The Beach
is here.
Jump to more content from this blog
About this blog
PM The evening news and current affairs programme presented by Eddie Mair.
iPM The programme that starts with its listeners. Join the discussions online and contribute ideas for a weekly programme presented by Eddie Mair and Jennifer Tracey.
The PM Privacy Commission
Read the final report of the PM Privacy Commission.
- Full Audio and Transcripts
- Hugh Tomlinson QC
- Zac Goldsmith MP
- Max Mosley
- Stephen Abell
- Hugh Grant
- Sir Charles Gray
- Alan Rusbridger
- Helen Wood
- Max Clifford
- Marcus Partington
- John Kampfner
- Christopher Graham
- Louise Mensch
- Andy Trotter
- John Mullin
- Avril Sanders Royle
- Jimmy Wales
Meet the commissioners, view the terms of reference and hear the Commission Chair Sir Michael Lyons explain his approach.
RSS feed
Email us
Listen to PM
Not sure why I'm trying cos apparently the blog isnt!
Whats for lunch?
My house is full of flowers, ahead of tomorrow's severalth anniversary of my 21st birthday. Hurrah!
Spent today in meetings in Northampton. Long unpleasant drive into the sunrise to get there, long unpleasant drive into the sunset to come home.
And from the amount of undisturbed sand on the Beach, I'm thinking I'm about to meet everyone in Caf茅 502... !
I'll bring the freesias.
Fifi ;o)
oooo flowers!!! That's nice!
But it does remind me of a family friend, who, being in her dotage, commented that she'd rather have biuscuits (sp) as "you can't eat flowers, you know!"
tee hee!!
theres hope for me yet!!!
n-n
morning froggers, clear and chilly here, outdoor therm'r is showing -4.....definatley a day for bowls of warming porridge!
anyhoo the most important thing about today is it is a Fifi birthday day!
Have a very Bappy Hirthday Feefs, make sure Dave waits upon you hand an foot. Didn't know what to get you so here are some apples...
贸贸贸贸贸贸贸贸贸贸贸贸贸贸贸贸贸.......别苍箩辞测
DiY:)
carrying on from where I left off on the previous beach.....
Like a lot of wives these days, Rachel could never get her husband to do anything around the house. Benjy would come home from work, sit in front of his PC do a bit of social networking, eat dinner, watch TV and have a few beers but he would never do those little household chores that most husbands take care of.
Well this frustrated Rachel somewhat. One day the toilet became blocked so when Benjy came home, she said sweetly, 'Benjy my sweetie, the loo is bunged up, would you have a look at it?' Benjy, busy booting up his laptop for a spot of well earned blogging retorted, What do I look like - Mr Plumber? and promptly logged onto the PM Blog!
The next day the vacuum cleaner gave up the ghost so when Benjy got home Rachel asked him if could have a gander at it and may be 鈥楶retty please dearest hubby鈥 fix it?
Once again Benjy growled, 鈥榃hat do I look like 鈥 Mr Hoover?.
You will never believe this, but the very next day the washing machine packed up!
Rachel steeled her courage and confronted Benjy, 鈥楬oney pie, the washing machine is not running. Would you have a look at it for me?鈥
Once again she was met by his total indifference, 鈥榃hat do I look like 鈥 Mr Bosch? says Benjy firing up his trusty laptop.
Finally, Rachel had had enough. Next morning she fixed Benjy his usual breakfast; eggs with bacon and mushrooms and a side order of coffee and toast and then kissed him goodbye as he went off to work.
She then called three repairmen, one to fix the toilet, one the vacuum cleaner and a third for the defunct washing machine. When Benjy got home, Rachel says, 鈥楬oney, I had the repairmen out today.鈥
Benjy frowns and says, 鈥榃ell, how much is that little lot going to cost?鈥
鈥榃ell, honey, they all said all said I could pay them either by baking them a cake or having sex with them.鈥
鈥榃ell, what kind of cakes did you bake them?, he asked.
Smiling Rachel replies, 鈥榃hat do I look like 鈥 Mrs Kipling?鈥
I fank u
Happy Birthday Feefs. Large bunch of late roses from the garden in the vase on the bar for you and a bottle of the best Merlot chilling in the fridge. (I only recently discovered that Merlot is a red wine that you should drink chilled - shows how much I know about wine!) Hope you like it.
A.
xxx
Fifi, If I could get me self in gear I'd send you an e card. If I dont then happy birthday! What did you get?
Be good and if you can't be good, be good at it!
Happy Birthday, fifi!
Happy Birthday, fifi!
Happy Brrrrrrrrrrrday, Fifi
H. x
Happy Birthday, fifi!
Am I allowed to bring afternoon tea to the Beach?
It's fresh salmon sandwiches and pat茅-filled vol-au-vents to celebrate Fi's birthday. I'll pop them in the fridge, so if this comment doesn't show up for a few hours, they'll still be good to eat later.
Goodness me, what a lot of greetings suddenly piling up on the Beach!
(Anne P, I didn't know that either. Not sure I believe it.)
I've made a lovely risotto from the remains of last night's roast chicken, so do dig in. There's plenty to go around.
Afterwards, suitably fortified against the cold weather, I'm going to wander into Stamford for a wander about and maybe a small treat or two.
Hurrah for birthdays on Saturdays!!!!!
;o) Fifi xxx
Gillian (12)
is the salmon with or without jelly fish?
DiY:)
Issy was making love to his wife when suddenly, to his surprise, Sadie wiggle and let out a short cry of delight!
'My God, honey!' he exclaimed. 'What happened?'
'Ohh, it's sooo wonderful,' Sadie said. 'I finally decided that those curtains would look much better in peach.'
i fank u
Issy has just passed away and his wife Rifka goes to the mortuary in Golders Green, as you do.
As soon as she sees him she starts with the crying and a wailing and waving the arms about. An attendant tries to comfort her, to no avail.
Through her tears Rifka sobs that Issy is wearing the black suit and his wish was that he always wanted to be buried in a blue suit. The attendant apologises and explained that the bodies always go in the black suit but he would see what he could do.
The very next day, as widows do, Rifka returns to the mortuary to be having one last moment with her beloved Issy, she smiles through the tears of mourning - Issy is now wearing a beautiful silk suit in the most wonderful shade of blue you would see this side of the Dead Sea.
She askas the attendant, 'How did you manage to get hold of the nice blue suit?'
'Well, yesterday, after you left, a man about the same size as your Issy came in and his he was wearing a blue suit but his wife was very upset. With the sobbing and the arms a waving she cried her husband wanted to be buried in a black suit' the attendant replied.
'After that, it was simply a matter of swapping the heads round.'
i fank u
I'm doing a vegy Chinese stir fry for tea, I will leave some at NC's bar in the hostess trolley for supper.
Some years ago, Issy was crossing the road outside his house when he was hit by a bus, mostly because he wasn't looking where he was going as he was waving goodbye to Rifka.
As he lay in the road, Rifka ran to see if she could help him. As she approached, he appeared to be making the sign of the cross.
'What's this, Issy? Have you become a Catholic already?'
Issy raises himself on one elbow and says, "No my dear, just undertaking the necessary checks - spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch.'
Sid
(Blame DIY man)
Feefs (13)
yo......beach food poker.....
see your risotto and raise you one stir fry!
DiY:)
oi....come back.....502 monsters making off with my Chinese.....
I have just got back from mugging the charity shops of Stamford. So much more fun than buying new!
Is the sun over the yard arm yet? It's so dark so early I'm losing my judgement about these things.
;o) Fifi
Then the sun must be over the yardarm, birthday girl.
Anyway, if it's your birthday you get to control your own personal yardarm. Didn't you know?
______
i
There it is.
And MANY MANY HAPPIES!
I did say happy birthday, Fifi - but the monster appears to have eaten my words ...
Sid
Rabbi DiY was saying the good byes to his congregation after the sabbath service, as he always did, when Esther comes up to him with the tears streaming and the arms a waving. 'Esther, whats's bothering you so my dear?
'Oi vay Rabbi, I've got terrible news', replied Esther.
'And so?' says Rabbi DiY
'My husband, my beloved Benjy, he passed away last eve Rabbi'. says Esther.
'Oh, Esther, that is terrible, tell me did have any last words', says Rabbi DiY.
'Well yes, actually he did say something'
'Pray, child of God, what were those last words {thinking it could be 'I leave 拢50,000 to Rabbi DiY'} says the Rabbi.
Esther replies, 'He said, 'Please, please, please Esther, put the gun down - '
i fank u
Peeps...........Did you hear about the flasher wot woz thinking of the retiring?
He decided to stick it out for one more year.
i fank u
DiY:)
I have FINALLY got in touch with my feminine side......
.....have just loaded the washing machine AND selected the correct wash.
DiY:) [smarty pants!]
Fifi-
Happy, happy birthday!
Mollyxx
There is a choice of Hor*icks or Cocoa at NC's for those in need!
DiY
Lovely Feefs HB2U xxxxxxxx
Am a bit alarmed about the swarming jellyfish. Do they buzz?
xx
LadyP
I declare Fifi's burpday officially over.
Let the anniversarial festivities cease.
...pause...
And let all the every other day festivities continue seamlessly!!!!!!!
Fifi xxxx
the beach looks really nice this morning, I have done the washing up and there is coffee, tea, toast and marmalades for those that want.
If a married man is walking alone in the park, and expresses an opinion, without anybody around to hear him, is he still wrong?
Thanks for breakfast DIWyman - now here's some sconesfor elevenses. Plain, fruit or cheese?
Hello, all. It does look neat and tidy here. Just a fruit scone, thanks, Gillian, and I'll pop some fresh coffee on.
What's this? A discarded yardarm? I'll prop it up in the bar. Nice and low.
Happy Birthday for yesterday Fifi! Sorry I missed it. Hope you had a lovely time!
Can anyone else not be bothered to do Christmas stuff.......
Me, me, gossmrs, me! I cannot be in any way faffed to do it and can get quite put out when people start bunging up lights when it's a month away.
Thank goodness.
Oh, the ghost of expensive Xmas presents seems to have got the key to room 502.
Too far From Christmas to worry. Bah Humbug! I have two kids very keen on having Christmas. So I suspect the decorations will be up advent 2. Advent 1 and 3, we are away visiting various family. Advent 4 a bit late so looks like I'll be getting annoyed with christmas lights in two weeks.
Morning all! Pastries & fresh coffee on the bar - if the 502 monsters don't eat it all!!x
Good grief! That comment appeared to go through in 0.02 sec - have I staggered into a parallel universe?
Gossipmistress (36) - what are these 'pastries' and 'coffee' of which you speak?
Krendls and splerg on the bar for all ...
Sid
Thanks, GM, I'll have some of the coffee to warm me up - no central heating till the repair man comes, so it's thick woolly jumpers in December.
Bah Humbug!
DIWyman, I read out your joke about the married man walking in the park to my SO. I think he found it very profound & true. I thought it was hilarious. And true.
I wonder if the blog will work today?
Re Christmas, SO & mpb just spent a reckless 拢17 on new L E D lights for the tree yesterday. This is all apparently my fault. Several years ago I took the previous lights off the tree after Xmas,carefully but not in the approved fashion. This meant, apparently, they were "all tangled up". Since then he's been on strike re putting them back, & now "can't find them" (probably threw them out during optimistic packing to emigrate). Next thing I knew, at the supermarket yesterday, they'd put a new set into my trolley at S**nsb*ry's. Talk about extravagance...
This is the sum total of our preparations to date.
I've just been enjoying more of Anne's delicious mouthwatering Spicy green tomato chutney from Sept 2006.
It really is delicious as was the squash we had a couple of weeks back.
I've leaving the jar here for a while but will return later to snatch it back if there is some left.
Please enjoy.
Why can't I post when 39 other posts have got through??? *sob*
Annasee (39)
Your SO is quite astute isn't he?
Mrs DiY wanted to know WHY the married man was out ALONE!
(she is of the Nora Batty school for wives)
DiY:)
Is it too much to ask for a FESTIVE bit to the top of the Blog page. You know what I mean a set of twinkling eddie eyes? Perhaps that would not have the desired effect. I know its early but I have some mince pies courtesy of tesburysons. Free with my online order. No cream or Rum Butter but help yourselves.
Sid (37) maybe they are on the paralell beach!
Anne P - with your knitting prowess, are you well stocked with jumpers to keep you warm? I hope your *man* comes soon (I'm assuming male here in a horribly generalising way .......has anyone every met a female corgi registered boiler person? There must be some by now, surely?)
We've just had some new radiators at work. How is it that however many dust sheets you put down, and even after 2 lots of mopping, there is still a layer of plaster dust on everything????
just seen some well dodgy geezer on the shore line, says he was looking for freshness and verve. Should you see him I suggest giving him quite a wide berth as I think he is something to do with them 502 monsters of the deep!
Annasee (40)
re Christmas decorations, you are streets ahead of me!
I did think of going up into the loft last eve to retrieve the necessary but Top Gear was on and the cider was chilled.
Is the blue hammock free? I feel the need for a relaxing snooze this afternoon.....
GM - it was a man, I've never met a female one either, and we now have heat again. Sadly I haven't done much knitting lately too many other distractions but I've promised myself I'll get back to it soon - well after Christmas anyway. Meanwhile I have to make up some cushions printed by youngest son for a film set he's designing and dressing.
Speaking of Eddie's eyes (above), I've noticed that, just like in famous portraits, they follow you around. Try it and see.
Salaam/Shalom/Shanthi/Dorood/Peace
Namaste -ed
Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.
-- Thomas Jones
What's that up in the sky? Is it a bird, a plane? No! Faster than a speeding malicious, more powerful than a "Forbidden" 403, able to leap tall bloggages in a single bound, It's Superfrog!!!!iiii!!!
Kneedeep, kneedeep!
Happy belated Birthday Feefs!
Ug. Collapses in a big heap untidily.
Where's the Pimms? Or the Gin? Can you tell it's been a long, bad day?
;o) []
Anne, get those needles out - knits are b-i-g this winter and I have got the knitter's plague of saying to myself: "I can make that more cheaply/more attractively myself."
Haven't actually done anything about it, though (of course)
Does anyone have the link for the "tube" lady's website? I thought her spoof announcements were great!
"What time is it, Eccles?"
Bluebottle, 1957....
Re FFred (54) The site is found at:
but it has this message on the opening page:
Hi - thanks for stopping by. Unfortunately, my site is currently overwhelmed by the sheer number of people wanting to download MP3s of my spoof Tube announcements. Please check back in a day or so.
Conspiracy????
H.
Thanks, Humph!
"Hang on, I got it written down on a piece of paper."
Eccles 1957
;o) []
Jolly poor show on the blogging front today, Eddie. So much for injecting verve into the new week. Not a single new thread started. Not even a glass box.
Frankly, I don't care how many politicians / party workers resign over the course of the day. Priorities surely should be
1) Newsletter
2)Blog
3) Radio Programme.
Today has been rainy, gloomy & cold.I've been at home with a huge pile of music to learn for the weekend. I've lost my voice, and have a cold. What has there been to look forward to during the day apart from the blog? If you're not even going to start new threads, what possible justification can I have for time wasting by keeping on checking the blog?? Please try harder tomorrow.
PS I see that Robert Peston is all over the airwaves at the moment. Telly, radio, every time I switch on he's there. I reckon he's been retraining his voice recently so as not to accentuate quite so many syllables. Has the Voice Czar been having a go at him?
hello, is it safe? The blog is well and truly bloggered again! Anyhoo,,,,,belated Happy Birthday Feefs (although I did get in there just in time on FB).
Loved the spoof announcements as well...very funny!
Toodle pip x
Hello. Would anyone like some cream cheese and apricots on toast? (Don't knock it til you've tried it!)
Crikey Anna - you need (((((frugs))))) like nothing on earth - so have some, all you need, go on take them...
Wonko - you'd better have some too ((((frugs))))
And for anyone else who needs them ((((frugs)))) - which may include those that are back from hols and feeling the miserable weather (you know who you are!).
Now, come on guys and gals - this Christmas thing.... it's too early for this week, so there's no reason to worry about it. However, next week, we can all start complaining that it's only blah di blah days of shopping etc to Christmas. And we'll need a great number of hammocks - one each, actually, I think, so whoever is in charge of relaxation and calming vibes on the beach, please get on to it.
So there... Izz xx
(Not to be confused with Issy - thank you DiY!!)
Please - a drink for Nick Clarke! -- Who left us a year ago today.
Nick! - We are all assembled around your NCMB.
Thank you!
You will always be remembered.
x
Annasee -
It's a shame that Eddie has neglected his blog as he knows damn well that should anything be slightly controversial be mentioned - and highlighted on the air -
this place would have hundreds of comments.
It's a shame that any new listeners that will stumble by -will wonder what the it's all about.
I've emailed Eddie directly with my concerns.
Personally I blame it all on the Peter Rippon chappie - .....
He walked off with that award and after that slagged off the blog, telling us all it was a tiny dog wagging a huge tail?
Strange that after the award it all stopped working properly eh? ;-0
Absent Friends!
Slainte
ed
And thanks Jonnie, for the timely reminder. Welcome back.
And that was deemed malicious. Harrrrumpfh!
Dreich and miserable in November, so here's some fresh beverages and pastries to cheer us up.
I'm off ancestor hunting today among the parish registers of Jamaica. It's a salutory experience discovering that your (quite distant) ancestors were engaged in sugar production in Jamaica and hence also in slavery. Others of them were busy opposing slavery and the demon drink so I guess it all balances out in the end.
A.
xx
In case I sounded a touch demanding yesterday, I've decided to save the team a lot of time today. Here is today's news, in advance, so they can plan the programme now, & have time left over for blogging.
Headlines:
General Musharaf to buy Northern Rock.
Richard Branson brokers Middle Eastern Peace Agreement at Annapolis
Ed Balls announces new literacy drive. All party political donations will in future be in the form of book vouchers
Alistair Darling is sacked. Robert Peston appointed new Chancellor of the Exchequer
Ken Livingstone decrees all cars in London to be fuelled by chocolate from the end of this week
Alistair Darling becomes head of Relate. That nice man from Trading Standards who was on PM last week is seconded to Relate. Together they will work on a study entitled "Is your marriage worth the money you spent on your wedding?". It will be known as the "Love/Darling Marriage Project"
HM The Queen takes a week's holiday. Carolyn Quinn will be standing in for her
Surely that lot can't be any worse than the real news, can it?
Here's to you, Nick. Missed, but never forgotten....
Jonnie - thank you for remembering Nick - sorry it's late but a glass raised nevertheless! Shame we didn't have a new thread in his memory :-(
Anne P - what a discovery. I worked with someone in her last job who discovered her grandfather was an SS Officer, & infamous. It had been a family secret until she went digging around. I have a week off next week & my Mum & I are doing some sleuthing into our family, so I'll let you know if we find any skeletons in the archives.
Annasee - hahaha! They should let you be guest editor, like they do on *Today*
My glass is going up belatedly to Nick Clarke too.
Annasee (66), Thanks for the giggle.
Annasee (66 & others) - Thanks for that! That has cheered me up as I head off to top-up the cholesterol levels.
Of course my above post re: Eddie and the blog was somewhat tongue in cheek.
I will mention that I have had a nice reply back from Eddie, saying in a nutshell that he is upset that we have been let down by the blogs miserable performance and feels there is nothing more he can do to get it sorted.
I raise my glass as well, cannot believe a year has passed already, here's to you Nick......
Brilliant Annasee - if you don't get a job offer from the PM team by the end of today I will eat my hat (in the absence of a hat can I make that a chocolate biscuit?) :-)
BTW are we getting a new thread before the end of the year?
Oh 'eck! Have you seen the thesis that's appeared on the most current thread (Friday's Glass Box)? 40 paragraphs about how bad Alex Salmond is, with more promised! Yikes! How did that managed to get posted, when all we get is 502s?
Ffred (73) I did see it, and I did try to read it, but it was more than my addled brain can cope with today.
I can not do late nights ;o(
We took TD and her friend to Nottingham last night. They went to see Kanye West (which finished very late) and we went to see Visiting Mr Green, with Warren Mitchell in the title role. He was wonderful,as was his co-actor, but seemed to be genuinely as frail as his character was meant to be. It gave an added poignancy to his performance. It's a play with a serious theme, but it's also very funny, and though Mr Mitchell's voice was thin, his body language and facial expressions spoke volumes.
Now I'm going to lie down in this hammock and ''listen again'' to the last 2 episodes of the Archers. It's all I can cope with!
Ffred,
Maybe now that the big jobbie has been passed, the bloggage will clear?
;-)
ed
The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that's the essence of inhumanity.
-- G.B. Shaw
FFred,
Somebody pulled the chain!
Wasn'ae me!
BOFH Excuse #434:
Ah, but a man's grasp should exceed his reach,
Or what's a heaven for ?
-- Robert Browning, "Andrea del Sarto"
So I see, Ed! It wasn't me either.....
In the vain hope of getting through...
Annasee, that sounds like the next Sony award-winner. Cracking running order. Rupert had better watch his back.
Thanks, all who have provided much-needed giggles.
And here's to Nick. It's dark outside, and I've got a return bout of cold-y symptoms (grrrrrrr), so hot whiskeys are ready to be mixed on the bar.
Only 28 frogging days to Xmas
First try @ 1617
Reading Jonnie's post (71) I'm a little worried -- do you think Eddie et al will be tempted to give up the blog?
Belated HB to Fifi
Cheers! to the memory of NC.
I learnt on Annie Mole's that Emma Clarke has been "sacked" from the tube announcements job, because of those spoof announcements.
Been rather rough this weekend. (Would have been in a hammock here, were I not always diverted to Cafe 502). Also my own blog had a bloggage, I may try later (server full problem), so you can all learn of the latest excitements chez Deepthought. Don't hold your breath.
Thanks all for the belated HBs.
Thanks Jonnie for the reminder re dear Nick .. raise a glass to the lad, with fond memories.
Anna, you are one talented lady and I nominate you to raise the tone (or is that lower it?) on Today when Sequin departs.
Gillian, you are as good as you've ever been at the late nights. It's the early mornings that you should be giving up!
((((FRUGFRUGFRUG))))) to all who need them ... feeling a bit that way myself today, for no particular reason.
Fifi xxxxx
Appy (79) The way that I read it, they already have. No new threads, not even Glass Boxes, since Friday. No references to the blog on the programme. If I do not see any new topics here tomorrow (Wednesday), I am going to assume that this experiment is over. It has been nice chatting to you all.
"Farewell (I say farewell, rather than au revoir, as there is little chance of us ever meeting again)"
[from the film "Dick Deadeye" a spoof cartoon based on a number of G&S operettas]
H. x
Deepthought - hope you feel better soon.
A.
xx
Humph Eddie made a point of Not mentioning the BLOG at least twice today! Is today's message board still working?
Anne (83),
Thanks, but has been a trying evening (for other reasons). In the extreme.
I too have the impression that they are giving up on the Blog. Makes iPM a bit of a farce, but there you go.
It's no wonder government IT projects go pear-shaped with monotonous regularity, if people cannot get the PM blog to run. And it would not be the first thing that they've tried but then stopped - remember the previews of PM recorded after the morning meeting?
Anyway, after this evening's trying evening, theres some SA Cab Sauv on the bar for passers by.
To anyone who's watching:
1. Humph said on the Cransley webcam tonight that tomorrow is the blog's last chance for him. If it doesn't shape up then, he'll abandon both it AND the webcam.
2. I feel that this community is about the people more than the place ... so we can use other places for a while, if we need to. the blog won't be bloggered forever, I hope!
3. Humph and I fundamentally disagree. Who's right?
Somebody pleeeeeease fix this thing sooooooooooooon!!!!!!
Fifi
Humph_
Don't........
Mollyxx
For anybody on the beach who wants to feel like it felt like 1 year ago, then this is the place to be.
RJD
This has turned into a very doleful thread today. It looks like the blog is dying before our very eyes. I feel so full of my cold, & feverish, everything seems ultra-depressing. Not helped by a disrupted night's sleep last night. Which in turn was not helped by watching the 2nd episode of Cranford late last night, with the tragic death of that little boy from croup. I cried my eyes out. Then woke in the early hours feeling dreadful, opened bedroom door to find daughter standing leaning against the wall, saying she too felt dreadful. And was clearly feverish with a sore throat. The ghastly scenes from Cranford rose unbidden before my fevered brain...
Luckily we have paracetomol, & she is tough, & was more recovered by tonight than I would have thought possible. Not me though. Especially after a couple of hours of corporate entertainment. With what looked like superb canapes which I couldn't taste at all, sadly. Wine I couldn't drink because I'd had so much paracetomol...
Please, someone, cheer me up!!!!
Oh poor Anna - and MPB - I hope you both feel better soon.
I've also been told by the dentist today that the upper molar has cracked and she says it will have to be extracted.
I'm not convinced after digging around on the net. I'm sure they could do more to seal it and then maybe cap it - but no doubt I'll resolve to having it pulled on Monday. Then a delay of six Months until I can have a bridge done.
Yes Anna - the blog isn't well either -- but to cheer yourself up you must laugh.
Here have a listen to this until the end:
very infectious laugh eh?
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Laughter is life鈥檚 most precious medicine;
Laughter is soothing balm for all our ills;
Laughter is euphoric much more than wine,
Causing no harm to one or increase bills.
Then laugh and be merry whenever you can,
For, that鈥檚 the way to live life better, man.
Humph.........don't go!!! What is going on - we are getting comments through so its not entirely dead but why has it just been dropped (or so it feels like), we should demand an explanation!
Anyway Annasee and MPB hope you both feel a wee bit better today. I wish I had been organised enough to think about recording Cranford - I'm afraid I'm addicted to the Ewan McGregor/Charley Boorman prog which clashes.
Am afraid I don't have jokes to pass on (DIY excels in that area), but did anyone happen to see Live at the Apollo a couple of nights ago? I just happened to catch it and I laughed so much I cried at a comedian called Michael McIntyre (I think that's it), expecially the part of his routine about Scottish currency.
Right back to work I guess - big (((frugs)))) to all in need and to all you poorly folks x
Well I for one am cross with Humph now. Not to mention hurt.
After all the desperate measures I've taken to keep this bl贸贸dy blog family alive over the past year and a bit...
Clearly I was just wasting my time. We all have been. Probably best if we ALL sod off and get on with RL.
* retires to lick wounded spirits *
Fifi :o(
Oh dear, we're all as gloomy as the weather :o(
I am going to visit a friend, and we shall eat cake :o)
Surely it's not beyond the wit of the Beeb to sort the blog out somehow. I mean, Sony award-winner, and all.
I've been on one forum where the administrators couldn't be @r$ed to keep it up. Thriving online community. Exchange of views, information, jokes. It broke up, though a few hard-liners still keep in touch on a jonnie-type rescue forum.
I'd hate to see this happen to the frog.
So, since there seems to be a cloud over the froggers today, may I offer elevenses?* Coffee, tea, croissants, and for those not working too hard or who are ill, hot toddies and soft, strong hankies. Oh, and some Caribbean lemon and ginger tea with a tub of honey
PS to Fiona: I saw that! And it's true - I've met that Scotsman in a queue, more than once
* Now tea-time snack. Fresh ones available. 502'd
noooooo 502 noooooo
what's happened since i last logged on? the blog can't stop... where will we all have cyber fun and frolics? and what would we all do if we never got to see DIY in *those* swimming trunks again?
can we sent the blog to the naughty step? can we send the blog genies to the naughty step for neglecting us for so long. in fact here the step-up from the naughty step:
Surely it's not beyond the wit of the Beeb to sort the blog out somehow. I mean, Sony award-winner, and all.
I've been on one forum where the administrators couldn't be @r$ed to keep it up. Thriving online community. Exchange of views, information, jokes. It broke up, though a few hard-liners still keep in touch on a jonnie-type rescue forum.
I'd hate to see this happen to the frog.
So, since there seems to be a cloud over the froggers today, may I offer elevenses?* Coffee, tea, croissants, and for those not working too hard or who are ill, hot toddies and soft, strong hankies. Oh, and some Caribbean lemon and ginger tea with a tub of honey
PS to Fiona: I saw that! And it's true - I've met that Scotsman in a queue, more than once
* Now tea-time snack. Fresh ones available. 502'd
There鈥檚 been a show-down between Eddie & his boss. I can report it here, exclusively. (Got some unlabelled CD鈥檚 through the post today).
Boss: I鈥檓 getting complaints you鈥檝e stopped writing in your blog.
Eddie: I鈥檓 just fed up with it. It鈥檚 complete rubbish , never works for more than a day. It鈥檚 embarrassing having to keep apologising for it when it鈥檚 broken.
B: Let鈥檚 talk this through. You use the word 鈥渂roken鈥 meaning鈥..?
E: I try posting a comment & most times I just get a 502, 403 or nothing happens for ages. It鈥檚 very frustrating.
B: So rather than actually 鈥渂roken鈥 you mean you get a response which is undesirable or unfamiliar?
E: It鈥檚 all too bleeding familiar. Just not the one I wanted.
B: You mean, your blog is not 鈥渞esponding鈥 in the way you wanted. Have you considered this in the light of a marital relationship?
E: (puzzled) Sorry?
B: Imagine a sweet young bride, with an equally sweet young husband. He agrees with her every opinion, indulges her every whim. Obviously this is not a healthy relationship, & she will soon get bored, & possibly wander off.
Now if, on the other hand, her husband is sometimes agreeable, but sometimes distant & remote, maybe not even speaking, what do we have?
E : Grounds for a quick divorce?
B: I鈥檒l thank you not to be flippant. We have; excitement! Unpredictability! Emotional highs & lows! Everything, in fact, people get from your wayward but strangely beguiling blog!
E: (Who is clearly in the presence of a madman) Er, I don鈥檛 know what to say.
B: I have to justify everything to the Trust these days. They鈥檒l be asking what the point is of giving you these very expensive toys to play with if you鈥檙e just going to throw them out of your pram. We鈥檙e running a tight ship here at the 麻豆约拍. Lean times indeed. We鈥檙e all having to make sacrifices. Why, look at my sofas here 鈥 they鈥檙e black! Soooo pass茅! Should have been getting new brown leather ones this year鈥 and as for these zebra print cushions鈥.Still, I鈥檓 willing to suffer along with the rest of you. One 麻豆约拍 & all that.
Now, I feel quite sure it would be in order for me to offer you a little, shall we say, 鈥渋nducement鈥 to get back to your blog. Privately, of course. Top secret. My name must not be linked.
E: (eagerly) Yes?
B: I鈥檓 thinking of something rather substantial. Appropriate to your standing in this organisation.
E: (more eagerly) Yes!
B: What I can offer you, in complete secrecy of course, is鈥.
...double your loyalty points for your coffees at the caf茅 bar in our restaurant! How's that?
E: Backdated?
B: I suppose so鈥 how many have you got already?
E (proudly) 24,000!
B: (choking slightly) Done then.
E: I feel sure you have been. Most kind.
Fiona 91
I totally agree- surely an 'official' explanation or modicum of information would be appropriate.
Mollyxx
Fiona 91
I totally agree- surely an 'official' explanation or modicum of information would be appropriate.
Mollyxx
Well we are hanging on in there aren't we! We will be on this beach till they drag us off! Tried to post earlier to offer a sympathetic shoulder to Feefs but it didn't survive....
Annasee, you are a star! Another brilliant post.........hope you are feeling better.
Listened to the programme tonight and not one single mention was made of the blog, its like it just doesn't exist anymore. I am feeling more than a tad offended by that I have to say. Think I may well e-mail the team to ask for an explanation. Not sure if anyone else has done so already?
Hi Frances - am glad you saw it as well - I laughed so much at that bit as I realised that I have been that person, I have used that very expression he summed up with at the end "I'll think you'll find that's legal tender you know!" Yep, been there, done that (although I like to think in a slightly more controlled dignified ladylike way!) :-)
I have tried several times to post here, and I have to say that I feel a bit like Humph: I am fed up with wasting so much time on 502 and all the rest of it.
Fiona, I'm not going away: I'll check the blog at least every day for the time being, but until I see at least a new thread and a few recent posts on it, I don't think I shall bother to try to reply to anything here any more. I'm sorry...
Let's hope the blog gets sorted soon, and poor Eric can triumphantly announce it on the PM programme -- that way everyone will know that it's safe to come back.
I bet you any money you like that if I say I'm going for a quick skinny dip, this message will get through ...
Sid
Still checking back to see if it's improved, but I'll put these cakes in the freezer under the bar since it doesn't look as if there will be many takers for a while. But I have put the kettle on and dusted the crumbs out of the hammocks. Oh, and there's a pair of speedos hanging on that palm tree to dry - not sure where the owner is....
Shan't attempt any serious posting for a while though I will still be lurking.
And me too, Chris. I've had a fill of 502s, and then when some posts have finally been "accepted", they've never appeared. I can't imagine how 'they' could make it more frustrating.
GRRRRRRR!
Salaam/Shalom/Shanthi/Dorood/Peace
Namaste -ed
Battle, n.:
A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that will not yield to the tongue.
-- Ambrose Bierce
Well, this frogger's going to have to be dragged off this blog kicking and screaming. I know it's been frustrating for people here, and the fixes, whilst known, haven't been implemented as yet, but noting in life is ever truly easy, and anything worthwile is worth putting up with problems for....
Now, who's for an ice-cream?
I'll even put up with 502s like the one I just got...
FFred,
"but noting in life is ever truly easy, and anything worthwile is worth putting up with problems for...."
;-)
Namaste -ed
I've got a very bad feeling about this.
-- Han Solo
FFred,
;-)ed
The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.
-- Francis Bacon
FFred,
"but noting in life is ever truly easy, and anything worthwile is worth putting up with problems for...."
;-)
Namaste -ed
I've got a very bad feeling about this.
-- Han Solo
FFred,
"but noting in life is ever truly easy, and anything worthwile is worth putting up with problems for...."
;-)ed
The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.
-- Francis Bacon
Sid (102) put your Speedos back on otherwise Father Christmas wont be coming down your chimmly!
FF (105) can I have a '99?
Bonsoir, old thing, cheer-i-o, chin, chin, Nap-poo, too-dle-oo, Goodbye-ee.
FFred,
"but nothing in life is ever truly easy, and anything worthwile is worth putting up with problems for...."
;-)ed
The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.
-- Francis Bacon
Sid (102) put your Speedos back on otherwise Father Christmas won't be coming down your chimmly!
FF (105) can I have a '99?
Is this the end of the world as we know it?
oh, 2 x '99 and a 502 so far, cheers FF
DiY:)
Old Age, I decided, is a gift.
I am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I have always wanted to be. Oh, not my body! I sometimes despair over my body, the wrinkles, the baggy eyes, and the sagging butt. And often I am taken aback by that old person that lives in my mirror (who looks like my mother!), but I don't agonize over those things for long.
I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, my loving family for less gray hair or a flatter belly. As I've aged, I've become more kind to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend.
I don't chide myself for eating that extra cookie, or for not making my bed, or for buying that silly cement gecko that I didn't need, but looks so avante garde on my patio. I am entitled to a treat, to be messy, to be extravagant.
I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.
Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer until 4 AM and sleep until noon?
I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 60&70's, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love ... I will.
I will walk the beach in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves with abandon if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set. They, too, will get old.
I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten. And I eventually remember the important things.
Sure, over the years my heart has been broken. How can your heart not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody's beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength and understanding and compassion. A heart never broken is pristine and sterile and will never know the joy of being imperfect.
I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face. So many have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair could turn silver.
As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think. I don't question myself anymore. I've even earned the right to be wrong.
So, to answer your question, I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be. And I shall eat dessert every single day. (If I feel like it.)
MAY OUR FRIENDSHIP NEVER COME APART ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART!
MAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE A RAINBOW OF SMILES ON YOUR FACE AND IN YOUR HEART!
FRIENDS FOREVER!
Fifi xxx
(For the record, I have as yet only the merest sprinkling of grey hairs, and some areas of my body have not yet headed for the carpet... but the crow's feet and giggle-lines are galloping across my visage and I recently realised I grunt whenever I stand up or sit down!)
Fifi ;o)
DIY man (108, 111, and possibly another number coming along shortly):
I can only get one leg in - will that do? (I think these must be someone else's.)
Fifi - such words of wisdom from one so young - you're right, we should enjoy getting old.
Sid
Oh, Sid! Be still, my beating heart!
Giggle, Annasee - superb sleuthing.
Anne P, of course the joke is that it isn't legal tender, AFAIK. Doesn't stop us trying it on, though.
And as for you, Fifi - aspirational stuff! Love it.
OK, let's see. 1825 on Thursday.
Just checking in, but feels sad and empty. Still lurking but lack the energy to post. Will return when the blog is back on its feet.
Sid (118, possibly others, I may demand a recount), get a grip my little LD fiend!
Those are Gillian's bikini bottoms, your Speedos are over here! Cross dressing is one thing but for goodness sake you could do it in the privit of your own home.!
BTW, found an old bag on the beach.....something Hairman was the name, says she knows you and can you bung here another 拢5k....good man
Oh...how I love to jest!
Annasee (114)
..it maybe is if your name sounds like Barman!
Sid, dearest one, I'm not NEARLY old enough to be flattered by such utterly disarming wordzzzz.... oh b煤gger!
Fifi ;o)
What a lovely post Feefs, and so very true - I feel like that as well. Having battled all my life with feelings of insecurity and lack of confidence, I now feel as well that I finally really like myself .
So here's to growing old (but not gracefully! :0) )
Fiona x
No new Beach. That must mean it's only pretending to be working then. Had me fooled!
Who's for scrambled egg on toast?
Fifi
What ho!
A quick dip in the sea (with knotted hanky on head) and a swift snooze in a hammock.
And that's me for a while!
As it's Friday, choice of cocktails on the bar at Nick's...
;o) []
The best way to describe this blog right now is 'grudging'.
That last posting of mine was 502d. Yet it appeared anyway. Doubtless this one will go the same way.
Ho hum. Might as well do some work then.
Spoze. :o(
Fifi
I've just come down to the Beach for a Friday frolic in the sea, and I can't find my bikini bottoms!
Hey ho, it's off to the naturist bit for me then - I'm glad I brought the super-sized suntan lotion with me!
Now folks, don't be alarmed - it's not a beached whale bobbing up and down in the waves ;o)
morning peeps, ye gods tis windy in RL. I think I will ride out the storm in the purple hammock.
Mmm, what this, discarded bikini bottoms? Could be Gillian's, on the other hand they may be Sid's. As they say in Surrey, ther's nowt so strange as folk!
Anyhoo, best back bacon butties are available on demand at NC's, just say the magic words......'502 be gone'.
DiY
blimey.....it worked!
could it be fixed?
DiY:)
The dentist told Moshe that he needed to have a tooth extracted right away. The dentist asked, 'Do you want a local anaesthetic?'
Moshe shook his head and said, 'Hey doc. Let's not pinch pennies. Get the best - use imported.'
i fank u
Hannah goes to visit her dentist. When Issy finishes the examination he says, 'I'm sorry but you need root canal treatment to one of your lower molars.'
Hannah cries, 'Oh no, I'd rather have a baby!'
To which Issy replies, 'Well, let me know what you decide - I'll have to adjust the chair either way'.
i fank u
no peace for the wicked, Mrs DiY is muttering about jobs that to be done before Christmas.....which year I asked.
Not a good move........I may be some time.
DiY:(
DIWyman, your missus and I are of the same mind - I have just sent my other 'alf up the ladder to the loft to dig out the Christmas boxes. He may be some time too.
I wonder if there's a virtual loft where all you men congregate to escape harridans like me?!
What a lovely day to be watching a sparrow-hawk catching a blackbird outside my window! I guess this is the male - the female leaves such tiddlers alone. Only the plumpest pigeons are good enough for her!
What on earth are you all doing here? Meet me at the new beach! ;o)