Thank You - Alannis Morissette

Morning All,



Thank you - Dido



Laters



A.

Morning again, everyone.



Sounds like you had a nice time last night at the RAH, Simon



THANKSGIVING DAY ~ Ray Davies



THANK YOU ~ Alanis Morisette



THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND ~ Andrew Gold



AMERICA ~ Simon and Garfunkel



LET'S TURKEY TROT ~ Little Eva



HOLIDAY ~ Madonna



xx

Morning all! Little time to chase a mensh today. Maybe lunchtime...



All I have in the meantime is

THE SCAFFOLD - Thank U Very Much.

I'm guessing all the songs with 'thanks' in the titile will go quickly, so would like to throw



LIVING IN AMERICA by James Brown into the mix

Good Morning Simon Team and Blogpoppets



My suggestions for today:



THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND by Andrew Gold



THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC by Abba



THANK YOU VERY MUCH by the Scaffold



LIFE'S BEEN GOOD by Joe Walsh



Deebee ~X~

Morning All,



'Wonderful Tonight' Eric Clapton



Have a good day everybody

Good morning everyone.



What about:



THE MAYFLOWER by JON & VANGELIS



Too long perhaps?

Good Morning Again -



It's good to be able to blog!



Obvious ones -



THANK U VERY MUCH - Scaffold



THANK YOU - Dido



THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC - Abba



THANK YOU GIRL - Beatles



THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND - Andrew Gold

THATS THE WAY I LIKE IT - K C AND THE SUNSHINE BAND

#9 Hey Billie, welcome back!!

DAYS - Kirsty McColl or Kinks



AMERICA - The Nice



BORN IN THE USA - Bruce



BREAKFAST IN AMERICA - Supertramp



LET'S DO THE TURKEY TROT - Little Eva

Hello again,



Thank you for the days - Kirsty Maccoll



Ta ra

Good morning Simon, team and poppets all,



As mentioned earlier a very grey, smokey start here with no sun in sight.



A few choons ...



THANK YOU - DIDO



(THANK YOU FOR THE) DAYS - KIRSTY MACCOLL



THANKS A LOT - JOHNNY CASH



I THANK YOU - SAM AND DAVE



COLD TURKEY - JOHN LENNON



PUMPKIN SOUP - KATE NASH



AMERICA - SIMON AND GARFUNKEL





Jilly x

YOU MADE ME SO VERY HAPPY - Blood Sweat & Tears



LOVE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE - Paul Young

My #8 ........... maybe not. Listening to it again (after more years than I care to remember) it's clearly not "Drivetime".



Off to re-think ......................

Given the prevalence of turkey dinners that there will undoubtedly be across America, how about



WEATHER REPORT - Birdland



Right, work to be done...

I'm thinking that Simon might have made the wong choice last night. The reviews suggest that Gillian and Dave have been magnificent on this tour and I'm really regretting not sorting out a ticket for Hammersmith. I did investigate earlier this week but it was standing room only at the back of the stalls by then which I didn't fancy.

AMERICAN TRILOGY - Elvis

Morning all.



My suggestions are:



Breakfast in America - Supertramp

Do America - Mark Knopfler

New World Rising - ELO

Thank God It's Christmas - Queen (It is Christmas right?)

The Things We Do For Love - 10cc

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd (For all those unable to get home for the weekend)

Howzabout ..



THE HANDS THAT BUILT AMERICA - U2



THE PILGRIM, CHAPTER 33 - KRIS KRISTOFFERSON

#11 - Thanks Harry & others for "missed you" comments!



Nice message from JBG @ #66 Yesterday!

Morning all!



AMERICAN PIE - DON MACLEAN



Pen x

Hi everyone,



looks like this has been well covered already, but we'll add a few more ingredients to the mix in any case.

Thanksgiving is basically the North American version of our harvest festival, so:



DAYS - THE KINKS



THANK YOU - LD ZEPPELIN



LET IT GROW - ERIC CLAPTON



HARVEST FOR THE WORLD - ISLEY BROTHERS



Cheers, the Crew :o)

Morning all.



Toon ideas:



Thank you very much-The Scaffold

Thank you for the Days-The Kinks

Thanks for the Memories-Bob Hope (worth a shot?)



I must say a bilated thank you to GirltarisHan who I spoke to on Friday CiN day who posted a lovely note here yesterday.



Off to do work now so no more blogging-BOO.



Have a nice day all,

Mrs B x

THANKS FOR SAVING MY LIFE by BILLY PAUL

THANK YOU by LED ZEPPELIN

LINGER by THE CRANBERRIES (cranberry sauce/Thanksgiving link)

THREE TIMES A LADY by LIONEL RICHIE ("THANKS for the times that you've given me ..."

SHACKLES (PRAISE YOU) by MARY MARY

APPLES PEACHES & PUMPKIN PIE by JAY & THE TECHNIQUES (a US hit in 1967, but not in the UK, as far as I recall)

Quite a hard one today. Sorry, most of mine are a bit cryptic.



Breakfast in America - Supertramp

Thank You - Dido

Thank you for the Music - Abba

Reasons to be Cheerful - Ian Dury and the Blockheads

Praise You - Fatboy Slim

Feeling Good - Muse

Holiday - Madonna

Fantastic Day - Haircut 100

Food for Thought - UB40

American Boy - Estelle/Kanye West

'You Make Me Feel Brand New' The Sylistics

AMERICA - Simon & Garfunkel



AMERICA - Neil Diamond



AMERICA - The Nice

Morning all again



THANKSGIVING SONG - Mary Chapin Carpenter

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD - Louis Armstrong

WE ARE FAMILY - Sister Sledge (Thanksgiving is when US families traditionally get together)



Back later



Tortie x

LIVING IN AMERICA JAMES BROWN

Morning Simon, team, NYM and grateful bloggers,



Happy Thanksgiving to one and all. We lived in the USA for a while so still have a secret Thanksgiving dinner – usually a roast chicken instead of turkey, and homemade pumpkin pie AND apple pie. Mmmmmm.



On to business, and not a Bruce Springsteen or James Brown in sight....



_THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND – Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings (or Woody Guthrie if you must)



_DAYS – Kirsty MacColl



_HARVEST FOR THE WORLD – The Christians

A WHOLE NEW WORLD - PEABO BRYSON & REGINA BELLE

THANK YOU FRANKIE VALLI

Good Morning All :)



I'm not feeling at my best today, just a cold, so I'll try and be thankful that it's not something worse.



And on the matter of being thankful/Grateful, oldie suggestions...



I AM BLESSED - ETERNAL



WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD - LOUIS ARMSTRONG



WONDERFUL LIFE - BLACK



AMAZING GRACE - JUDY COLLINS

*nostalgia alert*



Might be rather nice to play...



THEME TUNE FROM THE WALTONS



Summons up all the right sort of emotions for celebrating Thanksgiving, methinks.



Goodnight, Jim Bob.

Hi Simon and Bloggers



Fourth day in new contract....enjoying it ...still here...feel really guilty about the dentist excuse for tomorrows 2nd interview tomorrow!



Anyway courtesy all the way:



1. THANK YOU - Dido

2. THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND - Andrew Gold ( RIP)

3. THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC - Abba

4. THANK YOU VERY MUCH - Scaffold

5. HORSE WITH NO NAME - America

6. STATE OF INDEPENDENCE - Donna Summer

7. GOOD LIFE - Inner Circle

8. HAPPINESS - Ken Dodd

9. HARVEST FOR THE WORLD - Isley Brothers

10. THANK YOU FOR THE DAYS - Kirsty Macoll

11. BREAKFAST IN AMERICA - Supertramp



Finally, in the news today apparently people are not using the word "Thank You" enough!



Have a brill day.



Irish Stew, mmmmmmm nice for these cold days.



Mandy ;)

Good morning Simon, Team and fellow blogpoppets!



Harry, love your suggestion at #8. One of my all time favourite albums but I think you are right - probably not Drivetime.



Heard most of the second part of the show last night. Really enjoyed the interview with Geoffrey Palmer. My mum was lucky to spend some time with him years ago and said that he was a charming man, not grumpy at all - even when she spilt her G&T on him. With our late journey these days, we are really getting into the Mike Harding show and finding our folk feet.



Will try to pop back later



Alex-Girl

GIVE THANKS AND PRAISE BOB MARLEY

GRATITUDE - EARTH WIND AND FIRE

#26 The Jay & The Techniques song it's played on The Northern Soul scene :-)

Oh, an update:





No birds last night. Just a missing small boy cat who finally rolled up 40 minutes after we got home, by which time Mr P was walking down the lane with the large torch. Bad boy. (Cat, not Mr P).



Then, just as I was going to bed, the big blue Persian who looks like Les Dawson remembered that one of the cats had brought a rat into the house so off she went to find it. Rosie, the girl kitten who is the size of a large mouse and with a growl like a Harley Davidson, finally killed it in the bath. Quite a good choice of killing ground. Life in the country eh?

_I AM A PILGRIM - The Byrds





"Pilgrim" There's a word you don't say very often. The more you look at it, the stranger it seems. I think Miranda would have something to say.

Morning one and all from a sunny(ish) East Anglia............I'm just grateful to find a few mins to post my suggestions at the mo...........busy busy busy...................though it's good for the soul to read the amusing comments and vying for the naughty step..........................................if Harry isn't already on it!



My oldie suggestions for the NYM and Simon to cogitate today are:



Wonderful Life - Black



Thankful -Josh Groban



Mr Wonderful - Peggy Lee



Thank You For Being A Friend - Andrew Gold



Love Is A Wonderful Thing - Isley Brothers



Thank You - Led Zeppelin



It's A Wonderful Thing (Baby) - Kid Creole and the Coconuts



Thank You - Dido



Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton



Perfecy Day - Lou Reed



Days - Kirsty MacColl



Thank You For The Music - Abba



That's all for now....................................................................................



Bye Bye



The Magic Roundabout Lady x

#42 Hi Alex



You could start a blog of your own with the antics of your felines! I wonder what they will be like in the spring with all the young animals/birds, etc. around?



One of mine sat and watched Frozen Planet with us last night - very interested in the white, weasly animal running around!

#45 Hi Tortie! We were talking last night about what we can expect in the Spring! At the moment, when we get home in the evening, we are shutting the cat flap and keeping them in. We will do that for a week and then they will have 24/7 cat flap access. Heaven knows what might be put on my pillow in the middle of the night!

_Danke Schön - Wayne Newton (and he can't pronounce it either "Donker shane!!!)



Not good material for Dr Mosh, despite the umlaut

Sentimetations Of Nice Sent Ter The Mayo Dude & ALL Blog Dudes...



Bingo Star 'ere...



Mayo Man - Whtta gig that must ave been at The Royal Alber 'all... A saw it advertised and would ave loved ter ave gone along!!!!!!

Seen Midge Ure do a small accousticals gig, stripped down versions of 'is famous tunes like Vienna & If I Was!!!!!

Man does that man 'ave a powerful voice live up & close!!!!!

Forget 'is 80's tunes with the electro shinnangans.... Strip 'is tunes down ter just 'im signing and a guitar.... And WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A also did a Prince's Youth Business Trust course when a was 18... So close ter me 'eart too the good work that Prince Charles does for youngster with an entrepreneurial streak!!!!! (a don't mean streak as in like at cricket matches!!!)... More a business streak fully clothed!!!!!



So terdee am feeling a lot better after visiting me acupuncturist and me Thai fiancee looked after me last night!!!!

She did something ave only seen in movies and never 'ad done before: She brought out me bad fever by putting cold clothes on me forehead that was burning up last night while the rest of me was shivering like crazy!!!!!!

WOW – It worked... Within an 'our a felt so much better!!!!!!!

She told me they do all the time in Thailand ter bring out fever in people... And it really works like magic!!!!!!!!!!!

Apparently ave gotta bad infection in me ear ter throat canal and a fever!!!!!!



Anyway am feeling a lot better so off ter see a MEGA stripped down gig of me own terneet!!!!!

There's 6 bands on at the St' Johns church 'osted by R2's lovely Jo Whiley!!!!!!

There's two acts am so excited about seeing: The bigger 'alf of Coldplay aka me MEGA 'ero Chris Martin & 'is guitarist Johnny Buckland playing without their drummer and bassist!!!!!!

Basically it's stripped down versions of their songs AND in the magical surroundings of an old church!!!!!!

And the other awesomely talented singer Emeli Sande!!!!!

If yerv not 'eard of 'er... by this time next year for sure she will be a 'ouse 'old name in the UK!!!!!!!

She released 'er single 'eaven which was a dance/ club type of tune so it was only played on the like of Radio1!!!!!!!

Sadly R2 never picked up on it (it wasn't too contemporary... The kind of thing Wrighite would play as 'e plays a lot of new contemporary tunes).

But 'ere is a stripped down version that she did on Jools 'olland recently.... And WOW can she sing... Whatta pure voice!!!!!

If she was on The X-Factor she would eat everyone alive!!!!!

It's one of the most mazing performances ave ever seen on Jools 'olland's brilliant show... and since ave watched all of them for years... That's saying something all!!!!!!!!!1

A 'ope she does this terneet.... ENJOY this amazing clip on youtube... WOW >>>



https://youtube/bXpDxuTNKcA



'ave a fab day ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Coffee time!



Good to see you back Billie! Blog's not the same without you.



#42 Alex, I love hearing about your life in the country! How is the cat who was a poorly mogpoppet earlier in the year? And have you got any donkeys yet?



#45 Our late lamented cat used to love watching wildlife programmes - she'd be glued to the screen whenever something came on TV about lions or tigers, almost as if she recognised them as a kindred species!



BTW I tweeted some other suggestions in addition to my choices #6 above. Can't remember what they were now, so it will be a nice surprise if my 'Sunday' name comes up ;o)



~X~

Will I make it for a sneaky 50th post scarf?



~X~

PS THANK U for yer kind comments yesterdee ;-))))))



As for me 'ouse... It will be worth it in the end... Ave watched those property programmes like Grand Designs where they ave serious problems!!!!!

Mine are not as bad as some of them like the council telling yer ter knock down what yerv just built.... A don't know 'ow they do it on some of those programmes!!!!!

By this time next year me 'ouse will be sorted ;-)))))))



PPS My song choice for The Driveitme Gig later:



AMERICANOS by 'OLLY JOHNSON.... Wrockin' tune!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#8 #38 I was always a bit surprised there weren't more Jon & Vangelis albums as it stuck me as being right up Jon Anderson's street. But I read a suggestion somwhere online recently that apparently Jon Anderson finished the last one himself after the joint sessions weren't completed, then released it against Vangelis' wishes, and Vangelis wasn't happy about it.



So that explains that then :-)

PS Sorry about me Emeli Sande link... for some reason me dot was missed out making it not linkable.... Try this link which works:



ONE OF THE BEST EVER PERFORMANCES AVE EVER SEEN ON JOOLS 'OLLAND'S SHOW >>>



https://youtu.be/bXpDxuTNKcA



ENJOY ;-)))))

#49 Hi Deebee! The poorly cat was the big blue Persian who looks like Les Dawson. She is fully recovered (and so she should be with a vet bill of £1200) and enjoying her new lifestyle. She doesn't run in the paddock like the others but perambulates sedately around the garden path. She did come into the vegetable garden but found it too muddy - unfortunately Hunter don't do wellies in her size.



No donkeys. We have ditched that idea as donekys need love and attention and we are out too late. Instead, we are going to clean up the stables and tack room and rent out as diy livery. That way, we get the pleasure of looking at a couple of ponies in the paddock without the effort of doing anything ourselves!

#54 Aww, bless her! So pleased she's okay now. They really should do wellies for animals - my dogpoppet could do with a couple of pairs!



~X~

Morning all



Traditionally, thanksgiving would be held to give thanks for a good harvest, so...



HARVEST by NEIL YOUNG (any excuse, really).



Alternatively, delicious pumpkin pie is usually eaten, so...



THE BALLAD OF PETER PUMPKINHEAD by XTC

_IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR - Sly and the Family Stone



_SAY A LITTLE PRAYER - Aretha Franklin





Welcome back Billie! Hope all's OK with you.



And lovely to have Alex-Girl back in our midst, despite her muddy wellies making a mess in the hall. Not to mention what the cats are dragging in.



Sad confession of the day - I woke up in a cold sweat at 3.42am kicking myself that I didn't suggest Moby's Porcelain for yesterday's Antique's Roadshow theme.



#takingittooseriously

PS ALL....



Ere is the Radio1 version in case any want ter 'ear it... It's not too contmeporary... In fact it's VERY suitable for Radio2.... Am suprised R2 didn't pick up on this VERY talented new artist >>>



https://youtu.be/cwHe0ddggig

Morning all,

Busy day here so a brief pooop in for a suggestion - for all our American friends stranded abroad on this their Thanksgiving day:



IMAGINING AMERICA by Everything but the girl.



Laters,

#32 JBJ, we also lived in America for a few years and on our first Thanksgiving were invited to spend the day with some local colleagues of my husband. Here we encountered our first Turducken! An enormous thing, a chicken in duck in a turkey, with each diffferent meat having its own stuffing too! Quite a sight to behold, they cooked it outside on a spit barbeque - as it was Texas it was a balmy 70+ degrees.



Our second Thanksgiving saw a new phenomenon - the deep fried turkey! Again, cooked outside (very quickly) and during the process injected with syringes full of marinade. Surprisingly the outcome was really moist and tasty and not at all greasy as I had imagined it was going to be.



My third and last Thanksgiving, whilst living there, was the most memorable. It was three months after the terrible events of Hurricane Katrina. Houston, where we were staying, was a huge base for evacuees from New Orleans with over 200,000 seeking refuge there. I was part of the massive charitable drive to help out and although things were not as bad as during the immediate aftermath (a truly terrible time and some of the most heartbreaking things I have ever witnessed) there were a lot of families barely surviving day to day. So on that Thanksgiving I served turkey dinners for eight hours to some really deserving folk who were truly thankful to be there.



Jx

#57 Oops, sorry JBG. Okay if I build a boot room extension so I can take the wellies off before I come in? I will leave some spare slippers there.



Methinks you could be taking it too seriously. That is a bit like spending your commute thinking up possible themes and then songs that would fit.





Oh, did I admit that out loud?

#60 Jilly M - that's a lovely story, well done you. I'll tell my own Thanksgiving Day story later if I have time. We never ate a turducken (which sounds terrible to Brits if you put the emphasis in the wrong place!), but saw one while we were there in an upmarket foodstore.



#61 Alex - every home should have one! Perhaps you need a "paw room" too for your feline friends to clean up their act?



That's an even sadder confession. Never done that myself.



*tries very hard to keep a straight face*

Good morning all from a very foggy place across the channel



Thanksgiving songs! and the celebration of the Pilgrim Fathers arriving in America



ANYTHING GOES - HARPERS BIZARRE

(Times have changed and we've often rewound the clock since the Puritans got the shock when they landed on Plymouth Rock)

I'm American and stopped talking my English husband to expat Thanksgiving gatherings because he could not stop taking the mickey out of us at the table, during the dinner. As we all know, Americans lack irony and are overly nationalistic (and serious) on Thanksgiving. It's a holiday best observed in the homeland.



American Pie by Don Mclean, please. Thanks Simon!

#60 Jilly, lovely story and well done you. We were in New Orleans just before Katrina and it is nice to know that there are kind people like you who helped those good people.



#62 Consider the boot room built. Feel free to use as a depository for coats, boots etc. There is a special shelf for hats and scarves. And a large bin for kitty detritus.



And John, don't believe you. Bet you have!

Just popping in to say good morning before I read back. I know it may shock some people that I have made it here before 12.00 - Mr out all day so computer to myself!!



Jennie

#60 What a heartwarming story, JillyM. Well done you - I bet you felt some of that 'righteous knackeredness' that Simon was talking about on the blog the other day.



#57 #62 My similar sad confession is that I often find myself listening to a song and wondering what theme it would fit...



Thanks for the link, Bingo. I love discovering new music - I'll have a listen at lunchtime.



~X~

Hello again

:^)



As threatened earlier - have bought some lamb - chump chops - think they'll do nicely. I'll concoct my own version of a Lamb Hotpot without reference to recipes and see how it compares to Nigel's later. Ingredient-wise, obviously.

For presentation and flavour, I'll have to trust the taste buds of Simon, Rebecca and Matt.



All in all, this should add a little piquancy to my enjoyment of the show later.



And yes - am beginning to wonder if I'm making a 'game' out of everything nowadays!





NOW BE THANKFUL - FAIRPORT CONVENTION



THANK YOU - LED ZEPPELIN



THANK YOU WORLD - WORLD PARTY

GOD BLESS THE CHILD - BILLIE HOLIDAY or BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS

American Pie - Don McLean seems an obvious choice but what will the NYM think?



Meant to say the other day - I saw 'stand-in Steph' doing the business news on Breakfast and she looked nothing like I imagined. I didn't think she would be so tall to start with! Do any other bloggers imagine what people on the radio look like and are surprised when they are seen on TV etc? Or is it just me??



Off to the internet shop where ELH.



See you soon

Jennie

I was going to suggest GENESIS and Supper's Ready, but at 20 + minutes, maybe not...

Help! Dogpoppet 2 has opened the parrot's cage and Jocko has escaped.



That's not a song - that's a fact.



Frantically trying to entice him back into the cage with scrummy food and he's having none of it. I've only got 10 minutes before I need to go back to work.



*panics*

Afternoon!

I agree ...

lets hear...



Thank you very much - the scaffold



and , if there's time

Alices Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie

to explain the consequences of the dump being closed on thanksgiving....!

:)

G

Phew! A boiled egg and one of my fingers later and he's in.



No time to choon chase



Catch you later



Shona x

food for thought-ub40

I'VE GOT RHYTHM (I've got my man, who could ask for anything more) - ELLA FITZGERALD



LUCKY MAN - EMERSON LAKE AND PALMER



I GOT YOU BABE - SONNY & CHER

Good afternoon.



Great to see AlexG back and blogging!



I've had an uneventful morning but I've managed to listen to Kate Bush's "50 Words for Snow" in peace. Not sure about it yet, I think it will take a few more listenings.



I still can't get enough of Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa. Their version of Chocolate Jesus is amazing and I've never heard a better cover of I'd Rather Go Blind; stunning. There's so much more to album than, great as it is, Your Heart is as Black as Night.



No one been modded today? Perhaps I can change that ;-)

Howdy Harry! Thank you muchly.



I have bought Kate Bush for my sister for Christmas (the CD, not the lady herself). She's not a great "listener" but I hope she gives it a chance. I love the track with Andy Fairweather Lowe Rhymes With Snow.



#74 Shona, glad Jocko is safely secured. Sounds like a Sylvester and Tweetie Pie moment - bad dogpoppet 2. Maybe I should try the boiled egg thing next time naughty cats won't come in. Then again, maybe not.



Really shouldn't be blogging but this contract is so dire that I need something to keep me from gouging out my eyes with a plastic teaspoon!

#77 have a confession to make...*blushes*

I decided I wanted to buy a hard copy of the album, but feel guilty about buying it for myself this close to *hristmas, so have got it to give to Mr e, which means I can listen and put on my i-thingy anyways! Job done.

Afternoon all

Days- Kirsty Mcoll

Thank You - Alanis Morisette



Regards



Johnboy

#78 AlexG, I haven't committed to buying yet, I'm listening to it on Sp*tify. I think it is growing on me so I might have to.



#79 Suziee, I think that's very thoughtful of you to let him have the 'hard copy' :-)



Mrs Snapper was in fits this morning when it finally dawned on her that I'd bought and paid for my own birthday present. So, Suziee, in comparison to some you're positively beneficent :-)

Thanks Giving dinner?

The 1st for us in 3 years without our American lodger - so no excuse for the whole shebang (although she was a vegge so had to make some odd Linda McCartney main course for her) but we did make a pumpkin pie every year!

Tonight it might be turkey twizzlers (sorry Jamie!) that's the closest I can manage to a proper TG dinner!

Sorry too many !!'s that's Bingo's territory....

#81 Hard copy is the only way for those who listened to music pre- the 1980's...Still dream about the times spent reading and absorbing the lush covers of 'LP's....



If you download music off t'web, and your PC crashes and you lose everything, what've you got?

My iplayer is already full, so already I have to drop things to upload new stuff.

#83 Suziee, I've surprised myself in how readily I've taken to mp3s. Time was I'd have wanted a hard copy but I don't mind now.



I understand your concern about losing it all. I've got mymusic 'backed-up' on an external hard drive.



There was always the danger of losing the lot even in the days of the LP and I'm not sure I miss them any more.

#70 I've never seen Steph, but Richard Allinson and Lynne Bowles were nothing like I'd imagined them to be when I met them. And I saw a picture of Alex Lester recently - wouldn't have known him either!



#72 #74 Phew Shona! That was a close one. Glad you got Jocko back in his cage. I've said it before - your life is like a sitcom sometimes!



My take on downloads vs 'hard' albums - if it's something by an artist that I really like, that I think I'll want to keep for years I will buy the CD. Otherwise I will just download the mp3 version. I agree, it's great to have the album sleeve and you don't get that with downloads.



~X~

Lamb Hotpot potted and hotting in oven.

Nice and cosy in here, my top kitchen/officey place.



I'm working. Honest guv. But have taken a few moments to read the blog ..

Enjoyed the living in America stories ... nice one JillyM.

Ditto the housepets with 'personality' ... a euphemism, if ever there was, for reverting to type/instinct. Is Atavism the right word?



Two questions of a culinary nature:

1. What is pumpkin pie really like?

2. What is the difference between Lamb Hotpot and Irish Stew?



So many questions - so little time ..



:^)

Would you Adam and Eve it? Nobody's suggested



AMERICA - Razorlight



And seeing as she was on BBC Breakfast pushing her new tour with the Quo and Roy Wood (yes, really):



KIDS IN AMERICA - Kim Wilde

Afternoon All :)



I've had a nap, still feeling rough though. Not great timing as the twins have an inset day tomorrow, so it looks like a long weekend in prospect :-S



Nice to see Alex G back and blogging, loving the country tales :)



Bingo - Glad you're feeling a bit better :) I believe the gig you are going to tonight is in aid of Mencap, a charity close to my heart, so I hope you enjoy it. I'll have a listen to that link you posted, the young lady in question is on Twitter @emilisande



Shona, what a drama! That parrot does like to give you the run-around ;D



JillyM, Lovely Thanksgiving memories, especially your last one in the US :)



The Turducken doesn't sound all that appetising, but I'm quite tempted by the Cherpumple... https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/2011/11/cherpumple-the-turducken-of-the-holiday-dessert-table/

#86 Hullo Katy!



I need to look up "atavism" and will do so shortly.



Never had pumpkin pie. It's not appealed to me. I subscribe to an American foodie/travel magazine and the latest edition has been all things Thanksgiving. I do believe some dishes are designed to make you give thanks for the other things in life. Sweet potatoes with marshmallows? Really?



lamb hotpot v Irish Stew. Hotpot comes from Lancashire. Ingredients similar but the hotpot has the potatoes sliced on top and is cooked in the oven. Irish Stew obviously doesn't come from Lancashire, has the potatoes whole in the stew and is simmered on the hob.



I stand here, ready to be corrected................

#86 Pumpkin pie is an 'acquired taste' in my opinion...it was presented to me in 1975 when I went to a BBQ in Canada and they all expected me to woo and wow over it - but I thought it was disgusting! (tried to hide the fact tho, being as I was very far from home)

It's a veg turned into a pud (think swede crumble..not right, is it?)

However, many years later (!) using good pastry, some added extras (sultanas, lemon rind) and going easier on the cloves/cinnamon/spices than our American friends - I have managed to make one that is edible.

I once lovingly made one from our left-over pumpkin carvings, stuck it in the freezer then went away for Xmas, planning to have it New Year's eve on our return- only to find that I had switched off the freezer...it was the evening of New Years eve 1999 - there was NO SHOP open, we had no bread, milk, meat, nadda. What did I do? Drive up to my mums of course and camp out there!!

#86 Qu 1. A bit like a cross between a custard tart and a cheesecake, I think. Pumpkin is one of those things that doesn't have much flavour of its own, it depends what you put with it.



#86 Qu 2. I suspect the difference is purely geographical. Lamb hotpot traditionally comes from Lancashire. If it was from the Middle East you'd call it a tagine.



:o))

As an aside, home made pumpkin soup is one of the great pleasures of autumn, imho.



#88 Hello Zoe!



#91 I now have a vision of Betty Turpin saying "Your lamb tagine's ready, love" in the Rovers!!! LOL!

#83 #84 I'm 850+ albums into ripping my CDs to FLAC files on to my server. All backed up to to an external drive as well. I invested just in time before the Thailand floods - hard disk prices have more than doubled in the last 3 weeks and someone told me it could be three years before the prices fall back to pre-flood levels.



I really don't miss using the CD player - the FLAC files are lossless so sound great, and the convenience is fantastic. I bought Gillian Welch's "The Harrow and the Harvest" and "Yearlings" albums directly from her site in FLAC download format and would happily buy everything that way in future.



Once I've completed the ripping process, the "Vortexbox" software on my server is going to automatically mirror the FLAC library to mp3 format for iTunes/phone use, all in one batch process.



I seem to have done a 360 from my initial reluctance in the 80s to buy a CD player ("bah humbug, not buying those, covers should be 12x12, gatefold-sleeve, you don't beat the joy of that first play of a new piece of vinyl, etc. etc. bah humbug") :-)

#92 That really was a tea-on-screen moment!! May she rest in peace...



Must get on with some work now.



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Wow - thanks for all the info.

:^)

I rather suspected I wouldn't 'get' pumpkin pie, for all the reasons you have all given. Could never be bothered to go to all that trouble anyway, but can appreciate the traditional profile of such a dish at Thanksgiving.

Am none too keen on Christmas pudding but wouldn't dream of not having some to serve on Christmas Day.



Four weeks on Sunday.







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#95 What I don't get is who decided to put the pumpkin in a pie in the first place? November. Glut of pumpkins. Mrs American thinks it makes sense to use them up for Thanksgiving when she has all the family over. So she makes pie??? Why?? Why not soup? Lots of lovely soup. Healthy soup. Low fat. Oh, that would be why.



Christmas pud makes sense. No fresh fruit, use up the dried stuff and add booze. Eat a morsel on Christmas Day. Throw rest away 2 weeks later when you find it at the back of the fridge. My uncle makes the puddings each year to the traditional family recipe and sends one to me. He rang me at the weekend. "Do you have any pudding bowls? I seem to have run out". I reply - "Yes, I have 7. Are they yours?". Whoops. Thought they were part of the present.

katy, I have looked up "atavism".



An appropriate word for today, the day "The Origin of the Species" was first published.

I love Christmas pudding! I make my own using a combination of my grandmother's old family recipe and Saint Delia. It's light and fruity, and not at all stodgy like a lot of shop bought ones are. It's a big family tradition to pour lighted brandy over before serving, and those at the table have to shout "puuuuuudddddddddddennnnnnn up!" as it's carried in.



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#93 that said, Mr e is an IT wizz, so we also have all our musak backed up on an external drive...pics too, and they are even more priceless now that there is actually no way of getting them back if lost - that happened to me once, early days of computers and digital cameras...:-(

ie you can if you have to, buy music again...but try getting your kids to go back in time to when they were cute!!



Mr e spent 3 ish years living over in Paris, and for some reason took ALL our CD's with him and spent pretty much all his free time putting them on his PC, thence to an ipod. It is a laborious job - but he got to discover some of my gems, he otherwise wouldn't have.

If he hadn't we would have to keep flitting between the ipod and CD player - what a chore!!

#96 Xmas pud is best eaten sliced, fried on Boxing day with bacon - same pan,.

Don't believe me? try it!