tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post1273016256022073045..comments2023-10-12T15:59:35.120+01:00Comments on radiogandy: 36F - Foggy wet start - John cametracyjameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00914991294683176018noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post-17698634595825821352007-12-24T23:46:00.000+00:002007-12-24T23:46:00.000+00:00Morrison's was very busy this morning , biggest pr...Morrison's was very busy this morning , biggest problem getting out of the car park, queues right back past the store entrance and at all the petrol pumps. I am sure that we would be better off with out the traffic lights around the Sun Inn.<BR/>Also in typical Eastwood fashion, 11:30a.m. the public toilets locked up . Good job I was not desperate, more people in Easwood then I have seen before in the last thirty plus years. In years past on D.H.L.'s birthday the Mayor had to take Japanese tourists to her home (council house) because the toilets where closed!!! RegAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post-73799697754067926522007-12-24T21:14:00.000+00:002007-12-24T21:14:00.000+00:00Hiya Graham just popped in after a long absence an...Hiya Graham just popped in after a long absence and caught up on all your skeet.Glad to see that you are still posting some great pics love the flying bird, great action shot.Hope the shin has turned out OK reminded me of the dinners my Mom cooked when I was a lad. have to agree with you about the Christmas card it is a bit awful isn't it though not a one off as we had a wierd one ourselves which I've written about on todays edition of my blog which you can read here...<BR/>http://www.freewebs.com/mannananscloak/islandlife.htm#26831275<BR/>Take care and I hope you and Yvonne along with all your regulars have a great Christmas and an even better New Year.....All the best.....Petemannananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06142675053857816360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post-9302207669728223112007-12-24T17:16:00.000+00:002007-12-24T17:16:00.000+00:00Best wishes for Christmas to everyone.RobBest wishes for Christmas to everyone.<BR/><BR/>RobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post-3478453618867948372007-12-24T12:54:00.000+00:002007-12-24T12:54:00.000+00:00FROM YESTERDAYAll right Jill, the Sheriff of Notti...FROM YESTERDAY<BR/>All right Jill, the Sheriff of Nottingham 'joke' was pushing it a bit but the Pearl Barley, as I acknowledged, was a stolen amendment from the great late Ronnie Scott (‘… we do have a fantastic professional comedian at the Club. We call him the chef … he’s half black and half Japanese and every 7 December he attacks Pearl Bailey.’ … and another ‘We also took on a Hungarian waiter. He didn’t understand the social security system when he first started to work for us and he used to stick Green Shield stamps on his insurance card. He got nicked for it – the judge gave him six months. And a tea set.’)<BR/> <BR/>Sandra did a half gammon today (Sunday). Simmered in our largest saucepan (which it filled) with onions, celery and carrots, then glazed with English mustard and demerara sugar and roasted in cider. We had it hot for tea/supper with mash, leeks in white sauce, carrots, broccoli, the cider gravy and Cumberland sauce (which I love). Then I had oranges in a cointreau syrup with vanilla ice-cream. Christmas has started. There is, of course, plenty of ham left for cold cutting over the next week or so.<BR/><BR/>I now have the Winter jasmine macro picture and think that this is the way to see and appreciate it. The blossom so easily gets lost in the foliage otherwise.<BR/> <BR/><BR/>TODAY; XMAS EVE<BR/>A Great tit in a great hurry, I’d say. <BR/><BR/>Tesco was pretty busy at 3.00 pm yesterday but not absolutely frantic. Netto no problem. Farmfoods, the only place with a decent vanilla ice-cream (Carte d’Or, by Walls), almost empty. <BR/><BR/>If granddaughter Alannah could be a model it might be a preferred option. I am pretty sure that Frank Lampard, in spite of his intelligence and public school education, does not regret being a Chelsea and England footballer. But, of course, everyone should do what they want to do if it is within their grasp.<BR/><BR/>Hope the shin lives up to expectations.<BR/><BR/>Not exactly an ‘old pal’ who contacted me out of the blue. Apart from the mountain slide incident I only recall seeing him, to say ‘Ay-up Brun, Y’all right?’, perhaps half a dozen times between 1943 and 1960, usually at Field Mill (home of the Stags, ie, Mansfield Town FC). But like others such as Terry Hennessey, Gordon Bell and Chris John-Baptiste, someone I regard with a sort of affection.<BR/><BR/>Americans, as you will know, don’t have proper robins. Theirs are bigger and less refined. Ours, of course, to other birds including their fellows, are aggressive, bad tempered little creatures. What you see is not what you get! <BR/><BR/>Have a good Xmas everyone.<BR/>(I used to deplore the use of Xmas rather than Christmas until I realised, having seen 'Xians' on the printed page, that X is text for Christ and, therefore, a valid form).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com