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• 1. At 06:53am on 27 Aug 2010, DiY wrote:

  Morning Friday Peeps, Froggers, Peeps-a-Frogging and Frogging Peeps! ®
  
  Tea, coffee, crossaunts and toast with a fine selection of marmalades are now available at NC's.
  
  Fresh orange juice will be on tap soon care of the Big Sister Orange Juice Emporium Inc.

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• 2. At 07:12am on 27 Aug 2010, Alan_N wrote:

  Must park my camel first

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• 3. At 07:45am on 27 Aug 2010, lucien desgai wrote:

  Careful Alan, there's clampers about.

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• 4. At 08:22am on 27 Aug 2010, jonnie wrote:

  I'm ahead of Big Sister and just left some marked down but fresh and chilled 'Don Simon' orange juice at the NC bar.
  
  Please enjoy!

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• 5. At 08:33am on 27 Aug 2010, Fifi wrote:

  It's Fridaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! The rain has stopped and there are rumours we may even see some sunshine over the long weekend.
  
  Here's some smoked salmon, lemon wedges and black pepper and a mountain of hot toast. Hands up who wants bucks fizz with it?
  
  

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• 6. At 08:39am on 27 Aug 2010, Phil Burt wrote:

  Trust in Allah, but do please tether your camels!
  
  Thanks for the breakfast goodies, and I've left some birch boletes and a couple of chanterelles - be quick!
  
  ;-)

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• 7. At 08:53am on 27 Aug 2010, The Intermittent Horse wrote:

  Toasted potato and soda farls with lashings of butter. Eat before they go cold.

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• 8. At 08:54am on 27 Aug 2010, Big Sister wrote:

  Ah, Jonnie - Simon's famous OJ, eh?
  
  Well, if that runs out, there's plenty more in the chiller from my endless supply ;o)
  
  Thanks for the woodland delicacies, Phil!

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• 9. At 09:03am on 27 Aug 2010, Alan_N wrote:

  Smoked salmon! Does anyone have any anchovies to wrap it around?

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• 10. At 09:20am on 27 Aug 2010, Anne P wrote:

  Funny you should mention anchovies Alan, is there a shortage? My mother rang to ask me yesterday as she can't find any anywhere.

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• 11. At 09:40am on 27 Aug 2010, The Intermittent Horse wrote:

  Anchovies? I've plenty - here you go!

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• 12. At 09:43am on 27 Aug 2010, Big Sister wrote:

  Now - Does anyone here remember GBH? (Alan Bleasdale, not actual bodily harm)
  
  I have just ordered it online and am now wishing it could arrive instantaneously. I cannot believe that it is 19 years since it was originally broadcast - it remains so vivid in my mind!
  
  I'll arrange a special broadcast for interest beachcombers upon its arrival ....

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• 13. At 10:10am on 27 Aug 2010, The Intermittent Horse wrote:

  GBH - Brilliant television, with Robert Lindsay and Michael Palin.
  
  I've just received my order of an even older set of programmes (I think) by Alan Plater - The Beiderbecke Trilogy with James Bolam and Barbara Flynn.

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• 14. At 10:25am on 27 Aug 2010, jecle wrote:

  Do you like glass balls?
  How cool is this?

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• 15. At 10:27am on 27 Aug 2010, Big Sister wrote:

  Ah yes, The Beiderbecke Tapes. I nearly ordered those, too, Horse, but will content myself with my CDs of the music instead ;o)
  
  I will reserve a special place for the viewing night for you. Popcorn optional.

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• 16. At 11:19am on 27 Aug 2010, davmcn wrote:

  TIH 13, The Beiderbecke programs were repeated not too long ago on one of those Freeview channels. I've seen them all several times so see no sense in wasting money on DVDs. I was given a set of video tapes of the Frasier series. I never watched them as I saw it all on TV. I gave them to a jumble sale at a fete at the Cathedral.
  
  BS 15, CDs of the music? Do you mean from the TV series or Beiderbecke himself? I have the music from the TV series on an old LP, so there!! Do you remember Dale 'The Whale' Beiderbecke? (No Googling!)

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• 17. At 11:33am on 27 Aug 2010, Big Sister wrote:

  Mr. Bix himself, David.

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• 18. At 11:44am on 27 Aug 2010, davmcn wrote:

  BS 17, So what about Dale 'The Whale'?

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• 19. At 11:47am on 27 Aug 2010, jecle wrote:

  and for the beach today......I would like to offer you all some marvellous bubbles on the beach
  
  This and my (14) above are from at article on viral videos on today's guardian website.

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• 20. At 12:07pm on 27 Aug 2010, Phil Burt wrote:

  19. edwardjecle
  Thanks for those, Ed

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• 21. At 12:27pm on 27 Aug 2010, Phil Burt wrote:

  This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the House Rules.

• 22. At 12:53pm on 27 Aug 2010, DiY wrote:

  This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the House Rules.

• 23. At 1:01pm on 27 Aug 2010, The Intermittent Horse wrote:

  ¿ɥɔunl ɹnoʎ ʇɐǝ noʎ llıʍ ʍoɥ ʇnq 'llǝʍ ʎɹǝʌ llɐ s,ʇɐɥʇ 'lıɥd

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• 24. At 1:01pm on 27 Aug 2010, The Intermittent Horse wrote:

  ¡ʇnu ƃuoɹʍ 'ʎɹɹos

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• 25. At 1:05pm on 27 Aug 2010, DiY wrote:

  ¡ɐǝʇ ɹoɟ sɥʇoɯ ƃuıʌɐɥ ǝq ʎluıɐɯ llıʍ ı os 'ʞɹɐp sı ʇı uǝɥʍ ʇno ǝɯoɔ ʎluo ı ˙ɥɔunl op ʇ,uop ı 'ʇɐq ɐ sɐ ƃuıʞɐǝds 'ǝsɹoɥ

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• 26. At 1:06pm on 27 Aug 2010, Phil Burt wrote:

  24. The Intermittent Horse
  sǝɔuɐʇsɯnɔɹıɔ ɹɐlıɯıs 'ǝsɹoɥ ʇɥƃıɹllɐ s,ʇɐɥʇ

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• 27. At 1:07pm on 27 Aug 2010, DiY wrote:

  ¡ǝuɹnoqlǝɯ uı uoıʇɐʇs ʇǝǝɹʇs sɹǝpuılɟ ɟo ǝpısʇno ƃuıpuɐʇs sɐʍ ı sıɥʇ ǝʞıl ǝʇınb ʇlǝɟ ı ǝɯıʇ ʇsɐl ǝɥʇ 'ʎllɐnʇɔɐ

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• 28. At 1:21pm on 27 Aug 2010, The Intermittent Horse wrote:

  ¿ɐılɐɹʇsnɐ uı ,dn ʎɐʍ ʇɥƃıɹ, ǝɥʇ dǝǝls sʇɐq op

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• 29. At 1:30pm on 27 Aug 2010, DiY wrote:

  Yes!

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• 30. At 1:30pm on 27 Aug 2010, jonnie wrote:

  (-: ʎuunɟ ʎɹǝʌ `lol

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• 31. At 1:31pm on 27 Aug 2010, DiY wrote:

  Looks like the mods are not best pleased!

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• 32. At 1:35pm on 27 Aug 2010, Phil Burt wrote:

  ǝʌıʇɔǝdsɹǝd ƃuoɹʍ ǝɥʇ ɯoɹɟ ʇı ʇɐ ƃuıʞool ʎlqɐqoɹd ǝɹ,ʎǝɥʇ

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• 33. At 1:35pm on 27 Aug 2010, Anne P wrote:

  or even the wrong angle!

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• 34. At 1:37pm on 27 Aug 2010, Anne P wrote:

  If it's true that the Beeb are looking to cut message boards and blogs it might be prudent not to annoy the mods too often since one presumes their feedback on the costs and burdens of moderating might be influential!

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• 35. At 2:02pm on 27 Aug 2010, The Intermittent Horse wrote:

  Phil Burt (32) - haha! or ¡ɐɥɐɥ

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• 36. At 3:07pm on 27 Aug 2010, ValeryP wrote:

  Oh! How did you do that??

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• 37. At 3:32pm on 27 Aug 2010, Phil Burt wrote:

  36. ValeryP
  

  • "How did you do that??"
  
  ʎsɐǝ
  

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• 38. At 3:34pm on 27 Aug 2010, ValeryP wrote:

  Lol!

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• 39. At 3:37pm on 27 Aug 2010, ValeryP wrote:

  (o: ɹɐılıɯɐɟ sʞool ʇı ¿ʇuıod ǝɯos ʇɐ ǝʇıs sıɥʇ dn ƃɐlɟ ı ʇ,upıp

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• 40. At 3:38pm on 27 Aug 2010, Alan_N wrote:

  Don't ask - it will only encourage them!

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• 41. At 6:47pm on 27 Aug 2010, Fifi wrote:

  I have the Bix CDs as well - but the Tapes are much funnier. Good investment, Horse!

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• 42. At 6:56pm on 27 Aug 2010, Big Sister wrote:

  For the second sitting, I can offer The Way We Live Now, with David Suchet on excellent form. Between the two (GBH and TWWLN) I'd say they are TV dramam at their finest.

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• 43. At 8:43pm on 27 Aug 2010, Lady_Sue wrote:

  Have been too busy to read the above but just to let our lovely frogger friends know: Gossipmistress and Annasee have arrived on this bit of the beach for the weekend (complete with hubby and daughter of the latter).
  
  We are having a jolly old time and I've been delegated to send a message in a bottle to all of you to say we are raising our glasses toasting the PM Blog and Our Glorious Leader.
  
  Chin chin!
  
  (or should that be "chins chins"?)

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• 44. At 11:25pm on 27 Aug 2010, Big Sister wrote:

  Chin chin to all in Lady Sue's manor - We are with you in spirit [or, should that be spirits? ;o)]

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• 45. At 00:02am on 28 Aug 2010, Lady_Sue wrote:

  Here in the grass hut, we have a gathering of fellow froggers:
  
  From Annasee: Lovely trip over here, lovely food, lovely company, lovely wine, plenty of gossip...;-)
  
  From Gossipmistress: Going to have to make Annasee swim in the lake tomorrow!! But shhh don't tell her!
  
  And from me... goodnight. (With apologies to Jeremy).

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• 46. At 08:31am on 28 Aug 2010, DiY wrote:

  Morning Peeps! ©
  
  Full English breakfast for those that want and Fresh fruit salad for them that dunt!
  
  ;-)

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• 47. At 08:43am on 28 Aug 2010, Alan_N wrote:

  Morning Mr Nutt. Nice sausages.

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• 48. At 09:22am on 28 Aug 2010, DiY wrote:

  LOL....my 22 was moderated for being spam!...or should i say....¡ɯɐds ƃuıǝq ɹoɟ pǝʇɐɹǝpoɯ sɐʍ 22 ʎɯ˙˙˙˙lol

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• 49. At 09:28am on 28 Aug 2010, DiY wrote:

  my 22 was......i am just experimenting being a long eared bat so that i can get a feel of what the bat box should be like......but in Australian script
  
  ;-)

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• 50. At 09:29am on 28 Aug 2010, DiY wrote:

  Morning Mr N....nice buns!

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• 51. At 09:34am on 28 Aug 2010, IMOORE wrote:

  What is the point of the beach board?

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• 52. At 09:40am on 28 Aug 2010, Ellis P Otter wrote:

  51 - There is no point, no corners either. Just a beach.
  
  Fancy an ice-cream?

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• 53. At 10:22am on 28 Aug 2010, lucien desgai wrote:

  Strawberry please.

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• 54. At 10:22am on 28 Aug 2010, lucien desgai wrote:

  ... with hundreds and thousands.

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• 55. At 10:40am on 28 Aug 2010, Alan_N wrote:

  Got any flake?

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• 56. At 10:57am on 28 Aug 2010, davmcn wrote:

  See Monk...

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• 57. At 12:03pm on 28 Aug 2010, Ellis P Otter wrote:

  One strawberry sprinkles and a 99 coming up.
  
  Anyone got an idea that Dave was saying. I think he may have been trying to say something before the Sea Monkey swallowed him up!

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• 58. At 1:07pm on 28 Aug 2010, lucien desgai wrote:

  57 Ellis
  Just wait for it to spit him out again.

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• 59. At 1:19pm on 28 Aug 2010, Fifi wrote:

  Oooh, to be a fly on the wall in the grass hut!
  
  Anyhoo, I've got the geralds production line running, so do please assemble yours to your own favourite recipe - butter or mustard, ketchup or HP, rolls or bread, wholemeal or white, toms and/or onions.
  
  Does anyone know if there were local froggers in last night's AQ audience last night? I am straining to listen but the raucous laughter emanating from the hut keeps drowning out the best lines.

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• 60. At 5:02pm on 28 Aug 2010, Phil Burt wrote:

  What? Me worry?

  • "A Polish man living in Germany spent five years with a bullet in the back of his head having forgotten he was shot because he was drunk when it happened.
    ...doctors had found a .22-calibre round after the 35-year-old asked them to remove what he thought was a cyst.
    
    They said the man recalled receiving a blow to the head around midnight at a New Year's Eve party "in 2004 or 2005".
    
    Where's Chicken Little when you need her?
    It is thought it might have been a stray bullet fired in celebration.
    
    "It may have been a shot fired up in the air which entered his head on the way down," a police spokesman told reporters on Tuesday."
  
  
  

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• 61. At 6:44pm on 28 Aug 2010, Ellis P Otter wrote:

  If you're not doing anything else tonight and was busy last Sunday may I recommend you listen to the Classic Serial at nine o'clock and make a date to be in tomorrow for the next bit.
  
  Oh and I've had a delivery from BOC, cylinders of helium and entonox, fun for all with balloons!

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• 62. At 08:43am on 29 Aug 2010, davmcn wrote:

  EpO 57, Re Monk: see Dale 'The Whale'.

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• 63. At 08:47am on 29 Aug 2010, Alan_N wrote:

  I used to work in the BOC helium factory but I quit. I will not be spoken to in that tone.
  
  
  
  
  I thank you, we're here all week.

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• 64. At 10:28am on 29 Aug 2010, davmcn wrote:

  Beiderbecke, that is...

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• 65. At 10:36am on 29 Aug 2010, lucien desgai wrote:

  62 dav
  You were swallowed by a whale?

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• 66. At 10:39am on 29 Aug 2010, davmcn wrote:

  Yeah, me and Jonah.

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• 67. At 10:49am on 29 Aug 2010, davmcn wrote:

  
  Useless info:
  
  Anybody else here see Jerry Lewis (no, not Jerry Lee Lewis) on Law and Order the other night? You know, of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
  
  That's a bit like seeing Tim Conway (McHale's Navy, etc) on CSI Las Vegas recently playing a retired comic. His real name is Tom Conway, but another, older, actor (played The Falcon, he did) was using that name. He is originally from the Cleveland area and wore a Chagrin Falls t-shirt on McHale's Navy. A lot of people thoyught he made that up, but those of us in the know, know that Chagrin Falls is a suburb of Cleveland and Conway comes from there.
  
  More useless info later. After EtE...

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• 68. At 10:52am on 29 Aug 2010, davmcn wrote:

  See Adam Arkin...

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• 69. At 10:53am on 29 Aug 2010, lucien desgai wrote:

  67
  After EtE? Are you defining a new epoch?

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• 70. At 10:54am on 29 Aug 2010, davmcn wrote:

  But no e at the end of Beiderbecke.

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• 71. At 7:01pm on 29 Aug 2010, Big Sister wrote:

  Are we all asleep? ;o)

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• 72. At 7:46pm on 29 Aug 2010, Ellis P Otter wrote:

  smacks midge off nose
  
  Hrmpphh...

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• 73. At 7:52pm on 29 Aug 2010, Alan_N wrote:

  Just time for a nightcap and an early night with a good book

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• 74. At 8:21pm on 29 Aug 2010, Ellis P Otter wrote:

  Big Sis, woke me up ... just to say the play's second half wasn't as good as the first.
  
  In my humble opinion, the second half was too short without sufficient zoiks factor. It could have made three episodes and been better for it with a decent script.
  
  Oh, Nataliya recommends the tiramasu as comfort food tonight.
  
  clambers back up to treehouse
  
  Nighty, night

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• 75. At 9:42pm on 29 Aug 2010, Gillianian wrote:

  Good evening! I'm back from the land of the loch and the munro. I've put some porridge in the slow-cooker for those who'd enjoy a hearty breakfast in the morning. A sprinkling from the bottle of whisky next to it my help to tice it down ;o)

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• 76. At 10:36pm on 29 Aug 2010, Big Sister wrote:

  Glad to see you back, Gillianian, and I hope you had a great time there.
  
  Perhaps a slug or two of whisky to help tice me to sleep? ;o)

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• 77. At 08:04am on 30 Aug 2010, Alan_N wrote:

  Morning all!
  
  That's odd - an empty whisky bottle and a slow cooker half full of cement. Hmm. What does it all mean?
  
  I'll ponder it as I get the fire going to do the bacon on...

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• 78. At 10:09am on 30 Aug 2010, Phil Burt wrote:

  And you can throw on some of these fine boletes I stumbled upon in the woods this morning...and a few locally made sausages.
  
  Yum!

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• 79. At 10:26am on 30 Aug 2010, Phil Burt wrote:

  Quiz time:
  The Taliban have an estimated 50 Stinger missiles supplied to them by:
  A ) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
  B ) Kim Jong il
  C ) Ronald Reagan
  Hint: It was back when they were “the moral equivalent of our Founding Fathers.”
  
  

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• 80. At 10:40am on 30 Aug 2010, lucien desgai wrote:

  79 Phil
  This beach is all off-topic seweetnes, light and candyfloss ... not even stinger scorpions here.

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• 81. At 10:43am on 30 Aug 2010, lucien desgai wrote:

  no seaweed or sewers either ... just some bad typing

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• 82. At 10:50am on 30 Aug 2010, Phil Burt wrote:

  81. lucien desgai
  

  • "no seaweed or sewers either ..."
  
  Sorry! I repent.

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• 83. At 10:52am on 30 Aug 2010, Alan_N wrote:

  78 - Thanks Phil - magic!

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• 84. At 11:01am on 30 Aug 2010, lucien desgai wrote:

  Magic indeed ... any Conocybe smithii where you are Phil?

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• 85. At 11:19am on 30 Aug 2010, Ellis P Otter wrote:

  Why do I get the feeling there may be plenty of leftover pizza around for the snaffling soon?

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• 86. At 12:33pm on 30 Aug 2010, davmcn wrote:

  EPO 72, Wot's Midge Ure doing on your nose?

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• 87. At 12:39pm on 30 Aug 2010, Phil Burt wrote:

  84. lucien desgai
  

  • "any Conocybe smithii where you are Phil?"
  
  No, but we found a few Psilocybe semilanceata yesterday on a riverside walk in grass which is occasionally mowed to keep the paths open...
  
  ;-)

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• 88. At 12:40pm on 30 Aug 2010, lucien desgai wrote:

  Put that lawnmower away!

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• 89. At 1:05pm on 30 Aug 2010, Phil Burt wrote:

  A good year for squirrels!
  
  ;-)
  
  P.S. Lucien, It's because the grass is (relatively) short that the psillies are visible. It isn't lawn-short or putting green stripy.

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• 90. At 1:56pm on 30 Aug 2010, Phil Burt wrote:

  Lucien,
  
  In a Flash, you can be there!
  
  ;-)
  
  

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• 91. At 3:30pm on 30 Aug 2010, U14595260 wrote:

  'An Amercian in Paris'. Oh boy! Not quite Gene Kelly's (with the) Mouse King standard but Caron coming alive in dance!
  
  And there are no songs like the old songs. Such eternal truths
  
  The radio and the telephone and the movies that we know
  May just be passing fancies and in time may go (Our Love is here to stay).
  
  Just had to tell PM about it, and Twitter it too! What a film!
  
  PS Good in any language:
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en&v=7Ezn4FJhFG8&gl=US
  

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• 92. At 3:32pm on 30 Aug 2010, U14595260 wrote:

  67, 69.
  
  I thihk he should return the books pdq. Any questions?

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• 93. At 4:57pm on 30 Aug 2010, davmcn wrote:

  SaR 91, And Gershwin is better than Brown. Although a lot of people prefer Singing in the Rain to An American in Paris as a movie.

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• 94. At 5:59pm on 30 Aug 2010, U14595260 wrote:

  In the hills above our Beach the Wardens are declaring war on rhododendrons.
  
  Can buddleja avoid being reclassified as a pest for much longer? Let's hope the deep purple variety eacapes.
  
  The Peacock Red Admiral.

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• 95. At 7:03pm on 30 Aug 2010, Gillianian wrote:

  Gene Kelly??? Give me Grace Kelly any day!!! If I'm canny, I may be wearing one of her gowns when I visit the Beach in a couple of days ;o)

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• 96. At 7:32pm on 30 Aug 2010, Lady_Sue wrote:

  *blink blink*
  
  Sunshine? Sand? *emerges from grass hut* Oh! The Beach - how wonderful.
  
  What a brilliant couple of days - fab frogger friends, fab food (GM genius chef, move over Nigella!) fab vino, fab BBQ by lake-beach, fab weather (tanks be), fab camp-fire-side singing, fab silly house games, fab walks with fab canine pals - altogether = absolutely fabulous. We thought of all of you (in the nicest possible way) and Our Glorious Leader without whom none of this would have happened.
  
  Respect and thanks.

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• 97. At 7:38pm on 30 Aug 2010, Big Sister wrote:

  How lovely! I think some celebratory champagne may be called for, Sue.
  
  *Pop!*

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• 98. At 8:15pm on 30 Aug 2010, Ellis P Otter wrote:

  Thank you Big Sis! Just the thing
  
  I'd like to let you all know that the sun has been shining all day up here on this remote stretch of beach. Don't believe those nay-sayers at the met office.
  
  Okay, there was a chilly wind, I'll accept.
  
  Glad to know you had a wonderful weekend Lady Sue ... though mildly envious as I had to work.
  
  I can smell my chicken, mushroom, leek and onion thing turning from almost cooked to delicious.
  
  Got to go ...

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• 99. At 10:30pm on 30 Aug 2010, Stewart_M wrote:

  Home at last. Some shiraz to finish. Anyone need a glass?

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• 100. At 07:05am on 31 Aug 2010, Lady_Sue wrote:

  Morning all. Thanks for the champagne Big Sis - it was lovely.
  
  Ellis, so glad you had good weather too - it was spectacular here yesterday and a misty morning promises the same today. I suspect the Froggers brought the good weather - they certainly arrived with crates full of everything else!
  
  

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• 101. At 08:45am on 31 Aug 2010, Fifi wrote:

  My SO spent much of the weekend restoring 'tired' wooden patio furniture. He's done such a good job, we have decided to promote some of it to house-furniture use!
  
  Anyone want a horrid but oddly practical G-plan* dining set, free to good home?
  
  *other horrid but oddly practical furniture is available.

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• 102. At 08:53am on 31 Aug 2010, Big Sister wrote:

  I believe G-plan is very desirable these days, Fifi. I'd contact your local Lovejoy.

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• 103. At 09:33am on 31 Aug 2010, davmcn wrote:

  EPO 98, They were all swimming nude, you know.

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• 104. At 10:12am on 31 Aug 2010, davmcn wrote:

  I was there and saw them...

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• 105. At 10:39am on 31 Aug 2010, Lady_Sue wrote:

  Is G-plan anything to do with spots of the same name?

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• 106. At 11:43am on 31 Aug 2010, Phil Burt wrote:

  100. Lady Sue
  

  • "it was spectacular here yesterday and a misty morning promises the same today"
  
  And here too!
  
  And today is similar, if a wee bit cooler in the shade...

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• 107. At 1:03pm on 31 Aug 2010, Stewart_M wrote:

  Lady Sue, looking at the G plan furnature on E buy (other auction sites are available) I do not think it would hit any spot with the letter G ;-)

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• 108. At 4:40pm on 31 Aug 2010, Lady_Sue wrote:

  Phil, those are absolutely spectacular! Thanks for sharing. It was 24C earlier - positively balmy (with an "L") for a change. I'm sure Annasee and Gossipmistress will never believe that it actually gets a tad chilly here.
  
  Stewart, thanks. I g@@gled 'G-plan' this morning but couldn't find any examples of dining furniture so am still at a loss as to whether to adopt Fifi's.
  
  davmcn, actually it was too chilly for skinny dipping but it isn't today. I'm just off...
  
  

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• 109. At 5:08pm on 31 Aug 2010, Big Sister wrote:

  If you like classic 60s Danish style furnitue, then you may well love G-Plan, Sue. Think teak, curvy, clean. If you go onto e-Bay you'll see examples of many kinds.

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• 110. At 5:21pm on 31 Aug 2010, davmcn wrote:

  LS 108, And annassee was playing the harp noodie.

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• 111. At 5:56pm on 31 Aug 2010, Lady_Sue wrote:

  Big Sis, I looked there too, after Stewart's tip. Think I've finally got the general idea thank you. Possibly not quite the right "look" for a Georgian grass hut.
  
  davmcn - it's definitely the Naughtie Step for you!

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• 112. At 6:09pm on 31 Aug 2010, davmcn wrote:

  LS 11, James Naughtie?

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• 113. At 9:04pm on 31 Aug 2010, Lady_Sue wrote:

  davmcn: yep! My little joke (see the Beach signs).

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• 114. At 00:15am on 01 Sep 2010, Grande Noix wrote:

  Where's the drink?

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• 115. At 09:04am on 01 Sep 2010, Big Sister wrote:

  In another place you said you drank infrequently, Mr. Nut (with one t) .....

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• 116. At 09:14am on 01 Sep 2010, Lady_Sue wrote:

  What no breakfast? Ah, Big Sister's about so there must be fresh juice on the bar. Can't smell any coffee though... something amiss this morning.
  
  Ho hum *rummages in cardboard boxes* ah, some cereal and fresh fruit. *rummages in fridge* and some yoghurt.
  
  Healthy options this morning Froggers!

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• 117. At 09:41am on 01 Sep 2010, Anne P wrote:

  Nearly time for second breakfasts - fresh tea and coffee on the bar, toast and cross aunts coming up.

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• 118. At 10:19am on 01 Sep 2010, Alan_N wrote:

  Or there is some of this lovely cake that my eldest made yesterday - enough sugar in it to give a Blue Whale diabetes.

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• 119. At 10:37am on 01 Sep 2010, davmcn wrote:

  This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the House Rules.

• 120. At 10:38am on 01 Sep 2010, davmcn wrote:

  GN 114, Nuts to you!

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• 121. At 10:40am on 01 Sep 2010, davmcn wrote:

  LS 113, My speedo isn't worn. Can I still wear it?

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• 122. At 10:46am on 01 Sep 2010, davmcn wrote:

  I sat on a piece of Danish pastry once...

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• 123. At 11:35am on 01 Sep 2010, Grande Noix wrote:

  115. Big Sister
  "In another place you said you drank infrequently,"
  And I spoke truly, but now
  I'm thirsty!

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• 124. At 1:09pm on 01 Sep 2010, gossipmistress wrote:

  Any leftover leftovers left Lady Sue?

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• 125. At 1:20pm on 01 Sep 2010, Lady_Sue wrote:

  GM@124: LOL ;o)! Hardly any leftovers, or left-over leftovers, left but some delicious fruit cake to go alongside that of Anne's! Lots of different types of tea and some excellent real coffee to go with it too. Oh, and some delicious left-over fig and apple crumble - but you'll have to fight me for it.

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• 126. At 1:51pm on 01 Sep 2010, Grande Noix wrote:

  Any leftover drink?
  Another bright sunny day here on the costa del somewhere!

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• 127. At 3:26pm on 01 Sep 2010, Lady_Sue wrote:

  GN, half a dozen bottles of red wine, four of white, a bottle of fizz, half a bottle of gin, about a dozen bottles of a variety of beer/cider and three-quarters of a bottle of 'potin'. Not to mention an array of nibbles that include olives, stuffed vine leaves, packets of Kettle crisps, Pringles, peanuts and an array of exotic fruit including two pineapples, four melons and a mango! I'll spare you a list of what remains in the 'pantry'.
  
  Another lovely day on this part of the beach too! Long may it last.

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• 128. At 3:30pm on 01 Sep 2010, Lady_Sue wrote:

  Make that seven bottles of red wine (I just checked). Bear in mind, this doesn't include what was brought over and consumed! Froggers definitely the most generous house guests ever to visit the Grass Hut.

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• 129. At 5:39pm on 01 Sep 2010, davmcn wrote:

  OK, what broke the rules in my 119? Off to the Delphi Forum for a while where freedom of speech rules.

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• 130. At 11:14am on 02 Sep 2010, Alan_N wrote:

  Elevenses, and I offer choc chip cookies as made by N minor. Bless her.
  
  (Govt Health Warning - not recommended for those with fragile teeth.)
  
  I shan't join you as I will now have to redecorate the kitchen.
  
  :-)

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• 131. At 11:24am on 02 Sep 2010, Grande Noix wrote:

  Another bright sunny day here on the Costa del Somewhere!
  
  Late breakfast goodies include some more chanterelles and a couple of ceps, and it's time to gather some rowanberries for jelly...

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• 132. At 5:06pm on 02 Sep 2010, Patrick Too wrote:

  In the Radio Times - Eddie was bemoaning the lack of choice in frames for the new glasses he had to buy. If anyone sees him - do let him know that decent individual frames can be had from Opera Opera in Covent Garden. A Nice pair of BBC-esque horn rimmed frames could be yours! (Not an advert really - just a thought) 'cos I popped into my opticians today to see if there has been any improvement in the frames department - sadly no. Row upon row of dull boring letter box style frames all looking exactly the same. It really is criminal how they can get away with such mundanity!

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• 133. At 5:09pm on 02 Sep 2010, davmcn wrote:

  Out picking apples today to make wine. It was really no contest as apples have no hands.

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• 134. At 5:11pm on 02 Sep 2010, davmcn wrote:

  PT 132, I'll bet he buys those horrible frames with wide temples like everybody else. Why isn't he wearing glasses up above?

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• 135. At 5:24pm on 02 Sep 2010, davmcn wrote:

  Coq au vin tonight. It is in a bottle that we bought in France recently and comes from the Dordogne area. I'll report on it later after discussing miscarriages to no end.

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• 136. At 5:29pm on 02 Sep 2010, davmcn wrote:

  Did you know that Virginia Ironside's son is in the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain?

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• 137. At 7:02pm on 02 Sep 2010, Ellis P Otter wrote:

  What does one call baked dishes topped with sliced potato instead of pastry?
  
  I know Lancashire hotpot uses this method but nothing under the potato matches my feast this evening.
  
  It will taste brilliant even without a name - and no, I'm not calling it Eric.
  
  Speaking of which, did no-one catch the phrase?

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• 138. At 9:07pm on 02 Sep 2010, Lady_Sue wrote:

  dav, hope your apple picking went well. The wine sounds unusual, coming as it does with coq au vin in the same bottle. A little like those ships in a bottle? How did you decant it?
  
  Ellis, without telling us what was under the potato, we can't help. '[Blank] Dauphinoise' usually impresses house/dinner guests, in my experience.
  
  Suddenly feel I should be making money-on-the-side like Stephen Fry or Julian Fellows "tips for fine dining".
  
  Oh s*d it, definitely time to crank up the beach bonfire and open some of the leftover vino. Anyone?
  
  

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• 139. At 9:25pm on 02 Sep 2010, Ellis P Otter wrote:

  I could have sworn I heard the it's time to take the foil off the buffet.
  
  Do any of you listen to the programe?

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• 140. At 9:27pm on 02 Sep 2010, Ellis P Otter wrote:

  Never mind ... here's the chicken dauphinoise!
  
  Blooming lovely

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• 141. At 9:58pm on 02 Sep 2010, Grande Noix wrote:

  139. Ellis P Otter
  "Do any of you listen to the programe?"
  Aye!
  And I shouted too!

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• 142. At 10:45pm on 02 Sep 2010, Big Sister wrote:

  Ellis, yes, I too heard it tonight, at around 5.45, I believe.
  
  Good for Eric!

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• 143. At 11:23pm on 02 Sep 2010, Patrick Too wrote:

  According to the Radio Times, our Eddie hasn't had an eye test for years!
  
  A thought on Apples. the cider advert would have us believe that their cider has to have apples picked straight off the trees. When we made cider years ago - the old recipe book we had said they had to be 'well ripened' i.e: having hung around on racks in a warm place for a while.
  
  Intriguing.

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• 144. At 11:43pm on 02 Sep 2010, Grande Noix wrote:

  143. Patrick Too
  
  I thought cider was what you made from the ones on the ground....

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• 145. At 11:48pm on 02 Sep 2010, Grande Noix wrote:

  Thinking of apples,...

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• 146. At 08:43am on 03 Sep 2010, davmcn wrote:

  LS, PT, GN, It takes too many apples to make cider, that why I make apple wine. Apples, water, sugar, yeast, nutrient. 50-80 liters.
  
  LS I decant it using an Ed Decanter.

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• 147. At 1:46pm on 03 Sep 2010, Patrick Too wrote:

  Apple Wine. Yum. Isn't there a song about that?
  
  I name that song in........

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• 148. At 4:03pm on 03 Sep 2010, davmcn wrote:

  PT 147, How about this?
  
  http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=TJLmrSbiz6o&feature=related

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• 150. At 9:21pm on 11 Feb 2011, lucien desgai wrote:

  The mods apparently don't consider 149 - with its link to a horticultural mail order site - to be spam. What do others think?

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• 151. At 9:35pm on 11 Feb 2011, DiY wrote:

  Fine by me!

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• 152. At 00:33am on 12 Feb 2011, Big Sister wrote:

  Peterponder picked a peck of pickled peppers.

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• 153. At 00:34am on 12 Feb 2011, Lady_Sue wrote:

  Those are the pickled peppers Peterponder picked.

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• 154. At 08:22am on 12 Feb 2011, DiY wrote:

  I so love time travel!
  ;o)

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• 155. At 3:43pm on 12 Feb 2011, Gillianian wrote:

  I don't like rhododendrons - I'd rather have petunias.

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• 157. At 10:05am on 13 Feb 2011, Big Sister wrote:

  I see, elsewhere, that you love watching marine fish, Peter. I haven't bothered to see if the link is 'interesting' - I suspect it's just another bit of self promotion.
  
  What a suspicious mind I have ;)

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• 159. At 09:24am on 15 Feb 2011, Peterponder wrote:

  i see that my comments have gone from here

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• 160. At 7:47pm on 15 Feb 2011, lucien desgai wrote:

  Never mind Peter, I'm sure if you'll have no problems if you post what you have to say without including links to sites that are trying to sell things.

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• 161. At 08:43am on 20 Feb 2011, Anne P wrote:

  Ah, I seem to have found a beach where the NC bar is still intact.
  
  Fresh tea, coffee and hangover cures are available.

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• 162. At 09:10am on 20 Feb 2011, DiY wrote:

  Morning Peeps!
  
  Thanks Anne.
  I brought along a big bowl of one-of-your-five-day!

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• 163. At 09:47am on 20 Feb 2011, Big Sister wrote:

  Yes, shocked to see the newer Beach boarded up. I guess we need to keep our fingers crossed that this one stays open until Eddie can open up a new one for us.
  
  *taptaptap*
  
  PETITION
  
  To Edward, the Lord Mair
  
  We, the inhabitants of the Beach hereby request that you open a new Beach for us, given the untimely death of the previous Beach without the benefit of a replacement.
  
  Your respectful listeners
  
  Sundry froggers.
  
  -----------------------------
  
  There. Let's hope he's awake. ;)

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• 164. At 09:52am on 20 Feb 2011, lucien desgai wrote:

  I'm not sundry.

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• 165. At 09:54am on 20 Feb 2011, Lady_Sue wrote:

  Don't be silly lucien, it is Sundry.

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• 166. At 10:14am on 20 Feb 2011, Ellis P Otter wrote:

  When I woke up, there were BBC security men (well outsourced to another company as it's cheaper) with batons and tear gas canisters all round the Long Beach.
  
  Good thing I don't feel strongly enough to protest...
  and it was getting tired...
  so I compliantly left the Beach and found myself wandering lost in the wilderness for a while.
  
  Fresh orange juice? Just the job.

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• 167. At 7:12pm on 20 Feb 2011, DiY wrote:

  Beer, Crisps & Pork scratchings .....splendid!

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• 168. At 8:02pm on 20 Feb 2011, Stewart_M wrote:

  Back to a warm beach. ;-)

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• 169. At 8:36pm on 20 Feb 2011, Sindy wrote:

  
  ... and relax! A case of Rioja here, if anyone's got a corkscrew ...
  
  

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• 170. At 9:31pm on 20 Feb 2011, Ellis P Otter wrote:

  *SMACK* It's only Rioja, the broken glass will add to the flavour.
  
  simples... :-)

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• 171. At 9:34pm on 20 Feb 2011, Ellis P Otter wrote:

  Oh crud, Nataliya has kindly passed me a muslin sieve, so each glass may be bit foamy but will be shard free.
  
  Health and Safety and all that...

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• 172. At 06:32am on 21 Feb 2011, The Stainless Steel Cat wrote:

  I don't have a muslin sieve, only an Eratosthenes sieve. Anyone want some prime numbers? I've got a nice 3797 if anyone's thirsty enough. (Don't touch the 859, it's bitter.)

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• 173. At 07:28am on 21 Feb 2011, DiY wrote:

  Morning Peeps!
  
  Coffee, tea and crossaunts now available at NCs.
  
  The Big Sister Tonker has replenished supplies and the Fountain Of Orange Delights is full to briming.
  
  So eat healthily and have a moan free Monday.

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• 174. At 10:10am on 21 Feb 2011, Anne P wrote:

  Late breakfast on the bar for those held up by the temporary road works on the route to the beach.

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• 175. At 11:00am on 21 Feb 2011, DiY wrote:

  The 11 o'clock bacon geralds are now ready!

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• 176. At 11:15am on 21 Feb 2011, Sindy wrote:

  175. P Nutt
  
  Sign in? What's all this then? Anyway - a bacon gerald instead of a late breakfast will do me fine, and a pint of best Colombian coffee* please.
  
  (*didn't want anybody thinking naughty thoughts!)
  
  

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• 177. At 12:22pm on 21 Feb 2011, Anne P wrote:

  I always sign in Sid, because I wipe all cookies when I leave. Sounds as if the overnight road works have changed something similar. Incidentally why does a (usually) innocuous bit of code get called after a small biscuit?

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• 178. At 1:10pm on 21 Feb 2011, Sindy wrote:

  177. Anne P
  
  "A magic cookie or just cookie for short, is a token or short packet of data passed between communicating programs, where the data is typically not meaningful to the recipient program. The contents are opaque and not usually interpreted until the recipient passes the cookie data back to the sender or perhaps another program at a later time. The cookie is often used like a ticket — to identify a particular event or transaction. The name "cookie" comes from a comparison to an unopened fortune cookie, because of the hidden information inside."
  
  

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• 179. At 1:12pm on 21 Feb 2011, DiY wrote:

  More cookies!

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• 180. At 2:09pm on 21 Feb 2011, Sindy wrote:

  179. P Nutt
  
  Hmm ... that gives me an idea ...
  
  

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• 181. At 2:27pm on 21 Feb 2011, DiY wrote:

  Oh Lordy what have I started!

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• 182. At 3:34pm on 21 Feb 2011, Gillianian wrote:

  Is it a race to the finish?

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• 183. At 5:19pm on 21 Feb 2011, DiY wrote:

  NÖþë!
  

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• 184. At 5:22pm on 21 Feb 2011, DiY wrote:

  gone fishin'
  
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  ¿

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• 185. At 7:57pm on 21 Feb 2011, DiY wrote:

  ....naughty but nice..!

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• 188. At 8:39pm on 21 Feb 2011, Ellis P Otter wrote:

  Hi Mac! Have you tried iSpot?

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• 189. At 8:43pm on 21 Feb 2011, lucien desgai wrote:

  188 Ellis
  I think Mac was asking a rhetorical question.

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• 190. At 9:22pm on 21 Feb 2011, Ellis P Otter wrote:

  Well, lucien... you know him better than me.
  
  Time for a Ssshhhower!

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• 191. At 11:19pm on 21 Feb 2011, Big Sister wrote:

  188: Or even I-Spy.
  
  Oh, those were the days ....
  
  

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• 192. At 11:34pm on 21 Feb 2011, Fifi wrote:

  Flying visit to ... hmm ... a slightly frayed-looking Previously Owned beach it seems. The dark chocolate I'd taken to bed as a naughty treat isn't as much fun as I'd hoped so I'll leave it in the fridge at the NC Bar for anyone who wants some.
  
  Meanwhile, in another world, we have had both sleet AND snow today up here in Sunny Scotland. I rushed out to build a snowman but alas, it was the wrong sort of snow so I built a pond in the tiny back garden instead. Hanging out the washing is going to be quite a challenge from now on; but on the plus side, the mower should fetch a few quid on that online auction thingy.
  
  ;o)

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• 193. At 11:43pm on 21 Feb 2011, Stewart_M wrote:

  Easily done I know, but why are we on a summer's beach?

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• 194. At 11:50pm on 21 Feb 2011, Big Sister wrote:

  Because all current beaches have been fenced off with barbed wire, Stewart. If we hunt around, we may be able to find a February one that's still open, but it won't be from 2011.

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• 195. At 00:05am on 22 Feb 2011, Ellis P Otter wrote:

  Stewart, it's always summer on the Beach!
  
  Except when it isn't. We make do with the tools available, even an obscured teenager plastered over with poster advertising...
  
  I won't complain if this goes too... being a compliant citizen understanding that we can no longer afford this sort of thing.
  
  It's an indulgence, after all.
  
  Ellis?
  
  Yes, Nataliya? What now? I'm being morbid
  
  just a snack for the bar.

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• 196. At 07:20am on 22 Feb 2011, DiY wrote:

  Morning Peeps!
  
  Just a light breakfast this morning after splendid supper table from Nataliya..tea, coffee and toast with a tangy lemon marmalade. And of course fresh juice from the Fountain of Orange Delights.
  
  Have a tremor free Tuesday.

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• 197. At 7:25pm on 22 Feb 2011, Stewart_M wrote:

  dromedary or camel

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• 198. At 10:05am on 10 Jul 2011, davmcn wrote:

  Just got back from two weeks in France. What a boring old place this blog has become.

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• 199. At 4:27pm on 11 Jul 2011, MadnessOfCrowds wrote:

  Hi, davmcn,good to hear from you and hope you enjoyed France.
  I just dropped by today specifically to say to everyone who voted for DopeyDave: I TOLD YOU SO!
  Back to work....

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• 200. At 4:59pm on 11 Jul 2011, davmcn wrote:

  MOC 199, Had a very nice two weeks. Even managed to see stage six of the Tour de France. All ten seconds of it. Whooooossssh, there it went. Get those post in quick before Eddie discovers that we have found another useable beach.

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• 201. At 5:21pm on 11 Jul 2011, MadnessOfCrowds wrote:

  I'm following Eddie on twitter. Enjoying the current #wheresDave outcry. You've come back to the UK just as people power may be about to take off.

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• 202. At 10:59pm on 11 Jul 2011, Big Sister wrote:

  How good to see you here again, Madness - I've been thinking of you these last few days ;) We are living in interesting times (with a small 't', since you ask)

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• 203. At 09:24am on 12 Jul 2011, davmcn wrote:

  BS 202 I'll have a large cuppa, since you asked.

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• 204. At 02:38am on 18 Jul 2011, DividedTheyRule wrote:

  Was in St Albans over the weekend. Saw an old relic at the cathedral and fields in Verulanium needing excavating. Young bloods urgently needed there.

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• 205. At 02:40am on 18 Jul 2011, DividedTheyRule wrote:

  We are fighting a right wing conspiratorial coup here, DMcN. No tea party this.

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• 206. At 10:09am on 18 Jul 2011, davmcn wrote:

  DtR 204 Weren't there for the Organ Festival lunch, were you?

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• 207. At 10:39am on 18 Jul 2011, davmcn wrote:

  DtR 204 That's Verulamium.

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• 208. At 5:04pm on 25 Jul 2011, davmcn wrote:

  Eddie, I thought we already put our personal artwork on the blog.
  
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/pm/2010/01/the_pm_art_gallery_1.shtml?postid=90552041

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• 209. At 9:36pm on 27 Jul 2011, Lady_Sue wrote:

  Such a shame. The Beach used to be a really fun place and now it's died. RIP Beach.

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• 210. At 1:52pm on 28 Jul 2011, DividedTheyRule wrote:

  I get older and more circumspect. Sand and grit in my socks after time on the Beach plague me. Today the solution. I took my folding chair into the sea, washed my feet, dried them and put on my socks and shoes, all whilst enthroned, in a centimetre or two of sea water, on my Beach chair. I waited for a seawater low-point, picked up my chair and walked up the Beach. I looked a real Canute to the other bathers there. At least I think that's what they said.

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• 211. At 3:33pm on 29 Jul 2011, MadnessOfCrowds wrote:

  The thing about a pleasant, non-controversial discussion area where no-one expresses any strongly-held opinions or presents cogent facts is that it is like the sitting-room in a privately-owned old folks' home - dismally boring and devoid of humanity. A stultifying pacifier. A place of neuronal degeneration. SSRI for the masses.
  Thus, the Beach and other parts of the PM community has died.
  Shame.
  I suspect that even a robust debate now would be a waste of time: the Right are in hiding waiting for Dave to bully and sneer his way out of trouble. The Right-thinking have dug out their 1980s "I didn't vote for them" badges.
  Some people are even surprised that the whole UK Cabinet appears to have been meeting their Murdoch puppet-masters more often than I see my closest friends.
  Yet, it was all foreseeable.
  Sad.
  

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• 212. At 5:20pm on 29 Jul 2011, davmcn wrote:

  Hey Eddie, what's with the rubbish music interrupting news stories on PM? Knock it off!

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• 213. At 4:53pm on 30 Jul 2011, Big Sister wrote:

  211 - We could always try lobbing a few virtual hand grenades into the sitting room and see what reaction it provokes ;)

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• 214. At 5:04pm on 30 Jul 2011, davmcn wrote:

  212, I guess you were told to do it by the new head of Radio 4 to make PM appeal to young people. Her giggly 'I'll do what I want with Radio 4 no matter what anybody says' interview on Feedback was a disgrace.

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• 215. At 5:06pm on 30 Jul 2011, DividedTheyRule wrote:

  I was gonna post a poem about the tide when I saw 211.
  
  Doesn't he know Nato is bombing the TV transmitters staffed by civilians, that pro-Gaddafi civilians are dying in Nato air attacks and being massacred by the forces of the government recently recognised by the unelected coalition, whilst that so - 'civil' authority is murdering its own military leaders?
  
  This is no time for controversy. This is the time to whistle and look the other way.
  
  A poem:

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• 216. At 6:04pm on 30 Jul 2011, Chris Ghoti wrote:

  This is very sad. There used to be an interesting site here; no longer, it seems.
  
  What did they do to kill this place so very dead?

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• 217. At 02:10am on 31 Jul 2011, MadnessOfCrowds wrote:

  Et in arcadia

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• 218. At 09:51am on 31 Jul 2011, davmcn wrote:

  CG 216 I guess Eddie posted too many of my photos.

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• 219. At 10:23am on 31 Jul 2011, Big Sister wrote:

  Chris the Fish! Where have you been?

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• 220. At 12:28pm on 31 Jul 2011, davmcn wrote:

  BS 219 Chris has been to the pub with younohoo and myself.

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• 221. At 00:06am on 05 Aug 2011, DividedTheyRule wrote:

  Every economics ideologue must be getting
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ7m_IBX-Yo
  from their screen. 'Cos 'On the Beach' is where all the REAL market players are supposed to be now according to every media expert. So the current market meltdowns
  http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=%5EDJI
  are ephemeral and caused by idiots, because, right now, only the stupid are at work. Which would explain those views of those media's so called experts. But don't worry as your pension pot crumbles, you can still live on the Beach forever. Because work has been abolished
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/01/foxconn-robots-replace-chinese-workers
  

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• 222. At 11:07am on 05 Aug 2011, jonnie wrote:

  What a beautiful day. Morning peeps.
  

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• 223. At 10:47am on 07 Aug 2011, davmcn wrote:

  I just turned on the radio in the middle of The Archers. Sounded more like Home and Away.

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• 224. At 11:24pm on 07 Aug 2011, Big Sister wrote:

  I just turned on 'What the Papers Say' and heard the ghost of Nigel Pargeter ...

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• 225. At 09:51am on 08 Aug 2011, davmcn wrote:

  BS 224, As I said elsewhere, Nige ain't dead, it was only a dream.

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• 226. At 2:48pm on 18 Aug 2011, Gillianian wrote:

  A deserted beach, and no one to play frisbee with.... ;o(

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• 227. At 4:19pm on 18 Aug 2011, DividedTheyRule wrote:

  Thank goodness this is a sandy Beach. The Mods-Rocker riots at Brighton caused many an aching botty by breaking up all the deck chairs leaving us nothing but stones to sit on.
  
  Nothing justifies our riots though. We don't have an unelected oligarchic rich-brat government bringing further impoverishment to the already poor, fighting cruel wars and using a system of excessive punishments, making the poor and unemployed homeless or imprisoning them and throwing away their cell door keys - all to quell dissent. We've got the Beach. We can holiday here just like we did before (and during) the recent unpleasantness.

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• 228. At 7:41pm on 18 Aug 2011, lucien desgai wrote:

  I'm afraid Mac that some of us have sought to escape the bad feeling and tension by retreating into a gated community obscured from public gaze. I can't say I'm proud of this us-and-them exclusion but sometimes it's just nice to be in a peaceful place among friends. But we have left behind a beautiful and unspoilt beach whose pleasures I hope you'll continue to enjoy.
  
  :o)

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• 229. At 10:17pm on 18 Aug 2011, DividedTheyRule wrote:

  Do you remember when this was called The Silly Season?
  
  So, in the spirit:
  
  Are we letting Gerard Depardieu on to the Beach? The sand dunes were snow covered last winter. We could have let him go on the piste there then

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• 230. At 10:36pm on 18 Aug 2011, DividedTheyRule wrote:

  And:
  
  I think he'd get on well with Sally Vachenue

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• 231. At 10:48pm on 18 Aug 2011, DividedTheyRule wrote:

  Just seen 228. Lucien, you are a riot!

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• 232. At 11:33pm on 18 Aug 2011, DividedTheyRule wrote:

  This comment has been referred for further consideration. Explain

• 233. At 7:52pm on 19 Aug 2011, DividedTheyRule wrote:

  Of course French facilities were notorious whilst Gerard was growing up. The worst I encountered were in the almost eponymous Chateauroux. Solutions were various. Any handy bush. In fact every handy bush. In truth every bush in France. Then there was the open road. Once I saw a couple with a pram both on the piste, she'd nipped behind a handy bush. He was promenading, pushing the pram whilst in full flow
  The worst caught short I ever was was when I was canvassing for a well known political party in an area I didn't know. Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. These days there's an old plastic coffee cup in the car just in case an urgent by-election demands my presence.

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• 234. At 02:37am on 22 Aug 2011, DividedTheyRule wrote:

  One thing I've noticed since Gerard's 'source' moment is the way we seem to be making real progress teaching the Americans English. Why, only a few years ago if someone said they were 'p*ss*d' it meant they were fed up, not that they'd had a skinful. True, Gibbs still says that but the younger NCIS guys add an 'off' when they're cheesed. It must still be a p*ss-off not getting p*ssed after a skinful.

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• 235. At 4:45pm on 22 Aug 2011, davmcn wrote:

  This entry is still open for comments

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• 236. At 4:26pm on 23 Aug 2011, vic1e wrote:

  A lovely sandy beach but sadly deserted.

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• 237. At 7:15pm on 23 Aug 2011, DividedTheyRule wrote:

  Eddie, how IS Shatner?
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1yq9HWq9rI

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• 238. At 7:19pm on 23 Aug 2011, DividedTheyRule wrote:

  Been gathering seaweed on the Beach and boiling it. I think I must have got confused between the weed that's used as a purgative and the one used to make blancmange. Having to sit tight at the moment.

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• 239. At 2:57pm on 24 Aug 2011, DividedTheyRule wrote:

  237.
  
  No?
  
  Well, what about some words to the Up/DownShares tune?
  
  So we can all sing it together round the Beach bonfire celebrating all the new nonsense from financiers.
  There's 'Markets are crashing because of government debt'
  and 'The money is moving into government bonds lowering the interest rates the govt must pay for more...borrowing'
  
  
  Then there's 'QE is inflationary' and 'The money goes into shares' and 'Shares crash because of the huge debts' and 'Shares fund private spending'
  
  All of which is contradicted by 'We don't need a borrow and spend government back'

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• 240. At 3:06pm on 24 Aug 2011, DividedTheyRule wrote:

  239
  
  No?
  
  What about a survey of 5-star hotels in coastal towns, then? They're always worth a smug snigger, eh!
  
  PS I lost my wedding ring on the Beach the day before yesterday. Metal detection, rakes and sifters notwithstanding

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• 241. At 4:17pm on 25 Aug 2011, davmcn wrote:

  DTR 238-40 I'm waiting to see if Eddie mentions the blog on PM today.

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• 242. At 10:45am on 26 Aug 2011, davmcn wrote:

  DTR 238-240 I stopped listening at 5.45 so I'll never know.

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• 243. At 1:45pm on 26 Aug 2011, funnyJoedunn wrote:

  Whats the point in the BBC leaving this blog site up at all. We can't comment out of the BBC interpretation of the status quo. We may as well all become robots. Is that what they want?

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• 244. At 4:15pm on 26 Aug 2011, davmcn wrote:

  fJd 243, Extrapolate! Extrapolate!

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