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Its a great idea Chris.

MTF.xx

Chris - great idea, looking forward to hear the entries

Roo - great lunch yesterday - thanks :-)

Hello CLP & Everyone.

Less is more!

MM xxx

That's what I'm told CLP but I don't agree!

The English language is so complicated and I often wonder how foreigners learn it when we ourselves can't.

Anyway, this short story competition is a wonderful idea and an interesting way for children to learn how to write.

MM xxx

PS Gorra learn to right write!

Ha! Am blogging from phone! On way to london to start new job in morning
Debs
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Hi everyone from a wet, overcast but mild Ayrshire.

What a great idea CLP, I thought of our very own Deevs until I heard the age limit, but hopefully some of the bloggers' children could take part.

Hope you all had a good weekend.

X

Gail.

BRILLIANT IDEA !! Ive e mailed you and written to you cos as a publisher Ive had an idea too. How about I publish all the best entries, proceeds to charity /??>

Hi Chris: what an absolutely fantastic idea/opportunity. How I wish someone had thought of this when I was 12 and wrote my short story about the end of the world ...! Chris, you continue to be a daily inspiration, really you do.

MTF: what a wonderful job you are doing looking after our feathered friends. I feed the birds too, but not as dedicated as you. Years ago, we lived in a flat and the lady downstairs put out, in her garden, a chicken carcass after dinner every Sunday. Result: 10,000 gulls descending on our wee estate! Slight exaggeration, but only slight!

Bids: thanks for your continued support.

CG: thinking of you. xx

Maddy: I so agree: how does anyone learn English?! And I love your advice to right write!

Debs: oooh, all the very best for tomorrow. I hope you savour every moment of this job, even though it will be very, very hard work, by the sound of it.

pharopress: hope Chris gets back to you!

Back to work for me!

C xx

P.S. I do believe I saw our lovely MC here at some point over the weekend - hope you are really on the mend now!

Why do kids walk in, put the TV on, change to kids TV channel then wander off to do something else?

Hopefully gone away to start story writing but somehow I'm not convinced!

Love this writing idea, what a brilliant encouragement to children and a sneaky announcement of an OB breakfast show! Wonder how many more there wil be?

Pharoah, love the idea of publishing the stories. You might email the show direct to make sure your details get through.

Debs, am very excited about your new job, hope you have a shiney new lunchbox and a whole case full of new pencils!

Sezza xxx

Evening each

Chris, heard that discussion this morning. Fewer or less? Who really cares? We all knew what you meant.

xxxxx

Debs, good luck tomorrow.

Hallo Chrissie, hope you're ok.

Wonder if our 8yr old's budding website (all about poo)would be eligible?

xxxxx

Annie, think the 8-yr old's website would be ok as long as it's a exciting, funny story about poo!! ;-)

MTF, to answer you question on the last blog, the property was stubborn because it is on the first floor, it has storage heaters, it's not near Clacton, the applicant hasn't sold their house (because they haven't put it on the market!) and it was too quiet!!

All reasons given by people on our waiting list who said they wanted a property on this estate but not this one!

A nice lady is now taking it so fingers crossed it all goes through ok

Sezza xxx

Evening all

Do you think I could enter the book I started writing aged 12, but never finished? The first hurdle to overcome would be finding it! Keep your eyes peeled for a green spiral bound thick notepad.

CSN: hope you're ok, like jillygoat, I don't understand but am inclined to worry.

Sezza: I'm confused as to your job now... I got the impression you worked in a sheltered housing complex, is this not the case?

Hugs to anyone wanting one
Oz

Oz, it is but part of my job is letting the properties - I have flats and a few bungalows - when they are vacant

This flat has been empty for a while as people put their name on the waiting list then when you offer them something, it isn't quite what they want!

Laters

Sezza xxx

Great idea! Just a question...

Can you go over 500 words? I know someone who has done so but cannot get her entry down below 535 without losing the gist of the story and she would appreciate knowing if there is any give on the limit, however small it may be.

Thanks!

Hi Oz,

Have you looked under your bed ??? or have you shredded it pre-move ?

Seza, could you please work your magic ? I am still needing an electrician to come and mend my living room light . Mission impossible it seems.

Chrissie , hello , you have been on my mind, I hope you are ok, and your sister is comfortable. Today, I have half a sore throat, which is probably going to bring on a bit more cold . I cant believe how long this is going on for .Even a cream egg didn't make me feel any better .

bye for now
MC xx

Sezza: ah, I see, multi-talents required at your place of work too ;)

MC: it is definitely not under my bed, I know, I have looked in everything I've put under there. It wasn't shredded pre move either. So it's either in a box that failed to move with me (and I'm sure there's one or two of those, I just have to suss what I'm missing and then ask for it...) or it failed to move from my parents to me in the first place (which there's an even better chance of!). It'd be interesting to find it again, see what my 12 year old self thought of the world, I think I was into Sweet Valley High books at that age, so heaven knows what influences there were on my writing ;)

Oz

Evening all!

Baggy - thanks ever so much for yesterday; it was great fun, hope we can do it again some time. Jasper is sorry he wasn't as sociable as he usually is. He was still suffering from his overdose of stolen prawns!

I think the children's writing thing is a fabulous idea - hope lots of kids feel inspired to take part. Few things are greater than a child's imagination.

Jasper-dog is 12 - can HE enter? If not, I may have to take issue with the ´óÏó´«Ã½ over its species-ist stance... ;-)

Keep smiling!

Roo xxx

Greetings CLP & ALL...

Bingo Star 'ere... Just Delivered Ter A Supermarket In Shavington, Crewe... And Ave Celebrated By Buying A Razor Ter 'ave A Shave!!!!!!!!

CLP – WHATTA COINCIDENCE.... Am under 13.... 'onestly a 'am... me botox is working wonders... (Ok am a little older than 13 butta feel 13... ish!!!!)
Plus a often 'ave a story ter tell... And most are 100 TRUE.... 100% TRUE!!!!!
The only problem is a struggle ter keep 'em under 500 words... Why you may ask.. A will tell yer >>>>
'cos a get carried away & over excited!!!!!!!

Which reminds me.... Ave only just finished pre-writing me final two parts of me 'Bingo Star's 10 Feet From Getting Cheryl Cole's Phone Number parts 3 & 4!!!!!!
Originally mean't ter be one blog only!!!!!
But a got carried away!!!!!
(The whole story 100% TRUE though!!!!!)

And what with me working as a trucker, 15 'our days a struggle ter find the time ter blog... 'ence me delay in writing the final bits & banging them on the blog... Which is why ave pre-written them over the weekend!!!!!!!

That way if am pushed for time at work... Or can't getta good wi'fi signal... what with me being in the middle of nowhere... At least a can find a 4 minute blog blast ter bang me blog on – know what am sayin'!!!!!!!!

Talkin' of which... this 'Bingo Blog Blast' 'as expired as am pushed for time now at work!!!!

So tomorrow, i'll bang me PART 3 on the new blog & then the next day the final PART 4.... And reveal all if a am in possession of Cheryl Cole's phone number & if a did end up on a night out with a load of lady boys – ACCIDENTLY!!!!!!!

'pologies for being late but am working so 'ard lately!!!!!!

Did 6 long days last week!!!!!!!!

Gotta pay for me 'ouse somehow!!!!!!

Bingo Star, Striving For A Substantially More Sustainable Future!!!!!!!

Actually me #20 'Bingo Blog Blast' looks a bit longer than a 'Blog Blast' should look.... Think a got carried away again!!!!!!!

Talking of getting carried away - reminds of the time when a once tried ter resist arrest - long story all!!!!!!

Bye!

Evening CLP and the bouncing blog, ah the perils of the countable versus the uncountable noun! Just one of the many pitfalls and trick of the English language and it's frankly strange grammar rules!

But don't get me started on misuse of the apostrophe!!!

The competition sounds great, we used to have one each year in Primary School, and all the stories would be published in a book.

Hope everyone has had a great day, am not long home from work and shattered! A bath is definitely in order.

Rx

Evening all,
Love to hear about the writing chris ,You're so lovely with the young people .
your such a Peter Pan your self ,forever young ,well apart from the hair ,but that doesn't count.

Had a good day today car has gone to the garage,and I've been zipping around in a nippy little car ,felt like a boy racer .I can see how you could very easily get carried away speed wise .

Still very cold here today but it is supposed to be getting a little wamer which only means one thing and that is rain .can't have it both ways can we .


Bids.xxx.

Forgot to say all you budding writers can now start your novels ,but don't forget your doing it under an alias.

Bids.xxx.

Short visit tonight ,did promise myself some early nights last week that never materialised .So If you don't switch off you don't do you .

Take care and stay safe .


Bids.xxx.

Night Bids.

Have my hot choc here so won't be far behind. Rare night in this week, meeting tomorrow night and another on Thursday, so may as well bag beauty kip while I can. Wednesday is always a late one, no matter what I promise myself!

Oz

Hey, sorry, haven't caught up, but the mortgage folk have given a provisional "YES"!!

Thanks for all your support...in need of some zzzz's now!

JG x

JG: wooohooo :D

Night all
Oz

woohoo too JG

going to Jazzercise seemed ike such a good idea before I went!!

Night all. going to try and climb the stairs now!

sezza xx

Yeehaa JG.

MTF.xx

Oops, got carried away there.

Night Oz. Night Sezza, are you aching Chuck?

MTF.xx

Evening all.

Chris, lovely idea for the children.

Debs, hope all went well today. xx

Roo and Baggy, glad you had a lovely time yesterday. xx

JG, will keep fingers crossed for you. xx

Bingo, love reading your posts. xx

Deevs, hope your ok. xx

Chrissie, thinking of you and your family. xx

Jillygoat, Chrissie and Oz, thank you lovely ladies, please don't worry I'm fine. xx

Hope everyone else is ok .

Lots of love to you all.

csn. xx

Roo love, Jasper is 84 in human years.

csn. xx

CSN - don't remind me!! He STILL has more energy (and is better-looking) than me! Where's the justice?!? Jasper remembers when all this was just fields... ;-)

BTW - Am having to cancel my Bristol trip (probably) - I saw how expensive Bristol accommodation is - eek!! FORGET Chris's "fewer" or "less than" - I could do with a bit MORE ("than" - or "greater") wealth, hehehe...!

LoveLots,
Roo xx

Thats a shame Roo, the wedding too?

I live about an hour and a half from Bristol so not much help?

Can you do the coach there and back for the day?

MTF.xx

Welcome February, although I have to say it, January you were a lot kinder than you could have been.

Lets hope for good things for everyone in this short month.

In 4 weeks time, we will be embracing March and there will be a lot more colour around.

White rabbits, pinch punch and all that.

MTF.xx

Thats my first ever C&P from one blog to another.

Pretty chuffed with myself for that.

With some help from a blogger from over the fence, I hasten to add.

Thanks Gazza.

MTF.xx

Roo., Jasper is lovely and so are you.

Lots of love.

csn. xx

I was referring to the weather in January.

CG and Chrissie, I know you have both had a very tough January.

I think of you both and your families constantly.

MTF.xx

Night everyone.

Sleep well.

csn. xx

your welcome mtf xx

not many post on this blog

gazza x

Its a bit quiet at the moment Gazza, but it will pick up again.

CLP has some very loyal followers.

MTF.xx

ive posted something on the other blog mtf xx

Good morning all,
Wishing you all bunny rabbits today and hope they will be lucky for you all.
It is so much warmer here today ,a very noticeable difference.The sun had a little warmth in it yesterday so lets hope it's going to be the same today .
Looks like spring is on it's way.And that early night for me has worked wonders and even i have a little spring in ones step ,only little mind you ,little steps an all.

Take care and have a good day all.

Bids.xxx.

Good morning everyone from a very blustery and overcast Ayrshire.

Bids - What a lovely uplifting post, the days a definately stretching out now, it's starting to get light about 7.30am and it's still fairly light at 5pm.

What a pantomime last night, David and I took the 4 cats and the 2 dogs to the vets for their annual check up/vaccination, not an easy task I can assure you, but that's them all done for another year, and Ellie booked in to get dressed on Friday.

Hope you all have a good day.

X

Gail.

p.s. My favourite programme at the moment, Michael Portillo's Great Railway Journeys, is in Scotland all this week, in case anyone wants to check it out.

Hi everyone:

Just a quick catch-up while having a wee cup of tea!

Annie: hiya, I am hanging in there! Hope you are ok too.

MC: thank you, my sister is comfortable and being looked after magnificently. Poor you, sorry you have been ill for so long, but hopefully you are turning the corner now. xx

JG: that is terrific news about the house! How fabulous that you won't have to move!

MTF: no worries, I knew you were referring to the weather! And I know how supportive you are. xx

Gail: sounds like you and David had a VERY busy evening!

Happy Tuesday everyone!

C xx

Good morning all you lovely bloggers and welcome to February,let's hope the onset of spring brings renewed hope along with it.

Bids - that was a really lovely post,so uplifting.

CSN - hope all is well, I don't understand what you're going through, but I do hope it was nothing to do with some of the things I've posted as I haven't intended to upset anyone with the things that are going on in my life right now.

MTF, and others - thanks for your thoughts, they are much appreciated.

Chrissie - thinking of you xx

Roo - I just love your tales of Jasper. When I'm feeling brighter I'll tell you all about Kingston aka The Bear, my very very soppy German Shepherd who is petrified of my cats!.....

Well, must go. I'm trying to keep up with everything on here but not always able to do so.

Is Deevs OK? Haven't seen a post from her lately?

Have a good day all

CG xx

Morning all

Cold and frosty here.

Already had two phone calls from the family with problems.

New dishwasher is being exchanged for new dishwasher LOL!

Gail, bet that wasn't an easy task getting all the pets to the vets.

Chrissie, glad your sister is being well looked after and comfortable.

MC, hope you feel better soon.

Gazza, nice to see you here, please pop in again.

I better go and sort the problems out.

Hope you all have a good day.

csn. xx

I’ve been lurking around the blog since Chris took over from Terry. I was under the impression that Chris actually posted items to the blog and not just a few words at the beginning (probably not even written by him!)

The blog seems to have very little to do with Chris and his programme and is more of a social network for a small number of people.

Maybe that’s the reason it seems quieter than usual. Potential bloggers may be put off by this.

Just my opinion.

CG.

The problem was nothing to do with posts on this blog, some people have one set of rules for themselves and another set for others. I'm still very upset, but I will get over it and still intend to have a bit of fun at times!

Thinking of you lots.

Take care, Love, csn. xx

Morning everyone

Welcome MonaLott, nice to 'meet' you. Stick around, you may just like it here. We did!

I'm here CG, but not 100% ....

Remember the tonsilitis episode last week? Finished the antibiotics on Friday, had a nice weekend and then Sunday pm the barbed wire feeling returned to my throat. When I woke up yesterday morning I was in agony, but went to work nonetheless. Then went to the docs mid morning who immediately sent me to the local hospital for a blood test for suspected Glandular Fever (why I capitalised that I don't know!).

When I woke up this morning I felt like my throat had actually closed up. I feel tired, hot, cold, up, down, hungry, sick, in, out ..... to be honest, I really don't know how I feel other than fed up.

Just phoned the docs for test results to be told by the receptionist that their "system is down" so she can't give me any results until tea time today. I said could a good old-fashioned phone call be made to the hospsital so that at least we might know what treatment I need, and if it is GF, I can tell work how long I'm going to be off for. But no, I have to ring back at tea time today, and if the system is still down, I then have to wait 3 days for the results to get returned to the GP by post.

This is NOT helping my mood or mindset one tiny ickle bit.

Sorry to bring the blog down. I'm not a very good patient at the best of times and Nic has already told me off twice today for (1) sorting out some washing to go in the machine, and (2) planning to nip out to Wickermans shop - apparently I'm to stay in the warm and he will go buy the ice cream, noodles and my nans birthday present.

Not had time to catch up properly with all of your goings on, so big huggles to anyone who needs them (and I include myself in there!), Chrissie and CG - hope things are ok with you and your respective families, and Debs - good luck on Day 1 of the New Job! Go show 'em what you're REALLY made of!

Back later.

Deevs
x

As for the writing competition ... can I pretent to be 13 or under!?!

x

Deevs

Hope you feel better soon and I can't believe the doctors can't phone the hospital for your results.

Take care, csn. xx

NEW BLOG!

Hi Chris
Hope you got Sherlock the Sheep Detective and the Vampire Fish
How about my offer to publish the best entries
and and and
As the author of Sherlock, Nathan Cox , is only 14 how about he is a judge ?????
hope it's all going according to plan and if I can help let me know
Sue Pharaoh Press