I'm on the search for the perfect I-pod playlist for my gym sessions.
Hard as I try, I just can't seem to get the right combination of tempo and duration strung together. What I don't get is that despite there being a field for BPM on all the tracks on I-Tunes, it's blank. Where do you get this information from if it doesn't come downloaded with the track and the payment of your 79p?
So I'm on the look out for suggestions of tracks that suit the moose running gait (I'm not one of those people that anyone would ever say "You've got a nice run" to in the gym...is it me or was that so obviously a golddigger?)
Anyway, there are a few tracks that work...
For running pace - Wake Up Boo by the Boo Radleys
For walking pace - (sorry Hazel) Grace Kelly by Mika
For cycling - The Boys are Back in Town by Thin Lizzy (even that's not spot on but close enough)
But I'd really appreciate any other suggestions. There's a load of selected gym playlists on I-Tunes but I have to admit that every track on them leaves me cold...
So get your musical juices running and get the moose running too - I need to. I was going to respond to all of yesterdays chest related comments, but thought that the addition of man-boobs to the discussion wasn't called for...not quite sure why it is now?
Anyway, help me run those man-boobs away, or I swear I'll publish the photos of me at the end of the triathlon I did in 2003. See, it was raining a good old storm at the second transition and my planned routine (hang bike, helmet off, energy drink, vaseline, go) went straight out of my head. About 100 yards into the 10k run and already too late to turn back, I realized I'd forgotten the vaseline. Anyone who ever studied chemistry and did any chromatology experiments will understand how the combination of a very wet t shirt and a severe case of joggers nipple turned the finishing photos into a bit of a horror show. Not a pretty sight!
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Moose
Uncanny that you should post that blog tonight.
I cannot help but notice by expanding waistline. It can, in fact, no longer be termed a waist line - for that implies a waist and a line. Oh, for sure, there are a load of excuses and to be honest, I am not TOO bothered BUT have decided to do something about it...sometime.
Sorry, must just share.....I have 'High Society' on in the background - what a corker!!
Anyway, I shall delve into mind musical search engines and come up with some suggestions to get you going at the gym.
A propos something else (sorry, but need advice) I am very allergic to cow's milk - I am going to a Japanese restaurant tomorrow evening with some friends - do you know if they use cow's milk? Am not normally shy to ask when eating out - am used to it. Tomorrow, somehow, I would rather not draw attention, especially if it makes me look a prat* because they don't use cow's milk in cooking anyway?
loving your work
Gaby
should have read 'my' (expanding waistline) not 'by'....although I do have a bit of a cold
Gaby
Anything by the Proclaimers would be good for running to. You could pretend you were running away from them.
However, on a more serious note
Addicted to Love -Robert Palmer.
Excellent Running material.
DWnB
Hey Guys
still up!
Moose:
I went to the library today and found the entry form for the Bridport prize - www.bridportprize.org.uk it's for short stories and poems..this year tracy chevalier is a judge, and by god she wrote a corker in "girl with a pearl earing" Loved reading it, but not my style of writing (honestly, didn't mean to sound pretentious - couldn't find a better way to describe) Anyway..have you considered entering comps? no offence intended if you have/haven't..just thought you'd be interested.
You know, it was you, Moose, who was interested when i gave chris my idea for a story ( on his blog in nov ) and you know what..i have written it..and you know what..I'm going to enter it into the bridport prize. So thank you moose, you did more than anyone else who "knows" me to encourage this writing! I apreciated those words of encouragement more than you will know.
AHEM, clears throat, wipes eye...where were we?
Tunes for i pod (other generic digitial musical players are available)
You will absolutely HATE these but on my MP3 player (£7.99 from 7dayshop) I have, for running machine:
colourblind by Darius
Life is a rollercoaster by Ronan keating
and get what you give by new radicals
Relight my fire by Take that
Motown is very good too....ARGH! i hear you cry (please don't judge me by my taste in music!)
Funny you should bring this up, but I,renewed my membership at the gym today, got free course of pilates and have VOWED to go every wed and fri rather than blog with you guys..no offence intended, i will just have to be swift in catching up upon my return at 11am both days!
Gaby:
It is not at all common to use cows milk in japanese food, stick to grilled fish/meat and noodles Or try a bento box and you should be safe. Other interesting things: the chopsticks are tapered and pointed (rather than chinese tapered and blunt) sake should be warmed, wasabi is HOT HOT HOT so go carefully and don't order puffer fish- cos if it's not prepared right it'll poision you. In japan it takes 7 years of training to learn the skill of preparation of pufferfish.
DWNB - as you may realise i quite like the proclaimers! CHEESE all the way
Have a good weekend everyone
Love Caroline x
Caroline
thank you so much for cuisine tips.
wow - yes, I remember you mentioning your book back in November - well done to you Caroline : )
Gaby
Oh Moose - I am useless - am racking my brain to think of gym-esque tracks - am even singing suggested tunes out loud to check they are the correct speed - but none are worthy of public suggestion. Laters.
I would like to propose a toast (never too early).....
I would like to propose a toast to Moose and his blog, no genuinely.....thank you. That includes all who sail in her, on her, on him....ooh, getting tricky and we are a good 11 hours away from the watershed.
If you need a break Moose - just say or you don't even have to say - just take it. We have had, and are having such fun and your blogs are thought-provoking, great to read and very interesting.
Long may it continue - but don't fret Moose, if it can't.
My only constructive critical comment would be that you don't mention the Reading Royals in every line of every sentence of every paragraph of every blog.
Cheers
Gaby
By jove - I think I've got it.
Suggestion for running tune: Donny Osmond - Puppy Love
Morning,
Thanks for all your suggestions so far...I don't want to sound ungrateful to those already received, but keep them coming!!!
I spent an hour last night going through a load of tunes on my i-pod working out the beats and entering them into my i-tunes library. The only problem is I don't know what the ideal BPM for my running gait is? Trial and error called for methinks.
Caroline :-)
Go for it.
I purchased "Writing" magazine (no other Bestselling magazines for writers available) on my trip to the T supermarket yesterday...although I haven't written short stories as such (my short work is more current affairs/observation pieces, like some of my better blogs) I did see a lot of references to competitions and indeed thought it was something I should consider doing.
I am really fired up for the work ahead of me on the book though. In the aforementioned magazine, there were a number of well known writers (eg Ian Rankin) saying that they have at least 3 drafts. Being unpractised, it's no surprise that my first draft isn't good enough (me saying this, just in case you are wondering).
There was also a book free with this month's issue - corny, but "How to write a blockbuster" gives some really good advice on characters, planning, plot, structure etc that I know I haven't followed and the book suffers for it.
I am considering a subscription...
I will also look at the Bridport prize, as long as you don't mind some more competition!!!
Well done for getting it done - all my blogging feels worthwhile!!
Off for family antler trimming in a minute, there's a washing in the machine and more piled up ready to go in. Oh how I love Saturdays!
At least I'm feeling better than last night - I had begun to wonder if my gym trip was such a good idea, even though most of it was spent with passive sweating rather than active sweating (music to steam/sauna to???)
Music is great isn't it? It can change your mood, fit a mood, wake you up, shake you down, motivate you, depress you...how has something with only 7 notes got so much power!
A bit like writing I suppose. 26 letters but arrange them well and it's supremely powerful.
Given that we as human beings are so much more complex than 7 notes or 26 letters, it's simply mind-blowing what we can achieve when we put our minds to it!
Gaby - go for Paul McKenna (sorry if you already have and I've forgotten)
And I really really really do hope that Reading win...
And Caroline is spot on - Japanese don't really do dairy at all. I love Japanese food, I am so jealous I might have to stop in to the T supermarket and buy some sushi (the mooselets love it too - I was amazed at LA airport last year we bought some and they tucked in and loved it...except the little one with the seaweed bits)
Sorry, I'm rambling again...have a great day everyone
All
I am fairly confident that my taste in gym music will leave you all cold, but this is a snapshot of what gets me through my nightly 5k;
Aces High - Iron Maiden
Creeping Death - Metallica
Born Slippy - Underworld
And so on. Not everyone's cup of tea I guess and probably not much help to you Moose.
Off out for a Chinese tonight. Pick the right place and you can do very well as a veggie.
Spotted Mr E driving through Cranleigh this morning but he wasn't at the gym.
Later
MfR
Good evening Moose! How was your day?
I'm hopeless at thinking of tunes to go with running, walking or cycling pace, so hows about I just make a few suggestions?
Fat Bottomed Girls, by Queen - probably good for cycling ... fast!!
Crazy, by Gnarls Barkley
Bad Day, by Daniel Powter
Hips don't Lie, by Shakira
Feel Good Inc, by Gorillaz
I predict a Riot, by Kaiser Chiefs
Born to Run, by Bruce Springsteen .... that one is a must!
Hands Open, by Snow Patrol
I'm Still Standing, by Elton John
Beautiful Day, by U2
Sweet Dreams, by Eurythmics
Higher Ground, by Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Elevation, by U2
Underneath the Sky, by Oasis
A Little Less Converstaion ..., by Elvis
Sad Song, by Oasis
Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me, by George Michael & Elton John
For Crying Out Loud, by Meatloaf
Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, by U2
Ok, all thought out now!!
Huggles,
Susan
PS Andrew bought me a sports bra .... I'm buying my running shoes on Monday, and I'm starting jogging on Monday!!!!!
Gaby - sorry - know nada about Japanese food! Can someone else give them a tinkle and ask for you? My waist has disappeared and instead I just have boobies, a roll, another roll and then the tree trunks! LOL Raising my glass of very nice Merlot to salute Moose and his blog!
DWNB - I'm going to bring The Proclaimers along to the Scottish Meet and force you to listen to them! How could you, lass!!!????
Caroline - well done you!!! I get the Writer's Forum EVERY month, and chicken out every time! Let us know how you get on!
Moose - you are so right about music! And it is mind blowing the great things that can be done with 26 letters and 7 notes!
MfR - you're music choice made me smile! Enjoy the Chinese! And next time you see CLP, hold up that big poster we designed saying, 'What's up with the Blog!?' Only 10 comments for Friday! I can't get through at all!
Morning all,
Thank you for your japanese cuisine advice. It was a very special evening, a complete surprise to my brother. I got back home and then watched the recording of another special event that had taken place at 5.15pm.
Later my lovelies,
Gaby
xx
ps C'mon Fulham
LCFC- Fantastic result!!! 3-0 against the skyblue M69 rubbish!
Gaby- Great result!
MfR- I'll be shouting for Fulham
Moose- Here's a few of my selection
Madonna - Music
Queen- Don't stop me now
Curtis Mayfield- Move on Up
The Fatback Band- I've found lovin'
Janet Jackson- When I think of you
Katrina & the Waves- Walkin on sunshine
Gorillaz- Dirty Harry (for your warm down)
And of course The Boo Radleys (which incidentally was my ARF tune on Friday).
Off to clean the car...(am I trning into an "old folk"?)
Luv
Lyndyloo
& the Beras
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lyndyloo.....3-0 for you my friend. Great result!!
Hope you are all having a good day.
Gaby
xxxx
lyndyloo - your result had a bit of an adverse effect on the Coventry boss!! : )
Gaby
Gaby- I'm just happy that Coventry seem likely to appoint Ian Dowie as their new manager...we cetainly don't want him!!
Gaby
Good result for your boys last night.
Lets hope our lot can do the biz. I should really be there but Sunday afternoon with a beer in hand watching it from the comfort of my own home has a certain appeal.
Just wanted to add a couple more of my 'alternative' gym tunes;
Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
Vertigo - U2
Both corkers to run to.
Come on you Whites!
MfR
Ah.
So that didn't go exactly to plan.
Chin up, we've got Top Gear, 9-11 stuff and Kurt Cobain to look forward to.
'till tomorrow.
MfR
Matt - good thinking my friend, vis a vis chin up.......
At present, Clarkson et al are fabricating a rocket out of one of Del boy's cast offs.
Gaby
Morning moose et al - hope you had a good weekend. I have been through my itunes and picked out a few toons for you to consider in your ultimate running mix. enjoy.
Jump Around - House of Pain (a good start/warm up)
Ya Man - Balkan Beat Box (getting a bit warmer)
Lucky Star - Basement Jax
Run Riot - Def Leppard (echoes of sheffield days gone by!)
Rockafellar Skank - Fat Boy Slim
Rollin - limp bizkit
crazy horses - the osmonds (i love this song, it always makes me smile!)
Diary of Horace Wimp - ELO
Placebo - Tenacious D
Tribute - Tenacious D (more to give you something to laugh at at the end of a good session.)
Put the Funk back in - (cool down)
alterntavely you could just listen to the entire tenacious d album (unless you are easily offended!) cos that will make you laugh so much (mid rock!) that you wont notice how far/long you have run!
hope this gives you some inspiration. all available on itunes.
have a good day all. i am off to blow £25k of someone elses money on advertising. I wonder how quickly i can do that!!
have a nice day all.
xx
sorry, put the funk back in is from Brand New Heavies. One of the finest jazz/soul/funk bands of all time.
Good Monday all!
First of all, many congratulations to all of you with Foot Ball teams who came first in their competitions at the weekend!
Second of all, Moose, I know loads of tracks but they would probably have beats of 130-180bpm in which case you'd probably end up killing yourself. Which we don't want.
Third of all, as you may know from previous comments, I don't do running. I do do walking. There is NO boasting at all meant here, but I have a) never found suitable chest constraint b) never really had the inclination (other types of sloping available) as I do prefer walking.
Fourth of all, Moose, the book, I still didn't get the chapters, but now it seems it may not matter due to your withdrawal of 1st draft. You seem to be getting on ok with the decisions you are making lately, so go for it, and send out an even better Book of the Moose later on.
Fifth of all, MfR, staying in, definitely the new going out. I got home on Friday, there was already a friend round visiting with the boy, put the radio on (what a SHAME lyndyloo) and about another five or six bods arrived throughout the evening/night, and we had a great time. Bit of poker, bit of gin, bit of wine and jolly good comp'ny dontcha know!
Sixth of all, am not allowed to post comments anywhere in world, so am going to resort to notes in telephone boxes.
Seventhly, that'll have to be my lot ftm. I'm sure I shall return later in the day.
OH NO SORRY, one more...Moose, apology accepted re M*ka. Although I'd be more inclined to play that for running away to.
Ciao bella piazzas
love
hazel
x
Wonders may never cease. I have just had a post accepted next door.
It was suitably dull.
We shall see if it makes it on to the blog...in the meantime, hold the blu-tac!
Sorry, just another thought, HOW GOOD WAS TOP GEAR. I laughed for the whole hour, apart from the bit I held my breath, and then the rocket crashed.
What a pity!
Morning Peeps!
Thankyou to everyone who wished me luck on Friday and well done Keith for managing to get through next door. I tried and failed miserably. Monday morning and I have to say satying in is indeed the new going out! Though there were far too many empty wine bottles on my table on Saturday morning than can possibly be good for you.
Hope you all had a great weekend (sorry MfR) and are allraring to go now that we're into another week. I have to make major decisions about what to wear on Thursday night for the Nico inaugral benefit do! It's black tie so the blokes don't have anything to think about (just for a change) whereas us girlies have all sorts of problems... My latest idea is that I go in black dressy pinstripe trousers a white pinstripe jacket, halter neck black waistcoat and a bow tie with killer heels.... what do you think?
Luv
Lyndyloo
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that should have been "staying" not satying
Hazel- Not only accepted next door but on already!!!
Sorry Moose but I can't offer any advice on music for running. Isn't that a form of exercise? I've never done running, rarely cycle these days, had to give up swimming recently and can honestly say I have never set foot in a gym (and at the age of 47 don't intend to start now!). I feel a bit of a couch potato in present company - so if you all want to ignore the flabby, wheezy old bird in the corner and get on with your lives, I can live with that.
Those Top Gear boys deserve a medal - I haven't laughed so much in ages (well, since they got chased off a petrol station in Alabama last week).
See y'all later.
Oh lyndyloo, I thought you were bigging up Chinese food!
...and with regard to your black tie 'do'...your proposed outfit sounds stunning, and you'll knock all the 'cocktail' dresses into a cocked hat. I do think however, that you should get a spinning bow tie.
annalog.
Running was invented by cavemen in order that they could catch animals. There has been no need for 'running' per se, since the invention of the car.
Mornin' all
Sorry Moose, but I can't help with the musical suggestions either. I am most definitely built for comfort and not speed, and running is something I've never really been able to do. I can walk pretty fast but run - uh-uh, no way!
'Im indoors has just resigned from his job and as he's going to work for a competitor, he's been told to clear his things and depart from the office for a month's garden leave, on full pay! Yee-ha - that's me off cooking duty for a month - woo, hoo!!!
Now, if only I can find something WALKING distance from home I'd be larfin' - ooh, and fitter!!!!
Here's hoping it's a very quick week this week!
jollygit xx
Good Morning Moose and All,
Monday already! Nightmare!
Moose, I tried to comment on Saturday and it wouldn't go through - kinda strange!
Re: music for the gym - the last time I went to a gym, Rick Astley was No.1! I do remember running and doing aerobics to "Ghostbusters"! Terrific beat, I know it's ancient, but you may want to give it a try!
Re: your book. I understand you are still not happy with it and feel there is more work to do. I would only say don't tweak it too much, or you will end up with a totally different book. What you have written so far has been instinctive (as far as I can see) so my advice is along the lines of MfR's - publish and be damned!
Gaby - I was thinking of you while watching the footie and I almost mentioned it to my husband, but then realised he has no knowledge of this blog, nor indeed you! Anyway, you must be sooo pleased!
Have a good Monday everyone, I'll check in later.
C xx
o m g moose,
am still cringing at the prospect of bloody nipples.
jeesus my toes are about my ankles.
yeuk
Morning all,
I have not had interweb access for nearly two weeks but I'm back baby!!! It has been so hard going cold turkey I love being online and then while I was down at the van in the New Forest I blocked the sim on my mobile and was completely incommunicado!!!!!!!
To celebrate my return I have come out in a cyber sense and have sent my picture to all of you (if I had your email address) Moose feel free to publish the pic if anyone else is curious and I don't have their email address.
Sorry I don't have any advise re songs for the gym as I make of point of never exercising - EVER. Except to walk jasper and then I have the girls to talk to so don't listen to music.
I has a life changing experience last week. My van had a small fire while my youngest was on her own. She had the presence of mind to switch of the electric fire and run for help. Everything turned out fine but I keep thinking about what would have happened if she had got trapped etc etc. It has made me want to embrace life because one day we will be at the end and it will be over (if that makes sense) I don't want too many regrets and too have had a complete ball.
x x x x x x
Seems a bit quiet on here for a Monday. I've just had a little blog of my own to say what a contemplative (if thats a word) weekend I just had. It's a busy week for me as I've got completions on Wednesday but I don't know what I'd do without the blogs, it gets very addictive doesn't it?
Cathmel- What a nightmare! Glad she wasn't hurt but you're right it's those sorts of things that make you appreciate every minute of every day:)
Here is one for the ladies to laugh at!:
Most of you have read the scare-mail about the person whose kidneys were stolen while he was passed out. Well, read on. While the kidney story was an urban legend, this one is not.
It's happening every day.
My thighs were stolen from me during the night a few years ago. It was just that quick. I went to sleep in my body and woke up with someone else's thighs. The new ones had the texture of cooked oatmeal.
Who would have done such a cruel thing to legs that had been mine for years?
Whose thighs were these and what happened to mine? I spent the entire summer looking for my thighs. Finally, hurt and angry, I resigned myself to living out my life in jeans and Sheer Energy pantyhose.
Then, just when my guard was down, the thieves struck again. My arse was next. I knew it was the same gang, because they took pains to match my new rear end to the thighs they stuck me with earlier. I couldn't believe that my new arse was attached at least three inches lower than my
original.
Now, my rear complemented my legs, lump for lump. Frantic, I prayed that long skirts would stay in fashion.
It was two years ago when I realized my arms had been switched. One morning I was fixing my hair and I watched horrified but fascinated as the flesh of my upper arms swung to and fro with the motion of the hairbrush.
This was really getting scary. My body was being replaced one section at a time. How clever and fiendish.
Age? Age had nothing to do with it. Age is supposed to creep up, unnoticed, something like maturity. NO, I was being attacked repeatedly and without warning.
In despair, I gave up my T-shirts.
What could they do to me next? My poor neck suddenly disappeared faster than the Thanksgiving turkey it now resembled. That's why I decided to tell my story.
I can't take on the Medical profession by myself. Women of the world wake up and smell the coffee. That really isn't plastic that those surgeons are using. You KNOW where they are getting those replacement parts, don't you?
The next time you suspect someone has had a face "lifted", look again. Was it lifted from you? I think I finally found my thighs and I hope that Cindy Crawford paid a really good price for them!
This is not a hoax. This is happening to women in every town every night.
WARN YOUR FRIENDS!
P.S. I must say that last year I thought someone had stolen my breasts. I was lying in bed and they were gone! As I jumped out of bed, I was relieved to see that they had just been hiding in my armpits as I slept.
Now I keep them hidden in my waistband.
Amanda x
PS Moose - Telegraph Road by Dire straits - a tune to get lost in whilst cycling! (my own opinion)
Morning all,
Welcome back Cathmel...I was going to put an appeal out for you last week, but then I remembered you had said you were off to the NF...
Afternoon moose and all,
Music for the gym…..well I would have to say that if it was me going to the gym at the moment I think they would be playing the death march as they carry me out ;-)
I thought I would pop in and say hello….hello!
I am still very busy and hardly have time to think. I have spent all weekend writing staff appraisals (and watching football for inspiration). I spent Saturday evening in A&E with Mrs B who came out in hives….not an attractive look …still they let her home with more tablets saying it is a viral infection ;-(
Keep blogging everyone,
Keith the BigUn
xx
P.S I am going south for winter…wait ….actually …..parts of me are heading there already!
Keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeith yay! Very sorry to hear Mrs B has hives. I carefully avoided a wasps nest a few years ago and then it turned out to be an old leather football.
A viral infection (allegedly) means that they haven't got a clue what it is, and the only, ONLY cure for virus is REST and only REST! Ergo (get me) if the lovely and ever patient (sic) (oh no getting worse by the second...now I'm suffering from a pundemic) Mrs B is suffering a virus, get her to bed immediately, and minister to her every need with love and kindness.
The tablets are probably only a fancy anti-histamine to stop her scratching, so save those and use with wine instead of nytol at a later date.
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(This Public Service Announcement was given on behalf of Soapbox With Love(hl) plc. Copies are available from various sources - see Sunday supplements for details.)
Hope she is better soon love because I can to Mrs B please xxx
love
hazel
x
Hiya,
Yes, very quiet here today - Monday is always difficult!
Good to hear from Keith. Cathmel -welcome back. Your daughter was a very clever girl to react the way she did! Thank God everything was o.k., but you are right we must try to make the most of each day - difficult, I know, when one is filing and making coffee and the day is dragging!
Amanda - very funny and depressingly accurate in my case!
C xx
Cathmel - welcome back! Top of the class for young cathmel too. living for the moment is good.
Hey Keith, sorry to hear about the missus. maybe her and my mancub could catch up cos he has been sent home from school (read nursery!) today with chicken pox. Calamine lotion here we come.
on the flip side, i am working from home and can therefore make the two hour casserole i have been salivating over for the last few weeks. casserole, mash and broccoli. yum.
Lyndyloo - the power suit with a feminie touch will knock em dead. I have some killer heels you could borrow if you like, they didnt kill - just did a little bit of damage to mr pickering the morning after the night before - but if you scrub them noone would ever know.
xx
Have just noticed that for some reason best known to 'someone' there are two CE blogs, both the same, for Friday. MfR is first on both, and then there is just li'l ole me as the second person on the other one...
cue Twilight Zone music here
oooh and what a surprise. I'm not allowed to post on the new blog. I have to admit I was a bit late back from my work break earlier...
Is it me, or does he sound like he really is not happy with his lot at all. I'm patting this woman on the back, and good luck to her! The blog almost reads like a five year old who wants what all his friends have got, and isn't happy however many expensive toys he has. It may well be me.
It's probably me.
mmmmm.
love
hazel
x
Anna
If you can get Calamine cream it doesn't dry like the lotion and soothes itching a lot quicker. We went through gallons of it 2 years ago when I caught Chicken Pox and gave it to my 2 boys! (In our house we do things back to front!)
Chrissie - I though it was written for me! It has had me giggling all day much to my colleagues bemusement!
Amanda x
I don't think it's just you Hazel - the man next door sounded like that to me too. It's like DWNB said some time ago - the novelty of a daily blog seems to have worn off. And now, to add insult to the boredom, someone else is getting paid shedloads of money for blogging. Maybe its just me as well.
Amanda - that's brilliant. Explains a lot. And which one of you super fit beings out there has pinched my normal arms and left me with a "splendid" set of bingo wings? :(
amanda, thank you. have just bought said cream.
annalog - it definately wasnt me. house.
Wow I just had a blog taken next door... wonder how long it will take for it to appear. It's no wonder the blog has lost it's appeal. It takes ages to get through and then when you do you're bored. If I didn't know how much of a pain it was to get through I'd have given up by now.
based on your comments lyndyloo i thought i would try and comment. so far rejection, perhaps he knows what i am going to say. shall post here instead.
Hmm... chris - I think you will find that there absolutely was/is a market for a really happy and contented and what am I going to cook tonight author. look back at your former blogs.....
sadly, some numpties complained that we were all having too much fun, you didnt do anything to help ease matters either way and consequently the blog is dyeing a slow and painful death.
shame that, i loved reading (and commenting on) your stories of wizards, recipes, dreams, home improvement quandaries and the like.
oh, how things change.
Cathmel - it's good to have you back but I already owe you an apology. I've just bumped you off the # 1 spot next door!!! Sorry hon - I wasn't expecting my post to appear until at least teatime!!
I have a sneaky suspicion that Mr E is loved up at the moment and it's during that early phase of the romance that any semblance of 'real life' tends to go out the window! We tend to forget our loyal friends, and don't go out with them for fear of missing a few minutes with our beloved and we temporarily lose a few leetle grey cells! I wonder if this is why CE's blog has been a little lightweight recently?
Ignore me - I'm probably talking pants (no change there then eh)?
jollygit xx
Amanda
I think I'm a sort of halfway house for the body-part fairy because it does seem to depend on the amount of outdoor exposure various parts have had at the time...as to how they would look at any given moment...
annalog
Bingo is a sport. Bingo is being staged as exhibition matches the next Olympic Games in the UK as a precursor to being accepted by FIFA* as a truly international competition.
Wear your Bingo Wings with pride. If you sign them, then reach the world cup in 1966, they could be worth a lot of money on the Antiques Road Show.
...re 'the other side' I'm awffy glad it isn't just me, and I remember the sage words of DWNB...
...and I'm STILL not able to post on there so I am going to stop trying because I can't be arsed any more today, and I'm sure that being bloody minded isn't going to help matters either.
je n'regrette rien
love
hazel
x
You read it here first...*on every Bingo ad - Free Inside, Flabby Arms! Dobber pens 20p.
Hello Everyone
-Cathmel, good to see you back, ---Keith hope Mrs B is Ok..I spend some of Saturday with Mr Caroline in A&E..he has the aforementioned virus…and is completely wasted.
-Moose, my lovely, how are you..Wrote any good books lately?!!!!
I too have read next door, and have indeed been accepted on my comment (hopefully).
You can see my full response, but I think ( as do some others I see) this is sour grapes from him?
Anyway, lovely to read comments from the weekend and today
-jollygit - hope alls ok with Mr Jollygits gardening leave!
-Anna - did you spend it all? Need any consultancy on food product development?
-Hazel - was that you "the hazel love" note posted on tottenham court road telephone box, just by the centrpoint exit- Can you perform domination? (world) how are the leathers?
-Lyndyloo - sounds lovely, that outfit
– Amanda – describes me perfectly..I did have a year long focussed aim to lose weight and get fitter..it worked, but then so it Christmas, and holiday and the odd glass of wine on a tuesdayand I’m back to where I was 2 years ago – so I’m starting again
..Anyone for a jaffa cake? (virtual ones are great – completely fat, carb and calorie free- go on have the box!)
Love Caroline x
P.S MfR - do you know of the ar*ehole in Mr E sauna - As you go to the same gym as him
Cathmel - I've also been bumped off the #1 spot so we've both had our 15 minutes of fame today!!!
jollygit x
Only 2 and a half hours to be posted next door but well worth the wait he he :)))
Oh yes!
Fox the Moose has my vote!
Lyndyloo
-x-x-x-
Hey!
Sorry, I appear to be in 'Friends' mode again.
Caroline. I think Chris' sauna pal is at his other gym. He goes to one in town during the week and our's at the weekend. The only time we shared a sauna I don't remember chucking any more juice on the coals.....
I have just got through next door, but I can't really be bothered to compose anything too long these days as you never know what mood the blog is going to be in.
Have a nice evening and sleep well.
MfR
PS I saw Mr E driving through Cranleigh on Saturday and he had someone in the car with him. Maybe the 'loved up' theories are true...
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