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SIEMENS all over THE PLACE.

Chris Evans | 16:50 UK time, Thursday, 5 April 2007

Just got out of a....

two hour meeting about a new show for the Beeb, a television show. The meeting room was full of very nice, very cleverpeople and we were banding around a new format. Playing games to see if the games work, some did, some didn't but in the end I just had to leave top come and clarion the beginning of the bonk holiday from the towet tops of the mighty Radio 2.

Wrote the intro to the show just this sec, it's now seven to five and the printer has told us it doesn't want to print out that or any of the thousands of texts we are about to receive, oh bother, there is a whole bbc department trying to get it working as we speak.

It's baking outside, I have the American drop top with me and can't wait to screech off into the eatser sunset, when the clock strikes seven.

A short week and a long weekend, life is sweet, the Masters has teed off, I'm anything but hacked off but now I am in fact off, as the printer is threatening to explode Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

CLP X.

2007

Comments

  1. At 05:04 PM on 05 Apr 2007, wrote:

    Well Chris that was cutting it fine. I do hope you enjoy your 'bonk weekend' - Freudian slip?

    Happy Easter one and all.

    Ciao xxx

  2. At 05:05 PM on 05 Apr 2007, Elmlea wrote:

    Has Easter started yet? working for an American compsny who don't get easter bank holiday I will have to work from home! :-(

    Oh well - it pays the bills

    Happy Easter you all - anyone out there keep thier lent promisies? I have stayed off coffe since pancake day and now really an looking forward to a cup of the proper stuff - Chris maybe you should make that your phone in for tonight?

  3. At 05:06 PM on 05 Apr 2007, Peni wrote:

    Nice to see you at last!Happy Eatser all,
    Peni x

  4. At 05:07 PM on 05 Apr 2007, Steevie fae Dundee + Glas wrote:

    Was gonna text this in but it look's like it might not "get there" so :

    So it's A.R.T instead of A.R.F.

    Does that make it Art for Art's sake ?
    (Oh well, I thought it was funny)

    For those of you south of the Border who (and those of you up this side of the 'divide' in Banks, DWP etc etc who also) get Fri and Mon off, have a good one. (Hope too that those of you at the Glasgow O.A.M.C had a 'rerr terr'. Where did you end up going?)

    Reference "baking outside". I read somewhere recently that "they" reckon that in 15 years time or so, we will have two seasons, long winters and long summers

  5. At 05:08 PM on 05 Apr 2007, Peni wrote:

    Nice to see you at last!Happy Easter all,
    Peni x

  6. At 05:28 PM on 05 Apr 2007, De Sm wrote:

    Happy Thurs....
    Great music as ever.....
    De Smith x

  7. At 05:52 PM on 05 Apr 2007, Jenny wrote:

    Just read your biography. Just found why your accent is now so familiar. We moved up to Mow Cop last year from the south east and so are now not that far from where your were brought up.

    Thanks for the show - it's great. Once you started on drive time , I started tuning in - if you're not on I don't bother lol. Thanks for cheering up the nation!!

  8. At 06:26 PM on 05 Apr 2007, Dissing Dave wrote:

    Hhhhhaaaaaddddd mmmmyyyyyyy ggggyyyymmm iiiinnnndddduuucccttttiiiooonn aaaannndddd ttttrrrrriiiiieeeeedddd ooooouuuuttttt pppppoooowwwweeeerrrr ppppplllllaaaattttteeeee!!!!! SSSsttttiiillllllll aaaaaa lllliiiittttttttllllleeeee bbbbbiiiitttttt jjjjjjjjjuuuuudddddddddeeeeerrrrrrryyyyyyyy. it was eggsactly what I was eggspecting it was actually quite eggstroadinary but at least I had my eggo massaged by the personal trainer, apparently I am fitter than she thought I would be! followed up my 1 hour session with a lovely outdoor swim in the sunshine!!!
    What about the cricket last night???

    What about the battering of the Man U fans?

    Great show this evening, Steppenwolf what a fantastic show to start off with!!!

    Have a great Easter one and all!!

    DD out!!!!

  9. At 06:31 PM on 05 Apr 2007, kaz wrote:

    Hi Chris

    Good to have you back. Listening to your show - great music. Happy Easter and happy chocolate eating. x

  10. At 06:59 PM on 05 Apr 2007, clodagh wrote:

    Ah Christophe you big aul heat-seeking missile.

    Don't talk to me about the printers. Or the computers or the mobile phones and esPECially about the feckin' i-pods. I never experienced Tourrette's till I got plugged in to the spawn of the devil that is technology. Now I have to take Largactyl before I go into a phone shop lest I spontaneously combust and take half a dozen feckin' eejits tryin' to sell me 3,000 free texts and a holiday in Blackpool with me.

    You do know that now you're Forty One you are officially Grumpy don't you.

    So. If anybody spots a little blonde old biddy on the steps of Belfast City Hall, shoutin' an' roarin' an' shakin' her fist at nowt in particular, with wires stickin' out both ears and quite possibly the skirt tucked in the back of the knickers, don't worry. That's me. I'm harmless.

    Well, unless you want to sell me a computer of course. In that case you'll need a skateboard helmet, knee pads and a large tubeof Germolene.

    Grrrr.

    Clodagh.xx

  11. At 07:01 PM on 05 Apr 2007, wrote:

    HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!!!!!

  12. At 07:24 PM on 05 Apr 2007, gingembre wrote:

    day 2 of my CLPblog discovery.
    Still on sofa following op on my medial cartilage Tues - stiff n sore but the weather is keeping me cheery - along with the CLP bloggers.
    Painkillers will keep my drinking to a minimum this weekend but looking forward to having a great weekend with wife & kiddies.
    Speak to you all next week.
    Bonnet de douche
    KW

  13. At 07:59 PM on 05 Apr 2007, wrote:

    oh my its easter!!!!
    eggs all over the place. well i'm back from my hols and all nice and brown. wish someone wanted to see my white bits!!!
    hope you all well and enjoying the sunshine, its like being on holiday!!!

    well i hope you all have a wonderful easter don't eat too much chocolate!!, love missy xxx

  14. At 09:09 PM on 05 Apr 2007, Em M wrote:

    So Chris.................
    What were you on this afternoon? Even more hyper than usual if you don't mind me saying so! I love it when other people are like that, but when its me I hate it, I feel out of control.

    Got all the family over for dinner tomorrow, 12 of them, going to cook my little sis a roast as she's been in Japan for the last six months and missed out on a proper Christmas dinner.

    I'm reading a very good book at the moment, Never let me go, can't remember who by, oh yes, the person who wrote The Remains of the Day. Has anyone else read it, got a feeling the endings not going to be very nice.

    Happy Easter everyone, have fun with your new barbie Chris, you happy boy.

    Em xx

  15. At 08:47 AM on 06 Apr 2007, Tickle in Cork wrote:

    Happy Easter to all and one!
    I can't believe I'm typing this in work! No day off for me...and yet half the country here is closed...weird!! Even the pubs are closed here today, which is unfortunate as I heard of someone flying in from America and delaying his flight so he could go out on the town on Friday night....oops!

    Anyways, enough of my rantings...

    Tasks for the weekend
    1 - Head to beautiful West Cork
    2 - Eat chocolate eggs
    3 - Go for nice walks
    4 - Eat more chocolate
    5 - Do the gardening
    6 - Eat more chocolae
    7 - Take indigistion tablets and vow not to eat any more chocolate....at least for an hour....

    Anyways, have a great weekend
    Tickle - the Easter Bunny Subsitute

  16. At 09:52 AM on 06 Apr 2007, Kate wrote:

    Happy Easter! Cracking show last night....listened back to the first hour earlier...somebodies in the easter mood!....longest weekend of the year for many...and the weather so far so good!

    Have a good one!

  17. At 01:54 PM on 06 Apr 2007, Tickle wrote:

    Hazel - The rabbits ears are on!!

    Enjoy the new mobily - talk at the bottom and listen at the top and you'll do fine.

    Happy Easter again
    Tickle

  18. At 07:35 PM on 06 Apr 2007, Gaby wrote:

    Chris

    Have a great weekend and huge thanks, as always, for the shlog.

    Gaby
    xx

    DD - very good : ) you always make me smile

  19. At 12:27 PM on 07 Apr 2007, mwk wrote:


    Happy Easter All xx

    Great show on Friday Chris!

    Hope you are enjoying the BBQ!


    Lots of love
    Mary xx

  20. At 05:03 PM on 07 Apr 2007, wrote:

    Well Chris - aren't people funny......

    I moved to Glastonbury a few weeks ago, and launched an Internet radio station for the town, and low and behold they loved it, they also loved the launch party for which I booked legendary guitarist Gordon Giltrap.

    However, just a few days later, a company I am a major shareholder in, which until then had no interest in it - suddenly decided that THEY own it lol! (I guess success was unexpected lol!). I have since resigned form said company and given my time to running Glastonbury Radio full time!

    Aren't folks strange!

    Ross

  21. At 09:23 PM on 07 Apr 2007, wrote:

    Hope you got that printer working!

    GV

  22. At 02:38 AM on 08 Apr 2007, EG (Scotland) wrote:

    Only just (in the very early hours of Sunday) getting round to reading Thursday's blog - I am so out of sync at the moment. Sounds like this could be an interesting new venture for you Chris - you hosting the new show?

    EG

  23. At 11:24 AM on 08 Apr 2007, wrote:

    American Drop Top - mmmm Ford Mustang!

  24. At 05:23 PM on 08 Apr 2007, Paul wrote:

    Hi Chris & all bloggers,

    My 1st day of blog interest today and this seemed as good a place as any to start.
    Unlike many of you lucky people i've been in work everyday since the wednesday of last week, but today is my last in this stint of shifts so i get to join the legion of lucky folks for the last day of the bank holiday, and i have a BBQ invite in sunny Stockport to look forward to (fingers crossed this glorious weather will hold out for me too).
    Just a quick two hours to go them i'm off home for an easter egg fest.

    Enjoy tomorrow one & all.

    Mugsy.

  25. At 10:42 PM on 08 Apr 2007, Paula wrote:

    Hey there Chris
    I LOVE long weekends - it just makes you feel so alive (and that you can waste a day down the oub getting pi**ed and you can still enjoy the weekend!)

    Hope you enjoyed yours - be good to have you back though .

    P x x

  26. At 12:26 AM on 09 Apr 2007, Misty wrote:

    Easter Schmeaster...

    Hi CLP

    Just wanted to say a quick thank you for the blog... don't know which particular bubble I've been in this time, but I've only just realised it exists, so had quite a bit of catching up to do.

    I'm feeling a warm Evans glow lol, it's good to have you around again.

    Misty xx

  27. At 12:03 PM on 09 Apr 2007, wrote:

    Afternoon, Chris! Hope you are having a fantastic weekend! We passed Gleneagles on our way to and from Ansturuther and wondered if you'd played there! I was all for going in for a nosy, but Mum thought security would tell us to take a hike!

    Hope you all had a terrific Easter weekend, and gave a wee thought to as to why we celebrate it!

    Just back from a weeks holiday so it's going to take forever to catch up! Going to have to listen again to every show! What fun for me!

    Stevie fae Dundee and Glas ... the SOAMC really hoped you would join us! We went to the buffet place and raised a glass to you! We were blwon away by how well we all got on and also raised a glass to virtual friendship becoming real! Hope you'll join us next time!?

    Huggles,

    Susan, Highland lass

  28. At 11:11 PM on 09 Apr 2007, Prof Plum wrote:

    Hello one and all.

    Shhhh in quiet voice

    Well I'm in one of those dogdy Internet Cafe's. Feels more like a gambling house. I am sat next to somebody from Canada who kindly advised me how to log on with my ticket. On the other side well they could be on a wanted poster sort of a person, or maybe a car dealer.

    Wish I could hear the show tomorow but off to MAD RID

    Love the show Chris

  29. At 10:39 AM on 10 Apr 2007, wrote:

    Hey, this is the first time I've stumbled across your blog... just wanted to say I've had fun reading through the archives!
    All the best, x

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