right in the way of my Beach time.
I heartily agree that the next Beach needs to be a return to how things should be, with a clean slate for *everyone*. Remember: be nice, say nice things.
And don't eat the petunias.
;o) []
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Here on the Beach posts are like Love Letters in the Sand.
We stand below the high tide line, where seaweeds of every kind, some the long hair of mermaids, another the sort like purple lace that old ladies use to make blancmange, another yet, popped between thumb and forefinger by fathers trying to amuse their young sons as well as the broad thin bands used for larva bread, together with the broken wicker lobster pots, the debris of broken shell fish from off shore colonies, the yellow plastic of broken buoys, the timber from broken crates, all swept up as by giant brooms into a thick straight line parallel to the sea's edge.
Here, where all are like Ozimandes and Canute, every joke good or bad every profound observation, every facile comment every invention, every hackneyed repetiton, every originbality, every word is vanity, mere vanity. But the sea its loud stage whisper filling our ears will wave every letter goodbye into freshly furrowed sand.
The 12 hour coming and going of the sea will cleanse every thought and we will know our past of yesterday, an hour ago, a few minutes ago has surrendered to our unendingly renewed present.
We start afresh, afreshed by the mesmerising tide of the endless sea.
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PM@448 Very profound. I wish I understood it!! I'll just have to have another G & T.
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always nice for those that can.
after all canning is just sealing
so have fun and forget the past because they are in the past and the past is never a problem in the future.
sat tough ships and get on with enjoying.
Do you really need prozac to go to the beach.
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Very poetic, mac - though you'll find it's laver bread (larva bread is something quite different).
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in other words . it is hard not to talk about an entity that wipes you off if you reveal who you are. (if indeed you were elseperson before)
Now if only the BBC could understand their underlings actions better and truly accept criticism instead of just banning criticism people would not have felt like they had to interrupt your beach. they were busy fighting in the bars on the sea front,but then some local bullyboys who run the resort started kicking them out.(to be honest they kicked out those that were not starting fights because it is easier to kick the peaceful out and let the ruffies have their way than jump in and get involved.
Sorry
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Flippin' 'eck! Yesterday afternoon I walked past a travel agent's which was urging me to go on a Christmas cruise and visit Europe's Christmas markets.
The hotel next door was trying to persuade me to book my Christmas and New Year dinners and parties.
Now today, in Mother's town, there's a shop with an aisle full of Christmas cards!!!!!
I'd better start looking for the Christmas Tree
And I'll have a mince pie with my G&T, thank you ;o)
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Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way...
Right, I've warmed the mince pies and there is custard, cream (pouring and whipped) and brandy butter for everyone to pour/dollop/spread on them as they prefer. And not to be missed out, I have copied the invention of a certain comedy programme the name of which is another name for a certain part of the lower person starring one Ade Edmundson and Rik Mayall. So help yourself to vodka margerine too!
I'll get the fairy lights on the tree, can someone get the crackers?
Oh yes, time to get the sprouts on...
;o) []
And a slice of lemon!
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Sid 425, It's gone now. I no longer have a name or birthday.
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Your name is still there for the rest of us, D McN. Re your birthday: as you said recently, if you don't agree with the mods, go elsewhere.
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Wonko no problemo, I know exactly how you feel. It was 4 and a half hours ago the last time I had a second to poke my head in.
I agree with everyone fresh beach, fresh start. And bring back our fallen compatriots. (And bring back recent comments)
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Sid 456, I really don't care what the mods do.
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I wonder if we'll all be modded now when we celebrate our own birthdays with a Beach party? I have declared mine twice on this Beach, and not been modded.
For all anyone knows, David and myself may have just picked a random date.....
Ho hum.
Wonko - thanks!! Just what I needed ;o)
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I did nothing to help the U boats last night, so I can't accept any thanks. More Lucien and Big Sis I think. Happy birthday to Mrs McN and Mr Clinton.Its Eldest Miss Stewart M's birthday today also. She has had her party and is now in bed hopefully settling down. G&T o clock way past so willhave to see what else is on offer
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Meanwhile, Samantha has to nip out now, as she's off to visit her new farmer gentleman friend who is so committed to being organic, he uses working horses on his land. Samantha says he has a selection of wild flower seeds that need sowing, so she's offered to throw her legs in the saddle, ride down to the meadow, and spread them for him...
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Just in case anyone asks, Post @461 was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Nov 2007
n-n
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Ok, so tomorrow is our Silver Wedding anniversary. Not that I'm looking for sympathy, you understand ;-)
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462 nikkinoo
on PM?
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Annasee are you having a party?
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Happy Annaseeversary!
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Are you partly partying on your annasee anniversary?
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Lucien - I like it! Annaseeversary :0) Yes indeed, happy one to you and SO Annasee.
DMcN - Happy Birthday to Mrs DMcN, I've just managed to get in before the turn of the day I think? Yes, 23.24.
Happy Birthday too, to Miss Stewart M, I hope a fun time was had by all.
I too have high hopes for a high tide to wash away all the over-saltiness of this week's Beach. Roll on Friday 21st?
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Amazing what happens when you pop around the other side. Such a pity about the tantrums....
Anyhow, I've put a plate of Rock Buns on the bar. Very good they are too and if anyone says they;re a funny shape, I can explain...
( please save the speedo shaped one for....sob...sob..;-( )
Mxx
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crikey! Is that the time??
Night-night!
Mxx
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Speedo shaped rock buns ... now that's a vision to take to bed with me.
Sweet dreams all!
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morning all. coffee on the side but alas no pastries today. i'm feeling a bit under the weather and so had a lie-in rather than trip to the boulanger. not feeling much better for it but hey ho work is calling.
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Happy Anniversay Mr & Mrs Annassee! And Happy Birthday to my RL big sis!
Anyone for bacon sarnies?
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"It seems quiet on the blog, perhaps it's the hot weather ..." says sweet Eloise ...
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YOU NEED TO POST IN CAPITAL LETTERS WITH LOTS OF EXCLAMATION MARKS, SID, THAT'LL WAKE THEM ALL UP!!!
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l_d (475) Please don't shout! There's folks here trying to sleep! :-p
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476 FF
Once I'm up everyone else has to get up too ... I'm like a kid at christmas.
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Fairy snuff, l_d. In RL I've been up since 5am anyway!
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Lucien, some of us have done a half marathon already this morning.
I don't count myself smongst them ;o)
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SHARK!!
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annasee 463, We were in France on our 25th on July 4th, Independence Day. We picked that day to show some Americans know what irony is.
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Lucien, if you keep shouting, you'll find yourself on a completely deserted beach rather than a pleasantly quiet one ....
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*der-dum der-dum* Who gave that shark a cello?
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You've rumbled me BigSis, I was trying to clear the beach so I could go skinny dipping (a bit of one-upmanship on a certain absent friend).
Don't worry, I'll keep my bermuda shorts on in the presence of others.
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Lucien, don't worry about me. I've seen it all before. ;o)
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I'll get my sunglasses out - those shorts are VERY bright!
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I've done it in RL (Brighton beach when I was younger) but would be far to embarrassed to do it here.
Anyway ... can we return to discussing the weather or something.
Glass of ice-cold water anyone?
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Lucien, we may have shared a beach way back then - I used to visit the same beach when I lived in Brighton ;o) Now, there's a thought for the rest of the day?
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Looks like it's going to rain, I'm going to go hide in my beach hut.
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Now who's frightened, Lucien?
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Me! I'll be back soon in long trousers, three layers of jumper and an overcoat.
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And if the tides don't cleanse the Beach, today's rain will.
All those marvellous little pit marks in the sand, like a myriad razor shell hideout entrances.
The sand darkens and the sea gets warmer. Swimming now is wonderful.
It's great to walk along the Promenade if you were expecting sunshine and get caught in a downpour a mile from shelter. Then you drench to the skin in warm exhilarating rain.
Enjoy.
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As we seem to be getting all poetical, may I quote the late Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock:
"Life is orange,
I am purple.
Hick, hack, hock"
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Life's an apple
without a core.
I'm with Diamond White.
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Charitable concert tonight at RAF Unmentionable. In aid of an injured serviceman aiming to compete at the 2012 Olympics. 'Fete Accompli', a bunch of performers who have various folk clubs in common, agreed to turn up and share the programme between them, free of charge.
Plan A: Lying Scotsman to play one slot, Fifi also to play a solo slot.
Lying Scotsman bass player falls ill. Guitar player and Fifi have one rehearsal left, to decide whether a bass-less duo is feasible. It is.
Plan B: Lying Scotsman (duo) to play one revised slot, followed by Fifi playing solo slot. Fifi's Other 'Arf will also come along, to take photos and footage and provide some (largely unrehearsed) backing vocals.
During said rehearsal, guitar player gets an urgent phone call. Family member dangerously ill, he has to miss the gig too.
Plan C: Fifi revises the playlist again, relying heavily on Lying Scotsman songs she can play adequately as well as sing, and on OA's support with the vocals.
On the afternoon before the gig, OA announces that he doesn't know when his car will be back from MoT, and that he doesn't have contact details for the guy who's driven it away for said test. (He was recommended by our usual guy, so it's not 'quite' as dodgy as it looks!) It is, as I type this, an hour and a half before I have to leave for the gig - because I am providing most of the PA kit.
Plan ... where are we? ... D: RAF Unmentionable's going to be pretty darn sick of Fifi's voice by midnight!
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(As I hit SEND, the car came back, duly passed at the first go.)
;o)
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Plan E: Revised programme is back from our lovely host. Fifi now has a 45 minute slot, with her trusty backing singer. And everyone else's slots have also been bumped up to 45 mins, instead of the mere 30 that they had hitherto been mysteriously awarded.
Wish me luck folks! I'm outta here in approximately... 45 minutes!
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Good luck!!!
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Luck?!? Fifi needs no luck :-)
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*tunes guitar (vaguely)*
*sings*
"... and if I didn't have bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all ..."
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