Morning all..........well we had better get the ARFO party started.....................



BLACK DOG - LED ZEPPELIN



REWARD - TEARDROP EXPLODES



DO ANYTHING YOU WANT TO DO - EDDIE AND THE HOTRODS



A MESSAGE TO YOU RUDY - THE SPECIALS



VERTIGO - U2



or just for good measure...................................................



STAY WITH ME - THE FACES





Bye for now...............enjoy.....................................................



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

Morning all



Half term to look forward to here as well. I'm not sure what to suggest for a Jubilee weekend ARFO.



Going to ponder and come back ....

Ello Mayo Man & ALL Bloggie On This Side Of The Beeb Blogs...



Ave just writtten this on CLP's Blog:



(And a got the day correct... Again!!!) (Never works at the bookies though!!!):



1st Dee Of The Month Greetings Ter CLP, Tash, Noah & Now Eli Too...



Bingo Star 'ere...



Just seen the news:



BIG CONGRATES ON 'IM COMING OUT ATLAST ;-)))))))))))



Another Bingo Star prediction comes true (see blog comment #61). A get these strong feelings.... Psychic of not a don't know.... Butta VERY rarely blog after midnight..... A just got the urge ter come on on the 30th and say a FEEL the 1st of June is the day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Was 'e born last night before midnight or on the 1st?????



A can;t be psychic if a try.... But STRONG thoughts pop inte rme 'ead outta nowhere.... That feel strong a need ter write about.... like me blog #61!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



While am 'ere a took some amazing photos last night of something maybe ghostly.... I'll tell all soon and bang them on FB over the next week.... but before this blog goes completely Bingo Star style.... Back ter the important bit:



BIG CONGRATES TER CLP & TASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



1st OF JUNE A FINE FINE DATE FOR A DROP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (It was the 1st noot the 31st??? A????? AYE????)

Good Morning Everyone



Simon, thank you for my very special, if trans-gender, mensh last night for "Living in the Love of the Common People". Nice to hear it was your "second favourite" suggestion. Wondering what your favourite was?





For ARFO - going to recycle another of yesterday's suggestions -





LET'S HAVE A PARTY - Elvis - 1957





should get 4 days of celebrations off to a good start!

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



Really enjoyed listening to the Breakfast Show from Hay this morning. I usually only have the radio on while I'm having breakfast, and then again a bit later when I get in the car to drive to work but today I didn't want to miss any so I put it on my fruity table to take upstairs while I finished getting ready.



Anyway, the all-important ARFO. With little hope of success after the comment yesterday, but I'll suggest it anyway:



LESSONS IN LOVE by Level 42



Or we could have:



GET THIS PARTY STARTED by Pink



TAKE ME OUT by Franz Ferdinand



PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC by Wild Cherry



LAYLA by Derek and the Dominoes



That'll do for now...



~X~

@ Katy - yummy post #68 yesterday! yummy!

Morning all.



A very quick poop in.....



Whats the chances of hearing *** Twilight *** by ELO ?



'None' I hear you say!



Ah well, its not for the want of trying ;)



Hope everyones weekend turns out exactly as they wish. What more could you ak for?



Happy Days.



Gotta fly :)

Hi Simon and everyone



Congrats on the new arrival for Chris and Natasha and Noah.



I have polished the crown with help from the other wearers and escaped being damaged in Sparring last Friday and Monday!



Deebee surely you mean "Fruity Tablet" not "Fruity Table"?!!



And now for a Jubilee ARF:



COME UP AND SEE ME (MAKE ME SMILE) - Steve Harley and his Cockney Rebel.



Always good to put smiles on faces.



Have a nice jubilee one and all



Laters



Mandy ;)

Good morning all..cloudy but warm at the moment.



Congratulations to Chris and Natasha on the birth of Eli...they do pick their moments don't they!



LETS DANCE - CHRIS MONTEZ



LETS TWIST AGAIN - CHUBBY CHECKER



should get the party started!





JW

OK...........crafty sneak back in for...................................







BABA O'RILEY or SQUEEZEBOX - THE WHO







Off being busy now....................see you all later.......................................





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

Seems that Congratulations all round is the order of the day with Chris and Natasha's new arrival, the winners of the childrens writing competition and Queen Elizabeth on the start of her Diamond Jubilee celebrations weekend.



So for 60 glorious years a suggested ARF opener:-



GLORY DAYS - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

Morning Simon, team, NYM and mostly jubilant bloggers,



I'm still sore for only getting an OSM for Gary Byrd's last night's show. And the fact you didn't play the full 12" version. But I won't sulk. It's one of those songs that takes me back to my yoof, lazy days hanging around (or chillaxin' as they do now), and my first serious girlfriend. Where are you now, Sian?



*takes a few moments to compose himself again*



Well, can't hang around, there's bunting to be hung, trestle tables to be wrestled with, and plastic sheeting and waterfproof shelters to be constructed.



An ARFO to get the weekend party started, eh?



I GOTTA FEELING - Black Eyed Peas



and after this week's visit from Paul Weller, what could be more British than The Jam/Style Council?



WALLS COME TUMBLING DOWN - Style Council (Drum bangingly good to the last drop)



SHOUT TO THE TOP - Style Council



GOING UNDERGROUND (on the Jubilee Line!) - The Jam





Won't be around much for the next week, so wishing everyone a happy and fun long weekend and/or half-term, whether you're republican, revising or relaxing.



JBG

Happy Fridays All Round and Hello Simon, the Driveteam and Constructors and ...



Happy Birthday Rebecca!

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I hope Matt comes up trumps with the double cake/biscuits forfeit today





ARFO - I shall politely request some stonking great tunes that I've requested before because I know that they sound good on the ray-dio ..





CELEBRATION DAY - LED ZEPPELIN

♫ We are gonna sing and dance in celebration, we are in the promised land.



THE ROYAL MILE - GERRY RAFFERTY



INSTANT KARMA - JOHN LENNON

♫ Well we all shine on ... like the moon and the stars and the sun



THE FINAL COUNTDOWN - EUROPE





:^)

Also worth a consideration



ROCK THE CASBAH - The Clash



LONDON CALLING - The Clash



JUST LIKE HEAVEN - The Cure (best intro ever....)



BOYS DON'T CRY - The Cure



and surely



GOD SAVE THE QUEEN - Sex Pistols



*Suddenly come over all punk-like*

Morning all :-)



CANDI STATON...YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE



OTIS REDDING....LOVE MAN



TAVARES.....DON'T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC



see you all a little later parenting the parents, have a soul filled day.....



PSL xxx

Well I'm going back to my old favourite. We've got a long weekend of celebration and the nation is be-decked with good spirit; olympic torch, jubilee, babies, birthdays and half-term.



A fitting sentiment therefore:



What a Wonderful World - Joey Ramone

Good morning, everybody!



Congrats to Chris, Natasha and Noah for their new arrival.

I missed Chris calling in to the show, so no idea if 'Tash came close to beating the shortest labour record! I doubt any of that matters now, though. They've got Eli and all's well with their world :)



Thanks for the mensh for REM last night, Simon.

I think I'm going to sit back for the ARFO chase today - I'm all Jubilee'd out.



Shona, I hope wee Jimmy's sugar levels are good.



Off to the coffee machine...



--

cBzz

#7 LOL! Ever the optimist, Sal! You and me both... Did you get my message via Bids. btw?



;o)



#17 CoffeeBuzz, I think he said it was 52 minutes.



Meant to say - hope our leader has a good time at the Hay Festival over the weekend. Are any blogpoppets going to see him? I can recommend it - I'm sure Dougal will agree with me that the Cambridge one was excellent!



~X~

Any of the following would do me:



CHICAGO - 25 or 6 to 4



ELO - 10538 Overture



STATUS QUO - Paper Plane



MICK JACKSON - Weekend

Good morning Simon and Blogpoppets!



Like several on this blog, I also enjoyed listening to the childrens' stories this morning and my favourite was the one about the cow, which would probably be very easy to turn into a nicely illustrated childrens' book!



Congratulations to the Evans family on the arrival of their second son... and #17 CoffeeBuzz, I think Chris said it took 52 minutes of labour and two pushes for baby to appear!



BLACK BOX ~ Ride on Time



FUNKYTOWN ~ Lipps Inc



ROCK THIS TOWN ~ Stray Cats



I FOUGHT THE LAW ~ The Clash

Morning All,



Celebration Time' Kool and the Gang



Have a good day everybody

Morning all





FIREWORK - Katy Perry



GIRL'S JUST WANNA HAVE FUN - Cyndi Lauper



THE TWIST - Chubby Checker



Back later



Tortie x



*gives a regal wave*

Ooh, just thought of a song which would have been PERRRRRFECT for last night's theme, and might, just might, get things started for tonight's ARFO, with tongue firmly in cheek:





DIZZY MISS LIZZY - The Beatles

Any celebration needs to be kickd off with "A Glass of Champagne / Sailor"

Morning all



Work busy at the moment so little time to chat unfortunately ...





She's the One - Bruce Springsteen



Keep the Faith - Bon Jovi



Everybody's Gonna be Happy - The Kinks

Good afternoon all,



Congrats to Chris and Natasha. It was lovely hearing the news from Chris himself this morning. And didn't Alex and David do well.



#7 So lovely to "see" you here Sal, Big Girl is still watching the owls and kestrels.x



As for ARFO, well, I know it's a cliche and it will make a number of bloggers groan but:



DON'T STOP ME NOW by Queen



should do the trick.



Must dash - It's an Inset/Baker/Teacher training day here and I'm dealing with a dead pet fish which Big Girl handed to me (literally) just after breakfast this morning.



Have a good day.x

Ooh just noticed something in Simon's blog...



Are we expected news of an honours kind? Has Her Maj elevated our esteemed leader from "Lord" to "god". Didn't think that was in Liz's remit but after 60 years I guess she can do anything she likes really. ;-)

hi all



i became an uncle this morning my brother had a baby girl weighing 7 10 thay have called her emily



arf tune



ROCK THE CASBAH-THE CLASH

May I wholeheartedly agree with and support #14 John B Good and his suggestions with the possible addition of

A FOREST - The Cure

GOTTA GETAWAY -Stiff Little Fingers



Ooh, memories - time to visit youtube methinks.

#12 I was delighted to hear The Crown last night. Mr Good. An excellent record, and a good history lesson too, particularly if you get the full version.

#28 Congratulations Gary - lovely news



#26 Julia40 - is there to be a ceremonial event, or just a flushing down the loo?!

Gosh it's quiet in here. If the ARFO were taken just from the blog - the odds must be lower than in any week since I've been here!

Hi Simon - how about starting with Radar Love - one of the all time great driving songs to get the weekend started. Have a good one folks!

#32 or higher....?! More chance of getting chosen anyway!!

#28 - congratulations Gary - great news!



I don't think it has ever been so quiet on a Friday, or any day recently! Is everyone revving up for a busy weekend and conserving their energies?!!



JW

#28 Congratulations Gary. Happy Uncle-ing!



Off to the coffee machine...

*wonders why he put up with having to go outside just to get a coffee for so long*



--

cBzz

What a terrific start to the weekend and the Hay will love you Simon.



#28 Uncle Gary, Congratulations!



Happy flag waving,

LB,x

Good ARFternoon Each!



Bit late to the party, but can we start off with....



'Sea Cruise' by Frankie Ford



I know it's had a run out before, but it's got to catch up with The Who.

Always vaguely aware that I might be too late at this time of ARF, but here goes nothing...



ONE STEP BEYOND - MADNESS



or



CAN CAN - BAD MANNERS

#28



Uncle Gazza - congrats to your bro - well his missus, really - am assuming she was the one who gave birth. LOL. Here's a cake:



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Afternoon all!



Didn't think I would get the chance to post today so left a message on yesterday's blog. Apologies if repeating myself.



Just to say that I hope you all, whether celebrating the Jubilee or not, have a fabulous weekend. In particular, a huge welcome to little Emily, Uncle Gazza's niece.



Take care, see you soon x

My goodness!

It is mighty quiet here today.



Too many babies and too much jubilation?

Possibly not in that order, though :P



One more coffee, and I'll maybe bunk off early too.

*drains the last of the coffee from his cup and heads off to the coffee machine again*



I hope you all have good weekends, bouncing new babies, feeding the bookworm inside and putting up bunting and trestle tables...



--

cBzz

Sloping off early soo.



Congrats Uncle Gazza!



Happy Jubilee/Bank Holiday Weekend all!



Will try to poop in sometime over the 4 day break.



Tortie x

Sorry don't know who "soo" is (apart from Sooty's friend!)



Here's the missing 't' from the last post!!

#28 Yay! Congrats to Uncle Gazza!



#31 A-G, Funny you should mention that. When I suggested burying it in the garden she just looked at me like I was stark raving bonkers!



#33 Craigie Boy, you have a good one yourself.



#35 Jennie, Judging by how mad the car park looked just now I'm guessing the world and his wife are in the big orange supermarket next to the A127.



#37 Lilac Blue, Waving a flag right back at you.x



#38 Paul of Sheff, I like your thinking there.



#39 Ross Poss, Not sure your second choice will be good for Lord Ammo's bad back...



#40 Katy, Gawjus cake (and my thoughts exactly).



#41 Hiya Hoffs ***waves frantically***



#43 CB, Bunting all put out and, might I add, without the aid of a risk assessment, public liability insurance or a high viz jacket. I'm SUCH a rebel.



#43 Tortie, Will save a warm slightly warm glass of wine and some cheesy pineapple on sticks for when you do.



Not long now until the Drivetime party gets started (did anyone suggest that song?)

Congrats Queen Deebee - especially for the Jubilee Weekend.



Have a great weekend one and all. Will pop in at some point ....

Smart move Mr Mayo - AT LAST! A popular Blogger's ARFO which means a *s*p*a*r*k*l*y Crown for the lovely Deebee x

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Perhaps Fridays will liven up again?

;^)

Congratulations Queen Debbie - he must have read your mind Julia! My ELH man came yesterday so I avoided that joy! The shops may never open again!!



Glad the crown went to the blog in this auspicious week.



Have good times all. Will pop in as and when.



JW

Sorry Deebee - Queen Deebee - did Simon say Debbie or am I finally set to be shut in a darkened room?!!



I was wondering who Debbie was!! ;0)



JW

Ah, Queen. What a refreshing change :oD



Have a good, long weekend everyone.

Congratulations to Her Majesty Queen Deebee. On this very big weekend the ARFO crown couldn't have gone to a nicer blogger :-) xxx



#47 Katy, How gawjus is that Crown. Elizabeth herself will covet it.



#48 Jennie, Read my mind you say - followed by the choon I chose for the ARFO. Spooky! Beginning to think I have some telepathic powers which connect me to Radio 2 Towers. (In which case please play some Southgate and Leigh next week Simon).

Apologies to the residents of Digswell who may have had their afternoon tea disturbed by a loud shout of "Noooooooooooooooooooooopooo!!!!" at approximately 17:20 after the first caller said "Don't Stop.........". I promise to take an alternative route in a fortnight just in case there's a repeat.

Whoop Whoop..........to a coin a phrase used by our newly crowned Queen Deebee........................well done you...........................enjoy your weekend wearing that lovely sparkly crown.........HRH EII may be slightly jealous!.........



Have a great weekend everyone............................................................



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



P.S Hope Simon has a great time at the Hay Festival...........if the Cambridge Festival was a marker.........than you have no worries...........everyone will love you!



P.P.S I'm out of here now..........wine awaits to start having some fun.............5 days off work..........what more can we want!!

I am grinning bigger than a grinning thing with a big smile on its face... Even though I actually missed the mensh - I look forward to hearing it on ithingy (@JBG) How lovely to be wearing a crown for this of all weekends. Thank you for all your lovely comments! Jennie #49 my 'Sunday' name is Debbie - I don't really mind whether Simon calls me Debbie or Deebee though, it's lovely to get a mensh by any name! I'm now celebrating with a large glass of something chilled...



By the way, my absence this afternoon was due to an interweb problem at work. Tried to post a few times without success. I couldn't even come on here to administer tumbleweed...



~X~

Well done Queen Deebee - Mr T asked if it was you under your 'Sunday' name!



I had problems posting on here earlier; nothing, I hope, to do with your interweb!



T x

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Oops... where did that 'm' come from at the end of get? Where's the edit button?

#56 LOL Flo! I see one of your girls has got in on the act...



;o)

No Deebee... it's supposed to be a Corgi that the Queen has several of...

My girls are Basset Hounds! :o))

hi all well done queen deebee i post the vid on fb soon



thanks all cant wait 2 see my niece tomorrow my brother text me a pic of her shes so cute was sleeping but had a little pink hat on with a matching outfit.



thanks 4 the cake katy



the babys called emily christina,(christina was my nans name)



gazza x



ps if you can see me on fb i try to get some photos of her and post them sometime over the weekend.

Gazza, I hope you will enjoy spoiling your new niece!



Deebee, spot the difference between a Basset Hound and a Corgi! ;o)



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Good Morning Troops



Well it seems a lot of whooping and back slapping is in order. Congratulations Queen Deebee! The whole nation has bunting out for you.



And Uncle Gazza - what a lovely gift for you, your brother and his wife. X



Thanks for asking about Jimmy Coffeebuzz. We have to up the insulin twice a day and he needs to go back for a day visit to the vet next week. But when I went to pick him up yesterday, he seemed to be getting spoilt rotten and had the run of the place ;)

Good morning each and everyone - cloudy and dull here today, been raining over night by the looks of it!



I hope it improves for all the parties that have been planned.



Glad to hear that Jimmy is ok, Shona. It sounds like he enjoys vet visits! We had two dogs a while ago - one hated the place and couldn't wait to get out, the other loved it because she got a biscuit and often the biscuit for the other dog as he wasn't going to be bribed that way - he was far too clever for that!!



JW

Good morning,



I hope Queen Deebee is feeling happy and glorious today.



My weather report is identical to Jenny's (no surprise there when you consider we are in the same county though).



Uncle Gazza, Enjoy your first cuddle with the little one. How lovely she has your nan's name as a middle name. We named our Little Girl after my nan and Big Girl has her name as a middle name.



Much excitement in the 40 household. Mr 40 (39 actually) has a gig at a Strawberry Fair this afternoon. At last a gig suitable for the girls to go to. He was supposed to be playing at the Hullabaloo Festival in Gloucester but that was postponed a couple of weeks ago because of the the weather.



Have a good day.x

Hope all goes well for Mr 40 (39 actually) at his gig - be lovely for the girls to see him in action!



JW

#64 Julia - I can understand the excitement. "A gig at a Strawberry Fair .." just perfect! But for the girls to be able to share in the glory is extra special x

Hi everyone



Shona, I'm pleased wee Jimmy is getting spoilt by your vet... our vets keep a box of gravy bone biscuits to keep on the right side of the visiting pooches!



Have a lovely weekend!

Good Morning All



Dull and drizzly here - not the best start to the Bank Holiday weekend. Still, I'm sure the Dunkirk spirit will prevail... And I still have a smile on my face from yesterday, now I've had a chance to 'listen at a time more convenient'. :o))



Shona, so pleased to hear Jimmy is getting on okay. Our dogpoppet enjoys going to the vets - it might be something to do with the cats in the waiting room though...



;o)



Florence - hope you don't mind, but I've asked for the picture to be removed. It was a lovely thought though. And yes, I do know the difference between a corgi and a bassett!



~X~

Hello lovelies,



Well I did write a quick post yesterday afternoon whilst on the train but it seems to have disappeared into the ether.



So, to recap ... Congrats to Queen Deebee for the ARFO crown and congrats to Gazza for the Uncledom.



The train journey was to The Emirates (crosses self!) to see Coldplay and they were absolutely fantastic. A great show and a good time had by all.



I bid you all a happy weekend, whether it is a long one for you or not, or whether you are jubilating or not!



Cheers me dears :)

Jillyxxx

I know there are a lot of Queen fans here... it looks like they have a new drummer!



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Let the celebrations begin! The sun has come out here - whoopee!



I bought myself some new plectrums earlier so I plan to break them in later on the old geetar - you may want to cover your ears~)



#70 Perhaps a new drummer to join me Flo?

Shona, the #70 drummer can probably spare you a couple of hours tonight but I think she will be busy tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday! ;o))

You can take the ear plugs out now. Ouch! It's the first time I've picked up the geetar in a few months - relegated to percussion normally due to lack of practice ;( And my fingets are bleeding.



Need to practice every night this week as we have a big jam session on next weekend.



*soaks fingets in vinegar*

Good evening,



Not long back from a fun day out.



#65 Jennie and #66 Katy, Thank you for your kind messages. The gig went really well and the girls had a fab time watching daddy. At one point Little Girl was so pleased she dashed down and did cartwheels in front of the stage.



After the gig we went to a Jubilee party where we all sat shivering as the sun went down which the kids bounced on a bouncy casstle. Happy family all round.



Night night.

Evening Greetings Ter Mr S. Mayo & ALL Bloggies...



Bingo Star 'ere...



Just popping inter the blog, after all the 1st of June excitementations and congradulations of The Eli dude arrival, ter say a forgot ter mention as a often do about the 'Bingo Star First Dee Of The Month Sets A President For The Month Ahead Weather Prediction'.....



THINK what the weather was doing where you where (wheres VERY much with ayches!!!!) on the 1st of the month, this month for sure being June for any who might be unsure!!!!!!!!



Where a was it was on The Wirral.... Took me Mum ter see the Olympic Torch pass through Birkenhead Park..... And it was the most beuatiful blue sunny skies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Couldn't 'ave asked for better weather!!!!!!!!!!!!



Ter me this is telling me June is gonna be a wonderful beautiful month of sun and blue skies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



So yer might say what's gone wrong with all the rain presently present!!!!!!!!!!!!????



A will tell yer:



It's the most prominant bank 'olidee weekend of the decade if noot of 60 years..... so being a bank 'olidee weekend sadly it's gotta rain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Just a fact of life a British bank 'olidee will usually mean rain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Once the wonderful celebrations are outta the way..... Normal weather service will resume..... aka sun and blue skies after thre 1st of June weather!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Again yer 'ear dit 'er efirst about the 1st!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Glad ter 'elp.... Nite ter each!!!!

Soz a goot abit over excited in me last sentence above (soz for the spaces in the wrong..... places) .... Causing the fingers and the space bar ter 'appen at the wrong time!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good afternoon to anyone lurking - drizzly so far. I do hope it cheers up for all those folk planning parties etc.



I am glad you had such a lovely day Julia - how exciting for your girls to see their dad 'do his thing'!



Hope everyone has a great time and makes the best of what ever the weather throws at you!!



JW

Good Afternoon everyone



Glad to hear the gig went well Julia and it sounds as if you had lots of family fun.



I've been playing entertainment's manager to a friend's 2 boys today. A nice trip to a local park where I sat shivering and the boys had lots of fun.



Hope everyone is having a nice day.



Shona x

Ooh, it's quiet on here today. Everyone must be out flag waving and joining in the Jubilee fun.



My fingets are throbbing - yes, I've been on the geetar again. Kathy's Song, Simon and Garfunkel was the first song Mr W and I ever played together and we used to get a round of applause from folks when we played it. I just can't get my plucking fingets (not swearing ~) to go where they are meant to go.



Anyhoo, a whole week to practice. Just realised that the last time I played properly was 17 months ago.

Good evening,



Shona, How are your fingets now?



Today we got together with lots of neighbours for the big lunch. It was supposed to be a garden party but, need I say, we spent the day inside. We had among us lots of kids and an overdue pregnant lady. I was rather hoping we would be joined by a Jubilee baby - but no news as yet...



As we all huddled round the tv I thought of the stories I heard from my parents about how they had huddled round 12 inch televisions with neighbours 60 years ago to watched the coronation. In their case they got together because not many people had televisions. In our case it was just because we all wanted to be together and have some fun.



I wonder what the Queen is up to this evening? Feet up in front of the telly with a gin in hand?



Night night.

Good Morning Poppeteers



Blistered fingertips today but that's all part of the hardening and toughening up process. Geetar practice might be put on hold for a while this week as I received a certain book last night that I have been waiting for nearly 3 months now.



*excited*



Just need to think of how to get the author to sign it ..................



Enjoy your day off if you have one. I'm heading off to a School Jubilee Party today which should be a lot of fun coupled with an office move sometime today or Wednesday which should be less fun.



But the sun is out and Itch is safely in my hands - so all is well ;)))))))

Greetings To ALL On This 'istoric Day In Which To Be British...



It's times like these....



BINGO STAR FEELS PROUD TER BE BRITISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



A SALUTE TO 'ER MAJESTY...

Good morning Shona and anyone else out there in Blogland - still droughting here , with a promise of drier weather later. Fingers crossed!



I wanted to plant out some courgettes, squashes and beans today but I think it will be too cold for them tonight - temps as low as 4C are forecast and I don't think they will be very happy with that. It would be a shame to lose them now after nurturing them for the last few weeks.



Hope your fingers recover soon Shona - a good read could be good medicine!



Have lovely days everyone.



JW

Try me salute again, blog didn't like me original salute-



:-)

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Good Morning All



The Happiest of Very Happy Birthdays to Madchickster!!!!!!!! Hope you have a very special day.



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#80 Lovely post, Julia!



#81 Hope the fingets recover soon Shona, and enjoy reading Itch.



Watched most of the Jubilee pageant yesterday. There was a certain amount of criticism on Twitter about the BBC coverage, which I thought was a shame - some people always manage to find a way to put a negative spin on things. I thought the flotilla was rather splendid, and how lovely would it have been to be in one of those boats! That would have been something to tell the grandchildren.



Talking of boats, we're off to ours today (postponed from yesterday due to the weather). Don't know yet whether we'll get to do any boating, but we'll spend the night on board anyway. It will be a good break.



Have a good Bank Holiday those that are having one, and don't work too hard if you're not!



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It would have been my grandmother's birthday yesterday (115th) - she was born in the year of Victoria's diamond jubilee - something I wasn't aware of before yesterday.



Did anyone else think that the Queen looked a bit bored with yesterday's proceedings? I think she did a great job to stay standing throughout - not many 86 year olds could have done that but I bet she was thankful when she could have a sit down and a cuppa (or something stronger!)



JW

Morning all



Sun shining here today, after droughting down all day yesterday - we actually put the heating back on!



HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADCHICK - Hope you have a great day!



Tortie x

I think it would have been more impressive to see the flotilla 'live' rather than on TV. It was hard to imagine the scale of the whole thing as we could only see snatches of it at any one time. Perhaps if the weather had not been so bad, there would have been a helicopter up above, showing the scale of it.



It was a great feat of organisation though and certainly something to remember.



HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADCHICKSTER!



JW

Good morning, everybody!



Bank holiday? What bank holiday?

I do get the Jubilee holiday tomorrow, though :)



• Many congratulations to the new holder of the ARFO crown, Queen DeeBee!

• Happy birthday to Madchick! Many happy returns of the day.

• Shona, glad to hear Jimmy's doing well and has the vet well trained. Thanks for the earplug warning. I had on my 'super-strength' helicopter-proof offshore ear defenders and all was well with the world.



No oldie chase today, because Noisy Lord Ammo (aka 'the voice of God') is voicing over, then LizaT to opens up the mics on DT. Correct?



Off to the coffee machine...



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cBzz

Morning coffeeBuzz - CE doing drivetime today and then Lisa for the rest of the week.



Not sure where Simon is being the voice of God - tv/radio show of the concert from the Mall I presume.



JW

Just pooping by to say....



MCW, A Happy Birthday to you. I hope you have a wonderful day. What a day for your Birthday to fall on too!



Happy Days :)



OOh a quick link for anyone that might be interested.....



https://www.southampton.gov.uk/news-events/events/allevents/cunard-three-queens-diamond-jubilee.asp

A bouncing blog especially for you MCW :)

Morning All,



Happy Birthday Madchickster, hope you have a wonderful day

Well done Deebee for the ARF crown

Good morning!



Struggling to focus on any work today. There are 5 (yes 5!) Ferraris parked outside our office today. Anyone who loves cars would be in heaven. I have checked but they don't appear to be CLPs ;-)



I only watched a wee bit of the flotilla. Was taking too long for anything to actually happen so I switched over to the much more exciting tennis. Bet those who took part had a great time (well, maybe not those who ended up hospitalised through hypothermia). I really enjoyed the programme about how Gary Barlow put the Jubilee song together though.



Normal working week for me this week. Hope those who have them enjoy the bank holidays. Apart from tonight's gig (featuring our very own voice of God) what else is happening?



HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MADCHICK!



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Happy Birthday Madchickster, You Rock!!!!!!!!



Yesterday was quite remarkable. There was no way the ever stoic 86-year-old Queen was going to sit on that faux throne. The War Horse from the stage hit that greeted the Queen from the roof of the Royal Festival Hall with a troupe of dancers using semaphore to spell out Happy Diamond Jubilee, and seeing Queen smiling at the sight of a life-size puppet horse which was running along the roof top, that was the most clever moment for me. The actual little Dunkirk boats was a poignant nod to WWII. The London Philharmonic’s choir, belting out Land of Hope and Glory as rain plastered their hair to their faces pretty much summed up that England can do Royal better than anyone or anywhere in the world, regardless of the elements.



I'm curious, what did you put up Flo that was moderated?



Julia, I'm waving a union jack napkin at you and have fun Katy!



LB, x

Morning all,



Just a quick poop by to wish the lovely Chickster a very Happy Birthday! Hope you have a lovely day.



Thought the TV coverage (especially on a certain (ahem) station) of the Flotilla was dreadful but I really enjoyed the Gary Barlow making of the song programme.



Hope good days are being had by all.



Bye for now.

Jilly xxx

I'm glad someone else wasn't impressed with the coverage by a certain station. For something that was an important part of the history of the Queen's reign we got presenters who are not exactly blessed with the seriousness the occasion demanded - Matt Baker looked like he needed the loo all the time and as for the other 'celebrity' interviewers...........heaven help us all!!



JW

#90 Thanks Jennie.



#95 Mo I'll see your 5 Ferarris (you wish) and raise you a Harris Hawk.



The previous owners of our new office building left it unattended for some years, during which time, the seagulls moved in (to the roof). Several years of seagull squat clogged up the drains and gutters.



Our office manger's approach was to hire in a bloke with a Harris Hawk to scare the mutant gulls away from nesting on our roof.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/79985068@N05/7334617030/lightbox/



Mo, would you manage evening of 11th June for the baton-passing? The torch 'actually' passes my house, on its way along Deeside.



Off to the coffee machine...



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cBzz

Have we staggered to 100!