Friday 24th April 2020
Lockdown Day 32
Sunday dawns and we can't catch a break on these numbers, but I guess as long as we are infecting 5000 per day, deaths will stay high 2 weeks later , just can't work out why we are not getting any better at stopping people dying...but way above my pay grade.
Thanks for the ongoing contributions, which I know are appreciated from the comments we are getting - but you contributors need the applause.
Jeremy Blackburn joined us yesterday as contributed a couple of items and a poser...
"Thanks for keeping us amused John and hope we can all get back to CST ASAP.
No doubt when the weather is foul again - oh the irony.
Garden looking good here veg patch etc all ready to go. Full house with kids here working from lap tops etc - managed to escape pre lockdown.
Practicing chipping and language control on a daily basis!
Couple of things for you.. Jeremy
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| Can you help him unlock his Wine-Cupboard ? |
I was incinerating some paperwork yesterday and burning all my 50th Birthday cards ( wow 23 Years ago) - Found one from my Mum, who taught me all I know about sarcasm...She wrote inside "You should be congratulating ME !"
Anyway, one of the cards had a nice picture on the front, showing how times have changed...
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| As far as we are aware, thanks to Medical advancements, Colin Ireland is the only one who still has them.... |
Now we all love our Mum's and how over 1000's of years they adapt and cope with challenges, avoid contact, shop sparsely, kids come first etc - well here's a wonderful example...
and at the other end of the scale, we have Nonagenerian Vulnerable Victor laying on the wet grass at Midnight with his Go-Pro and teaching an Hedgehog how to feed from a Cup&Saucer in his back garden- this is genuine folks...
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and our day would not be complete without our Captain's usual Trump Thump
Sir Clive sets you a Chinese challenge, with a drink in the 19th when we are back up there for anyone who can interpret the Sign...
 More to challenge you from Rugby fan Eric...  Not from Edmundo for a change, but nothing stops the Italians from drinking correctly... |
Into yet another weekends, and as Farmer Bob told me yesterday- this is the longest period of dry weather he's known since his failed 'tater-crop' of '58.
Bit disappointing to see over 5000 new cases and a high death toll still...where are all these people picking up the Virus from ?
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| This paints a poor picture and needs to level out... |
Maybe Mr Trump has a point....
..and an immediate piece of nonsense...from Eric of course...
OK back to real people. Another of our couples whose Party Plans have been thwarted is Nick & Rosemary Hill.
Saturday April 25th 1970 saw them become Man & Wife and today celebrate their
50th Anniversary.
So I guess it's too late to use this as today's 'Name the Frame'.
Here's their story:-
Mike still out wandering daily, this time down the back lanes....
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| stopped for a quick one... |
but was a bit late for lunch
Here is an
actual sign posted at a golf club in Scotland:
1.BACK STRAIGHT, KNEES BENT
2..FEET SHOULDER WIDTH APART.
3.FORM A LOOSE GRIP
4.KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN!
5.STAY OUT OF THE WATER.
6. TRY NOT TO HIT ANYONE.
7.IF YOU ARE TAKING TOO LONG,
LET OTHERS GO AHEAD OF YOU
8.DON'T STAND DIRECTLY
IN FRONT OF OTHERS.
9.QUIET PLEASE...WHILE OTHERS
ARE PREPARING.
10.DON'T TAKE EXTRA STROKES.
WELL DONE.. NOW, FLUSH THE URINAL,
GO OUTSIDE, AND TEE OFF
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The following was developed as a mental age assessment by the School of Psychiatry, at Harvard University.
Take your time and see if you can read each line aloud without a mistake.
The average person _over 58 years of age_ cannot do it!
1. This is this cat.
2. This is is cat.
3. This is how cat.
4. This is to cat.
5. This is keep cat.
6. This is an cat.
7. This is old cat.
8. This is fool cat.
9. This is busy cat.
10. This is for cat.
11. This is forty cat.
12. This is seconds cat.
Now go back and read the third word in each line from the top down..
Sorry..I just post what Eric sends me....
Now just sit back, relax an prepare to feel totally inadequate !
..all I can think about is all the failed attempts...
..dangers of phone use....
and now the true story of how Nick & Rosemary first met, played by actors of course...
Just in from Nick Clarke, who is still out and about as an NHS Paramedic....
Your weekend homework.
Attached. It is celebrity golfers so wives
probably more likely to get them than the chaps!!
Message from our Captain...
I thought it was amusing just after we lost the Lyme Regis Jurassic Challenge Comp this video came through the mail...
Well done to those of you guessing Yesterday's 'Name that Frame' comp.
Not too many got David Walgrove, except for Clive saying 'He's always going on about how he taught them a few things in Canada...so it was a give-away for him.
Impressed with Billy Hilson being able to spot Richard Holmes as the Football Referee.
Today's looks pretty simple to me, but see how you get on down the page.
Mr Hone thought he would support Bob Rees's Men & Dogs theme by adding his own..but it contains valuable information you may need later on....
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| Captions suggestions ? |
Eric's is more what we are looking for....wearing his Wandsworth Tee-Shirt !
Let's get arty-farty right from the start with some eye-catching musical stuff
For those of you like me that enjoy the maths, it's obvious that the law we use normally , I'm sure you can remember from Junior School -
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which brings us back to that age-old question as to why Policemen's Balls
are bigger than Firemen's Balls ?
They sell more Tickets of course !
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and the best advert for a knife I have ever seen....
Rod Young sends you all his best wishes from Hatch Beauchamp and an Instruction sheet for a mini-gymn received from a relative
it's all easy enough until you get to item 131 which shows as a different part in 3 areas...
Progress so far....
Today's Name the Frame should be easy as just for a change, he is pictured playing in the woods...
Our Man is far right..and still is today !
How about some pure class from Captain James... so much talent in the World...I love the way he does the fur on the wee mouse...
Our Man is far right..and still is today !
If you end up in Vietnam, don't even bother with the pendulum calculator above...
