tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post4163055509069789744..comments2023-10-12T15:59:35.120+01:00Comments on radiogandy: Feet-up Friday - Mild and unpredictabletracyjameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00914991294683176018noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post-67941341438678415172008-08-23T20:29:00.000+01:002008-08-23T20:29:00.000+01:00A great sepia photo especially for me - thank you!...A great sepia photo especially for me - thank you! I am pleased to know that the Railway Hotel is still going - but surprised, felt sure that in that prime location and with all that ground at the rear it would by now be luxiry apartments. But perhaps it belongs to the Railways? It could possibly be listed, it was full of original features (like the plumbing...)our curtains which were in holes all along the folds....<BR/><BR/>I like a bit of vulgarity...all for it!<BR/><BR/>I don't like the idea of pictures in the dark - surely they were painted to be seen?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post-50685254448931675382008-08-23T20:08:00.000+01:002008-08-23T20:08:00.000+01:00Bungus. I have been round to Rg headquarters and p...Bungus. I have been round to Rg headquarters and put his photo program back on his new computor. I made him promise not to 'bogger about' with it. Please back me up he may take notice of you.<BR/> <BR/>We had a Sergeant who wore a parachute half wing (parachute instructor I think) He used to bawl that "I will **** upon you from a great height and I can you know". Whist pointing to his half wing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post-32489860005825327462008-08-23T12:30:00.000+01:002008-08-23T12:30:00.000+01:00I too marvel at the surprising quality of snaps ta...I too marvel at the surprising quality of snaps taken through dirty bus windows etc. <BR/><BR/>Having no particular interest since collecting train numbers for a fortnight when I was 12 (I never quite saw the point in watching my Hornby train inherited from an uncle go round in small circles) I have never been to The York Railway Museum, despite having visited the city on business frequently in the 60s. But The Mallard looks magnificent and I am sure there is much more of general interest. I’ll put it on my list of ‘things I intend to do but probably never will’.<BR/><BR/>I like the idea of a picture gallery with no lighting. It should contain surrealist works. I have just started this morning to reread ‘Catch 22’ so I am in receptive mood anyway.<BR/><BR/>It sounds as if you are being deserted next weekend. So perhaps we could arrange an afternoon? <BR/><BR/>No Bungus Diary today because nothing has really happened worth commenting on. Dan and Simon both came round to see me on a belated birthday visit yesterday and talked to each other for an hour about a computer game. Great! <BR/>Em brought some courgette misshapes though, which added a bit of excitement. I also scanned a page from a preserves & pickles book which S had bought for her from the Macarthur Glenn remaindered book shop. As is quite often the case, the second half of it was replaced by a repeat of the first half, so I suppose we could have ripped it in two?. <BR/><BR/>Sorry about the gibberish mobile messages. I had no intention of sending anything! You were right not to reply. Sandra has now upped the volume so that I can actually hear it go off, not that I would be able to answer it but so far a vibrate has not been located.<BR/><BR/>Some years ago S and I stayed several times at Scarborough’s Grand Hotel which at the time belonged to Butlins. It was very cheap (something under £60 a night for 3 nights half board I think). The food was generally better than acceptable, at times very good, there was variable entertainment every evening, and the place had a slightly neglected, seedy feel to it which I suppose would count as ‘faded elegance’. We also once took a ‘short bargain break’ in Rugby at a rather similar but much smaller bijou sort of place with threadbare carpets and ancient retainers. Much more atmosphere in which to delight than the Hilton’s at which we also enjoyed weekend offers.<BR/><BR/>You really must try Aldi’s Marlin Steaks with a sachet of not quite enough Apricot & Chile Sauce (same cabinet as the Sea Bream) They provided the most delicious new eating experience that Sandra and I have enjoyed in years. I would say 'The seagoing equivalant of a bacon sandwich or jugged hare' but I won't as that would be bound to lead to diappointment for you. But very nice fish.<BR/><BR/>Still being a schoolboy at heart, I like the vulgar police saying. Different but on the same level as drill corporals/sergeants sayings, the politest of which, from the ones immediately springing to mind, is “You! Yes you with the bicycle on your nose!” to anyone wearing glasses, esp if over 6’2” tall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com