tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post8454729802959028764..comments2023-10-12T15:59:35.120+01:00Comments on radiogandy: A quiet day - as promised - still cold at 36Ftracyjameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00914991294683176018noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post-51444894692061206692008-12-12T09:58:00.000+00:002008-12-12T09:58:00.000+00:00I've never heard of 'snow-bones' either but it is ...I've never heard of 'snow-bones' either but it is very appropriate and your photos illustrate it exactly. And a marvellous 'frost' picture too.<BR/><BR/>I've also come across the Cambridhe University reading thing too. I find it irritating....<BR/><BR/>A good Christmas party last night at the knitting place, about fifty people, most of whom took a plate of home-made food. All sorts, sweet and savoury, people from overseas (we had 14 different nationalities) were asked to bring something they would have at home at this time of year, which made it interesting. I tasted most tnings, enjoyed some more than others, but the rather eclectic mix resulted in acute indigestion later......but it was worth it! <BR/><BR/>And there's a Christmas lunch in the posh restaurant in Peter Jones tomorrow, with five friends. Such a social whirl!<BR/><BR/>Postman woke us up this morning at 6.50 a.m. to deliver a parcel, no chance......shall have to collect it from P.Office tomorrow before I go.<BR/><BR/>I hope you benefitted from your quiet day yesterday - I think we all need one of those sometimes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post-31366367033884095612008-12-12T05:11:00.000+00:002008-12-12T05:11:00.000+00:00Hiya Graham.....love the photo of the frost. Natur...Hiya Graham.....love the photo of the frost. Nature is indeed a marvel;ous artist and as for snow bones I've never heard it before but I will use it in future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post-81101895955301879142008-12-11T23:48:00.000+00:002008-12-11T23:48:00.000+00:00DIARYI asked Sandra if she knows what lametta is.‘...DIARY<BR/>I asked Sandra if she knows what lametta is.<BR/>‘Yes,’ she said, ‘That is.’<BR/>It turns out we have a house full of the stuff. But at least Jessica had never heard of it.<BR/>‘It’s like tinsel,’ I said, ‘No it’s not,‘ said Sandra, ‘That’s tinsel.’<BR/>So I took a small piece of tinsel and juxtaposed it with a piece of lametta and could immediately see the difference; thelametta is nearly 10% wider than the tinsel.<BR/>We always had tinsel on the tree when I was a child. It was just like lametta. But a bit thinner? <BR/><BR/>BLOG COMMENT<BR/>There is certainly a difference in the colour range between the Nikon and the mobile photos.<BR/>But, when enlarged, the ‘snow bones’ are well illustrated.<BR/><BR/>I enjoy Stephen Fry’s QI. (Alan Davis is always good value and so are many of his irregular guest such as Bill Bailey and that other fellow who had a brief series where he lived in a tower block).<BR/>I didn’t like his American trip much though; not enough detail, too hurried but somehow largely uninteresting.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for publishing the frost pictures. Not entirely original, as they were ‘inspired’ by something similar I remember not from where.<BR/>It was only when looking at the blog that I saw the face of ‘catwoman’ at the very top of pic 2, just right of centre.<BR/> <BR/>The man-made (or even mad-made) spoil-heap hill is the one on the Mansfield /Sutton border at the back of the Rezza as you look from Morrisons.<BR/><BR/>I hvae ecruntenoed the frist & last letter slepling phonenomen borfee. It does seggsut that crecort slipleng is upnomitrant which goes agisant the gairn showmeat (I gellerany do look at ervey letter and corcert miksteas).<BR/><BR/>Rob:<BR/>I find it interesting that, especially In some of our more popular papers, much is made of ‘spongers’ on the dole (I think grossly exaggerated) whereas, apparently, the Spaniards have a more relaxed and generous attitude. <BR/>On the other hand, there seems to be evidence that they are more forgiving of racial abuse at football matches.<BR/>But I too found that I was just as well off on benefit in this country, after having been made redundant, as I had been in work (although that employment was admittedly on Community Programme, albeit in a relatively highly paid managerial position).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com