What are you all up to
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I admit that my sense of humour never progressed beyond the 3rd Form; and that I have listened to too many episodes of 'I'm Sorry, I Haven't A Clue' when the late, great Humphrey Lyttleton was at the helm ...
But when I read your post, I had an image of Samantha and her excuse for not being present at either the beginning, or the end of the Show ...
Steve
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We have just had rather a shock phone call from our son. He didn't sound too good and on me questioning this he replied that he and his wife have the virus. Said he became ill last Sunday and wanted to wait to phone us until they were a little better or we would worry so much. Our 3 teenage grandchildren seem okay. Both son and his wife feel very tired, but now with less body pain and breathing easier. Son complaining no sense of smell or taste. Really brings it home. Please stay at home everyone.
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Following on from DK's Amazon buggy , I was speaking to my grandson earlier , he was expecting a delivery from them this morning .He received a text message from them telling him his parcel was outside .He opened the front door to be met by a drone hovering above , waiting to lower said parcel .So surprised , he didn't get piccy of it . I'm wondering if they are using lockdown as a practice run .
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There were so many of the Samantha introductions [I think 'Humph' used to write most of them himself] and Mr Lyttleton used to defend his scripts against accusations of innuendo [no jokes about Italian suppositories, please] by blaming the Listeners' collective filthy minds. 'If they take the trouble to read the scripts, they will see that there is nothing untoward ...'
'Samantha can't be with us for the close of the show. She has a date with an impoverished, penny pinching wine merchant with a limited stock range with failing ardour.
She says he only has a Semillon, but she's confident that when she takes him in hand, she'll soon get him to splash out ...'
As Humph says, all perfectly innocent in the script ...
Steve
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If we can't go out and be boisterous, we need a release valve, and a wee laugh at life is a much needed tonic just now ...
'Samantha has an appointment with a keen ornithologist who has a private aviary of a dozen native small British birds. He's confident, that after he has shown her what to do, she'll soon be handling his twelve finches ...'
Steve
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Steve will be told to wash his mouth out with soap and water in a minute ππ§Ό
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soap
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Mmm, as used by Holy Joeπππ
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TW,
I take the 'Humph' Defence in quoting from the script which contains no impure thoughts or words. But, do please pass the soap over after you've used it ....
Steve
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Ah, all in it together like Joe Soap's Armyπππ
Forward Joe Soap's Army
(Tune: 'Onward Christian Soldiers')
Forward Joe Soap's army, marching without fear,
With our old commander, safely in the rear.
He boasts and skites from morn till night,
And thinks he's very brave,
But the men who really did the job are dead and in their grave.
Forward Joe Soap's army, marching without fear,
With our old commander, safely in the rear.
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TW wrote 'Ah, all in it together like Joe Soap's Armyπππ'
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I feel really lucky to have grown up in an age of such great comedy writing, where radio broadcasts enabled us to imagine the sketches and characters in our own wee worlds.
'Round the Horne'; 'I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again'; 'I'm Sorry, I Haven't A Clue'; 'Much Binding In The Marsh' [passed down to me by my older half brothes!].
Something of a paradox that much of the script is now regarded as 'non PC' yet the language had to be much less vulgar than nowadays. But that writers such as Barry Took and Marty Feldman the opportunity to develop their own vocabulary [or, in the case of 'Julian and Sandy', the vocabulary used in the then illegal Gay Clubs].
What a happy heritage!
Steve
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Food for thought ??" Isolation PLW/3-4-20
I've been in "isolation" before,
six weeks behind a jail steel door,
due that time,as young and stupidity,
but now it's governments and complicity.
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At the top of the tree,unprecedented wealth,
to control the world,by biological stealth,
an overall pandemic,so they can,
pick and choose the destiny of man.
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Come the year of some 'twenty thirty',
we've all succumbed to their deeds so dirty,
only the big companies,will survive,
to feed and clothe us,if we're alive !!.
Ch:-
The money and the wealth,
wrecked the world by stealth,
now we're all in " Isolation",
just where they wanted us ,,,"SUBJUGATION".
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Finally finished cleaning the caravan today, just the floor covering to lay and the cushions to cover and we'll be ready for the off, whenever that may be. Will have done nearly 8 m!s today after our last trot out shortly. I'll be fit by the time this virus has been and gone.
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That must be really worrying and I hope they will be better soon. Maybe to reassure you: my neighbour's daughter is a radiographer and got the virus last week. She also complained of loss of taste and smell, and had a temperature. She lives by herself, so my neighbour couldn't go and visit her and was of course very worried. Her daughter slept a lot for a couple of days, then felt better by Wednesday and today, a week after self-isolating, has gone back to work.
Yes, stay at home everyone.
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DEBSC, I do hope your son and DIL recover soon and that your grandchildren will be OK. Best wishes to you all.
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It seems that men can be more vulnerable to the virus so I hope your son feels better soon.
It's strange the week days seem to blend into the weekends just now. I have to check what day it is. Our teaching daughter has been told to stop setting work now and enjoy her Easter holiday, she is relieved to take a break!
Hope you can all enjoy this better weather. βπ°
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Thoughts are with you, must have been a shock. Hope they both continue to mend up well.
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add me to that too
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Today, my main occupation shall be...................................................
Tickling tadpoles, and trying to catch frogs!πΈπ
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Took a walk this morning to a place which I've probably passed hundreds, perhaps thousands of times in a car over the years and yet 30 minutes walk away. It is Blackim Hill on the Bowes railway and literally 3 minutes drive to the busy A1 slip road.
It was a rope hauled section and a fascinating place to explore. I've found some videos here and here to show what it would have looked like before falling into such a sad state although this was done by the local preservation group as the line closed in 1974.
I have to wonder when was the last time someone came out of that hut to open and shut the gates.
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Those old railway workings can be fascinating. There were similar systems in Cornwall for hauling iron/tin/copper and later china clay up steep inclines. Some were winch and cable and some were counterbalanced where the downward full wagons would pull the empty ones to the top.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwall_Minerals_Railway
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We just had a doorstep delivery of milk , broccoli and brioche buns, obtained by DD, and in exchange had left out laundry sanitiser and a pile of her stuff from the loft.
SIL was the delivery person, he brought his car which is on the small side, so there were 3 boxes he could not fit in, but it is a start. I can now see a lot of stuff lurking in the loft we should get rid of........just a pity there is no chance of doing that at present.
Our large general refuse bin will be collected on Tuesday, but it is less than 1/4 full, while our smaller recycling bins, which are not being emptied, are stuffed. Just contemplating whether to transfer some of the recycling into the bin that will be emptied, as we have nowhere to store months of recycling.
This morning OH saw flames from the bathroom window, our neighbour was burning her paper and cardboard.
Spoke briefly on FaceTime with Callum, who was busy trying to wear himself out on his trampoline. Mummy looked more tired than Callum as they had been up since 05.30!
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Busy morning in the garden, OH was tasked with straightening on edge of the lawn. He managed to do the longest piece all along the rear of the garden. As well as making it straight I asked him to make the border deeper so after the edging he then dug the new strip over. He's not used to gardening, that's usually my job. Very grateful for his help though as its hard work. He'll be stiff tomorrow
Meantime I sorted out one of the beds, I've lifted out loads of snowdrops and crocus bulbs, dug up a huge hosta then cut it into smaller pieces. A few I will keep the others will be offered up to others. Couple of old heathers got binned and the Buddleia got a good cut back. Planning on completely re doing this border once the daffodils have finished flowering.
No sunshine here just clouds, mustn't complain as it not raining to that's good. Still not warm here about 10c
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Sounds good TG. π My OH has been helping me as was periodically, makes certain tasks so much easier. I am about to charm him into looking into the extension wiring for a fountain! I could do it, but finding all the tools and bits I need is the main issue, he has his own system of storing things.......π€
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