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Ahh yes.!! We sang that too Margie. We sang 'Aloo etta jaunty aloo etta jetter ploomeray' I found out in secondary that it was : Alouette, gentille alouette Alouette, je te plumerai Aloutette, gentille alouette Alouette, je te plumerai Je te plumerai la tete Je te plumerai la tete Et la tete Et la tete Alouette Alouette.... etc... We were told that it was used as a 'marching song' by French Canadians when they were 'portaging' (carrying) their fur trapping canoes around waterfalls etc. Change of subject. Just 'watched'

Well Carni, it takes a special kind of linguistic talent to learn French from an Italian song! A couple of years ago, Picko brought a very nice old Box Set of German 78s up on one of his frequent trips to Liverpool. They belonged to an elderly friend of his and he wanted me to 'rip' them to CD. One of the songs was "Muss i denn" (Wooden Heart) and it sounded really weird to hear the whole song in German.. even though it's a German song. According to Wikipaedia, some of Elvis' German was from the original 1827 song in German ' Swabian ' dialect, and the rest of his Germ

For the first time in decades, the alternative to Eurovision was worse than actually sitting through this drivel. Also, I have a soft spot for Portugal and Fado. Mariza and Anna Moura in he opening set made it for me. It seems to me that Anna Moura has become more like the late Fado Goddess Amalia Rodrigues since I bought her CD a decade or so back. As for the rest of it... Ye Gods!! Some appallling stuff, but all delivered with good humour. FWIW, IMHO, the moron who interrupted the UK entry had a point, but had no right to make it that violently and in that way. Borderlne assa

Like many I suspect, I never thought about the origin of Lonnie Donegan's 'Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour..', during the skiffle boom of the late 1950s. But.. this is it. Excellent sound considering 'Electrical Recording' was still two years away and the performers had to 'bellow' to be heard.. Col

PC is still refusing to obey me. I'm losing patience...

Cut the grass front and back. Neither very big TBH, but I could do without it. Noticed that the grass at the back has no weeds at all, while the front is overrun with Daisies and Dendelions. AKA PTBs Odd because they both get treated the same. Spent the rest of the day lounging in the Sun.. which was nice. Mrs Col is Cat Sitting in Salford so can do as I like. I can play as much LOUD music as I want. ...... But I can't make my mind up what to play... Col

We didn't do the museum Marg, but had a good look at the church and I got some nice pics of the Grace Darling memorial window etc. Also went onto the beach for 'classic' views of the castle. I noticed how the geology changes dramatically between Seahouses and Bamburgh. I'd like to go back and do the beach walk between those places. It is evidently very interesting. Also need to 'do' Lindisfarne.

Evening.. Spent last week in Northumberland . Was my first visit to that part of the world. The drive up on Monday was fab.. brilliant sunshine all the way and my first run along the A69 was a revelation. Stayed in a really nice house in Alnwick with friends. Managed to visit Alnmouth, Seahouses, Bamburgh, and Alnwick Castle and Gardens and do more walking than any of us bargained for Also the amazing Backer Book Shop in Alnwick. Would like to go back sometime. It was a bit variable weatherwise (I.E. freezing Mon, Tues, Weds and bit better Thurs.) But naturally it

Well I'm back!!! I knew something wasn't quite right about Firefox and then a look at Curry's for a 'ball park' idea on prices for laptops etc, wouldn't let me in due to security issues. This made me look again and I realised I'd loaded the wrong version of Firefox. Uninstalled it and loaded the right version and Yay!! I'm getting there slowly... Col

PC Died. Posting from a nzasty tablet. Re installed win7 and got internet working but Stalgia has noreply field for me to type into just my avaater and a brownish bojx with 'required' in red that won't accept text. Ahmnorrappeh...

I used to go to Lancaster and Thorpe for my NHS specs. I don't recall exactly where.. just somewhere in town. They used to have a 'Pocket Microscope' in the window. Ohh how I longed for one of those, but 12 Shillings was just not going to happen..

I knew it was nonsense Brew, but not that old BP had composed it. From memory: 'Ging gang goolie goolie goolie goolie watch a ging gang goo, ging gang gooo Ging gang goolie goolie goolie goolie watch a ging gang goo, ging gang gooo Haylah, haylah shayla, hayla shayla shayla whoooo Haylah, haylah shayla, hayla shayla shayla whoooo.' We also had this one.. with actions... 'Indians are high minded They climb hills and they don't mind it' ...all I can recall. "So.. I've got this idea... I'm going to gathe

... P.S. Did Bob a Job and fared especially well along the row of houses where Fly now lives. Standard woggle was leather, but some super cool scouts had sheep vertebrae.. I even read in the Scout magazine, a method of turning a pint of milk into a plastic type material from which a woggle could be fashioned. This seems to be the process: Endless fun..

Although I've made a bit of a joke over my early days in the Cubs, I really did enjoy a lot of it. I think it's also fair to say that it did no harm to my self reliance and other worthy objectives, though I never really liked being given leadership roles. And I can still tie a reef knot, granny, sheepshank, sheet bend, bowline etc., not to mention 'whipping'. Margie, for some reason I have no recall whatever of Guides or Brownies being at the St George's Day Parades. We went on numerous trips, often by train to the likes of Matlock Bath and assorted 'Dales' in Derby

Within what seemed quite a short time, a rift developed between St Matthews Church and the 'Top Brass' of our happy band of Cubs. I never really got to know what it was about. It was the sort of thing talked about in hushed tones by the grown ups, but I suspect it was to do with commitment to Church attendance being a condition of membership or somesuch. Anyway we were now suddenly the 96th Nottm. (Bendigo's Own) and we started meeting in Henry Whipple Primary School, which I was of course familiar with. And I've just remembered that our leader Akela, was living (Lodging I think) in a hous

I've been watching from a distance... Our old agent Les was apparently last seen flogging prams in Boowul Market... so I'm not sure I can easily plug the Choir into mainstream Rock and Roll now.. Got this idea though.. Howabout we get the choir to pose for a nude calendar? ( Tastefully done obviously... no Liberty Bodices..) I bet nobody's thought of that before....

Whilst I'm not remotely religious, I have no problem with the idea of a Patron Saint or similar which folk can look to for inspiration and comfort when required. But you can tell the story of St George like this.. There was this ethnically Greek chap who was born in Israel and working as a bodyguard for the Emperor Diocletian of Rome. At the time Rome had occupied and suppressed the people of England for around 300 years. So when this Greek/Israeli/Roman chap wouldn't renounce his Christian faith, Diocletian had him tortured and killed. And naturally, the people of E

I don't think it's that simple. Politically, I see the BBC as totally right wing biased. Practically every one of their political journalists/commentators is a known Conservative party supporter, member, former candidate etc. This definitely applies to Norman Smith, Laura Kuenssberg, Nick Robinson, Evan Davis, Andrew Neil and many others. That is of course a political thing which we really shouldn't be getting into here. Equally oddly, I think it is arguable that in terms of culture, rather than politics, the BBC generally displays a liberal, inclusive bias. You can see that

You all beat me to it with talk of pressure washers. Frankly, I see them as more of a winter thing. I usually give the drive and side path a blast in Autumn because that's when they get slippery and a bit dangerous as they get little Sun. But over the last three days or so there's been an outbreak of Jetwash Mania round here. The noisy b*****s at the back have spent a couple of days at it, then the bloke next to them.. possibly a revenge attack, then seemingly everybody was at it. It's like a herd instinct.. one does it then they all go mad. Of course one good thing is that it

Well today took a little while to perk up, but we now have clear blue cloudless sky and just a tad more breeze than yesterday. I gave the grass a 'topping' on a high cut yesterday. If I leave it now, it will be raining in a few days when it needs cutting again. So I'm going to lower the cut and do it again today. Just had lunch.. Had a couple of apparently harmless, but itchy skin lesions removed from my shoulder last week. healing nicely, but was advised to cover with Factor 30 or higher for a while in the Sun, so slapped that on.. Now.. Kit off and at it... The grass

I'm afraid I don't need to pot the violets. They have already made a takeover bid for many of the containers in which Mrs Col has her Alstroemerias and other plants. Made worse by the fact that Mrs Col has neglected her container plants for a couple of years. Thing is, I'm not allowed to touch 'em.. but yesterday I did ask her to decide which of her collection of Container Grown weeds she wants to keep/repot, and which I'm allowed to throw out. I confidently expect a decision by the Autumn... Add to this the pile of earth and rubble on the patio from my excavations ( looking for a dra

All day in the garden in minimal attire. Love it. I cut the grass and did a fair bit of weeding. Mainly, the first assault of the year on my infestation of creeping violets. I brought one single creeping violet plant back from my Mum's house probably ten or more years ago and I've been fighting the buggers ever since. They spread like wildfire and have deep roots. When I read up on them I discovered that they have two lots of flowers. The typical violet flowers are on top, but don't bear seeds. There are much smaller hidden flowers under the leaves which are barely noticeable, but

You're right of course Commo, but I think what's worn many down this time is that Summer turned straight into Autumn pretty much in one go last August and there has been little relief since. We don't expect this sort of weather all year, but there should really be a steady improvement from Feb on, which just hasn't happened this year. Farmers are reporting flooded land and cold soil they can't plant on, shortages of fodder because the grass hasn't started growing yet, etc. Col