18:00 Vi spiser aftensmad og derefter bruger vi aftenen på at se lidt
fjernsyn. De viser et andet afsnit den første serie af ”Sorry”, en gammel sitcom fra 1981,
stjernespækket Ronnie Corbett, den skotske komiker. Serien handler om en
41-årig bibliotekar, Timothy Lumsden, der stadigvæk bor hjemme hos sin krævende
mor og afslappede far.
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!
22:00 Vi går i seng – zzzzz !!!
03:45 Jeg står tidligt op og kigger lidt på internettet.
04:00 Jeg fortsætter med at arbejde på de dokumenterne, der vedrører
salget af Sarahs gamle lejlighed i Cheltenham. Du godeste! Sarah er vores
yngste datter, og hun flyttede for 6 uger siden til Australien.
Jeg får en e-mail fra Sarah. Hendes juridiske repræsentanter i England
har fortalt hende, at hun først skal får sin identitet verificeret (ved hjælp
af sit pas, kørekort osv) i et australsk postkontor – du godeste! Hendes
repræsentanter i England må strengt taget ikke begynde at arbejde på salget
indtil de har modtaget de dokumenter, der verificerer hendes identitet – du
godeste! Sikke en skør verden vi lever i !!
09:00 Jeg får endnu én e-mail fra Sarah. Hun siger, at hun har opnået de
dokumenter, hun har brug for, for at få verificeret sin identitet, og hun har
afsendt dem til os med posten. Hun tror, at vi skulle modtage dem om 2-4 dage –
hurra!
10:00 Min ven, ”Magyar” Mike
ringer på døren. Vi studerer ungarn i en time, og snakker om, hvad vi lavede
julen og nytåret over.
10:20 Lois skal af sted.
Hun kører med sine veninder, Gillian og Mary, til Birmingham for at besøge
Gillians mor og andre ældre damer, der i fortiden var medlemmer at deres kirke
i Cheltenham. De kommer tilbage sidst på eftermiddagen.
11:15 Mike skal af sted. Jeg fortsætter med at overspille mine gamle
vhs-bånd til dvd. Vi er nu i 1987. Det er lidt af et chok, at se Jimmy Savile,
den afdøde dj, i et BBC musikprogram oprindeligt udsendt i 1967. Jimmy Savile
begik many forbrydelser mod mindreårige piger, men blev aldrig retsforfulgt.
BBC-TV viser ikke længere nogle af de programmer, som Savile medvirkede i.
Jimmy Savile (i midten af billedet) ser helt
djævelsk ud. På Savile’s højre hånd står Pete Murray og på hans venstre hånd,
Alan Freeman (2 andre BBC dj’s)
12:00 Jeg skynder mig ud
på køkkenet og laver frokost. Efter frokost går jeg i seng og jeg tager mig en
lang lur – zzzzzz!!!
14:00 Jeg står op. Jeg sætter mig på vores computer og jeg ser, at jeg
er nødt til at ansøge om et nyt kørekort fordi jeg fylder 70 år i marts måned –
du godeste! Jeg mindes Paul Simons
udødelige ord i “Bookends/Old Friends”: ”Can you imagine us years from today,
sharing a park bench quietly? How terribly strange to be 70!”, ord som jeg
først hørte i 1968, da jeg kun var 22 år gammel – du godeste, tiden flyver
virkelig af sted!
14:15 Jeg bruger endnu 2 timer på at arbejde på Sarahs skemaer og
dokumenter i forbindelse med salget af hendes gamle lejlighed i Cheltenham – du
godeste, sikke en dag!
English translation
Monday, 01.11.2016 at 1630 till Tuesday, 01.12.2016 at 1629
18:00 We have dinner and then we spend the evening on watching TV. They
show another episode of the first series of "Sorry", an old sitcom
from 1981, starring Ronnie Corbett, the Scottish comedian. The series is about
a 41-year-old librarian Timothy Lumsden, who still lives at home with his
demanding mother and relaxed father.
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!
22:00 We go to bed - zzzzz !!!
03:45 I get up early and take a look on the internet.
04:00 I continue to work on the documents relating to the sale of Sarah's
old apartment in Cheltenham. My Goodness! Sarah is our youngest daughter, and
she moved six weeks ago to Australia. I get an email from Sarah. Her legal
representatives in England have told her that she must first get her identity
verified (using her passport, driving license, etc.) in an Australian post
office - my goodness! Her representatives in England must strictly speaking not
start working on the sale until they have received the documents to verify her
identity - my goodness! What a crazy world we live in !!
09:00 I get
another message from Sarah. She says she has obtained the documents she needs
to have her identity verified, and she has sent them to us by post. She
believes that we should receive them in 2-4 days - hurray!
10:00 My friend, "Magyar" Mike rings at the door. We study Hungarian for one hour and talk about what we were doing over Christmas and New Year.
10:20 Lois has to go. She is driving with her girlfriends, Gillian and Mary, to Birmingham to visit Gillian's mother and other elderly ladies, who in the past were members of their church in Cheltenham. They will come back late in the afternoon.
11:15 Mike has to go. I continue to dub my old VHS tapes to DVD. We are now in 1987. It's a bit of a shock to see Jimmy Savile, the late DJ, in a BBC music program originally broadcast in 1967. Jimmy Savile committed many crimes against underage girls, but was never prosecuted. BBC-TV no longer show any of the programs that Savile starred in.
Jimmy
Savile (center of picture) looks quite devilish. On Savile's right hand stands
Pete Murray and his left hand, Alan Freeman (2 other DJs)
12:00 I rush into the kitchen and make lunch. After lunch I go to bed and I
take a long nap - zzzzzz !!!
14:00 I get up. I sit at our computer and I see that I have to apply for a
new driver's license because I have my 70th birthday in March - my goodness! I
am reminded of Paul Simon's immortal words in "Bookends / Old
Friends": "Can you imagine us years from today, sharing a park bench
quietly? How terribly strange to be 70! ", Words which I first heard in
1968, when I was only 22 years old - my God, time really flies!
14:15 I spend another 2 hours on working on Sarah's forms and documents in
connection with the sale of her old apartment in Cheltenham - my goodness, what
a day!
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