LATE BUT STILL MEANING IT
Sorry Iâm a little late today I had to take a patient to the doctorsâŠ.
âŠThe Beetle, The Bug, the Sky Blue Baby has been having trouble with her timing, so this morning she and I limped to a garage and booked her in for a little tlc.
She had in fact been stood for over four weeks in the same spot whilst I was away over the Christmas period and as a result had incurred a flat off side front tyre. Why do tyres go flat when a car stands for a while, Iâve never understood that. The ÂŁ3.50 foot pump did itâs job though and Iâm expecting a call about her later on this afternoon.
My itâs a windy one again out there. Since I returned home I closed the blinds and Iâve turned the heating up, on days like today itâs up to us to create our own world whilst God sorts his out.
I nipped INto the chemist whilst I was out and about, my throatâs gone mad. The nice lady has given me something to gargle and you know I havenât gargled for years. I found myself a little rusty gagging for breath now and again, isnât it funny how the strangest things remind us how weâve changed.
How good was the BLOOD PRESSURE doctor last night ? And yes for the record she was very attractive. After the success of âthe expertâ, we are thinking about having âan expertâ in every Wednesday. We need some ideas for who you might want to hear, so feel free to let flow. Iâm thinking dogs next week !
I believe youâre meeting up tonight, well some of you at least, good luck with that, I personally think it will change the way you interact and the blog will lose some of itâs openness, honesty and specialness, as agendas are unavoidably bound to be formed but itâs your choice so there you go.
CLP. x
Comments
Morning (just)
A dog expert would be great - us bloggers seem to love our dogs (I'm getting a new one when we're moved and settled into our new house) and an expert on doggy stuff would be fun. It may alienate some listeners who have cats though (alternative pets are available!). Maybe a pet expert would be more equitable?
I do think that it's nice to have a meet up fpr the blog although I know what you mean about changes etc. after it - I'm not going as it's a bit of a way for me but I do worry that those who can't attend will miss out somehow - what if there's a new in joke that we don't get?
I suppose we're relying on maintaining the openness and honesty that has pervaded the blog so far. Right must go - am about to fill in a 'don't tell me that doesn't make you feel better' request.
:o) Jo
u r a wise man Mr E, I just hope u don't lose it and return to ur old self again ever.
onwards and forwards I say
Hi Chris! Mornin all!
I do hope your car is ok. Mine is off to toyota heaven this weekend. Bless her, she's gone past the stage where she can be useful as a car, and is now providing seagulls with somewhere to stand on while they look down the road...
Blood pressure doctor was superb. Had the show on whilst rushing about the place prior to getting a haircut, so heard it in bits and pieces! Glad Rebecca is so well too!
Blinding idea about the Wednesday expert. Just think of all the milyons of things people are experts in...MASSIVE. Your researchers are going to have their work cut out, coz you've gotta have experts who are out of the ordinary...but if you're gonna have Dogs next week, please can I put in a vote for Cats the week after?
mwah mwah moi
love
hazel
x
Hi Chris,
I think you ought to get an expert in to talk about smelly feet. I opf course don't suffer from these bu many stinky people do. Why are some feet smelly and not others. What can be done etc etc
Ta SSG
How about a hypnotist? See if s/he can hypnotise any of you lot whilst on the air? Or one of those liver specialists (heptologist???) to test all your liver functions....? Or how about Gillian McKeith to do her special kind of testing??! (;-))
Hi Chris (and everyone),
Hope your wee car gets better soon! I know nothing about cars and in fact stopped driving about 15 years ago, after almost being flattened by an articulated lorry!
Missed the show last night, but yes I think getting an expert on each week would be a great idea. How about someone who can tell us how best to pay off Christmas just past!
I do see your point about the OAMC tonight and I share your reservations. It's human nature though to want to meet people you have been interacting with, isn't it? I would think that the people that show up tonight will know instictively whether this is something that will work in the future. I would love to go along, but I know that I would be a little apprehensive that my opinions of the individuals involved might change - and that they might not like me once we met. So much of the success of this blog is because we don't REALLY know each other!
It's all very interesting and quite exciting and who knows how it will turn out!
C xx
P.S. Of course, I am thinking of everyone attending tonight. I hope you all have a terrific time and find yourselves bonding! Sooo looking forward to hearing all about it tomorrow!
Hi Chris,
I feel you pain with your Blue Bug, mine was an Ivy Green VW Bug 1962... Cost the earth to fix it every month or so but it was so worth it during those summer months of crusing around feeling like nothing in the world could harm us... Other than the Bug stopping on the M40!
I wouldn't have changed my first car for the world though and I'm planning to get myself a project Camper when, space, time & money allow it!
I missed the Road Kill Chef on Tuesday night, was it any good?
I've been reading "Jimmy Doherty's on the Farm" its a fantastic book, tales of pigs escaping and wild parties in the barn! Its inspired me to grow and be more active with the earth, vegetables, chickens etc... I'm looking forward to the possibilty of eating an egg from my own chicken!
Hope the world is treating you all with respect!
Hey ho Christof.
You may well be right........ But it may change it for the better!
I think you should get that woman in off the "its me or the dog programme". Bloody hell she can sort dogs out in one click of a finger.... I think she'll be able to tell you loads of things.
I don't know about tyres either.. which is probably why mine are always lower than they should be.
Is strangely not windy here in Ayrshire. am thinking we are in eye of storm, maybe it will come this afternoon. Has been snowing all around too, but not here. All good tho.
DWNB
Have a lovely time tonight... whatever anyone thinks!
Hiya everyone,
Arrived in work this morning a bit like Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. The wind is beyond a joke here - the canopy blew off a petrol station and the sea is hitting the seafront hotels.
Short staffed in work - the dreaded lurgy has struck and they are dropping like flies so I'm rushing about but thought I'd have a breather and post this.
CLP - I agree with you about the meeting tonight and that it may change things but I hope not.
Loved Talk to the Animals last night and the blood pressure doctor. I had high blood pressure a couple of years ago caused by type 2 diabetes. Now 2 years later I've lost 5 and a half stone and control the diabetes with diet (all fresh stuff nothing processed) and the blood pressure is now OK. It was a lot easier than I expected and I feel great.
Better go....
Love n stuff
Claire
Hey Up!
Loved to doc last night and loving the doggy idea.
How about having a DIY / surveyor type bod on the show. With all the weather damage going on at the mo it could be a good shout? Also I love Kim & Aggy type info and tips. Not as proffesional as the doc I know and maybe a little kitch but still EVERYONE loves tips. Oh!! Get a Chef on! Get a chef on! and get us more Cheffy type tips as well! Oh the possibilities are endless :)
Wow, what happend?
Hi Chris
I always read your blog and see that you want a dog expert and what a suprise I work in the Kennel Club Press Office and we would love to offer our spokesperson (a down to earth dog owner himself!) to come in and chat with you to answer any questions you or your listeners might want to know!!
Please contact me, we would love to help!
Sara
x
Howdy doody Christoph!!!
Thought the Blood Pressure expert, Dr Rebecca, was brilliant last night - she must have the patience of a saint!!!!
CLP - I hope your throat gets better soon - can't have you off the air - not so soon after coming back to us!! I'd recommend pouring some salt into warm water and gargling with that every few hours. I've suffered from tonsillitis and throat problems since my early teens and although it takes some getting used to, it's very effective, especially last thing at night - guaranteed to anaesthetise the throat to give you at least some sleep!
I hope the blog doesn't lose its openness for some people, but you've got a point Mr E.
Sorry the car's not well - see my last entry on yesterday's blog.
Love to all on this blustery day - be careful out there!
jillygoat xx
Stone me!
Someone âup thereâ is not a happy bunny today. Itâs certainly a-howlinâ in Rudgwick, even had to get up in the night and Blu-Tac the letterbox down. And now the rain is horizontal.
So. The day has finally arrived. Excited? I am. How do you spot a shlogger in a pub full of people? I assume that Moose will not be sporting tell-tale antlers, although Gaby may arrive wrapped in a Reading FC scarf and I will, of course, have the lovely Mrs MfR on my arm, although that doesnât help you one jot.
If, as planned, we arrive prior to 7.00, I will look out for anyone plugged in to a radio catching the show or tapping away at a laptop, as no self-respecting shlogger could possibly be torn away from the messiah during service.
Failing that, I shall look for the signs. Remember, and this is the scary thing, over the past few months weâve all revealed a great deal about ourselves, more than perhaps we would had we known weâd meet face to face one day. Without realising it, we all actually know each rather well.
Maybe. We shall see.
A hint of disapproval from Mr E? I understand where you are coming from, but the step into the unknown is just too tempting for some of us.
I have resorted to eating mayonnaise and teabags as I cannot run the risk of being blown away if I step outside. This doesnât set me up well for this evening, but as I shall be sticking to the orange juice it doesnât really matter.
Have a happy âMork & Mindyâ Thirsty Thursday.
See everyone who dares later.
MfR
PS Bryter Layter
PPS Goats Head Soup
Hey Christoff,
Great show last night, mucho enjoyo, young Saunders has gone way up in my estimation upon hearing the first thing he does when he gets home, a man after my own heart.
Also Chris he is an integral part of the show now, I don,t know the formula you put together to pick your team originally, but it works wonderfully well.
A huge gust of wind has just shook the office to its rafters, man Ithought for a moment we were being transported to OZ the land of , not the country.
I paid my once monthly to the barber last night and now look like a fugitive from a chain gang, the reason thus, the young lady cutting my hair remaked how quickly the fellow next to me had been done, I turned to look,in a half slumber kind of way and heard her sigh (oh dear) the clippers , she said have made a bald spot in the back of your head.
So I ended up with a grade 1 side and back and very short on top, still the girls in the office like it , though good old mom says I now look like Magwitch from great expectations, moms always say it like it is thats why we love em.
Keep it real baby
Pottsie.
I did think about the fact that meeting up will change the 'feel' of the blog. It's up to those who meet to ensure it doesn't I guess. I um'ed and ah'ed about whether to go but have decided to stick to my belly dancing class.
I, for one, would love you to get a dog expert on the show - so would Wellington (although he thinks he'd prefer a human expert!).
A cold and blustery day - I wish I was also at home with heating up and blinds shut - no chance for me though. Far too much work to be done - saying that I must get on.
Lotsa love
Jax
xox
Subject: Fw: Children's Science Exam Answers.
If you need a laugh, then read through these Children's Science Exam
Answers.
Q: Name the four seasons.
A: Salt, pepper, mustard, and vinegar.
Q: Explain one of the processes by which water can be made safe to
drink.
A: Flirtation makes water safe to drink because it removes large
pollutants like grit, sand, dead sheep, and canoeists.
Q: How is dew formed?
A: The sun shines down on the leaves and makes them perspire.
Q: How can you delay milk turning sour? (brilliant, love this !)
A: Keep it in the cow.
Q: What causes the tides in the oceans?
A: The tides are a fight between the Earth and the Moon. All water tends
to flow towards the moon, because there is no water on the moon, and
nature hates a v ac uum. I forget where the sun joins in this fight.
Q: What are steroids?
A: Things for keeping carpets still on the stairs.
Q: What happens to your body as you age?
A: When you get old, so do your bowels and you get intercontinental.
Q: What happens to a boy when he re ac hes puberty?
A: He says good-bye to his boyhood and looks forward to his adultery.
Q: Name a major disease associated with cigarettes
A: Premature death.
Q: How are the main parts of the body categorized? ( e.g., abdomen.)
A: The body is consisted into three parts - the brainium, the borax and
the abdominal cavity. The brainium contains the brain; the borax
contains the heart and lungs, and the abdominal cavity contains the five
bowels, A, E, I, O, and U.
Q: What is the fibula?
A: A small lie.
Q: What does "varicose" mean?
A: Nearby.
Q: Give the meaning of the term "Caesarean Section"
A: The Caesarean Section is a district in Rome
Q: What does the word "benign" mean?'
A: Benign is what you will be after you be eight.
Smart Kids, Huh!!! Could you do that good??
Peace and love all
I bring news from my american indian friend on the other side called Dan.
The message is from Prof Plum. He sends his greetings and hopes your meeting goes well tonight and will be there in spirit.
Cars don't they just bug you at times. It's always in the bad weather too.
The blood pressure lady was most interesting on the show last night.
Looking forward to a dog expert. Can you spoil a dog at all? Mine has roast chicken and jacuzzi baths, but then I might be a little eccentric.
You know what I hate?
People who say you should have done such and such.. Am getting really fed up with it. I just went out to get my colleague and I some soup and got soaking wet in the snow. Instead of thanks, it was 'you should have taken a brolly'
I got my radio stolen from my car on Monday, my best friend has felt the need to say 'you should have taken it out the car' TWICE!
If she mentions it again I will tell her a huge list of all the things she should have done!
I'm not stupid stop pointing out the obvious.
You could date all the experts/..
Already feeling alienated. As a "pop in when i can" blogger, didnt know there was a gathering. Hope it doesent become a "them and us" blog....still the TOGS get together dont they. Very windy in my portakabin down in Kent, the course is closed for the first time this year and my OH has called to say a tree came down in front of him earlier. Luckily know one hurt. Birds are flying backwards!
ARGH! this weather is horrible. Our Christmas tree which we put in the garden has blown here there and everywhere, its currently rolling down the drive way and onto the avenue
love the expert idea, i think a doggy expert would be great then can you have an expert on acupuncture then one of you could have some needles put in on air! Acupuncture is brilliant!
Hope the car gets better soon. Give a big cuddle for Enzo the lovely thing!
Love to all you bloggers and have fun tonight love missy xx
how about an expert on kite flying! for this weather (is it too windy to fly kites)? We need to ask an expert! The new year shows have been excellent. It really cheers me up when I'm waiting for the bus, knowing that i have such good company whilst i cook the family dinner.
keep up the great work
x
Chris,
My wrist is hurting (from the slap).
Cars
I'll need to get a new one given yesterday's meeting. Any suggestions for a new Moose-mobile?
Experts
Great idea. I think they should be chosen to involve the whole team if at all possible though...we all love the involvement of Jonny, Rebecca and Sally. So dogs is good, BUT I don't think everyone on the team has a dog?
Gillian McKeith would be good, and I must say that her expert analysis is better suited to the radio than TV...at least until they invent scratch and sniff radio!
Colour expert to determine what colours you should all wear.
Psychology expert to determine what little foibles (love that word) you all have. While they are there they can tell us how to sort out the Big Brother 3, and the clones they have running around the country...
Then you could pick subjects that some of us are expert in, and get us on the show...
Dr J McC - hookworm and other parasites
Jax - can teach you belly dancing
Hazel - French lessons
Gaby - how to sell things
BigUn - how to tell good jokes
Q - can't tell you what that one would cover - it's classified.
And even little old me...when I can think of something to be an expert in...
...and I'm sure there are loads of others too..no offence anyone I've left out!
OAMC
I guess we all know the risks, having discussed it on here. I've always been one for trying to go the most difficult route possible. It's going to be difficult for us attendees to keep (or even improve) the openness, honesty etc on the blog after meeting. But if we all resolve to do just that, it's possible and I think we should go for it! I am already planning some INCREASED openness and honesty after tonight from me!
Well, not surprisingly, there WAS a common theme within our blogs today...the OAMC!!!
Tomorrow may be a very different challenge for me to tune in to...but I'll give it a go.
We'll try to keep "in" jokes to a minimum for those not attending. I'm sure attendees will be sharing tomorrow anyway, so they'll be outed (the jokes) by this time tomorrow...not so long to wait, is it?
Matt from Rudgwick - I hope you've seen the oamc blog...further detailed moose recognition instructions are on there. Follow link above, then go to my profile and you can go to the oamc from there. Also, I have my mini FM radio with me today - I shall be plugged in!!!
And if it all goes horribly wrong, you can all blame me, I shall retire from this blog disgracefully, and then rejoin with a new pseudonym, pretending to be a virgin blogger again!
Moose
PS What can we play for you Bob?
Anything! Just play it LOUD, OK?
PPS Chris. PLEASE play my "Don't tell me..." request tonight. It is a special night for bloggers tonight...pretty please.
PPPS Will be VERY upset if this doesn't get through!
So will it or wont it I suppose is the question. Change that is...... I am going to stick with DWNB's inspirational, Reiki'd up, positivity.
It could well change for the better. Certainly cant wait to find out all about it. And may these things are cyclical. MAybe meeting up will create a sub blog that makes way for a new community - or not.
With so many wanting to meet, it would be foolish not to take the risk - just in case.
Tinsel - well done on the life changes, so 2007 is going to be a good one for you!
Hazel - you say tracy-ann is VERY VERY busy. Funny, that made me suspicious - in an intrigued way, (as opposed to a nasty way!). Hope she can make it back soon.....
off to an important meeting now and will catch up later when the man cub has gone to bed and you lot are all about to sit down to a nice pint and a story from the Doc.
xx
PS Are these exclusive!
Chris,
I've just had another thought...
Rebecca will be going on maternity leave soon.
I have some free time in the next few months.
I could be the maternity cover business news "expert". We could do Fox the Moose every night. I'd be the business person from INSIDE business, to make a change from the journalists from OUTSIDE.
How about it?
Moose
PS Q and M have my e-mail address. You can contact me via them. Or, I'll be in the Nags Head....
Afternoon All
Along with Sarah I must be on a different universe, I didn't know about the meeting either....... where is it then??!!
We are currently nailing things down here in Norfolk - its raining cats,dogs, the wind is blowing a hooley. Happy days
I have just been thinking about buying a couple of acres of rainforest, with all this carbon offsetting business, I thought this might be better than planting new trees, that way I will feel as though I have protected a bit of the world right now!!?? What do you think guys??
Mayhem
xx
So bloggers are meeting eh? Not sure that will have any effect on openness, it never seemed to do on other fora I have been on. It may well form clique though, ie create and them and us situation. I come here because its an extension to the radio show and Chris writes well and is often thought provoking. Some of the comments continue that and are worth reading. Where will it end? Bloggers Christmas party? Annual Bloggers dog show? Could become tedious but it will level out in the end.
Hello Chris (feel very presumtious calling you Chris, how mad! It's your name)
I'm totally addicted to this blog. It's so up beat and positive. You make my inside sun shine on these dark windy days.
Thank you for spending your time tickling our fancy !!!
Morning all...
Well today is MUCH better, thanks to all! I think the wind has blown away all the bad feeling and general cruddiness from yesterday - so feeling much more like my old self!
I think a Humpday Expert is a fab idea Mr E. Can we have an expert that examines our blogging please?????
I get the distinct impression, Chris, that you don't approve of the OAMC, for very valid reasons, I guess. Curiosity gets the better of us I guess, but then you know what Curiosity did...
(Had fab pop songs in the '80's!!!)
I will watch from afar, as I am now unable to attend, and hope that it DOESN'T change this wonderful little community.
Are you OK Chris? Your blog was a little, well, not the usual - are you under the weather, or has something horrid happened? Do hope everything's ok; I'm really looking forward to hearing the show tonight.
Hugs and kisses all
S xx.
PS Moose, please don't leave Hazel standing outside on her own....
This just came up in my cystal ball. Maybe I could set up some link through Dan the american indian guide.
Iâm here !!!! :)
Thanks for all the concern! Made me feel very wanted !
Ms. Love is right in saying I am absolutely run off my feet at the moment - techies are in high demand at the moment !
Dog Expert would be fab. My wonderful (and hot if you believe all my male friends !!!) Mum is a dog expert. Well, animal expert in general but is a super duper expert when it comes to dogs and dog psychology. All the people at her vets surgery love her and her own vet always jokes that he could have been my Dad (he was picked to the post a few months prior by my Dad !!!....35 years ago and going strong !)
Took some time from running around like a mad person this week to visit my grandparents who live a 5 minute drive from the office. I usually see them at least once a week but hadn`t seen them this week so broke away for an hour and popped round for a cup of tea.
You know what its like when you love someone so much your heart could just burst - well, thats how I feel about my grandparents. I adore them. My Grandad is the most beautiful man on the planet. Funny, witty, intelligent. Everytime I see him or spend time with him I am filled with pride knowing he's my Grandad !
Both my Nan and Grandad still work. My Nan, in her late 70`s, works for Help The Aged (I know!!!) as a home help. She goes to the same three people every week, does all their shopping, washing, cleaning and ironing, sorts out all their food for the week and keeps them company, my Grandad tends to their gardens.
When they are at home together then sit on the sofa and watch TV holding hands. They adore each other, are considerate of each other and after all these years still completely in love. They have what I aspire to have, it seems so rare nowadays.
My Grandad and Dad are also the source of most of my allotment knowledge ! I have started planning my plot out for this year and will update you all when I have anything exciting to report!
Thank You for my messages over the past couple of days. I appreciate it :)
Moose - well done you on your tip top organisational skills ! I hope it all goes well for you all this evening !
Have a wonderful wonderful day one and all
All my love as always
Until next time.....
Tracey-Ann
Missy - I like the acupuncture expert idea. I have had it in the past and found it great.
Moose - like your Fox the Moose idea. Better the Moose the Fox!!
Not long til later (!)
Lotsa love
Jax
xox
PS Hey, this is not a test! This is rock and roll!
Hi Chris-i'm a bit late myself today-forgot-oops!
Loved the blood preassure doc last night and great idea to have regular Wednesday expert - would like a marriage guidance counsellor please or the person who wrote Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus! Excuse me for being durghh but why did you sign off as CLP?
Sarah 21 mentioned Togs - how many of you are Tygs turned Togs? I was forced to listen to Wogan in the car on the school drop when I would have preferred the Hairy Cornflake on Radio 1. Anyway have a good weekend everyone and see you next week.
San x
Hello all
Chris -
RE: car it is likely that the valve in your car tyre no longer works in one direction. I had a similar problem myself with an old car. Very cheap to fix, so don't fall prey to anybody telling you to replace all four tyres because they are infected with rubber-rot-fungus or something
RE: OAMC. I detect in your blog a note of sourness about the OAMC. Is this because you haven't been officially invited?
RE: Experts. Dr Booth is very keen on telling people about his parasites, and would no doubt leap at the chance of appearing on the radio. I'm taking a low profile these days, for fear of recrimination.
Moose - Dr Booth will be bringing several copies of my book and will, given half a chance, deliver an impromptu and lengthy lecture on the benefits of supporting his charity. If he gets too boring, I suggest you heckle him with the words 'charity capitalist!' That should shut him up.
J McC
How to Maintain a Healthy Level of Insanity in the Workplace
1) Page yourself over the intercom. Don't disguise your voice.
2) Find out where your boss shops and buy exactly the same outfits. Wear them one day after you boss does. This is especially effective if your boss is a different gender.
3) Make up nicknames for all your coworkers and refer to them only by these names. "That's a good point, Sparky." "No, I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to disagree with you there, Cha-cha."
4) Send e-mail to the rest of the company telling them exactly what you're doing. For example: "If anyone needs me, I'll be in the bathroom."
5) Hi-Lite your shoes. Tell people you haven't lost them as much since you did this.
6) While sitting at your desk, soak your fingers in Palmolive liquid. Call everyone Madge.
7) Hang mosquito netting around your cubicle. When you emerge to get coffee or a printout or whatever, slap yourself randomly the whole way.
8) Put a chair facing a printer. Sit there all day and tell people you're waiting for your document.
9) Every time someone asks you to do something, anything, ask them if they want fries with that.
10) Send e-mail back and forth to yourself engaging yourself in an intellectual debate. Forward the mail to a co-worker and ask her to settle the disagreement.
11) Encourage your colleagues to join you in a little synchronized chair-dancing.
12) Put your trash can on your desk. Label it "IN."
13) Feign an unnatural and hysterical fear of staplers.
14) Send e-mail messages saying there's free pizza or donuts or cake in the lunch room. When people drift back to work complaining that they found none, lean back, pat your stomach and say, "Oh you've got to be faster than that."
15) Put decaf in the coffee maker for three weeks. Once everyone has withdrawn from caffeine addiction, switch to espresso.
Hi again,
Chris, I don,t think folk from the blog meeting up will have any adverse effects in it, sub texts are beginning to evolve, such is the nature of the beast.
Experts wednesday is a good idea,no idea of criteria though, will give your researchers something to get ther teeth into.
I now need to sit in a dark room as I,ve just processed an order for ÂŁ278k.
Bloggers enjoy your evening meet up, hope its a great night.
Pottsie.
G'day good peple!
I'm afraid God and his unruly wind has put paid to any ideas of the OAMC, not only has the route from Leicester a mess but the alternative from from Warwick parkway is disrupted as well.
I'm going to listen to my wizards and head on home instead of daarrrn sarrrf and tuck me and the bears in with a nice hot toddy and listen to the show. Anyone that can make it please have a great time and I'll be thinking of you.
Hazel Love- thanks for the recipe sounds fab! and in return here's mine:
Finely chop a savoy cabbage and par boil for about 5 minutes. drain and put to one side.
Boil some potatoes drain off, add some salt ground pepper, milk, a dash of fresh cream, some wholegrain mustard and chopped chives and wizz in the food blender till really creamy.
Heat up a large heavy bottomed saucepan. Take some lardons (or alternative copped up bacon bits like the ones I get from a cheap supermarket) and fry off in their own fat until they start to brown. Add the cabbage and stir fry adding salt & ground black pepper to taste. Once the cabbage is cooked to your liking add a glass of white wine and a tablespoon of fresh cream, stir for a further few minutes before serving with the creamy mash.... Delish!!!!!!!! Enjoy!
Much luv"n"stuff
Lyndyloo
& the Bears
-x-x-x-
Just a quickie, moose, will you take a pic of everyone tonight and put it on your blog, I'd love to see what you all look like! I've got a picture in my mind, but I'm sure it's completely inaccurate! Have fun guys, got to go and take my banana cake out of the oven, HAVE FUN!!
Em xx
Great Blog.
Hey Chris and all!
I am excited today! On saturday i have friends coming from throughout the land and the weekend feels everso close now! A good time as as good as guarenteed!
Also I am having a pleasant flirtation with a guy atwork atpresent! It isnt going any where but dont you find it makes the work day go that little faster and more pleasantly! You find yourself making a little extra effort each day as you know someone will actually notice!!!
As for the debate about the meeting! I can totally agree with chris, yet to be honest if the meeting was closer to me i would definately go as curiosity would totally win out! Plus I LOVE meeting new people especially over a drink! Next time can you not move it abit more up north?
em26x
34 Anonymous - it was me - Sandra!!!!!!
Hi Y'all
Hows yer all doin.
Hope yer car Chris has not got blood pressure Chris sounds more like low blood pressure.
Hey Moose I'm not an expert except for my spy activites and various fake death conspiracy theories.
Tracey-Anne - good to read you again!! Glad you're full of energy and dashing around - good for you my lovely.
How wonderful to have such lovely grandparents - I bet they're really proud of their granddaughter! My grandparents all died when I was aged between 2 and 4, so I have absolutely no memories of them at all, and have always envied (in a good way) other people's relationships with their grandparents. It's such a special bond.
jillygoat xx
Parker,
Have we worked together? You have just described every one of my management styles too accurately!
Hasn't he?
Yes, absolutely perfectly. It was uncanny.
I know.
Spooky huh?
[slap] Yes
{Sorry! You are out of the office in the bathroom}
DD out
PS Tee hee
Hi Blog peepsâŠ
First off, want to thank DWNB & Anna for advice on blogging, twas great help cheers.
Moose â Bad luck on numbers yesterday, Iâm sending you blog vibes for next time, can you feel em??? ï
Ms Mayhem â I agree with how awful it is today in Norfolk, I am coming to you from a wooden hut, inside a tin shed â some of the noises outside are quite scary!!!!!
Hope the OAMC meet goes well tonight folks, will be thinking of ya all.
(BTW â great tip bout copying and pasting from Word â canât remember who it was, Iâm terrible with namesâŠ. Sorry)
Must dash, just been an almighty crash, think the roof may have just been parted from the wallsâŠ.. need to rescue my customersâŠ..
Nunu x
I'm not usually one for posting warnings about potential scams but I
had a close miss yesterday. I walked into B&Q at lunchtime and some old
guy
dressed in orange asked me if I wanted decking. Fortunately, I got the
first punch in and broke his nose so that was the end of that. Those
less suspecting
might not be so lucky.
Be careful out there!
PS Due to todays wind, i am suffering with 'Russel Brand' hair..... opinions please as to whether this a good look??????!!!!!!
Currently sitting in a darkened office with no power, the weather seems to be getting worse - oh what a day.......
T
Things that are difficult to say when you're drunk...
a) Innovative
b) Preliminary
c) Proliferation
d) Cinnamon
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Things that are VERY difficult to say when you're drunk...
a) Specificity
b) British Constitution
c) Passive-aggressive disorder
d) Transubstantiate
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Things that are ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE to say when you're drunk...
a) Thanks, but I don't want to sleep with you.
b) Nope, no more booze for me.
c) Sorry, but you're not really my type.
d) No kebab for me, thank you.
e) Good evening officer, isn't it lovely out tonight?
f) I'm not interested in fighting you.
g) Oh, I just couldn't - no one wants to hear me sing.
h) Thanks, but I won't make any attempt to dance, I have no co-ordination. I'd hate to look like a fool.
i) Where is the nearest toilet? I refuse to vomit in the street.
j) I must be going home now as I have work in the morning.
Why oh why - the weather seems to have disrupted eveyone's day. I will not be able to make the OAMC this evening - there is a tree on my rail line so no trains.
I really do not fancy driving in this weather either so i am afraid i will be heading home and buttoning down the hatches.
fingers crossed for next month
T
Afternoon Bloggers and schloggers,
I am sorry for not popping in too often but my work is mad and the hours are just too short. I really wish I could make the meeting tonight and wish all of you who can attend a safe journey to and fro. Be sure to report back ;-)
Chris I do not think you are right with this one and the blog will not change at all. In fact I would go as far as to say it will improve the blog as this is IMO a natural progression to the virtual friendships that have defiantly formed since the beginning of the blog. Any way if it des go wrong it is your fault as you started the blog ;-)))))) and we would never have been talking to such a wide, varied and interesting bunch!
As for the show, the subject of dogs is a nailed on winner as the good British public are a nation of animal lovers. You may like to look at some of the more obscure hobbies such a walking stick maker or if the devil in you could bring yourself get the Caravan club to d a spot on Drive time ;-)
As for the car tyres it will either be the valves perishing or if the tyres are tubeless and have been on a while the seal (Glue) could have failed. F course there is a possibility that you have collected a small nail and so have a slow puncture.
Later if I can,
Keith
Xx
P.S. As I have come out as an ex rugby player I thought some of you (Anna) may enjoy this about English Rugby.
1. The English rugby practice was disrupted today when an unknown white substance was found on the practice pitch by some players, head coach immediately suspended practice and called the police, after a complete analysis by forensic experts the unknown substance was found to be....................................the try line.
Practice was resumed when the RFU decided the players were unlikely to encounter the substance again!
2. Andy Robinson takes the England team for a training session, first up he tells the players to take up their normal positions, so they all go behind the posts to wait for the conversion!!
3. RFU set up a helpline for disappointed fans after a disastrous season the number is 0800 10 10 10 thatâs 0800 won nothing, won nothing, won nothing!
4. There are two man made things that can be seen from space, the Great Wall of China and the hole in the English defence
5. whatâs the difference between the English Rugby team and an arsonist???
............... An arsonist would not waste 17 matches
Hey guys... I'm new to the show and the blog.. i love what you lot are doing!It's all so positive and affirming.
So what's going on tonight? Who's going? And where exactly is it? I'd love to come down as I'm near London.
Dear Bloggers
It unfortunately looks like I won't be able to join you at the OAMC, due to the fact that there is currently no train service out of Cambridge. Wrong kind of wind I believe.
If I don't make it, please have a good time without me.
cheers
Mark
Hi Everyone,
An important day in the schlog calendar. I'm looking forward to hearing tomorrow how it went tonight. I agree with EmM a photo would be good. (I've just eaten some carrot cake EmM).
Jo- you say about maybe missing in-jokes after tonight. I find that even though I usually keep up to date with all the postings (except for last week which I missed) I seem to have missed the point sometimes. Perhaps I'm on a different wavelength.
Meant to say yesterday Chris, we have our own sauna, feel welcome to drop in anytime you want to use it. Our friends have one near the lake and often have a swim in it after the sauna, especially at midsummer.
Thank you Cathmel and Sallycat for asking. Cathmel I have made a couple of posts this week and said hello to mwk when she asked after me (which was nice) but alas I did not pop in at all last week and feel that there is an awful lot of chat to catch up with!
On Monday I got the internet all set up to listen to Chris's first day back and the connection failed. I tried several times to get it back but to no avail. I even missed the first song!
I also missed Tuesday's show as shopping all day. Have tried out the skis today as we got some more snow last night. I think it will be a while before I feel confident on them! I managed to listen in last night.
Amanda #34 yesterday or today, can't remember re dogs, people here in Sweden we've noticed when walking our sadly missed Clive off the lead, will generally stop and just stand still and offer their hand to the dog if it wants to come up to them. Only once the dog has sniffed them first and is happy with the person will the person stroke them and talk to them on the dog's terms.
All the best for tonight, let us know how it goes tomorrow.
Lynne x
Meant to say welcome back to Tracey-Ann.
Good to see that you're well!
Lynne x
Just coming back re: a couple of things!
AS - loved the joke, really funny!
Nicki - it's really difficult to move on to something bigger and better, when you are fond of the people you work with now! Good luck!
Tinsel - enjoy your wee cat and have a great 2007! You sound very happy and strong and that is great!
Sallycat - regarding your mum. Well, my mum died 11 years ago - I miss her every day. I think I was a fairly good daughter to her, but of course there's a lot I would change if I could. I used to get so angry with her for nothing - wish I could turn the clock back.
Em26 #41 - enjoy the flirting! Sounds harmless and it's great to feel the adrenalin!
To all my fellow commenting-type-people, heading for the Nag's Head: as the time is approaching, I am getting very excited for all of you! I think you will have a very successful get-together and please, please report to the rest of us as soon as you can tomorrow!
C xx
Flynn staggered home very late after another evening with his drinking buddy, Paddy. He took off his shoes to avoid waking his wife, Mary.
He tiptoed as quietly as he could toward the stairs leading to their upstairs bedroom, but misjudged the bottom step. As he caught himself by grabbing the banister, his body swung around and he landed heavily on his rump. A whiskey bottle in each back pocket broke and made the landing especially painful.
Managing not to yell, Flynn sprung up, pulled down his pants, and looked in the hall mirror to see that his butt cheeks were cut and bleeding. He managed to quietly find a full box of Band-Aids and began putting a Band-Aid as best he could on each place he saw blood.
He then hid the now almos t empty Band-Aid box and shuffled and stumbled his way to bed.
In the morning, Flynn woke up with searing pain in both his head and butt and Mary staring at him from across the room.
She said, "You were drunk again last night weren't you?"
Flynn said, "Why you say such a mean thing?"
"Well," Mary said, "it could be the open front door, it could be the broken glass at the bottom of the stairs, it could be the drops of blood trailing through the house, it could be your bloodshot eyes, but mostly.....it's all those Band-Aids stuck on the hall mirror.
Moose -
Quick, there is an opening for #50
To anyone who makes it to the OAMC meeting tonight, I hope you have a wonderful time and look forward to hearing about it tomorrow!!
Will be thinking of you all and wishing I could be there and I'll raise a glass of cheeky merlot to y'all xx
jillygoat xx
How about a car expert, may give you tips on your beetle. With the high winds make sure the show is well tied down.
Good morning from Vancouver and a good evening to one and all back in Blighty,
To those attending the gathering this evening:
"Meeting is fate but becoming friends is a choice"
and for another perspective...
"You may admire a woman's curves when first you meet, but the second time reveals new angles"
Though time is against me today, especially if I wish to slide in a quick tipple at lunch, I just wanted to wish you all the best for the inaugural gathering of the BCC, the Blog Contributor Club, this evening.
Naturally, geography determines that I shall be absent but I hope that it serves you all well.
With regards to such a gathering perhaps altering the way in which you communicate on the blog, there is of course an element of truth in that. For some, it could enhance the situation, personal meetings invariably detract from previously 'anonymous' and thus unconditionally open exchanges. Whatever the outcome, I wish all the finest of evenings.
Good day to you
Dr. T
Hi All,
Chris, hope your sore throat is feeling soothed and doesn't develope into anything nasty (thre's a lot of it about apparently)
Re OAMC, I tend to agree with you Chris, but also think you are slightly to blame, you left us alone for too long and should have realised we couldn't be trusted not to get too curiousas we all seemed to be getting on so well. I truly hope this evening is a rip-roaring success, and that the blog will carry on it's own sweet way.
Tobes #7
You must, must, must get some chickens of your own, there is no tast like eggs from the garden.
I used to have 3 hens, only bantums as my garden is not very big, they are no trouble at all, they had a little house at the end of the garden with a couple of next boxes in, every night they would take themselves off to bed as soon as dusk arrived, then I would let them out in the morning and they would spend the day pottering around the garden. I used to feed them chicken pellets but they mainly ate anything they could get hold of. After you've had eggs produced in that way you'll be amazing what its possible to produce from a few pellets, couple of worms and the odd earwig!!
I would strongly recomend the breed Buff Orpington, they are a stunning auburn colour and love to be picked up and cuddled! (I was very close to my 'girls')
Oh yes, for anybody interested I had the second interview this morning, seemed to go well, apparently I should hear something by close of play Friday..gosh! it's Thursday already.
Oh well back to work. I shall raise a glass in honour of the OAMC but will not be attending as am feeling a bit Mr E abut it,
I hope you all have a stonking good time and can't wait to read you all in the morning!
Take care
Nicki
Arfnoonall...
I really cannot believe the wind. It gets in late, and then tells fibs about where it was last night. Apparently somewhere in the Atlantic. Purleeeese.
So. Travel update.
All the trains so far today have been cancelled.
Message reads 'WE STRONGLY ADVISE CUSTOMERS NOT TO TRAVEL DUE TO SEVERE SERVICE DISRUPTION ON ALL ROUTES'
I tend to agree that an entire day's cancellations qualifies as severe disruption...and I'm a great believer in being strongly advised I'm afraid, so I'm not gonna be able to make it tonight.
I will raise a glass of an appropriate beverage at the appointed time of 19.30.
je ne suis pas jolie
love
hazel
x
ps it's apparently going to plummet past the weekend
pps I am SO peed off at the weather. As the fine DWNB once said, 'A*se'.
Blimey what a windy day.
I am not sure about expert day - surely this already already happens with interviews etc. every day? As to dogs there seemed to be an unhealthy amount of people last night whose first thing they did when getting home involved a dog in some way!
Parker - very funny - I have maintained my impression of insanity by laughing outloud while reading it.
#40 - is this a record a name longer than the blog comment?
Hi all
Me again (making up for the lost weeks...)
Parker - wow you make me laugh lots!!! Will try to remember those words when next on boozy night out. May also print off the impossible ones and carry them round with me... ;-) Try 'reciprocity'.
Big Un - Have tried to keep schtum - but I'm with anna - love rugby, purely for the game, you understand....
Tracey-Ann - all my grandparents died a long time ago so am also a little envious (but in a good way!).
Lindyloo - I note from your blog that you must live in roughly the same area as me - which is the best station to travel to London from? I have been travelling from Coventry, only because I've been dropping off kids/meeting people there on the return leg - but not really happy with an hours drive before i even get on the wretched train...
S xx.
evening all and CLP..
CLP I hope you get ur voice-back! - go on.. gargle away!
Yes - do get some more experts in, as the doctor was great, with some top tips on Blood n stuff.
Why not get me in as a expert? in technology?! in podcasting?! as a musician!
Here's a query/ponder for you:
why do most DJ's on radio play music... but don't talk about the music, instruments and musicians behind it?! so let me be a expert on the subject!
have a good show dude! and team..
and for the rest of us... do 2 of the following:
1. tune-in on ±«Óătv Radio 2
2. tune-in on digital radio
3. tune-in via the internet
and
4. watch the live webcam when Chris is on-air! via
the ±«Óătv Radio two website at: www.bbc.co.uk/radio2 and click on to webcam which you can find at the top right of the screen (it's quite small to click on!!)
Hi guys,
It is with great sadness and frustration that I write this.
I am stuck. Trees on my line and no train service, nor any estimate of when there will be.
I will keep trying, but I see from other entries that the attendance will be decimated.
What a day to pick. Who did pick today anyway?
3rd Thursday indeed. How very dare they?
To make matters worse, my mini FM radio is not picking up radio 2 where I am camped out (at the gym). I will go back tot he station, wait there and see if I can listen there.
Apologies to anyone who turns up and there's no-one else there...if I don't make it. At the moment it doesn't look likely.
A sad Moose
OMG, I'm ashamed, why can't you type whilst thinking 'I'm going to get caught any second by the boss'
I apologise for my terrible earlier spellin and hope you could make head, or tail really of anything wot I rote!
Must be nearly home time!
Take care
Nicki
I think that an expert on dogs would be great. My dog has smelly feet, just like a human smelly feet smell. I would love an expert to tell me what to do to cure this.
Hi Chris,
What a good idea! An expert in every Wednesday. BP lady was good. Learning is what it's all about. Anything to help us make sense of our huge world. I'd really like to hear an expert on astrology. That way you and the team could have your birth charts interpreted and you would all know more about eachother. It can be quite revealing so it would be interesting to see who would be up for it. Also with synastry (comparing two birth charts) it is possible to highlght similarities and differences between two people. Knowing the dynamics between you lot it would make for an interesting programme. I hope you think it worth considering.
Chow for now,
Debs xx
OK, so I've decided to treat the wind and fallen trees in much the same way as Chris treated the idiot in the sauna...
I have just returned from the top of an electricity pylon, having quickly scaled it, sat on the top and screamed like a banshee at the wind...
"Come on, do your worst. Is that all you can manage? Do you call that a gale? Give me more.." I yelled.
Picture Gary Sinise up the mast of the boat in Forrest Gump...only with antlers.
I am now back at the gym...the alternative route to London being suggested by the poor man at the station involved a dog sled, two buses which may or may not be running, a piggy back from a bloke named Carl, and hitching a ride on a passing magic carpet.
So I have decided that it's not going to happen TODAY. Note the emphasis. Not that it's not going to happen. But simply not today.
Anyway, disappointing. Not to be outdone, I have decided to come back here:
1. to let you all know
2. to work off some frustration, and
3. to work off some fat.
Might as well make the best of the situation. Roads are clogged anyway (took me an hour and a half just to get here!). Mrs Moose not expecting me home. No food in the fridge.
Watch out treadmill, here I come.
Just a shame that there is zero FM reception in here...means that the i-pod is the only option. Might do a listen again when I get home. Might not.
And I wish we had a bucket of water in our sauna...I'd pour the lot on!
Moose
PS Well done Jo on getting number 1.
PPS I hope not too many of you can't access a computer and are sitting there later expecting others to turn up...if so, really really sorry.
It's fate,,,,
Tracey-Ann,
Great to hear from you!
"Tip top organisational skills". Yeah right! Pick the one day that no-one is going anywhere on any form of transport!!!
Good job I never took that job as a weather forecaster...
Moose
Moose, Oh no! ;-( I have heard some crummy excuses in my time but a tree on the line beats the lot!
I have to say that you not making it to the OAMC has not cheered me up either ;-(
Maybe this is a sign though that it was not meant to be? Just maybe Chris (not that I agree) is right?
Although the date was set by a person who will remain nameless the weather is the act of the wizards, and you can not mess with them!
Keep smiling my virtual friend :-)))))))
Keith
Evening All!
Looks like the OAMC is fate... It took me an hour and 15 minutes to do the 24 mile journey home from Leicester cross country. Today is just not a day for travelling.
I love the idea of a doggie (aka bear) expert on the show next week!! Yes yes yes!!!
Sammie #66 I often travel from Nuneaton which is a regular service to Euston or Leicester-Kings Cross, but the cheapest route is Warwick Parkway to Marylebone which is ÂŁ15 return! (other routes are available).
Let's all just raise a glass at 7.30 in honour of the idea of the OAMC :)
Lyndyloo
& the Bears
After all the media interest in the celeberity big brother house i flicked on to chennel 4 last night only to hear Jade Goody mouthing off. I have the solution!! Supernanny!! Jo Frost is always reminding us that bad behaviour in small children should be ignored when its attention grabbing hissy fit stuff...so why can't we all just ignore Ms Goody. If nobdy paid her the attention she so clearly craves then perhaps she will (eventually) get the message and shut up!
So send Supernanny into the house to sort them all out!
Evening, C try gargling with a dissovable dispirin, tastes foul but works a treat. if its a raw throat follow with a spoonful of runny honey, give it a go, works for me.
M
D'y know guys - if I had turned up and (gulp) marched in on my own - it sounds as if there wouldn't be anyone there! So my 'just in case' is valid after all!!!
XX.
Chris - did you wish this on us naughty minions for going against your wishes????
xx.
I think I am about to be controversial.......
I was unable to meet up tonight - roads just too awful - would have worked my nut* off to get there but it just ain't happening tonight for me.
No friends, that's not the controversial bit....this is.......
I am not disagreeing with what Chris said per se - I just read his bit about the potential effect the meeting up would have on the blog - I havent read any of your comments - I only have a second to post so will read them later........
......I think the main thing that we would have wanted to ensure (having met up) was that the blog DOES remain as special as it is and that there werent cliques of us talking about the meeting-up and what was discussed/happened there etc. ie if we wanted to carry on with other agendas/friendships/ meeting up , we could exchange email addresses at the get togethers for chats between ourselves. There are some people (me inluded) who have little running jokes with fellow bloggers but that is inevitable to a certain extent because we have been communicating for so long and so regularly. However, the comments aimed at specific people are never intended to alienate or exclude others. I'm not sure where I am going with all this really and I'm sure Chris knows better than moi - just thought I'd say all that. To all those who don't want to meet up or can't, please don't feel you are on the fringe - each and everyone who contributes or even lurks is essential to the spirit of this blog.
Gaby
x
ps I am going to feel a right ar*e if, when I read all the above posts, everyone has said comments that are the antithesis to the
above : (
pps I love being a sagitarrian most of the time, but it woul be helpful if I wasn't so impulsive (eg the post I have just written
ppps a votre sante
Just wanted to say re the OAMC, I really hope that you do have a great time. I once spoke to someone for quite a few months over the internet, and was absoultely convinced that I had met my soul mate (looked a bit like Chris which is what did it for me!). Our conversations were playful, inventive, funny, intelligent and poignant. Eventually we met up for a romantic weekend, both of us vowing that nothing could change the way we felt about each other. It was possibly the most excruciatingly embarrassing 24 hours for both of us! We had revealed and shared so much, but I had built up a fantasy of the person I was meeting, that I realise now could never have matched up. He felt the same way too. Looking back, I'm glad I had the fantasy of a perfect soul-mate, I'm also glad that I found out, otherwise it would be like never opening a scrummy looking Christmas present.
I'm sure you will all have a great time, but just be prepared for the fact that whatever happens, things won't ever be the same again for you.
Looking forward to hearing all about it.
SandySun x
Yes, a dog expert would be good. My dog has been great fun over the years, he is now over 11 years old He always makes us laugh when we come home from work.
Guys,
I just posted one - it may not get through - but if it does....I am not sure if I said how sorry I am that the weather/road conditions have stopped me coming tonight. I would have climbed most mountains to get there - but tonight just wasn't happening.
Am looking forward to reading today's posts over a glass of something red later
Gaby
xx
Is Chris Evans really as nice as he sounds?
I had an awful year in 2006 after the sudden death of my partner but the one person that could always make me smile was Chris- made me beleive there were some nice people out there!
Thanks Chris
Blimey - does anyone else feel like the headmaster has given us all a telling off????????????????
Damn the wizards and the wind - moose you must be a sad little moose tonight, shall I come over and tickle your antlers? Would that cheer you up?
CLP - u under estimate us shame on you!
Catherine
OMG - message for Sal - just had the journey from hell trying to get home from south Manchester. The M60 was just at a standstill so decided to try to go through the centre of Manchesteer, unfortunately, so did lots of other people and the place was gridlocked. I passed 6 overturned lorries and as I joined the M65 at Burnley, the 10th emergency vehicle weaved through the static traffic. Five and ahalf hours for a one hour journey - Gin is now in hand.
Ciao x
Oh no Gaby as well :-(
Wizards, wizards, wizards those pesky wizards!
I am just about to leave work and batter my way home so see (virtually) you all later :-)
stay safe one and all, home by the fire may be best tonight. :-)
Keith
xx
OAMC'ers, agree with Keith, just the wizards having a laugh. Never mind bunnies try another day.
CLP, gargle with hot salty water, as hot and salty as you can stand it without gagging or burning yourself, do last thing at night and leave the salt in the throat overnight. This is the nasty bit. The good bit is to have a hot toddy first....little drop of whisky, spoonful of honey, a good slice of lemon with 6 or 7 whole cloves stuck into the flesh, then a drop of hot water. Always works for me.
ciau.
Good evening, dear Christoff, and fellow bloggers and blogettes!
I'm back! On a new laptop (thanks hubby!)
What do you mean, 'We didn't know you'd gone!?' I'm so hurt!
Great show this evening .... as always ... but why are you celebrating Burn's Night a week early? And there I was going to invite you for haggis, neeps and tatties next Thursday! I thought Moose could address the haggis?
Poor Christopher with a sore throat ... make sure you nip it in the bud! Here's a couple of remedies to try :-
Add two drops of tea tree, ginger, sandalwood or geranium essential oil to œ ounce of warm water and gargle - or add the drops to a tablespoon of honey and swallow that.
Take two or more cloves of garlic, crushed or whole, at the first sign of a sore throat and continue eating two cloves a day until your symptoms clear up. It's ok .... your listerners won't suffer ... just the rest of the team if you breath on them! And I guess it's not very attractive to the girlies if you have any romantic plans for the weekend (well ... have you, honey?!)!
Sage good for a sore throat - chop two teaspoons of fresh leaves, pour boiling water over them and steep for ten minutes. Strain the tea to remove the leaves and cool before using as a mouthwash. Repeat the gargles as necessary for a maximum of two to three days.
Juice three pineapple rings together with a Œ-inch-thick slice of fresh ginger for a great soothing juice.
Hope your sore throat isn't the sign of illnes ..... you are not allowed to desert us again!
So, as I haven't been aroundfor a while (oh, how I've missed you and the bloggers and blogettes!), who all is meeting up tonight? Any chance of a Scottish meet?
Got to go just now - hubby wants me to go cook the sea bass!
Group hug!
Susan S ... in Inverness .... with no snow! :-(
For everything there is a season,
And a time for every matter under heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
A time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to seek, and a time to lose;
A time to keep, and a time to throw away;
A time to tear, and a time to sew;
A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate,
A time for war, and a time for peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
a toast - to the 'we nearly made it' OAMC. to next time!?!
xx
Raise your glasses for the OAMC.
I have!
T
Hi
Oh no - now there's so much doubt for the future OAMC's.........should we shouldn't, will we won't we........is Chris right or is he wrong..... will there be a vote, will the OAMC go ahead next month?
Cheer Up Bloggers? &&&&&&&&&& CHEERS!
Big Un - Hazel - Anyone - Any good jokes please?
JoJo x
Left work at 4.15. Sole intent - OAMC.
Mrs MfR phoned at 4.45 from Euston and said chaos on the tubes. Still intending to make it I headed for Guildford to catch the train.
And there it all ground to a halt. Trees down all over the shop and gridlock. I even sent a text to the show asking for a mention that I wouldn't make it, but although Chris mentioned the meeting (and his disapproval of) my humble request fell by the wayside.
I had visions of Moose et al growling 'I knew Matt wouldn't come...)
3 hours after setting out I have finally reached Rudgwick. I'm glad to see that you all made the right decisions not to try and get there, the main thing is that everyone is OK. The OAMC can wait for another day.
Perhaps Chris was right after all and someone, somewhere deemed this not to be right thing to do.
For today, anyway.
I think I will crack open a....diet coke (Detox - Day 18) and chill out.
Peace and love all
MfR
PS That's life,
And as funny as it may seem,
Some people get their kicks,
Stompin' on a dream
But I don't let it, let it get me down,
'Cause this fine ol' world keeps spinning round
Moose, Matt from Rudgwick, Gaby - have a great evening! I so wish I was with you!
Hugs, Susan
Hey
100 is soon up for grabs!
Moose - will you, won't you????? aaaarggghhh it's a stampede!!!!!!!!!!
JoJo x
Hello CLP and bloggers.
Would love to hear an expert talking about the oceans and what's going on in there!
Parker..... Am out of the office in the kitchen! Thanks for redressing the balance of my insanity levels. They have dropped dangerously low due to me dragging myself through my third week of working out my notice. It's not good. Am going to achieve as many points on your list as possible before I leave starting with pulling my chair up to the printer...... and waiting.
Em26, my heels became slightly higher, my appearance definatley more cared for ( back to the shiney branch) with the arrival of a terrible flirt in the office. Enjoy every minute of it.
Chris, what about an expert flirt, can't now imagine a more glorious subject. Please please can we have a flirt expert.... I could be that person! I'm sure CLP would fall into that category too.
Sounds like the meeting has been side swiped by fate. Sorry for everyone looking forward to it.
Happy Thirsty Thursday, am eyeing a lovely bottle of red....
Marshie xxx
If you want a dog expert you won't do better than asking Sarah Fisher to do a spot. She's the UK's leading TTouch practitioner - that's Tellington-Touch - and does amazing stuff sorting out behavioural, physical and emotional behaviours in dogs. She's been on TV in her own TV series 'Talking About Animals' as well as guesting on numerous other TV magazine shows, regularly features in magazine articles and can be relied upon to be articulate, constructive and to make it all fun at the same time. Her partner actor Tony Head has also been frequently seen on TV recently chatting about Sarah's amazing techniques. Can't rate her highly enough - some of the stuff she's done is miraculous. You can contact her on: 01761 471182 or 07968 006529
Evening, have battened down the hatches, the man cub is asleep and him in doors is out...doors.
So, i toasted - the 7.30 meeting that never was. Lets hope our social secretary can take the bull by the horns...or should that be moose....and suggest a new date - tho guessing last/third thursday in Feb would make sense - given that its an OAMC...!
Anyway, Chris. Defo a dog expert - mine has just emptied the bin of all the nappies i was saving for you before weeing all over the kitchen floor - and it wasnt due a clean for months yet. grrrr
Nicki - Fingers Crossed for a good outcome.
newshlogger - keep an eye out for moose, he has so far held the key.
Nunu - well he does ok by it!!
Moose - id vote for fox the moose anytime!! Maybe i could do a special, once a month creative business update for you!
and finally, and perhaps most importantly:
Tracy-Ann - welcome back. Hello, good to hear from you. So glad you are ok. Nice to hear of someone else with inspiring grandparents. Mine are the same, have been married for 70 odd years, have been together since they were about 13 and are amazing. Nana has alzheimers now and grandpa has to look after her, wont put her in a home because as he see's it, in sickness and in health, till death us do part.
They are my inspiration when it comes to love and marriage. Which is handy seeing as mum and dad have had 6 marriages between them!!
lots of love to you Tracy-Ann.
off to eat my mushroom and stilton bake and finish the cheeky red i opened.
xx
Well there's two firsts. I've never read someones blog before (and obviously not in entireity!) and never posted to one either :)
Always listen to Mange Evans on my way home from work in Brighton each night and makes the hour trip slip by. Foxy is as bright and bushy tailed as they come. Wish I had the nounce to come up with a good enough question to stump her.
I too liked last nights expert and as for having a dog expert on the show,, tops! My two girls I am sure will be pleased to hear some expert advice about themselves, especially as one is off for a op with the vit'nery tomorrow morning.
Well, now I've found here, best make sure I click on the Favourites tab.
Tickety-boo
1iam-
'ello. Not posted since Sunday so have missed all the welcome backs to Chris. Seen some new names tho' including a couple of other Sandras too. Was it another Sandra that mentioned the Hairy Cornflake on Radio 1? We maybe about the same age me thinks?? I once won a competion on DLT's show & bagged myself a Radio 1 pen & a mention. I was MADE UP FOR WEEKS!!! I also thoroughly agree with the other posting about moving from commercial radio to R2 & trying to convince my friends to do the same.
Last day at work today then tomorrow off 'OOP NORTH' to see my dad, go to a retirement party & then I'm gonna meet up with my oldest friend for a few beers around Manchester!! Fab, but what's even more betterer, I bought new trousers today and can still fit into the same size trousers that i did before Christmas!! Whoo hoo.....
SallyCat - how are you?
To all - hope the bad weather hasn't caused you too many problems & that you're all safe & sound.
Christoph - I didn't like the sound of that man in the sauna.... & yes please can we have the dog lady as an expert.
Been told today that I can't have internet access at work.....I feel SOOOOOOOO left out. This is the 21st Century is it not?
Better go, bag to pack & dancin' shoes to scramble & dust out from under the bed. Happy Friday to you all for tomorrow, will catch up asap. xxx
RE #100, Go for it Moose ..... We are rooting for ya.....
At 7:30 this evening I raised a glass to the inaugural meeting of the OAMC. The toast my friends was thus
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BLOG ONCE A MONTH CLUB
MAY YOUR EVENING BE EVERYTHING THAT YOU WOULD HOPE
FOR THOSE THAT MAKE IT TO LONDON
FOR THOSE SEPARATED BY MILES
MAY THE OAMC GET OFF TO A SUCCESSFUL START
MAY THE BLOG CONTINUE IN ITS MANNER
MAY CHRIS EVANS REMAIN
FRIENDS I GIVE YOU THE BLOG!!!
You were all in my thoughts this evening wherever you may be.
DD out!
PS No PS
Hello again,
Gaby, your comments at #80.....are warm and sincere which is how everyone seems to be on the blog. Maybe some people are a bit shakey about things changing for the worse which would be awful as the blog is just wonderful.
All sagitarians i've ever met are fab people and part of that is how they react instinctively and on impulse which I love about them. Being a Virgo I analyse and think too much sometimes and completely miss the moment!! And nearly always come across differently to the person I am which is really frustrating. I hope i'm not sounding like a looney.
Vin rouge x
Well that was fun.
Three and a half hours in the car and soon as I get home I get BP'd.
It just wasn't meant to be, was it?
Mind you, I must admit I questioned whether it was right or wrong during the day, although I left work at 4.15 with every intention of making it.
When I realised that the weather had conspired against us I even text the show to pass the message on that I wouldn't make it.
They didn't, of course.
And then I get home to find out that, one by one, everyone had fallen by the wayside.
Perhaps you were right after all Chris. Maybe us meeting would take away some of what makes this place great?
Gaby. Your post earlier summed up my thoughts during the day perfectly. We can't have cliques forming here, it goes against everything that the blog stands for.
Well, another OAMC, another day?
Maybe.
Peace all
MfR
Sallycat - thanks for asking about the migraines - get them less than before but real killers when I do. Lots of tension headaches.
DWNB - would be great if you could share your Reiki.
JoJo & Moose - thanks for marking me being #100 - feel I really acheived something - without trying.
Been naughty today and following the blog from work. There's always so much to catch-up on in the evening.
Best to all.
EG
Ooooops forgot to say .................... Chris, Expert Wednesday - great idea. I'd love to hear someone on blogging - development of new communities; the rise of associated addictions; what it means to be #100!!!!!! (sorry on the last one, just chuffed about last night - I wouldn't have thought it special unless others had pointed it out).
EG
Nice sentiments DD.
Alas, it wasn't to be.
MfR
Chris, I hope your throatâs better now and did the gargle work? Your blog today was really interesting, especially your comments about this eveningâs OAMC meeting. One of things Iâve loved about your blog and all the resulting comments, is the anonymity of the way in which weâre able to communicate openly.
As it turns out it looks as though the dreadful weather has put paid to the plans, which must be very disappointing for all concerned â so my commiserations to all those not going after all.
Havenât got any ideas for an expert, but Iâm sure plenty will wing their merry way to you. Iâve missed your last few broadcasts and feel very miffed about it, but hope to catch tomorrowâs.
I agree with all the comments about the lack of a simple âthank youâ for a job well done. Too many bosses/managers spend all their time complaining or demoralizing staff instead of giving encouragement. As mentioned earlier the culprits actually feel threatened by good staff so react in the way they do. Havenât any of them realized yet that people can only put up with such treatment for a limited period of time and will finally just vote with their feet and look for another job. And then where would all these companies end up.
Having read about the problems of travel around the country and certainly in London, I would like to ask a very simple question. It might be either extremely naĂŻve or cynical of me, but how on earth is London going to deal with the extra pressure on the transport system during the Olympics? I know there are wonderful plans and promises, but I am concerned. Itâs difficult enough now for the people having to commute into London everyday, even without the extremes of weather, so what will it be like then?
Jillygoat â glad youâre OK and itâs great reading your posts again. Iâve missed everybody and it is wonderful getting in touch again.
Jax â Iâll be thinking of you tonight and letâs hope it has just been sore muscles. Fingers crossed. Youâre right â where is Tracey-Ann.
Tracey-Ann â are you OK?
AS â like your PS and that will be winging its way around my email list.
DWNB â glad the headache disappeared and that youâve had a good day.
JMcC â another vote for you has just been sent.
Tinsel â nice to meet you and hope your recent arrival stays in his new home. Little darling. Good luck in your new job and â most important of all â good luck in you new life. Youâll make a wonderful life for yourself and I wish you much happiness.
Dissing Dave â 135 - thank you so much for your comments and theyâre thought provoking to say the least. As you said, bullying is unforgivable, even if the victim retracted the accusation later in the day. Mind you I havenât got a television so didnât see the incident and wouldnât watch Big Brother even if I had, but that doesnât alter anything really. Good job actually that we donât all like the same things anyway. Thanks DD for your interesting post.
Hazel Love â recipe sounds delicious, so Iâll be adding that to my list of things to try.
MfR â Aaagh! Mayonnaise and teabags, you poor thing â hope youâve had something else by now.
Anna â love to you and the mancub.
Ms Mayhem â Iâd go for the rainforest, but whoâd stand on guard.
I think Iâd better post this now, even though I havenât finished catching up with everyone. But I will be back. Promise.
xxx sallycat
PS. I confess to doing the bra thing, but strictly in private darlings. Wouldnât want to frighten the horses you know. s
Eveninall...
Lyndyloo - Thanks hon. Will put savoy cabbage on my next shopping list...sounds rather yummy...and hope the bears are snuggling now you're home!
All a bit of a nightmare. Just spoken to a friend who is now stuck in London, fortunately she has a friend there, so she's gonna stay rather than try to get home...
MfR, Keith and Moose - SO glad you got home safely...and everyone else who had to go anywhere at all. I hope you're all ok.
ANYWAY, I had a voddie and coke - CHEERS one and all (akshully more than one, but the boy is out so while le chat ce n'est pas ici, the mouse will joue).
French lessons? Interesting.
Joke...oh dear...er...two seagulls sitting on a perch. One says 'Can you smell fish?'
I didn't hear much of the show unfortunately. Got home and the boy was well into a cd he was listening to, so...
Gaby - You make a lot of sense my friend!
Dr Booth - One day.
les arbres sans dans la rue
love
hazel
x
ps One day.
I'm about a two thirds down a bottle of wine (that I started at 7.30 as a salute to the OAMC) and I'm off to have a long hot bath....
It's only 3 sleeps to go till I'm off to Val D'Isere and I'm not taking the laptop so I'll be blogless for a week!!
I'm still a very happy shlogger and will continue to swap recipes, anecdotes and day to day stuff with my fellow shloggers come what may.... OAMC or not!!! (that is, when I get back from skiing at any rate)
Vin Blanc!
luv
Lyndyloo
& the Bears
-x-x-x-
Good evening to you all.
I would like to point out that none of the previous posts from 'M' are from me.
M
Susan S - a Scottish meet sounds good.
EG
Well, I am so pleased that, as far as it looks, nobody went. I had pictures of Matt and Mrs Matt sitting there on their own...
I have to sleep on how I'm feeling, or might say something I regret. Sometimes you need to hold back from saying what you are thinking. Eh Chris?
Hope everyone is safe and at home, in front of the fire, with a cheeky red (rioja for me tonight - a Christmas present and a darned fine one at that) or whatever...
Can't do individual stuff tonight, I don't have it in me.
Til tomorrow, somewhere in the virtual world.
Moose
Heeerrresh to alll the virchual OACM -COAM - OAMC,
Harveeey Walbangersh vey nice!!!
:o) Jo
And it's only 3 sleeps to my holiday... Com on you snow on the Alps!!!!!! Yipppppeeeee!!!
Lyndyloo
-x-x-x-
Part two folks:
TraceyâAnn â so glad to see your message #32. Good to know youâre OK. What you wrote about your dear grandparents was very moving and not only are they wonderful; you are too.
Anonymous/Sandra H â Iâm definitely a Tog. Iâm fine and hope you are too. Hope you have a safe journey and enjoy your visit to Manchester and look forward to catching up with you when you get back.
Parker #36 â If only I could have had the courage to follow your instructions. Not working nowadays, or should I say not in the financial sense, but what a whizz it would have been in some of the dreadful places I worked. Brilliant. And now thereâs #58. How on earth do you come up with these gems?
Lyndyloo â Thank you for yet another fabulous recipe for my growing collection. Honestly, Iâm getting rid of recipe books, only to find more and more interesting suggestions appearing here.
Em 26 â Just enjoy yourself.
Q and M - hello to you both.
Nunu #46 â what was the damage? Hope it wasnât too serious.
Susie Mac â lovely one.
NewShlogger â welcome.
Lynne â glad to hear from you and hope all is well.
ChrissieS â Yes, my mother died several years ago too and yet I still miss her. My family and I all still talk about her and laugh at the fun we had together. I suppose this is why I do try to tell those I care about what I feel.
Nicki â fingers crossed for Friday and I do hope itâs good news.
Moose â These things happen and thereâll be another time Iâm sure.
Dawne Cole â Yes, Supernanny to the rescue at the Big Brother house.
Gaby â there is something very special about the blog and how we all seem to be on the same sort of wavelength and none of us want to do anything to destroy that. To meet up or not to meet up, that is the dilemma. It doesnât really have anything to do with me at the moment as Iâm too far from London and couldnât have got there anyway â but what if there was an OAMC organized in the northeast? Have to think about that.
SandySunâs comment #81, is very thought provoking though and does have a point.
Shirley â Thinking of you.
EG (Scotland) â Nice to hear from you and I wish there was a way of stopping those headaches. Apart from anything else, theyâre exhausting and drain you of everything.
There, Iâve caught up with all messages so far (103 being the last). Hello to all the new people and letâs have a wonderful year.
xxx sallycat
Hi Chris Another oustanding show....what did R2 do before you came along is a question I ask myself again and again.
Hope you had a good Xmas and NY I certainly did!
With regard to your experts i think it would be a good idea to have an expert on the art of good manners which my children unfortunately don't seem to possess not for want of trying on my part!
Anyway off to try and continue booking a holiday for hubby and 3 kids whilst consuming copious amounts of port will probably end up in the jungles of the amazon which I'm sure my 3 year old will enjoy
Regards
Samx
oh no, I am about to be controversial .....again.....twice in one night......(those were the days).....
....is anyone watching 'Question Time' ?....what's with the 1980's hair styles?
loving your work people - need to take a day off on monday to catch up with you all. Work is seriously interfering with my blogging.
Gaby
ps Monsieur, ou est la table?
pps Moose - (((((((((((((hugs))))))))))))))))
ppps avez-vous?
ladies and gentlemen......
just a thought.......Prof Plum has disappeared.......Q and M have appeared? Coincidence? oui ou non?
xxxx
me again, once you pop, you just can't stop.....
I feel like I'm having a chat (to myself : )) after the kids have gone to bed.....
just wanted to say....
Moose - thank you for arranging this evening - in my opinion, there was a huge amount of goodwill surrounding and enveloping the attempt to meet this evening. Those of us who tried, really tried and those of us who couldn't make it/didn't want to come really wished the others well. A great achievement for the orchestrator : ) In the words of Arsenal Weng**..we were all Gunning for it.....
Gaby
x
ps BP...PUREETY PLEASE POST THIS
pps BP - I understand why you didn't let my last post through - as I was commenting about the 80's-style hair dos on that beeb programme that starts at 10.35pm - but please post this one - I will be a good girl tomorrow and go to work and not post at all until I get back
Hi Chris ( love you for all that joie de vivre)
Been a silent watcher since the blog started and enjoyed everything. A bit subdued tonight as I know for sure my lovely, bright intelligent, gentle,youngest son (20) who has been adored since day 1 has been hooked into the world of cocaine. If I had ÂŁ1 for saying the expression " I don't know what to do " over the past few days I would be a wealthy woman.
Sympathetic, sad, angry, sorrow, despair all key words in my life at this moment.
Didn't mean to put a downer on the blog but would welcome any advice as I said,"I don't know what to do."
Sparkle
Hi Chris - if you're going to get a dog expert on the show, forget the traditional "conventional" methods and go for a more holistic approach. Book Sarah Fisher - Tellington Touch (TTouch) afficionardo, partner of Anthony Head and all round good egg, with the kind of entertaining personality and expertise that will wow your listeners.
She will open your eyes to a whole new way of approaching animal training and behavior. TTouch is all about respect and understanding our animals - and it works, on ALL animals! I'm training to become a TTouch Practitioner and as part of my training I've had the opportunity to work on snakes, lizards, mere cats, an albino hedgehog, a skunk, parrots, owls and horses, as well as cats and dogs - and the results have been gob smacking.
You can contact Sarah via the following website...
www.tilleyfarm.co.uk.
Please consider her - TTouch is amazing and the kind of exposure your show can give the work is long overdue.
Kind regards,
HJPxxx
BP - look guys (or gals)....let's just face it....it's you and me.....you may as well let my little posties through - they have been dutifully composed, weighed and measured against the large letter/small letter/parcel jobby postal cardboard thing - and they just want to slip under the radar.....know what I'm saying ????
Yours, in anticipation
sparkle
your post......I wish I could say something, suggest something........I feel inadequate and unhelpful.
I hope that there may be others that read your post that can help you - I wish I were one of them.
If only it were so, that sympathetic, compassionate and good wishes from me to you could be translated into positive effects; that would, at least, be something. In the meantime, am sending you love xxxxx
Sparkle â Although I canât really say anything that will be of any major help to you at the moment, this is just to let you know that my thoughts and prayers are with you and your wonderful and precious son.
xxx sallycat
Dear Sparkle
If you canât sleep, please believe that Iâm sitting quietly beside you and will be here until you say goodnight.
xxx sallycat
Sparkle - I wish there was something I could do or say to help, our fellow bloggers may be able to offer some advice. In the meantime I send you all my love and pray for you to have the strength to help you get through your situation.
{{{hug}}}
Mary xx
Dear Sparkle #121
I reiterate the comments of Gaby (#124) and sallycat (#125).
I have two daughters, now in their 30's, and my greatest fear for them was the growing drug culture. Happily, perhaps as we live in a rural county, the street offerings were much reduced.
My next dreaded fear is for my grandchildren; Grandson #1 is 14 + years and at a comprehensive school where there is a minor drug problem. So far, he is anti smoking (my vice) and anything to do with drugs. He is aware that his Mum (single) enjoys a glass of red, and that I (Granny) enjoy a glass of white whilst Grandad sleeps! My younger grandson is 18 months old and couldn't give a damn what his parents are doing (so long as they are there for him) never mind what his grandparents are up to!
I am not making light of your problem; I don't know how to help you, but like was suggested earlier, I bet someone on this blog can help. Please keep "refreshing" the blog and read (and "refresh") Chris's daily subject.
Sparkle - my BEST wishes; being a Mum is the hardest /easiest thing we will ever do.
Don't know how to end this: best regards, warm wishes or my thoughts are with you.
Whatever, take care my dear.
Granny Bev
Sparkle - Love and believe in your beloved son, as you have done all his life and remember that youâre not alone. You have family and friends and now us. Will be thinking of you.
Gaby, mwk and Granny Bev - you are wonderful.
xxx sallycat
Hi All,
Having read these blogs for a while and listened online I think Chris E is a superb and natural broadcaster in the vein of Wogan etc - have listened from way back to GLR days (when they would all retire to the Haverstock Arms after !). His comments and insights are often very pertinent and telling. As are very many of the replies - some very inspirational. However I have to agree with Chris and some here that taking this forum to a "real" meeting could be counter productive. I know from experience that web relationships can be rather fragile when exposed to to actual contact. My humble advice would be to keep it special and keep on blogging away via electronica - good luck anyways.
Just my two cents worth.
Cheers
Tim
ps hope the wind not beatin y'all up too much in the UK from an expat here in the "Excited States of America".
Dogs are good, but how about a feature specifically on rescue dogs? We have just given a home to a 3 Year old Cav from a fantastic rescue centre called Many Tears.... Check out their web www.manytears.co.uk. They started off taking in puppy fsrm dogs ..... Now thats a topic for debate! Anyway enough of my waffle. How\about my idea?
Sparkle, blimey this parenthood thing is a tuff one, and i am not that long into it either, i did want to respond to you though.
The hardest thing i anticipate about when my mancub gets older is the fact that sometimes, i wont be able to do anything for him - because he will have to make his own choices. I know that i will feel totally at a loss, and want to scoop him up and protect him because i love him so much, but the more i do that, the more it could push him away.
So i hope that if that ever happens to me, i feel that i can put my thoughts and emotions on paper for him, to explain how important he is to me and how much respect and love he should have for himself because he is an amazing person who has so much potential in life and that if he wants me to, i can help him choose to make a change. I would leave it for him and then sit and wait, praying that he makes the best choice.
then when HE is ready, i will scoop him up and protect him and make sure that, having made the choice, he has all the support in the world he needs to make a change.
I am only talking in the first person, cos i dont think its appropriate for me to say that this is what you should do, but i really hope that something i say is a help.
Perhaps you could check out the internet and look for a counselling service that deals with this issue from your side. The more information and support you have, the more you can be there for your 'little boy' when he is ready.
You are doing your best and it is not your fault.
xx
Couldn't blog yesterday, kept telling me I wasn't allowed, what's that all about?
Hope the OAMC went well
Speak soon
Tiggy xx
...and so it continues...now this morning the news reports that ten people died in the storms yesterday. Can I just ask that all of us who are safe and well take a couple of minutes to thank our angels for looking after us, and to send peace and love to those who died and those who lost their loved ones.
Thank you.
A guest each Wednesday suggestion.....
I am allegedly one of the UK's leading experts on scientific research of the paranormal and was a leading contributor to the hit TV series Ghost Detectives and Ghostwatch - Tower of London and i'd be delighted to be a guest on your show talking about modern ghost-hunting!
I am a regular guest on radio programmes all over the world and present my own paranormal talk radio show! I also do after-dinner talks and lectures around the world.
See www.phantomorfraud.org
Drop me a line if you're interested Chris
Ross Hemsworth
The Phantom or Fraud Project
Sparkle, I have no advice to offer other than look after yourself, as you need to be strong to take care of others, particularly your son.
You are in my thoughts and prayers.
DD out
Sparkle, firstly welcome to the blog you have made a big brave step joining us in the madhouse :-) Secondly I am truly sorry to read of you problems with your son. I can sympathise as I have a son who has to date been arrested and charged with possession of drugs twice. What has he learnt form itâŠ..nothing is my opinion. I am worried for you as I Know what my son has put my good lady through. Get yourself to your GP and ask no demand help. Your GP will get you in contact with your local drugs group who will be able to give you good advice as what not to do especially. For example we were told never to give him money. My son has a car and as with many people there is always too much month for the money. He will ask for help with petrol and offer to pay us back. We never just give him ÂŁ20 I go with him to the petrol station and pay for the petrol otherwise he will put a ÂŁ10 in and I do not need to tell you where the other ten pound will go. :-( I have a draw full of drug testing kits which I bought and if he wants to be treated normally he has to prove he is clean first. Some times we have to be cruel to be kind.
You say you do not know what to do. Let me tell you I think you do as you have just come on here asking for advice and that to me is the key because for all of the love you will show your son you do not need to face this alone.
Here have a {{{{hug}}}} free just because I can ;-)
Keith
Xx
P.S,.sallycat, mary, Gaby and Granny Bev good work bloggers ;-)) you lovely people xx
Have'nt you all been busy this morning? I tried to post last night but I got thrown off!!!
Where in the north east do you live Sallycat? Before moving to Sweden we lived in Northumberland.
If this gets through I'll be back.
Lynne x
Dear BigUn - your compassionate and wise advice to Sparkle has really moved me to tears. I'm thinking of you and all those going through the same torment with a loved one.
I hope Sparkle, that our concern, love and support will help you.
With love from sallycat
Lynne - I live in Sunderland at the moment, though have moved about the country.
Northumberland is so beautiful, so do you miss living there at all?
I'd love to live in another country for longer than just as a tourist. I hope you're happy in Sweden - and am sure you've made lots of friends because you seem such a nice person.
sallycat
Good Morning All
I hope everyone is well and made it home safely after the storms yesterday. Compared to some of the damage caused we got off very lightly and only lost 1 fence panel, but my thoughts are with anyone who may have suffered more or lost people close to them.
Sparkle â Iâm afraid I do not know what to say as I have not experienced this, but my thoughts are with you and I am sure will find the right solution. You have definitely taken the first step by asking for advise on the blog.
Take care all and have a good Friday
T
Hazel Love - please consider it done my dear.
sallycat
Hi Chris
Sarah Fisher!!!!! You have to have her on your show. She is a Tellington Touch Instructor who works with all animals building their confidence and showing them that they can overcome their fears and issues (vet, grooming, difficult on the lead, biting, barking separation anxiety etc.......) without using fear or force to get there!
She fronted a series on ITV called "Talking To Animals" and does a lot of work at Battersea Dogs ±«Óătv. She is a force for good in the animal world.
Please get her on your show you won't regret it!
Kerry XXXX (are the kisses too forward?)
Hi Chris
I'd second and third the suggestion of Sarah Fisher for your dog expert - she is not only brilliant with dogs (and other animals) but she is really funny - would be great on your show! She was one of the trainers on Celebrity Dog School a couple of years ago and worked with the horses on the show jumping one - so maybe she could do dogs one week and horses the next??!
Cheers
Janet
A bright and hopefully not too breezy morning to everyone.
Hazel - responding to latest instruction - have now said another prayer.
Also I possibly won't be commenting until Wed/Thursday next week - off on another jaunt oop t'north for another niece's birthday - other nephews and nieces (or nices as it was very nearly), are available. Anyway this is to say Happy Birthday to your boy for Tuesday and I shall be thinking of you and your friend too.
Charis's mum - Susan S, had been looking for you very recently but you must have been hidden behind the boxes unpacking your equipment!
Mr B-U will be thinking of you around 4ish.
Moose - I love it when a plan comes together .... and it will.
Sallycat-cuddles and love to you. Just because!
Take care when you venture out .....
Wilsmar
PS You're only supposed to blow the bl**dy doors off! Poor Jim Morrison.
Dog Expert - You can't get better than Sarah Fisher, a TTouch Instructor (Tellington TTouch). Guaranteed to brighten up your day, and your dogs! People are still talking about her 'Talking to Animals Program' and that aired several years ago now.
You'll love her and I guarantee you'll love TTouch and your listeners will get loads of very good, sound advice! Everyones a winner.
Animal behaviour - a fabulous person to have on would be Sarah Fisher, TTouch & TTEAM (Telligton Touch Equine Awareness Method) Instructor.
The only method of working with animal: problems , improving their well being & creating an optimum learning state - from an elephant to a mouse (including, dogs (fab with firework phobia), cats, horses, snakes & alpacca etc etc etc)
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My work as a dog warden, means I handle lost / straying scared dogs ona daily basis - using TTouch makes the ordeal much easier for them.
TTOUCH is THE BEST & EVERY ANIMAL should be able to train their owner to adopt the approach!
Regards
Kay Giblett
Please consider interviewing Sarah Fisher about Tellington Touch. She is amazingly knowledgeable, funny and has an incredible presence. It would make a great show even better....
what makes a blog different from a notice borad, got asked today, didn't know the answer. anyone?
Hi Chris
I would really like to suggest Sarah Fisher to be your next quest. She does amazing things for animals of all sizes and breeds. The work she does with TTouch is a treu blessing to both animal and owner.
I come from the netherlands myself and had to go see for myself what TTouch can do. So I was willing to take the trip to find out about this and trust me when I say it was worth it and would really benifit your listeners.
also having her on your show may get you a few extra listeners from the netherlands to top it off ;)
best wishes
Inge
Hi bloggers. I've never done anything like this before, but have been reading all your comments for a while, and wanted to join in. You all sound like a lovely bunch, and Chris, I think you're brilliant! I was very moved by Sparkle's message, and having two boys myself, who I adore, I feel your pain so strongly. Mine are aged 18 and 14, and thankfully, I've not had any major problems with either of them (yet!) and I feel so fortunate. If it's any consolation,I've known several people over the years who have dabbled in different kinds of drugs (never done it myself, I hasten to add), and most of them got very bored with it after not too long, so here'shoping it's a temporary, albeit very worrying phase. Good luck,
Cat xx
If you are looking for an amusing and articulate Dog training person, look no further than Sarah Fisher who is an Instructor for the Tellington Touch & TTEAM. The techniques work extremely well, with no spurious quick fixes .The best thing is that she works with the dog in a gentle, non-invasive way. And her techniques are very easy for everyone to learn.
Look at her website.
Suella PostlesY
You will have no doubt seen her and her partner Anthony Head on Only Fools on Horses.
Chris
I am a novice abroad in here - no skills or experience.
Who's CLP - thought you were an Evans, boyo??
Forgive the ignorance - help please?!!
By the way - i catch back end of your show most evenings as I drive home (although on the train tomorrow so miss out) - definitiely a cracker - I love the style - and Foxy is VERY special! What a dame!!
C.
Dog expert? Sarah Fisher and Tellington Touch is the answer. Go for her, you wont regret it! Its wonderfully enlightening and effective.
Hi It's a dog expert and a successful, kind method of training you want then definately go for Sarah Fisher from Tellington Touch not only will she blow your mind with her insight in to posture she will make you laugh!
If you really want someone fabulous to talk about dogs you must get Sarah Fisher on Chris.
You'll find her amazing!! jacqui