Morning all

1st??

How about a sentimental start to the weekend for a change?



SHE - Elvis Costello.



MTF :)

Mo, from last blog.



I'm on my way. Do you like h/m marmalade?

Good morning everyone who hasn’t been a-chatting on the old blog.



Quo, Queen, Cyndi Lauper, Neil Diamond ................ and we thought you hadn't notice, Lord Ammo!



I think we need an especially foot-stamping, hip-swinging, head-bobbing ARFO this week so my suggestion, which is from February 1970, when it reached the vertiginous heights of No.5 in the hit parade:



THAT SAME OLD FEELING by PICKETTYWITCH



I haven’t done any work yet so I’d better go catch up. I’ll be back later for a chat and some jolly japes.



I’m going to have a Kris Kristofferson morning, or what’s left of it.



Before I go, let me leave you with my Thought for the Day: Carol Kirkwood ;-)

Morning again everyone!



I haven't heard this song for ages and would love to hear it at 5.05



BROKEN DOWN ANGEL ~ Nazareth

Good day Simon, Team, NYM and blogpoppets! Thanks for the explanation re late blog Simon.



ARFO. Was taken aback earlier in the week when T Rex sneaked in amongst the usual local radio offerings so



T Rex



Hot Love



Get It On or



Ride A White Swan



Any of the above will do nicley thank you.



MTF - One of my favourite all time songs!



x

Raised on Robbery - Joni Mitchell



Willy the Shake

x

Good Morning Again-



Good Morning Simon and Team



FOR ARFO –



My request is



THE BEAT by THE LOOK



It is the most rhythmicallyinspiringsteeringwheelanddashboardthumping song from the very first second to the very last..



If you have trouble in finding it – may I suggest you look in Chris Evan’s studio? He played it on Tuesday morning and then blogged about how good it was!





“...The Look 'I Am The Beat' and 'Mirror In The Bathroom' by The Beat. Excellent songs and a groovy link.”





I’VE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT!

#3 MTF... have you given up on your usual Twilight request? ;o)

I'll be right back Flo!

A sunny........blue sky........lovely.......good morning to you all....................I thought I was running late today ;0)



So many choices............feeling indecisive............so..............................



The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction



J Geils Band - Centerfold



Blondie - Atomic



Motorhead - Ace of Spades



Plates to spin............people to see............grindstone to grind!!!!!!!



Enjoy......................................................................................................



Dougal x..................................................................................................

Hi Simon and everyone.



Indeed we made it...weekend is here!



One thing I need anyone's help on, the local radio dj on facebook asked if anyone can think of items we miss that we had back then, prompted by the fact that there are no toys in cereals anymore. I said "G****y C******s" a white packet with pictures of giraffes, lions and monkeys on each packet, they were spherical choc pieces matter than minstrels and they appear in bags of R****s! They thought I was dreaming about these, I bet my mortgage on the fact that they existed...please surely you inciteful bloggers remember them?!!



Anyway time for an ARFO:



1. YOU AINT SEEN NOTHING YET - Bachman Turner Overdrive

2. ALL RIGHT NOW - Free



Have a lovely weekend



Laters



Mandy ;)

Missing from your line up Simon, is ELO.



Never, ever had an ELO opener, why?



*** Twilight *** by ELO, would be a great way to rectify that.



Happy Days.

Good morning all



suggestions for todays ARF



RUN RUN RUN - JO JO GUNN

#2 Nice one, but seems unlikely as it doesn't have that tub-thumping, brain-rattling chumba wumba-esque sound that they seem to crave for ARFO....

Shame.

I've gone for

CROCKODILE ROCK by Sir Elt, as per usual.



Have a nice weekend y'all

Well, I eventually gave up waiting for the new blog and posted on the end of yesterdays, only to be greeted with MTF's post when mine loaded that the new one had indeed appeared!



So, as I went to all the trouble, here it is again (not that it's very interesting though!)



Hello all,



4th page in on yesterdays blog still. Where's our man?



A quick read back through during coffee break required I think.



#311 Do you think that ships carrying Maltesers need extra ballast to counteract the light honeycomb centers?



8-)

Morning from Horsforth – all cold & blue skies – no Arctic Blasts here yet. Seeing as we got some wonderful Irish Rock in the shape of Thin Lizzy on the show how about:





THIN LIZZY - THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN.



I may get to use my mountain of grit I’ve stored in the back garden after all! The snow plough attachment for the Land Rover is also on standby and the motion sensors to detect any Yetis is being fired up.



H/M marmalade? Is this short for Heavy Metal??? Dr Mosh must be lingering!

Galaxy counters Mandy?



I thought you could still get them!



Mind you, they do melt in your hand ;)

Good Morning all, for an all request Friday opening song please please please could you play The City by Patrick Wolf - I can't tell you how much I ♥ this song.



Have a fantastic Friday but not to the urban foxes, foxes are not fantastic!!

#12 gonna need more consonants and/or vowels than

G****y C******s

Or is it just me?

Am a bit Bleugh-ry today....

Back sooner than I thought because this has to be shared. A free stream of Leonard Cohen's new album .....................



https://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2012/jan/23/leonard-cohen-old-ideas-stream?intcmp=ILCMUSTXT9390

FOX ON THE RUN - MANFRED MANN

Ahhhhh

#12 here are some people who share your memories:



https://www.thechocolatereview.net/2010/03/31/galaxy-counters/

Thanks Harry, great music to stir the HOME MADE marmalade too ;)

#20 Nope Suzieeeee, not just you. I didn't have a clue either. Even with MTF's very helpful translation I'm none the wiser.

Good Morning Each!

My Arfo suggestion...



'FIESTA' by those affable chaps The Pogues would be most amenable.

Oh, an ARFO for this fine Friday ...



WORLD SHUT YOUR MOUTH - JULIAN COPE



GoD

#21 Thanks Harry!

Divine!





What do folks think of Sir Paul's new offering?

I liked the Stevie Wonder harmonica, but didn't like Paul's singing on the track that CLP played this week (or it might have been last week, am a bit bleugh-ry)

Pauls voice didn't seem to suit the genre, whatever that it...



#justmyopinionman



#preparedtobeshotdowninflames

#24 Yummy, home made marmalade MTF. No bits, small bits or big bits?

Friday opening song: Tougher Thank The Rest - Bruce (The Boss) Springsteen.



You know, I think this is probably my best-ever Friday choice !! I LOVE this song. Think I have a version by Everything But The Girl on a CD EP but that's probably a bit quiet for the Friday First Song.



Have a good weekend,

Nujja in Sunny Lincs

#29. Those seem rather personal questions, Glen, if you don't mind me saying so. ;0)

A late good morning to all. I've almost completely lost my voice so my classes are getting peace and quiet today!



I haven't had time to go back to yesterday's blog to catch up, but I hope everyone's well. Zoe - is your new carpet down yet?



ARFO - I'll stick with one I've had before and Glenn (I think) chose a few weeks back:



Wonderful World - Joey Ramone

CHUNKY Glenn :)

#33. Is he?

Glenn?

Chunky?

Ha! Blog smiles aplenty already and the sun is still shining :)



As a nod to the lovely weather here today my ARFO is



WALKING ON SUNSHINE - KATRINA AND THE WAVES



Little chance of it being played in the depths of winter, I know, but if you don't ask...



Back later for chat.

Jilly x

Morning Simon, team, NYM and responsible & respectable bloggers,



Late blog for you, late blog for me. So without further ado:



IF THE KIDS ARE UNITED - Sham 69





REAL WILD CHILD or THE PASSENGER - Iggy Pop (ditto)



and if all else fails...



JOHNNY BE GOOD - Chuck Berry



Good day all



JBG

Morning everybody



From a beautiful sunny morn here in Robin Hood county. Foxes round our way absolutely alive and kicking and making sure everyone knows it.



I'm going to a house warming cocktail party tonight so this week's ARFO suggestion has to be....



'Twist And Shout' - The Beatles



Each guest has to bring along a cocktail (a canny ploy on behalf of the hosts, methinks) so I've created my own which I've christened the 'Lady Marmalade' (in no way connected to earlier talk of home made maramalade - but how strange is that?!) - was going to suggest the song as the ARFO but didn't think it quite fitted the bill. It's so called because it's tangy, orangey and, after one, you'll be crying for more, more, MORE! (sorry) If you would like to sip along avec moi ce suir, here's what you need:



1 measure whisk(e)y

1 measure Cointreau

2 measure orange juice

Shake vigorously with ice, pour into a cocktail glass and add a splash of American dry ginger ale.



I'll leave the size of the measures to your discretion ;-)



Have a wonderful weekend folks.



N xx

Hi Team ARF



My choices are:





IGGY POP - REAL WILD CHILD [WILD ONE]



LEVELLERS - WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY









:^)

#33 mmmmmm, chunky h/m marmalade mmmm............

#40 Snap, John - the Iggy Pop. I also tweeted it quite a little while ago.



But as we both got a mensh yesterday ...



:^/

#35 - #36 ..... Shredded!

There's a look! ;O

#39Hi Nadine - what an excellent idea for a house warming. Yours sounds/looks good. I expect you've 'tested' to find out how tasty is it?



:^)

#42 Double snap, Katy. I think the same thing happened last week too. You looking over my shoulder?

How about Lady Marmalade as ARF??! no more ships in harbour at present- maybe looking for ballast..........

#22 MTF... you mentioned a foxy tune and #39 Nadine mentioned foxes around her way... and Simon has a fox in his garden. Here's a video clip of a fox I saw at Edinburgh Castle last July... I watched him carrying his dinner but I've no idea where the rest of it was!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlolukwVY1U

watching Murray lose or is it loose?

It was all the talk of foxes that brought the tune to mind Flo, just going to take a look at clip, hope its not too gruesome, haven't had my brekkie yet!

Poor Kris Kristofferson got shunted into next week but the Leonard Cohen album is gorgeous. On a first hearing, "Show Me the Place" is the highlight for me. I wonder how long it will be available?

YUCK!

Can we have 'Life is for Living' by Barclay James Harvest? Not heard often enough on the radio these days!

#45 I have indeed Katy - hic! In fact I've spent most evenings this week mildly inebriated in search of that perfect concoction – hard work this cocktail malarky!!

I've tweeted my ARFO but just to be sure, to be sure...



KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER - Adam & The Ants



This doesn't meet recent ARFO criteria: 70's rock, but I'm hopeful as its a tub thumper.

How about : WHY CAN'T THIS BE LOVE? - VAN HALEN

Happy Friday All!



My day off and the sun is shining. I have just sent off a rather eyewatering amount to HMRC, so in order to cheer myself up I tweeted an ARF choice much earlier. #6 Mo, great minds and all that, inspired by a T Rex triple on the Paul O Grady show last Sunday, I've tweeted Jeepster. What a coincidence (as Bingo is fond of saying) Jeremy Vine is now playing 20th Century Boy!



Home made marmalade is wonderful. A friend of mine is swapping a jar with me for some of my chooks free range eggs. I thought that was a very fair exchange!



madchick x

THE WHO - Baba O'Reilly



or



CHICAGO - 25 or 6 to 4



Maybe if I make it a second choice it'll get played!

Has anyone any idea what the title of today's blog means ... ?







puzzled of South Wilts

#59 I think it means the 'milky bars are not on Simon this week, Katy.



:-)



I could be wrong!

#49 I'm still watching the match, is it on time delay?



x

Where did that rogue ' come from in my last post?

#57 I feel your pain, madchick, did mine on Wednesday - ouch!

#60 I thought it was only 'Smarties' that had the answer to that!



Tip from the daughter of a WI jam maker - tie the orange pips in a small muslin bag and let them soak in the fruit mix overnight. Apparently this releases more pectin from the seed hulls.

Post match tennis interview here:



https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/9687851.stm

Good afternoon all from a beautiful, sunny but cold Essex.



Quick pop in to post ARFO even though it is very late - fingers crossed!



Mony Mony - Tommy James and the Shondells.



Off to read back.

Jennie

#49. Yes!

I put all the pulp and the pips inside three of those little bags that come with the laundry tabs (unused of course) each bag goes inside the next, so that none of the little pips can escape.



Then tie them to the handle of the cauldron and they cook away as the pulp simmers down to correct tenderness.



MTF :)

.......as I dont have any muslin :)

OOh the BBC Langeland is going by now, that carries the Antigua Barbuda flag.



Wonder whether they pick up hitch hikers?

Good ARFternoon all!



Don't very often get the chance to say that - apologies for my absence, it's been one of those mornings. Whatever happened to winding down for the weekend.



I'm probably far too late, but I may as well throw a couple of ARFOs into the pot:



JUMPING JACK FLASH by the Rolling Stones



or, as I haven't suggested it for a while



SOMETHING ABOUT YOU by Level 42



I'm very interested in all this talk about marmalade, as I'm planning to make some for the first time this weekend. Will try the tip with the orange pips - thanks Lady_Stormrider and MTF!



#59 #60 Madchickster is right I think. Simon won the quiz this week, and Matt and Rebecca are buying the biscuits between them. I think it's called being smug... ;o)



~X~

Hmmm, only going as far as Sweden. I'll wait for the next one maybe!

Another handy tip Deebee.....



After years of lovingly, thinly slicing each Seville which takes an age, I can tell you. Last year, decided to used the thin slicer on the food processor. Was done in seconds.



Proper job!

Caught up.



We used to have loads of foxes around here. One of our neighbours had an air raid shelter at the end of their garden, very overgrown with weeds and ivy etc. and the foxes used it as their den and had their cubs in there for a few years in a row. Very cute they are but don't do much for the veg garden - digging up the Mr's potatoes much to his annoyance! That garden has now been tidied up and the residents gone to pastures new, though they still come round in the evening to see if anything around for supper.



In Simon's blog, he mentioned Cemetry Junction which is in Reading where I lived as a 10 yr old til 20ish. The swimming pool where I learnt to swim was at Cemetry Junction and the teacher was a Mr Burt who would push you in if he thought you were too hesitant about getting in! Hated every minute of it.



Lunch calls.



Jennie

#73 Inspired! Thanks MTF, I'd have spent forever painstakingly chopping.



~X~

You'll have all that extra time to blog now Deebee :)



Right gotta fly....

#63 Wouldn't be so bad Nadine, but they owe my OH almost the same amount, and they will refund him in their own 'sweet' time, probably April /May, Grrrrrr!



#oneruleforoneandoneruleforanother

:o))

#78 that was aimed at #76



A more appropriate expression for #77 would be :o((



I am so glad I have PAYE!



~X~

#72 Sweden isn't so bad MTF.



We had a lovely holiday a few years back when we drove up to Stockholm, stopping off along the way at hotels and camp sites. Beautiful landscapes and friendly locals.



One word of advice though if you do jump on board, don't bother trying to speak the language. I tried ordering a pot of tea in a little cafe in my best guide book swedish only to be met with a blank (or was that bemused?) look from the chap behind the counter. He promptly enquired as to wether I spoke English! So I did, and received a lovely pot of tea :0)



We always try our best with the local lingo when we're traveling, but that had us stumped!

#73 MTF I also make jam and marmalade but I like my marmalade to look 'rustic' so I like to cut the peel with a sharp knife! As we like a lot of peel in our marmalade, as do the friends I give it away to, I often wash the peel from nice Jaffa oranges, slice it and put it into freezer bags then when the Sevilles are back in the shop, I make the next batch of marmalade and tip the extra peel from the freezer into the pan!

Today I will go with



COMMON PEOPLE - PULP

Simon, a cheeky ARF request for the starter.

Probably a liitle vague for a lot of peeps, but I know you like her.

How about Loosten the Knot by Lissie. Lively little number to start the weekend

I know how much you like her and you are to blame for most of us liking her too... stairway version was brilliant.

Have a great weekend everyone :)

Then Jerico - Big Area :)

#82 Carolynao, were you inspired by MTF's marmalade making?



;o)

Ah - thanks for that, Chickster and Deebs - I rarely listen to the quiz so the reference was completely lost on me ...



:^)

Good ARFternoon poppets,



The sun is still shining here and I’m feeling loads better today, in spirit anyway. I wanted to thank all you blog lovelies for your thoughts and good wishes :)



Just to let you in on what’s been happening because I’m not usually such a grouch – honestly!



The bottom line is the grumpiness has been caused due to the fact that I’ve been in pain with a ‘bad arm’ for a couple of months now. I woke up one day in November with an ache in the top of my left arm and it has been with me in differing degrees of ouchiness every day since. To cut a long story short because of an initial (stupid) stoicism on my part and then a definite apathy from my GP it has taken until now to get a diagnosis. I actually changed GPs because I was so frustrated and thankfully my new Dr is a breath of fresh air and has sent me off for x-rays, scans and all sorts of tests. I had an ultrasound on Tuesday which confirmed I have severe tendonitis caused by rotator cuff abrasion – a gift of getting older it seems! So I now have a pain management plan (first big injection on Tuesday) and a regime of physio to see if this will improve things before they consider surgery. I feel so relieved that I finally know what the problem is and have steps in place to try and fix it.



Anyhoo, it was all dragging on so long that the constant pain, and disruption it caused to everyday life, really started to get me down and it made the little problems, that we all have from time to time, seem so much worse. I think the pain addled my brain into blowing many things out of proportion.



Although I have tried to stay cheerful and I know that a bit of an aching arm is nothing in comparison to what a lot of people, including some on here, go through on a daily basis. So on one hand I was berating myself to get a grip and on the other collapsing into a physical and emotional wreck! lol



Sorry, I am waffling on tediously now. Suffice it to say, coming on here is great

medicine every day, if not for the arm, definitely for the soul. And even when I’ve been quiet due to feeling down I’ve so enjoyed reading you all :)



Thanks if you managed to get this far! I’m hoping I can get away with this length of post. Fingers crossed x



Back later,

Jillyx

#87 Sorry to hear that, Jilly. There's nothing worse than feeling under the weather to make you grumpy. Hopefully now you have a diagnosis and treatment plan things will start to improve. The lovely Alex_G is a fellow sufferer of tendonitis - she will tell you she once missed out on going to see our esteemed leader recording 'Act Your Age' with Viking Mo and I, because she was feeling so rotten with the pain. There was a bit of a happy ending though, as we got him to sign a 'get well' card for her!



~X~

#87 Jilly, first of all, you're NOT waffling on.



Sorry to hear you've been suffering but at least you have a diagnosis now and hopefully it won't be long before you're pain-free.



Chuffed you feel you get a little comfort from the blog and us bloggers :-)

Sorry to hear of your ouchiness, Jilly. Being in pain is no fun, and you have my sympathies. It's good you have a diagnosis and a plan - that in itself no doubt makes you feel better. Hopefully we'll see you back in force on the blog.

afternoon all where has today gone? A good deal of it went on sorting parents meds out....spent lots of time talking to pharmacists and GP's....hopefully they wont be OD on toxic cocktail of over prescribing....don't get me started



...is it wine O'clock yet??? adopting Moscow time almost 19.00hrs there ;-)



PSL xx

#91 PSL, it's 5 o'clock somewhere...





;o)

Aw Jilly, sorry to hear of your troubles. Being in pain can affect every area of your life. Glad you and gp now have a plan.



X

Hope you're soon out of pain Jilly. Sounds like the psychological part is already healed, now it's just the physical part.



Well done, Lord Ammo, on winning this week's quiz.



Meanwhile, in a parallel universe, I'm listening to yesterday's show on the iThingy. Thanks for the mensh for Rescue Me, a top choice indeed, and lovely to hear a bit of Dusty - mighty choice indeed from our very own shipspotter (careful how you say that!). And to other menshees too who I may have missed, please read our terms and conditions first, the value of your mensh can go up as well as down.



We're on the home run in for the weekend.



PS Still not sure of the difference between Kirsty Young and Kirsty Wark. I have the same problem with Michael Sheen and Martin Sheen.



PPS GoD #16 No, just eat them! My son once asked me, "Dad, if I wrap myself up with cling film and sellotape, do I become invisible.?"



Also GoD - I forgot to comment on yesterday's blog, your Divinyls choice was hilarious.

Almot 5 o'clock here. Hurrah, my weekend has started.



Will be 3 minutes closer by the time I can post this ;-)



X

#94 JBG, surely, the only answer to "Dad, if I wrap myself up with cling film and sellotape, do I become invisible.?" is "I don't know, son, let's try it!"

#92 you only wait until 17.00hrs to open the bar.....dash (etc) I've made myself wait until 19.00hrs all these years...

Does anyone else find that the 24hr clock makes 17.00hrs a much more respectable time to have a drink than 5pm?

#96 Harry - and that's exactly what we did! Much to Mrs Good's horror.



(But I promised her she'd have her turn later that night. Ooh err)



Right, need to go and run some errands. (Or as a non-English speaking colleague used to always say "I must do some errants"!)



Good luck, potential Kings and Queens of the ARFO - only an hour to wait, I'm in suspenders.



Why have I suddenly started talking like Benny Hill?

Hello Poppeteers



What a lovely blog this is. Jilly, I'm glad you got a new doctor and that you now at least know what the problem is and a plan to make the pain go away. :)



Enjoyed reading about suggestions for making marmalade. I've never made it but might give it a try now, thanks.



Harry, I ready about Leonard Cohen's new album on Twi**er last night so will go back to your link and have a listen.



I managed to Tw**t my ARFO to Simon this morning but just for good measure:



Old Time Rock and Roll - Bob Segar please.