Ashcombe

I Won’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me - Nik Kershaw

Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison

Poor France! 

A friend from Toads Theatre Company wrote this:-

The Ghost of Quasimodo 

On our knees with grief and disbelief, 
the masses throng the barricades once more.
People paralysed in an unplanned demonstration
of unity through adversity. 
Here the Communards and First Republic’s dreams were voiced.
Napoleon and Hitler stood in awe. 
Esmeralda clung to gargoyles. 
Demands for freedom shouted in the square.
Now we can only stare, heavy of heart and humbled. 
Our petty parliamentary wrangles seen for what they are.
This is not ‘Their Lady’; it is Our Lady, 
martyred by fire; put to the torch.
Ask not for whom the bell tolls; that dismal knell
is a last-ditch wake-up call for Europe. 

Through the smoke of the bell tower, 
Quasimodo dances in the flames. 

John Miles. 

‘Notre Dame de Paris’ 
15th April, 2019.

Beat It - Michael Jackson 

Olddudders: I might allow you to borrow my car, if ever you live permanently in the UK! For the benefit of other readers: it’s a Ford Fiesta Zetec Eco Boost which I love.....even more than the Lexus IS200 owned in my previous life. This car is great for around town especially for on street parking but it’s got plenty of oomph when required e.g. on long  journeys to France. 

In the the distant past I drove Mini's, with a black Mini Mayfair being a great favourite! Some years after parting with it, I saw it being driven by the parent of a child in my class! 

Respect Me - Dizzee Rascal

Still blowing a hooley now! Rain and hail at times but sunny at the moment. 

Many of us are of an age when we have watched friends and/or family members suffer with cancer. It never gets easier but I admire those who face their difficulties with such fortitude. My thoughts and prayers are with those brave folk.

Coming soon to a cinema near you:-

THE DUKE'S A HAZARD

Linda’s personality shines out of that photograph. My sincere condolences on your loss, Jim.

Morning .........

 

As I missed posting yesterday, there is quite a lot of water passing under the ERs bridge, so generic greetings are the best I can offer to the ailing and the celebrating.

 

Stewart

..... but not through your pipes....!

I hope I go first......

So do I!!

Why Me? by Kris Kristofferson because I’m a struggling Christian.

Rock and Roll Dreams by Meatloaf because the chorus is meaningful.

Lacrimosa from Mozart's Requiem because the music is poignantly beautiful.

My Guy - Mary Wells

People - Barbra Streisand

Can you do that with spouses?

 

Jamie

Only with husbands!

Thank you for sharing your difficult news with us and I hope you and Linda will gain comfort from the warm responses already posted. It helps to hear from like minded folk who have often had similar experiences to what you are facing.

As already suggested, a short hairstyle is advisable and I wonder if a cold cap has been recommended to Linda as I believe that can help reduce hair loss.

We shall be thinking of you and hope you will post occasionally when you feel you can. My best wishes to you both.

...................I’m hoping that one of you kind folk might be able to point me in the right direction...

 

My 90+year old mum is after a book to help her learn how to use her iPad..............

 

..... A particular problem she has relates to using fingers to select icons or drag up and down on pages - she has a tendency to carry on keeping her finger on an icon rather than tapping it lightly.

 

Any tips or recommendations would be very welcome. Ta in advance.

 

In the Country - Cliff Richard

.........

A few words on the Alison saga. Farmer François, who has been the apple of her eye for nearly 6 years, had been distinctly cold for most of the last year. Furthermore a psychologist friend had gently pointed out to A that he displays many traits of narcissism, a condition that includes controlling those closest to you, often cruelly. She took that friend’s advice, and herself had a number of sessions with an independent psychologist, trying to understand what it is that drives her to a man of dubious character again and again. After all, about a year ago he left her lying in the farmyard in the small hours with broken ribs, sustained when he drove his tractor at manic speeds across the field and she was thrown about the cab. The analysis sessions have made her stronger, and F is now dancing to her tune, it seems. What he doesn’t know is that A has many hours of taped conversations - inevitably including the sounds of advanced intimacy - and now spy-cam shots of them holding hands and embracing. If he drops the ball and disappears again, his wife will get a parcel of evidence sufficent to sink him without trace.......”

 

WARNING: X-rated content. Do not read if you are of a nervous disposition!

Nice to have you back, Rick. It's not nice to be trashed, happened to me and it has inhibited what I post. Then some troll wandered into ER and blasted Ian (OD) about his Alison saga - and we've barely heard from Ian or yrrehS since. So please stick with us.........Bill.

IIRC, Ian gave up on ER's after frustration with certain attitudes towards the poor inhabitants of Grenfell Towers, a tragedy about which we both felt angry and disappointed. Anger that it should have happened and disappointed by the reaction of some politicians and councillors towards the poor victims. Sadly, certain members of this fraternity did not cover themselves in glory by their comments at the time.

!thginot kcab og skcolc ehT .tegrof t'noD

Sad to hear booing as LH received his trophy. Such prejudice still apparent in the Southern states. Shame on them.