Tirsdag 19/01/2016 kl 1630 til onsdag 20/01/2016 kl 1629

17:30 Vi spiser aftensmad.

18:15 Lois skal af sted. Der er en bibelseminar, der finder sted i aften i Brockworth, som hun vil deltage i. Hun kører med sine venner, Alf og Mari-Anne. Stakkels Lois har i dag nu og da haft ondt i ribbene (en jagende smerte), men hun har hver 4. time taget Ibuprofen for at styre smerten, og hun synes, hun vil være ok i aften.

18:30 Jeg kigger på royalmail.com, og jeg ser, at postbudet afleverede i dag kl 08:10 til Sarahs juridiske repræsentanter i Poundbury de dokumenter jeg afsendte i går i forbindelse med salget af Sarahs gamle lejlighed i Cheltenham – hurra! De kan nu begynde at arbejde på salget!

19:30 Jeg er alene i huset, så derfor bruger jeg aftenen på at se lidt fjernsyn. De viser den 2. afsnit af den 2. serie af ”Sorry”, en sitcom fra 1980’erne, stjernespækket Ronnie Corbett, den skotske komiker. Serien handler om en 41-årig bibliotekar, Timothy Lumsden, der stadigvæk bor hjemme hos sin krævende mor og distræte far.

I dette afsnit (først udsendt i 1982) er Timmy bekymret over, at han snart kommer til at blive interviewet for en intern forfremmelse på sin arbejdsplads. På grund af sin angst er han begyndt til at opleve forskellige problemer (fx gåture i sin søvn, tilbagevendende mareridt osv – uha!). Han besøger en psykoterapeut, der råder ham til at have en afslappet holdning til interviewet og for eksempel går med afslappet tøj osv.

Men mens Timmy sidder og venter i interview-venterummet sammen med de andre kandidater, dukker hans mor op med den jakkesæt, hun har købt til ham. Hun prøve at tvinge ham til at smide sin afslappet sweater og tage jakkesættet på. Du godeste!

Timmy besøger en psychoterapeut, der råder ham til at tage en afslappet holdning til sit overhængende forfremmelse-interview og gå med afslappet tøj osv

Timmys mor dukker op i interview-venterummet og prøver at tvinge ham til at tage et jakkesæt på. Du godeste! Sikke en redelighed!!!!

20:00 Lois’s kusine, Iris, ringer til mig fra Southport og vi snakker lidt. Iris havde en bypassoperation for et par måneder siden og hun følte sig dårligt tilpas i søndags, men hun har det i dag lidt bedre. Jeg fortæller hende, at Lois senere på ugen vil ringe hende tilbage.

20:30 Jeg fortsætter med at se lidt fjernsyn. De viser en interessant dokumentarfilm – ”Travel Man: 48 Hours in Copenhagen”, der handler om Københavns seværdigheder. Værter er Richard Ayoade og sin ven, Noel Fielding, en alternativ komiker.

Richard Ayoade og Noel Fielding medvirkede begge to i ”The IT Crowd”, en sitcom udsendt mellem 2006 og 2013 på Channel 4, hvor Richard spillede en IT-geek, ”Moss”, der arbejdede i et stort firma, og Noel spillede ”Richmond”, en mysteriøs goth, der hele dagen gemmede sig i mørket i et tilstødende rum.

Noel Fielding som ”Richmond” og Richard Ayoade som ”Moss” i ”The IT Crowd”

Richard Ayoade er en trendy men fordringsløs kendis, der aldrig sværger eller drikker alkohol. Han hygger sig mest med at gennemse bøger i en boghandel, så han finder det lidt pinligt og uberoligende at skulle opleve Tivolis rutschebaner, og afprøve forskellige øl i Københavns ølmuseum. Du godeste! Stakkels Richard!!!

   

 

Noel Fielding (til venstre) og Richard Ayoade (til højre) på Tivolis rutschebane

22:00 Lois kommer hjem og vi går i seng – zzzzzz!!!!

03:45 Jeg står tidligt op og kigger lidt på internettet. Så fortsætter jeg med at kopiere mine gamle vhs-bånd til dvd. Vi er nu i november/december 1990. Jeg ser, at jeg fangede det ojeblik, hvor det engelske hold og det franske hold endelig mødte hinanden under den engelske kanal, da Eurotunnel var i gang med at blive bygget.

December 1990: TV-avisen annoncerer, at de englændere og de franskmænd endelig har mødt hinanden under den Engelske kanal. (Denne video fandt jeg på min ”Smudger 1” vhs-bånd).

Det er uden tvivl en skam, at denne tunnel nogensinde blev bygget, men det er stadig ganske let at sende sindsyge og slemme mennesker tilbage til Frankrig, i forhold til de lande, der har lange jordgrænser – uha! Gudskelov de byggede ikke en vejbro, som den bro, der ligger mellem Danmark og Sverige!!!

10:00 Terry, den lokale handyman, kommer og går i gang med at reparere vores hegn.

10:30 Vores naboer, Frances og Stephen, smutter ind hos os. De tager på torsdag af sted til New Zealand, og de kommer den 29. februar tilbage. Lois og jeg skal passe på deres hus, mens de er væk hjemmefra. Seks uger – du godeste!

Vi snakker lidt med dem om deres ferie og de ruter de flyver via: Hong Kong på vej til NZ, Sydney og Singapore på vej hjem. Vi omtaler, at vi planlægger at besøge i løbet af efteråret Sarahs lille familie i Perth, men Stephen og Frances tilbyder ikke at passe på Minx. Og Lois og jeg er enige i, at det ikke ville være rimeligt at bede dem om at passe på Minx i så lang tid (fx 2-3 måneder).

11:30 Jeg fortsætter med at kopiere mine gamle vhs-bånd til dvd. Jeg falder over en video fra november 1990, der viser Smash Hits Poll Winners Party, en koncert, der fandt sted i London Docklands Arena. Jeg ser Betty Boo synge de udødelige ord ”(Where are you baby, we used to have so much fun), And what did I do to deserve this, Some days I feel all nervous. Please use the telephone service, I hope today you heard this!”. Philip Schofield er koncertens vært, og man ser ham uddele prisen for ”Best Female”(?) til hende. ”Smash Hits” var dengang et meget populært popmusikmagasin for unge teenagers: det lukkede desværre i 2006.

Smash Hits var et populært popmusikmagasin for unge teenagepiger. Det lukkede i 2006.

13:00 Terry skal af sted. Han kommer i næste uge tilbage for at fuldføre arbejdet. Vi spiser frokost og derefter går jeg i seng og tager mig en lang lur – zzzzzz!!!!!

15:00 Jeg står op og prøver igen at starte Sarahs og Francis’s Saab. Sarah har sendt mig instruktioner. Jeg varmer motoren op i fem minutter, og bagefter starter bilen flere ganger, men uden succes. Advarselslampen tænder hver gang og slukkes ikke – du godeste! Det ville være rart ikke at skulle sidde i en kold bil, når det er hundekoldt udenfor, og vente, mens motoren bliver varmet op. Du godeste (igen)! Jeg skal sende Sarah en email i aften.

16:00 Jeg kommer ind i huset for at varme op. Vi slapper af med en kop te på sofaen....

English translation

Tuesday, 01/19/2016 at 1630 on Wednesday, 01.20.2016 at 1629

17:30 We eat dinner.

18:15 Lois has to be off. There is a Bible seminar, which takes place tonight in Brockworth, which she wants to participate in. She is going there with her friends, Alf and Mari-Anne. Poor Lois today now and then has had sore ribs (a sort of stabbing pain), but she has every 4 hours taken ibuprofen to manage the pain, and she thinks she will be ok tonight.

18:30 I'm looking at royalmail.com, and I see that the postman delivered today at 08:10 to Sarah's legal representatives in Poundbury the documents I sent yesterday in connection with the sale of Sarah's old apartment in Cheltenham - hurray! They can now start working on the sale!

19:30 I am alone in the house, so I spend the evening watching TV. They show the second episode of the second series of "Sorry", a sitcom from the 1980s, 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 absent-minded father.

In this episode (first broadcast in 1982) Timmy is worried that he is soon going to be interviewed for an internal promotion at work. Because of his fear, he has begun to experience various problems (such as walking in his sleep, recurrent nightmares, etc. - oh dear!). He visits a psychotherapist who advises him to have a relaxed attitude to the interview and for example go in casual clothes, etc.

But while Timmy is sitting and waiting in the interview waiting-room with the other candidates, his mother shows up with a suit, she has bought him. She tries to force him to throw off his casual sweater and put the suit on. My Goodness!

Timmy visits a psychotherapist who advises him to take a relaxed attitude to his imminent promotion interview and go in casual clothes, etc.

Timmy's mother shows up in the interview waiting-room and tries to force him to put a suit on. My Goodness! Such goings-on !!!!

20:00 Lois's cousin, Iris, calling me from Southport and we talk a little. Iris had a bypass surgery a few months ago and she felt unwell on Sunday, but she is now a little better. I tell her that Lois later this week will call her back.

20:30 I continue to watch TV. They show an interesting documentary - "Travel Man: 48 Hours in Copenhagen", which deals with Copenhagen's sights. The hosts are Richard Ayoade and his friend, Noel Fielding, an alternative comedian.

Richard Ayoade and Noel Fielding both starred in "The IT Crowd," a sitcom broadcast between 2006 and 2013 on Channel 4, where Richard played an IT geek, "Moss" who worked in a large corporation, and Noel played "Richmond" a mysterious goth that hid himself all day in the dark in an adjoining room.

Noel Fielding as "Richmond" and Richard Ayoade as "Moss" in "The IT Crowd"

Richard Ayoade is a trendy but unassuming celebrity who never swears or drinks alcohol. He enjoys himself most when browsing books in a bookstore, so he finds it a little embarrassing and disconcerting having to experience Tivoli roller-coasters, and try different beers in Copenhagen's beer museum. My Goodness! Poor Richard !!!

Noel Fielding (on left) and Richard Ayoade (on right) on Tivoli's roller-coaster

22:00 Lois comes home and we go to bed - zzzzzz !!!!

03:45 I get up early and take a look on the internet. Then I continue to copy my old VHS tapes to DVD. We are now in November / December 1990. I see that I caught the moment when the English team and the French team finally met each other under the English Channel, when Eurotunnel was in the process of being built.

December 1990: TV news announces that the British and the French have finally met each other under the English Channel. (This video I found on my "Smudger 1" VHS tape).

It is without doubt a pity that this tunnel ever got built, but it is still quite easy to send crazy and bad people back to France, compared to the countries with long land borders - oh! Thank God they did not build a road bridge like the bridge that lies between Denmark and Sweden !!!

10:00 Terry, the local handyman, comes and begins to repair our fence.

10:30 Our neighbors, Frances and Stephen, pop in. They leave on Thursday for New Zealand and they come back Feb. 29. Lois and I must take care of their house while they are away from home. Six weeks - my goodness!

We talk a little with them about their holidays and the routes they fly through: Hong Kong on the way to NZ, Sydney and Singapore on the way home. We mentioned that we plan to visit Sarah's little family in Perth n the autumn, but Stephen and Frances do not offer to take care of Minx. And Lois and I agree that it would not be fair to ask them to take care of a cat for so long (eg 2-3 months).

11:30 I continue to copy my old VHS tapes to DVD. I come across a video from November 1990 showing Smash Hits Poll Winners Party, a concert that took place in London Docklands Arena. I see Betty Boo sing the immortal words "(Where are you baby, we used to have so much fun) And what did I do to deserve this, Some days I feel all nervous. Please use the telephone service, I hope today you heard this! ". Philip Schofield is the concert's host, and you see him handing out the award for "Best Female" (?) to her. "Smash Hits" was then a very popular pop music magazine for young teenagers: it closed unfortunately in 2006.

 

 

 

Smash Hits was a popular pop music magazine for young teenage girls. It closed in 2006.

13:00 Terry has to go. He is coming back next week to complete the work. We eat lunch and then I go to bed and take me a long nap - zzzzzz!!!!

15:00 I get up and try again to start Sarah's and Francis's Saab. Sarah sent me instructions. I warm up the engine for five minutes, and then start the car several times, but without success as regards the warning light. The light turns on every time and will not turn off - my goodness! It would be nice not to have to sit in a cold car when it's freezing outside, and wait while the engine warms up. My God (again)! I will send Sarah an email tonight.

16:00 I come into the house to warm up. Lois and I relax with a cup of tea on the couch ....