FRIDAY ON MY MIND
Afternoon RATFANS. what about that damn JOHNNY SAUNDERS moonlighting on Steve Wright and being very good at it too. Right now I'm actually in...
... the office, I'm with the team, yehhh. and Friday is cake day, posh cake day in fact. Mostly chocolate.
Whenever i buy treets for other people I try and make them as unhealthy as possible. Friday is always a triumph, I'll take a picture for you to see.
Roll on the weekend, roll on the rugby, can't believe we won the cricket, Tiger's behind in the golf. I think I might have a good few glasses of wine tonight, as somehow, I really do need to slow these days down.
Last night again I closed my eyes and I swear it was no more than a minute before it was time to get up again.
Thirty four minutes to go and here we are sat at the mother ship waiting for main engine start...
ALL REQUEST FRIDAY IS READY TO TAKE OFF !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comments
at last!
an early one yesterday and a late one today!! have a great show and take it easy over weekend! chocolate cake yum! enjoy!
Thank goodness CLP has let us know his words of wisdom for the day.Can't wait for ARF only 30 minutes to go YIPEEE!!!XXXAshy
looking forward to the weekend off down to nottingham sat then on to buyers show at whittlebury hall northamptonshire choosing clothes for next winter already have a great weekend chris and crew
Hey Chris - good to hear from you.
And well done to the England Cricket Team
EG
Weeeeeeeeeee......
Happy w/e all!
Dickie D
At last Chris!
Good afternoon how are we all today? Whoo hoo it's Friday! Its beautiful and sunny here in Norwich and hoping to go to Cromer tomorrow for a bit of sea air! Does you the world of good you know!
YumYum I just fancy a slice of cake. Chocolate Victoria Sponge!
Hope you all have a wondeful weekend, missy xx
Hi lovely Chris,
Sent an email in for ARF but haven't heard anything, really want to get on to say thankyou to our fab headteacher who is being quizmaster tonight for the annual quiz and picnic night at the local school. He does a great job and I just wanted to tell him so! We tend to get a bit raucous, but he loves it (I think!).
Lots of love Em xx
PS sorry forgot to say have a great one everyone xx
Good morning from Vancouver and good afternoon to all back in Blighty,
"It is a poor man that knows the cost of everything but the value of nothing"
As the weekend festivities gallop towards us with all kinds of confidence, life continues apace. After a hectic week in which I passed my Canadian Citizenship test (NB: I shall always be British...), bought a new timepiece, did an inordinate amount of work and more, the imminent sojourn is more welcoming than usual, like a warm embrace from a dear friend.
To each and every one of you, I can but proffer the heartiest of greetings, the most felicitous salutations and transatlantic acknowledgment.
Good day to you
Dr. T
on the off chance that i could be the first althoug given I'm 20mins after CE posted i don't fancy my chances - well today could be my last day at work for two weeks as Annanboy sprog No2 is expected to arrive today - so far no sign but the weekend could bring news so no booze for dad tonight as his taxi is on standby for a dash to maternity. Looking forward to request night - are we starting with Hanson since CE did say he would start one day this week with it! UUUM BOP etc
great blog
Hiya Chris - Hello Everyone
Been waiting ALL day for you
I noticed Jonny was moonlighting too!
I've requested for ARF......but I have been drinking Gin so I may slurr a bit!
You got back then ( last night you said you'd be driving down to the country and wondered if you'd make it)
Have a Fab weekend. I am going to my friends house for a non BOOK club meeting - it's our OAMC - just an excuse for drinking and chatting.
Love Caroline X
Good afternoon Christophe,
Couldn't agree more about microwave sleeping last night! alarm went off at 4 this morning to get an early train into London and then get across to Paddington for an early train to Bath (What a beautiful City) spent the morning testing a computer system before reversing the journey and getting home about an hour ago! Now feel completely stagged!!! Wine is most definitely on the menu for this evening!!!
Looking forward to the ARF
and my bURFDAY on Monday!!!!
DD out for the evening getting very very drunk!!! Tatty bye
P.S I forgot to say..Cakes look yummy
OOer how techy of you to upload the photos too, well done!
Love Caroline
Hi Chris et al
I couldn't believe it when I heard the news about the cricket. Sat bolt upright in bed and nearly covered Dolores in tea from my early morning cuppa as my hands shook with excitement. Has the national team turned a corner, I wondered?
Those cakes look not too bad. We have cakes on a Friday up here at the Institute, providing we have advance notice that the village baker hasn't been suffering from rhinitis in the last couple of days. He has a chronic problem, and on more than one occasion I've seen something drip from his nose into a chocolate eclair.
Happy Friday to all
J McC
CLP!!!
Not only are you wondeful, you buy cake! I may be falling for you in a big way.
Happy ARF, have a great weekend.
Luv
Lyndyloo
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Afternoon Chris just about to go home and turn you on in the car....oooh er.
just having a pootle around your site and have just noticed how cute your Johnny is.
yum
Afternoon Chris just about to go home and turn you on in the car....oooh er.
just having a pootle around your site and have just noticed how cute your Johnny is.
yum
Glad you made it!!
Chocolate Cake covered in chocolate, mmm.
Waiting for Blast off
Oh my god look at those cakes! AHHHHHH! chocolate eclair!
WOW,
Never been in the first ten responders,
Ask Steve if he will ever pick Becks again?
Chris, I too will be supping a few wines, (red 4 me).
Have a great weekend, you deserve it :-)
Chill all, have a great one see you next week.
The "Get unhooked" campaign should be extended to radio 2 listeners now that Chris is on the air as I cant do anything anymore until after 7pm. I used to get home switch TV on and potter about, now I am hooked to the radio and the TV never goes on until late. There must be some help, never mind the gamblers and alcoholics, I need help - it's taking over my life !
PS - did someone mention chocolate cake ?
The "Get unhooked" campaign should be extended to radio 2 listeners now that Chris is on the air as I cant do anything anymore until after 7pm. I used to get home switch TV on and potter about, now I am hooked to the radio and the TV never goes on until late. There must be some help, never mind the gamblers and alcoholics, I need help - it's taking over my life !
PS - did someone mention chocolate cake ?
Chris, I love your take on buying/baking treats for others...whenever someone offers me a dessert and says under their breath "It's ok, it is low-fat!" I get a little offended. It is as though they are somehow giving me permission to indulge. Make it with full on butter and fat, thank you very much! I will be the arbiter of my own fat intake!
Happy Friday!!
Amanda
Hey I was so excited we won the cricket I am spending this weekend organising a cricket tour to Finland so the lads can bowl a few maidens over.
Charlie Bass Carmel Cricket Club North Wales
Hi Chris
Just wanted to say thanks for letting me on the show on Friday, it made my daughters weekend, (I amthe one who's daughter Bryonie isgoing ski-ing on Saturday).
Thanks again...
Ian, Cameron and Owen (Bryonie's brothers)
Hi Chris and Team,
Back for my second ever blog..... does that make me a regular yet ?? No didn't think so !
Loved the show tonight, danced and sang along to the Nolans, bit difficult whilst driving, but hey !
Listened to the rest of the show whilst walking Finnley, my adorable springer spaniel... oh how I agree with the lady who's husband was off to Japan for two weeks. Now, I love my husband dearly, but I do see where she is coming from ! A bit of "me time" would be wonderful in my very busy, but enjoyable life.
The shows have been brilliant all week. Chris - you made me chuckle with your comments regarding microwaves on Wednesday - I soooo agree. Got rid of our about seven years ago and certainly don't miss it whatsoever.
Have a good weekend everyone.
with love LMP and Finn
Let me be messanger #20.. as say:
"Let them eat cake!" said one philosopher a while back.
Sorry didn't put in a request today.. been a little busy, however once the weekend has passed I'll be making a call to the Drivetime office on Monday lunchtime, as I still want.. make that WANT to be your weekly technology / gadgets person / expert !
Chris and team have a great weekend, and let's share a beer or a few bottles of wine together soon?
You just gotta try beer from Bristol, by the name of GEM. It's done by local brewers Bath Ales. and can be bought at most supermarkets in the UK! More info online at: www.bathales.com
I can bring a few bottles for you, to taste / try, when we meet up soon? :) hell invite me on as a guest!?
My podcasts 'Straight Outa Bristol' on iTunes, has gained more listeners ! and has become the most popular independent podcast on the UK arm of the iTunes Store.. do take a listen.. heck it's FREE too!
Hope you sorted out your computer probs? - need any help?
Best
SAM D
(popular in Bristol..)
Friday cakes, fab, fab, fab. They're the best sort 'cos they contain no calories whatsoever! Hope that they were as good as they look.
Week-end has started yippeee, white wine this evening...tomorrow...who knows!
Good evening bloggers and schloggers
It may be late but I could just go one of those cream cakes right now ;-) Mmmmmmm
Chris great show again tonight keep up the good work!
Keith
Good evening bloggers and schloggers
It may be late but I could just go one of those cream cakes right now ;-) Mmmmmmm
Chris great show again tonight keep up the good work!
Keith
Oh look at all the lovely people who have written in/on these hallowed pages...
It isn't quite Saturday morning yet. but Littlest Hobo I think it may be a week ago last Thursday for you, can't quite work it out...
Listened to a fair bit of ARF, but then friends appeared, almost as if out of the woodwork, and here I am now, 1 1/2 bottles of delicious wine down, and trying desperately to write some sense...
ah well...the best laid plans etc
love
hazel
x
Hi,
Your a passionate guy and I know certain things get you going........ Well how about getting behind this! www.manytears.co.uk
I own 2 rescue dogs ( Baxter & Hershey) and over the last 20 years have had 3 others. Dont know about you, but it makes me so mad that people can be so cruel to animals, especially some so called breeders.
Any chance you could get behind this rescue centre? I know there are many such centres across the UK, but this one is exceptionally special.
Perhaps your drive time show would like to become a bit of a champion/ sponsor ?
Hi Chris great show and fab music, makes me smile as always on the way home, 1 little thing and it would make everyones drive home a laugh, tell Giler to stop singing his bloomin' Elvis songs in the stye of a pub singer, drives me crackers,he always does a reply to the sound of a dalek, also badly!!!!!, keep up the great show!!!
Hi Chris great show and fab music, makes me smile as always on the way home, 1 little thing and it would make everyones drive home a laugh, tell Giler to stop singing his bloomin' Elvis songs in the stye of a pub singer, drives me crackers,he always does a reply to the sound of a dalek, also badly!!!!!, keep up the great show!!!
Hi Chris and team
Great show last night. The Nolans WOW!!!! Re rescue dogs. I have had 4 now and they have been the best thing, (apart from my fab wife and MEGA kids) anyone could wish for!!! People are sooooooo cruel to these little animals, they dont deserve anything good to happen to them.
Keep up the FAB show.
Mr P
The fox has an unusual fan. My unborn baby (I am 7 months preg) dances to the fox the fox music in the car!! He/She loves it!! Keep up the good work, love the show makes the journey home to Hertford more bearable.
Evening Christoff!
Hope you had a fabulous Saturday! Did you get a couple of glasses of vino when you went home last night?
Great show last night ... even though I didn't get to persuade you to play my request ... hey-ho! Onwards and upwards!That wee fellow who wanted the dedication for his Daddy in hospital had me wiping a wee tear from my eye! You really do notch up a hoojymaflip on a Friday, don't you?! If you could bottle that infectious enthusiasm and sell it, you'd be a millionaire!
Are you serious about All Request Monday? Can you imagine how much that would brighten up everyone's week?! No more down in the dumps mouths on a Monday!
And how are my fellow bloggers and bloggettes today? I haven't had the chance to catch up with everyone. It was Charis's 2nd birthday today ..... and we are still clearing up! So can't be on long ... want to go post her photos on my blog!
Have a great Sunday, y'all!
Huggles,
Susan, Highland lass
Phew - missed your blog on Friday, missed the show and am just about starting to relax. It'll be Monday before I know it and the craziness will start again. Please please don't do a AR Monday - I like the mix of the show as it is, music, people, interesting stuff.
Cakes look fab.
Happy Birthday Dissing Dave for tomorrow.
ciao xx
i love you chrisy baby, but your making my diet harder when i have to see yummy pics of ur sexy cakes and treats!! xx
Hi all,
Happy Birthday DD :-) and Charis :-) Enjoy her, they grow up so fast!!!
I will try and post tomorrow, there was definitely something wrong with the blog last week and I cannot seem to post from work for some reason.
Anyway, I hope you all have a great week. I miss you all :-)
Joan xxxxxxx
It is still very cold, minus 15 today, bitterly cold winds......roll on spring!!! I cannot believe it is Monday again tomorrow.
OOOOooooohhh!! What a hangover!! After a reasonably strict-ish detox for most of Jan a simple curry with the girls from kids swimming class turned into a complete night on the lash-staggering home at 2am and unable to make key work in lock!! Today has been hangover nightmare - scooby-snacks r us!! Roll on drive-time with luvly Chris, me and the kids can't wait!!
Hope you've all had a good weekend and hangovers weren't too restrictive of relaxation time!!
Jo x
Sunday night, looking forward to Monday as I'm off
on Mondays, please dont do an all request show I
love the usual set up....lots of bits and peices.....
verbal tapas mmmm.
Love the show the way it is, thanks
Sandie x
Hi Chris and all you lovely bloggers. Had a great relaxed weekend. They're definitely not long enough though. We should have 5 day weekends and 2 day working weeks. Well I can dream can't I. Looking forward to the next week of wonderful Christoff shows. I love them!
Lots of huggles,
Cat xxxx
Mr DISSING...
Hope you're getting everything you deserve, and a few things you'd quite like, and LOADS of HAPPY BIRTHDAY wishes!
also, hope Charis had a suitably jolly time x
We brought Chocolate Cake home from a 40th birthday party we went to on Saturday. Saw some friends we don't see too often, and stayed over...ooooh dear! SUPERB night, although I am now suffering from 'blu-tackers thumb' from sticking up a load of pictures...Rather than trawling 'tinterweb for a newspaper for the day he was born, we bought one for the day he was forty. Thank goodness for The Sport! (other red-top newspapers and comic books are available...)
I'm hoping the blog is gonna be a bit better behaved this week...d'you think it may be the addition of the 'Chris' Photos' which may be sunnink to do with it?
vive les gateaux chocolats
love
hazel
x
ps Just remembered...the cake is still in the glove box...(we didn't get home til quite late last night...)
Monday Monday....
Another week starts and I'm going to miss the first 2 shows of the week eeeeek! Will have to catch up by listening on the interweb. Let's wish the blog an easier life this week, there were definately gremlins in making life difficult last.
Hope everyone had a great weekend. I'll pop in later and see how you're all doing.
Luv
Lyndyloo
& the Bears
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ps. Enzo... How good was that frost in the mornings, it looked like snow didn't it?
G'day mates,
Once again I have been a-travelling, but I am home now for the forseeable future.
So, what can I tell you...
New Zealand is a fab place full of fab people and squashed possums. Must admit some of their pastimes are a bit nuts (the people, not the possums though I think they may be a bit crazy too) and I would have loved to had a go at many of them but alas I did not have the time. Thats the problem with the coach tour, you tend to find that you get 45 minutes in each place you stop at before heading off elsewhere. I would go again, but drive myself. Anyway, I was away during the wind storms we had here but heard about them on the news so called my brother who was looking after things here. I was told that I was missing some roof, and one of my cats - Growler - had taken to living in the roof cavity and wouldn't come out. He kept checking on her and she was ok so I was relatively happy.
We returned 2 weeks later, and as I pulled into the drive the roof fixer upper man was leaving. I went into my home to find my cats and check the fish and could here a distant mewing, really quite pitiful and sad so a-wandering down the garden I went but could not find the source of the so sad mew. Returning back to the house the mew grew louder and I realised that the roof fixer upper man has fixed up my roof with Growler still inside! So the tiles were soon taken off again, and out she popped her little head, looking really rather bemused and just slightly agitated. I dread to think what may have happened had we not been due back that day!
I'll update more later, after CE has blogged.
MW, a!
Please help. A while ago, you had a contestant on "Woman's Minute" who played the ukulele and sang a song with the line "Bzz Bzz Bzz Busy Line". She was terrific!! I have not been able to get this song out of my mind and I would like to buy it for my husband. Do you know the title? I have searched and searched and cannot find it.
Great show and drivetime is my favourite show to drive home to - very informative. I am so pleased to hear you back on the radio.
Good Morning!
How can it be Monday already? Only ten minutes ago I put my coat on to go and meet my friends on Friday night!!
Hey ho!
DD - have a very happy birthday! Missing your quotes from favourite movies!
To one and all, have a good day and I'll be back once Mr E has made an appearance!
C xx
Good morning, Christoff!
How are you this Blue Monday?! I hope you had a great weekend, relaxing, getting in a bit of recreation, and fabulous food! I found a great site on flickr where people do recipes and take photos of them! How happy was I!!? Two of my favourite passtimes - photography and cookig combined!
So ... why is it Blue Monday for me, especially after Charis had such a great birthday on Saturday? Well, she has been up since midnight last night being horrendously sick - I had to bath her and myself at 1.30am it was so bad! Poor wee lass was falling asleep in the bath! Would have taken a photo, but had a bed to change too, so couldn't faff around. So now, 3 bed changes, and 5 pj changes later, she's sitting in her wee pink armchair watching CBeebies. I am absolutely knackered! The whole house was woken up with it all, and poor Ann (of the Clan MacLeod - there can be only 1!) was on at 7am, and hubby at 9am! The joys of parenthood, huh? They may well bestow themselves upon you one day, Christoff!
Well, going to put a laundry on, so will catch up with all your lovely bloggers and blogettes in a wee while.
Huggles,
Susan, Highland lass
鈥淢ondays are the potholes in the road of life.鈥
Tom Wilson
Mr Dissin Dave
Happy Birthday!
CtD x x
s'very quiet today isn't it.
is it true after all that everyone in great britain has gone off sick and it is just us few, we few, we happy three, who are keeping b&s together???
m.w,a! how lovely to have you back, you have been much missed...don't wanna shout while it's all peaceful eh!
sssssssssssssssssssssh
love
hazel
x
ps and put that book back, it isn't yours....
Good morning fellow bloggers and bloggettes!
Oooo 鈥. the comments are slow this morning! I鈥檝e just had to have ANOTHER bath with Charis, who puked all over me and the sofa! (Apologies if, like me, you鈥檙e at your lunch! Sardines on toast for me! You?)
I hope you all had a fun and relaxing weekend! Tell me 鈥︹ what was the best meal you had over the weekend? For us it was on Friday evening, and was actually a buffet of ready meals from a certain store famous for quality lady鈥檚 knickers (other quality clothing stores are available)! It was a mixture of Thai and Indian food, shared with hubby, Mum, Charis and Ann (of the Clan MacLeod!). We don鈥檛 normally have ready meals, but they were just soooooooooooooooooo yummy! Maybe it鈥檚 because I had just sat in the car for an hour in a car park, freezing my butt off cos I didn鈥檛 have enough petrol to run the engine to run the heater, waiting for hubby, Charis and Ali (my sis) to do the shopping for Charis鈥檚 party lunch on Saturday!
Dissing Dave - HAPPY BIRTHDAY! (PS My spell check just changed your name to disengage!)
ChrissieS - Yup 鈥 sorry 鈥 it鈥檚 MONDAY!!
Mariella - Welcome home! Glad you had such a fab time - looking forward to hearing more about NZ! Thank goodness there wasn鈥檛 too much damage from the storms! And that Growler is safe and sound!
Lindale - are the bears enjoying the frost?
Hazel love - sounds like a great weekend! Thanks for the Birthday Wishes! I鈥檓 sure the cake will still be edible!
joanne healings - hope the head is better today!
Joannie - thanks for the birthday wishes! You still got snow? We got a small dusting on the hill this morning, but nothing at street level! L
Bigboozybessie - Charis used to bop along to Radio2 when she was in the womb! I used to pop the headphones on my bump at night! Kinda regret that now cos she hasn鈥檛 slept a full night since she was born!
Gotta dash just now, guys 鈥. Charis looking close to falling over, she鈥檚 so wabbit!
Group huggles,
Susan, Highland lass
Greetings,
Long time no blog!
Does anyone know if Chris is a shareholder in flikr.com. I'm surprised the 大象传媒 let him link his photos to an external photo site otherwise.
Happy Monday!
Saintly
Afternoon All!
Phew what a weekend! Almost glad it's Monday, so that I can get some rest (as if!!).
Third AND fourth dates completed with A since I last blogged (Friday's isn't here for some reason...) and also managed a netball match, the England Rugby match and a girls night out in between! Am very tired now, especially since I had to get up at 4.30 this morning to take parents to airport...., so you see, it really is a little mad! Have planned fifth date for tomorrow night...
Looking forward to your Monday observations Chris!
Hope you all had as FAB a weekend as me! Ooh, just four days to go before it starts all over again!!!
S xx.
PS - when do you stop counting dates and also, when does it become polite NOT to date anyone else? M, K AND D are all offering....
Godd Afternoon All!!
Susan, Highland Lass - thanks for your concern - hangover MUCH improved!! I should know better at my age (37) but somehow i always forget how rough i'll feel the next day!! Maybe they add something to red wine?!
Sammie - date counting.....interesting. I think after number of dates you move onto counting how many weeks, then months you've been 'seeing' each other. When you marry the counting thing moves into years and when kids arrive it then moves onto the age of the kids. After 2 kids (B:7 and G:9) and almost 13 years of marriage the edges are getting blurry....or maybe that's the wine again!!
Hey ho!! Don't know about you lot but my day feels like its lasted a week. Should be kickboxing tonight but don't think i can be bothered.
Jo xx
Morning Bloggers!
Have sore throat and headache and feeling well grumpy :o((
Roll on 5pm xx
Love the show Chris & never miss it. I was a bit cross last night though... the lady vegetarian talking about her mars bar predicament made me & the kids talk back to the radio!! My 6 yrs old twin boys & my 8 yrs old daughter all have a restricted diet . The 2 boys get poorly if they eat gluten containing foods & my daughter has a severe nut allergy. The lady vegetarian has chosen to restrict her diet. My kids have no choice but to avoid many foods - but they don't complain & neither should she. I have nothing against her being a principled veggie - just her getting her mad up over mars bars!!!
Feel much better now I've let you know!
Please say hello to my 4 kiddies & make their day if you can. Thank you!!
Mummy Wendy
Hi Chris
Love the show. I am down at the Open on Sat and cant wait!
I am a serving RAF officer at RAF Lossiemouth and am the Captain of the RAF Lossiemouth Golf team and we play at Moray Golf Club, that course with the low flying aircraft. We will be having our amatuer 5 day open next week - its the best in the UK. You should come up for a game and if you can make it up that week you will find the best atmosphere in UK amateur Golf!