18:30 Vi spiser aftensmad. Jeg
fortæller Lois, at jeg i morges brugte 2 timer på at korrekturlæse min gamle ven
”Magyar” Mikes udkast til det næste nummer af ”The Cotswold Warden”, et
tidsskrift, som han er (ubetalt) redaktør for. Lois aftaler at læse selv
udkastet, for at prøve at opdage endnu flere fejl, hvis muligt! Desværre havde
Mike printet udkastet ud med en mikroskopisk skrifttype, så i morges skulle jeg
scanne udkastet ind og forstørre siderne to eller tre gange – du godeste!
Det er godt at have et andet
par øjne på arbejdet, og Lois opdager endnu flere mikroskopiske fejl i Mikes
udkast. Det er meget venligt af hende at gøre det, fordi mange artikler er for
det meste ganske ordrige og kedelige – uha! Tidsskriftets bidragyderes har til
hovedformål at prale af det arbejde, de personligt har udført eller
organiseret, for eksempel, for at vedligeholde stenmure, hegn, fodgængerstier
osv ude på landet og på bakkerne – du godeste! Sikke en skør verden vi lever i
!!!!
typiske
mikroskopiske fejl, som Lois opdager i udkastet til Mikes tidsskriftet: Mike
brugte desværre en mikroskopisk skrifttype, så jeg skulle scanne alle de sider
ind og forstørre dem 2 eller 3 gange – uha!
21:00 Vi ser lidt fjernsyn. De
viser det første afsnit af den nye serie af ”Cuckoo”, en morsom sitcom.
Det er lidt af et chok, at se
en ny britisk sitcom, der egentligt er morsom og velspillet – du godeste! For
det meste ser vi nu til dags kun amerikanske sitcoms, der får os til at grine!
Sitcommens handling udspiller
sig i Lichfield, en lille by i Midtengland. Greg Davies spiller Ken, en midaldrene
ægtemand, der lyver for sin kone, Lorna (Helen Baxendale), om at have haft en
vasektomi, hvilket resulterer i en uplanlagt graviditet. Parrets nabo, Jess
(Emma Pierson), en græsenke (fordi hendes mand er på langfart i udlandet) der
sværmer for Ken, er også gravid. Begge kvinder bliver samtidigt indlagt på samme
hospital, og ved en fejltagelse ender Ken med at være med til, at Jess føder
sit barn, i stedet for at være sammen med sin kone, der er i gang med at føde i
et andet værelse på hospitalet (Jess
griber Kens hånd i én af hospitalets korridorer og vil ikke give slip på den!).
Du godeste! Sikke en redelighed!
Ken og Lorna møder tilfældigvis Jess, deres græsenke-nabo, på
gaden: begge kvinder er meget gravide – uha!
Lorna er klar over, at Jess (nabo og græsenke) sværmer for
Ken – uha!
ved en fejltagelse ender Ken med at være til, at Jess føder
sit barn, fordi Jess ikke vil give slip på Kens hånd – uha! I mellemtiden er
Kens kone, Lorna, i gang med at føde i et andet værelse på hospitalet – du
godeste!
22:00 Vi går i seng –
zzzzz!!!!
04:00 Jeg står tidligt op og
kigger lidt på internettet.
10:00 Vi kører over til
Leckhampton for at købe et par ting: brød og nye batterier til Lois’s to
armbåndsure. Vi smutter ind til en lille café, som vi aldrig før har besøgt,
Brew and Bake: både kaffe og kager er bare det lækreste – nam nam !
Brew and Bake, en café, vi ikke før har besøgt – kagerne er bare det
lækreste! Uhm!!!
11:40 Vi kommer hjem og går en
kort tur i nabolaget (vi tilbagelægger 1,53 miles, 35 minutter, 141 kalorier,
og stien stiger sammenlagt 46 fods). Vores rute: Prestburyvej, Welland
Lodgevej, Cleevemountvej, Cakebridgevej og tilbage igen via New Barn Lane.
Klokken er 11:40, og vi går en tur i nabolaget
13:00 Vi spiser frokost.
Bagefter sætter jeg mig på vores computer. Jeg prøver at logge ind på vores
energiselskabs websted uden succes, og jeg opdager, at jeg har brugt den
forkerte adgangskode. Jeg beder helpdeskens personale om at nulstille den, og det
lykkes mig at logge ind. Jeg opdager, at vores energiselskab sidder på en masse penge, som det skylder mig
- £700. Du godeste! Men de har ikke tilbudt at betale dette beløb tilbage,
eller reducere min månedlige betaling – øv! Det var dovent af mig ikke at
tjekke mit konto i lang tid, men nu må jeg angribe dette problem – det er jeg
ikke i tvivl om!!!! Jeg vil starte med at besøge nogle hjemmesider til prissammenligning!
14:00 Jeg går i seng og tager
mig en lang lur – zzzzzz!!!
16:00 Jeg står op og vi
slapper af med en kop te på sofaen.
English translation
18:30 We eat dinner. I tell Lois that I spent 2 hours this morning
proofreading my old friend "Magyar" Mike's draft of the next issue of
"The Cotswold Warden", a magazine that he is (unpaid) editor for.
Lois agrees to read the draft herself, to try to discover even more errors if
possible! Unfortunately, Mike had printed the draft out with a microscopic
font, so this morning I had to scan the draft in and enlarge the pages two or
three times - my goodness!
It's good to have another pair of eyes on the work, and Lois discovers even
more microscopic errors in Mike's draft. It is very kind of her to do it,
because many articles are for the most part quite wordy and boring - oh dear!
The journal's contributors have as their main objective to boast of the work
they personally performed or organized, for example, in maintaining stone
walls, fences, pedestrian paths, etc. in the country and on the hills - my
goodness! What a crazy world we live in !!!!
typical microscopic errors that Lois
discovers in the draft of Mike's magazine: Mike unfortunately used a
microscopic font, so I had to scan all the pages in and enlarge them 2 or 3
times - oh dear!
21:00 We see a little television. They show the first episode of the new
series of "Cuckoo", a hilarious sitcom.
It's a bit of a shock to see a new British sitcom that is actually funny
and well acted - my goodness! For the most part we see only American sitcoms
nowadays that make us laugh!
The sitcom's action unfolds in Lichfield, a small town in central England.
Greg Davies plays Ken, a middle-aged husband who lies to his wife, Lorna (Helen
Baxendale), about having had a vasectomy, which results in an unplanned
pregnancy. The couple's neighbor, Jess (Emma Pierson), a grass widow (because
her husband is on a long trip abroad) who fancies Ken, is also pregnant. Both
women are simultaneously admitted to the same hospital, and Ken accidentally
ends up helping Jess to give birth to her child, instead of being with his
wife, who is in the process of giving birth in another room in the hospital
(Jess grabs Ken's hand in one of the hospital corridors and will not let go of
it!). My Goodness! What a mess!
Ken and Lorna happen to meet Jess, their
grasswidow-neighbor on the street: both women are very pregnant - oh dear!
Lorna realizes that Jess (neighbor and
grasswidow) fancies Ken - oh dear!
by mistake Ken helps Jess give birth to
her child, because Jess does not want to let go of Ken's hand - oh dear!
Meanwhile, Ken's wife, Lorna, starts to give birth in another room in the
hospital - my goodness!
22:00 We go to bed - zzzzz !!!!
4:00 I get up
early and take a look on the internet.
10:00 We drive over to Leckhampton to buy a few things: bread and fresh batteries for Lois's two watches. We pop into a small cafe which we have never before visited, Brew and Bake: both coffee and cakes are just the coolest - yum yum!
10:00 We drive over to Leckhampton to buy a few things: bread and fresh batteries for Lois's two watches. We pop into a small cafe which we have never before visited, Brew and Bake: both coffee and cakes are just the coolest - yum yum!
Brew and Bake, a cafe, we have never been to - the cakes are just the coolest!
Yummy !!!
11:40 We get home and go for a short walk in the neighborhood (we notch up 1.53
miles, 35 minutes, 141 calories, and the path rises a total 46 feet). Our
route: Prestburyvej, Welland Lodgevej, Cleevemountvej, Cakebridgevej and back
again via New Barn Lane.
The time is 11:40 and we go for a walk in the neighborhood
13:00 We eat lunch. Afterwards I sit at our computer. I try to log on to our
energy company site without success, and I find that I have used the wrong
password. I ask the helpdesk staff to reset it, and I manage to login. I find
that our energy company are sitting on a lot of money that they owe me - £ 700.
My Goodness! But they have not offered to pay this amount back, or reduce my
monthly payment - boo! It was lazy of me not to check my account for a long
time, but now I must attack this problem - I am in no doubt !!!! I will start
by visiting some websites for price comparison!
14:00 I go to bed and take me a long nap - zzzzzz !!!
16:00 I get up and we relax with a cup of tea on the sofa.
14:00 I go to bed and take me a long nap - zzzzzz !!!
16:00 I get up and we relax with a cup of tea on the sofa.
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