tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post9163053418753403056..comments2023-10-12T15:59:35.120+01:00Comments on radiogandy: Mama Mia ! - Y's Laptop - Plumstracyjameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00914991294683176018noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post-39191574883728234622008-09-09T20:00:00.000+01:002008-09-09T20:00:00.000+01:00Just one further food comment (apologies for the 2...Just one further food comment (apologies for the 2 m omelettes) was in a hurry and didn't check.<BR/>Whilst on holiday in Yorkshire the hotel provided a wonderful array of dishes with different veg each meal. The one which surprised and delighted us most was - Cauliflower which had been dunked in the lightest of batters and deep fried to crispy perfection. Superlicious!!<BR/>Thanks for the plums, haven't quite decided which way to use them yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post-39990816863618446282008-09-09T17:10:00.000+01:002008-09-09T17:10:00.000+01:00I will put my hand up to judgementalism, very hard...I will put my hand up to judgementalism, very hard not to nowadays. The acne and earrings bit was really to indicate age - if a chap around 40 or over had come, I think he would have been able to subtract.<BR/><BR/>I am always happy to be proved wrong, as was the case with your mother and the punk, and I do realise that one cannot always judge by appearance. But it is a sort of shorthand (or laziness?) to describe someone, and usually the other person immediately understands.<BR/><BR/>Jenny always finding something that displeases her, true to a certain extent, though it is usually justified. She likes things done properly, is a stickler for punctuation/correct use of English/promptness/just general efficiency/people doing their job properly/doesn't suffer fools gladly. She has always relished her freedom and independence,has been a great walker. She finds it hard being confined in a small flat, and being tagged! Probably not the easiest of patients though.<BR/><BR/>I did pick up that there was a wedding, just didn't know whose, and if they were any relation or just friends. The bride looks gorgeous, and a debonair groom. a great picture on such a wet day. <BR/><BR/>That was an especially good quote, I always liked Jack Benny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post-39074403298336975222008-09-09T16:28:00.000+01:002008-09-09T16:28:00.000+01:00What a very nice picture of Elaine & Rob, esp ...What a very nice picture of Elaine & Rob, esp considering weather conditions – very posh!<BR/>They certainly do look stunning, Elaine in particular, quite lovely.<BR/><BR/>I sincerely hope you will be able to keep your busy little hands off Yvonne’s laptop.<BR/><BR/>Sorry, but you fail to convince me about Mama Mia. The one clip I saw of Meryl Streep dancing was enough to put me off. Mutton behaving like lamb (and I am not fond of either). <BR/>That is, of course, as I appreciate, an extremely narrow and biased view not worthy of consideration.<BR/>But the alternative would be to go and see the film and I cannot bring myself to do that. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the Alt Gr tip. Pear Condé to all (as Delboy might say). <BR/><BR/>The only disappointment about the fruit pie was the pastry. It was rather on the hard side as was mine of a couple of days earlier – I know not whether it was to do with indredients (organic stone-milled flour and Stork) or overworking. Unfortunately, Sandra doesn’t eat pastry so did not test it for herself. <BR/><BR/>A pity Murray couldn’t go all the way but I was impressed that he refused to accept the proferred excuse of insufficient rest and gave Federer full credit. <BR/>He (Murray) has acquired a reputation for surliness and refusal to co-operate (or ‘contrariness’ as my mother would have said) but if I had to deal regularly with journalists I am pretty sure I would behave similarly – or in a more volatile way a la Frank Sinatra.<BR/><BR/>Please don’t abandon your special cauliflower cheese altogether; it sounds well worth keeping for special occasions.<BR/><BR/>Nice Jack Benny quote.<BR/>In the words of the Round Table motto, I think Sandra may ‘adopt/adapt/(but not) improve’ it for her own use.<BR/><BR/>Jill:<BR/>Pleased that you take my point about the Paralympics.<BR/>Lest I be misunderstood, I am all in favour of everybody being encouraged to compete with others of similar ability; I just think it is so impossibly uneven that it does not merit all the publicity and eulogy that goes on. That is not the fault of the competitors of course. Perhaps the 'proper' Olympics should ahve High Jump for men under 5'10" or 100 metres for women over 15 stone?<BR/><BR/>Your Tesco story is interesting and entertaining although, to me, the acne/earring bit somewhat smacks of judgmentalism (I recall my mother, who was very capable of similar judgments, falling on a small escalator in Littlewoods and afterwards being honest enough to allow that she might sometimes be at fault in this respect, a punk having helped her up and made sure that she was OK before going on his way). <BR/>I think you reacted as anyone would and, therefore, correctly regarding the change. <BR/>I am reminded of a couple of incidents, both at Sutton-on-Sea.<BR/>1) I went into the Post Office and asked to cash a cheque (remember cheques?). As I left I noticed that I had fifty pounds in one hand and the cheque in the other. I took the cheque back and the counter assistant was good enough to thank me.<BR/>2) I went into a shop and made a purchase. As I was leaving, I noticed that I had been given change for a tenner instead of a fiver, ie, five pounds too much. I went back to the counter and said, “Excuse me, I think you’ve given me the wrong change.”<BR/>“Can’t do anything about that; you should have checked before you left the counter.”<BR/>“Oh, righto then,” I said and left the shop.<BR/>PLUS: Sandra used to save up her child allowance and draw it all in December, for Xmas. One year she went into Wellow Post Office (next door but two to the Durham Ox) and drew the cash. Instead of starting spending it she went to deposit it in the bank where she found that she had been overpaid by £100. As most village people would do, of course, she took it straight back. <BR/><BR/>Surprised you hadn’t picked up on the wedding talk as Graham, Rob and myself have spoken of it frequently in these pages over the past few months. In particular, I think it very kind of Rob to have invited Sandra and myself to the evening reception, never having met us. <BR/>He can have had no idea what he might have brought upon the occasion. In the area where I have lived for the past thirty-seven years it is widely held that no wedding may be considered complete or consummated without a fight (as between John Wayne and Victor MacLaglan) and major structural damage!<BR/>I knew a nephew of Victor Maclaglan as a child, he accidentally set fire to some straw in a dog kennel (playing with matches) and six year old Chrissie Scarlett, only child of one of our neighbours, perished.<BR/> <BR/>I like stuffed mushrooms but can appreciate Shirley Conran’s comment that life was too short.<BR/><BR/>Pleased Jenny is out if not yet about but, unless I’ve got it wrong, youm mke it sound as if she will always find something to grumble about, as she is entitled.<BR/><BR/>Incy Wincy:<BR/>How about Graham going ‘blues and twos’ on his trolley? That would clear his path.<BR/><BR/>PS: Just got back from consultation at King’s Mill, Lidl and Bargain Shop. Sandra forgot to take her purse and wallet so it was rather expensive for me (if the best part of a ton is expensive!).<BR/>More detail to follow tomorrow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post-6471780785504837392008-09-09T14:01:00.000+01:002008-09-09T14:01:00.000+01:00The picture of the happy couple was taken over my ...The picture of the happy couple was taken over my left shoulder as I was setting up the shot, I chose a landscape format to include the lovely shades in the lake and use the tree for a frame. Hope my exposures come out as good, the reprint sales will be down if everyone is as good as this.<BR/>My wife enjoyed Mama Mia also thought it was great.<BR/>Hope your legs are getting a tad better, perhaps some go faster stripes on your wheels to go with the pico exhaust might help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post-88951163333571208612008-09-09T10:23:00.000+01:002008-09-09T10:23:00.000+01:00What a lovely picture of Rob and Elaine. Difficul...What a lovely picture of Rob and Elaine. Difficult to believe it was taken last Sat. given the weather!<BR/><BR/>I'm glad to hear you're recovering and that you make it to Mamma Mia. I thought the film was very good fun and I agree that Meryl Streep has rather a good voice.<BR/><BR/>Good luck to Yvonne with the new lap top.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com