Morning All

Wow. I made #1. Now theres a first.

Sounds like you had a great time.

Still loving the show. Havent watched BBC TV breakfast since you started.

Thunder

Folk awards sounds good. Breakfast show still great. Have good day Chris and family. Good luck on the ice tomorrow - hope you don't fall over and hurt yourselves.

I really enjoyed the folksy Gobsmackers, even though I was a little dubious when they were announced! I hear the Gobsmackers just as I'm arriving at work and it's always nice to hear something fun. x

The Folk awards are great, and Nanci Griffith has been a facourite of mine for years. The two tracks you played this morning were awesome!
Big Normski

Chris, You are becoming very philosophical dude! For my quasi-philosophical moment for today I quote Booth/Gott/Glennie/Davis "Stop stop talking about who's to blame, when all that counts is how to change" - Born of Frustration.
This morning's show was the best yet. Plenty of energy (but not too much )and some great choices of music. Folking great!

Nic

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Liking the music for two days running now!

And how fickle am I? Me moaning on previous blogs about all the 'old stiff' and then I heard 'Streets of London' this morning. An absolutely brilliant song...took me right back to my childhood. It is the first song I remember ever hearing, and I was only 4 at the time! Brought a little tear to my eye hearing it this morning!

Thanks CLP!

Chris, you're so lucky going to the Folk Awards! Best music in the world, a bit of folk!!

Thanks for playing Richard Hawley this morning - saw him last year, what a top bloke!

T xxx

I felt a little disorientated this morning - both yesterday and Friday I think the song about drawing the line or crossing the line or something like that (I went and looked it up it's Little Big Town- Fine Line)was on just before the Fabulous Moira did the 9am news but this morning it wasn't on lol. I got all confused and thought I'd missed the news and was running really really later - then again Ken played it at about 9:30 so I felt better then lol.

Yay 4 mins to lunch wahoo!

Hi Chris,

Glad to hear you had such a good time last night. I agree about Bob Harris - what a voice. And you can tell that he just LOVES his job!
And, yes, what a wonderful world it would be if we could learn from each other's differences - not an easy task!

C xx

Hi Chris, your teacher sounded smashing. He obviously made a great impression on you even though he was at your school for such a short time. You sounded so pleased to hear from him again, and he you. You have obviously been reading our posts as you told Jonny today that it had come to your attention that you keep picking on him (in the nicest possible way!). Go easy on the lad- I know he's a bit excitable, but so are you!

Glad the girls had an enjoyable mini/midi blog meet. Remember- a hangover is the wrath of grapes! Although spect you were all good as you were driving.


Mcw x

Just a quickie .....

My dad used to "sing" Streets Of London to me when I was little, so mixed emotions hearing it this morning, tbh.

Glad you had a good auld time of it last night CLP - it seems that going out on a Monday is the way forward: the restaurant We Four Bloggers attended in Chelmsford was absolutely packed - and on a MONDAY!

MCW - yes, three of us were really good as we were driving, but Lady Chards of Debshire didn't let the side down!

My day is going from bad to worse and I can honestly say I have now officially got "the right hump". And it's not even hump day. Sadly.

Back later.

Deevs

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Recently, in a large city in France, a poster featuring a young, thin and tan woman appeared in the window of a gym.

It said, "This summer, do you want to be a mermaid or a whale?"

A middle-aged woman, whose physical characteristics did not match those of the woman on the poster, responded publicly to the question posed by the gym.

To Whom It May Concern,

Whales are always surrounded by friends (dolphins, sea lions, curious humans.)They have an active sex life, get pregnant and have adorable baby whales. They have a wonderful time with dolphins stuffing themselves with shrimp.

They play and swim in the seas,seeing wonderful places like Patagonia ,the Bering Sea and the coral reefs of Polynesia .

Whales are wonderful singers and have even recorded CDs.

They are incredible creatures and virtually have no predators other than humans.

They are loved, protected and admired by almost everyone in the world.

Mermaids don't exist.

If they did exist,they would be lining up outside the offices of Argentinean psychoanalysts due to identity crisis. Fish or human?

They don't have a sex life because they kill men who get close to them, not to mention how could they have sex?

Just look at them ... where is IT?Therefore, they don't have kids either.

Not to mention, who wants to get close to a girl who smells like a fish store?

The choice is perfectly clear to me: I want to be a whale.

P..S. We are in an age when media puts into our heads the idea that only skinny people are beautiful, but I prefer to enjoy an ice cream with my kids, a good dinner with a man who makes me shiver, and a piece of chocolate with my friends.

With time, we gain weight because we accumulate so much information and wisdom in our heads that when there is no more room, it distributes out to the rest of our bodies.

So we aren't heavy, we are enormously cultured, educated and happy.

Beginning today, when I look at my butt in the mirror I will think,

¨Good grief, look how smart I am!¨

Gail.

Gail- Brilliant! That means I'm extremely smart!

Hey peeps, hope you're all ok, sounds like you had a great night at the folk awards, will have to check out some of the coverage of those. Loving the sentiment about learning from our differences. Just think how boring would the workd be if everyone was the same?

Just waiting for some broccoli and stilton soup to heat up for my lunch. Feeling a little bit bleurgh today, really hoping it's not the nasty cold that has been going round, so a quiet afternoon of sorting out old magazines beckons, which will obviously involve me re reading them all first!

Rx

@ Gail, great post! I used to live in France and I think they may be even more obsessed than we are with weight loss, they'd have posters of a fairly skinny girl stood on the scales looking guilty to try to sell you diet pills.

Hi

thanks for all your kind words.
gail - according to your letter I have lost a lot of brain cells in the last year and am continuing to not gain any - seemns you can't win but I guess that explains the no bonus situation.

Gail: I love it! Does this mean I don't have to diet after all? Unfortunately, that would be a no!

From the previous blog:

Welcome back, Tiggs.

Baggy: not a pleasant position to be in. I would suggest you get a pad and pen and write down absolutely everything you have achieved/altered/improved since you started that job. Take it in with you to the meeting and be very clear that you are referring to it, while making sure your boss can't read it. MwK taught me that particular trick! Seriously, good luck and as was said earlier, take control. Oh, and try to be prepared for whatever he is going to moan about!

Annie/Beez: good wee discussion last night about the blog meets. CSN, and anyone else thinking of attending a meet, please do, you will have a great time. I have met so many nice people, just incredible really!

Hope everyone else is ok.

C xx

Gail - Presumably this analogy is only applicable to females...blimmin' sexist ;O)

Nic

xx

Nic, you wouldn't believe what my boss is like, he is always going on about his weight, he's about 6ft 3 or thereabouts and he is 12st 12, he never stops talking about weight, and every time you put any food in your mouth he makes a comment, it really is horrible in a man, my work colleague and I get mad at him and we is always commenting about our weight too, it would drive you to drink!! or food, oh dear it already has!!

X

Gail.

Loving the shoe Chris. I especially liked your interview with Mr Hilditch (?spelling) this morning. I was driving my eldest to school and we were both smiling in a kind of gormless fashion. We thought he sounded a lovely man. I hope he does do a field trip to the shoe with some of his school kids. (I was surprised at my 15 year old as he isn't given to smiling much these days - dratted hormones - when will I get my gorgeous boy back?).

Anyhoo, all the best to you and Johnny for the ice hockey tomorrow - what fun getting padded up and falling about on the ice. (By the way, can you not be so hard on Johnny, please? I know he sets himself up some of the time but you really shouldn't take advantage.)

Righto - lunchtime over - better crack on with some work.

GailyBevs ;)

Hello CLP

I just love Bob Harris - was never that keen and then I heard him interview Henry Priestman about 3 years ago and I just love him now.

(HP's album The Chronicles of Modern Life is great by the way - especially the song "the Idiot" which goes “but the idiot is doin’ fine, Yes, the idiot is not in decline, and the idiot is doing Ok ‘cos the thing about the idiot is there’s one more every day!” lol )

Dorset Photo - I agree about Streets of London, it took me back to my Drama school days when we used to sing it to learn annunciations! - it was also the first EP 45 that my mum handed down to me :)

Chrissie - yes it would be nice if we could learn from other's differences! Great quote Chris!

By the way Chris - glad to hear you mention that you're going to lay off Jonny a bit – kept wondering if I should mention that poor Jonny seemed to get more and more of a hammering! Phillip Schofield said it best yesterday (on a totally unrelated matter) “I'm all for making sarcasm and condescension an art form, but the remarks shouldn't get too personal otherwise it's akin to laughing at the school bully picking on the spotty kid”

Hope everyone has a FAB day :)

Kip x

"It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves" Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Forgot to say, I had a tear in my eye when you played the song for Haiti this morning - it sounded fantastic. Well done to all involved. GB

Re: Post 20, I meant "he is", see told you he has driven me to drink!

Gail, Your boss should worry...I am 5 inches shorter than him and almost the same weight...ah well...lol...
Oh and Chris, more Rolling Stones and less Beatles please...we aren't all enamoured with them ya know...ta!

Nic

x

@ GB, I agree well done to Simon Cowell for getting the record produced and out there so quickly, but I hope he also put his hand into his £112 million pocket.

Nic - beatles over stones everyday for me

stop moaning or he will play more leona lewis and then where would we be?

Morning all. Christophe, I'm ashamed to say I missed the show this morning - woke up at 9.45 and I'm still in my pj's hehe. Well, I've spent the weekend running round like a headless whatsit, so I'm relaxing today! The plan was to spend the day on the sofa reading, but now I've got the opportunity I'm not in the mood! The kitchen's spotless though ;-)

Gail, loved your whale/mermaid post. I'm trying to lose some weight myself, doing quite well so far although it's only week 2, but I have a larger frame so I know I'll never be one of those delicate little things. I think it's more important to be fit and healthy than be thin. Having said that, everyone is different and some people are like that naturally so, as Christophe says, it's about embracing the differences.

I remember an album my dad had with Roger Whitaker doing Streets of London - by gum that man can whistle! Not sure if that's the version that was played this morning, but it brings back lovely childhood memories for me.

Hope everyone's doing ok - hump day tomorrow :-)

AF xx

An even mix of Beatles and Stones would be a good compromise.
GailyB

With a spattering of The Monkeys.

x

GailyB - Compromise = not good. Harmony = Good.

HarmoNic

xx

Cheryl darling, I do hope you meant Monkees and not Monkeys as I don't think you should be advocating spattering them!

Nic

xx

Point taken Nic - harmony is the answer and if we have an even balance of Beatles and Stones mixed with a smattering of the Monkees, we'll be well harmonised. GB

Oh Nanci Griffiths, Beth Neilsen Chapman, Gretchen Peters, Alison Kraus... love them all. Would they be classed as folk or are they country?

Afternoon,

Hi Chris, I am glad you had a good time last night. Never really thought about Folk music, so I will give it a try - I like a bit of country.

The Streets of London took me back as well, I am sure my brother used to play it on the guitar, I will have to check with him.

AF, Still in your PJ's at 1:42pm - you go girl xx
Gail, Loved your letter about the whale, I too must be very clever xx

I have just turned another cog in the wheel of change and should be able to spill all on Friday, after I've told the parents on Thursday. All three bosses approve, so once the parents give it their approval I just need to get off my behind and put it into action! Don't get too excited, it's not that thrilling....honest!

It's been mad busy this morning the phone hasn't stopped and two people dropping in - I've only just eaten lunch!

AliB
xx

The pedant strikes again....

I'm with you Deevs on the Monkees (sorree that is how it should be), Daydream Believer was one of the first records I bought (the real one was one that was mentioned in rather mocking terms on t'other blog last week). This was after my aunt had bought it and driven the family mad playing it over and over - there you go, a bit of the rebel in me when I was 10....

mtd ffb xxx

Yep. Monkeeeeeeeeeees! Of course.

Although I am partial to a monkey too ... born in 1968 I am a Chinese Monkey!

Monk Monk rocks.

Deevs

x

Howabout some Beach Boys too? They know how to sing a toon and get us in the mood for some sunshine!

Monk Monk is scary!!

Nic

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Hellen, I'd have said country music but I think this 'folk, country and roots' thing all sort of blends in.

I remember the first time I ever heard Nanci Griffith. She was on the Wogan TV show which gives you an idea of how long ago it was. She came on and sang 'Outbound Plane' and I absolutely loved her. I bought her 'Little Love Affairs' album soon after that and have continued to love her from that day on, buying all her stuff and going to see her about six times over the years. She has the most amazing, soft, witty turn of phrase and is an absolute joy to see live.

I'll always be thankful to Terry for introducing me to her music.

(On the folk side, I just adore Kate Rusby. What a voice).

xx

Less frantic Beatles would be nice. 'Blackbird' and 'Here comes the sun'. Oh I wish Spring would hurry up.

On the subject of spring- Chris was talking about bluebell woods,and was going to drive home past one he knows about today to see the flowers. Chris, the snowdrops are just coming up, bluebells wont be on flower til nearly April. Spect that will be a 'wrong bong' tomorrow!


Mcw x

Tiggs !!! Welcome back xx are you up and running properly now - back on line and everything?

Don't much like folk music myself - can suffer the odd one or two tunes though.

Just whizzing through to say hi to Tiggs and to let you know we have blue sky and sunshine here and my car thingy wotsit said it was 9 degrees - wow!

Beez xx

Wotcha Beez, you've got a veritable heatwave. Tis grey, damp and a bit mizerable up darn Essex. Bit like me today- tho' I'm not grey yet!

Mcw x

Afternoon all

Don't mind a bit of country, not into folk music really but do appreciate what great musicians they are. Thanks for moving on to spring this morning, Christoff, and pleased there has been no more talk of the C word, want none of that for at least another 10 months! Enjoyed the show again and the mystery guest segment was brilliant.

Baggy, hugs to you, doesn't seem fair to me xx

Welcome back Tiggs, don't know how you survived without t'internet for so long, mine has not been playing ball today until now and it felt like I'd lost my right arm!

Hi to everyone else.

Pen xx

MCW - according to the weather forecast - it's heading your way but then you are sending your rain back up here. That's not nice!
Meant to say agree with your remarks about the Beach Boys - one of their sunny songs would be good.

Beez xx

PS - I'm a little bit 'cited - we are picking uo our new car today - its the first time either of us has bought a car thats pretty new (a 06 plate) and the first time we have bought a car for us to share :-)

Hi Pen - must have missed the C word comment - not listened all the way through for the last two mornings. Totally agree - be a bit warm if I have to wear my humbug hat all summer!

Beez xx

Hi All,

Chris - Love that, nothing to add!

Glad you had a top night out last night ladies......wait for it......and Deev x

Deev - Keep calm and carry on, if you've managed not to lose it before now, you can manage a couple more days x

Ali - DON'T GET TOO EXCITED?!?!?!?!?!?! Are you kidding....roll on Friday!

SuperBeep - whilst my views on bonuses and pay would probably fall into the 'not largely shared box' I do feel for you.
Reading your take of it, you seem to be in a bit of a bear pit and struggling to fight your way out of it a bit.
That says more good about you than it does about your colleagues.
Take Chrissie's advice and get stuck in, you might be surprised at the result. x

Nic - I hope you've got a big night out planned on Wednesday ;^))

Rips

x

Who is regretting sending a text to the show this morning in which I may have proposed to the beautiful Hells Bells inadvertently!!

AF: hiya, nice to see you!

Kip: where do you get all these great quotations?! How true is today's?!

Baggy: I did leave a message for you earlier - perhaps you didn't see it, or perhaps you just don't want to talk about it anymore! No worries, just thought I'd mention it!

C xx

Rips - thanks - I have never had a job I can't do before and I know I should be able to meet the challenge but I feel sometimes I'm expected to do too much and thats just what I'm here to do so I contantly feel I'm not quite good enough - maybe I'm not

sorry C - I did see your message - and I thinks thats a great idea but I'm in the feeling where I can't see objectively what I'm doing and if I'm worth what they are paying me.

Beez, The C comments were one day last week, and don't worry I did berate him (CLP) on this ere blog, and on your behalf as well!!

Pen xx

Love that - what a great saying.

Loving you being back for breakfast time but I have to say, I really dont like that megaphone bit you do, it makes me cringe! Really not funny, I have to switch over at that point! The kids bits a bit painful too! Anyway, apart from that......love it!

Liz x

Superbeep - First of all.

You definitely are!

Secondly - make sure you let them know how their deficiencies make your job more difficult, it's a two way street.
And remember you won this job when there were very few jobs like this around. So as others have said...move on!

If push comes to shove you can come and work for us!
What are you like on stepladders? 8^O

Rips

Who is praying that Dreamers absence has no relation to fish death!

Or Cat suicide for anyone listening to J.Vine.....Cat suicide for goodness sake!!!

Oops! can I soften that a bit....move on...if that's what you think will make you happier.....must read back!

x

Yet again hear hear CLP. My sentiments exactly. And, funny enough, as I hurtled back from beautiful Norn Ireland yesterday I just caught Judy Collins talking to Richard Allinson, when she spoke about how a singer/songwriter doesn't own a song so much as channel it, and therefore what a joy and an affirmation it is to have it sung by another artist. I thought that was such a lovely sentiment. What was funny about it was that I very nearly suggested Send In The Clowns as my Golden Oldie that very morning. Spooky.

Now then. Baz's surprise for me is a new white van. Well, I say new; it's one that he has repossessed from someone else. Generous? Ah no. For years he's bin' peckin' at me head to get rid of me car and drive a van, and for years I've told 'im push off. I'll drive one if absolutely neccessary of course, nowt wrong with drivin' a van; but he's unnaturally and irrationally amused by the thought of me drivin' Renee and Joan around in the works van. Not to mention turnin' up at Harvey Nics or some noncy nightspot in it. So 'e's bin' told no offence, like; but stick it where the squirrels stick their nuts an' instead 'e's payin' for my birthday do in Knutsford with 'imself and 'is long-sufferin' missus, the GD and BF, the brother-outlaw, etc. Result.

Right. Am off to nail up another of me pressys to the apple tree, namely a marvellous tit-box made out like a caravan. Hurrah lovely. Well, in fairness, anything's an improvement on the fire-station one that Renee couldn't work out why the tits were givin' it a wide berth, till further inspection disclosed the floor 'ad fell out.

Laters.

Oh yes. Suzy; I'll send you that NYC info as soon as I've caught me breath, haven't forgotten, sunshine. Am mad jealous, mind. It'll be my turn in March, hurrah!!

Clodagh.xx

Rips: WHAT did you say to Hells Bells?! If it's not going a step too far, I was quite taken with her at the O2! But ..... in a "sisterly" way, honest!

Baggy: You are just going through a crisis of self-belief at the moment. You have nothing to lose by taking the bull by the horns! If I can just say, briefly, that my boss absolutely annihilated me this morning for posting last night, a "late" calendar, to someone he was meeting for coffee this morning. I had to endure a 15 minute hammering over the £2.29 I spent on postage. His credit card bill for December, dining out in London etc, exceeded £2,000!! I hate to say this, but a lot of bosses are twits. Or words to that effect!

C xx

Thanks Rips. Trying to hold it together but really, really struggling. I promised myself I would remain professional but lady boss is making life extremely difficult for me at the mo, to say the least (you know what she's like from our phone chats in the past).

To have her interfering in something she knows nowt about is just insulting. Bit like me giving YOU a guided tour round the Apple Store ....!!!!




On the other end of the spectrum: lovely office lady has just produced a cake she's baked, iced in deep pink, for my bye bye! And also one of the other girls in the office has just given me a bottle of champagne to share with Nic.

Kinda smiling a bit now.

Deevs

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Rips, Wha.... Proposin'... Hells Bells... Right mate yous are in deep doodoo now yous feckless philanderer. Huh.

AND. Yous never invited me to drive your white vans, neither. Despite me HGV licence. Well now I've seen me a**e. Am off to sulk big time.

Baggy. You KNOW you're worth it, sunshine. Don't berate yourself, though; we all need an extra bit of acknowledgement from time to time and that does sound unfair. But you'll sort it, and you're smart enough to know if and when the time is right to jump ship. Just don't do it when the tide's out, that's all.

Clodagh.xx

Hi all

Love a bit of folk now and then but more into the country stuff - Alison Krauss, Emmy Lou, Gillian Welch etc. Glad the evening was good!

Baggy - look in the mirror and have a L'Oreal moment. YOU know you're worth it, even if the others don't always see it. Be strong.

Deev - maybe lady boss is sad to see you go and is trying to hide it?

Miss P

Hello all and clp

Thank you Rips - nice to be missed! Afraid (sorry happy to report) that my absence due not to the fish's demise! Vanessa doing quite well for the moment - but I'll keep you updated! Been lurking a bit so Baggy, sorry things so tough! Sometimes we just have to know that we are good enough and sod what anyone else thinks. They are measuring by their own limited standards and we by ours. Sometimes they will meet and life is good, other times other people's expectations are just that - expectations and it is our duty to ourselves not to be down because we can't meet them! As long as we meet our own (achievable) needs then that is what will ultimately lead to our happiness.


Deev - same as above, just carry on and look forward, imagine you are 5 years down the road. This day and tomorrow will be forgotten and so unimportant!

Right enough of that - Folk music!! Celtic Connections just finished in Glasgow - for anyone with a remote interest in folk music, come to Glasgow in Jan, massive amount of gigs, very late night music sessions with very late bar where many musicians turn up and give impromptu performances most nights. Saw 5 different artists in 2 nights over last few weeks. Chris mentioned Lau on twitter - amazing, if they are coming to a venue near you, you should go!

dreamer
xxx

thanks for all the advice - in order to make myself a bit more popular and to add value I have organised lunch for the 7 women in the office for int ladies day - its a start :-)

Christ - doesn't she go on, so I mentioned the bloody fish!

Rips

xxx

Oh how I laughed!!!! Off to get on with lurking and looking after Vanessa....:(
x

Hello everyone

Thought the border guards were going to let me in this morning but no luck. :-(

So, in no particluar order!

SBP, others have said it all, does sound like you having a challenging time but you strike me as a bean-counter who can fight her corner

Deevs, also, do you think Lady Boss is panicking that you are really going and how is she going to cope without you. Rise above it, Diva lady

AliB, No, It is exciting! Now, where did I put your Mum's number? ;-)

Rips, if you proposed to Hell Bells inadvertantly, how were you proposing to propose?

Beez and all else who mentioned it, I have recorded the Dimbleby Lecture for watching at a later date when I have time to appreciate it properly (and privacy to weep uncontrollably! I was welling up when I read your comment and started thinking about it this morning and am off again now!) I love and adore Sir Terry of the Disc World, have loved his work for years and think the fact that he has been struck by this cruel illness is beyond unfair. He writes a lot about his character, Death, who takes a kindly interest in us humans and hope he has a sympathetic welcome waiting a LONG time in the future.

Oook

Seza xxx

Seza

I like a good Oook on a Tuesday afternoon.

Deevs

x

Clodagh my precious,

I did say inadvertently.....
We all make mistakes! Which is why they are still trying to find that rolling pin by x-ray!!

We deliberately do not buy white vans, and nobody drives mine...not nobody.
Besides it's only a van if the taxman is asking! That's when I have to whip out the lether seats from the back.

As for Hells Bells, all I said was that when I saw her sat/sitting in Chris' Ferrari the other day I damn near proposed on the spot.
I didn't notice at the o2, but she is gorgeous! Attached to one of Maranello's finest or not....

This all came about from Chris saying that if a bird does not mate within the first two weeks of Feb, they remain single for the rest of the year....he then mentioned the exec producer.
I might be barking up the wrong tree, but that will surprise noone!

Rips

x

Baggy I'm sure you don't need to do that, but it's a nice thought, and better than festerin'; have fun!

Deev. Chin up, it'll be weekend before you know it.

At least yous haven't bin' dumped, dissed, cuckolded, cruelly discarded, jettisoned... just 'cause am past me sell-by date wit stress incontinence an' a likin' for fluffy pyjamas . Huh.

Clodagh.xx

Is it home time yet?

Deevs

Always up for an ooook!

Seza xx

Don't yous be back-pedallin' NOW, Rips. Yous has weed on your chips, sunshine. Am eatin' me last Rolo as I speak. Look. Gone. Ha.

Clodagh.


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Cloudagh - thanks - becuase i sit on my own apart from everyone else I can't really join in the chat so i thought a lunch might help me make friends - and I can probably get the company to pay for it - is that bad?

Anyway am doin' me best wit the birds. If them tits don't get a grip of that de-luxe caravan, well, I don't know what.

It'll be Titwatch in Renee's garden from now till Valentine's Day. Oh yes.

Clodagh Humble.xx

By the crin Baggy that's marvellous. Good girrdl!!

C.xx

PS - rips - thanks for the advice about birds mating - must let mr bp know that one and prepare him ;-)

Valentine's Day .... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

:-)

Deevs

x

Need your advice on a replacement upright freezer.
Yes madam what's the name
Ms Beez
Oh yes you have purchased quite a lot with us
Erm Yes
Well we have..............for £
That's fine - Will you take the dead freezer away?
Yes certainly - delivery Thursday afternoon?
Yes - thank you - see you then.

Just how quickly (probably about two minutes max) can I spend hundreds of pounds and not move from my desk??? Hey ho ! all good fun.

Beez xx

Sorry - totally off subject - still not keen on folk music.

PS Meant to say, really know nothing about folk musi, sounds like everyone had a good time last night though

Sbp, lunch sounds like a good idea, have fun

Seza xx

beez - us buying car on sun - 3 hours and lunch to decide and then it took at least half an hour from saying we want it to them letting us go after paying the deposit - no I don't want gap ins, no I don't want to protect the paintwork (cue DVD), no I don't need finance - grrrrrrrrrrr

PS - for the bean counters - mr bp made up a joke - what do you tell the bean counter that commutes??







wait for it






mind the GAAP

hee hee

Seats in the back a your van, Rips?

Hmm.

Maybe I've misjudged yous.

I've a lot a time for a chap who can whip 'is seats out in the back of 'is van for the taxman.

Reminds me of Sundays on Ainsdale Beach in a hurricane. An' Campin' Cala Gogo on the Costa Fortune wit 14 of us in a VW Dormobile when it rained for the first time ever in July.

Not to mention after York Races. But that van 'ad bars on the windows, an' bumpin' round them cobbles without a seat belt ruined me 'at.

Happy days.

Clodagh.xx

LOL Baggy! Drives you mad though doesn't it all the faffing they do when you buy something. That's why I tend to stick to local guys who know me.
Did the same when I bought the car -went to see it - said no too big - went back said - yes I'll have one - in black - that was it.
Think lunch a good idea as you work apart from all others.

Beez xx

Clodagh, just for the record...you opened those Rolos upside down and gave me the first one!

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xxxxx Yep 55 of 'em

Ah NO.

I wondered why them cheeky Rolos kept poppin' up. 'Ave eaten the lot now. Beargth I feel sick. hic. beeearth. That's YOUR fault.

Hahahahahaha slappy slap slap. 55 back.

C.xxx

Aaargh look a the time. The GD will be here any minute.

Laters chaps. Best go wash me face an' get this toffee out me hair.

Clodagh.xx

Just remembered what else I was going to say

Christopher, how excited did you sound when you realised who your 3 minute interview was this morning?

That teacher must have made such an impression on you, it was fantastic and I would love it if you wnet to his school to do the show one day.

Seza xxx

#40 Obamarama We have seen Nanci a few times now too. She always looks so delicate but is so full of energy. And such lovely songs.

Hells

Rips - Has the CMM lowered the dose on your bromide today then....?

Nic

x (Purely platonic)

Do you know Seza - been meaning to say that all afternoon but as soon as I start typing - goes straight out of my head.
Can't wait for Mr Teach to pay a visit to the studio. Half term in a couple of weeks - perhaps he can pop in then Christoph?

I can't remember the name of a single one of my teachers.

Beez xx

Chrissie - I am a Marketing Gal & always have the sniffer out for a good quote - I have stacks of them, so I have them on auto so each day I get a new one up on the computer - Geeky I know I but love a good bit of inspiration – “Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant, they is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks” - Johann Gottfried Von Herder

Baggy - I know I know nothing of your personnel circumstances with you job etc but I do know from my own experience with managers (both rotten & good ones!) & then working my way up to management that if you don’t deal with a situation it will only get worse and you will lose even more job satisfaction! Chrissie is right – make a list of what is making you disgruntled and then from a non biased view point (!) pick the pertinent points to bring up in your meeting – if you going to have a meeting anyway you might as well prepare yourself with well formed explanations of how you feel the company/your manager is failing you and what you think you do well - rather than coming away without having had expressed yourself properly. Being a manger now I like to think (ha ha) that I remember what it was like before I became one – just because we/or he/she is a Manager is doesn’t mean they are always right and that you just have to accept what they say. Obviously there is a line that shouldn’t be crossed, they are after all your immediate boss, but it still doesn’t mean that you can’t express how you feel in your job – as your manager they should be open to how you feel and to trying to help you to get the most out of your job and thereby getting a employee who is good at their job whilst enjoying it – this is all, of course, in a perfect world!

Hope I haven’t over stepped the mark – just want to try and encourage you to approach the situation positively and from a position of strength 

Kip (aka The Geek ) xx

I loved my school days, and can remember every one of my teachers, some best forgotten tho'.

They didn't half seem old at the time, gawd knows how old my grandchildren think I am, I always tell them 29 when they ask, but the older ones are getting wise to that crack, lol

Pen xx

Kip: Ah Ha! That explains it! Keep up the good work, I do enjoy an inspirational quotation!

Re: teachers - my lovely mum was a bar manageress, and when I was about 11 or 12, after going to the Speedway on a Friday night with my dad, we would go back to the pub and wait for my mum to finish work. I used to hide in the ladies' loo, and one Friday night two of my teachers came into the loo and started talking about the guys they were "getting off" with that night! Let's just say, I got an education-and-a-half that Friday! I almost fainted at what they were saying - probably didn't really understand half of it, but the other half I managed to piece together. When I saw them both on Monday morning, it was business as usual, but I could never look either of them in the eye, ever again!

C xx

Lol Nic,

Only because she's going out tonight!

x (take it how you like big fella) 8^)

Dreamer,

I was btw only joking....

I could listen to you rambling on about your mumbo jumbo forever.
Right - hope that's sorted that out, didn't want to offend that's all x

Rips

x

;^)

Hi Peeps,

I was almost in tears of emotion on my way to get my car serviced this morning when Chris read out that poem he wrote for his old teacher and nearly had to pull over to regain my composure!

Rips - s'ok, just go enjoy your rolos....x

Just before I go......stop cheering!

If you are not watching Charlie Brooker's Newswipe, give it a try.
It's on BBC4 at 10:30 it is brilliant! imho.

That's all

Toodles

Rips

x

I'm just loving this blog today. All you happy smiley people. It's infectious.

Baggy- enjoy your new car. It is new to you and that is all that matters.
Mr Mcw ran the gamut of really expensive wagons, ie p**sch*s, Rangeys, and others, but this year announced that he didn't want any more expensive cars with expensive running costs (Mrs Mcw breathes sigh of relief). He then goes out and buys a little belter of a car, a second hand 03, silver l*po (other makes and models are available). He told me this morning as I dropped him off at the railway station, "I love that little car and am going to keep it forever!" Now that is praise indeed from an engineer. Either that or he's having a mid life crisis in reverse!

Mcw x

Evening each

Wonderful quote Chris, would be nice if more people lived by that. Love Bob Harris and Mike Harding but, sorry, can't stand listening to Nanci Griffith (not criticising you understand, just can't be doing with her teacher-like messages).

Opened the curtains this morning and guess what? Bleedin' SNOW!.

Back later when I've caught up. xxxx

Evening all from a very frazzled JG. That's me nerves, not me scorching myself!

Have had one helluva day, and just wish I could go back to my proper job, which is piling up waiting for me...I hate all the rubbish I'm doing at the moment, a cross between marketing and project management :(

MissP - Financial Services here too

Anyway, have finally seen Mr JG, had only seen him for 10 mins since Sunday night, even though we've been living in the same house....the phrase "ships in the night" springs to mind.

Right off to find something for tea/dinner/supper

Back in a bit to catch up

JG x

Right, caught up. Bagpuss: Now, don't take any nonsense. You were a gorgeous, confident girl when I met you last March in London - don't forget that.

Dreamer: Almost got tickets for Ry Cooder and The Chieftains at Celtic Connections but they were sold out - bums.

Clodagh: Please tell me you don't shop at Harvey Nicks. When they opened their Edinburgh store they had the Big Issue seller moved on as he brought the tone down!!!

Deevs: Bite tongue - not many sleeps to go till you say Byeeeeeee.

Hallo Tinsel, Ali, Seza, Tiggs, Beez et al.

xxxxx