tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post6476535429066820253..comments2023-10-12T15:59:35.120+01:00Comments on radiogandy: Busy Saturday - Sorted Officetracyjameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00914991294683176018noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post-68756595257652913852008-09-21T21:56:00.000+01:002008-09-21T21:56:00.000+01:00RG knows why I took a picture of the Blanchards si...RG knows why I took a picture of the Blanchards sign. Don't believe they had anything down Dunkirk way<BR/>A friend in Essex used to be MD of Dunkirk Panels Ltd But that had nothing to do with Nottingham <BR/>RG I can get at the Bubbles picture if you wish its about 4ft x 3ft.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post-9580770877403854362008-09-21T20:48:00.000+01:002008-09-21T20:48:00.000+01:00Part 2 - Lovely illustration from your newly-acqui...Part 2 - Lovely illustration from your newly-acquired book.<BR/><BR/>I think ravel is muddled and tangled, to unravel is to straighten it all out. Am thinking of Shakespeare's Macbeth - 'sleep knitting up the ravell'd sleeve of care' - that's out of my head, I don't have a handy book of quotes, am sure if we have any Shakespearean scholars they will put me right.<BR/><BR/>Grandad used to have a very large old gooseberry bush, under which I could crawl (looking for babies, I remember!). The gooseberries were large and golden, not the little green things, and Granny used to make jam with them, which was pink. I have bought gooseberry jam recently - Tiptrees no less - but is green.....<BR/><BR/>The road trip was great fun, six of us met up at Clapham Junction, and travelled together, meeting the other two there. Three sorts of homemade cake, and proper sausage rolls and Cava....I did come home with more knitting done than I took, but only just! Fish and chips on the way home....<BR/><BR/>I got home about in the middle of 'Strictly' - R was watching the 'X Factor'. But as soon as I put it on and saw Brucie it turned me off, and I didn't watch it. <BR/><BR/>Saw an interesting prog/ tonight, Channel 4, The Mona Lisa Curse, Robert Hughes about the modern art world and how it had changed. In the 60s and 70s R's younger brother was a director at the Marlborough Fine Art Gallery in Bond Street, and we used to get invites to all sorts of openings, etc. If we could get a baby-sitter and I could find something to wear that was clean and not covered in baby sick, and a pair of unholey tights, we went.....those were the days.....<BR/><BR/>I was thinking about our knitting group. 8 women, aged from 33 to me, all different social/educational backgrounds, some married, some single, some with children, some not - we met through knitting about seven years ago, but have become such a close group that now I don't think it matters about the knitting so much. Perhaps the same could be said of photographers? or any other group of obsessives?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post-51154606217654572502008-09-21T15:33:00.000+01:002008-09-21T15:33:00.000+01:00I posted a comment late last night from the Sports...I posted a comment late last night from the Sports Desk but it's obviously disappeared into the ether.<BR/><BR/>Congrats to the Panthers for their 'come-from-behind' victory over the Steelers last night. Panthers are now the only unbeaten team in the league and are away to champions Coventry tonight.<BR/><BR/>As I write this I'm listening to the big game at Stamford bridge on redio 5, or trying to as it keeps going off while it is buffering, wahtever that is. I don't understand how it can be 96% one moment then 55% then 7% then 96% again. I guess they have the same number cruncher as HBOS.<BR/><BR/>Incy wincy, hope the night at the Dixies went well. Sadly, for you, I don't think you could claim copyright on your photo ideas though if you spent tens of thousands in court fees you may be able to get people to stop using <I>that</I> picture. Elaine wants to know how you know 95% of the British Bakeries staff are foreigners, or did you mean they are doing a foreigner?<BR/><BR/>Radio 5 has gone off completely now so I must pay it some attention.<BR/><BR/>RobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post-70172592079795714182008-09-21T10:50:00.000+01:002008-09-21T10:50:00.000+01:00Pleased to see the picture of your barometer, if o...Pleased to see the picture of your barometer, if only to say, yet again (will I ever tire of it?) that even if you did not have a barometer it would still have been a lovely day.<BR/>It also gives me the opportunity to remind readers that in the cold rains of July/Aug I predicted an October heatwave. <BR/>Well, it is nearly October, sort of.<BR/><BR/>Pleased you now have your monitor properly positioned. That doesn’t count as ‘boggering about’ even if it has left YOU boggered.<BR/> <BR/>There is a quote, probably Dr Johnson, which could perhaps be amended to suit John Sergeant dancing; something about “the remarkable thing about a dog walking on its hind legs is not that it does it well but that it should do it at all.”<BR/>I have no doubt whatsoever that I am being grossly unfair because some lsrge men are incredibly light on their feet. Fred Emney was a prime example; he danced beautifully.<BR/><BR/>Re your AA sub reduction: last week I had a phone call from Supanet asking if I was happy with my Broadband. I said “yes” but I was thinking of changing to TalkTalk because they are much cheaper. I was immediately offered a new deal - slightly cheaper than at present with landline free calls at any time nationally (instead of just weekends). I had been intending to phone them to see what they would offer so it saved me a phone call. Not wanting to mend the unbroken, I opted for it but now I have the paperwork it seems more complicated than that (I apparently need two more thingumijigs to plug in at the phone outlets).<BR/><BR/>When you had your county-trial, were you found guilty?<BR/><BR/>Surely ‘ravel’ is to confuse and ‘un-ravel’ is to unconfuse (or clarify). But only if you are knitting a bolero. <BR/>Not like ‘flammable’ and ‘inflammable’ which do both mean the same thing. A good idea too, as it helps to ravel foreigners.<BR/><BR/>My left ear too is the principle culprit. I used to have it syringed about six monthly when in my teens. <BR/><BR/>re the wireless headphones. Mine were all right until we went digital (which has altogether been more of a nuisance than a blessing). Tonight, as in your case I could get every channel except the one we were watching. But persistence paid off and by pressing the two little buttons at the left ear repeatedly, it eventually came good.<BR/>There appears to be no methodical answer.<BR/><BR/>Isn’t the salmon pasta at Lidl typical – not just of Lidl but also of Aldi and, most of all, Netto. <BR/>As soon as you find something you like, they run out.<BR/><BR/>What a very nice illustration from your bargain book.<BR/><BR/>I was aware of the name ‘Blanchard’s Bakery’ and I come from Mansfield/Ollerton (although I worked in Nottingham - did they used to be down Dunkirk way? or is that another bakery?).<BR/>(I assume, Reg, that RG means that he ‘CAN’T guess what you want the Blanchards sign on the side of a house for’).<BR/><BR/>Incy Wincy:<BR/>Are you possibly ‘judging the book by its cover’? Many people who appear foreign could, in fact, be British citizens. But a lot, of course, are not. <BR/>The trouble with fighting an enemy that doesn’t wear uniform is that you don’t know who to try to kill.<BR/> <BR/>But I’m sure you will enjoy the "photo shoot".<BR/><BR/>I thought I had been cut off from the world but if chip cobs sound fun… ?<BR/>Your mention of tattoos reminds me of ‘Ludo’ / ‘Llandudno’.<BR/> <BR/>4 TICKS:<BR/>That sounded good! (the Morrisons’ sandwiches anyway).<BR/><BR/>It is not cider in the recipe but cider vinegar although I use the cheaper white wine vinegar. <BR/>I like the occasional glass of dry cider. [I once collected a hundredweight of apples from a tree that had gone wild in the woods. From them, I made a demijohn and a half of cider (12 pints?) – it is the easiest alcoholic drink to make as it produces its own yeast, so it is just (just!) a matter of extracting the juice and leaving it alone to mature.]<BR/>I don’t put the spices in muslin or remove them until on the plate. It adds a bit of a frisson if you get a whole clove.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post-24520310305771799392008-09-21T01:17:00.000+01:002008-09-21T01:17:00.000+01:00Is it possible for a slightly younger model to joi...Is it possible for a slightly younger model to join WoW? The chip cobs sound fun.<BR/>I know a lady who had a W tatoo'd on each cheek of her bottom, when she bent down it spelt WOW. Is this a bit of topic? or rude? it is past the watershed and I've got back from the Dixie's, and on the bar is a picture of "the couple" as appeared on you blog. someone has been busy.<BR/>Thanks for the forcast, I'm trying some fuji B&W film done in C41 which is supposed to be superior to XP2. Results later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post-83638139749488539612008-09-20T23:35:00.000+01:002008-09-20T23:35:00.000+01:00Left a comment on yesterdays but, as it didn't imm...Left a comment on yesterdays but, as it didn't immediately click through, Himself suggested that I click again which I did. My comment appears twice in Fridays. Added the recipe to my recipe file and will try when I come across some Gooseberries. I like the idea of Cider, Merrydown is my favourite, makes me feel happy extremely quickly. <BR/><BR/>Bungus, should I put the spices into a bit of muslin and remove them after cooking?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post-40040135317375663962008-09-20T22:49:00.000+01:002008-09-20T22:49:00.000+01:00I think I am commenting before you have finished.....I think I am commenting before you have finished....the last bit at present is a picture of a great tit.....<BR/><BR/>More details please of this dish you do in the frying pan involving potatoes, eggs, cream and bacon bits, sounds our cup of tea.....<BR/><BR/>Had a Grand Day Out, for once all the trains involved turned up on time.<BR/><BR/>More later when you have blogged more?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com