It was back on
the 17th of August 2006 that we first got comments on the PM Blog...and true to form lost several. We found them last week. They were with Gilbert and George.
Anyhoo, we appealed here on the Blog and on the programme for people whose comments had fallen by the wayside to come forward...even helpfully listing all the names we had.
Here then are the pearls of wisdom from people who got back in touch, pleading: "Yes...publish my seven month old comments. My life is incomplete without them, damn you".
"I should be working instead of reading the newsletter, blog and cricket updates. If I get into trouble what do you suggest I use as an excuse?" - Ian Roberts
"Could this be the "birth pangs" of a new PM?" Sebastian Sandys
"A momentous day indeed! I've now linked this blog to my own desperate effort at blogging. I must warn you though. After the first blast of "thoughts", the will to type (or live to get things to type about) does tend to fade... and no - I haven't linked just to improve my Google ratings! looking forward to.... something!" whisht
"Welcome to the blogging world Eddie - good luck. Whats powering this blog?" Matthew Maber
"Welcome to the wonderful world of the Web, Eric!" Chrissie L
"Nice pic, black and white can be so flattering. I suspect a time and motion team would have a field day at the ´óÏó´«Ã½ though :-)" Jonathan (jonnie)
"They say that the beauty of radio lies in triggering the listener's imagination. Why not try the same on this blog: add no more entries but allow us, the readers, to populate our imaginations with what we think you might have written? It's bound to be more satisfactory than anything you could actually write :)" Geoff Realname
"Fab! Worth the wait!!!" Liz Taylor
Susie Witterick wrote: "Is there already a secret sect in the PM blog? And if so how do I get into it? :)" There is indeed a society in the PM blog. To join the Mysterious and Ancient Order of Blogwatchers Allied to PM (MAOBAPM). Meetings are held in a darkened room with all the members wearing masks to ensure that anonymity is assured. The handshake alone takes months to learn, and, if not properly performed can lead to a dislocated shoulder. suffice to say that all commenters on the inaugural blog by Eric are automatically enrolled in the order. I look forward to seeing you at the next meeting... By the way, I happen to know that sarah did indeed get the report to her boss on time, and she will be given an eccles cake in reward tomorrow.... "
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May I humbly lay claim to the last posting there? (The reply to Susie, that is, not Susie's posting...) I remember writing it all those months ago :-)
Jonnie!
What's happened? Did you fail to pay your subscription? The PM BlogXtra now gives a weird page.
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ed
Re: Ed I
I was alerted by Anne P to the fact that the PM Extra blog is down :-(
I asked them to look in to the fact that I've never been able to configure e-mail and they have abviously broken it now. Strangely enough it's fine down here? The wonders of the Internet. Something to do with Dynamic name servers. I believe it will pop back up at some stage.
I have noticed the the above comments from Dayone were originally on Dayone (as they are on Anne's Blog history page.
Curiouser and curiouser as someone once said.
Good lord, this blog is certainly how I get my fix of "Weird". !!!
FFred @ 1
You're quite right - I've checked the records in the basement, and that post *was* from you to Susie W.
oops.
No probs, Marc! I just wanted to clarify it, that's all :)
Ffred (7) And jolly good it was, too, Fred. How was your trip last week?
Oh, I remember Sarah's report. And Sarah's Mum.
So I'm not sure, now, whether I was a frogger on the first day. Probably not.
The dislocated shoulder, though. I'm sure about that. Ow! In fact, I'm going to blame any future typing errors on that.
So, are we to exect them to appear in a future Gilbert and George exhibition?
Were they that naughty?
Frances O (9) - You were there on Day One
At 07:02 PM on 17 Aug 2006, Frances O wrote: (bzzz)
Yes, Frances?
Repetition. Of 'complaint'.
Correct challenge. Frances, you have 10 seconds on "Eddie's first blog'...
I didn't make it until Day Two.
I lurked for about 4 or 5 days, plucking up the courage. Then it was a typo, typically, which rattled my cage :o)
Thank you, RJD. Thought I might have been.
Val P, start as you mean to go on, lass.
Galloping insomnia, made worse by the fact that the clocks go forward, so my internal nag is going: "You've got one hour's less sleep so GO TO SLEEP NOW!" Fatal. Only solution: get up, distract internal nag, get sleepy.
ahh yes, it all comes back to me now...
just try it once. go on it won't hurt.
You'll like it.
go on... its easy... just type... its free... there, good wasn't it?
and so our addiction began.
hm, I'm glad I was proven wrong and his (and our!) will to type didn't fade away!
I lurked for about a month, I seem to recall, before feeling compelled to ask if anyone had a definitive list of the voices saying... I think it was "crap"...
And then there was the curmudgeonly Scot 'doon sooth', who couldn't understand why anyone would want to interact with a radio programme.
Duhhhhh!
Fifi ;o)
Then, look what happened when she did, Fifi!!!