The Beach
What is the Beach?
It’s a place to go when the stresses of your real life need relieving. Sometimes it is fairly quiet and you might feel like you’re the only one around, but you can leave your ‘footprints’ for others to find later on. Othertimes it is the home for a real party, with constant gossip, leg-pulling, rumour, innuendo, chit-chat and weirdness.
If this were a forum (and it sort of is because we post responses to each other, not just to Eddie, hence our term for ourselves 'Froggers', a combination of forum and blogger) then the beach would be the off-topic area.
It's a tropical location, no matter the time of year it's always warm and pleasant there.
Sunrises and sunsets are spectacular, the evenings balmy. It has a number of different locations; the Nick Clarke waterfront bar; the smokers corner; Fido's Run for the dog-walkers; the Naughty Step and many others.
How do you find your way around? There is no direct answer to the question.
The beach is a moveable feast, literally. It will be renewed by our Lord and master Mr. Edward de Mair each Friday morning. This is because we have found in the past that when the number of posts exceeds about 600 the entire thing becomes unwieldy and unstable. A case of the beach turning to quicksand.
Froggers often leave bottles / glasses / trays of their favourite tipple on the bar for others to sample, not to mention big / small eats.
There is a herd of camels who frequent the sands, which froggers are very fond of. There are sun-loungers, so you can take it easy and catch some rays. Quite often the late-night attendees will have a barbie.
It's a fun place, with only one real rule; Be nice to each other; we are ALL chums here. New Froggers are ALWAYS welcome.
The real debate happens on the other threads. The beach is a place for banter, whimsy, relaxation and friendship, where jarring comments are not particularly welcome. There are certain very mild protocols, which you tend to pick up as you go along. So slip your shoes off, feel the sand between your toes, relax and enjoy yourself.
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A nice new beach? For me?
Aww, that's the nicest birthday present I've had so far today...
(Subtle huh? ;o)
Quiet here, isn't it?
Sid
Happy Puurrrrrday, SSCat
H.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, stainless - never let it be said I can't take a hint!
Birthday? You know what that means....
Have a lovely day SSC; juices and hot beverages on the bar with little sparkles wedged in the fresh homemade scones (with jam and cream of course). Am warming the grill for the bacon sarnies.
What a beautiful day! Frugs to all x
Happy Birthday SSCat
)^..^(
And stop looking so pleased with yourself!
SSCat ***
* HAPPY BIRTHDAY ***
XXXXX ***
DIY
Happy Birthday SSC. Hope you have plenty of pampering lined up for on and off the beach. Enjoy your day, you're only 24 once !
Oh, and happy strapline RJD
Stainless Steel Cat.
Many happy returns.
witchi (5)
......can I have my bacon really crispy please and any chance of a fried egg?
DIY
Happy Birthday SSC!
Mine was last Friday. I kept quiet about it. 44 doesn't seem like a reason to celebrate. Besides I was working until late evening, so didn't have an opportunity to indulge myself anyway.
Birthday full-English-breakfast awaits you, complete with candle to blow out!
Si.
a bathday for a cat? Shome mishtake shurely...
SSC: Happy Birthday! And to celebrate, a bowl of the finest jersey milk (you being a cat) accompanied by smoked salmon canapes.
Alternatively, I've left two bottles of champers in the chiller.
Now, where's that RJD? I want to congratulate him on a witty strapline .....
....well....the fun starts today...Mrs. DIY left for Memphis at 4am this morning. Bit of a convoluted route....Norwich - Schiphol - Detroit - Memphis. So its two weeks of beer, curries, spag bol and BBQ's for me!!
So if you see a rather disheveled person asleep in the dunes it could well be me!
Thanks everyone! Chocolate sponge cakes for all!
RJD (6):
)^..^(
Oo! a little bat for me to play with! *pounce*
Happy new Beach everyone! (and Happy Birthday to the shiny feline) ;o)
Izzy - I owe you a further apology for not getting in touch. Mrs Wonko decided that we were going to the cinema last night, so I was unable to get on the Interweb. We saw the Simpson's Movie by the way - other cinematic presentations are available - and I enjoyed it thoroughly. Mrs Wonko is not a Simpson's fan, but she still laughed along with me. Warmly recommended.
Perhaps it would be easier if I sent Marc the Blog Prince my e-mail address to pass on to you if that would be acceptable to both parties?
Spider pig, spider pig, does everything a spider pig does... ;o) []
DiW - (11) of course
SiW - happy belated bday; they are always for celebrating! x
P
U
S
H
my e birtday card for SSCaT has got stuck
DIY
DI Wyman (15)
Mange Tout Mange Tout, Petite Pois and Chaise Lounge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LMP
xx
But Simon, you didn't keep quiet about it - You've just told us all, and now we feel guilty!!!!
Happy 44th, anyway. There are a lot worse ages to be.
Peej - If they use that strapline again then both British Airways and I will be looking for royalities!
I tawt I taw a puddy tat a creeping up on me
I did I taw a puddy tat as plain as he could be.
Right guys. Eddie is getting concerned that we won't meet the 50K target for next Friday, so here's my plan.
(to be continued)
Yes, MHR to SSC and belated wishes to Simon.
and I posted twice in less than twenty seconds and it wasn't malicious!
Has Eddie issued instructions that no post however swiftly-following on another is to be thrown away, d'you suppose?
Will this too get through un-challenged?
Hoppy birdie SSC!
Si, if'n you'd've said we'd be that much closer to Eddie's Magic 50,000 with all the scads of greetings you'd've got!
So, Si, Belated Hippo Bathday.
LMP (15)
Ok girl.....lets skip the first two courses and get straight to the Chaise Lounge....I have chilled champers and fresh strawberries....tempted?
DIY:)
Hello!
I haven't been to the beach in such a long time, I'd forgotten what it's like to have sand under my feet.
Are you all well? I haven't listened to the news for a week or so, and haven't been to the blog in ages.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to a comfortable afternoon when for once I shall not miss PM.
Wolf
And happy birthday to the rustless cat.
Happy Birthday Si!
Happy belated birthday to Si and happy birthday to SSC
The other day Fifi was chatting away to me and said she didn't recall the song: Summer the first time by bobby Goldsborough, I sent it to her and she recalled it, remarking upon it's excellent lyrics!
I'd love to know what songs with nice lyrics us froggers can come up with?
Or a little quiz - though it's a bit easy these days with the search engines.
These are some lyrics from a fave of mine?
.... and the waitress is practising politics, as the businessman slowly gets stoned.....
Any ideas?
Si (12):
Happy birthday! 44 and a week! Who'd've thought? I'm a prime number away from a prime number on either side. Anyone who can work that out... don't you have anything better to do?
Belated Happy Birthday, Si.
Big Sis's Big Plan (cont)
We need 2000 postings between now and next Friday, which equates to around 285 per day.
We have a veritable army of regular froggers - Here are just 27:
Little Miss Poppy
DI Wyman
witchiwoman
Wonko
The Stainless Steel Cat
Fearless Fred
Simon Worrall
silver-fox
Peej
RJD
Anne P.
Humph
Sid Cumberland
Aperitif
nikki noodle
mac
Chris Ghoti
Annasee
Vyle Hernia
jonnie
Frances O
anydcroak/andy cragg
Molly
Bedd Gelert
Gillianian
Fifi
Big Sis
ValP
and lots more besides ......
Now, we only need each regular frogger to post 10 times a day, at this rate. But, of course, we know that it is less easy for some than others. So, if we put our shoulder to the grindstone, we can easily do this.
If you're short of things to say, split your posts into two or three bites.
C'mon guys! Let's give it our best shot!
Happy
In case anyone was wondering, the posts that appeared in the order 26,27,28 were sent in the order 27,28,26, and they make fractionally better sense that way round.
Welcome back Wolf!
I stumbled across some lovely organic salmon and organic lamb for the barbeque later. They're marinading in the fridge behind the bar. Can someone keep an eye to make sure the camels don't try and snaffle them while I'm gone?
Ta!
FF
Birthday
Jonnie, an excellent idea.
How about the rules are that you can't use online help?!
I'm staying with friends just now, and they don't have internet access. Over dinner we couldn't work out what place "Antigoni" had in greek mythology. My impulse was to 'google' it. But they pulled out a dictionary. Hadn't seen one of those in a long time.
So in keeping with non-googling, I must pass. Though I definitely heard the lyrics before, I can't remember who by.
Here's one of my all-time favourite lines:
I said, "Tell me what I want," she say, "You probably want hard boiled eggs."
I say, "That's right, bring me some." She says, "We ain't got any, you picked the wrong time to come."
Wolf
to
you!!!
Stainless Steel Cat, and for last week, Si!!
Right, that's my first effort, Big Sis, now for a quiet snooze in a hummock!!!
n-n
xx
nn @ 38&39, and 'birthday' will be along in a minute?
Happy birthday to the Cat, do you get nine a year?
Yes, nikki?
SSCat - You're never 52 are you? If so I've just beaten you to that prime number!
Unable to be a regular regular frogger anymore, but I shall certainly contribute my part with insightful, intelligent commentary.
That will be a first.
Yes, nikki?
* Si *
HAPPY 44 AND A BIT BIRFDAY
DIY *
OK - Here's one for the following froggers:
ValP
Aperitif
Ed Iglehardt
AndyCrwhoseideaitwas
Any of you remember about the no-link thread then? I've been back! Watch the recent comments!
Big Sis (37)
magic....I am lying under Little Miss Poppy…….what a perfect day!
ok....ok.......i'll be on the naughty step......
crickey.........deja vu!
DIY
Johnnie -
Billy Joel I believe?
"You can rent your blues,
And photograph your soul,
You can even dig some diamonds outta Rock'n'Rock,
But if you move too fast,
Or lose control,
They will take away your T-shirt,"
Greg Lake, "No-body Loves You Like I Do" from Emerson, Lake and Palmer Works Vol2
;o) []
Big Sister @ 37, is that ten from each nom de net, or one from each of ten aliases, or some combination of those?
So far today I haven't had a malicious, but the speed we're all working to get the numbers up has led to interesting order-of-appearance sometimes. If the moderators all have nervous breakdowns, can we be sure that a new team will be flown in to keep the traffic moving? Marc, any comment?
Marc, are you ok down there?
Marc, you can't cower under the bar for much longer ... posts to moderate, things to see, people to do...
Come on, man, pull yourself together! Where's your sense of gay abandoned fun?
Sorry, Belinda, I didn't mean to leave you off the list - I just did a quick trawl over recent posts to put it together.
/\ Forgive me, please! /\
RJD (48):
Oh, controversial... is 1 a prime number? (I say yes, but some say no.)
Nope, not 52...
SSC, I think it could be 38...
Hippo birdie, SSCat, and hippo last-week birdie Si.
Mysteriously-shaped parcels await you both at the bar.
Fifi
SSCat - Assuming that a Prime Number is defined as being only divisible by itself and 1 then 1 has got to be one - if you see what I mean.
I've now read your orginal question properly! 54?
Well, well, here's the story - beer, wine, jokes, very little food, more beer, nightclub, cocktails, lairy glances at skantily-clad females, shots, more glances, champagne on a credit card (not mine), the odd barf or too (not mine), doorman, collar, feet off the ground, ice-cold air, walking, walking, kebab, taxi, doorstep, key, pocket, key, fumble, no key, hollar, footsteps, light, apologies, hugs, kisses, hugs, hugs, pushing away from, tea, toast, water, water, water, slumber...Friday afternoon...!!! :-(
Hi Belinda, great to see you here even if you can't always drop by.
>>>
A.
xx
**I told you the malicious fairy would be out to frustrate**
'...open the door and find out that god is a small sausage roll'
Newton Faulkner - bless his dreadlocks.
Big Sister- nothing to forgive. You're absolutely right, as my posting frequency has significantly (P
How weird, my frugs to Belinda disappeared and I'm sure they were there when I posted - let's try again -
>>>>
All this talk of fave lyrics means I have Lydia the Tattooed Lady going round in my head
Lydia, oh Lydia, say have you met Lydia,
Lydia the TAAAtoooed Lady,
She has eyes that folks adore so
And a torso even more so....
Only about 1800 to go...but I really must go back to August and get on with preparations for 100th Birthday Party, Part 2.
Uh-oh. I think my message was a victim of some html coding problem there.
Anyway, my basic message was: Don't post as much as used to. Will support the froggers and their quest with good vibes and lots of alcohol.
Joe @ (63)
She told me we couldn’t afford beer anymore and that I would have to quit.
Then I caught her spending £65 on makeup I asked her how come I had to give up stuff and she didn’t
She said she needed the makeup to look pretty for me.
I told her that was what the beer was for :-(
I don’t think she’s coming back…..
RJD (62):
That's my reasoning too, but some people think that one has to be separated due to its being a "unit", e.g. Borevich and Shafarevich in "Number Theory" define a prime as...
An element p of the ring D, nonzero and not a unit, is called prime if it can not be decomposed into factors p=ab, neither of which is a unit in D.
...which makes me glad I'm not a mathematician.
54's not right either. Fearless Fred is closest so far, but not right.
A clue: the distance between my age and the prime numbers on either side is a single prime number (ie I'm equidistant between two primes).
...I'm going to look very silly if I haven't counted these properly...
*puts on silly paper hat to pre-empt the silliness*
PUSH
U
S
H
!
Joe - any photos to go with that?
Wolf (42)
re.."But they pulled out a dictionary".......woz that then....is it loike a Luger or Walther PPK?
Thank you Anne P! Lots of frugs being sent back to you via the Royal Mail. May take some time.
Right third time lucky?
((((frugs)))) to Belinda
- html discrimination against angle brackets all of a sudden?
According to Eddie, we're all CRAZY!
ssc
Welll, there's 30 (equidistant between 29 and 31, and the distance being 1)
...although the same logic applies to 12 (11 and 13) and also 18 (17 and 19)
...and also 102...
so i think i'll stop there!!!
n-n
Aha! It be 37!
witchiwoman - message received and replied to
Witchie - well done !
Now anyone for a Pimms?
SSCat - You could almost be any age you like!
37 39 41
41 42 43
43 45 47
47 50 53
53 56 59
MY GUESS IS madness itself.
And the BEACH is ploughed up by mokes.
Blog mods on go slow?
The beach is relaxez - vous time!
'I close my eyes for a second and pretend its me you want
And that is why I try to act so......'
Title? Singer(s)? Missing rhyme?
Can't answer any of the other lyric quessies. Even Nick Hornby and RJD are new boys on the block for me.
I grow old
I (think I'll) wear my trousers rolled
right..who did it...?
i was walking back to the naughty step (again) and had just got to that really big palm when all of a sudden there was an almighty THUD and an enormous 'P' burried itself into the sand no more that a foot from me. This was immediatley followed by 'U' 'S' 'H'. I had the fright of me life!!
Nikki (78):
I like that, I think I'll be 18 then.
Re: the newsletter and Debby Reynolds...
"Good mornin'
Good mornin'
We've culled the whole night through,
Good mornin'
Good mornin' to you.
When the Foot and Mouth began,
The sun was shinin' bright,
Now the bug is spreading out,
And we're all in the ... media spotlight,
Good mornin'
Good mornin'
We've culled the whole night through,
Good mornin'
Good mornin' to moo and moo and moo and moo..."
Hey tin cat - Happy Birthday.
Well RJD, the linko hasn't come up for the no-link thread (um, er, ah) - I'd forgotten it was one of my hairbrained - can you provide a link to the no-link thread? :)
Hotel California wasn't it Jonnie (34)?
Anne P : html lurves angle brackets and steels them all for itself!
RJD - where were we....how to I get back there....what a day!
So, I hot-foot it down here to see Val P's big news. And what do I find?
Nuffin
Ah well. Eric's just been berating me on the Cransleycam to get blogging.
"Blog blog blog"
Further messages to Wonko, Witchi and Jonnie to follow, soon as I stop being malicious...
Fifi
Feefs - I know, am refreshing constantly for Val's news. Was going to be Frog Free this weekend but will have to frog on tonight (do I get points for using 'frog' again??)
Wonko (17) and Izzy : if you both contact me via the website link on my name here, I can put you in touch with each other.
Anything to reduce the length of Marc's To Do List on a Friday afternoon!
All part of the service.
By the way, which frogger was in the throat of the continuity announcer just before the 4.30pm PM plug?
Fifi ;o)
PS Note to Eric and Marc: if you can persuade the modders to relax the Maliciousness settings for a few days, we'd get there much more quickly. And calmly.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SSC xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
and a belated one to Si w too!
RJD - I've become so disconnected from all of my lovely frums that I can't work out what you're going on about up there? AndyCrusedtohavesomanygoodideasitcouldhavebeenanyofthem are you out there?
Well let's get these Manums (Magni?)opened pdq! TD had to phone up the blessed Uni from Tenerife eventually, after a combination of postal strikes, website crashes, reluctance to give info to anyone other than she who sat the Summer School Maths Exam - but guess what?? SHE PASSED! The girl done good! So the upshot is that what with that on top of the fab news she got from the SQA on Tuesday - TD is off to University of her choice, to do course of her choice. They don't know what's about to hit them :o)))
Ach, that should have read maGnums of course. Darn eyesight is failing....
Hiya Andycroldpal!
Good grief, thought it was too good to be true - malicious am I? I'll have you know you've only got the hiccups!
Typed too soon - thar she blows!!
Big big congrats to TD and ValP....chink chink x
AndyCr - the link to nowhere.
witchiwoman - I'll not post it here. All I said was that I think it was possibly already detected by the time I posted. I'm not sure that it is totally resolved - I think he is a pain and will continue to be one.
Witchi (74) re Joe P's grand night out : I can't help thinking that any pics taken under those circumstances would be horribly out of focus though.
Of course, they might appear in Hello, or some other pointless magazine.
Other containers for chips are available.
;o)
Fifi
Val P - Congrats to TD. My own TD (No.2) also going to first choice.
I've already posted the link to nowhere addressed to AndyCr above.
Congrats ValP!!!! Sounds like wonderful news!!
n-n
xx
Thanks Witchi - hold out your glass!
Feefs - you're a star and a pal! I'll try to remember to get in touch tonight.
Time for quick paddle and then a snooze in a hammock. Turn me over when I'm done this side...
;o) []
RJD - a masterful effort, hats off to you, (!!!)
[if i had a hat!!]
As for me, I am at home today, and will attempt at least two day's worth of posts - but I think the Green Bottle Song is the best effort so far!!!
nik
x
96 posts before the Programme started - haven't checked, but that seems impressive? I'm mortified to admit that I'm going to let the side down, since I'm off to Norn Iron's own lake district for a week with the Peej clan. Long walks, nice meals, pony trekking (or sturdy horse trekking in my case), and a spot of boating on Lough Erne are all on the agenda. I'll try and do my bit before I go.
Pay attention Wonko! (slaps self on wrist).
Many congridulotions ValP, I'm delighted for you.
;o) []
Ooo err, malicious! First one today.
This is very stressful. Number 2 daughter wants to get on the computer to access face tube or you book or something. I've tried to explain that I need to stay here and keep posting, but she fails to understand the gravity of the situation.
Thanks all! I've put another couple of bottles to chill and I must go and get sorted now. Back soon xxx
Ribbit!
Fifi
;o)
Wonko/witchiwoman: Do you really have such voices?
Peej (105)
just say to daughter #2.......you wanna a church weddin, you getta outa my face!!
it works......
Val P. many congrats to TD - do hope she enjoys it.
Crikey - we appear to have taken the message to have a splurge on frogging seriously!
Now, if you'll just hang around a bit, I need to fetch something across from the old beach that hasn't been set up here yet...
...HEAVE...
...HEAVE...
...HEAVE...
Phew!
That's the BBQ in place, I'll just grab a beer from the NC bar whilst I recuperate before seeing what's left of Nikki Noodle's stock of fuel from the other week.
Trying to remember the best lyrics for you Jonnie (34).
But I keep being interrupted by PM presenters on the Cransleycam!
Fifi
Happy birthday, Subtlesteelcat!
Ribbit! ribbit!
Fifi ;o)
SSC, is that a hairy-armed bat? (16)
Mac, do you dare to eat a peach? (84)
Late hb, Si.
And well done, TD Pedant.
Phew. What a busy week it's been.
(Stretches out languidly)
Congrats on TD's success ValP!!
And I've only ever had two good ideas, and I'm not telling you what they were!
+ holds glass for drop of bubbly + Mmmm!
Feef - they go "ribbit" in American films only (frogs native to Holywood) - they croak in this country, especially if it's dark and wet and I can't spot them early enough to brake ... :(
Ta for link to nowhere RJD, duly bookmarked (or favorited? Yuch).
(SB112) 7:25pm - I can't believe no-one's posted anything since 6:15pm, so I'll get the hammocks up and watch the tide come in whilst waiting for the bloggage to clear.
Perhaps Big Sis and Eddie's rallying cry is too much for the poor blogserver to cope with...
Let's see how quickly (or not) this arrives...
Oh of course, one thing I've forgotten in all my witterings over the past hour and a bit is to congratulate our resident rustless feline on his birthday.
Now, anticipating the imminent arrival of some fuel for the BBQ, let's get the orders in...
SSC will have his on the house, the rest of you will need to cough up some posts to warrant your slice of the birthday feast :)
* hop *
Fifi
where'd everybody go? I think I'll have solitary stroll paddling through the little incoming wavelets - macho eh?
Post! post! post!
How are we doing?
Anyone know???
Fifi
I'm rubbish at this. I don't know what to say any more!
Help?
Fifi
Big Sis - do I sound like what?
;o) []
* drums fingers on the bar *
Pint, anyone?
Fifi
Fifi - Tell us all five weird facts about yourself.
One of mine, as RJD is just finding out to his cost, is that I associate people with colours. Fifi - you're yellow and green in my head by the way.
I was going to see if I could fill the recent comments with my name but I don't think it is possible with you lot posting as well.
OK, which radio four theme is this?
Easy one to start with:
Tumty-tumty-tumty-tum
Tumty-tumty-tum teeeeeee!
Answers on a pointless postcard....
Fifi
Am I the only one here, playing keepie-uppie?
Fifi
Peej - Ever been to the Ramore Restaurant/Wine Bar in Portush? Just been there for my Friday Tea/Dinner. Very much recommended!
Dear Sir Eric de Mair
I, the undersigned, do hereby declare that I have, as instructed, abandoned the CransleyCam in favour of sending pointless blogs to get us up to 50k by Friday.
This makes me certifiably bonkers.
I thank you.
Fifi ;o)
Frances O.(116) Yes, and suck and plant the stone.
But my My friend Mo says eating GREENAGES is like eating a dead mouse - for texture and flavour.
But peaches, a whole bowl full of soft furry fleshy orange pink delight!
mittfh, here I've brought some well seasoned wood for the bbq, smells so much nicer and real woodsmoke does give such a good flavour....
I'm feeling more myself now.
I'm chock full of birthday cake. Now I need to curl up on someone's lap for a snooze...
While I look for likely laps (wasn't that a TV programme with James Bolam?) has anyone else noticed that the ´óÏó´«Ã½ 24-hour weather site is running about 24-hours slow? Or is it just Glasgow that's still on Thursday evening time?
Here you go Feefs - a drop of friday night mirth juice!
RJD - thought it may be along those lines :) x
Ps Feefs, I'm not sure I sound quite as well bred and flutey as that in my day to day life. Maybe I have a 'radio' voice, you know, a bit like a 'phone' voice.
Here Fifi, have a glass of this - just for the bonkers you understand
Ooh, Belinda (126), what a nice challenge!
Five more posts coming up...
Fifi
1.
I have a large birthmark that none of you will ever see.
Fifi
Fifi (131) we really didn't proof... ;o)
2.
I am better with a scythe than with a strimmer. But I'm pretty nifty with a strimmer too.
Fifi
Belinda, you do realise you'll have to do us all now....as soon as it stops thinking I'm malicious....
3.
I learned to drive a tractor, 6 years before I learned to drive a car.
Fifi
Fifi (140) - re your birthmark. What is the opposite of a birthmark? I have a non-birthmark. What I mean I have a mark that is totally pigmentless - pure white or whatever.
Anybody not been here yet? It's a thread without a name and only special people are allowed!
4.
I once taught a Pakistani shopkeeper to speak (Scottish) Gaelic. He was convinced I was making it up.
Fifi
5.
A close relative used to work for MI5.
Fifi
Belinda, how'd I do???
I'm confused.
Fifi (did you get my e-mail by the way?) is pretending to be a frog, and a North American frog to boot. SSC is full of cake and looking for a lap. Witchi has a "radio voice" - is that anything like the voices I hear telling me to burn things? ;o) someone is talking about planting stones and Eddie's still posting - not from the office I hope, you do go home from time to time, don't you?
I think I need another drink, and fortunately I have a pint of Badger Ale in my hand! Huzzah!
;o) []
RJD (145) : Normally, a birthmark is called a port wine stain. Mine isn't, it's more like a coffee stain.
Maybe yours is a chardonnay stain?
Fifi
And I forgot to say that I still don't know what it is I'm supposed to sound like? Help?
I think I may have to progree to a nip or two of the Scottish Liquid sooner or later. There's a bottle of Bowmore 17 behind the bar at Nick's if anyone's interested...
;o) []
I have peed in the same urinal as Jimmy Cricket. If you want any more information it will cost you!
Fifi - what happened to 4?
Where did my (4) go?
Can I remember what it was???
Argh!
Fifi
I once was an provincial handball player. That is Irish handball - not the European rubbish.
Oh, it's back! A full Fifi house. Phew.
Who else would like to play?
(Inspired suggestion, Belinda!)
xx
Fifi
Hang on fifi -
Right:
.no, ta to the pint;
."the archers" by any chance?;
.I knew someone who used to work in MFI, (spooky or what?!!!)
.My birthmark is invisible to all
.About 17, or less
.Definitly not!!!! what are you like!
and lastly, going like a steam train, possibly the (f)lying variety!!!
phew!!!
that just about covers it.
n-n
x
4.
I once taught a Pakistani shopkeeper to speak (Scottish) Gaelic. He was convinced I was making it up.
Fifi
It turned up again. Maybe the mention of an ethnic minority (Scottish Gaelic) caused a delay?
Wonko (149) : No, nothing. But if you sent it via the weblink, it relies on our webmeister having time between work shifts to pass it along.
And Izzy has to do the same for the whole glorious mechanism to work!
Patience, my man, patience.
While you're here ... any snacks to keep us going?
;o)
Fifi xx
Right - I'm off for a tincture!
Don't believe it - I've been maliciousised!
RJD (130) yes, although not for a year or two. Food's great and the view's tremendous. Make me jealous - what did you have?
RJD (152) did he say, 'C'mere, there's more'? I assume you weren't both using the facilities simultaneously?
5. I've been to John O'Groats - and beyond...
( and climbed the Macgillicuddy Reeks)
4. I was sewn up in a 'field hospital' without anasthetic
3. I have been presented to HM -
2. I am now eating butter cookies from Lidls
1. My garden has a river running along the bottom!!!
tee hee all true
nikki noodle (Mr)
Hmmm...pointless facts about myself...
1. I have two middle names (David John - no hypens or any of that business), but it seems many forms can only cope with one, so as far as officialdom's concerned I'm Benjamin David Norwood.
2)
No birthmarks, but a flat mole on my bum and a little sac-like one near *CENSORED*.
Back in August - we have arranged to take a cabin cruiser out on Lough Erne next Tuesday. Just checked the Met office web site. 70 mile an hour winds. Super. In bl**dy August! best find an internet cafe and get down to the beach.
3)
My favourite computer game, by far, is Simcity 4 Deluxe (plus dozens of add-ons including ones with cryptic names like NAM, CDK, MTP and RTMTV3).
Not that I ever play it nowadays - I spend all my spare time either here or on CamStreams.
And as for a certain social networking site, about 10 minutes a day.
I think we should put a drink behind the bar for the poor moderator who was expecting a quiet night and has been hit with half a weeks worth of posts in an evening. (for when s/he is off duty of course)
Peej - Me - penne pasta and chilli beef with beautiful sauce and straw chips. Mrs RJD - monkfish and noodles and rice stc. Strange but very, very good!
Maliciously lost me, eh?
OK then, I shall boil my cabbages twice....
n-n : The Archers, spot on!
Fifi xx
Peej - Have you done Lough Erne before?
I wonder if I might take a wild punt in the dark, and say hi to Appy, who won't be expecting all this buffoonery, and, according to my bookie, has a 5:1 chance of popping along in a mo....!!
n-n
.
Gosh Mittfh you're much more more interesting than I am!
Fifi
Are we any nearer 50, Eric?
Fifi
otherwise, Big Sister's list (37) seems pretty well all present and correct!
A couple of peeps keeping their bonse's below the parapet - maybe tomorrow will bring their blossoming, jonnie?!
Another Summer Sound:
...half waking, in the gloom, stirring in bed, the dead air heavy, through the wide open window, and curtains motionless, the purr of a single lone car passes, unhurriedly, and disappears slowly, merging with the sound of breathing, melding the boundary of waking and dreaming....
n-n
x
Feefs - Thanks for the information, I'll try to be more patient!
This'll have to be my last post tonight, I've got a busy weekend lined up. So, before I go...
Homemade chilli potato wedges with a creme fraiche and chive dip
Pan fried chippolatas with a honey and mustard dip
Grilled chicken wings marinaded in Madeira and dusted with chinese five-spice mix
Pittas stuffed with re-fried beans, sweetcorn, seared sweet peppers, caramelised onions and guacamole
Egg custard tarts with honey and vanilla pod ice cream
Will that keep you going until I get back?
And I still don't know what it is I'm supposed to sound like! ;o)
Night all!
4) The right-hand side of my chest has been aching all week...
Background:
In the family's garden, we have a shed at the top right hand side, which used to have a row of Leylandii behind it. Also adjacent to the shed is a patch of sawdust which our dog uses for certain bodily functions. From the shed, a path leads down to the lawn, and on the first bit of lawn we've put a shelf from one of those self-assembly tent-like greenhouse thingies, in an attempt to prevent our dog from scratching all the grass away when she's finished in 'her' area.
Incident:
Sunday afternoon, finished sawing one of the trees down, walking back to the lawn, didn't lift one foot high enough and tripped over the greenhouse shelf. It upended and planted a rather nice looking bruise on my inside left thigh, but the right side of my chest landed quite hard on the (regular) lawn.
Aftermath:
This side of my chest has ached every time I've moved it all week. There's no sign of an external bruise, but that side of my chest is quite painful if poked. If it doesn't improve over the weekend, I'll visit my GP to get it checked out, and a chest X-ray wouldn't go amiss...
5) Before I took my current IT-related career path, I did complete a degree in Biology.
The bizarrest aspect of the course was that I preferred studying plants to animals, cells, biochemistry or microbiology.
Why bizarre? Aroundabout this time of year I stock up on desloratidine and fluticasone proprionate...
Earlier I said it was quiet here ... not a mistake I'll make again.
Sid
6) For anyone who's missed it yet...
When I started Uni, I because a fan of a weekly column called the B*stard Operator From Hell (BOFH).
As my course as Biology, and I thought myself slightly eccentric (well, a white coat and dissecting kit were standard issue), when I first entered the online world I chose the nickname mbfh (Mad Biologist From Hell).
Skip forward a few years, and I'm back doing Computer Science. mcsfh doesn't have much of a ring to it, but IT Trainee (mittfh) does.
A year later, the job title changes to IT Technician, but I could craftily keep the same nickname.
And even though my job title is now "Remote Support Engineer", it's still a technical IT role, so mittfh sticks (looks better than mrsefh - which looks too close to a superbug for comfort).
Hie thee to the Cransleycam now!
Lots of inspiration for postings at
Fifi
Phew!
And now to grab a hammock, whilst pondering if we've reached the half-way mark (49k) yet...
Feel free to keep posting, I'll rejoin you in the morning :)
Five weird facts, is it?
Okay
(1) I once went for a job as a hairdresser, though I'd never dressed hair in my life (well, apart from cutting my brother's hair)
Mittfh : make sure you tell them you don't have pain in your chest and and in your LEFT arm..
Angiograms are a rubbish way to get a day off work!
Fifi
(2) I once killed a green mamba (hey, look, guys, it was coming for me!)
I am going to bed now peeps.
Wouldn't have dreamt of telling you that ... only Eric's begging for our postings now!
Night all
Fifi xx
oh b*m! not the birthday any more.Neveer mind.
SSSc and Si
1-2-3-4
It's ya birfday boomboomboomboom
Happy birfday 2u boomboomboomboom
I said it's ya birfday boomboomboom
That's all....
Mollyxx
I am going to bed now peeps.
Wouldn't have dreamt of telling you that ... only Eric's begging for our postings now!
Night all
Fifi xx
(3) I was once interviewed by Mr. Mair for ten minutes on air. Yet he still doesn't recognise me (sniff!)
(4) I like to dance naked in the garden by moonlight (Okay, I made that one up)
(4) I like to dance naked in the garden by moonlight (Okay, I made that one up)
184 posts already on the beach, and it's only been here a day! Sheesh, we've been rather busy froglets, havent we...
Still I must away to the shops if I want to have any food in the house. Coffee, tea, donuts (mmmm, donuts), and danish pastries are on the bar. Help yourselves...
Morning all.
The running total is now 48,513 posts - or 48,514 once this one is approved.
At this rate, we *will* break through the 50,000 barrier by Friday...!
Morning all, just off to collect the 100th birthday cake from the bakery. Tuesday's was my homemade chocolate one (samples on the bar next to the large teapot), this is for party number 2 tomorrow.
Catch you all later.
I see point 5 hasn't made it through, and now I've forgotten what it was. I think it may have been that I had a terrible memory .... But I may be wrong.
Sorry to hear about the death of Mr. Wilson, doyen of the Hacienda Club.
Morning all. Just slipped out of my hammock, refilled the solar-powered urn (surely you don't expect mains electric in the middle of a beach?) and turned it on - so feel free to help yourself to tea/coffee/etc.
There's plenty of sausages, bacon, eggs, mushrooms, tomatoes etc. if anyone wants to cook themselves a Full English (aka heart attack on a plate)
So, over 1/4 of the way so far, and we've only been at it for 24hrs. Can we make 49k by this time tomorrow? Very probably, I'd say.
Yummy breakfast. You just can't beat a Full English, can you?
Quick shower, and then on with what promises to be a rather good weekend!
Fifi
Roberto - thank you for the flowers x
Morning all.
yes - sad news about Andy Wilson. I've just re-hashed a Hacienda memory which was... pleasant(!) and it makes me realise how one person had such a positive impact on so many others, by simply being passionate and positive about the things he loved.
Think I'll stick on some Durutti Column in memory...
Pointless fact No.1
My great great grandmother was a witch called Pricky Knowe.
Pointless fact No.2
I once appeared on Regional Round representing Scotland and on an ITV quiz called Stop Look Listen
Pointless fact No.3
I crocheted a matador style bolero in bright red wool with huge loops all over but I gave up wearing it after I got tangled in the waistcoat buttons of a city gent at Liverpool Street in the rush hour ( I have a photo somewhere - of the jacket not the gent...)
perhaps not surprisingly the blog fairy thinks I'm malicious, but it wasn't - just embarrassing for both parties...
Pointless fact No.4
I went to the zoo as a treat after having my tonsils out and came back with mumps.
Pointless fact No.5
I took out three children's library books in the morning and went back to change them for more in the afternoon but they wouldn't believe I had already read them and made me go away.
It still rankles, can you tell?
How many points did I post last night? - I lost count.
Anne P - What sort of animal is a mump and why did the zoo-keeper let you take them out?
Whisht: Help me here, just who was Andy Wilson? Did Tony have a twin who died on the same day? ;o)
Oh, and I left a nice message for you last night underneath your tearful post. Hope you read it.
xxx
RJD (205) a mump is a shy creature. It is tartan coloured, and has a prehensile tail. It can usually be found in the warmer tropics, and eats most things...
RJD (204): two if i can count right .... the urinal and the hand ball so far...!!!
Pheww! Seems I missed all the fun down here last night?
NedofW - thanks for the techno trip, that took me back a year! Tom and I like DCV4.
Eddie Mair's a very gentle pale grey, btw ;o)
RJD - taking note of the restaurant review, Mr Val P just suggested last night that we drive to Norn Iron then down to the Land of the Liffey for a wee holiday, once TD is safely ensconced and we are once again free agents! Congrats to yours too - may she prosper!
Right I'm going to have a quick coffee then dash back to August to instruct No1Son in the finer point of rucksack packing. He's off early Monday morning but has some partying to do before then.
RJD (171) Well venturing onto the Lough will be a new experience as opposed to standing looking at, or sitting looking at it with a Bushmills clutched in my mitt. Weather forecast notwithstanding I'm looking forward to it.
Sorry I'm late, the local library service was having a book sale, and I bought a totally ludicrous number of books. When I went to pay for it, the total only came to £8.50, so I went back and bought some more. Deeply, deeply sad.
Fearlees - I don't suppose there are any around here, are there? Can they be domesticated?
Spent a very enjoyable morning doing crosswords on the patio, and then listening to a good friend tell me all his domestic woes.
This afternoon, out to buy some particularly good wine for our hosts this evening.
And maybe cutting the grass.
I love weekends!
Fifi
afternoon froggers......just rang Mrs DIY in Memphis, it's 7:30am and already 97 degrees F......just hope its worth it........
...me, I have a hangover, first for years!.......will catch up with all the goss later........i'm off for a swim.....
.....was that Eddie on that train wot just went past?.........thought he was to old for Thomas the Tank......
Fearless - Sorry about the Fearlees in that last post - it's just this aversion I have to wine dregs.
Fearless/RJD the ones I had were very domesticated not to say pampered and insisted on staying in bed with me for a month. They were also rather shy, not permitting me to circulate or meet anyone else while they were around. Eventually they left me with only my trusty wooden cased valve radio and the Scottish Home Service for company. Ah, those were the days.
You're forgiven, RJD. As for domesticating a mump, I'm certain that it's possible. I'll keep my eyes open to see if any are lurking on the dunes....
Fifi (213) - Does it take long to clean the words off the patio after you have finished a crossword? And what happens if it rains? - do the letters not run?
Enough... I really must put in an appearance in August!
Dinner and quite possibly late-night karaoke in Irthlingborough this evening.
Followed by a lie-in and bacon butties in the morning, before the drive home.
Although, now that our hosts have become parents, this pattern may have altered somewhat...
Fifi
Apologies for the bad link at my (146). The proper link to the nameless post is here.
Anne P - Are they nocturnal?
Grrr. I'll show you malicious
Peej (211) - Well I hope the weather improves during the week. Here on the North Coast at the moment it is horrible, wet and grey!
Wonko (176), you are obviously not a tart, egg custard or not, so I think you ought to sound like a pitta stuffed with re-fried beans, sweetcorn, seared sweet peppers, caramelised onions and guacamole.
RJD (212), didn't St Patrick drive them all out?
Feefs, ciamar a tha thu? I assume you're a thu, not a sibh?
And why are you doing crosswords on the patio? I prefer a newspaper, myself.
Hello, all.
Pointless fact 1: I was once interviewed for a job in a gents' High St outfitters. I didn't take it. I mean, I was a teenager and would it have been appropriate for me (at any age) to measure a gent's inside leg?
RJD (222)
note to self......must improve my speed reading skills, I thought you wrote:-
"Here on the North Coast at the moment it is horrible, wet and gay!"
.....if only?
It's all a bit surreal today. Just spent 24 hours setting up an internet forum when I was supposed to be doing a zillion other things. But it had to be done .....
Now, lunchtime was an hour ago. Does that mean I can now have something to eat? I skipped breakfast too.....
All those lovely smells coming from the FEB set down on the bar earlier on, and I managed to resist.
Pointless Fact No. 5:
At the age of 4 I took apart my parents' best mantel clock. And I didn't break a thing (not that that earned me any brownie points with my parents, who were furious!)
Big Sis (225)
I can relate to thet..at the age of 12 I took apart my Dad's pized Atco 2 stroke lawn mower....he still has it...and it still works....but he won't let me near it!!!!
Frances, I am lost in admiration. Is that really how you spell it?
I just shout: KIMMER A HOW! at the top of my voice and run away before anyone has the chance to murmur: Har goo mah, tah pu la't in reply.
Fifi xx
Right I'm off to do a mammoth cookathon for tomorrow's party.
**dives into overheated kitchen**
I may be some time....
We're just about to head off to deepest Irthlingborough for a lovely barbie with Pimms.
Keep up the good work, froggers, and I'll see you back here tomorrow!
Although... if I get the chance, I will persuade our friends to look in at the Beach later tonight. No promises but I will see what I can do.
;o)
Fifi xx
RJD - thanks for your good wishes weatherwise. But we're packing lots of games and quiz books and stuff as a back up plan !!
I thought I posted a game this morning, but not a sausage has come through. There's either four more posts to come, or else they've got lost on the way.
Hey ho, been to a wedding! I considered (briefly) asking all 120 guests to log on and post just five times each, but the occasion got the better of me.
Am supposed to be changing.
Into what?!!!
n-n
nikki-noo - there's a coinkidink, I'm just off to a wedding! I'll check back in when we get home, won't be a late do I'm sure.
By the way, Izzy, if you're here ... I have an email from Wonko for you.
You can contact me via the weblink on my name above, assuming you wish to proceed.
At last SO is packing his clean pair of socks and a jumper for tonight's shenanigans.
ta-ta for now!
Fifi xxx
OK Folks, there was a clearout sale at a local Ytravision store and I have bought 6 DVD's.
Any opinions on their merits geatly appreciated:
ShadowBoxer with Helen Mirren
Emile with Ian McKellern
The Assination of Richard Nixon with Sean Penn
Vera Drake by Mike Leigh
Capote with Philip Seymoir Hoffman
The last one I don't really need a review of, as I know what to expect - Basic Instinct 2. Look, I had to choose a 6th one to get the special price!
Too much weather, here, and all at once!!
I can sympathise, ValP with the out of thin air experience, (a great line, I must remember that!)
going to put my head in a bucket ....
|u-u|
|___|
Reference my earlier post on the films, the correct title of the third one should have been:
The Assassination of Richard Nixon with Sean Penn
Mind you, I think he was pretty 'assinated' anyway!
RJD (234):
(234! Blimey.)
I got a nice price today not just on the Morecambe & Wise DVD I mentioned in the "My_guess_is" thread but on a box set of Sid James films.
Time Gentleman Please
Orders Are Orders
John & Julie
I don't think I've seen any of them btu the cast lists for all three loook great. Does anyone know what they're like?
Thsnk goodness for the beach because the weather in August is AWFUL!!!!!!!!!! (sorry for shouting, but its really grim. Not helped by watching the TV and seeing the glorious sunshine at Twickenham.
Tha (mi) gu math, tapadh leit. Agus thusa?
Pointless fact 2: I studied Scots Gaelic for a year with Willie Gillies (Anne Lorne's brother). But it was at 6pm - yes, after PM, though Eddie wasn't yet a twinkle in the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s eye - and I was a bit tired and dozy. So it's all slightly sporadic.
Speaking a language is so much more useful than being able to make a stab at writing it, though, so I am in awe of YOUSE.
Meanwhile, back in August, I was going home all harmlessly with my shopping from the market when I slipped on a bit of vegetable detritus from one of the stalls and landed with not inconsiderable force on the top of the front of me lower leg bone (femur? lemur? tarsus? paul of?). O Level Biology has never seemed so relevant.
Am therefore GRUMPY and SORE and in need of frugs and a cup of strong, sweet tea.
Arnica at the ready; can't use it on a graze. TCP, anyone?*
* Other preparations which smell like throat sweets are available)
al / peeps...
re weather.......it's glorious here in East Anglia...sorry
n-n, Val, hope the weddings went well.
Now, Val, what colour am I? You're not going to escape this, my dearie, you know.
And if you say 'red with white polka dots', I'll know you're just talking about our Pluto shoes.
HELLOOOO STEPHEN! CAN YOU HEEEEEAR US?
Frances O. try some of my calendula ointment, think it should help.
PHEW!
** emerges from the kitchen much the colour of the beetroot now ready for one of tomorrow's salads **
Mountains of food now ready so I'm sure there'll be plenty left over for tomorrow evening on the beach. I won't spoil the surprise, but quiches and chocolate cake might well be included...
Now to finish the washing up.
** heads reluctantly back towards the kitchen **
Frances O - I think you connected with your tibia. The other bone in your lower leg is the fibula. The femur is your thigh bone. I always knew that O and A level biology would come in handy!
And what is 'paul of'?
Big Sister (37). I have tried various posts, but they don't appear or I'm not allowed to post because I've just posted. I've never belonged to a group like this where unseen moderators control things - I find it a bit Kafka-esque.
Sid
Anne P - Give us a run down on what you are preparing in the kitchen.
Malicious? Moi? As if!
Sid - yes it is - but if you stick to short posts without links in them and no complicated words to confuse the automated checking they usually get through.
But it often does seem/is random and occasionally things just disappear. If it's something important then let Marc (Blog Prince) know and he can usually retrieve things.
(213) and (218)
'On the patio'. Is that the answer to
'I hoot at pen mistake outside the French windows' (2,3,5) (Anag)
Goodness, its taken me 20.57 - 14.06 hours to do that one clue.
Any for On the Beach etc?
Isn't there an endless counting song we could sing - -along the lines of
'One blog to the frog
One post to the host
Keep moving (!!?!!)'
One blog to the frog
One post to the host
One speech on the beach
Keep moving ..
Start one heck of a row
At the Furrowed Brow
Keep moving
Hi folks,
Just thought I'd drop by and see how things are sur la plage..
Still bonkers by the look of it.
Mrs DIY - why do the Americans still have degrees F anyway?
Sid C: That's sooooo sweet of you! And with a lovely name like yours (the C bit, I mean!) and your glorious smile, you're already doing your bit for the planet, let alone the Blog.
Incidentally, is anybody going to look for the Perseids tonight or tomorrow night? Here in deepest Sussex we've got an unseasonal fog, so I don't think we'll catch much. Perhaps tomorrow night .....
Astral fireworks! wonderful!
how come i'm still getting a lying scotsman sound track - and jolly good it is - although ive checked out of fawlty towers
Staying at a friend's house, hence the very late night! Mrs Wonko gave me a 24 hour pass so I could come and admire his new Wii (other home entertainment systems are available.
It's a very... physical experience. My arms may ache in the morning.
Sound like a pitta bread do I? Curious, never considered myself to be un-levened!
;o) []
Seem to be stuck on a 502 error!
Morning all,
RJD in answer to your question somewhere or other - three different types of quiche, cold meats, rice salad, potato salad, green salad, beetroot and avocados worked in somewhere, strawberries and cream, fruit, chocolate cake, cheesecake, scones, biscuits, a bakery bought birthday cake and probably some more I can't remember.
D'you think it will be enough?
morning peeps........I see Eddie is up and about!
right i'm off for a dip in the surf, do you like my new Speedos.....Gillian sent them to me from her hols....reinforced gusset and a zip!
Anne P, I guess it depends on how many are coming, really...
hmmmm, I looked outside earlier, and it looked like a good day starting in August, but now it's grey :( I guess, I'll just stay here a bit longer. Is there space in one of the hammocks for a FFred?
Ffred - 9 for lunch and 22 for tea. That's high tea in the northern/Scottish/?Irish fashion (sorry don't know about the Welsh in this context) - not your wimpy southern 'tea and cucumber sandwiches' kind of tea.
Main worry is the weather, like with you Ffred it started ok here but is now greyer and I was rather relying on being able to push people out into the garden to eat. Oh well.
Here have this hammock, I'd better get on.
sacrebleu (251)
re:- why do the Americans still have degrees F anyway?
....don't know, maybe cos it sounds hotter in F rather than C or K
97 F is only 34 C.......s'pose we could get Eddie to ask Bill Giles?
DIY
AP (259)
....sorry to say its glorious in Norfolk, had to come indoors, it's 82 in the sun on the patio.....global warmin'.......bring it on!
RJD (234)
Quite a bargain, I'd say. Nice to have something to fall back on IF IT RAINS.....
Anyway, Vera Drake I found depressing although well acted-very. in fact. Capote I really though was good- very good- I hate physical violence on film, anywhere, of course, so suprised myself. Just a few tips behind the sofa...
Emile sounds ineresting-watched it yet? Good?
We must be almost 'there'.....any idea?
Well, just off for a swim-high tide at 11- cloudy here on south east coast but warm.
Wonko- what's on the menu today?Also, how many pairs of Speedos do you have?
It's just that you keep trying out new ones....
Do tell!!
Mollyxx
Wonko- silly me! you- Speedos? WRong 'W'!!
D I Wyman- right- you're the one! How many pair of Speedos do you have?
Surely you know! I know it's none of my business....
Mollyxx
should posts just to get the numbers up count?
and what about replies to them?
and blogs like this wondering whether blagging the blogging numbers is kosher
and replies to them
and...... I think I'll go and have lie down
(Voice off stage left: 'You've only just got up')
Where has my post gone asking Anne P if she has enough chairs?
Molly (263)
re Speedos.....one pair for each day of the week, plus my birthday pair, my wedding anni pair, my pair for shopping in Tesco, my special gardening pair....I could go on but Gillian will have probably knitted me another pair by the time this post hits the blog......
DIY (never knowingly without Speedos)
Mac (253) : I get that problem as well sometimes. You have to close that window properly, not just navigate away from it.
Same thing happens in real life, occasionally. The band has been known to follow members of the audience home, still playing, if we particularly liked them or they promised us buns...
Fifi
;o)
Ahem, to those amongst us who have just bought dvd's, don't you have a machine to watch them on?
Frances O - oh but you are Bright Yellow with a kind of Silvery Sheen. Ve-ery attractive. Try to visualise that and the energy generated may help to mend your leg. Try hypericum too btw. Also - re Gaelic, I once, when in early twenties and convinced all things were possible if you were willing to try hard enough - bought me a Teach Yourself Gaelic book (remember the range? black and yellow covers?) Sadly, the initial flush of enthusiasm couldn't carry me past p 4, and attempts to learn the alphabet phonetically. However, never say never, it's still on my To Do List....
Anne P - masses of food left over at my aunt's after the family wedding last night, can you use about 5 dozen cooked and untouched chicken drumsticks? I did my bit demolishing sandwiches, sausage rolls, pizza, quiche and cocktail sausages :o( Today I feel bagged up and unvegetabled. Not a happy place to be.
I'm off for a bit to help No1 Son with that rucksack, back soon.
Val, I know you told me before ... but what colour am I please?
Memory like a sieve. Or is it a steel trap?
I think I'll keep my sieve shut for a bit!
Fifi xx
I'm going grey!
There was an unusual noise in our garden this morning. We went to look, and found a family of wrens rampaging about(couldn't make out if there were 4 or 5). Aren't they noisy? For such small birds, I mean.
Sid
Fifi.........your aura is sunshine yellow...give us a wave!
going?
what's the fall out there then?
thanks fifi (267), i'll remember not to do that next time so i can still hear you, get in buns and colour you perfection.
Can we have the Beach cricket critturs critique, why did Dravid not make England follow on?
Also where are the energy saving lights for TV and radio on stand by?
Colours: the English countryside round where I was last year was bright yellow
Thanks Big Sister and Anne P for your advice. My original problem was that I was trying to be helpful to mac, who only appeared to have a 1965 Concise Oxford Dictionary. Well, I discovered a little while back that most local authorities subscribe to the OED online (yes, the whole thing) - all you need to do is enter your library card number. I use it all the time.
The problem was (I think) that I put in links to get to OUP. So if you don't use it yet, you'll need to search for it.
Let's see if this gets through ... if it does, I'll try and see if Colin Dexter's word is there and report back ...
Sid
Wooo-oooh, DIY (272)!
* waves madly across the dunes *
This from Ben, Part One:
A frog goes into a bank and approaches the teller. He can see from her nameplate that her name is Patricia Whack.
"Miss Whack, I'd like to get a £ 30,000 loan to take a holiday."
Patty looks at the frog in disbelief and asks his name. The frog says his name is Kermit Jagger, his dad is Mick Jagger, and that it's okay, he knows the bank manager.
Patty explains that he will need to secure the loan with some collateral.
The frog says, "Sure. I have this," and produces a tiny porcelain elephant, about an inch tall, bright pink and perfectly formed.
Very confused, Patty explains that she'll have to consult with the bank manager and disappears into a back office.
She finds the manager and says, "There's a frog called Kermit Jagger out there who claims to know you and wants to borrow £ 30,000, and he wants to use this as collateral."
She holds up the tiny pink elephant. "I mean, what in the world is this?"
.... punchline in Part Two ....
Fifi ;o)
Part Two:
(you're gonna love this)
(it's a real treat)
(a froggam masterpiece)
(wait for it)
The bank manager looks back at her and says...
"It's a knickknack, Patty Whack. Give the frog a loan. His old man's a Rolling Stone."
(You're singing it, aren't you? Yeah, me too.....)
Fifi xx
Funny, Sid (275), how we talk about the OUD and OED but never the COD to which you refer!
Chez Fifi, our main dictionary is known colloquially as (the) Big Mick*. Yesterday, during crosswords on the patio, I noticed evidence of red wine across the bottom page-edges.... however did THAT happen?
Fifi
* Fifi Rhyming Slang
Fifi (277)
Is it:
"Dum dum, diddle dum, diddle diddle dum,
Dum, dum, dum ,dum, dum, dum, dum"?
Sid
Hello all - a quick nip in before I have an afternoon snoze in August. Am knackered after frinds 30th bday party last night (and the travelling a fair few miles to partake of said shenanigans). But I have to confess I did wake up at stupid o'clock this morning and had a slight worry that I'd missed the Big 50k....I even tried to access the frog by my mobile....its very worrying.
Off I go, catch up again tomorrow as I really do HAVE to sort the housework out!
Frugs to all xx
AnneP - hope it's all going well!
Fif- well I'm getting to sound a bit repetitive here but it's the fact that it's all you F people who have asked. You are a yellow too, but you don't have the silvery sheen, you have a kind of orangeish hue. Do you know those flash cars you get with the paintwork that costs something like £200 per litre (perhaps I exaggerate there but I wasn't really listening properly when someone told me about it), go on, you do know the ones I mean, they have a kind of a rainbow effect depending on what direction you're viewing them from? Well that's what happens with my words. There is a base colour, then an overlay depending on - well I'm not sure what it depends on, just the feelings I associate with the word I think. Synesthaesia is a kind of cross-networking of wires in the brain, as I understand it. I do have a colleague who sees arrays of numbers as shapes, so feels really uneasy when there's a mistake in, say a cashflow or something (he's an accountant!)
RJD - you are definitely not grey - you are a brick red!
So, if we count the above as the first of my Pointless Weirdnesses, then No2 is that my paternal grandmother was from Thurso and she had the second sight.
Sigh - you know me and lists though, I'll probably never be able to decide on 3 to 5...
Sid (280) : Other tunes are available...
... but only THAT is the right one!
Well spotted, young man. You may now kiss me.
*pouts fetchingly*
Fifi
Fifi- you'd know- what's the best way to get to jonnie's cransleigh- cam thingy?
any rules?
hope you don't mind me asking you.
Mollyxx
Molly (284) : Couldn't be easier, and you may all ask me anything, anytime!*
Go to ... in about an hour's time it starts filling up with characters to talk to.
See you later, maybe?
;o)
Fifi xx
* Naturally, an answer the pixies will permit cannot be guaranteed... but asking is NEVER a problem. Spesh not on the Beach!
(277) Excellent fifi's / Ben, that really tickled me!!
tee hee!!!
its deffnitely tea oclock here, and will post a tranche while the oven's on...
n-n
Fifi (285)
Thank you! :-)
Mollyxx
You are very welcome, Molly!
What's the weather like where you are?
Fifi
For Fifi (283): mwaah. Or should it be both cheeks? In which case: mwaah, mwaah.
Sid
Sid (288) : Both will be just fine.
Anyone else...?
Fifi ;o)
Sterling work being done here by all froggers!, many many posts... it may well be that we get to the target, by either way, it''ll be there or there abouts!!
time to eat!
n
Brick red am I? - Well it's not because I've been out in the sun!
RJD (292) : Don't stand too close to me then RJD. Careful now.
If you're brick red, and I'm bright yellow with an overlay of orange, you might both end up looking like the evil spawn of Dale Winton and Judith Chalmers...
Fifi
;o)
I mean 'we' of course.
Mispronouned.
:o(
Fifi
Dale Winton! - How in the name of whatever did he ever become famous?
Daytime TV has a lot to answer for. Try David Dickinson then, if DW is a satsuma too far for you ...?
;oD
Fifi
Where IS everybody tonight? With just RJD and me here, there'll be talk.......
Fifi
Hey ho, another effort at reaching the big 5-oh!
Think we need another question, like the inspired one Belinda (126) came up with!
How about this:
"Embarrassing things you have done?!!!?" and i guess that like Belinda, there;ll be a limit of five!!
I;ll kick off:
I went to a wedding, nice church do, standing around outside, older woman comes up to me, chatting away about what a lovely day, she calls me by my name, I havent a clue who she is - rather than feign it, I tell her " i;m sorry what is your name"
turns out she was the mother of the groom, who had put us all up the weekend before....
Fifi - I think David Dickinson was the subject of one of my first posts on this blog! AndyCr asked "What is orange and sounds like a parrot?" Obvious answer - a carrot. My answer - David Dickinson.
Well, a good time seems to have been had by all. Thanks Val P. for the offer of spare food but we seem to have judged it just about right. However for any hungry froggers, you will find a few leftovers on the bar - rice salad, pastrami & chorizo, a big bowl of strawberries (lovely sweet little ones) and of course some cream, scones with hedgerow jelly and a small amount of birthday cake. Feel free to help finish it off.
RJD thanks for thinking of the chairs, we just about had enough though sons seemed happy sitting on the ground.
And the weather couldn't have been better (sorry Norn Iron) so photos of the ceremony of the benches to come.
Val P. I had a cousin lived at Thurso for a while. No second sight tho' - that was reserved for the great great grandmother who was a witch, oh, and my sister.
Gosh it is quiet here tonight? I can't even hang around too long either as I have to have an early night back in August. Up and off about 5 in the morn to take the Traveller to t'airport.
RJD - but a very tasteful and attractive brick red of course! You have a bit of a shiny black overlay too. Sorry folks, my true colours are beginning to show through now. Enough already.
Anne P - really looking forward to seeing the photos and I'm so glad you didn't need the chicken as she threw them all out last night!
n-n - Embarassing thing: arriving very late for a funeral having taken several wrong turnings on the way to the crematorium, furtively creeping in through the door with dripping umbrella still under arm, and raincoat with the collar all inadvertently tucked in, red-faced generally. Yup, you've guessed it, large crematorium, wrong service, even redder face......
Gossipmrs if you're out there - you finally have some flickering replies!
Anne P - Hedgerow Jelly? I think I know hat you mean. Sounds lovely but please explain.
Hedgerow jelly = jelly made with anything to hand, blackberries, elderberries, crab apples etc
Further to my previous comment, the word of Colin Dexter's I referred to was 'boustrophedon'. I heard it on James Naughty's BookClub.
Anyone fancy a Pimm's?
Sid
Anne P - That's what I thought!
Sid Cumberland - Yes to the Pimms and OK, what does 'boustrophedon' mean?
I'll have a Pimms with you Sid.
Celebrating my first Perseid of 2007 at five past ten!
Going out later to bag some more.
Cheers!
Fifi
I was going to post this and then I decided that it might not be a good idea. But I've told it to the Mother-in-Law and she laughed, so here goes:
I was in court the other day, when suddenly this chap burst in with a big long scarf wrapped around his head and neck. He went quietly but very deliberately and speedily around the courtroom squeezing the breasts of all the females present. He then left as quickly as he had come - and nobody said a word and not one of the courtroom attendants paid any heed to him.
I turned to the Resident Magistrate and said "Who on earth was that and why didn't someone stop him?"
He looked at me and said, "Oh don't worry about that. That's just the muffled titter that sometimes runs around the court"
I've set up a comfy observatory area on the Beach, so we can watch the shooting stars without cricking our necks.
Kindly note the plethora of tartan travelling rugs and windbreaks (no draughts!) laid out on the sand.
Each with mini-bar within arm's reach, and a stock of sweet and savoury snacks.
Only thing you need to watch: some of the camels have their eye on the sausages on sticks ... you know what they're like!
I've seen one meteor, SO has seen another. Mairi has seen one. How are the rest of you doing?
Fifi
Just seen a couple of shooting stars - but got a very stiff neck looking as I didn't fancy lying on the damp grass (too many slugs around). Anyone see more?
Gosh! What ever did we do *before* we tried to get so many postings on the beach?!
Ah the old days, songs and the conga, bbqs and sandcastles!!
right eh ho!
Anyone up for the meteorite shower tonight?!! aparently we have shooting stars left right and centre...
n-n
Fabulous word Sid C! (boustro-thingy, oh well Pimm's is pretty fabulous too of course!)
Anne P - well, you know, sometimes I wonder how I know things.
Right that's me for tonight. Will try to be about a bit more this week as it's all so exciting, and I've missed you all so - but more deadlines are looming in August :o(
Pimms will do nicely, Sid!
Yes, I heard that too. But - take a deep breath! - didn't Mr. Dexter sound ever so slightly smug when he was talking about it in Book Club? Not that I mind too much, but it somehow lost the point for me.
Now, will anybody join me as I sit on the darker end of the Beach to watch tonight's heavenly display?
I have fond memories of my father-in-law collecting armfuls of cow parsley, convinced that he was going to be able to make elderflower wine out of it ...
Sid
Right I'm off for the night! See you tomorrow!
305
You mean
?siht ekil
or
Do you mean
this like?
There's a Victor Hugo poem that's about a tower at Nimes and something else at the same time but that's different isn't it?
There's a whole book that is a palindrome from finish to start.
But in writing it the author went
DAM' MAD, (O, ho, ho, ho)
How did you know it was a carrot, RJD?
AndycroakLucan - You told me!
RJD - boustrophedon comes from the Greek for ox-turning; '(Written) alternately from right to left and from left to right, like the course of the plough in successive furrows; as in various ancient inscriptions in Greek and other languages. Hence boustrophedonic a.'
Dexter used it to describe a woman dusting the benches in church.
And yes, Big Sister, he did sound a little smug - but some people are entitled, don't you think?
Too early for a G&T?
Sid
Morning all, looks like summer is over in August so thank goodness for the Beach.
Fresh teas and coffee on the bar together with a selection of your favourite nibbles to perk up a grey Monday.
And how can I possibly be malicious with my first posting of the day - well really.....
It's ten hours since I last posted....
Sid: He may well be entitled to, but I prefer people who wear their knowledge lightly, not smugly.
But I like him, and am grateful for Morse, of which I'm a great fan.
One point I would make, though, is while he is undoubtedly an extremely erudite man, and his stories make great reading, I've never been impressed with his literary style. I've read most of the Morse books, because I love the plots, but to me they don't 'flow' like some other, possibly less erudite, authors. Still, if I were him, I wouldn't let it bother me - he's been a huge success, after all!
Now, that's made me want to watch an episode of Morse and one of my greatest TV heroes, John Thaw. Where's the remote, guys?
Molly in response to your query: "Wonko- what's on the menu today?" the cheeky answer is: "yesterdays gravy stains". ;o)
Had to go shopping with Mrs Wonko yesterday, hence no time to play of the Beach.
For lunch today I thought I would do something simple. Warm chicken caesar salad, fresh french bread with unsalted butter and brussels pate, potato skins filled with crispy bacon pieces and mature cheddar, steamed rainbow trout with fennel, spring onion and lemon, and a rasperry fool for afters.
Izzy - in case you haven't seen elsewhere, Fifi has my e-mail address, so please contact her. I'd be very happy to talk to you outside of the Frog.
;o) []
Dale Winton- nice man-cheesy footballs- remember them?
Morning all - I think I'm hallucinating, sure I posted on here! Any of that tea still going, I may well need it.
AnneP - so glad it went well x
Embarrassing moments, huh?
Once, when I was young enough to *mind* about this sort of gaffe and old enough to be expected to have an interest in popular music, I asked someone I hadn't met before whether he had heard the latest Rolling Stones LP. He said he had, but he looked at me a little strangely as he said it.
He was Mick Jagger.
Ooops.
Good afternoon peeps, all OK are we? Just popped down for a quick lunchtime dip.
I have just submitted my first ever comment to the PM Blog. Apparently it was potentially malicious because I was posting too often in too short a time. Is this a record?
And if it isn't, whatever shall I do with this perfectly-chilled bottle of the Widow?
Welcome Firedrake - sounds like a record to me.
There's some space here in the purple hammock, let me introduce you to everyone.....
Puzzled Firedrake @ 327, open it either way, and we'll drink it with the strawberries and cream.
Appeal for your help, froggers!
I am working on an anniversary project (among other things I'm a publisher) for the PM Blog.
Please, those of you who love the Frog, and who know Fifi enough to trust me, can you please send an email via the weblink attached to my name above, and I'll tell you more!
No obligation, and your privacy (as always) is guaranteed.
Look forward to hearing from you ... including lots who have dropped off the radar.
;o) Fifi
A is for alienation that made me the man that I am
B's for the boss who's a bourgeois a bast'd who don't give a damn
Morse's knowledge sat lightly on him, did it!
Did I say that already? If so blame the dementai.
The electronic whizz kids are about on the Brow. I feel I dare not ask
1. How do you get a split screen to run different things at the same time on a simple system like mine?
2. How do I find out what E. Mair is talking about in his top right pink rectangle?
I've been wandering about aimlessly since Friday and beginning to feel like I've got my nose pressed up against the window - I can see in but nobody can/wants to hear me. The beach looks nice. Think I'll go for a stroll along the edge of the water to keep my feet cool and walk off lunch. Anyone fancy beach volleyball later when it's a bit cooler?
(muted pop) (pour) (pour) (etc. - it's a large bottle)
Anne (328) and Selkius Piscinus (329):
Thank you. Being essentially large and lazy, I am very fond of hammocks, as long as they are vaguely fire-retardant. I do hope you don't mind smoke, or at least smoulder.
Hi Firedrake....Widow??
Well, this may sound a bit teenage but have finally decided to finish things with the Married Man. Nearly 3 years but I can't be doing with it anymore. But how. And when. This is all kind of rhetorical but it helps to see it in black and white; kind of stengthens my resolve.
Anyone for tea?
mac - Fearless gave me instructions to get into Eddie's twitter box, if it's not on this thread then it's on one a few to the right of here.
Now if I don't get back to work, I'll be at it all night :o(
Hello UptheTrossachs, volleyball's a bit too energetic for me, thanks but a little gentle beach cricket would be fine. Not sure but I think it was either RJD or Fearless Fred who wandered off with the bales. Has anyone seen them?
Witchi, I'd love a cup of tea. Thanks.
UptheTrossachs - Beach Volleyball - count me in, but only if I don't have to wear a skimpy bikini!
I suddenly have an urge to play rounders...
Here you go AnneP - chink chink
witchiwoman (333)
For what it's worth...
"If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well
It were done quickly"
Is tea strong enough to further strengthen your resolve?
I've a wee drop of Deanston somewhere in the cupboard - I'll just nip back to the house and get it
RJD - skimpy bikini not essential, but I suggest something quite close fitting - the sand gets everywhere otherwise.
Anne P - is cricket really any less energetic?
I'm sure we could whittle some new bales from these pieces of driftwood, I had a pocket knife somewhere - must be in my other shorts...
Greeting Firedrake, welcome to the Beach and the Frog. Being pronounced malicious on your first posting certainly sounds like a record to me! I wouldn't worry about it, we get the message from time to time, and at seemingly random intervals. It's one of the charms of this place, and keeps you on your toes. Come and join me at the Nick Clark bar if you fancy a jar or two, I'll be the one with trousers rolled up and knotted hanky on my head.
UptheTrossachs - welcome to you too! One of my favourite place names! The same invitation I gave to Firedrake stands for you too.
Witchi - if there's any of that tea going, I'd love a cup...
;o) []
mac (331) split screens and multiple windows or tabs in browsers will depend on what kind of computer/operating system and browser you are using. The latest versions of IE and Firefox both allow tabbed browsing which lets you have several webpages open at once. Using Firefox I have bookmarked a group of all the things I like to start up with in the morning - saves a few minutes and having to remember what I need to do.
If you can't do tabbed browsing you can open your browser several times over and switch between. Assuming you are using windows, if you right click on an empty area of the task bar it should give you the option to cascade or tile open windows, though I've never found that very user friendly at least on a small laptop screen.
Of course if you are eponymous mac and not windows at all you'll have to seek help from another frogger it's about a hundred years since I last used one of them.
Firedrake,
I LOVE Smoke!
xx
ed
witchiwoman (334):
The Widow is La Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin, who hails from Reims. (This being the ´óÏó´«Ã½ I'm probably not supposed to be all commercial, but a decent wine shop should be able to help.)
Trossachs - good point! Feel I need to keep a clear head (and staunch heart) on this...tea it must be but thanks for the offer (afterwards perhaps!)
AnneP - I've brought over some of the Tunnocks wafers you were offering on teh other thread. Yum :)
Firedrake - ah ha, you live and learn....well, in that case, the tea may have to wait....
Bubbles are a girls best friend; and save some for Appy too!
Wonko - thanks for the warm welcome. Make sure you put some factor 30 on, you can't rely on the knotted handkerchief alone to protect you
AnneP - if you want fresh supplies of Tunnocks wafers or teacakes, just let me know - I can take a small detour to Uddingston on the way home.
Firedrake and UptheTrossachs, welcome.
witchi...any tea left, I have brought Choc. Digestives, Plain and Milk......
DIY
DiY - of course, still warm and unstewed...the Bottomless Brown Betty of the Beach!
Thanks Anne P. for your kindness - the trouble you took, but its not that easy getting thru' to the invincibly ignorant like me!
If I open lots of tabs don't I get one or another at a time?
If I want to compare texts line by line (alternative translations for example cf the original ) how ever do i do it?
Witchiwoman - fickle or what!
In the space of 17 minutes you've spurned my offer of a warming dram in favour of tea and Tunnocks, only then to have your head turned by a whiff of Firedrake's French widow. Doesn't bode well for your resolve on the Other Matter.
I think I'll finish whittling those bales now.... or does anyone fancy Beach Shinty?
Trossachs - I am a sucker for champagne, but even if MM offers me some I will stick to my guns. Really. (And thats not his style, I bet he doesn't even know that its my fave tipple....)
Shinty - now that sounds fun, will strap my shin pads on
Tunnock's wafers. Are those the ones covered in chocolate that come in a red and gold wrapper?
UptheTrossachs - thanks for the offer. Others here will probably remember me regaling them with tales of 'penny scrap' the caramel interior leftovers of said wafers sold off to the primary school children of Uddingston in paper pokes from a small shack of a shop which also allowed us to play the one armed bandit - strictly illegal even then. Health and safety, what's that?
UptheTrossachs - actually that's one the marvellous things about the Beach. You could wander around in the sun all day (it being a tropical location an' all), but never suffer from even a hint of sunburn. Those of a skinnydipping nature (or who simply wear their speedos on their head instead of the more traditional location) will testify I'm sure.
I'm always up for a dram of the Scottish liquid and frequently leave a bottle of something nice at Nick's - when I'm not cooking that is!
Beach cricket? Don't mind if I do. I'm warning you though, I lob a pretty mean off break. Mind you I freely admit to not being able to bat for toffee (other confections are available).
;o) []
witchiwoman - be strong. Suddenly I feel a bit worried for you, 'though I'm sure you'll be fine.
We'd better make sure the camels are well out of the way if we're going to play beach shinty. I know they can be a nuisance, but I wouldn't want one of them to be injured by a stray ball
I've got really confused about those bales, y'know; I thought the cricket sort were bails, so the bales we were talking about were straw to stop the ball escaping into the sea.
And I now have visions of people carving straws.
Wibble... I think I'll just open a bottle of the Boy and go and loiter on a dune for a bit.
(ok, all right, maybe that was malicious.)
(No it wasn't, not the second time it wasn't)
(As for the third, I am now maliciously pestering the moderators.)
UpTheTrossachs and Firedrake ... welcome home guys!
I've noticed you are both fitting in beautifully on various threads, and have now at last found the path down to the Beach.
I'm strictly a spectator when it comes to games. And despite being Scottish I am still working on acquiring a taste for the cratur.
Tell you what ... I'll occupy the camels with a beach conga in the shallows, while you get on with your game. Lady Cammellia's been eyeing that Caesar salad and I think she needs distracting before she goes too far.
Fifi ;o)
One of the best things about the Beach is that you can take a couple of bars of chocolate with you to go swimming, leave them on your towel, and come back out of the water and find that they haven't melted into the cloth so that you have to suck the chocolate out of it instead of eating. Or to put it another way
On the Beach, a chocolate drink doesn't happen by accident.
My first words here are to recomend 2 books where the sea theme is presented:
"Ocean Sea": Alessandro Baricco.
"The Sea" : John Banville.
Fifi: You'll like them, mainly the first one. Alessandro is one of my best authors.
Guima
Mac,
Maybe I'm taking it wrong, but you can open two copies of most wordprocessors or simple 'notebook' type text editors and size them to sit side by side or one above another on your screen. This isn't using tabs.
If you're in an internet browsers, try file/new window (alt-f-n on firefox) and you'll have two copies(windows). Then resize (usually beside rupper-right corner close 'x') just click on the 2-2 symbol to get started. You'll figure it out from there. I'm looking at two at the moment - it's that easy.
xx
ed
And, Mac,
This is typed in the other window
But it'll probably be malicious!
xx
ed
Mac,
Whoops!
it's the little square to click on, not the '-'
And no malice detected!
;-)
Of course, each "window" can have quite a few 'tabs' open as well.
xx
ed (2)
Fifi (330)ish
I'll your bidding, Fifi- but I've tried but can't get past "here". help!
Molllyxx
Of course, each "window" can have quite a few 'tabs' open as well.
xx
ed (1)
Ed I - You were very near to a "full house" on the Recent Comments - 4 out of 5!
wibble.
I like the Beach today, lots of new people to watch. Hello the new Denizens, UptheTrossachs aka UTT if I may? (I can't be sure to spell you reliably, sorry), Various Firedrake and Giuma. Pull up a sand-dune, make yerselves at home... :-)
In case anyone was wondering, I have now decided that when it thinks I'm malicious I shall just go on posting over and over until I get bored. The one that has recently turned up as 357 wasn't ever held for approval, it had been consistently malicious all its short life. Three of its incarnations haven't yet appeared, another has. Such is the Mystery of the Mods.
Guima,
Thanks, I'll look them out. And here's one for you.
"The Sea", a triliogy by Rachel Carson is also well worth a read. Sheer worship of her subject. "Silent Spring" was the book she didn't want to write, but had to, because nobody else was going to.
"The Sea" is a different kettle of fish entirely.
;-)
ed
P.S. Welcome to the frog and it's beach!
Thanks Ed.
I'll check the books. And have more to recomend.
Guima
From the country with tohusands of miles of coast
Guima - Welcome! You've joined us just as dinner is served - see my menu at post no.322. And I've decided it's Pimms O'Clock, hold your glass out old fruit.
Let em show you round a bit.
You'll find the sun loungers over there, the hammocks are usually over there, the waterfall is behind those rocks and dunes over there, and the naughty step is here. Oh yes, and there's a bowl of petunias on the bar at Nick's, feel free to water them if you get the chance.
Time for a paddle... ;o) []
Selky (357) you can tell I know nowt about cricket then?
Guima (360) ! Welcome to our lovely Beach. How does it compare with Brazil?
Pull up a deck chair, help yourself to an ice cold beer from the cooler, and tell me how your day's going.
Thanks for the reading list. I shall investigate your recommendations later!
Fifi ;o)
Molly, try going to www.unhinderedbytalent.org.uk and following the 'email us' links.
That goes for anyone else who would like to help me with my project and take Radio Interactivity to a whole new level...
By the way, Jonnie hopes to have THE SONG ready for Friday!!!!
;oD
Guima,
Scotland probably has more than a thousand miles of coastline as well, what with all the islands and firths.
Where's yours?
Salaam/Shalom/Shanthi/Dorood/Peace
ed
Be careful with the sunburn. Filter number 30 for all of us.
I'm writing in a computer in my workplace. Don't have much time during the day hours. I work in 3 different places everyday. In moments I'll be in the trafic jam again. Enjoy a guinnes for me.
See you later.
Guima
nikki noodle (368) - Re your "wibble" - this from the Urban Dictionary.
wibble
The act of being so overcome with emotion that
1. The eyebrows come together and curve up at the inside.
2. The eyes become big and childlike
3. The lips and sometimes the chin shake.
Number three is what actually constitutes wibbling.
Sarah: Please come to the dance with me, Billy!
Billy: Uh...I dunno...
Sarah:...*wibbles*
Billy: Oh, Sarah! Of course I will!
Both: *luff*
RJD (387) wibble = "so overcome with emotion", eh?! that describes me to a tee!!
a tee hee, that is!!!
Possibly all this blogging/frogging is causing excess emotion - Mr Noodle is a bear with a decided lack of words; or else is it the shower of meteorites and comet dust; or possibly the summer sounds (Delhi???!?? :-))
but then again, it could just be the pims.
chin chin!!!
n-n
xx
where did Lee get upto with his song?
nine hundred and ninety three Bottles of Widow on the wall,
nine hundred and ninety three Bottles of P*mms,
Take one down,
Pass it around
nine hundred and ninety er, hang on, (three wasnt it, er ) TWO bottles of grog on the wall....
Goodness I'm behind!
VERY belated birthday greetings to Si and SSCat.
And belated congrats to the TDs of RJD and Val P.
Mr Noodle (172), Sorry I'm late! Hope your stake wasn't too high!
Veuve Cliquot??? My absolute favourite! Thanks Firedrake! And Witchi for the word in (346) :-)
Sorry, I've not been around -- this is a difficult time of year for me. Normal service should be resumed next week. Which I realise is too late to be of much assistance with the 50K target, but I'm sending good vibes. They count, right?
when we get to 50K or 5 X 10**4 as someone put it, how many hits will the PM blog have had? 5X10**4 + 1 or even more?
Anne P and Ed (presiding) thank you very much for your help but I'm stil lnot doin' it right. I used to have split screen in packages like 123 and stuff and word thingies but even when I go to File (in Firefox) and New Window all I get is another full screen which I can only minimise.
I can't compare translations line beside line like say:-
You said: "I'll go to another country, go to another shore,
find another city better than this one.
Whatever I try to do is fated to turn out wrong
and my heart -like something dead- lies buried.
How long can I let my mind moulder in this place?
Wherever I turn, wherever I look,
I see the black ruins of my life, here,
where I've spent so many years, wasted them, destroyed them totally."
You won't find a new country, won't find another shore.
This city will always pursue you.
You'll walk the same streets, grow old
in the same neighbourhoods, turn grey in these same houses.
You'll always end up in this city. Don't hope for things elsewhere:
there's no ship for you, there's no road.
Now that you've wasted your life here, in this small corner,
you've destroyed it everywhere in the world
Back to the serious stuff. I've made some salad dressing - has anyone brought salad?
Sid
PS - this is getting ridiculous. I posted about three hours ago, and now I'm getting that silly warning about being malicious ...
Ahhh, the beach; lovely, now, if it would just stop raining...!
Greetings and welcome to you all - especially Guima, UtT, and Firebirddrake, or the flaming duck, a speciallity, I think, (number72??)
Molly (365) - have you got there yet??!!? the tension is palpable!!!!
Best wishes, Aperitif!! Yup, they all count, each and every one....aniversaries are always difficult times, we're here or else where if you want, (())!!
Fifi, get your guitar out, we need a little momentum here!!!
Right, after 3:
999
998
997
996
995
...
(tee hee!!!)
n-n
x
Well I'm just happy that the system seems to be working!
Carole Blake (383 & 385) Rain on the Beach? and the system is working? Have I come to the wrong place?
Rain on the beach is unlikely, but possible. But the blog system working - don't believe it!
Ap (380) - Are you going to share that Veuve Cliquot or what?
lento
I'll sing you one, O
tutti
green grow the rushes oh
not tutti any longer
What is your one, O?
One is one and all alone
And evermore shall be so!!
I'll sing you two, O
tutti
Green grow the rushes, O
what *should* i put here???
What are your two, O?
Two, two, lily-white boys,
Clothed all in green, O
One is one and all alone
And evermore shall be so.
...
ooooh !!!!!!!!!!!!
just done a g**gle on my previous post, (partly cos i couldnt remember how it went!) and apparently, these are all constellations....?! I always thought it was a children's sunday school song!
Would you Adam and Eve it???!!!
EXPLANATIONS:
One is one and all alone:
- moon
Two, two, the lily-white boys (babes), clothed all in green-ho
: the constellation Gemini (the twins) (a sign of spring?)
Three, three, the rivals
- ?
Four for the gospel makers:
- ?
Five for the symbols at your door
- Orion
Six for the six proud Walkers (or: charming waiters):
- Aquarius
Seven for the seven stars in the sky:
- The seven stars in the constellation Ursa Major (The Big Dipper)
- Or: the seven visible stars in the constellation Pleiades
Eight for the April rainers:
- The constellation Hyades (eight stars)
- Also called "The Rainy Hyades"
- Rise heliacally with the sun in the month of April
Nine for the nine bright shiners:
- The Muses (does not fit with biblical or astronomical theme)
- Suggests another constellation?
It just goes to show.
What I'm not sure.
But it shows something, that's for sure!!!
n-n
Hello,
Remember me?
Mayhem at present, (= ill plus self-employed). Mostly just a finger on the pulse, but to add to the attempt to 50,000.
Goodnes gracious, what a lot of reading to do tonight? of course I couldn't resisit Ed I's link to Day One and oh to read it all over again,,,,,
Frugs to all, I'd love to stay and conga after this leetle glass of bubbly, but I've been up since 5 this morn and am fading fast.
Anne P - you were, of course, absolutely right! Got a couple of texts this afternoon and all is more than all right! We now have a much more relaxed Val P. Btw, you are a beautiful shade of strawberry red :o)
Appy - {{{x}}}
Witchi - keep that resolve! and have another wee glass of bubbly with me?
Fifi - ain't done it yet! Perhaps inspiration will strike in my pit :o)
Oh no, the pixies have done their worst, Think I've just lost a long post - oh well I'll have to recreate in the morning. Bed calls xxx
Favourite Nonsense No.1
I eat my peas with honey;
I've done it all my life.
It makes the peas taste funny
But it keeps them on my knife.
Hm, I want to burst out into Gilbert and Sullivan - but I'll refrain.
Perhaps tomorrow.
Night night guys!
Oh dear - very,very slow to get posts screened tonight.
Favourite Nonsense No.2
'Here lies the body of Ezra Pound
Lost at sea and never was found'
This Beach has got so big that even the newer bigger computer is having trouble loading it...
N-N back at 388 I think; what it mostly shows is that there are lots and lots of explanations for that song, and none of them actually explains it, I don't think. Since they can't even agree how old it might be, I don't listen to any of them meself.
Good song though.
Two o'clock and all's well!
Hi Deep! Hope you get well soon (or find the right tablets).
Val (391),
I thought bed was a good venue for recreation.
Selky (395),
Get linux!
xx
ed
49119! Good morning!
Deepthought, lovely to see you - do hope things get better soon.
Appy, you have an offer of unlimited {{{{{frugs}}}} from me...
Morning indeed, Eddie. So with less than 4 days to go we still need to post at least 881 more posts, do we? Well here's one to add to the list
Welcom all the newer denizens of the Beach. Nice to see some new faces join in the party. I'll be bringing a batch of my lemon, paprika, and soy sauce chicken kebabs later on for the barbeque. Hands up who wants one, just so as I can work out how many lemons I need to buy...
Fearless (400) those kebabs sound interesting - add me to the list please. After the weekend I'm all cooked out so someone else providing would be lovely.
Appy - thinking of you, am available via other electronic places if it helps.
Val P. - strawberry red....mmmm
Deepthought, this is my second attempt to say Hi, and hope that things improve. Nice to hear from you again.
Morning all -
Not quite the free woman as couldn't get hold of the MM last night. Still resolved and, one way or the other, the deed will be done tonight.
Mean time drinks on the bar including a lovely berry smoothie and a citrus and ginger zinger.
Am just going to smmoth over the shoreline, bit scuffed from the cricket/shinty shennanigans.
Here's a thought...
Are we going to have to slow down our posting speed to get the 50,000th post through *on air* on Friday?
Because frankly, I don't think this Frog has brakes.
As for Beach-cricket...
Aaaargh no! With their giant noisy legs and huge mandibles and whatnot...
OK, maybe I've watched "Them!" too often.
(Yes, I know "Them!" were giant ants not giant crickets but they're all pretty scary. Not as scary as the aardvarks though...)
Reporting for duty.
Have escaped to the beach to avoid the rain in August. It finally reached mid-Suffolk an hour ago. I now have to fulfil my promise to assorted children to take them to see The Simpsons. Groan. I think I managed to convince them it is against the law to visit a cinema when the sun is shining. Now they seem to think it is compulsory when it is raining.
Lovely morning here, I see. Gentle breeze, sparkly water. Can I borrow that kayak?
I know that as soon as I post this there is a good chance that the previous two posts will magically appear and make me look silly! But what the heck!
For the third time, Hello John W! (389)
Nice to hear from you again and I hope things improve for you. Keep checking in with us!
Right, I'm having one of those curl up with a book weeks - I'll be in the purple hammock if you want me.
Eddie: That cannot be - I'm sure I posted at least 100 times yesterday!!!!!
But, along with others, I'm finding postings aren't always getting through, or are taking forever to do so.
How do we speed up the Mods? Should we whistle a few more bars from March of the Mods d'you think?
nikki noodle (387) - if your question means what I think it means, the answer is 'solo'. If it doesn't, then it most likey isn't.
Sid
Rachel (405) - By all means borrow the kayak, but perhaps you should visit before you head off!
Fifi
Is dead wildlife a sign that I'm underfeeding the cat?
witchiwoman (403) - cricket/shinty shenanigans? Well, I for one was playing lacrosse. Or was it volleyball?
Hmm ...
Anyway - nearly time for breakfast. Whoa, easy on the tonic, please.
Sid
Message from Perky, responding to the calls for pointless facts:
"Hi Fifi! Just emailing to let you know that I've received this and that I will do something about it soon! I've been without broadband for an awfully long time (don't get me started on VirginMedia...) and have to keep nicking my husband's laptop in the evenings to get things done.
"I'm away for a few days at the moment, but will get back to you later in the week.
"Give hugs to the froggers for me, until I get myself sorted out!
Perky"
I hope you all feel suitably hugged.
Fifi ;o)
Culture question;
Classical music.
Requiems.
Mozart or Verdi? Discuss.
I've got a copy of the Mozart recorded by the Berlin Phil, under the baton of Karajan, and the Verdi by the LSO and Hiscox. I'd heard nothing but good things about the Verdi but was really disappointed by it. The Mozart is better in every way, most especially the Requiem Aeternum, the Kyrie and the Dies Irae (although Cl*ss*c FM only ever seem to play the Lacrimosa. Turn up the volume and be blown away.
Oh well, just thought I'd ask. Besides, it's another one on the way to 50k.
Si.
Fifi- Just about to try - put it on my browser?
You are patient....:-)
n-n- almost, n-n- almost! are you, then?
newpeeps- hello! you all sound super. Welcome from me too!
Eddie- good morning! are we, yet?
Wonko- Mmmmmmm! Wonderful! no lunch for me today.....
Mollyxx
Thanks RJD (410)!
Great blog.
Karen (411) : Domestic cats don't, I think, kill purely in order to supplement their diet. Some of them just have a powerful instinct.
If Kitty is bringing you 'presents' though, that can either mean that s/he likes you, or be a hint that the menu Chez Karen needs varying!
Fifi ;o)
Many thanks Fifi. I wasn't sure whether it was the feline equivalent of being left a horse's head.
;o)
a hitchhikers guide to.......hitchhiking
Great quotes from drivers:
'I went to TCD. Its the last place in Europe where a gentleman can get a good education'
With 99.99 percent success rate eh rjd?
'You can get out the car now if you like but I am a Seventh Day Adventist and I believe in fate so it doesn't matter how fast I drive. I've had accidents there..... there..... and there to prove it'.
And innumerable French drivers during 20k lift:
'Defence d'autostopper'
Bum on the thumb and save the planet
Is rjd the victim of Rory Bremner impersonators here? Some of his blogs recently have been genuinely amusing and I'm only owning up to one of them.
There, that should ensure a new Beach, boys.
Hi peeps just popped over from August, not very warm today is it (in August)...
Karen (411), Kitty is wot vets call a 'hunter'....s/he must like you!!
DIY
Face it, Karen & Feef, once cats learn how to use can openers, we're doomed!
Fearless (422):
Mwahahahah. Don't worry puny human, we still need our houseslaves to rub our furry bellies...
(Actually, I have two tins of pears here that I can't open, rotten manual can openers!)
FF/SSC
not only the belly stroking but the warm-thing-to-wrap-self-around-in-evenings and the fun-thing-to-trip-up-when-in-rush-to-the-bathroom; we are more useful than they let us know
FF/SSC/witchi
also don't forget the behead-and-diembowel-the-rabbit-and-leave-it-on-the-conervatory-floor-for-MrsDIY-to-mop-up trick!
DIY as 'owned' by Stella
I am posting this from the naughty step.
Has anyone looked at the 'Recent Comments' lately?
Big Sister on Fifi
...and, lower down....
Joe Palooka on Fifi
I brought extra cushions for you all, when you get here.
Fifi ;o)
DiW - good use of ' '
Amazing Lia does not respond to her name; its only taken her two years to deem it acceptable.
Oh lord.
Now "Everyone's on Fifi"!!!
Planning permission for a 2-storey extension to the naughty step has been granted...
Fifi :oD
Feefs (426)
I see wot you meen.....oohhhhh errrrr missus........budge up!
DIY
DI Wyman on Fifi
heh heh heh.......give us a frug Feefs!!
DIY
this is what can happen when you G**gle rude limericks..........
There once was a man named Mort
Whose d**k was decidedly short.
When he climbed into bed
His ladyfriend said,
"That's not a d**k thats a wart."
I could be on the naugthty step for a while....I blame Joe....he started it.
...and there's more..
A travelling Indian Sioux
Wired home for two punts, and a canoe.
The answer next day
said "Girls on the way,
But what the hell's a panoe?".
........DIY
.....Devolved Scots.....Feefs.....I just couldn't resist!!
...DIY
DIY (430) :
(((((((((((( frugfrugfrug )))))))))))))
I'm quite out of breath after that!
Fifi ;oD
The pixies seem to be out to frustrate our attempt at 50K - a whole slew of postings has just disappeared from the nameless thread.
and now there are 404 errors all over the place and disappearing picture of Eastbourne
...well we have been really busy, I hope Fifi is suitably impressed?
Tea (redbush), Scones, best Devon clotted cream and Stawbery jam on Nick's bar.....tuck in!
DIY
Ah such poetry. Reminds me of thast which Nausius used to write in Up Pompeii :)
The shortest story ever writen is:
" Upon waking, the dinosaur was still there." Author: Augusto Monterroso
Mine story is:
" She fixed the napkin under her plate. "
Good evening,
Guima
DIY (437) : Impressed? I'm impressed away to a shadow, after the day I've had!
No rest for the wicked either .. first of 2 band practices tonight. Guitar player will be here soon.
Guima (439) : Good to see you here again! Love the stories.
I may be back later this evening, or on the webcam. Or I may just fall asleep...
Fifi :o)))
This cat-sitting malarky is a real education! I didn't realise cats sulked.
Someone suggested adding catnip to the food - I think this is probably a bad idea...
Many thanks to all of you for helping me with this. I'm not sure I', ever doing it again though!
Kx
;o)
hi again, and Good evening Guima!!
Have you heard this one: i think it's 'famous' (by which I mean that I didnt write it, though I cant quite at the minute recall who did!!!)
"For Sale
Baby shoes
Never worn."
At least that s what I remember!
n-n
At this rate we are going to hit 50 000 on Weds!!! Then what?!?!
Si (414) Its Mozart every time for me - but that's just a personal opinion. I think thats only because I know it so well.
n-n
Sid Cumberland: thanks for that. Almost certainly, you have intuitively grasped what it was that I meant to write, even if it bares superficially almost no resemblance to what I have actually put!!!! Amazing!!!
Hi again to John W and to Perky!.
n-n
x
[should that be separate posts?!!]
DIY and Fifi - cracking work!!!
I'm not at all surprised at the fact that you've got the first of two banned practises - amazed that you know only two??!?!
Glad to help out if you need a third....
:-)
n-n
xx
Do you think we should slow down a bit. After all 50000 is round. 51876 is not :-(
ANy way I am trying to be alcohol free for a few days, but after todays stressful day of work I need a Beer/wine/gin.....
Will make do with a swim or a pedalo ride. Then again I could have another go on fifi :)
Karen, keep up the good work!!!! I am sure that deep down, the cat really appreciate you very much....!!
n-n
Fearless and SSC -
Are you related?!!?! We should be told!!!!
n-n
Phew - my pc shorted out or summat this afternoon and tripped the circuit breaker. Thought it was all a goner! B*gger the work, all I was bothered about was not being able to see if we hit the 50k or not. Fortunately my last act on it had been to email Fifi la Frog. So that was ok then. Don't you just realise how much you rely on it for, well, so much?
Anyway, Mr Val P came home and waved his magic fingers over it and it seems to be going again, but it has forgotten that I'm signed into everything - that means I have to dredge up a load of passwords for fl*kr, Y*utube etc etc.
DeepJohn - {{{{frugs}}}} to you and all powerful wishes for your betterment.
Cheers RJD for comment on another thread - thought it might be worth a long shot!!!
it wasnt.
hey ho!!
I think that's about me done - oh no, got to do a spot of washing up!!!! I might pop in for a night cap later....
n-n
That's All Folks!
Personally, I think Sir Ed Wood P. de Winters Mair, Lord of Auch ter Bach O'D Lorri, will send an Newsletter, at half twelve of the clock with news that the target has been gained, reached, and breached.
which is good; we've been cantering along at a cracking rate - but then I may be wrong!!!
Its good night from me, and thats good night from him!!
nikki
x
Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.
-- Redd Foxx
There's a fine line between courage and foolishness.
Too bad its not a fence.
Don't worry about biting off more than you can chew. Your mouth is probably a whole lot bigger than you think.
But men of intellect will believe anything-- if it appeals to their ego, their vanity, their sense of self-importance.
-- Ed Abbey
May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion.
--Thomas Jefferson
Controversy equalizes fools and wise men--and the fools know it.
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor .....and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
-- Will Rodgers
Macintosh -- we might not get everything right, but at least we knew the century was going to end.
--Douglas Adams, on the Y2K problem
A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.
If people persist in trespassing upon the grizzlies' territory, we must accept the fact that the grizzlies, from time to time, will harvest a few trespassers.
-- Ed Abbey
Cat sitting is a scary experience,especially if the customers are young male cats,out for hours and hours ina big city.
Some of my time spent wandering the streets looking for bodies.
All ended happily.
Morning all - Earl Grey, Lava Java and Redbush on the bar, along with thick bread for toasting and the usual array of spreads.
Right - on with the frogging...do you think we'll crack it today? And what will happen when we do...
Exhaustion seems to have set in - very quiet hereabouts this morning.
I'm going to practise leaving perfectly formed footprints in this nice clean patch of sand that someone has already raked over.
Fresh tea and croissants on the bar.
A.
xx
I'll have one of those croissants. Is there coffee as well? Oops - I think I may have trodden on a mild protocol.
Sid
hmmm, anyone know any way to speed up UPS when they're delivering something? I'm witing for amy new "toy" (laptop of the fruit variety) and they usually deliver to our office about 8:15am, but they haven't turned up yet :( I know it's on the van... I just want to get playing!
ww ((454) if we crack it, do you think Eddie will make us repair the crack?
grrr is 55 minutes between postings really malicious?
Apparently so!
Nikki (448):
I don't think I'm related to the Fearless one, why do you ask?
Ooh! Malicious. The aardvarks are in control again!
FF, Has your fruit arrived yet? Fiend of mine (just to show I can also spell) just got one. He is suitably impressed and now wants a Linux machine as a server to make taking between PC and mac easier?
He has too many old pc's and no kids so has the time to tinker.
I am a long term blog lurker and in need of something restorative so am testing out this beach for the first time .. sand seems warm, if a little to dry for sandcastles. Is there a quiet area for reading long awaited books and for quiet contemplation ? - a hammock maybe ? -where would I find that ?
Back in August we're about to go surfing in the rain! Anyone coming? Can we drag Ffred away from his new toy??
Typically, today is raining and we're going to the beach. Sunday was warm & sunny... and we were inside watching cricket - oh the dangers of hiring a holiday cottage with Sky when we don't have it at home!! AND we have internet access...after being without it for 2 weeks I have lost all touch with the Froggers!
I'll bring some Doom Bar & Eden Ale back to the NCM bar later. Off to the surf now.... Whey hey!!!
Perhaps I should just stack these barrels of Centurion's Ghost in the shade behind the bar until people are ready for them.
Hi everyone!
Sorry I wasn't around yesterday, I got sent on a course at short notice. This morning back in August has mostly been picking up the pieces from that. Haven't even had the chance to read anything yet.
So, if you don't mind I'm just going to have a quick 40 winks under this palm tree...
;o) []
Ooops, for got to add a "Welcome Cake Maker!" to my last post, so...
Welcome Cake Maker!
There are indeed hammocks. They're just over there around the palm trees. That's it, to your left a bit, that's right, you got it!
I've always found the hammocks to be an excellent place from which to enjoy:
1) Gentle sea breezes
2) A quiet nap
3) A glass of something long and tinkly
4) A good read
5) Any combination of the above.
"You can't have everything. Where would you put it?"
"I saw a sign saying 'breakfast at any time' - so I asked for French Toast in the sixteenth century."
;o) []
Cake maker, Hammocks usually bagged early. They are by the palm trees. Most hammock baggers are very willing to share. The bar man regularly fills the glasses and the bar is always fully stocked.
Pedalo races usually take place after lunch.
And watch out for the wearers of speedos. They tend to have a problem getting them off their heads?
Love the sound of the kebabs Fearless. Got a recipe? Or is that not allowed?
SPeaking of not allowed - I've come to the beach for a bit of a sulk.
Got myself all worked up about food inflation and how blind everyone seems to be to it and got my rant stoped because of time?? SOmething about trialling a time difference between postings. Not happy since I hadn't attempted to post anything since very early yesterday morning.
Other reason for being a bit grumpy - was up very early yesterday to catch a flight to attend pointless meeting.
Think I'll have a doze in the shade
Hi Cake Maker!
What a lovely load of new froggers we have! To celebrate have made a huge paella (vege version as well) and theres some lovely prosecco chilling to go with it.
UptheTrossachs (467) don't be put off by the maliciousness pixies - they sometime think you're posting twice when you've never even posted before let alone that day. Just hit 'back' on your browser to retrieve what you'd written and try again after a couple of minutes. Sometimes it does it several times and sometimes not at all. Looks like Ed I. had an incredible run last night posting loads without a problem.
Welcome Cake Maker lovely to see a new face on the beach. Hope that hammock is comfortable.
Cake Maker, welcome to the beach! I see that Wonko has already directed you to the hammocks. The kindly old retainers will be coming round shortly for beverage orders, so I'll make sure that they find the drink you wish...
StewartM * GM, the fruity thing has arrived, but I haven't had a chance to play with it yet (boo!) due to work. Hopefully I'll have a chance later on theis afternoon, then when I get home tonight I'll be trying the old "Look Ma, no wires!" trick....
UTT, I'll try to post thre recipe later on, when I get home. It's only the base recipe, mind. Usually I tend to experiment and change the quantities/ingredients nowadays...
FFred.
Thanks Anne P. I was forgetting, Firedrake fell foul of the maliciosness pixies at the first post.
Drove past a huge UDDINGSTON sign this morning and suddenly thought 'Tunnock's, who was I going to get some caramel wafers for?'
Strange place this beach - but homely
Very kind of you Fearless Fred - don't worry if you don't have time to post the recipe. I am sure you will want to spend as much time as possible with the new fruity toy
Since everyone else is too polite to ask - Cake Maker, have you brought any cake?
Sid
Welcome, Cake Maker (461) ... if you don't get on with hammocks, you could find a shady corner in the Nick Clarke Memorial Bar, down by the waterfront.
There's a well-stocked BBQ nearby, and as long as you don't mind being nuzzled by the occasional camel (they don't spit, just nick the sausages) it's a lovely quiet spot for such pursuits.
Help yourself to the shiraz. I brought it to share!
Fifi
Cake makers are ALWAYs welcome round here. Favourite cakes, anyone? Mine is the damp lemon and almond one in Lawson's Goddess book. So fragrant and melting - oooh the very thought makes the mouth water. Perhaps I should make one and bring it down to the beach later when the sun is dipping.
RachelG - since you asked one of my faves is (really) an eggless, fatless, sugar less fruit cake. Its packed full of dates, apricots, raisins, sultanas, any dried fruit you like. Its deliciously moist and gorgeous. And for the naughty choice...has to be coffee cake. Not too much coffee in the sponge though :)
Trossachs,
Remember when you next get the malicious malicious message, NOT to follow the link offered which will lose all your ranting efforts, but to
PRESS THE "BACK" BUTTON,
which will return you to your rant with the ability to make disparaging remarks about the slur on your character just committed.
Slainte
ed
Stewart (460),
Your fiend can use one of his old pcs as a linux machine via
I recommend ubuntu or gNewsense as very usable and friendly linux versions, the latter of which is sending this message.
A free download or a bootable cd will set up the dual-booting automatically by partitioning the computer's hard drive, so it's as well to use the old pc with the most spare space on its drive. Or an external hard drive can be used.
I wish him luck, and any others wishing to escape MrSoftie. BTW, MrSoftie also owns a substantial stake in the fruity enterprise.....
xx
ed
Oh, and a warm, if belated welcome to the Cakemaker. A drink of your choice is on the bar for you.
xx
Slainte
ed
There are quite a few new beach people about - welcome everybody!
Despite being covered in puddings and desserts from the nameless thread I am absolutely ravenous with hunger - hope there is something left on the BBQ.
Thankyou Ed Inglehart for the tip. Still slightly baffled by some of the goings on. Nameless thread??..........
But I suppose you see all sorts on the Beach
Nae bother, Trossachs, but I'm Iglehart (no 'n').
And, one for the fans of !
xx
ed
Herd of camels? Of course I've heard of camels!
Sid (just back form the Neil Clark latrine, as it happens)
Signs that the tropical storm is going away or is that fantasy?
Ed, you did not mention Firefox as a browser.
Jungle cats are prowling near me-owners must have let them out
Do they carry their own poop scoops?
..pretty please..can someone do me a fryup?
i have been up since 05:55 (Mrs DIY rang me from Memphis) and I have been running on 'empty' since....
DIY
ps........no Mushtrooms please......
UptheTrossachs (481) The nameless thread is here.
Happy (484),
If I didn't mention firefrog this week, it'll be a record! I commend it highly, as well as Linux for a system totally free of mcSoftie and their lamentable software which has the bulk of civilisation in thall to their stuff!
And, for the latest market .
Please tell me if your mcSoftie windoze can handle the format or not.
xx
ed
Snapshot working OK with McSoftie!
Looks lovely up North
Lovely sky here to night
Could do with chocolate but it might melt in the heat(ironic)
Aforementioned Damp Lemon and Almond cake in itsy-bitsy slivers on the bar with chilled white port.
Got barred from jonnie's phone in on the other line.
boo hoo!
Welcome to Cakemaker!
oooh, a hammock!!!
n-n
n-n
I've just spotted your posting on another thread- thank you- thank you so much- I;m going straight away for my lesson!
Watch this space.......;-)
Did someone say ''cakes''?
Welcome newpeeps!
Mollyxx
Welcome cakemaker! How wonderful to have you on the beach. Do you do carrot? Mmmmmmm!
Back from the surf, lots of Doom Bar & Eden Ale on the Bar to go with the Paella and I'll bring some round to the school of hammocks.
Witchi ...erm...is there anything actually in the eggless, fatless, sugarless cake apart from fruit? Is it flour-less as well or do you use that for dusting? I think we need the recipe!!
And (apologies if I've missed it, I've been away for 3 weeks) was your interview published?
Ffred! FFrred! Get our head out of that fruity computer you've had your 5 portions for today!
For all those of you who are cat sitting with me....
Kitty has excelled herself. She has decided that the fishy crunchies that I bought for her are not quite right so are only fit to be thrown over the patio. She has excused herself from feeding times since then.
She's just reappeared in spectacular form. Dozing quietly listening to Robin Lustig I'm suddenly aware of the most ferocious sounding catfight occurring on my front lawn. I wait awhile and hope it will settle, but it continues. Fearful that the cat has been seriously, possibly mortally, injured I run downstairs to rescue the cat. I'm actually beaten to the site of the "fight" by my other neighbour who knows even less about cats than me it appears.
He reports that she was sat on the lawn making all those noises all by herself, there were no other cats around, only choosing to quieten up when she saw my front door open. He suggests that she was wanting some attention from me.
Kitty then launches herself at me and, like a deranged foot-high threshing machine, tries to shred the skin on my shin before diving into the hallway. Neighbour helpfully suggests that she might be scared.
Kitty lies on her back and starts making rumbling noises that we thought might be purring and a sign she's calming down. YES WE BOTH KNOW THAT NOW!!! It's a sign she's revving herself up for another attack - this time on the backs of my knees.
She then settles to lick her nether regions before deciding to chew my carpet, attack my right hand and try to do the same to my left foot as she did to that mouse the other night.
As I type she is pretending to be in another catfight. I've only just finished clearing up the blood from the last victim so I'm not getting caught again! Anyone got any good curry recipes for a tabby?
don't know why i have to keep an eye on all these sand castles anyway
Suspect exhaustion is setting in in this marathon.
Anyone know how many we have to post today?
I've placed high energy fruit bars next to the selection of teas and coffee and will replenish as requested.
Now I'm off for a stroll as I think I've just spotted young Jamie Macallan over by the waterfall and want to ask him to accompany me for a swim.....I may be some time.
Morning!
...a fresh betch of warm rolls and butter awaits...
though why Anne P needs 'high energy bars' before meeting wee Jim Macallan, i can't imagine!?
will also fetch some doughnuts if requested...
n-n
x
nikki noodle - Oh I think you can! - Imagine, that is!
''Wee"" Jamie Mcthingy? Mmmmmm...
Huge chocolate cake, huge carrot cake( fat free) and some chiied Bucks fizz for anyone who has had any connection with the' A'levels- I think we all deserve it!
Mollyxx
Karen - when exactly does your catsitting stint come to an end? I feel for you.
Witchi - I'd love the recipe too!
Gossipmistress - hope all went well with organising the Festival?
Did anyone else see the camels making a guest appearance on Location, Location etc last night? They were in superb form and taking part in camel racing in Warwickshire. Lady C, you looked divine :o)
Right I'm out for the rest of the day so if we peak too soon and I miss the 50k, I'll be fizzing, never mind the bubbly!
Daughter No.2 just phoned with her 'A' levels - the girl done brilliant. The full Irish breakfasts/brunches are on me.
And indeed, Molly,
Congratulations to all who have gone through that particular Hell.
Mild drinks all round, as there's still the daylight to enjoy!
Keep an eye on Roberto's hurricane and any updates from Eric on the progress to 50k.
Off to check the koos on the quad bike. See y'all later!
xx
ed
GM - hi...have just heard they pulled the interview :( They sent me a note with a free of copy the mag that I won't be appearing in. Hey ho.
I thought I'd posted the recipe here before but here goes:
200gdates
10 floz water
500g mixed dried fruit
100g chopped dried apricots
150g plain wholemeal flour ( I use spelt )
3 tspn baking powder
1 tspn mixed spice (I use more because I lurrvvvves it)
juice and grated rind on 1 large orange
Method
Preheat the oven to 180. Lightly grease a loaf tin.
Put dates in water and simmer gently until soft, then mash and allow to cool. Put all remaining ingredients large bowl and mix well. Add the cooled and mashed dates. Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and level out. Bake in the preheated oven for about 55 - 60 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
May need a slightly cooler oven, this temp seems to work in mine, could always try 160 and see how you go!
What ho!
Ahh, breakfast! Bringer of coffee, bacon and cholesterol, scurge of the dietician. Don't mind if I do.
Rachel G - Sorry I missed the cake and white port last night, I'm rather a fan of both. Is there any left?
Happy - I'm a Linux/Open Source user too (other operating systems are available). Changed over at the start of the year and haven't regretted it. There is a bit of a learning curve as some things are different, but I was used to it within a couple of days. I use Ubuntu, it's one of the most Windoze like distrobutions out there.
Karen - I fully sympathise with you. Cats are in my experience most contrary creatures, purring one minute, a whirling torent of claws and fur the next for no readily apparent reason. I keep a dog.
Out of interest does young Jamie have a twin Sister also of a life saving persuasion? Is she named Angus? I think we should be told.
;o) []
RJD 501
Great! You must be soooooooooooooooo happy today!
Mollyxx
Many many congrats RJD; of course, its all in the genes??!!!?
n-n
Congrats to D#2, RJD!
Okay, I'm trying to refrain from spending too much time with new toy so I can play my part in getting to the 50k. Care to tell us how we're doing, Eddie or Marc?
Val P
TOMORROW!!!! YIPPEE!!! The cat is probably also counting down the days.
To add insult to injury I went to pick up neighbour's post. The chap (who I know to be her SO) who asked me to mind the cat for "them" appears to have been left in charge. He received a postcard yesterday thanking him for looking after the cat for the fortnight she was away. It seemed that he could only hack six days of it!
The end of my holiday co-incided with the start of hers so I wasn't "up to speed" with goings-on in the neighbourhood. I'm going to make sure that the start and end of my holiday coincide with hers next year.
Thinking about it, if I'd managed to record kitty last night it could have been a Sound of Summer...
Still not sure what cat is called. She does answer to "Stupid Bloody Cat" though.
FF,
Eddie posted 49879 as of 10.30 this AM.
RJD & D#2, Congrats and praises!
WW,
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200gdates
10 floz water
...
3 tspn baking powder
1 tspn mixed spice (I use more because I lurrvvvves it)
juice and grated rind on 1 large orange
....
Preheat the oven to 180....."
How many mensuration systems can one mix in one receipt?
180 F or C? That's the one for real trouble!
xx
ed
RJD - fab and congrats, chink chink!
Congratulations RJD & Mr Ghoti on their daughters' exam results! Is it too early for Champers? (that came out as *hampers* first time...) Oh what the heck I'm opening it! Hold out your glasses!!
Hi Val! Music Festival was fab thanks, just a few minor housing hiccups... a trumpeter still in bed at 11am on leaving day (the brass house is a bit legendry for finding stray nickers, beeercans, people etc when we go to check it) but otherwise not too many problems. We did a Wagner opera (Tannhauser) in a tiny cornish church, which wouldn't have been my choice but was pretty stonking!!
Witchi thank you for the recipe, I'm intrigued! WIll have to try it when I get home! Can't believe they pulled your interview - we should put it on the Blog Extra site!
Are we getting cranked up for a party (?tonight) at 50,000 comments? (Surely we'll do it today?)
Ah, RJD, well done to your offspring.
And, because I'm trying to be 'restrained' today, can I make a universal congratulation here to all froggers whose children get their A Level results today.
You're all stars, and so are they.
And, while I'm at it, in memory of Mr. Presley, I'll add the following:
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine
Well they said you was high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
Yeah they said you was high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine
RUbbing eyes .... What a welcome from you all - thanks. I did find the hammocks, thus the silence for the last day as I seemed to have dropped off for the best part of 24 hours ... bit nippy at 3am - but what stars.
Did I bring cakes ? - I brought along a selection of fine home-made offerings - some traditional British offerings to remind of those still at home - Dundee cake a slightly WI stylie Victoria sponge.... but I also brought some butterscotch sponge, chocolate brownies and some retro pastel iced fairy cakes. Wat out for the lavender on the lilac ones - it is real and I'm not entirely sure its edible .....
Enjoy ... I shall leave them on the bar so help yourselves.
GM (511 - blimey!)
Glad fesi went well, shame I didn't get to come down for it. Good luck with the cake. Its keeps really well and is easily adaptable, most dried fruit seems to work (and of course you can soak some of teh ingredients in something a little naughty if extra specialness is called).
Bit disappointed about the article but it seems a shame to waste it, maybe I could post it somewhere (though not sure gow copyright works with that and the journo in question has moved on...)
CM (513)
re Vicky sponge......just loike wot me old Nan used to make.........perfik.....thanks
pot of Redbush tea on NC's bar...help your selves
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Tonight we have Lasagne and salad followed by Apple and Blackberry Crumble and custard (thanks for the "two course" tip, Appy). Enjoy.
Congrats to RJD's daughter, and to RJD's daughter's dad!
* does usual little dancey thing *
I hate to sound a worrying note, but didn't the dayone beach start to disintegrate around 600 comments?
Earlier calls for a refreshed Beach may not have been wrong after all!
And wouldn't it be gorgeous if the 1000th post WAS the new Beach? We could call it the Millennium Beach, appropriately enough, and erect a beacon on it to celebrate.
Fifi
Cake maker - please may I have some of that delicious sounding butterscotch sponge.
I've made some fresh Assam and Darjeeling tea to go with it - the pot's on the bar.
Gossipmistress - welcome back! Sounds like you had an exciting time.
;o) []
I guess this is one of the longest beaches we've had in a while. That's a worthy tribute to Day One:)
OK, I have stolen someone's Big Computer With Firefox just so I can come to the Beach and spray bubbly over everyone and squeak properly!
The daughter is going to Trinity College to read Philosopy and Theology. Her only sorrow is that my father, who was at Oxford and was sure she would make it, died last year before he could say 'I told you so' and be pleased for her. She has wanted to go to Oxford since she was about six and started to be told about universities, so it's a real lifetime ambition.
I am tremendously proud of her, and pleased for her, and generally woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Fifi
I agree with idea of a milennium beach.
I sent you a e-mail. Did you read?
Later, I'll try to be in yhe wcam chat.
Guima
RJD @ 501 --- rejoicing with those who rejoice! Well done both your #2 daughter too. This beach is so big it took me a while to find your post about her.
Shall we wander away and have some bottles of the Boy and get slarmy and sing?
Gosh !
Whatever shall we do *now* ???!!!!!
¬
I was just thinking...
Since tomorrow's going to be a fairly significant day in frog history (can't imagine why...), how about a quick open-ended poll on a new feature to add to the beach (well, the description of). Maybe you'd like the BBQ made more formal, or perhaps you'd prefer the hammocks, or maybe (controversially!) you'd like the description pruned...
Discuss here, and if anything resembling a consensus emerges over the next 12 hours, and if Eddie is daft enough to read it, there may be a microscopically small chance of it entering the description. Even if it doesn't (which is more probable), any discussion/debate will bring us closer to "The Magic Number" (which, I'm reliably informed, isn't 3, or even divisible by it!).
Hi Guima (521) : I haven't had your email yet. Maybe it got caught in Hurricane Dean?
Fifi
Thanks Chris, for answering my query from another thread. I'm sure her grandfather knew it all along, and, who knows? He might be watching and beaming with pride.
RJD and daughter, you too are due your choice of congratulatory treat. I've brought a bottle of Glenmorangie, but I've already drawn it down halfway (not all tonight!).
Hold out your glasses!
xx
ed
(off to check out the fiftymillennium beach (I'm sure some mathematician here can give us the proper name))
Strange....I heard a rumour 200 or so posts had washed away...
Evidently the water level's dropped :)
And this only took 19.6s to load, compared to an average of about 25s on Fifi's thread, which is a couple of hundred posts shorter...
Just in case anyone's still left here, I spent half of lunchtime today debating which of the many pointless postcards of Kidderminster, Stourport and Bewdley to send to Eddie. In the end, I whittled it down to a choice of four:
A very grainy view of the river Severn, that looks as though it was taken from the top of a cherrypicker parked on the bridge - hence shows virtually nothing of the town or riverside.
I'm still trying to think of a reason anyone would want to visit Kidderminster, but this postcard author evidently thought a statue of Rowland Hill, the 'main' church, and a non-functional drinking fountain were the best views...
A narrow two-way street in Bewdley - the fact the lines disappear is ominous, as is the fact that this is an air quality management zone thingy. Apart from perhaps illustrating why Bewdley has a bypass, I can't imagine why this was chosen as preferable to the riverside.
A wide-beam lock heading from Stourport basins to the River Severn - hideously over-exposed, very grainy, and not even a boat in sight!
I've taken a quick digicam photo of the four postcards, and they've been uploaded to:
this is a great day, it is now a week since my car was broken into.
It was the fourth time in a month.
First time, lock forced
Second time, lock forced, steering wheel housing smashed
Third time lock forced, steering wheel housing smashed, cable to igition switch cut
Fourth time lock forced steering wheel housing smashed cable to ignition cut, ignition lock smashed
Each time, to the dump, to the dump, to the dump sump dump, Tonto, to pick up new/old locks, housing wiring etc. (The car is so old they were up dates)
Meanwhile I discover
1. The hostel round the corner had been redesignated from people with a drink problem (they can't afford Widow prices) who were very sweet and were forever coming into our back yard to put their cans in our wheelies, to young people who apparently are at car jack school there. Allegedly
2. At some stage they've (the totally impersonal 'they') have nicked a few of my tax discs. This i find out when a large white notice appears on my wind screen saying my car is going to be crushed and i can pick it up as a metal suitcase if i want.
Down the road from me is the prison. (I was going to spray 'let 'em all out it can't make it any worse out here' on the walls until i discoverd that my confidante at a singles club was a PO)
It stands on the edge of Nelson Mandela Park where there's a sign saying not being in prison is true freedom. The prisoners can see it during exercise. How do YOU say 'Leics'? To mean 'dislikes'?
But the prison has cameras which work so my car sits exactly opposite one now.
I feel guilty about giving the prisoners false hopes when they see what was surely going to be a get away car, allegedly, parked rigtht opposite and my anti law and order lobby cred is in shreds but what else can i do with such an old car I can open it with a tin opener if i lock the keys inside (yes, its that old).
512 Big Sister
Help!!
The line
'You never done nothing
To save your dogg'arned soul
keeps comimg to me at Hound Dog rythmn and something pretty close to the tune.
Is it from something completely 'different'?
The Leiber and Stoller lyric i found on line agrees with you, as given
HELP!