Morning again Simon and everyone



That was well timed as I'm about to take my dogs out for a walk and thought I'd have another quick look to see if Simon's blog was up yet!



SCENES FROM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT ~ Billy Joel



xx

A couple more before I go walkies!



ITALIAN GIRLS ~ Rod Stewart



ROME WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY ~ Nick Lowe



Back later xx

Good Morning All :)



I am blogging from a pad based device, in bed! Still croaky and bug-ridden, but slightly better.



Go on Simon, have a croissant, or a pain au chocolat (I love them!)



*Scratches head over oldies*



DOLCE VITA - RYAN PARIS



Not that Italians are living la dolce vita these days, well, excepting maybe Silvio Berlusconi!

Good morning Simon and team and of course all of YOU..



Dean Martin Mambo Italiano or even *better* That's Amore



Have a great birthday Gazza.....



BLTD

Good Morning again -



Suggest



LITTLE ITALY - Stephen Bishop

2 from Dean Martin



ARRIVEDERCI ROMA



THAT'S AMORE



and



WE OPEN IN VENICE - Rat Pack



Theme from THE GOD FATHER ( Speak Softly Love) - Andy Williams

MAMMA MIA - ABBA



This oldie's theme is a toughie!

Morning Bloggers:

Here we go for the Italian Theme



Seven Bridges Road: The Eagles - Rome is built on Seven Hills

Hi Simon and Blogsters



Glad you resisted the pasties ...oops I mean pastries ....I have changed my mid morning snack from those packet of 3 Go Ahead Garibaldi type biscuits to TRACKERS which are lighter in calories and have choc chips in them so all the better!



On the topic of First Record bought .....well i am NOT ashamed to say it was "Making your Mind up - Bucks Fizz" out of the bargain bin at the newsagents where I had my paper round in 1981! First car though...Lipari Blue Mini Mayfair in 1989!



Anyway time to get all Italian like:



1. SHADDAP YOUR FACE - Joe Dolce

2. WORLD IN MOTION - New Order ( World Cup theme from Italia 90!)

3. Pizza Hut - Fast Food Rockers

4. MA CHICO LATINO - Geri Halliwell

5. CRASH - The Primitives

6. HELP- The Beatle

7. EXCERPT FROM A TEENAGE OPERA - Keith West

8. DONT TRY AND STOP IT - ROMAN HOLLIDAY

9. NESSUN DORMA - Pavarotti

10. MAMMA MIA - ABBA



Harder than Downton...i'm stretched!! Laters for more.



Congrats to all Menshes yesterday.



HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE HORNET!!!!



Have a lovely day



Mandy ;)

Morning your Lordship, team, NYM and tutti bloggeri,



Simon, glad to see you are still lurking in coffee houses of a morning. Several years ago I used to commute into an office near Oxford St. On my morning trudge up Regent St, just before the church and Broadcasting House I would often see you slouched in the window, mug in hand, looking not quite ready for the day!



So, with cappucino nearly finished, here goes:



QUE SERA SERA - Doris Day



QUE SERA MI VIDA - Gibson Brothers



THAT'S AMORE - Dean Martin

Morning all



My last Mayo Blogpoppet post before heading off in search of a sunbed, and to give the Greek economy a bit of a boost ...



HAPPY BIRTHDAY GAZMONDO!





As for Italy, it's got to be ...



THAT'S AMORE - DEAN MARTIN



oft requested for ARF, sadly never chosen.



Muchos Amore!



Deevs

x

Morning all, DT team, bloggers and poppets and of course the multi-lingual Lord Ammo.

Absent Monday due to being lumbered with buying (and wrapping etc) leaving gifts for our latest staff member to leave. This put me behind at work-face (never good for a Monday) so had to play catch-up all day.

The good thing was even tho I was in town at 8.30am, no shops I wanted were open, so I HAD to lounge in a well known coffee chain (English name is 'ready to eat', no accents needed here) with a 'flat white' and crispy, flaky, buttery croissant. ...my motto Lord A, is a little of what you fancy now and then is good for the soul.



#1 & #5 my favourite tunes!!



Am worried now, RE Italy as Mr e and I are off to the Amalfi coast on Sunday for an anniversary trip - & hoping that there will be staff, food, and we won't have to carry our money around in wheelbarrows as in the days of the Lira.



Will have to consult my ithingy to see what I have in the form of Italian-based musak, it is now doubling as my brain...



Laters, probably with cake crumbs on my lap (yes, we have cakes AGAIN) - brownies, lemon iced slices, flapjacks, muffins galore...

Buongiorno Simon, Driveteam, Constructors and Amici





MAMBO ITALIANO – BETTER MIDLER



SCENES FROM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT – BILLY JOEL



ITALIAN PLASTIC – CROWDED HOUSE





Ciao



:^)

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



C&P from yesterday's blog: A very happy birthday to the Happy Hornet! Hope you have a great day.



Tough theme today. My suggestions are :



SCENES FROM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT by Billy Joel



ROBERT DE NIRO'S WAITING (TALKING ITALIAN) by Bananarama



Back later, with or without more suggestions, depending on whether inspiration strikes.



Deebee ~X~

I think today is the day for Simon to play a bit of Pooh... Well he did say they were one of Italys top bands! :D



Happy Birthday Gazza (if it is today) :)



More oldie suggestions...



SENZA UNA DONNA - ZUCCHERO & PAUL YOUNG



QUANDO QUANDO QUANDO (TELL ME WHEN) - ENGELBERT HUMPERDINK



VOLARE - DEAN MARTIN

Good Morning all



May I suggest an Italian song



VIA CON ME (CHIPS CHIPS CHIPS) - PAOLE CONTE



Enjoy the day

Bangers & Mash - Macaroni, Bangers & Mash - Minnestroni



GIVE US A BASH OF THE BANGERS AND MASH ME MOTHER USED TO MAKE -



Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren

Moaning all. Hope we're doing ok today. Trip to the charity shop in a minute. Just had gorgeous fried egg roll.



3 word Tuesday: WORK AGAIN TOMORROW.



Once again I'm stumped for a song. Will report back if there's any news.



Deasant play



MP

Here's a couple more oldies:



WRITE TO ME FROM NAPLES by Elvis Presley



WE OPEN IN VENICE by Frank Sinatra



~X~

Morning all again



At home now, waiting for the plumber (already 25 mins late!).



#9 Mandy, I didn't know that about Go Ahead bars vs. Trackers - will have to investigate!



Brain not working properly today; I spent a lot of time coughing during the night!



Back later



T x



PS Katy - from the weekend's blog - well done Mr Mac in getting the job he really wanted!

Posso ...?



ITALIAN GIRLS – ROD STEWART



ITALIAN X RAYS – STEVE MILLER BAND



WHAT IF WE WENT TO ITALY – MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER

Can I just say that if Joe Dolce gets played I may have to turn the radio off



~X~

Morning Simon (I haven't had a Twix in ages and now its all I can think about!) and all bloggers.



#3 Glad to hear you're feeling a bit better Zoe.



Italian oldies - that's a toughie..... although something by the infamous 'Poo' would no doubt cheer us all up :)

On Days Like These - Matt Munro



That's all I can think of - although my favourite Bon Jovi track 'These Days' has a line in it "I know Rome's still burning, but the times have changed" which I suspect will be too tenuous - but it is a great song!

❤•☆*•.¸Buon compleanno♥¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ To ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ You ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥

❤•☆*•.¸Buon compleanno♥ ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ ♪♫•*¨*•.¸ To ¸♥¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ You ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥

❤•☆*•.¸Buon compleanno♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥.. GAZMONDO!♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥

❤•☆*•.¸Buon compleanno♥¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ TO ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ YOU ♪♫•*¨*•♥



..............().... ()....()....()

.★°★°★┃★┃★┃★┃★°★°★

..\°°º¤ø„ø♥.☆•°❤°•☆.♥ø„ø¤º°°/

....\°°º¤øø♥☆•°❤°•☆♥øø¤º°°/

......\°°º¤ø♥☆•°❤°•☆♥ø¤º°°/

.......\°º¤ø♥☆•°❤°•☆♥ø¤º°/

........\°º¤ø♥☆°❤°☆♥ø¤º°/

.........\♫*♪♪*...❤...*♪♪*♫/

LIFE IS A MINESTRONE - 10CC



I see Mandy has put in an early bid for the HOIB with SHADDUP YOUR FACE - JOE DULCE, I will challenge with...



SAVE YOUR LOVE - RENE AND RENATO :D

Back to add there is a song called "Rome Wan't Built in a Day" versions by Sam Cooke, Nick Lowe and Morcheeba (I'm assuming they're all the same song although I've only heard the Sam Cooke version)



Also anything about boots might also work:

These Boots are Made for Walking - Nancy Sinatra

Kinky Boots - did Honor Blackman do this with someone?



Perhaps:

Papa Don't Preach -Madonna or

Erio Moricone's (sp?) theme for The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (a spaghetti western)

Based on the suggestions so far, not sure I really want to listen to the show tonight!

And finally - we really need an "edit" button!



Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits (Two households, both alike in dignity,

In fair Verona, where we lay our scene)

Ooooh mornin Simon, mornin team and all Drivetimers!



Kid Creole at Rock City - ah yes, I remember it well :o) along with Maze, Evelyn King, Rose Royce, Level 42 and more. That place gave me some of the best evenings of my life. The laser lighting system had to be seen to be believed.



Anyway back to the present, and Italian oldies:



AMORE - DEAN MARTIN



ON DAYS LIKE THESE - MATT MONROE



DOLCE VITA - RYAN PARIS



GANGSTERS - SPECIAL AKA



IT'S NOW OR NEVER - ELVIS PRESLEY



Ok back to work for a while - have fun everyone!



- Paul.

#23 Thanks Autumn Gale :) I'm still coughing my lungs raw, but on the mend I think!



Here's something about Save Your Love by Renee and Renato that you didn't know (and probaby didn't want to know!) but still, here it is...



Songwriter of Save Your Love, Johnny Edward, also created, controlled and voiced the children's robot, Metal Mickey. He allegedly wrote this song, after hearing Brotherhood of Man's "Save All Your Kisses For Me," and deciding he could do better.



Did he do better? Hmmmm



Metal Mickey though!!! I used to watch that when I was a kid, I remember Irene Handle was in it!

Morning,



Scenes from an Italian restaurant - Bill Joel



Italian Plastic - Crowded House



Mambo Italiano - Rosemary Clooney



Bar Italia - Pulp



No Money - Kings of Leon



Moneys too tight to mention - Simply Red



It's yer Money I'm after baby - The Wonderstuff.



Money - Pink Floyd



Hand in my pocket - Alanis Morissette



Taxman - The Beatles



Good times Bad times - Led Zepplin



Confusion - ELO



Wages Day - Deacon Blue



Bad Moon rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival.

#21 Damn! Too many phone calls and visitors means I haven't yet got to my ithingy to even find my Mary Chapin Carpenter offering...

3 worder: Work is Annoying!

Completely by chance, I brought into work my Italian dictionary today, plus all the notes and handouts from when I did a 2 year Italian course when I worked back at the 'other' University in Oxford....supposed to be brushing up during lunchtimes this week....still too slow to get a decent Italian tune on the blog tho..

Morning All,



Happy Birthday Happy Hornet



'Scenes From An Italian Restaurant' Billy Joel



Have a good day everybody

Morning one and all..................wish I was in a coffee shop perusing sweet delicacies!...........all this talk of food is making my stomach rumble.



Double whammy for 3 word Tuesday and the D-word thingy!!



Dougal doodling discretely! Boring meeting :0(



Back to all things Italiano..........................



SENZA UNA DONNA - ZUCCHERO & PAUL YOUNG (Without a woman is not something that applies to the Italian PM me thinks ;0) Great song though.)



GET A BLOOMIN' MOVE ON - CAST OF THE ITALIAN JOB

KING OF ROME - PET SHOP BOYS

VENICE QUEEN - RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS

VENICE WITHOUT YOU - CHARLES AZNAVOUR (another HOIB contender!)

ISLE OF CAPRI - FRANK SINATRA



Me done and ready for my espresso and biscuito!



Ciao ciccia bellas,



Dougal x

Ğ̥҈○○ƌ ₥ơȐƝįņğ ĔąćĦ! Just showing off.

Good morning from a slummy rather than yummy mummy,



Happy Birthday Gazza!



Get well soon Zoe.x



Struggling again with the theme...



ROBERT DE NIRO'S WAITING by Bananarama.



Italy is still a touchy subject in this house. Mr 40 (38 actually) was there for a meeting last week on our anniversary. There was a risk he wasn't going to come home though. The meeting was with certain Italian public servants who took his and his colleague's passports before the meeting commenced. Having said that we had a fab time in Sardinia a couple of weeks ago and found the Italian people absolutely lovely.



Glad to hear you had that Twix Simon.



Have a good day.x

'Self Preservation Society' From The Italian Job

I know it's way too early for puns but I can't resist:



PIZZA MY HEART by Janis Joplin



I'll get my coat...

GET A BLOOMIN' MOVE ON (THIS IS THE SELF PRESEVATION SOCIETY) from the Italian Job Soundtrack seems apt

SELF PRESERVATION SOCIETY, not sure who sang it, probably the cast of The Italian Job!



Pen x

'Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Neil Sedaka

'Music To Watch Girls By' Andy Williams

Morning all, bit slow on the uptake today!



So I'll just suggest my U2 song for the day as "BAD" as in bad debt, bad credit rating and bad Mr Berlusconni (sp?).



Be good to hear a Dean Martin tune though too I think.



GB

Comment number At 10:54 20th Sep 2011, You wrote:

#36 Thanks Julia :)



I missed the bit about coconut envy in Simon's blog, when I read it earlier :D Shame it's not C words today!



My D word is Discombobulated

Good morning every one. A little late ............. sorry.



Read through the blog and I feel some 'pendantry' coming on ................ but I'll let it pass :-)



The theme .............. I can only think of tunes that will get me punched by Rebbecca's in-laws so I'll let them pass, too.



D-word of the day: Dollop



Catch you later.

Rubbish day i'm having dealing with the rudest partner in this practice ever on the planet! Makes it worse because Temporary staff are treated as lowest of the low!



Anyway back on the blog for a guaranteed pick me up.



1. SENZA UNA DONNA - Zucchero and Paul Young

2. DOLCE VITA - Ryan Paris

3. ROBERT DE NIRO'S WAITING (talking Italian) - BANARAMA



#20 Torties its true....3 slices of Go head equals 147 calories and Tracker ( small ones in the pack of 6 though!) 124 calories!



Zoe.....yep i will concede to your cheese....Renee and Renato is worse! Actually, will Deebee turn off if they are played!!!



Catch ya later my lovlies...better now!!



Mand ;)

Did anyone suggest...



FUNICULI FUNICULA - Connie Francis

MODERN MAFIA - Athlete

Volare by Dean Martin

Rome (Roam?) by B-52s

Little Italy by Stephen Bishop

Anything by Holly & The Italians

Some more suggested by Richie, my colleague at work:



G.T.O. - Sinitta



Geno - Dexy's Midnight Runners



Ok I think that'll do for oldies...



My "D" word is DAUNTLESS. Why? Beacuse it'd the name of the warship my wife, friends and I watched entering Portsmouth harbour last Sunday. Pretty impressive it looked, too.



Back to work....

The Only Joy in Town - Joni Mitchell



Willy the Shake

For Italy's woes?



STATUS QUO - Down the Dustpipe

THE BEATLES - Money

Mmm, just discovered something new; instant hot choc with ginger - just what I need on this grey, damp day!



And ... the plumber has arrived and is fitting a new shower - hurrah!!



T x

Another contender for the HOIIB. Many to choose from today...





JUST A GIGOLO - David Lee Roth

Ok, ok so it's lame, but it's a matter of pride that I offer a choon, of my own, for the Italian theme:

WAITING FOR THE GARDA : CLIFFORD T WARD

Lovely, mellow tune - ok, ok it's actually about the IRISH police....but there is a lake Garda, after all.

Back to the drawing board...

Hello all. What harm could possibly come from a single chocolate croissant?! You always want another one! That's the harm I suppose!!



Songs: Italian Summer By Stevie Nicks



Wishing I was lucky by Wet, Wet, Wet



If I Could turn back time by Cher



Have a good day everyone :)

A new motto for the Italian People, dopo the Euro debacle :



'I'm broke but I'm happy, I'm poor but I'm kind, I'm short but I'm healthy, yeah

....what it all comes down to is that everything's gonna be fine, fine, fine...



HAND IN MY POCKET: ALANIS MORISETT (radio-friendly version?)



ps #45 thanks for letting us off the Pendant Club founders comments today!

A friend of mine, an ex-teacher, takes a red pen with him when he's out and delights in circling 'erroneous' apostrophes and the extra, un-grammatically correct letters that appear on menus...if you have had a menu with one of those red circles, Kenny has been there first!

Morning everyone,



I'm new to this but enjoy the show and thought I should get involved.



Italian theme, how about:



DAYS LIKE THESE - MATT MONROE

SELF PRESERVATION SOCIETY - QUINCY JONES



(Italian Job)



All the best!

Actually, just thought of another...



THE TEMPTATIONS - Ain't Too Proud To Beg

And on the same theme..'GOT BRASS IN POCKET' (as that's what the Euro is worth) By the Pretenders

morning from a damp Liverpool,



hope everyone is starting to feel better after their bouts of colds, flu, sore throats and what ever other lurgy is on offer.



my d word today is DIBBER.



hope everyone has a good day and good luck with the menshes.



Nick.

#57 #45 here is the missing 's' from Ms Morissette's name previously blogged

And a very good morning to you all, sorry I have been a bit of part timer lately - its a bit of tough time of year.



No harm at all Simon, in the odd croissant or 3, but surely you can do better than a Twix!



Am finding the theme troublesome, lots of tunes, just not sure I want to hear any of them, however, can I second or twelfth



Scenes from an Italian restaurant - Billy Joel

Senza una donna - Zucchero and Paul Young

Amore - Dean Martin

Life is a minestrone - 10cc



Three word Tuesday NEW SPECTACLES WORKING



D word of the say 'damp' - hoping my 'virtual' plumber is coming to fix the shower later on, but can I borrow your plumber if not Tortie cat?



Off to get my hair cut now - once a year whether I need it or not - have a very joyous day y'all. xx

Another plaintive plea to the Italian government from their people:



'HOW DO I LIVE' (?) : Trisha Yearwood - shame it's not a Thursday, Sir Bob would like that one!

Happy birthday, to the Gazmondo, hope he goes out and enjoys, in true dedicated blogger-stylee an Ialian dinner tonight con gli amici !

Sorry, should have said 'day' - specs not working as good as I thought.



Sadly, Suzie I am also one of those people who can't stop myself correcting menus in restaurants, especially those chalk boards. It is irritating I know, but it just upsets my digestive system. xx

Good Afternoon Blogpoppeteers, Simon, Team and NYM.



Happy birthday to Gazza!! Hope you have a great day.



Zoe, keep warm and snuggle under that duvet.



Gosh, it's a hard theme today but I wil go with what some others have said:



That's Amore - Dean Martin



and



Sailor - Patsy Cline



Mr W's favourite joke, Why is Italy shaped like a boot? You can't get that much sugar in a shoe! You can change the word "sugar" for something more descriptive if you like.



My D word for the day is Dumpling. I like the sound of the word.



Have a great day everyone



Catch you later.



Shona x

Hi de hi to all bloggers.



3 word Tuesday... Winter duvet back!



Dont you just love a rummage in an airing cupboard?



MTF.xx

"Offshore Banking Business" by the Members gets my vote!

thank you all 4 the birthday wishes



thanks katy 4 the hat and scarf xx



wont be able to enjoy my birthday untill the weekend as got to go 2 work



songs



mamma mia-abba



mamma-dave berry



mumbo italiano-rosemary clooney



thats amore-dean martin



volare-dean martin



fashion-david bowie(milan fashion show)



mamma

'D' word?

doppleganger

Apparently I have one living around here, and she's been tapped on the shoulder more than once by my myopic friends.

Spookily, I took a pic at an ancient site on Crete when I was 17 - and in the pic (when printed, as things were in those days) was a view from behind of someone who looked like me (a little taller & skinnier, obviously - must be all the flaky, buttery croissants) - but when I was there, it was only my mum and me at the site! 'queue spooky music'

I hope my late-night pal Happy Hornet is having a lovely birthday.



Hope Zoe is feeling better than she was first thing this morning!



xx

Good afternoon all.



Happy birthday Happy Hornet!



Hope I'm not too late with the beans Shona - they're on their way!!



Back to catch up - see you later!



AfternoonGal

WE BUILT THIS CITY ON ROCK AND ROLL - STARSHIP ( for the reference to Marconi)

#61, #66 & #71 Thanks Big Nick, Shona and Lucies Mum :) I was well enough to make the mister toad in the hole for his dinner, so I must be on the mend! Mind you, I have gone a bit Mutt and Jeff in my right ear, Simon will have to shout up a bit tonight...or I could just turn my radio up!

Hi Simon,



Here's a track which I think answers both elements of the oldies request...



ROME WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY - Morcheeba



But I'd like to put my votes in for SENZA UNA DONNA and ROBERT DE NIRO'S WAITING as well please.



Thanks,

Where that go? oh well here they are again:



1. GIVE ME JUST A LTTLE MORE TIME - Chairman of the Board or Kylie

2. WAY DOWN - Elvis Presley ( credit rating downgraded)

3. GIMMEE GIMMEE GIMMEE - ABBA ( Cash hopefully)

4. BACK TO BLACK - Amy Winehouse

5. I WANT MONEY - Flying Lizards

6. BEG STEAL OR BORROW - The Seekers ( yep! fits again!)

7. CHANGE - Tears for Fears

8. TURNAROUND - Phats and Small

9. SLIP SLIDING AWAY - Paul Simon

10. THE ONLY WAY IS UP - Yazz



Really must go and just in case Joe Dolce is played ....a massive sorry to Deebee!!!!



Cheers



Mandy ;)

D word "DISMAL" as that described the weather at lunch time.



GB

Dismal, perfect description for here too SimonW. Shame as was a lovely morning.



MTF.xx

#76 Mandy, I will hold you personally responsible as you were the first to suggest it...



;o)



My D word - disarming



~x~

D = dawdle.



Often used as a criticism, but I think there's something to be said for a spot of dawdling.

Am I allowed two? If so, doodle is a good word as well.



~X~

D = dram - as in a "wee" one (I could be doing with one right about now actually). Enlightening Yr12 on the process of constitutional reform this afternoon.....



D= dreich -similar to dismal - only more so



To go with baffies the other day - a couple more from north of the border

D word - dactylomegaly - something I frequently display on this site. and responsible for more than one entry in the blogpoppets dicker.





Mainly lurking today, but I hope that gazza is enjoying the first day of his FORTIETH year. Happy Birthday, happy hornet

D word.....



Dentist, better go and visit one or two.



A good afternoon to one and all.



Hmm, hadn't thought of 50th year until now...



MTF.xx

Damp dull day - certainly a 'd' day today.

Afternoon All,



D word 'Drivel'

Afternoon all



#86 Is that drivel aimed at anyone (thing) in particular BB?



Have to agree with Jennie it's a damp dull day here also.



My D word is



Diminuendo



Cheers



A

#86 I hope that's not a comment on today's blog discussions...



;o)

Is it just me or does everyone have days when they have very little to contribute to the blog?

My favourite word beginning with D is ~ DOGS ~ always pleased to see me!



Harry, I think you're right about days with little/less to contribute to the blog!



x

Harry... I wonder if today's theme is not very inspiring, hence less blog contribution!



I'm going out to wash my car, so nothing more from me for a wee while!



x

#89 No, it's not just you Harry :) Sometimes its hard to summon up anything of interest. If someone kicks things off in a certain direction, then things tend to flow from that, but otherwise folk just chip in when they can.



Deebee & Shona - I meant to enquire about your talk of a blog meetup, were you hoping for something like the TOGs convention, with Simon and Co joining in? Maybe he wouldn't want a close encounter with the blogpoppets :-/ I mean it's one thing chatting to us via the blog and mentioning us on the radio, but getting up close and personal? It's all academic to me though, sadly, because were it ever to happen, I doubt it would be on a Monday, which is the only day I am released into the wild (twins at respite!) Oh well...

#92 Zoe, whyever would he not?! He has already met some of us, and survived the experience. And from comments he's made on the film review show, he enjoys the live events that he does with Mark Kermode, which involve meeting members of the public. It's one of the things he's really good at. Anyway it's unlikely to happen, mainly because it would be quite hard to find a venue within reasonable travelling distance of all of us, as we're so widely dispersed. And about to become even more so, with Mo moving to Norway!



~X~

3 Word Wednesday... KNEE STILL HURTING ! (i live in hope for a day when it wont, hang on, no i dont i live in wigan!)

OK ok silly use of language.

Songs for today eh? well frankly id be happy with anything from The Italian Job as its one of my favourate films. Needless to say , my first car was an F reg Mini which I loved to peices. .. Untill the floor fell out :-(

I still get a tear in my eye when I hear Matt Monroe singing On Days Like These.... Ahhhh my lovely little Mini....

Deebee, am I right in thinking its the birthday of someone VERY closely linked with this blogg tomorrow ???

Ashamed to say my first car was a blue Allegro (all-aggro my dad christened it) which had a black vinyl roof.

My daughter on seeing it, said 'oh great, it's got a sunroof!' - er, no - not unless you take a tin-opener to it..

Although it had supposedly a small engine (1300 I think) after looking under the bonnet, my dad informed me it was an 1800 (a car worker had owned and souped it up) so that was why it went like the clappers!

Ah the glory days of bombing up the M40 and passing all the sports cars in my two tone (three actually if you count rust) vehicle..

Lol Suzie, would have loved to have seen their faces when you went past them ! My Mini was pretty quick away from the lights, there was just no weight to her whatsoever. After her dimise, hubbs n I bought an old Astra which was i promply reversed into a wall ! I just couldent understant it, Id always made it round that corner in the Mini !

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