Good morning all - a sunny and cold start to the day here.



What an early blog today - up early to get the house in order, Simon?



Oldies for Bonfire Night



BANG BANG - B A ROBERTSON



BOOM BANG A BANG - LULU



I'll go and think of something else............



JW

Good morning all



PURPLE RAIN - PRINCE

Morning all



An exhausting, though fun weekend and now back at school. 6 weeks and counting.....



I hope everyone is well.



Bonfire oldies:

Disco Inferno - The Trammps

I'm on Fire - Bruce Springsteen



Must go - catch up later!

Morning Simon & everyone





BLOW THE HOUSE DOWN - LIVING IN A BOX



THIS FIRE - FRANZ FERDINAND



GREAT BALLS OF FIRE - JERRY LEE LEWIS



TREASON - TEARDROP EXPLODES



FIRE - ARHTUR BROWN



INDOOR FIREWORKS - ELVIS COSTELLO



LIGHT MY FIRE - THE DOORS



SPARKS - THIS TOWN ISN’T BIG ENOUGH FOR BOTH OF US



JEALOUS GUY - JOHN LENNON / ROXY MUSIC



LONDON’S BURNING - THE CLASH



CATHERINE WHEEL - CROWDED HOUSE

IN THE AIR TONIGHT - PHIL COLLINS



BLINDED BY THE LIGHT - MANFRED MANNS EARTH BAND



And for all those dogs and cats out there



SILENCE IS GOLDEN - THE TREMELOES



JW

Morning Simon, team, NYM and ship-shape bloggers (I was thinking sleek yachts rather than Thames barges...),



Oh the perils of being "left in charge". You know there'll be some comment later in the week, like you didn't use the right plastic contraption/bag thing for the detergent in the washing machine/tumble dryer, or you put the wrong socks in the wrong child's drawer. It's never the way it should be...



#bonfirenightoldies you say?



Here's some I prepared earlier...





TREASON – Teardrop Explodes



MY GUY – Mary Wells



SOMEBODY ELSE’S GUY – Jocelyn Brown



SONG FOR GUY – Elton John



DYNAMITE – Taio Cruz (yes, really!)



BANG BANG BOOM BOOM – Beth Hart



BOOM! SHAKE THE ROOM – DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince



ROCKET MAN – Elton John



LIGHT MY FIRE – The Doors or Jose Feliciano (“If you’re doing Bonfire Night oldies, you have to start here”)



RELIGHT MY FIRE – Dan Hartman (knowing that somebody else might just suggest the TT version, wahhhhh!)



SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES – The Platters



SET FIRE TO THE RAIN – Adele



BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE – Talking Heads



A NIGHT TO REMEMBER - Shalamar

Good morning all,



A SONG FOR GUY - ELTON JOHN



ROCKET MAN - ELTON JOHN



mc x

Re the title of today's blog....what's "cop"?

OOH AAH (just a little bit) - GINA G



JW

JUMPIN' JACK FLASH - ROLLING STONES

#8 - Rebus, presumably John?

"Cop" refers to Ian Rankin/Rebus I think, John.



JW

#11/12 Doh, thanks. More coffee needed.

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



#bonfireoldies



SONG FOR GUY - Elton John



ROCKET MAN - Elton John



BANG BANG - Cher



SET TALKING GUY - Chiffons



LOGHT MY FIRE - Doors



BURN BABY BURN - Hudson Ford



FIRE - Bruce Springsteen



Back later - late for work already...



~X~

Morning everyone



A nice sunny, but chilly day again here.



Bonfire oldies.....



BURN BABY BURN ~ Hudson Ford



LIGHT MY FIRE ~ Jose Feliciano



FIRE AND RAIN ~ James Taylor



MY GUY ~ Mary Wells



NO MORE MR NICE GUY ~ Alice Cooper



STANDING OUTSIDE THE FIRE ~ Garth Brooks

Good Morning All!



I'm late and you've all started without me!





Suggestions -





I'M ON FIRE - Bruce





LIGHT MY FIRE - Jose





RELIGHT MY FIRE - ╪ (Wah!)





TREASON - Teardrop Explodes





THE FIRE BRIGADE - Move





BURN BABY BURN -DISCO INFERNO - Trammps





FIREWORK - Katy Perry





ZOOM - Fat Larry's Band





WOW! - Kate Bush

Morning all - cold and crisp and frosty and bright here, beautiful!



Well, it looks like everything's already been suggested so I'll have to go away and put my thinking cap on and see if I can squeeze in a quick visitation later.



Play nicely.

UP IN A PUFF OF SMOKE - Polly Brown



SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES - Platters

I hope "My Guy" gets played, John and Florence - made me smile when I read that.



JW

THIS WHEEL'S ON FIRE - Julie, Brian & Trinity

Good Morning Simon and Everyone



JOHNNY GOT A BOOM BOOM - IMELDA MAY

After the weekend I've had under the table, I am looking forward to:



THE SOUND OF SILENCE - SIMON AND GARFUNKEL

I feel an apology may be in order for my extensive list at #6. Got a little ahead of myself on my laptop while Mrs Good was engrossed in Downton last night.

INTO THE FIRE – BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN



FIREWORKS – SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES



NIGHT IN THE CITY – ELO (for firework haters “Night in the city drivin you insane”)

Good Morning All;



What a cold and frosty morning it is too! I had 2 hours sleep last night, so I think I need a duvet day too, shame I've got so much to do. *Sigh* Anyway, whilst I feel sorry for myself, I'll offer up a few oldies (which have probably already been suggested!)



ROCKET - DEF LEPPARD



BOOM! SHAKE THE ROOM - JAZZY JEFF & THE FRESH PRINCE



FIRE - U2



FIRE IN THE SKY - OZZY OSBOURNE



TRUE COLOURS - CYNDI LAUPER



I'M ON FIRE - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

Simon, reading through your blog I can see you're really quite domesticated... what with the shopping washing, ironing, cooking the meals and taxi for your children... but if your job that lasts two hours a day, you need to keep busy in between being a radio presenter! ;o) Just kidding!!



I am really looking forward to hearing Ian Rankin tonight and I love his books and know most of the locations in them. I saw Ian with Mike Scott together in a show, 'Adventures of a Waterboy' at the Edinburgh Book Festival where both read extracts from their books and had a Q & A session afterwards and Ian said he is a failed rock musician and like me, is a fan of the Waterboys, so no wonder he and Mike had a great rapport! He likes the Stones too... so for him,



JUMPING JACK FLASH ~ Rolling Stones



PLAY WITH FIRE ~ Rolling Stones

HOT IN THE CITY TONIGHT - Billy Idol

From the previous blog.... Deebee I'm pleased you enjoyed the very funny Greg Davies... I love watching him on 'Would I Lie To You?' We also went to see a funny man on Friday night... Kevin Bridges and he's very funny too and has a comedic face too... and was a change for us from normally going to see pop concerts or a musical.



I meant to add to my list above....



FIRE ~ The Crazy World of Arthur Brown

AFTERNOON DELIGHT - STARLAND VOCAL BAND (About fireworks of a different kind, methinks!)



BLAZE OF GLORY - BON JOVI



WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL - BOY MEETS GIRL

Arrived at work just in the nick of time - and within the speed limit at all times, obviously. In my haste to post I see there was a typo in my #14. I did of course mean



SWEET TALKING GUY - The Chiffons



:o)

Morning Simon and everyone



Congrats to Queen Autumn Gale.



As well as Guy celebrtations it is Bryan Adams' 53rd Birthday today and my mom's birthday so happy birthday to them!



Now for choons:



1. FIREWORK - Katy Perry

2. SONG FOR GUY - Elton John

3. DISCO INFERNO - Trammps

4. BANG BANG - B A Robertson

5. MY GUY - Mary Wells

6. LIGHT MY FIRE - The Doors, Will Young or Jose Feliciano

7. NEW FLAME - Simply Red

8. NOVEMBER RAIN - Guns N Roses

9. ROCKET MAN - Elton John

10. WHEELS ON FIRE - Trinity and Brian Auger Bans



Oh well unexpected day off tomorrow as private job just mailed to say I am wanted from Wednesday!



Have a nice day.



Laters



Mandy ;)

Deebee - #30/#14 - so you DID mean



LOGHT MY FIRE ? Ha!

A new flame - Simply Red

Light my fire - Will Young

Unforgettable Fire - U2

Space Bound - Eminem

Set fire to the rain - Adele

November Rain - Guns n Roses

Lighters - Bad Meets evil

Jumping Jack Flash- Rolling Stones

Have we all run out of steam?



*** TWILIGHT *** - ELO.

Morning all !!

Can't beleive how cold it is this morning (Brrrrrr) I didnt change out of my jammies this morning for work, just added more layers ! (hubbs now calling me princess layer).



Im sure these have been suggested, so sorry

FIREWORK - KATY PERRY

ADELE - SET FIRE TO THE RAIN

SIMPLY RED - A NEW FLAME



Oh my word.... can it be true.... Ken is playing a One Direction song..... and cherub isnt even here to hear it (!) will have to put on the i-thingi for her when shes home from school.



Tis very sunny, may even need sunglasses later.



~gill~

Forgot to say, well done Simon surviving without Mrs M. We will make a man of you yet. Tell me did everyone go to school with socks on? Im sorry, couldent resist that :-)

Ohhh im a little minx.

~gill~

Remembering the good advice never to return to a lit firework, or to try to relight it:





LEAVE IT - YES

Morning all



Late arrival due to visit to the dentist; one tooth rebuilt and a payment of £180.00 - a great way to start the week! And my mouth is still numb, so I sound like the Elephant Man!



Back later



T x

'Rockets' by Simple Minds. I great band and this is one of their best songs in years.

BURN BABY BURN – ASH



SACRIFICIAL BONFIRE – XTC



ASHES TO ASHES – BOWIE

A late suggestion, which I don't think has been taken yet:



MY GUY - Tracey Ullman



#23 Never apologise, never explain... At the very least it should ensure you get a mensh...



#28 I love a good live comedy show - as you know I saw Michael McIntyre recently, and we've also seen Lee Mack, Jimmy Carr, Dara O'Briain amoungst others. Laughter really is the best medicine...



:o)



#31 Happy birthday to Bryan Adams. 53 - who'd have thought it. A good age...



#32 Yes of course, Billie. Haven't you heard it? - it wasn't quite as popular as their 'Light my fire', admittedly...



;o)

Good morning,



Hope everyone is well. Lovely bright and sunny one here



Flying visit. The big orange shop calls.



PENNY LANE by The Beatles



Have a good day. x

#38 I got interrupted and pressed 'post comment' too soon - also meant to say: Ouch, Tortie! In more ways than one...



~X~

Morning all



FIREWORKS - BAP KENNEDY

ROCKET IN MY POCKET - LITTLE FEAT*



*don't try this at home. Better still don't buy fireworks at all. Bah humbug :-)



Handy tip for anyone going to Cambridge for a gig at the Corn Exchange. A 5 minute walk to Park Street car park gets you away from Cambridge much quicker than parking in the Grand Arcade park right alongside the Corn Exchange which can take half an hour to get out of. Don't tell anyone else though :-)



Terrific gig last night. Support act The Lumineers were great fun. The Civil Wars singing was outstanding, and if Joy Williams smiled in my direction every day I would never be grumpy, ever. It would be impossible.



But, I've never seen two musicians look less at each other at a gig before last night. John Paul didn't look in Joy's direction once through the gig. I can't remember ever being at a gig where there weren't looks between musicians at certain points that said "that was brilliant" or "you were great there" or just "wow". Rest of tour cancelled after tomorrow night's Roundhouse gig and dates through to March next year cancelled as well. Hmm.

Good Morning Each!



'Volcano' by Damien Rice

'Colours Fly And Catherine Wheel' by Simple Minds

'Rocket' by Def Leppard

'Bonfire Of The Night' by Tiny Dancers (Whatever happened to them?)

'Garden Party' by Ricky Nelson (I suspect that the Marillion song of the same name is a tad on the long side)

Morning,



Crash Boom Bang - Roxette



Bang and Blame - R.E.M



Boombastic - Shaggy



Spinning the wheel - George Michael



Wheels on fire - The Magic numbers



Fields of fire - Big Country



We didn't start the fire - Billy Joel



Light my fire - The Doors



Indoor fireworks - Elvis Costello



Fireworks - Embrace



Firestarter - The Prodigy

Don't think this has been suggested yet:



FIRE - KASABIAN





*gone in a puff of smoke*

I'm amazed it took 16 posts before someone suggested 'Firework' by Katy Perry!



I suggest (if no-one else has):



THIS (Catherine) WHEEL'S ON FIRE - Brian Auger, Julie Drscoll & The Trinity



FIRE BRIGADE - The Move



WHO'S GOT A MATCH - Biffy Clyro

On the subject of gigs seen: I went with two small people (12 & 10) plus missus to Oxford last Wednesday to see Owl City at O2 Academy. Absolutely superb. Age range was 8-60 I'd say and if you came expecting 90 minutes of Firelfies-esque electronic noodling or 90 minutes of crowd-pleasing Good Time-esque raving then neither materialised. Just about the most fun I've had with my clothes on this year. And that includes Mastermind...incidentally to be shown on December 14th (probably) for all those (both of you) who kindly ask regularly.



Also, another update: my Sgt Pepper vinyl evening had 42 souls (98 capacity so that was an OK start) and the audience selected the next LP for the Vinyl Frontier treatment which is...drum roll please...Rumours by Fleetwood Mac on Jan 18th.

#41 Deebee, like you, we also saw Michael McIntyre, on 5th August during the Edinburgh Festival, in a show that he called a 'warm-up' for his London 02 shows and much as his constant darting around on the TV seemed quite irritating I found him to be really funny.



Another funny man we've seen three times - twice at the Edinburgh Festival, also at the Queen's Hall in 2009, before he started filling arenas and again in 2010 at the Festival's biggest venue - is John Bishop. Like Roy Walker said on Simon's show last week, all of the 'modern' comedians are very similar to comedians of long ago and he compared Michael McIntyre to Ronnie Corbett, Frankie Boyle to Bernard Manning and many more comparisons that seemed spot on!



I'M ON FIRE ~ Big Country



SEX ON FIRE ~ Kings of Leon



For when the fire gets out of control....



FIRE BRIGADE ~ The Move

hi all



rocket man-elton john



song for guy-elton john



bang bang-cher



bang bang-ba robertson



firework-katy perry

Afternoon all - too many great suggestions, so I'll just say happy birthday to Bryan Adams and my cousins two - the terrible twins! Also hi to everyone who went to Adam & The Ants this weekend - apparently they were ace.



Simon - if the children want compasses and protractors you should be warned. They are now classed as........Weapons of Maths construction.........



*Crawls away & tries to hide behind a slide-rule*

#49 - JiM - were any of the 42 souls rubber ones ? Quite a fair turnout and good luck with Rumours.



I've been watching out for your Mastermind appearance in the RT listings (other magazines... etc., etc.). I'm sure there was something significant about 14th December, so I should remember that.



The few ideas I had for today's theme were quickly taken by others (mostly before I had even logged on). Plenty of great ideas suggested.

ROCKET IN MY POCKET by LITTLE FEAT

REMEMBER by JOHN LENNON, the final line being "Remember the 5th of November!"

ALMOST INDEPENDENCE DAY by VAN MORRISON ("I can hear the fireworks")

Thanks for the heads up Jeffery, Dec 14th now marked up on the calendar :-)

~gill~

#53 Parsley_Cat I always think the more people the merrier with tune suggestions, I'm always happy when someone else picks something I have, especially if I think it is a slightly daft suggestion (as many of mine clearly are!)

So many great suggestions - enough for 2 or 3 shows! Therefore I will only add one more:

Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash



Tortie - poor you :( I hope the numbness wears off painlessly



#9 Jennie - I don't think this will be top of the list given Simon's reaction to playing it on Friday. Twice in as many days might be too much to bear! :)



#44 Ken - that sounds very ominous for fans....

December 14th for Jeffrey's Mastermind appearance... must mark it on my calendar!

#57/#9 - can't think why he wouldn't want to hear it again ;0) I thought it was quite a clever suggestion, personally ;/



I meant to say that I thought the choice of choons for ARF this week and last have been a bit different to the norm, and I don't recall any Queen being played.



So, 14th Dec is THE day eh? Stars on the calendar for that one.



JW

November Rain by Gun(powder)s and Roses (don't want to tempt fate!)

Under the wheels (sic?) by Alice Cooper

Fire by Arthur Brown

#38 Snap! Sort of.



I was at the dentist this morning too with a very sensitive tooth I've had for a while. The dentist decided to take out the filling which was already there (and had been so for about 38 years so it's not done too badly) and replace it with a nice shiny new one and she coated my tooth near the gum in something magic just to be sure - belt and braces. Only thing was every time she tried to drill the old filling out (SORRY!!!) I nearly hit the ceiling so she kept giving me more and more anaesthetic injections - I think my mouth will be numb for a week!



On the positive side, though, my visit only cost £11.12 - bargain! I'm sure the vet will extract plenty of money from me this afternoon to make up for it mind you.



Laters



SE x

Afternoon all!



"The Unforgettable Fire" U2.



I thank you.



Off to read the blog now!



GB

Afternoon all!

Late to the choon-chosing, so won't clog up the database with my (poor) selection.

Our HUGE town fireworks was last Saturday and we didn't go as we have a lovely local one this Saturday (plus birthday party afterwards for #2 daughter) but we've been hearing bangs and whistles for days now!!



I muchly liked #49's joke hee hee will pass that on to my Maths teacher friend! and #52 that date is diarised for me!

My friend who got thru round one of Mastermind with 'French opera of *certain dates*', had his 2nd round recently but is not allowed to say how he got on, except his demeanor gives him away :-(

Would be funny if you two met on there!?



RE 02 gigs on the Cowley Rd, isn't it great, unless the gig says 'age 18 and over only' you CAN take your kids along (if they'll go!).

Only concern I have is that the gig we saw a week or so ago there (with daughter then aged 13 years, 11 months and 338 days) was very very loud and I worry that their precious hearing will be damaged.

The Radiohead gig in Paris sold foam earplugs...it's something other venues could learn from. (Didn't use them myself, we were sat far too far away to be in danger of hearing loss!)



RE Duvet day YES please!! It's a Monday morning feeling for me, every week.

RE DT Dude looking after 2 kids for a few days on his own - having been in that situation for many years (due to early demise of other parent) I have to say that people who do it every day, week in week out (for whatever reason) need nothing but praise, support and tolerance from society - sadly not something they get in spades, certainly from the media.



*soapbox moment over...*



Back to the grindstone I guess - skipping class done, now time to gorge myself on cup a soup and apples...I know how to live!

Good luck with menches all and congrats to Queen Autumn Gale



Mwah

#61 I seemed to have far more anaesthetic than I needed! Mine's worn off now, so lunch has been consumed (somewhat tentatively though!) At least the cost of your treatment wasn't too painful!



I forgot to say earlier, well done Autumn Gale for the ARFO!



T x

#52 Tsk, tsk.



1) Colours Fly and Catherine Wheel - Simple Minds



2) Rocket to the Moon - Runrig

Morning Greetings In The Afternoon Ter Mr Mayo Man & ALL Bloggies...



Bingo Star 'ere...



The fireworks that are on my mind terdee are noot the 5th of November type.... Although the fireworks am thinking about are taking place VERY much on the 5th of Novemeber!!!!!!!!



What am a talking about??????

A don't now, sorry know!!!!!!

Butta will try ter tell yer what a don't know but what a think a know:



Man do a 'ope Barracks Obama gets beck in a president!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A just feel 'aving a black president is VERY good for world stability.... It diffusssesss tensions in the world!!!!!!!!

And despite the economic crisis.... We are begining ter stablise financially.... Despite the world economy is still broke.....

A just feel for these and many other reasons Obama is better!!!!!!!



Glad ter 'elp!



PS Am noot a party pooper.... A love fireworks..... A was always the first ter buy fireworks as a young adult and only let them off under FULL firework code conditions/ rules AND only on November 5th!!!!!!!!



My show tune 'as ter be what probably everybody on the blog 'as chosen (and ave noot read any commentations yet so am noot cheating).....



Katy Perry - Firework!!!!!!!! Most nice tune ter build self esteem without risk of a faulty blue torch paper.... Believe me 'av 'ad a few in me time and following the firework code a never approached me failed firework!!!!!!!!!

In fact one year a took a VERY BIG safe precaution of telephoning the local army bomb disposal dudes!!!!!!!!!

Well that's whatta told the judge!!!!!!!



Tatty bye! ENJOY terneet!!!!!!! ;-))))

#61 - Erica - I hope the vet visit is for a four-legged family member ? You didn't specify. I remember from a previous blog that you live near Ancrum where I have a friend - she is a vet (Fiona Steele).

#57 Yup, if I had to make a prediction it would be that tomorrow's gig will be their last. I suppose it's entirely possible that one of them needs a long break for some other reason, and I guess some fans are hoping that's it, but the complete lack of eye contact looked ominous to me. That seems odd if two musicians still have any rapport. We'll see.

Hi Simon, Team and Best Bloggers,



Light My Fire ~ by The Doors



Ameila, now that I'm back can't speak a word of Italian other than: Un altro gelato al caffe per favore!

#49 Jeffrey, we have been watching but the scores have been too low to be the show you are on - thanks for the date.

#52 Such a funny maths lady!



It's so nice that everyone lays of fireworks for my birthday. With hubby working, not going out so I stopped on the way home from the gym at one of the lower cost food chains and picked up three frozen lobsters for dinner. Older and unfortunately not wiser.



LB, x

Lunchtime catch-up



#38 T-C . Oh no, poor you (see what I did there?!). I'm going there tomorrow, box of paracetamol in one hand, sack of gold bullion in the other.



#61 Erica - £11.12? You can't even buy a pair of pliers for that.



#49 Jeffrey - glad to hear all went well with Sgt Pepper, and good luck for the next one. Funnily enough, GoodChild#2 and I were discussing the idea of "an album" and listening to it from start to finish. It was all triggered when another radio station (yes, they are available!) played a song from Bat out of Hell,which we then discussed as an album, and I did a spontaneous rendition of "On a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses...." which amused him and excited Mrs Good. I think the music industry should love your concept - more revenue from an existing album, bring on a surprise guest or two, a nice multimedia presentation with interviews, photos,footage, the whole backstory, and a theatre full of paying guests who buy merchandise on the way out after two glasses of chardonnay in the interval. Are you planning to take it on tour? You should try to protect the concept somehow.



*takes off marketing hat and continues as normal*



Deebee - Loght my fire! is that the celtic version?



Billie - from ages and ages ago. Carnal rites round the woodburner?????



Zoe - hope you're feeling a bit more refreshed now.



#52 Lady_S and #63 Suzieeeeee Ha! Here's another one: How did the mathematician cure his constipation?

















































































He worked it out with a pencil!

Smoke on the water Deep Purple

Bang bang BA Robertson

Flash bang wallop Tommy Steele

All fired up Pat Benatar

Fire with fire Scissor Sisters

Fire and rain James Taylor

Smoke gets in your eyes The Platters

(Catherine) wheels Foo Fighters

Heat of the moment Asia

Rocket man Elton John

Firework Katy Perry

Rocket Def Leppard

Loving you has made me bananas Guy marks

This town aint big enough for the both of us Sparks

Zoom Fat Larrys Band

I Saw the Light Todd Rundgren

Flash Queen

Harden my heart Quarterflash

Light my fire The Doors

Fields of fire Big Country

Fuse sorry now Journey

#67 Yes, PC, one of my whippets. We do have a Fiona at the vets but she's not one of the vets, she's an assistant/nurse I think. Got to go back in a week so the final bill mounts....



Just been interrupted by a doorstep interviewer asking me a 1000 questions about Europe which are not easy to answer when your mouth and tongue are numb so I've lost my thread now.



Love the maths jokes, by the way, being a faded mathematician myself. Here's one for any fellow nerds, borrowed from Dara O'Briain:



Did you know Benoit B. Mandelbrot's middle initial stands for Benoit B. Mandelbrot?



Should I get my coat?

#38 Tortie & #61 Erica – hope the numbness is wearing off!



#49 Jeffrey – I keep meaning to listen to Owl City – interesting to read that you enjoyed them so much. You vinyl evening sound great too.



Great that you finally have a transmission date – I’m really looking forward to watching the show.



#63 Suzy – from last week – did you say were you at the Radiohead South Park gig back in 2001? Very jealous!



#69 Lilac Blue – haha but did you enjoy it and your holiday?



#52 Lady S & #70 JBG #72 Erica much giggling here!



Not a fan of fireworks – lived in Leeds for too long where they seemed to last from mid-October to after Christmas. Blissfully here they are a brief, once a year affair that can be watched relatively silently from the comforts of my sitting room / living room / lounge / wee room (I’m sure we have had this conversation before about what we call that room?)



Weekend was mainly spent at vets then putting drops into the sore eye of a poorly dog 5 times a day. He tolerates my fumbling much better than I would if someone was holding my eye open and squirting stuff in it.

#72 - Fiona is a good Gaelic name. The one I know was born in England but went to Glasgow vet school and married a Scot, hence now living in Ancrum. The TV vet Steve Leonard and his brothers were at their wedding.



I think I sort of understand the Mandelbrot thing, but couldn't explain it to someone else. I looked him up - French/American born in Poland to a Lithuanian Jewish family. That's a confused background - explains the fractal thing.

Have enjoyed reading back the posts today. A busy day has prevented me from joining in unfortunately.



Loving the maths humour too so can I just add a mathematical observation........



There's a fine line between a numerator and a denominator.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LILAC BLUE!





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How rude of me. Happy birthday Lilac Blue. X

Another maths joke:



A team of engineers were required to measure the height of a flag pole. They only had a measuring tape, and were getting quite frustrated trying to keep the tape along the pole. It kept falling down, etc. A mathematician comes along, finds out their problem, and proceeds to remove the pole from the ground and measure it easily. When he leaves, one engineer says to the other: "Just like a mathematician! We need to know the height, and he gives us the length!"

#73 yes, I was at the last local gig Radiohead did - Oxford's Southparks - they played headlining with local bands in July 2001 - it was amazeballs (as my #2 daughter would say) we even had Supergrass as support - but it rained like a Polish football evening, from about 5 songs in - the special stand they had built for Radiohead family/friends was open air, so they didn't stay long :-(

Thom was asked once about doing more local gigs but said it was too 'rainy'...ha! He should have been in the open air. Still MAGIC though.

I also saw Elton John at the Oxford football stadium (2008 I think) it was great too, no crowd control, (no need!) we were at the front a metre away from himself, jiving to Crockodile rock!

Not a great fan of Grandad rock myself, ie sitting down watching a rock band on a huge screen - might as well be at home!



Off to cycle home now, not looking forward to it at all, at least at 5.05 there is something decent to listen to!



Enjoy the show peeps

#69 Happy Birthday!!

Slightly early arrival were you?

nearly 9 months from Valentines day...!!

#just sayin

#onewhoknows

We bought those frozen lobsters too from Li*l this weekend, made a stonking chowder (practice for a dinner party in 2 weeks time!)

Really am off now

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LILAC BLUE - and MANY Happy Returns!!



I took Mr Allinson to the supermarket today, where the flower lingers, to do the virtual shop - he really is good to listen to - WHY is he on in the middle of the night??



JW

A maths related joke (if you count statistics - no pun intended!):



One day there was a fire in a wastebasket in the Dean's office and in rushed a physicist, a chemist, and a statistician. The physicist immediately starts to work on how much energy would have to be removed from the fire to stop the combustion. The chemist works on which reagent would have to be added to the fire to prevent oxidation. While they are doing this, the statistician is setting fires to all the other wastebaskets in the office. "What are you doing?" they demanded. "Well to solve the problem, obviously you need a large sample size" the statistician replies.

#73 Amelia, if you like Fireflies more of his output is like that than Good Time but as a small introductory playlist I would recommend:

Dreams & Disasters, Vanilla Twilight, Deer in the Headlights, Umbrella Beach and Hello Seattle.

Quite good for mellow chilling more than rocking out but very good live...!

Completely forgot to say:



HAPPY BIRTHDAY Lilac Blue - hope you're having a lovely day



T x

I also want to wish Lilac Blue a Happy Birthday, and hope you had a lovely holiday in la bella Italia!



And I also bow down belatedly to ARFO Queen Autumn_Gale



#82 Mildr - Good one! And along the same lines.....



A physicist, a biologist, and a mathematician are sitting in a café and notice people going into and coming out of the house across the street.



First they see two people going into the house. After a while, they notice three people coming out of the house.



The physicist says: “Our first calculation cannot have been accurate.”



The biologist says: “They have reproduced.”



The mathematician says: “If one more person enters the house, it will definitely be empty.”

Ooohhhh... well done Simon for being niminated for the Carnegie award.. is this connected to the Scot, Andrew Carnegie?

Happy Birthday Lilac Blue - hope you are having a fantastic day.



Loving all the maths jobs folks





Why did the chicken cross the mobius strip?



To get to the same side.

Oops... Nominated, not niminated!! :o))

Jokes not jobs!



Yes Flo apparently it was set up in the memory of Andrew Carnegie.



Well done Simon - not the first award nomination either!

3-word Monday



EXTREMELY ORANGEY SKY!



https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8060/8158287392_f453b2e08a_b.jpg



Taken about 45 mins ago from my front door.

Flo - that is simply stunning - such splendid colours

Burn baby Burn?

#87 - now that's a quality mathematical joke.



Time for off.



Diolch yn fawr. Nos da !

There are only 10 types of people that understand binary code, Those that do, and those that don't.

Thank you kind bloggers for the birthday wishes and cupcake -yumbo!:^0

Florence, stunning sunset photo - good eye!

Amelia, loved the coffee gelato and Florence was magical.

Simon, well done - W0W - fingers crossed for the shortlist, as Itch is excellent and deserves to be shortlisted.

LB, x

Loving the maths jokes folks!



Lovely boss let me go home early to get the dogs walked before the banging started. We're all under the table again here ;(

Lovely photo Flo!!

Ooh see posts 96 and 97. No 3 minute wait?



I'll try again. Pah it didn't work

Will it work now?

Well fancy that! A way round the 3 minute wait