Danskcolin: Mandag 04/01/2016 kl 1630 til tirsdag 05/01/2016 kl 1629

17:00 Jeg får en e-mail fra min søster Gill, der bor i Cambridge sammen med sin handicappede mand Peter, og sin handicappede datter, Lucy. Gill siger, at familien har haft en meget god jul, og hendes andre to døtre, Zoe og Maria, også boede hos dem i nogle dage. Peter har for nylig haft problemer med sine hovedmuskler og nakkemuskler, men Gill var glad for, at Peter kunne uden besvær sidde på spisebordet og nyde julemåltidet sammen med Gill og deres tre døtre.

Gill siger, at Zoe, hendes ældste datter, så afslappet ud og meget mindre stresset juletiden og nytåret over, fordi hun til sidst var færdig med at opnå sin doktorgrad på Manchester University – hurra!

18:00 Lois og jeg spiser aftensmad og derefter bruger aftenen på at se lidt fjernsyn. De viser en gammel sitcom fra 1981, ”Sorry”, stjernespækket Ronnie Corbett. I aften ser vi seriens første afsnit nogensinde. Serien handler om en 41-årig bibliotekar, Timothy Lumsden, der stadigvæk bor hjemme hos sin krævende mor og afslappede far. Timothys mor vil have, at Timothy bliver for evigt boende hjemme og hun prøver altid at forhindre ham i at finde en kæreste.

Jeg husker godt denne serie, som Lois og jeg altid så på, da den oprindeligt for over 30 år siden blev udsendt på BBC-TV. Jeg syntes dengang, at Timothys mor lignede lidt min egen mor. Det er helt sikkert, at min mor havde svært ved at acceptere, at hendes børn ville vokser op og forlade hjemmet, og dette var et særligt problem for min søster Gill, der var vores mors yngste barn – du godeste!

20:00 Derefter ser vi University Challenge og Only Connect, to af de få tv-programmer, der ikke er egnede for dumme mennesker – ha ha ha!

Vi beslutter ikke at se endnu en dokumentarfilm, der handler om ”Udødelige Egypten”. Vi bliver dødtrætte af gamle Egypten – det er jeg ikke i tvivl om! Lois og jeg bliver nu til dags mere og mere dekadente og uansvarlige – det ved jeg med sikkerhed!!!

22:00 Vi går i seng. Jeg læser 7 sider af min sengetidbog, ”William Pitt den Yngre” af William Pitt, og så glider over i søvnen – zzzzz!!!!!!

04:15 Jeg står tidligt op og kigger lidt på internettet. Jeg ser, at vores svigersøn, Ed, der bor og arbejder i København, i formiddag skal til London på forretningsrejse. Du godeste – året er lige begyndt og han er allerede på rejse! Sikke et travlt program han har!

Jeg fortsætter med at eksperimentere med at overspille til dvd nogle af de sange, jeg optog på min anden vhs-bånd nogensinde i 1986. Denne anden vhs-bånd kaldte jeg dengang ”Vroom 2”. Jeg blev igår færdig med at overspille på dvd sangene på min første vhs-bånd, kaldet ”Vroom 1”. Jeg går nu i gang med at overspille sangene på ”Vroom 2”, men jeg ser, at vi stadigvæk er i 1986, når det kommer til Vroom 2. Sikke en skam – jeg er nu dødtræt af 1986. Uha!

Jeg overspiller ikke alle de sange, jeg optog i 1986. Jeg overspiller bare de sange, jeg stadig kan lide! Hidtil på Vroom 2 har jeg fundet:

You Keep Me Hanging On – Kim Wilde

You’re In The Army Now – Status Quo

If It Wasn’t For The Night – Abba

Thank You For The Music – Abba (på Larry Grayson Show)

The Final Countdown – Europe

Showing Out – Mel and Kim

French Kissing in the USA - Debby Harry

Step Right Up – Jakki Graham (live på The Tube)

Spirit in the Sky – Doctor and the Medics (live på The Tube(?))

Boy in the Bubble – Paul Simon

Sikke en underlig blanding igen – du godeste! Jeg må indrømme, at disse sange for det meste er typiske for sange i 1986, men hvornår vil året ende, så vi kan høre nogle 1987-sange for afvikslingens skyld! Dette bliver et mareridt!

Men der er lyset for enden af tunnelen. Jeg finder midtvejs på båndet Rowan Atkinson, der nu er berømt verden over for sin rolle som ”Mr Bean”, i gang med at synge en sang, som Howard Goodall, sønnen af min mors ven Geoff Goodall, skrev i 1980’erne. Sangen er kaldet ”I Like Trucking”, og vi hørte den først i det populære skitse-show, ”Not The Nine O’Clock News”, stjernespækket Atkinson, sammen med Mel Smith, Griff Rhys-Jones og Pamela Stephenson.

08:30 Apollo Accident Repair Centre ringer til mig. De siger, at det vil tage omkring 10 dage at reparere vores Honda Jazz – du godeste! Og skaderne på bilen var næsten ikke synlige – uha! Det er heldigt, at vi har vores næsten-spritnye Renault Clio, som vi kan køre i, hvis nødvendigt – det er heldigt!

(gårsdagens foto) Allah er barmhjertig – vi kan bruge Enterprise Rent-a-Cars spritnye Renault Clio.

I baggrunden ser vi Sarahs og Francis’s Saab, som de efterlod her, da de i december flyttede til Australien, og vores Honda Jazz, der for nylig var involveret i en mindre ulykke – uha!

11:30 Vi går hen hos Waghornes, den lokale slagter, for at købe bacon og haslet. Derefter går vi en kort tur i nabolaget (1,8 miles, 47 minutter, 172 kalorier). Vores rute: Højgade, Noverton Lane, Møllegade og tilbage igen via Dybegade og Prestburyvej.

Vi går en kort tur i nabolaget

Vinteren har hidtil været så mild. Du godeste, den 5. januar, og allerede ser vi ikke bare vintergækker men også påskeliljer. Der er noget galt med vejret – det ved jeg med sikkerhed!

der er masser af vand i den lokale bæk – det er helt klart!

13:00 Vi kommer hjem og spiser frokost. Derefter går jeg i seng og tager mig en lang lur – zzzz !!!!

15:30 Jeg står op og går i bad. Derefter slapper vi af med en kop te på sofaen.

English translation

17:00 I get an email from my sister Gill, who lives in Cambridge with her disabled husband Peter and her disabled daughter, Lucy. Gill says that the family has had a very good Christmas, and her other two daughters, Zoe and Mary, also stayed with them for some days. Peter has recently had problems with his head muscles and neck muscles, but Gill was pleased that Peter could without difficulty sit at the dining table and enjoy the Christmas meal with Gill and their three daughters.

Gill says Zoe, her eldest daughter, looked relaxed and much less stressful over Christmas season and New Year because she was finally finished with obtaining her doctorate at Manchester University - hurray!

18:00 Lois and I eat dinner and then spend the evening on watchng TV. They show an old sitcom from 1981, "Sorry", starring Ronnie Corbett. Tonight we see the series' first episode ever. The series is about a 41-year-old librarian Timothy Lumsden, who still lives at home with his demanding mother and relaxed father. Timothy's mother wants that Timothy will forever live at home and she always tries to prevent him from finding a girlfriend.

I remember well this series, Lois and I always looked at it when it was originally more than 30 years ago broadcast on BBC-TV. I thought at the time that Timothy's mother seemed a little like my own mother. It is for sure that my mother had a hard time accepting that her children would grow up and leave home, and this was a particular problem for my sister Gill, who was our mother's youngest child - my goodness!

20:00 Then we see University Challenge and Only Connect, two of the few television programs that are not suitable for stupid people - ha ha ha!

We decide not to see yet another documentary about "Immortal Egypt". We are fed up with ancient Egypt - I am in no doubt! Lois and I are nowadays more and more decadent and irresponsible - I know for sure !!!

22:00 We go to bed. I read seven pages of my bedtime-book, "William Pitt the Younger" by William Pitt, and then drift into sleep - zzzzz !!!!!!

4:15 I get up early and take a look at the internet. I see that our son-in-law, Ed, who lives and works in Copenhagen, this morning has to go to London on business. My goodness - the year is just beginning and he is already traveling! What a busy schedule he has!

I continue to experiment with dubbing to DVD some of the songs I recorded on my second VHS tape ever in 1986. This second VHS tape I called at that time "Vroom 2". I was yesterday finished with dubbing to DVD songs on my first VHS tape, called "Vroom 1". I will now start dubbing the songs on "Vroom 2", but I see that we are still in 1986, when it comes to Vroom 2. What a shame - I'm now sick of 1986. Oh dear!

I am not dubbing all the songs I recorded in 1986. I'm just dubbing the songs I still like! So far, the Vroom 2 I have found:

You Keep Me Hanging On - Kim Wilde

You're In The Army Now - Status Quo

If It Was not For The Night - Abba

Thank You For The Music - Abba (on Larry Grayson Show)

The Final Countdown - Europe

Showing Out - Mel and Kim

French Kissing in the USA - Debby Harry

Step Right Up - Jakki Graham (Live on The Tube)

Spirit in the Sky - Doctor and the Medics (live on The Tube (?))

Boy in the Bubble - Paul Simon

What a weird mix again - my goodness! I must admit that these songs are mostly typical of songs in 1986, but when will the year end, so we can hear some 1,987 songs for afvikslingens sake! This is a nightmare!

But there is light at the end of the tunnel. I find midway on the tape Rowan Atkinson, who is now famous worldwide for his role as "Mr Bean", starting to sing a song that Howard Goodall, the son of my mother's friend Geoff Goodall wrote in the 1980s. The song is called "I Like Trucking" and we heard it first in the popular sketch show, "Not The Nine O'Clock News", starring Atkinson, along with Mel Smith, Griff Rhys-Jones and Pamela Stephenson.

08:30 Apollo Accident Repair Centre phones me. They say that it will take about 10 days to repair our Honda Jazz - my goodness! And the damage to the car was barely visible - oh! It is fortunate that we have our almost-brand-new Renault Clio, we can drive in, if necessary - that's lucky!

(yesterday's photo) Allah is merciful - we can use Enterprise Rent-a-Cars-new Renault Clio. In the background, we see Sarah's and Francis's Saab, which they left here, when in December they moved to Australia, and our Honda Jazz, which recently was involved in a minor accident – oh dear!

11:30 We go off to Waghornes, the local butcher, to buy bacon and haslet. Then we go for a short walk in the neighborhood (1.8 miles, 47 minutes, 172 calories). Our itinerary: Højgade, Noverton Lane, Møllegade and back again via Deep Street and Prestburyvej.

we do a short walk in the neighborhood

the winter has so far been so mild. Goodness, January 5^th and already we see not only snowdrops but also daffodils. There is something wrong with the weather – I know that with certainty!