MORNNG RAT FANS.
Went to Foxy鈥檚 last night for dinner and had a great time.
She has a new swish flat, all designed and everything. Maximum space, minimum fuss. Pragmatically stylish, like the girl herself.
On the menu鈥
(after Thomasso, baby fox number one, had turned in for the night.)
鈥β槎乖寂 made ravioli from Mr. Fox, who was using an Italian cook book, in Italian, how cool is that ? This was followed by pheasant casserole and then ice cream and hot chocolate sauce.
It鈥檚 a fact, the less you go out, the more you enjoy it. I haven鈥檛 been out for ages and what a good time I had. I was really in the mood for it right from the off.
Foxy and Freddie鈥檚 friends were energetic and interesting, sure we had all the predictable dinner party conversations, we even talked about the fact that this was what was happening but we didn鈥檛 care, we were all happy in her own skin and just shooting the breeze in the middle of another wonderful week.
It鈥檚 nice when people prepare their homes and make some good food for the other human beings to come round and take pleasure in.
I could have stayed all night.
Here鈥檚 to the Foxes.
Salute x.
Comments
Hi Chris (and everyone)
Oooooh, impressive - very early this morning!
Dinner parties - love attending them, hate hosting them. Costs a fortune for food, drink and all the extras (that are never eaten), you have to clean the house from top to bottom (including behind the fridge because it's guaranteed someone will drop their car keys there!) and then you cook for what seems like hours and it's scoffed in 30 minutes!
Sorry to be a killjoy! Glad you enjoyed your evening. Listened to the show last night - Marguerite was just wonderful. What a fantastic lady, I'm off to buy one of her books for the next dinner party I will loathe having!
Love,
C xx
Morning CLP and all on the blogmunity - happy Thermodore Thursday!
Your dinner party at Foxy's sounded fab - I love entertaining and get great pleasure from the challenge of what to serve guests. My signature dish is lasagne - I challenge any chef to top my version of the classic italian dish. Simply served with a HUGE bowl of green salad, olives, and garlic bread. Hmmmmm .... getting mungry just thinking about it!
Friday tomorrow - hurrah!
Will check back laters to catch up with everyone.
CtD
PS: Chris - any thoughts on the bloggers ARF ? ?
Good morning Chris
Look at you all bright and early today!
It sounds as though you had a really good time, and a chance to forget whatever pressures you are under at the moment.
We had a friend over for dinner last night, and the boy did indeed cook italian, proper spaghetti bolognese, all from scratch...when I got home from work, the house smelled divine! Couldn't wait to get stuck in...
It all ended up being a bit of a late one, and although I made it to work on time, I'm only here in body...the rest of me is still in bed...
However, there is nothing like a delicious home-made, home-cooked meal to lift the spirits and we had a great time...
Glad you did too!
Vive la vixen
love
hazel
x
Christophe,
What a lovely evening! I haven't entertained for ages, but love doing do!
I love food and sharing great food with great people has to be my favourite past time.
Had a lovely meal with A (other boyfriends are available!!!) the other night. I was really touched at the thought that had gone, not just into the meal, but in ensuring the table was laid beautifully and that the house was relaxing, with lovely mellow music playing.... Bliss!
I also love it when I'm with my family and we're all round the table, passing dishes to each other, two year old niece screaming for more calamari (yes, she really does love it!). It's my birthday soon, so my parents will insist they host a birthday dinner for me and I get to choose what's on the menu - Greek night, here we come!
Thirsty Thursday already - where does the week go???
S xx.
PS - Aren't beams supposed to be bad Feng Shui????
Scrambled words:
DORMITORY:
When you rearrange the letters:
DIRTY ROOM
PRESBYTERIAN:
When you rearrange the letters:
BEST IN PRAYER
ASTRONOMER:
When you rearrange the letters:
MOON STARER
DESPERATION:
When you rearrange the letters:
A ROPE ENDS IT
THE EYES:
When you rearrange the letters:
THEY SEE
GEORGE BUSH:
When you rearrange the letters:
HE BUGS GORE
THE MORSE CODE:
When you rearrange the letters:
HERE COME DOTS
SLOT MACHINES:
When you rearrange the letters:
CASH LOST IN ME
ANIMOSITY:
When you rearrange the letters:
IS NO AMITY
ELECTION RESULTS:
When you rearrange the letters:
LIES - LET'S RECOUNT
SNOOZE ALARMS:
When you rearrange the letters:
ALAS! NO MORE Z 'S
A DECIMAL POINT:
When you rearrange the letters:
IM A DOT IN PLACE
ELEVEN PLUS TWO:
When you rearrange the letters:
TWELVE PLUS ONE
AND FOR THE GRAND FINALE:
MOTHER-IN-LAW:
When you rearrange the letters:
WOMAN HITLER
Morning Christoph
time clock getting back to normal I see -
Margarite was excellent by the way - I was in the middle of preparing a Thai Green curry (with the merest hint of garlic) while she was on - people with such an entusiasm for their subject reallly stand head & shoulders above others in coversation and she was a joy to listen to.
Pleaase more of the same - one of your most enjoyable drivetime shows.
Many thanks.
cool.
Chilled Night. Christof Lambie Pie is Back!
Have a nice one.
DWNB
wow your a early boy today! I love going out to friends as well - its like your being invited into their family life for the evening - have a good day!
xx
Morning Chris and bloggy type people :o)
On the subject of foxes;
I saw a fox lying by the side of the Black Country Route today - in fact it was there yesterday as well, who cleans road kill?
Glad to see you blogging early again Chris, I for one enjoy to read the blog before attempting to do any work so am more productive on days you write earlier!
I love to entertain people at home (that sounds rude but I don't mean it too) and like to cook for them too but what do you do when people don't eat random stuff - a friend of ours eats pasta, but not spaghetti, what's that all about then?
:o) Jo
oh and....... pinch and a punch for the first of the month :0)
great show
Good morning Christoff!
My goodness! Bright and early today! Must have been Foxy鈥檚 fab food! 麻豆约拍 made ravioli! Yum! And pheasant casserole! You lucky chap you! I love giving dinner parties 鈥 getting the mix of company right, making something different, surprising for them to eat, the right sounds in the background. You鈥檒l know yourself that there is nothing more satisfying than giving your guests an interesting, enjoyable evening. Glad you were able to relax and unwind - I鈥檓 sure you need it after the stress of moving 鈥 and discovering your beams are too low!
Did you manage to avoid the beams last night?! How is it with you this gorgeous February morning? It鈥檚 bright but blustery in Inverness today. Can you believe that it鈥檚 February already?! It鈥檚 just too scary how fast time flies! Our wee one (Charis, not Willie!) is 2 years old on Saturday! I find I have mixed emotions about this time of year - joy and wonder at the wee miracle that rules our lives, but tinged with sadness at the near call it was when she was born. Think I feel a blog coming on!
The show was fantastic last night, Mr E! What an amazing lady, huh?
Well, I need to go and see what Charis, her wee pal and the cat are up to in the bathroom 鈥 I can hear water running! Have a great day!
Huggles,
Susan, Highland lass
PS Thanks for playing Mika last night!
鈥楨very gardener knows that under the cloak of winter lies a miracle ...
a seed waiting to sprout, a bulb opening to the light, a bud straining to unfurl.
And the anticipation nurtures our dream.鈥
yeah .....an early blog!!!
great show last night!
have a good day all
xx
Hi guys, not blogged or schlogged for a while, but have been encouraged and heartened by the posts!
Like Chris, love nights in and spending time by being with friends and good scoff
Doing that tomorrow night and can't wait, what a night, all request friday to listen whilst driving to it and then the meal - life is cool
however, not seen em25 was then em26 post, hope all is well on that front - was always encouraged by her comments.
anyhoo Chris, just to say again that the show is great - again feel like i am involved in something really special, listening, and laughing at the same time everyone else is, just one big front room/office/car/kitchen thing going on!!!!
have a cool day all
Good morning fellow bloggers and blogettes!
How are we this blustery February morning?
MWK - surely you weren鈥檛 posting at 4.50am this morning?! How are things?
Jill - I didn鈥檛 know floors could be lowered!
CatB - belated Happy Birthday! Your dreams sound even weirder than Chris鈥檚!
Emily - I think very few people ever find the home that fits them, eh? We were so grateful and thankful when we found and bought our flat, having searched for a place of our own for years and been so disappointed time and again. It鈥檚 big, roomy, warm, has half decent views, a loft ready for conversion, a garden 鈥. but it just doesn鈥檛 feel like THE place! I find I鈥檓 looking at other folks places and trying to imagine living in them! Och, well 鈥 it鈥檚 ok to dream on, huh?
CHARLIET - How exciting! Is this your first? Keep us posted 鈥 and maybe Chris will play you something when the BIG DAY finally arrives. Hate to remind you, but most babies go over their due date!
Di - what a great post! You鈥檝e summed up how all of us feel about the talented Mr E!
Peterpooper - are they a special kind of leek?
Clodagh - got that one past the BP, then!? Lol
Missy - did you get your knitting done? Want us to come and sort out out these pesky blokes for you?!
EG(Scotland) - that鈥檚 everybody鈥檚 nightmare just now!
Moose - still haven鈥檛 had the chance to read the next instalment! So excited!
Got to go and make Thomas the Tank Engine cakes (other cake mixes are available)! Sorry I鈥檝e missed out so many comments, but getting no peace with this pair of scallywags!
Have a great day every logger! See you all in the usual place at 5pm!
Huggles, Susan
Hi chaps and chappesses
I tried to post earlier and everything crashed so if a half written bit from me appears - sorry. Sounds like a lovely evening Chris, good food, good friends and a good chat - can't beat it.
Parker - not happy about the women hitler anagram - as a potential mother in law to four!! They are great girls though and we have been compared to a coven!!
Have a swell day all. xx
And Slanter to yourself and Mummy, Daddy and Baby Fox.
Greetings again from the west coast of Ireland, where I myself went out last night on the town to celebrate the old birthday after a period of abstinence since sustaining a similar head injury to yours, lambie Pie, on the business end of a taxi door in Belfast. So off we went, looking for a fish curry and a stiff Black Russian. Hurrah. (Finally found one sat in a corner under a duvet but he wasn't so much stiff as noisy, so only a partial success there.)
So. Can I post a word of advice. If you're thinking of joining the Tedfest bun-fight, bring your vest and some Fiery Jack. It's colder here than a penguin's chuff, and I'm just after shootin' a polar bear tryin' to get into me handbag for me Fisherman's Friends.
And in your case, LambPie, also bring the balaclava and wear it over the skateboard helmet. Better safe than sorry.
Clodagh.x
Hi all,
Not been able to blog for yonks, have tried but been rebuffed every time, still must percy veer.
I'm going to try making pastry with mashed spuds at the weekend, think that sounded yummy, may have to cheat a little and put plenty of butter in at the mashing stage. Who on earth would have thought of doing that? Like the great lady said 'needs must'
I have to say that my needs are not musting at the moment just think it sounds great.
regarding your head Chris, I think it's a boy thing, my own beloved has a problem with the boot of his car, the haudraulic thingies that hold it up have never worked properly, so every time he lifts it, bends to remove something from boot the lid is making a slow stately descent, so just as he stands.........bang! another lump on noggin, bless him. So don't rely on the premiss, once you've been in your new house for a while you will 'know' that the beam is there, possible you may have to traverse the landing from your bedroom to bathroom on all fours for safety (Enzo probably saw you bonk yer bonce and had a little snigger up his sleeve/paw.
Oh well best get on with some work.
Take care all
Nicki
p.s. this comment has been sent without the aid of a safety net (spellcheck) and no apologies will be made.
Just want to say that I thought the show was great last night. Marguerite Patten was lovely and I thought it was just brilliant the way it all came together - the other chefs, her grandson doing the Sky sports bit. And to have to postpone another item because something is going so well ...you know you are onto a winner!
Just want to say that I thought the show was great last night. Marguerite Patten was lovely and I thought it was just brilliant the way it all came together - the other chefs, her grandson doing the Sky sports bit. And to have to postpone another item because something is going so well ...you know you are onto a winner!
Chris,
A couple of your posts/items this week have led me to the conclusion that it really is time that I cleared out our dining room. The room has been the clutter magnet since we moved into the house 8 years ago. We have decorated it (although never quite got all the finishing touches done) but have never got it to the stage of using it as a dining room. Sure, there is a dining table and chairs in there. But the table surface isn't visible! There's even stuff on some of the chair seats, tucked under the table so you can't see it.
So, some serious decluttering is called for. Followed by dinner parties where I can inflict my culinary passions on friends.
Anyone want to come to the first one?
I'll be doing the asparagus and rocket spaghetti as a starter.
Turkey breast with cranberry stuffing and marmalade glaze for the main course. With sweet potato mash and roast vegetables (an extra large portion of the asparagus and rocket spaghetti will be available as a main course for the veggies - I've still to think up the alternative starter for the veggies - suggestions welcome).
Dessert will be rasperries with creme fraiche.
Cheese and biscuits, naturally, with espresso's.
Now that the dreaded Tax Return deadline has gone, I'll start tonight...
Moose
Hello and Good Thursday to all.
Great show last night Chris, That woman is so special a one off indeed, I for one shall be going out this weekend to purchase one of her books. (other books available)
I so enjoy an evening around the dinning table, especially when the spring is in the air, retire to the conservatory with a nice glass of red and a chat. Cant think of a better way to spend an eve.
TIA CHI
Im thinking about joining a Tia Chi class, Ive thought about this for a while. Then last week while doing the Panto, i got chatting to the guy who instructs the class. He's invited me along for a half price lesson next wednesday 7.00 (so i dont miss the show) Im not sure its for me. Does anybody else do Tia Chi ? Any advice or info most welcome.
Bought my daughter a birthday pressie last night off Ebay 拢1.40 a bargain. I've promised myself to be more organised this year, her birthday (19yr) is not till mid March. But when i saw this i thought i just got to have it. 7inch pic disc of the record she is name after, Kayleigh !!
Oh what a lovely day today is, the sun is now shinning through the office windows, no wind just like spring.
Back Later Peeps
Kev C
Hello and Good Thursday to all.
Great show last night Chris, That woman is so special a one off indeed, I for one shall be going out this weekend to purchase one of her books. (other books available)
I so enjoy an evening around the dinning table, especially when the spring is in the air, retire to the conservatory with a nice glass of red and a chat. Cant think of a better way to spend an eve.
TIA CHI
Im thinking about joining a Tia Chi class, Ive thought about this for a while. Then last week while doing the Panto, i got chatting to the guy who instructs the class. He's invited me along for a half price lesson next wednesday 7.00 (so i dont miss the show) Im not sure its for me. Does anybody else do Tia Chi ? Any advice or info most welcome.
Bought my daughter a birthday pressie last night off Ebay 拢1.40 a bargain. I've promised myself to be more organised this year, her birthday (19yr) is not till mid March. But when i saw this i thought i just got to have it. 7inch pic disc of the record she is name after, Kayleigh !!
Oh what a lovely day today is, the sun is now shinning through the office windows, no wind just like spring.
Back Later Peeps
Kev C
Moose - I'm up for a dinner party!
Morning all - looking good today!
Sounds like a nice, civilised evening - like the sound of pheasant casserole!
Well, it's Thursday again - how you say, er, 'Thirsty Thursday'? I'll drink to that! Roll on this evening when the weekend REALLY starts (it's the new Friday!) - red wine here I come!
Coops
Moose - I'm up for a dinner party!
Kev C
I used to do a mix of Tai Chi and Pilates. Absolutely wonderful. Incredibly relaxing. You do feel a bit of a nit at first, but once you get the breathing right and can control the movements, it's fab and I can guarantee a good nights sleep.
I've been looking for a class since I moved, but haven't found one yet that isn't in the day. I will keep searching...
Enjoy!
S xx.
Mr C. L. Pie,
The person smiling broadest this morning must be the Fantastic Mr Fox. You are right that attending a dinner party is a treat, but for me, more satisfaction is gained from knowing that your guests had a great time.
No better way to enjoy fresh Italian from scratch than with great company and what a stroke of genius hosting on a Wednesday night when, quite frankly most of us are tapping our fingers waiting for the weekend to come a bit closer.
I'm off to bash out some dough for a pepperoni and panchetta 12".
Let's hear it for stay-at-home-dads! - dink-dank-do!
Zut alors!
...there is something amiss...maybe tis the upcoming full moon...maybe tisn't...but whatever tis...it's amiss...
mjg - you are perfectly correct. There are many previous people who have varnished like the old oak table. J McC is on a lecture tour or something, and he appears to be the only one with an excuse.
to name but a few...Weezie, pretty much all the Em's, cake, cat, most of the other C/Katherines, sallycat. Tickle in Cork, w a y t o o many to remember and all MIA.
ChrissieS...staying in is the new black dahling, so half the fun is getting ready (sept we is talkin cookin here....ahem)
Do a big roasty veggie thing (like my squash thingie coz it takes about 10mins to make and then leave in oven for hour, hour&1/2 all you gotta do then is the rice) and something you can put back in the fridge for tomorrow if they decide they can't eat all the pudding! And drink...two or three bottles of wine and some beer...why are your invited guests not bringing suitable beverages? Positively shocking my dear watson!
If I can suggest one other alcoholic purchase though, a bottle of Amarett* (other almond based liqueurs are available apparently) for 'with the coffee'. I've found it's a bit like marm*te (other yeast extractions are available) and they'll either love it or not...and if they don't they'll be perfectly happy with the coffee...and if anyone asks for a campari and soda send them around to 1974.
I can thoroughly recommend the mediterranean way of cooking food, make it, and just leave it in the oven...this then gives you time to shower, get dressed, change, change again, stick yourself in the eye with your mascara, find your earring and then greet your guests...
or, you could just come to mine!
prepare le repas
love
hazel
x
ps Having said all this, I can't get a roast dinner together for love nor money. You can have the spuds and gravy now, and the yorkshires'll be ready at about 3 with the peas. Meat? I knew there was something missing...
pps Today's handy hint...to avoid accidental droppage of keys behind a dusty refrigerator, place a piece of card between the refrigerator and the wall, taping it there securely to be removed once everyone has gone.
ppps another handy hint...after one or two parties at your house, use the money you've found down the back of the sofa as a deposit on a European Short Cruise.
pppps Kev C - Tai Chi is fab. Haven't done it for years due to other distractions and it is deceptively VERY strenuous! It'll probably take you at least two months to learn the first form...but one of the things it teaches you is patience...
ppppps Its nearly all food again, and hoorah, lunch time!
Hey Chris and fellow bloggers!
Chris, may I just say a big "thank you" for last night's show - it was wonderful. Marguerite was excellent and so enthusiastic and down to earth about food. Best show I've heard for a long time - well done!!!
Happy Thirsty Thursday everyone
xxx
Morning all, although I've had such problems trying to blog that it'll be mid-afternoon by the time this gets through!
Just wanted to add my congrats on a fantastic show - what a wonderful woman Marguerite Patten is. Such passion for food and cookery!
Well done matey and happy thirsty Thursday.
jillygoat xx
Hi Chris
Sounds like a good evening was had by all!
It's a good feeling when you have had a successful dinner party. I enjoy cooking for friends and family, makes you appreciate the effort your friends put in when they return the compliment!
I did post a comment early this morning but for reasons only known to the BP it didn't get through!!
Susan S - I was awake at 4am! I did go to bed around 10 which, although I was really tired is too early for me because I don't sleep for more than three hours. I did wake up around 1ish but managed to get back to sleep until 4am - so had almost 6hours which is a really good night for me!
Hope you are all having a good thristy thursday!
Moose - can I come for dinner please :-) Your rocket and asparagus is yummy!
Keith - How are you? Have you given up because of the hassle with the BP? Hope not, we miss you xx
Take care all
Mary xx
Hi Kev C
Tai Chi.... Did Tai Bo Yoga. Which did seem nice. Very relaxing and I could definitely feel the energy flow... however after meditation at the end of each lesson, teacher would CLAP Her hands madly to wake us up, and I would leave every night with a migraine startin.
Have now started Reiki..... also playing with the Energy and cannot tell you how good it is. GO FOR IT.
DWNB
Hi Chris
Sounds like a good evening was had by all!
It's a good feeling when you have had a successful dinner party. I enjoy cooking for friends and family, makes you appreciate the effort your friends put in when they return the compliment!
I did post a comment early this morning but for reasons only known to the BP it didn't get through!!
Susan S - I was awake at 4am! I did go to bed around 10 which, although I was really tired is too early for me because I don't sleep for more than three hours. I did wake up around 1ish but managed to get back to sleep until 4am - so had almost 6hours which is a really good night for me!
Hope you are all having a good thirsty thursday!
Moose - can I come for dinner please :-) Your rocket and asparagus is yummy!
Keith - How are you? Have you given up because of the hassle with the BP? Hope not, we miss you xx
Take care all
Mary xx
And a good day to you sir
Never a truer word spoken (or blogged). Staying in is the new going out. Fact.
Moose. Put me down for the dinner party. OK if I bring Mrs MfR? She鈥檒l be ever so upset if I leave her at home.
The asparagus and rocket spaghetti sounds terrific. Careful with the Parmesan cheese though, there are very few veggie kinds around. Oh, and I鈥檒l bring the Port for the cheese and biscuits, I鈥檝e got an unopened 1984 at home. I hope it鈥檚 still OK.
Susan S. Sorry, but please, please, please can someone burn every existing copy of the Mika song. And then kidnap him so he can鈥檛 make any more.
Many moons ago, during my long-haired, lager swilling youth, we spied upon an advert for a band from LA coming over to play their first gig in London. There was a real buzz about this band, so we headed up to town and joined the queue on Wardour Street to get into the Marquee. Eventually we got in; being 1987 this would have probably cost a fiver, and shoved our way straight to the front. There must have been about 200 people there that night who witnessed a rather splendid, pre-egos and tantrums, Guns 鈥榥鈥 Roses.
They went on to sell a record or two; I had my hair cut short and became an accountant.
May your Thirsty Thursday be quenched with love and peace
MfR
PS It was a good day
PPS Give 鈥榚m enough rope
PPPS A sponge and a rusty spanner
Hello all. Haven't got time to read all the comments but just wanted to say that the show last night was FAB Chris - it was lovely the way all the phone calls kept coming in - brilliant idea - and what a lovely lady M Patten is, and how lovely you were with her!! You really are a charmer!!! Only disappointment I had was that the lovely Gordon didn't call (or did he and I missed him????)
Lovely sounding dinner party - I had one last Sat - drank a bit too much red wine though, and woke up on Sunday wondering if I'd done anything embarrassing - only trouble of hosting rather than being a guest is that there's no limit on alcohol consumption!
Happy Thirsty Thursday all!!
xxxxxxxxx
Special late addition to the menu...
Amaretto with biscotti for dunking!!! With the coffee. And get in quick before Hazel drinks the bottle dry!
And if you don't like Amaretto, I'll open the jar of marmite for you to sniff.
Moose
Am I the only one here that had never heard of Marguerite Patten until yesterday?? And it's not like I don't cook cos I do - every day! (making fondue for friends this weekend - yum) Maybe it's my age......not yet hit the 40s....
greetings.
I very much enjoy the Chris Evans show. I think the blog is most interesting too.
I had to hold an impromtu dinner party recently, well very impromtu and had nothing in except potatoes and eggs. So we all sat down to egg and chips with bread and butter and a glass of vino.And no I'm not joking.... but then we are common up North.
Hi Chris and Co,
Dinner parties are the best! As a singleton it's important for me to fill my 3 bed house with good hearty vibes and ther's no better way of doing it than putting on a dinner party. I do it abot twice a month and in between often have other single find for dinner to fill the gaps. Pour moi, eating alone is a sad and lonely experience and I can never really enjoy food without company. It's a sharing thing. Besides, I haven't enjoyed a meal out as much as I enjoy a meal indoors with my homies in yonks. I'm always happy to meet new people too so quite often a stranger (to me) is at my table. Of course I trust my friends to bring only good characters and entertainers to my table!
This weekend I've got 10 for dinner and I'm doing indian food! It'll be my first time and I've promised 10 dishes!! Luckily I work with an Indian guy who cooks for his family every evening and is always talking food. I'll be getting a delivery of good fresh authentic Indian spices tomorrow. I was also lucky enough to ahve an opportunity to impress that director of a certain Indian beer and I had a case delivered to me for Christmas which is still in the garage intact as I'm a wine drinker. (I have it on good authority that Indian wine is something of a rarity and not least because it's rank)! xx
Roll on the weekend and keep the sun shining. Let's hope the Delhi Belly keeps wasy from my door!
Debs xxxxx
Oh dear...
Have tried to post on numerous occasions today but it just doesn't seem to have worked. Since my first time I have been out and bought all the ingredients for dinner tonight, invited and had invites accepted from the friends that will grace my table and now I'm having one last shot at saying hello to everyone and saying thanks to CLP for making me think of inviting people round!
So if I get through Hoorraaayyy!!
If not, you'll never know.... but I'll probably sulk!
Luv
Lyndyloo
-x-x-x-x-
Biscotti dahling...we're trying to cut down on the expense for the lovely ChrissieS, not add to it, and given your menu (and the size of the portion) STOP IT NOW! I doubt if anyone will have the space for even a waffer thinne meent let alone an italian motorbike - dunked or not!
Moose - Are Harvey Wallbangers available? (Non alcoholic variety!) If they are, I'm in :o)
Howdy Chris & a belated Happy New Year to you and my fellow bloggers. It is official - staying in is the new going out. Just wondering, if you are planning any particular venture / interview for the prog on 14 Feb?
Oh, is there an update on the ghost situation at your new abode? (only you could be completely made up at the thought of having a resident of the spiritual order!)
Bye for now, hear you in and hour - fab!!
Jane xx
If this post doesn't get through I'm going home - grrrrrrr!
Anyway, fab show last night CLP and hope your head is a bit better today. Did you get the Arnica cream?
jillygoat x
Moose
Ya menu sounds soo nice (my belly is rumblin at the thought of the Asparagus thing, not sure about the Marm*ite tho, "you either love it or hate it" I hate it!!!!, that said, i do like Twigl*tts, never have been able to work that out!!!!)
I'm a bit late off the startin block with this one.... But things to be ashamed of (Re show a couple of days ago).... I am 29 and NEVER held a dinner party.....I am soooo ashamed, please don't let this fact leak outside the blog.
x
Hi Chris and all
Sorry for my multiple posts yesterday - I think I've given my cold to my pooter and it kept sneezing and freezing and going back to the start.
I put a vitamin c tablet in the disk drive and hopefully today's will only happen once.
Heard last night's show on listen again this morning - what a great ambassador for food - puts some of the the younger pretenders thoroughly in the shade.
Encore une fois!
Sigh
Nearly forgot to say:
JoJo - happy, happy birthday to you xx
jillygoat x
Hazel - bless u 4 responding, i thought i was the only one that had noticed some of our regulars had disappeared!
Anyhoo great that we still have some old stalwarts hangin' in there!!
Christophe - love the photos on the blog bit, not noticed them b4, if they have been there, my office pc has been too slow at picking them up, if they are new, cool and again provides that priveleged feel to being part of a large family
ooooh was that too cringlingly cheesy, sorry but i am just an old sop and romantic!!!
Hazel - bless u 4 responding, i thought i was the only one that had noticed some of our regulars had disappeared!
Anyhoo great that we still have some old stalwarts hangin' in there!!
Christophe - love the photos on the blog bit, not noticed them b4, if they have been there, my office pc has been too slow at picking them up, if they are new, cool and again provides that priveleged feel to being part of a large family
ooooh was that too cringlingly cheesy, sorry but i am just an old sop and romantic!!!
Hi again,
Kev C - T'ai Chi, I tried it a few years ago. Several of my good and well balanced frineds do it. Myself and my then lodger, Dawn went a long to a local Saturday morning class for ladies. The Master was a beautiful woman in her 50's. I could feel myself wind down just standing next to her.
I am a very energetic being. (I have been called Dynamo by my family since I was young). I exist on 6 hours sleep a night and people hate to be around me in the morning as I am so full of beans. It's quite unatural! Dawn is quite the opposite of me and as a then student spent all her non-college time in bed or on the couch. We were always shopping locally Sat mornings and one day spotted a T'ai Chi class in the local library. We went along the following week and did the class. We were home by 1 and Dawn literally Spring cleaned the house! I couldn't believe it! I'd never seen her expend so much energy. I collapsed on the floor in the lounge believing I was 'coming down with something' and didn't awake until 6 hours later! I'd slept through a house blitz including hoovering!
The class had been easy and full of lovely ladies and we were looking forward to the next session. The following week we returned home and Dawn sorted all her clothes and books and college notes and address book and PC files.....she went on and on. I went to bed at 2 and awoke......6 hours later and still did a full night's kip.
Week 3 I explained to the master how I had been the previous two weeks folloing her classes and yet Dawn had been energised. Was I doing it wrong? It turns out that we had both been doing exactly the right thing as the balancing 'Chi' process will balance out your energy. I was living on borrowed energy - no caffeine or other artificial stimulants I promise - just a lust for life! The T'ai Chi had addressed this imbalance and literally sent me to sleep after a training session to charge my batteries. Dawn on the other hand had not been using enough energy and so was energised by the session and felt full of beans! How unfair! I of course couldn't attend any more as I had so much to fit in on a Saturday I couldn't afford to give up 6 hours of it to sleep. A false economy of course but what could I do? I had places to be and faces to see. Three years later I still haven't returned although I vowed to as soon as I got a 'window'. Maybe that should happen soon before I burn out completely!
Good luck with your class,
Debs xxx
Hey Chris,
Just bought a new flat in Hampshire, your welcome over any evening as I can cook too!
More power to the men in the kitchen!!
Hi Chris
Thanks for letting me win the chef's hat last night. I have been married to Serge for 42 years so the entente cordiale must be working! I teach French at the local comprehensive and weekends are my only free time, but we're having our dear friends Stella and Ellis round for dinner on Saturday - I love cooking for friends and once the meal is prepared it is fantastic just to relax and enjoy it. Serge chooses the wine.
Nice to hear you showing such respect for Marguerite Patten, and that other chefs felt that respect too. Wasn't keen on your programme at first as so different from J.Walker's but am now enjoying it. Jenny
Hi Chris,
just heard you mention Foxy's dinner party on your show and how you worry about couples putting arguments on hold. So often I find that listening to you is like therapy - never thought I would say this but you make me feel normal! You describe so many experiences that I have, until that moment, felt/worried that I was the only one that feels as I do.
I am arranging a dinner party chez moi in 3 weeks time. Hope it's as good as Foxy's!
Mike
hi everyone. i 've been away so have not read the all posts yet. i got as far as....
Moose . got to be "treacle pud and custard" ! yum yum yum.
Kev C. tai-chi is the only way i can switch off from the world of worrying.give it a go - it wont suit eveyone but if it does suit you it is incredibly powerful and relaxing. sort of a melt between mind,body and breathing.....fantastic.
petite boobys. (french)
Bring back Johnie Walker to Drivetime for some easy listening.
Just cannot listen to Chris's endless neurotic claptrap
A late one today!
Susan S the knitting is brilliant working on a patchwork cover so knitting lots of squares.
The blokes are a pain as ever (see todays post) but never mind!
chris i don't think i will try caviar now as after hearing the show today it doesn't sound to good and would rather spend 拢100 on shoes than food!!!!!
Love all you bloggers, and whoo hoo its feburary!!!
love missy xx
Evening Chris!
Only heard a bit of the programme tonight, so going to take the laptop to bed with me tonight and listen again!
Sorry 鈥 looks like I鈥檝e had repetitious today! Blame 502!
ChrissieS - I guess we鈥檙e not getting an invite round to yours then, eh? LOL! If you do get Marguerite鈥檚 book and have us round, you just know we鈥檒l be checking behind the washing machine as well as the fridge!
Cheryl the Diva - I LOVE lasagne! Hint, hint! Ummm 鈥. what鈥檚 ARF?
Hazel love - I love spag bol too! Hint, hint!
Sammie - sounds like it鈥檚 going well! Was that date No2 or 3? How do they get your niece to eat calamari?! I can鈥檛 even get Charis to eat macaroni!! I LOVE Greek food! (Is anyone seeing a theme running through here!?) Have a blast on your birthday! I loved Pilates too!
Dan the Man - I make a mean Thai Green curry too 鈥 but I鈥檓 big on the garlic!
Jo - how are you feeling honey?! Andrew and I were talking about road-kill yesterday - we reckoned that it just gets eaten by the crows! I know that we have to report badger road-kill, but the rest, deer included, just gets left!
Nicki - is the mashed spuds in the pastry? Different! What kind of pastry?
Moose - maybe the next meet could be round your dining table!? I鈥檓 up for that meal! I鈥檒l bring the wine! But, please, no marmite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kev C - I鈥檝e been to one class of Tai Chi - I loved it! Just haven鈥檛 had peace or time to get back! It鈥檚 quite a spiritual exercise too! Let us know how you get on.
Coops - I鈥檓 enjoying a cheeky shiraz just now!
Hazel love - that sounds like a fab way of entertaining! I鈥檒l be round on Saturday! Then you can come to ours for the roast!
Mwk - I used to have insomnia so I鈥檓 with you there , honey!
DWNB - what level are you at? I did level1, but think I need a retuning! Lol!
Matt - I鈥檇 gladly kidnap Mika 鈥. but hubby wouldn鈥檛 be very pleased! Guns 鈥榥鈥 Roses!!!?! Wow! And I LOVE men in the kitchen (that didn鈥檛 quite come out the right way!)!
Tinsel - did you find out if you did anything embarrassing!? I thought it was a prerequisite to hosting a dinner party that you start on the wine before and during the cooking bit!?
Emma - I LOVE fondue!!!! What time shall I come round?! Red or white?
Mousy Tung - nothing wrong with egg and chips 鈥. in fact, I quite fancy some just now! Then I wonder why I鈥檓 3 stone overweight!
The Debster - any room for 2 ad a bit more!? I LOVE Indian food! I love preparing the spices, and the smell when you鈥檝e pounded them! My hubby swears by Indian beer, but don鈥檛 know anything about the wine. Have a blast at the weekend and let us know how it goes!
Lindale - hope your evening is going well!
Jane T - how was your New Year!? I was wondering about the ghost too!
Nunu - we鈥檒l all be round at the weekend!
Jenny Symien - congrats on the hat!
Hope you all have a great evening! Here鈥檚 to fabulous Friday and the ARS! Oooooo 鈥 that looks rude!
Huggles, Susan, Highland lass
Hi
Jillygoat - Thank you, Thank you, Thank you -the only one!
I did send this message around 5.30pm but it was sent into the black hole........
You are a sweetie!
JoJox
Bob,
If you want Johnny Walker back, why you hanging around Mr Evan's Blog.
There are other blogs available.
DWNB
Bob Mann - fellow bloggers and blogettes will be yelling, 'Don't rise to it!' But, respectfully ....
There are other DJ's you can listen to,Bob - you don't like it, don't listen. Chris has brought his own style to drivetime, and it's a formula that is working, and that has an audience faithfully tuning in day in day. Chris is a genuine guy who wears his heart on his sleeve - a refreshing change these days! Johnny is a legend, but felt it was time to move on. I think time will show that another legend has stepped into the gap!
Enjoy your listening, wherever that may be.
Susan, Highland lass
Hi Chris,
I always listen to you on the way home from work driving from Milton Keynes (boring) to Buckingham (lovely). You help me wind down at the end of the day - specially love all-request Fridays!
Cheers, Chris, keep on blogging........
Trish xx
Christophe
Entente cordiale - what is it - French and Engish being nice to each other. Has it ever worked - who knows, no-one has ever tried!
Evening everyone!
Jojo- Hope you enjoyed your BD have tried to post a messsge to you on 4 occassions to you today ad they've dissapeared.... sorry. Hopefully you had as good a time as I did lest December.... pinch punch 1st of the month and all that!!!!
I had a great evening of lamb cutlets in garlic and mint with creamy mash with cabbage..... then fresh coffee and brandy followed by the teenage daughter picking my best friend up (acompanied by new bloke) while singing along to Grease on TV....
How much better does it get?
G'Night
Luv
Lyndyloo
& the Bears
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Evening everyone!
jojo- appy birday! sorry it's so late, I dd try earlier!!!
Moose- what happened to Keith, Big Un' we miss him and need a daily giggle.
Keith- where are you? Please let us know you're ok
Great show tonight!
Great dinner tonight- Lambcutlets with a mint, cranberry and red wine sauce with mash and cabbage ...... and loads of gossip to catch up on..... Yippppeeeee!!!!!!!! I love my girlfriends!
Bon Niut
Luv
Lyndyloo
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Oooooooo would you credit ti a messenger board person Bob ex Larry Mann perhaps got through. Sorry Bob you are on your own by a long way....... farewell and good night.
OK you lot!
I have tried three times this week to post but it wont let me! Now I tried this at work so maybe it wont work from there so I am trying from here.
I wanted to say hi to you all from cold Toronto, minus 15 with the wind - was minus 20 something earlier in the week - brrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Enough to freeze the you know whats off a brass monkey!!!
Anyway, I will see if this works and if it does, I will post from here tomorrow.
Bye all.......Take care, I miss you
Love Joan xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
PS - Thanks for the hello's earlier in the week.
Morning bloggers and Christophe
It's Friday, yay!!!
Looking forward to ARF, never rung myself as I'm driving at the time it goes out and don't want to break the law!
Bob Mann - as others have said, you don't have to listen to Chris, there are plenty of other radio stations you could listen to. Hope you find someone more to your taste
JoJo-belated happy birthday, hope you had a good day
Joannie-can you send some of that lovely cold weather over here? My sis used to live in VT and I visited her in February one year and it was beautiful, was freezing but strangely our -1 feels a damn site colder than your -15, must be the fact that it's dry over there
TTFN
Tiggy
Morning bloggers and Christophe
It's Friday, yay!!!
Looking forward to ARF, never rung myself as I'm driving at the time it goes out and don't want to break the law!
Bob Mann - as others have said, you don't have to listen to Chris, there are plenty of other radio stations you could listen to. Hope you find someone more to your taste
JoJo-belated happy birthday, hope you had a good day
Joannie-can you send some of that lovely cold weather over here? My sis used to live in VT and I visited her in February one year and it was beautiful, was freezing but strangely our -1 feels a damn site colder than your -15, must be the fact that it's dry over there
TTFN
Tiggy
Morning bloggers and Christophe
It's Friday, yay!!!
Looking forward to ARF, never rung myself as I'm driving at the time it goes out and don't want to break the law!
Bob Mann - as others have said, you don't have to listen to Chris, there are plenty of other radio stations you could listen to. Hope you find someone more to your taste
JoJo-belated happy birthday, hope you had a good day
Joannie-can you send some of that lovely cold weather over here? My sis used to live in VT and I visited her in February one year and it was beautiful, was freezing but strangely our -1 feels a damn site colder than your -15, must be the fact that it's dry over there
TTFN
Tiggy
Morning bloggers and Christophe
It's Friday, yay!!!
Looking forward to ARF, never rung myself as I'm driving at the time it goes out and don't want to break the law!
Bob Mann - as others have said, you don't have to listen to Chris, there are plenty of other radio stations you could listen to. Hope you find someone more to your taste
JoJo-belated happy birthday, hope you had a good day
Joannie-can you send some of that lovely cold weather over here? My sis used to live in VT and I visited her in February one year and it was beautiful, was freezing but strangely our -1 feels a damn site colder than your -15, must be the fact that it's dry over there
TTFN
Tiggy
Morning all - Hope you're all fine and dandy this fine friday :o)
Nunu @ 46 - Your secret's safe with us, lips firmly sealed!
mjg @ 49 (and 50) Thanks for mentioning the photies, I hadn't noticed them!
Susan S @ 58 - Am fine thanks, no horrible symptoms (well a few but they don't intrude on day to day life)
Am going to look at puppies again tonight to pick Holly, Molly, Rosie (sorry Hatty didn't make it) a playmate for my Mother -in-law's 60th (sshhh it's a secret) It also means that we get to see Holly, Molly, Rosie again :o)
Happy Friday everyone
:o) Jo
Morning all - Hope you're all fine and dandy this fine friday :o)
Nunu @ 46 - Your secret's safe with us, lips firmly sealed!
mjg @ 49 (and 50) Thanks for mentioning the photies, I hadn't noticed them!
Susan S @ 58 - Am fine thanks, no horrible symptoms (well a few but they don't intrude on day to day life)
Am going to look at puppies again tonight to pick Holly, Molly, Rosie (sorry Hatty didn't make it) a playmate for my Mother -in-law's 60th (sshhh it's a secret) It also means that we get to see Holly, Molly, Rosie again :o)
Happy Friday everyone
:o) Jo
i understand exactly what you mean but i prefer to do it the other way round, i like to cook for people. my favourite at the moment is toad in the hole with mash peas and gravey, nice... i use Nigel Slaters hole recipe it is easy and tasty. well this is my first blog so i should at least try and get a request in. this morning i heared a little bit of aerosmith and run dmc on the way to work and it has set me up for the day, if not the weekend. would itr be possible for a bit of walk this way to push me into the weekend? thanks alot
vinnie, Birmingham
Bob
Just as we are entitled to rave about how good Chris is and how much we love him you are just as entitled to differ! However, from a purely selfish point I'm pleased those who rate him are in the majority and long may Chris continue on drivetime.
Have a good day and happy listening to your selection from the other options available.
Mary
Well said Prof
x
Morning all - Hope you're all fine and dandy this fine friday :o)
Nunu @ 46 - Your secret's safe with us, lips firmly sealed!
mjg @ 49 (and 50) Thanks for mentioning the photies, I hadn't noticed them!
Susan S @ 58 - Am fine thanks, no horrible symptoms (well a few but they don't intrude on day to day life)
Am going to look at puppies again tonight to pick Holly, Molly, Rosie (sorry Hatty didn't make it) a playmate for my Mother -in-law's 60th (sshhh it's a secret) It also means that we get to see Holly, Molly, Rosie again :o)
Happy Friday everyone
:o) Jo
Re post #56 Bob Mann
Oh Bob, I can鈥檛 help but feel that your outburst was somewhat uncalled for.
Chris Evans is a breath of fresh air. He breathes life into many an exhausted car/household at the end of a long hard days work.
I鈥檓 sure such comments will float straight over his head without a second thought,
but just in case he has taken it to heart, I want reassure Chris that for every Bob Mann, there is a dozen bloggers, schloggers, listensers and former viewers that feed from your enormous, infectious enthusiasm for life.
Keep up the stunning work Chris.
x
Think Chris is a bit like Marmite, there's no middle ground, you either love him or hate him. I love him (obviously) and Bob obviously doesn't. Treat yourself to a digital radio mate, then you will have more choice of stations and you'll never have to listen to Chris again.
Have emailed in for ARF, fingers crossed!
Em xx
Morning All...
Been scouring the web for the 100 fav recp's and finally found it on the japan amazon. 2795 yen. About 拢12 including delivery...
But I am sure, having spoken to a few book shops in the past 48 hours that a re-print is required... although the origional publisher is prooving hard to trace.....
well said Prof and Nunu
xx
ps BP I don't know why my last post which said...
'Well said Prof' was deemed unacceptable?
Hello Peeps & fellow Shloggers
My word All Request Friday already, im so looking forward to my weekend, it seems like I鈥檝e not seen my wife for ages with the Panto thing and all. I hope she remembers who I am !! Going to take her shopping, I want to buy one Marguerite Patten鈥檚 wonderful books.
Debster, thanks for the insight into Tai Chi. I hope I don鈥檛 start sleeping, I too have to live my life to the full, as the saying goes, 鈥 I can sleep when I鈥檓 dead 鈥 I also survive on about 6-7 hrs kip.
Mulbartonboy & Susan S I will be given it ago next Wednesday night 7.00 I鈥檒l let you all know how I go on.
DWNB This is weird, whilst in a bookstore the other day I was reading a book on reiki, I thought this sounds like a bit of me. Will see how I go on with the Tai Chi first.
OMG I just got so much going on, I got called up for jury service from the 12th of Feb another 2 weeks away from work, I could really do without this.
Have a great weekend peeps if I don鈥檛 get back on later.
Bob Mann I hope you have a good weekend to, I know Chris is not to everybodys taste, but then again neither was the legend Jonnie W. It鈥檚 just moving with the times buddy.
Im sure if you give him time you鈥檒l begin to enjoy the show.
Kev C
oops, sorry
My 'well said Prof' post has just appeared.
sorry BP
Love from
Little Ms Impatient
x
ps guys, this post won't make any sense if my 2nd post isn't posted!!! Ahhhhhhh!! : )
Well thank goodness the sun is shining!
Had a rotten night last night - was going out for dinner with parents, mum was driving and as we approached a bend, a car came round the corner on our side of the road and hit us.
When the driver got out of his car, it became apparent that he was drunk.
While we waited for the Police to attend, the man got into his car and drove off.
THANKFULLY, we are all fine. No damage to us at all.
I am glad the sun is shining though, because it has helped to dilute my anger. My children were also in that car, which is the reason for my anger. They were understandably upset, but at least they're in one piece.
The Police arrested the man an hour or so later.
Thirsty Thursday didn't go quite as planned for us, so I'm going to make sure that Yippee Friday is a good one. Third date tonight peeps and a fourth planned for Sunday, my goodness me!!!
Wherever you are, whatever you're doing, bask in the glorious sunshine and DON'T drink and drive!
S xx.
Hey good mornin good mornin ain't it great etc etc
Joannie - great to hear from you! I look on the KatKam at Vancouver every now and then, and the weather there looks foul at the moment. Please ensure you wear a vest!
Jo - one vote for Molly please...
lyndyloo - I'm starting to think you must be sponsored by the Cabbage Growers of Great Britain. I have looked up 'Cabbage' on wikipedia (other information sources are available) and they look just like giant brussels sprouts - is this right?
one last thing...I have no desire whatsoever to go and look at any of these so-called 'message boards' as I don't need other people's junk in my life...does this make sense?
OOOOOH another last thing...JOJO, happy yesterday birthday baby!
love
hazel
x
To make it stand,
you wet it!
To make it wet,
you suck it!
To make it stiff,
you lick it!
To get it in,
you push it!
Damn, threading a needle
when you get older is no joke ;-))
Susan S
Sorry, very remiss of me not to say in my last entry (if it gets posted), but my niece eats almost everything. In fact, she's the only child I know that likes SPROUTS!!!! My daugher eats almost everything too, but my son is very fussy. I've learned though that if he's hungry, he'll eat it, so I don't worry too much these days. While not 'pandering' to him, I try to make sure we have things that I know he likes. He became more adventurous when he started having school dinners....
Re: dates - that was only the second date, third one is tonight and have a provisional fourth booked in for Sunday (having a nice walk). So, seems to be going well, but wouldn't you know it, I have had date offers from a couple of other guys that I quite like! Famine or Plague!!!
Keep smiling!
S xx.
Blinking Heck...I hope this goes..sorry if this is the 3rd time you've seen this
Hey Chaps
just looking in, but a bit busy with other things today (WFH)
It's good to see a swell of opinion on Chris..he rocks!
Looking forward to ARF
Hope CE posts soon, honestly, posting mid afternoon makes my internal time clock go all astray!
You'd have thought he had nothing else to do!!!!
@;-))
Love Caroline X
FUNDAY FRIDAY.
Oh oH Oh Oh Having EMpowerments tomorrow. I'm going to Reiki you all on Sunday!
DWNB
Just sent in my first ever request for ARF....
I'm dying to share it with you all, but not sure if by doing so i'll break some kind of code, or jinx my request..... :(
I think about tellin ya after lunch, x
Yo yo yo!
He's late again isn't he?!
Anyway, glad it's Friday! Looking forward to beer and curry tonight, and watching Saturday Kitchen with a hangover and a sausage sandwich tomorrow morning!
Happy Friday everyone!!
Coops
(must get rid of all these excess exclamation marks!!!!!!)
Hi guys,
We must continue on without our beloved Chris!
Sammie #84, terrible experience, so glad you are o.k. We have had a couple of "close shaves" too, and it is terrifying. Your poor mum - I always feel for the driver!! On the Love front, things seem to be going swimmingly and as you say, there's either nothing happening, or you find yourself being in great demand! Enjoy it all!
Nothing really to report today. Just so glad it's Friday!
Have a great weekend. See you all on Monday!
C xx
P.S. BigUn, glad you managed to drop in!
Blinking Heck...I hope this goes..sorry if this is the 3rd time you've seen this
Hey Chaps
just looking in, but a bit busy with other things today (WFH)
It's good to see a swell of opinion on Chris..he rocks!
Looking forward to ARF
Hope CE posts soon, honestly, posting mid afternoon makes my internal time clock go all astray!
You'd have thought he had nothing else to do!!!!
Blinking Heck...I hope this goes..sorry if this is the 3rd, 4th ,5th, 6th time you've seen this
Well done everyone else for getting through and well done Susan S for commenting on the photos ( how very up to date!)
I see the last post was 11.45 and now it's 13.47 so something must be up big style!
Hey Chaps
just looking in, but a bit busy with other things today (WFH)
It's good to see a swell of opinion on Chris..he rocks!
Looking forward to ARF
Blinking Heck...I hope this goes..sorry if this is the 3rd, 4th ,5th, 6th time you've seen this
Well done everyone else for getting through and well done Susan S for commenting on the photos ( how very up to date!)
I see the last post was 11.45 and now it's 13.47 so something must be up big style!
Hey Chaps
just looking in, but a bit busy with other things today (WFH)
It's good to see a swell of opinion on Chris..he rocks!
Looking forward to ARF
Blinking Heck...I hope this goes..sorry if this is the 3rd, 4th ,5th time you've seen this
Well done everyone else for getting through and well done Susan S for commenting on the photos ( how very up to date!)
I see the last post was 11.45 and now it's 13.47 so something must be up big style!
Hey Chaps
just looking in, but a bit busy with other things today (WFH)
It's good to see a swell of opinion on Chris..he rocks!
Looking forward to ARF
麻豆约拍1's "Five Days"? Wot's that all about? PS If you tapped it and haven't watched it yet STOP READING NOW. Here's how the final episode should've been...
"Wow what a last episode 鈥 so much happened and so much fell into place. Then right at the end the final twist that none of us were expecting, and although we鈥檇 had our suspicions about who鈥檇 done it we really weren鈥檛 expecting the reason why it was this person鈥
There were loads of side stories, like the paedophile who took the youngest daughter, the reporter鈥檚 story, the various police staff, the grand-parents, great granddad, the younger two children, etc 鈥 however from what I saw, the following seems to be the main salient points leading to the conclusion.
It was indeed the flower seller who had kidnapped the wife 鈥 Leanne. He had come over to England from Macedonia towards the end of the conflict and started the flower selling business near to where Matt 鈥 the black guy 鈥 and Leanne lived because he was plotting to kidnap Leanne. He was plotting the kidnap because he was intending to start a blackmail as retribution for the loss of his own wife who was killed in army crossfire in Macedonia during the conflict. Matt had been in that English army platoon that fired the bullets and had been led by Matt鈥檚 sergeant friend 鈥 Gary. However before putting his kidnap plan into place he was taken by surprise when Leanne turned up in the lay-by to buy the flowers from his van.
He decided to grasp his opportunity but just as he grabbed Leanne the big white van pulled up 鈥 blocking the view from the kids sitting in her car. The driver of the van was the guy who ran the kennels where Leanne and the children had earlier picked up the new dog. The dog-guy saw the struggle taking place and argued/shouted with the flower seller, however after a while he could see that the flower seller was taking no notice and as the flower seller was so big and intimidating, and the dog-guy was a bit timid, eventually the flower seller threw Leanne in the back of the flower van and the dog-guy drove off. The flower seller took only seconds pack up the rest of the van and pulled away straight after the dog-guy鈥檚 van had left.
The dog-guy was really shaken up and mixed up by the episode and had convinced himself that the reason Leanne had been found dead was because he had failed to intervene and he鈥檇 convinced himself that as a consequence he was responsible for her death 鈥 he felt that he had killed her. Later in the series he came forward to the police and being a bit simple and confused, the only thing he could say to the police was to keep repeating that he had killed her.
Meanwhile, earlier the police had tracked down the flower seller in the flower market after he鈥檇 imprisoned Leanne in a hut in the forest. But their inquiries didn鈥檛 lead to a conclusion worthy of pursuing. He was biding his time ready to start the blackmail.
The ex-husband was really still in love with Leanne and the eldest daughter had gone over to France to stay with him after Leanne had gone missing. Seeing how distraught the eldest daughter was, he started to become quite concerned himself. The eldest daughter persuaded him to come back to England to help find Leanne. On his return he used some inside contacts he had in the police to learn what they were thinking about the flower seller and followed the scent himself. He had more luck than the police and followed the flower seller to the hut in the woods where Leanne was being held hostage. She was tied and messed up but generally unharmed.
In the process of rescuing Leanne, while the ex-husband was fighting with the flower seller, Leanne hit and killed the flower seller by bashing his head in with a piece of wood. Since the ex-husband had been in trouble with the law earlier in life, he didn鈥檛 want to be associated with a killing and persuaded Leanne that they should bury the body in the woods. Leanne and the ex-husband continued to argue about this while covering over the body and during the argument it came out that getting back at Matt about the platoon killing his wife wasn鈥檛 the real reason the flower seller kidnapped Leanne. It was actually to get back at Gary 鈥 it turned out that she鈥檇 been having a long time affair with Gary. In fact during the argument, Leanne also told the ex-husband that the affair had started while she was married to him and in fact the eldest daughter was Gary鈥檚 love child. While the ex-husband was stunned by this revelation Leanne ran off leaving the ex-husband in the woods.
By now the ex-husband had had enough and returned to France 鈥 leaving behind of course, the eldest daughter who he now had no further interest in.
Meanwhile Leanne has run out of the woods very much alive. Where did she go? How was she killed and end up floating in the boat lake? And, who dunnit?
- we all know it wasn鈥檛 Matt 鈥 cos he is just too nice a guy, and really loved her
- it wasn鈥檛 the simple dog-guy 鈥 he was in the wrong place at the wrong time and just mixed up
- it wasn鈥檛 the flower seller 鈥 because Leanne was still alive when he was killed
- it wasn鈥檛 the ex-husband because Leanne had run off and he鈥檇 gone back to the France.
So now we get to Sarah, the black haired young lady who found the missing son in her garage. We always thought there was something strange about her and it turns out that she was truly weird. She was in fact Leanne鈥檚 twin sister separated at a young age. After tea one day when they were 4 years old, Sarah had gone upstairs to the toilet and saw their mother in bed with another man 鈥渄oing it鈥. At that same time her father who鈥檇 just arrived home from a business trip a day early also came into the bedroom. Leanne was downstairs watching TV. Sarah was very close to her father and seeing how distraught her father was, she grabbed the bedside lamp and smashed her mother over the head with it. The lover fled and her father grabbed her mother and tried to resuscitate her. There was blood everywhere, Sarah鈥檚 father couldn鈥檛 bring her back to life, and he hugged her desperately as he staggered around the room in his despair. To Sarah it looked like he was dragging her round the room.
Sarah was committed to a mental institution, and her father committed suicide soon after as he couldn鈥檛 cope with the horror and loss he鈥檇 witnessed that day. Leanne who knew nothing really of what had happened was adopted by Barbara and John Poole. In the institution Sarah blotted out most of her memory, including the fact that she had a twin sister, and she adopted a new name for herself. She was diagnosed as 鈥渞ecovered鈥 when she was 18 and released from the institution to commence a 鈥渘ormal鈥 life. In her early 20鈥檚 she stumbled across an internet site that revealed the trauma of her early life, her original name and that she had a twin sister.
Now, back to the present day, now in her early 30s, Sarah was a regular at the gym where Matt and Gary worked and she discovered that Leanne 鈥 who she realised was her long lost twin sister 鈥 was having the affair with Gary, was pregnant with is child, and Matt appeared to know nothing about what was going on. This was starting to bring back the memories of how she鈥檇 found her mother and her lover and the horror her father had experienced at finding them together in bed. The terrible act of murder she had committed and blocked out of her memory for all those years came flooding back and seeing history seemingly repeating itself with Leanne and Gary caused the hatred to well up inside her and she flipped. Before she could act however Leanne was reported missing and imagine her surprise when she found Matt鈥檚 young son hiding in her garage.
Later that day while in the gym working up a sweat on the jogging machine trying to run off the anger that still boiled inside her, Leanne came running in from the woods looking for Gary to save her. She was in a terrible state. Gary was out and they were all alone in the gym. Sarah鈥檚 emotion all erupted out and she confronted Leanne. In the ensuing struggle and in Sarah鈥檚 anger she hit Leanne in the face with a dumbbell and killed her outright.
After she鈥檇 dumped Leanne鈥檚 body in the lake, she set about befriending Matt and the rest of the family as she felt that everything would be rectified and her life would become whole by her becoming the perfect wife and mother to make up for the massive failings of her own mother and Leanne.
It was granddad that eventually triggered the police to find out the truth 鈥 it was something Sarah said to him one day when she visited him with Matt鈥檚 children in the old peoples home. He became suspicious of Sarah鈥檚 true identity and told the young reporter who via internet and record searches tracked down the truth and alerted the police. Meanwhile the relationship of Barbara and John Poole (Leanne鈥檚 adopted mum and dad) was coming under strain after Leanne鈥檚 body was discovered. He took an overdose and was taken into hospital. Sarah associated this with her own father鈥檚 suicide and blaming what seemed to her to be yet another wife causing heartbreak for her husband she broke into the Poole鈥檚 house late at night and was standing over Barbara with the bedside lamp held above her head ready to smash it down when the police broke in鈥"
Sorry it was a bit long. Once I'd started I couldn't finish :-)
TTFN Philip.
Hey Chris you played Sad Cafe last night, great song that actually saved my life! I was 18 years old and didn't have long to live due to spinal cancer and a brain tumour and heard that song on the radio one night while in St Barts hospital. The lyrics really did something to me and I vowed to myself that I was going to get better and with a PMA from the next morning I slowly began to improve. I'm now 36 years old married to a wonderful woman and the happiest man in the world. Thanks for playing the song, love the show.
Nick
Oooo .. no blog yet!? You must be living it up today, Christoff!
Whatever you're doing today, hope you're having a good one. Looking forward to ARF!
Heading out so will catch up with you lovely bloggers and blogettes later. Got to go shopping for Charis's birthday lunch tomorrow.
Huggles all round!
Susan, Highland lass
Philip Jennings???
What the hell is that all about? dwnb
Question.
Are the BP's busy today...or on day off?
Sammie - been meaning to say for AGES...good luck with the date(s). I do hope it is a 'nice walk' and not a round of golf, ie a good walk spoilt...
Caroline - there has been a Mr Timms or something asking for you. I've told him you aren't here, so hope that's ok...
DWNB - we'll have to arrange 'distance' swaps!
Nunu - Good luck babe. He's played some of mine, but they've usually been requested by other people!
gotta shoot
bang bang
love
hazel
x
and BigUn - XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX just because I can...
Philip Jennings???
What the hell is that all about? dwnb
Question.
Are the BP's busy today...or on day off?
Sammie - been meaning to say for AGES...good luck with the date(s). I do hope it is a 'nice walk' and not a round of golf, ie a good walk spoilt...
Caroline - there has been a Mr Timms or something asking for you. I've told him you aren't here, so hope that's ok...
DWNB - we'll have to arrange 'distance' swaps!
Nunu - Good luck babe. He's played some of mine, but they've usually been requested by other people!
gotta shoot
bang bang
love
hazel
x
and BigUn - XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX just because I can...
WOT NO FRIDAY BLOG!
DD out
DWNB - looking forward to Sunday Reiki.
EG
WOT NO FRIDAY BLOG!
DD out
Hi
Hazel Love & Sammie - Thank you!
Lyndyloo - Thank you x 4 !!!!
Sammie - glad to hear you and your family are safe.
Is today's blog not working, I can read Chris's but there's nobody else there! Or like me are you just staring at the cakes!
At my son's school (he's 6) they give an award for 'star of the week'. He tells me he 'nearly got the award this week', when I asked 'how do you nearly get it'? He replied 'well, I was sitting next to the boy who did'. Precious!
JoJo
Have to say was a bit worried when Chris took over,big Walker fan and always in kitchen 5-7 as big on "proper" cooking but have become his devoted slave!Laugh my derriere off and the baby and I spend so much time dancing as music so good.Thanks,good to hear someone so into the good food as well.Samantha,Yeovil.
Hi, Chris - you have certainly started a demand for Marguerite Patten's 1000 favourite recipes! What prices - they have shot up on ebay, having said that - what a wonderful woman and such an innovative chef in her day and still so.
Luv the show Steve - sorry, Chris
xx