Hi Simon and everyone...



Glad Salford was fun for you Simon!



I can only think of one song at the moment!!



I WILL SURVIVE ~ Gloria Gaynor



LM x

Morning all



KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER - Adam and the Ants



Please Simon



Tortie x

Morning Simon



Yep, a wet one it was indeed, including a quick meet up with a fellow CLP blogger and his lovely family, a visit to an amazing 99 year old lady and the usual weekend shennanigans!



Way hey indeed!



Survival?



I'm A Survivor - Destiny's Child (I think it was, anyhooo ....!)



Muchos Amore.



Deevs

x

I know we needed some rain, but did we have to have that much yesterday? And not only wet, but cold too! We didn't put the heating back on, but it was a close call; even the cats, who normally don't sit together, cuddled up on the sofa for warmth!

Morning all ,



"Go Wild In The Country"- bow wow wow

Good morning everyone.



Cold and wet here in Cumbria but then it often is.



Oldies? An obscure one but very good nonetheless:



ADVENTURE by RUPERT HOLMES.

Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye - Tammi Terrell

A few more....



WILD WORLD ~ Cat Stevens



WILD THING ~ The Troggs



WILD NIGHT ~ Van Morrison (Bear must have had a few of them)!



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Morning all,



I'M A SURVIVOR - Reba McIntyre



SOUL SURVIVOR - Rolling Stones



SURVIVORS - Phil Collins

Morning all



Yes, my tomatoes are looking a bit bedraggled after yesterday's deluge. My selection:



Message in a bottle - The Police

Still haven't found what I'm looking for - U2

When the going gets tough - Billy Ocean

Hmmm. Blog playing silly b****rs again when trying to post. Appears to have not done it, but has really when you refresh.



BORN TO BE WILD - Steppenwolf



WALK ON THE WILD SIDE - Lou Reed



THE WILD ONE - Suzi Quattro



WILD CHILD - The Doors

morning all from a still rainy Shire...



WILD WOOD PAUL WELLER

WILD ONE - IGGY POP



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RIVER DEEP MOUNTAIN HIGH IKE & TINA TURNER



RIVER DEEP MOUNTAIN HIGH SUPREMES &THE FOUR TOPS

BEGINNING OF A GREAT ADVENTURE - Lou Reed



LIVING A BOY'S ADVENTURE TALE - Ah-Ha



WHERE EAGLES DARE - Iron Maiden



DARE TO BE DIFFERENT - Donovan



RUNNING THE RISK - Foreigner



EYE OF THE TIGER - Europe

BALLARD OF EASY RIDER THE BYRDS



great lyrics...

THINGS THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF HUMAN LEAGUE

I WANT IT ALL - Queen



I'M STILL STANDING - Elton John



SURVIVING THE LIFE - Neil Diamond



EYE OF THE TIGER - Survivor

I'M STILL STANDING ELTON JOHN

Good Morning Simon, team and Blogpoppets



How about:



I WILL SURVIVE by Gloria Gaynor



ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE by Billy Ocean



BORN TO BE WILD by Steppenwolf



WILD THING by The Troggs



Deebee ~X~

Since a few mountains have been climbed and oceans sailed by this amazing adventurer....



VISIONARY MOUNTAINS ~ Manfred Mann's Earth Band



VISIONARY MOUNTAINS ~ Joan Armatrading



SAILING ~ Rod Stewart

IT'S A MAN'S MAN'S MAN'S WORLD JAMES BROWN

WILD FLOWERS - Dolly Parton (or Linda Ronstadt or Emmylou Harris)



MANY RIVERS TO CROSS - Bruce Springsteen

As xxx is also the current Chief Scout and girls are now aloud to join; and taking into account the adventurist side ....



I WISH I WAS JAMES BOND - Scouting for Girls



or a very traditional scouting song (if you can find it) ...



THESE ARE THE TIMES - Ralph Reader

Good Morning All -



STAYING ALIVE - BeeGees



GOTTA GET THROUGH THIS - Daniel Bedingfield



WHATEVER GETS YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT - John Lennon



I'M GONNA BE STRONG - Gene Pitney

Just thought of another one:



RIVER DEEP MOUNTAIN HIGH by Tina Turner



Where's Billie?



~X~

MANY RIVERS TO CROSS JIMMY CLIFF

WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME - U2

Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N' Roses

Apeman - The Kinks

"Bungle In The Jungle" - Jethro Tull

Did any bloggers watch the Canadian Grand Prix yesterday? Personally I prefer watching British Superbikes and I usually find F1 a bit boring but yesterday's was much more entertaining... even the between-race chat was good with David Coulthard and Martin Brundle... David is very quick witted and he amused me when the camera showed a huge boat sailing past the circuit and DC said "This morning that boat was in dry-dock!" :o))

DELIVERANCE SOUNDTRACK DUELLING BANJOS

#23 Thanks Alex, you've made me think of:



MANY RIVERS TO CROSS by UB40



#25 Ah, there you are!



~X~

Morning all



As it was v wet yesterday, spent most of the day in the loft, finishin the boarding out, so aching back and knees today!



Could I suggest



BIG COUNTRY - IN A BIG COUNTRY



cheers



A

25 MILES EDWIN STARR

TAKE ME TO THE RIVER - either AL GREEN or TALKING HEADS

LuciesMum - I'm a MotoGP fan. I used to follow WSB and BSB but there's just too much else to do at weekends at the mo (and long may it continue!) James Toseland was on Question Of Sport last weekend - the good looking swine!



We did watch the Canadian GP, having recorded it when we went to our dance class. We were amazed when the recording finished and it was still on live at 9pm! Excellent banter, excellent finish (I like Jenson Button, he seems decent!) but on the whole, I just find F1 has disappeared up it's own behind and is all about the money now. I used to follow it in the Senna/Prost days when it was actually "racing" and not a procession.



As for the theme ..... it's "I'll get me coat" time ....



I MADE IT THROUGH THE RAIN - BARRY MANILOW



*runs for cover*



Deevs

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#26 thanks Deebee



ALL BY MYSELF - Eric Carmen

Morning,



Camping next to water - Badly drawn boy



Mountains - Biffy Clyro



In a big country - Big Country



Long walk home - Bruce Springsteen



Going up the country - Canned Heat



Don't Panic - Coldplay



Hunter - Dido



Natures Law - Embrace

#35 Deevski - EXCELLENT!



RUNNING BEAR - Johnny Preston

SO STRONG LABI SAFFRE

Morning Everyone and, of course, Simon the Drivetime Dude, The Team and The NYM,



Get me, I've just tweeted (!?! - for someone who doesn't quite 'get' Twitter, it's an achievement), Take me to the River by Talking Heads but I also want to suggest



TIGER FEET by MUD



Hope you're all well. Lincolnshire was most definitely puddle-wonderful over the weekend. The younger boy had a fab time at a laser quest (other boys games...) birthday party yesterday - he was, as we say in Scotland, drookit.



Off to catch up with work and happenings on this 'ere blog.



~ xx

Why, thank you Billie! I try my best ....!



;-)



x

Quick good morning from me today. Chaos ensuing as we speak.



Paul Weller - Wild Wood



Roxy Music - Amazona



Hope to see you all later!



X

#40 - to save any confusion, I know Lincolnshire isn't in Scotland ;) ~ xx

It was played before but it's a cracking song



I'M JUST A COUNTRY BOY - Ricky Scaggs



or



MOTHER NATURE'S SON - Beatles

For the lyrics - not the title -



SOLDIER BLUE - Buffy Sainte-Marie

NEVER SMILE AT A CROCODILE - Rolf Harris

Hi and also glad that Salford went ok for you Simon, Should have done an oldies for that man on the train ..... starting with "Can the Can" lol.



Anyway I digress, here are my adventurous offerings:



1. WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH - Billy Ocean

2. ITS ONLY NATURAL - Crowded House

3. LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP - ??????

4. NATURE BOY - ????????

5. Anything by KIM WILDE

6. GO WILD IN THE COUNTRY - Bow Wow Wow

7. I'M A SURVIVOR - Destinys Child

8. EYE OF THE TIGER - Survivor



Oh and me and the guy mate are fine now....although I never got an apology but have worked out when I am right and he is wrong .... he walks off!!! yay! 3 word Monday ...CRACKED MENS MIND!!!! LOL

Also:



Alive and Kicking - Simple Minds

#29 LuciesMum, Yes, I was glued to it. I was just thinking of giving up watching when they announced 10 minutes to te restart.



One of the best F1 GPs I can recall seeing.



How about DON'T FEAR THE REAPER - Blue Oyster Cult

Labi Saffre....Something inside so strong



https://youtu.be/otuwNwsqHmQ



BLTD

Arg.

3rd attempt to blog.

Tired and losing the will to blog - could it be, has it really happened?? Nah.



Glad to hear Lord Ammo made it back from 'oop North with only one encounter of a tame lager & peanut lout - with whom he shared his Friday night!

Morning all, hope you managed a good weekend in between the showers.



Somewhat damp in Oxon today - even the plants are holding up brollies - and every weekend news report I heard included reports of drought and hosepipe ban fooolery...made me LAUGH

Mr e and I swapped rôles last night, Mr e "I'm going to put on the heating" Mrs e "why don't you put on a jumper instead"





I want to 2nd #12, PSL's WILD WILD WOOD' from the Modfather...

Plus 'ANT FARM' by The Eels (must have sat on a few of those)

'CRIPPLE CREEK FERRY' Neil Young (must have travelled on a few of those..)

'IF DIRT WERE DOLLARS' by Don Henley (he'd be rich!)

In honour of the weather, maybe Sim, sorry, Lord Ammo could think about playing

THE ARK by Gerry Rafferty or CRYING TO THE SKY by the superb Be Bop Deluxe.



By the way, regarding Friday's discussion regarding lamé and flambé and other such european letterings, here is a handy website:

https://www.cdrummond.qc.ca/cegep/informat/Professeurs/Alain/files/ascii.htm

Hold down Alt and type the number (using the number keypad) in the “Dec” column, this will give you the character you want in most Windows programs, certainly in Word, Outlook and Notepad.

For example, Alt+130 gives you é, Alt+135 gives you ç and so on.

No need to scuttle to Word, insert symbol, cut paste and all that malarky.

Have a nice day y'all,

THE WILD FRONTIER - Bruce Hornsby & The Range



RUN WILD - Barbra Streisand

Sorry PSl didnt refresh before I posted...........will try harder ;-)



Great tune.......



BLTD

Coffee break time!!! And believe me, I need it today after wearing myself out yesterday - 4 hours driving in the pouring rain. The M3/M25 were definitely puddle-something, but wonderful isn't the word I would have used...



I don't normally do multiple song-suggesting posts, but if it's not too late I just thunk of another one, which is such a lovely song I had to include it:



NATURE BOY by George Benson



Missed the Grand Prix, but as a result of it lasting 4 hours Jason Isaacs was cut off in his prime at the end of yesterday's Case Histories - our HDD box isn't clever enough to work out when a programme starts late. Good thing it's a 2 parter.



On the subject of recording - anyone know if you can record things off the red button? I'd really like to see the 5 Live show from last Friday, but I don't know whether I'll get the chance as we have a state visit from my Mum this week.



~X~

Gosh, I too thought DARE TO BE DIFFERENT by DONOVAN.

I SURVIVE by ADAM FAITH.

OUT IN THE WOODS by LEON RUSSELL.

HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO by BONNIE TYLER.

HUNTING HIGH & LOW by A-HA.

DESERT ISLAND DISCS theme tune.

THE HUNTER GETS CAPTURED BY THE GAME by SMOKEY ROBINSON, DEBBIE HARRY, GRACE JONES, etc.

Good morning all!



Simon, thank you again for playing my ARFO! It was for Katy as well so perhaps we should share the crown.



The weekend's rain gave us an opportunity to clear out the loft. Difficult when wearing a crown - don't know how the Queen manages. Anyhow, a huge box was filled for the charity shop and 6 bin liners for the rubbish. Usual arguments - "can't throw that out", "yes, I can - it's been in the loft for 12 years and we haven't needed it". My dear old Looby Loo doll went to the rubbish - she looked like she had smallpox plus other unmentionable diseases. I did save my Dad's elephant and monkey that he had when a boy - they are over 75 years old and very threadbare but I couldn't part with them.



Hope everyone else had productive weekends.



Back later



A-G

Good Morning Each! And congratulations to Whispering Bob. Well deserved, Sir! Perhaps we should come up with a new nickname. I suggest Bobobe, pronounced Bobber Bee.



Bear G. oldies...



'The Wanderer' by Dion & The Belmonts



'The Bravery Of Being Out Of Range' by Roger Waters



'Floating Away (In A Bath Tub)' by Toploader



'Guess Who's Coming To Dinner' by Black Uhuru



'Free Fallin'' by Tom Petty



'North West Passage' by The Sheringham Shantymen, or The McCalmans

How the heck are the tune choosers going to pick five or six songs from so many good ones today?

#56 Maybe the Queen wears a scarf over her crown when she's clearing out the loft at Buck Palace - á la Hilda Ogden... I am useless at clearing out, particularly anything with sentimental value. I still have a couple of teddy bears that I've had most of my life - they gathering dust fairly unloved somewhere or other, but I could never bear (see what I did there...?) to throw them out. Also, I was in Son's room last week changing his bedding while he was away, and I spotted his Lamb that was given to him as a 'welcome home' present when he first arrived, by a very dear friend of ours who is sadly no longer with us. And I thought to myself that I must rescue it, just in case he ever decides to throw it away.



~X~

Morning All,



Late to the party. Doesn't really matter as I haven't got any suggestions, lol.



The OH thinks that I am a hoarder. I saved quite a lot of stuff from the family home when my dad moved and it lingered for years in the upstairs attic bedroom. When we came to clearing out so the Elder boy could have his own room I ended up selling all my dolls on fleabay. Got £20.00 for one Sindy Doll! Broke my heart really at the time but doesn't feel so bad now. As for the rest...I was being really brave and putting loadsa stuff on the "to throw" pile only for the OH to go through it saying "Oh, don't throw that", "you can keep that" etc. His bugbear with me are cards. I just keep them and I don't know why. Told OH to just throw them when I am not there and I wouldn't know. Too sentimental methinks.



Hope you all had a good weekend.



A.

Back again!



I've just been doing an online shop with ELH for when we get back from our hols - why does it take longer to do a 'virtual' shop than it does to actually go there, shop, go home and unpack? Or is it just me? : (



Tortie x

Good morning all,



Morning Simon,I hope the larger drinker took his cans with him when he left the train????



Blinking heck you lot ,you're fast ...can't keep up with the muscic thing but just wanted to poop by to wish you all a good week.



Katy /Deebee,thanks for pooping over last week ,so nice to see that we have lovely nieghbours ,I think I saw that Sezza said that the gate was on order ,must ask her who's ordering it .A nice arched one would look nice don't you think cut into the hedge.



Oh!!! well you don't want to hear me banging on ,I'll let you get back to your music ,Enjoy !!!



Take care all....Bids.xxx.

THE DRIFTER RAY POLLARD

#59 & 60 - I have always been a hoarder too. I think it is because we moved so much when I was young that "stuff" became important and carrying it with me from place to place made each new house feel like home. There are some things I could never get rid of - my cuddly dog that my sister gave me when I went to boarding school, all the cards Mr P has given me over the years, etc. But other things are just that - things.



But wow, £20 for a Sindy doll? All my Sindy's (and all their furniture) are in my Mum's loft. Perhaps I should do a clear out there!! Might even fund the new house!!

Hey Alex~G - did a little dance and may have whooped a whoop when I heard you got ARFO - well done - fab choon :) I'm sure Katy would be magnanimous and let you have it all to yourself - she's lovely that way, you know. Hee hee!!! Clearing the loft wearing the crown - conjures up an image ;)



Hee hee Deebee - wearing the crown with a headscarf on top. Actually, I think Queenie is quite partial to a headscarf so I guess anything is possible.



#61 - Tortie - I thought it was just me. It's not even any less stressful, is it? When are you off on your hols?



~ xx

#35 Deevs... I used to like Moto GP but 14 or 15 MotoGP bikes is not as as much fun to watch as 30+ Superbikes in BSB, with the likes of Josh Brookes, Tommy Hill, Shakey Byrne et al! I find Supersport or 125 in BSB, better to watch than a MotoGP race at the moment!



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Guilty as charged m' Lud - I'm a hoarder too. I have an ottoman which served as a toy box when the boys were little and it is stuffed full of the German plastic figures, cars, buildings, etc plus we have boxes of the Danish building bricks that I can't bear to part with. I like to think the teddies and other soft toys in the roof space regularly have a party when we're not around. I can just see Andy Pandy and Postman Pat throwing some moves ;)



Good idea, JPA, to get someone else to chuck the stuff out - as you say you'd be none the wiser.



Oh what's that I hear, oh yeah, it's the grindstone.



Laters sweet pataters



~ xx

On the subject of lofts, our large one has 32, yes 32 international-sized rigid packing cases full of my Mother-in-Law's house contents which have been there since about 2001...she lives locally, and asked me to look in the boxes for something (btw she was packed, moved and had her stuff delivered to our house for £14k from South Africa...) in that box, movers had carefully wrapped now fossilized blue tack, old bits of string and the like. Arg.

I have never been near the boxes again, but have plans for this summer when Oxfam will be benfitting from the decent stuff she doesn't want, and the recycling centre (aka tip) from the rest.

It's going to be a BIG job.

Last song suggestion from me, in honour of his Everest achievement and no doubt one that has been suggested already:



MISTY MOUNTAIN HOP by the Mighty Led Zep.

Morning all! Can I endorse the choice of "In a Big Country" by Big Country not heard on the radio enough in my humble opinion. My U2 song of the day "In Gods Country" and a special off the wall request for "Born to be a Brownie" by Fat and Frantic. Hopefully Mr Mayo remembers them!



GB

#65 Next Thursday, Toots - Kefalonia for a week, and after this weekend's weather, I can't wait!

Morning all



Cheeky suggestion for the survival expert :-)



Late Night Grande Hotel - Nanci Griffith

#70 - Ooooh that sounds fab, Tortie. You'll have a great time, once you're thawed out. Would you be able to see your way clear to bringing back some sunshine for us poor unfortunates who are having to tolerate the east coast weather, please? It's a lot warmer today but still looks dreich outside :(



~ xx

Surely:



The Bare Necessities - from The Jungle Book....



I know, I'm sorry, only joking - please don't throw things at me!!

Oooooh, has anyone suggested





GIMME SHELTER - ROLLING STONES



if not, I will. If yes, then sorry!



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#72 I'll see if they'll let me smuggle some on board, Toots!

#68 My Mum still has boxes in her loft and garage that have not been unpacked since her return to the UK 25 years ago!!! Lord knows what's in them - too scared to look. Specially after opening one of her boxes a few years back and finding a nice cake tin...........that still had cake in it. At least, we think it was cake............



The one thing I really struggle with clearing out is books. We run out of room, I just buy more shelves.



Lucky Tortie - as Toots said, send us some sunshine! (And a postcard!)

#75 - Tortie, you're a true friend.



Re: Hoarding - anything at all with sentimental value I struggle to throw out. I chucked out the ex-hubby (I didn't really, he left of his own freewill, I'm just going along with the theme) but I still have my wedding ring and the photograph album. Is that too weird?

#77 Not weird at all. I left the ex-Mr P but I still have the wedding album. In fact, the current (and for now and forever) Mr P and I were talking last night about whether said album should be included in our move. I might keep the pics that don't have the ex in them.

#58 - Precisely. The team might aswell do a lucky dip.

#64 - AG, My Sindy wasn't even all in one piece. She was the dark haired ballerina one with poseable (?) legs and arms but she had one hand missing, complete with the original outfit and posing stand. If you can bear to part with your Sindy stuff, I think you'll be surprised at what you could get.



#76 - I can't throw books away either which is why the OH got me a kindle. Doesn't mean I'll stop buying books, but it does slow down the rate of shelf buying hahaha!



Maybes laters



A.

hi all



i will survive-gloria gaynor



tarzan boy-baltimora



nature boy-bobby darin

#79 - Warmest welcomes to Footballistically - great name - hope you can stick around and join in the fun :)



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JPA - I keep cards from special occasions - important wedding anniversaries, birthdays with a '0' on the end, that sort of thing. But other cards I'm quite happy to throw out.



I do have a problem with books though. I'm an avid reader, and I'm always buying paperbacks. But once I've read them they sit on the shelves gathering dust. Very occasionally I'll read something again, if it's a particularly good read.



Toots - love the idea of you throwing out the ex-hubby as part of a clearing out day! LOL!



Hi Bids - nice to see you. That sounds like a lovely idea for a gate - hope it's not too expensive!



~X~

#80 I have the blonde ballerina one and I am pretty sure she still has her original outfit. There is a box of Sindy clothes in the loft. Hmmm, may have to visit Mother and sort out the Sindy's, their clothes and their furniture. An afternoon of play, I mean clearance, is on the cards!

#78 - Glad it's not just me. Bit of a dilemma tho' whether to take or not to the new house. Good compromise, taking the ones without the ex.



Btw, the Hat of Inappropriate Bloggery hasn't been awarded of late, has it? (This one might even qualify for the Tony Blackburn Hat ;) )Has anyone suggested:-



THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT - TIGHT FIT



*ducks for cover*

Good afternoon,



I'm very late (about 3 days actually). As it happens I have been out this morning donating stuff to a charity shop that supports adults with learning disabilities (the type of charity that is close to my heart). Need to get rid of more stuff so the above posts talking about hoarding will spur me on!



Congrats to Alex-Girl on her crown. Suits you madam!



Deebee, your weekend sounded perfect. Spending time with a 99 year old is my idea of a great way to spend time. So much life to hear about.



Internet supermarket shopping - When you have a toddler it is preferable rather than attempting to do it in store.



Feeling very proud of Mr 39 (38 actually). Yesterday he cycled 100 miles in all that awful weather in aid of a male cancer charity called Orchid.



Have a good day.x

#84 - Ooooh, oooh!!! Alex!!! Please may I come for a play date? Oooops, I mean to help with the arduous task of clearing the attic ;) ~ xx



Ooops-a-doodle - forgot to say 'hi' to the lovely Bids from next door. If you need help fitting the gate, I know someone who can help ;)



~ xx

#83 - Deebs, if only it had been that easy ;)



#86 - JPA, well done Mr 39 (38 actually). Challenge enough without the rotten weather.



~ xx

# 76:

I think maybe the cake will morph into a new life form if you leave it long enough...it could be like the primeaval sludge from which we all sprung..

Now that's true of some more than others (ie developed out of a Fruit Cake, became a Fruit Cake..)

Did anyone watch Camelot?

Who was it for?? A script by a 12 year-old, naughty bits for Skins fans, and they spent all their money on the 2 main actors (Joseph Fiennes and Eva Green) the rest were like local rep actors.

'King Arthur' looked like Anneka Rice's offspring which was disconcerting as he did not wear a jump suit at any time.

Shocking waste of time (mine) and money (theirs).

If you want to see some typecasting, my Mother was playing a 'batty old lady' in Doctors on Friday lunchtime - life imitating art I suggested to her!

#86 Well done Mr 39 (38 actually)! That is some achievement!



#87 Of course you can!

#89 I recorded it Suzie, but not watched it yet; I might not now having read your review! I thought it might be something to watch whilst ironing, now that Dr Who's finished for a while!

#89 - Have to say I didn't watch Camelot - forgot it was on. Doh! I saw Doctors on Friday lunchtime - your Mum was fab as the 'batty old lady'.



~ xx

Afternoon all



#86 I have to agree, trying to go round a supermarket, with a 4 (nearly 5) year old and a monster boy of 18 months, is just not worth the hassle, I would gladly pay twice as much for the delivery!



Interesting discussion on lofts and hoarding, my mother still has most of my Action Man stuff - mainly 1970's originals, which I've not parted with, could be useful for an online auction oneday.



It must be something about this blog which attracts hoarders, as it seems most of us can't throw anything away, esp books!



#78 Alex - when I split up from my ex-wife, all photo's with me on it had been removed from sight before I had even collected all my stuff!



A

#90 - Yay!!! I didn't have a Sindy doll, my sister did. I had Tressy - her hair grew if you turned a screw in her belly button!?!



~ xx

Julia, my Mum's not quite 99 yet! She'll be 78 in August, and her friends that came with us are 80 and 86. I know exactly what you mean though. Although there was a rather lengthy discussion over lunch about their and their friends' various ailments! Congrats to Mr 39 (38 actually) - a great achievement indeed!



The other thing I hoard is concert and theatre programmes - big, glossy things which are invariably overpriced and get shoved in a drawer as soon as you get home. In fact, if I go somewhere with Mr B these days he doesn't let me buy one.



I had Sindy's younger sister - think she was called Patch. I'll have to go and have a look in my loft now...



~X~

Still on the subject of hoarding, when my parents moved to Dorset from the house in Sittingbourne that my brother and I had grown up in, they had a big clear out of the loft and got rid of my dolls' house (which my Dad had made himself - including wallpaper on the walls and bits of carpet on the floors) and my brother's train set. Tragic...



~X~

Since Bear Grylls was the youngest Brit to climb Everest... an excuse for a Kate Bush song!



RUNNING UP THAT HILL ~ Kate Bush



x

#91 it might cause you to singe a few collars n cuffs, the racy bits are just that - but the script is goddam awful. Modern expressions, used in the wrong era. (When did someone in the middle ages ever say 'like' not meaning to LIKE someone...



If you watch Skins (the rude soap for teens and up) it would be puuurrrfect.

#92, thanks, will tell her when she gets back from her lastest jaunt!

Also to be seen on Casualty, Misomer murders, Peak practice (as was) Crimewatch (as a stand-in witness, not a villain!). Whenever there is a batty old lady required, 'who you gonna call'? Seems to be my Mother.

Still waiting for her Big Break (anyone writing a 'driving Miss Daisy' sequel?)

Lunchtime! x