18:00 Vi
spiser aftensmad og bruger resten af aftenen på at se lidt fjernsyn og lytte
til radio – ingen overraskelse der!
20:00 De viser
Grand Designs med Kevin McCloud som programmets vært (som sædvanligt).
I aftens
afsnit er lidt anderledes end det normalt. Et ungt par (2 advokater fra
Bristol) beslutter at istandsætte og modernisere et gammelt (400 årig) stuehus
i Cotswolds-området. Heldigvis på grund af bygningens historiske værd er der
mange regler, som den lokale kommune pålægger, hvilket begrænser parret, så de
må ikke for eksempel installere enorme moderne vinduer eller rive for mange
indvendige vægge ned – hurra! Men desværre viser mest af husets træværk at være
råddent – uha!
Men som mange
af parrene vi ser i denne serie, er disse to unge advokater perfektionistiske
og besatte af fikse idéer, og har ikke lyst til at kompromittere. Konsekvenserne
er, som ofte, at projektet ender med at blive meget dyrere, end de i
begyndelsen vurderede. Den oprindelige vurdering var £70.000, men hele
projektet kom faktisk til at koste £300.000, og parret sidder i gæld til op
over begge ører – du godeste! Sikke et vanvid!
21:00 Vi
beslutter at høre et interessant radioprogram ( ”The Last Word”), fordi vi
gerne vil få at vide, om nogen i de seneste to uger er død. Det viser sig at
kun 4 personer er død – hurra, så ingen grund til panik!
Du godeste! Joao
Havelange døde (på 100 år). Han var den første FIFA-præsident til at indse, at jobbet
giver mange chancer for at blive stenrig (milliardær). Sikke et geni! Hans
forgænger som præsident, den ærlige englænder Sir Stanley Rous, troede ved en
misforståelse, at det handlede om administrere verdens fodbold! Ræk mig lige
opkastningsposen, Alice!
Den amerikanske
skuespiller, Gene Wilder, døde også (på 83 år). I England er han berømt mest
for sin rolle som Willy Wonka i ”Charlie og Chokoladefabrikken”. Det er
interessant at vide, at Roald Dahl oprindeligt ville gerne have Spike Milligan
i denne rolle, også at Peter Sellers tiggede Dahl om at få lov til at spille den
– du godeste! Hvem ville have været den bedste??? Nu er det for sent til at bedømme
– ingen tvivl om det! De er alle død - uha!
For mig er det
mest triste ved denne liste er tabet (på 94 år) af ”Toots” Thielemans, den
belgiske harmonika-spiller, der spillede på Theme from Midnight Cowboy, komponeret
af John Barry. Theilemans uforglemmelige harmonika-melodi kommer til at
forfølge mig nu og for resten af livet!
Farvel så, "Toots" - Toots var dit øjenavn.....
22:00 Vi går i
seng – zzzzz!!!!
05:00 Jeg står
tidligt op og laver én af mine rutinemæssige danske ordforrådtester. Bagefter
skynder jeg mig ind i køkkenet og laver to kopper te. Jeg bringer teen op på
vores soveværelse. Vi ligger inde i sengen og drikker teen. Vi står op og
spiser morgenmad.
09:00 Vi kører
til det lokale Sainsburys-supermarked for at købe ind. Vi kommer hjem og
slapper af med en kop kaffe på sofaen.
10:30 Lois har
købt et 40m lang klump snor, som vi halverer i to 20m stykker. Vi tager ét af de
to stykker og trække det så det bliver stram. Vi måler en 20m afstand fra vores
nabos bil, og Lois prøver at læse bilens nummerplade fra 20m væk. Hun finder ud
af, at hun kun med vanskelighed kan læse den – pokkers! På tirsdag har hun en
anden tid hos Specsavers Optik. Hendes grå stær er vokset, og
optikeren har desværre tilrådet hende til ikke at køre i bil, hvis muligt.
11:00 Vi går
en kort tur i nabolaget (1.1 miles). Midtvejs desværre begynder det at regne,
og Lois har hængt vasketøj til tørre ud i baghaven, så vi stopper gåturen og
skynder hos hjem igen – uha! Vores rute: Borgergade, Bowbridge Lane, Spring
Lane og tilbage igen.
13:00 Vi
spiser frokost og derefter går i seng i nogle timer. Jeg læser 7 sider af min
sengetidbog, ”1812: Napoleon’s Fatal March
on Moscow” af Adam Zamoyski. Lois læser 10 sider af sin sengetidbog, ”Victoria
R.I.” af Elizabeth Longford.
16:00 Vi står op og slapper af
med en kop te på sofaen.
English translation
18:00 We have dinner and spend the rest of the evening watching TV and listening to the radio - no surprise there!
20:00 The show Grand Designs is on with Kevin McCloud as
the program host (as usual).
Tonight's episode is a little different from the usual. A
young couple (two lawyers from Bristol) decide to renovate and modernize an old
(400 year) farmhouse in the Cotswolds area. Fortunately, because of the
building's historical value, there are many rules that the local municipality
imposes, limiting the couple, so that they may not, for example, install huge
modern windows or tear down too many interior walls - hurrah! But unfortunately
most of the house's woodwork turns out to be rotten - oh dear!
But like many of the couples we see in this series, these
two young lawyers are perfectionist and obsessed with fixed ideas and have no
desire to compromise. The consequences are often that the project ends up being
much more expensive than initially estimated. The original estimate was £
70,000, but the whole project actually came to cost £ 300,000, and the couple
are up to their ears in debt - my goodness! What madness!
21:00 We decide to hear an interesting radio program
("The Last Word"), because we want to be told if anyone has died in
the past 2 weeks. It turns out that only 4 people died - hurrah, so do not
panic!
My Goodness! Joao Havelange has died (at 100 years). He
was the first FIFA president to realize that the job provides many chances to
become filthy rich (billionaire). What a genius! His predecessor as president,
the honest Englishman Sir Stanley Rous, thought because of a misunderstanding
that it was about managing the world's football! Pass the sick-bag, Alice!
The American actor Gene Wilder, also died (at 83 years).
In England, he is known mostly for his role as Willy Wonka in "Charlie and
the Chocolate Factory". It is interesting to know that Roald Dahl
originally wanted Spike Milligan in this role, also that Peter Sellers begged
Dahl to be able to play it - my goodness! Who would have been the best ??? Now
it's too late to judge- no doubt about it! They are all dead – oh dear!
For me, the saddest part of this list is the loss (at 94
years) of "Toots" Thielemans, the Belgian harmonica player who played
on Theme from Midnight Cowboy, composed by John Barry. Theilemans's unforgettable
harmonica melody is going to haunt me now and for the rest of my life.
So farewell then, "Toots" - that was your nickname......
22:00 We go to bed - zzzzz !!!!
05:00 I get up early and do one of my routine Danish
vocabulary tests. Afterwards I hurry into the kitchen and make two cups of tea.
I bring the tea up to our bedroom. We lie in bed and drink the tea. We get up
and eat breakfast.
09:00 We go to the local Sainsbury's supermarket to shop.
We get home and relax with a cup of coffee on the couch.
10:30 Lois bought a 40m long ball of string which we
divide into two 20m pieces. We take one of the two pieces and pull it so it
becomes tight. We measure a 20m distance from our neighbor's car, and Lois
tries to read the license plate from 20m away. She finds out that she can read
it only with difficulty - damn! On Tuesday, she has another appointment with
Specsavers Optik. Her cataracts have grown, and the optician has unfortunately
advised her not to drive if possible.
11:00 We go for a short walk in the neighborhood (1.1
miles). Midway unfortunately it starts raining, and Lois has hung clothes to
dry out in the backyard, so we stop the walk and hurry home again - oh dear!
Our route: Borgergade, Bowbridge Lane, Spring Lane and back again.
13:00 We eat lunch and then go to bed for a few hours. I
read seven pages of my bedtime book, "1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on
Moscow" by Adam Zamoyski. Lois reads 10 pages of her bedtime book,
"Victoria R. I." by Elizabeth Longford.
16:00 We get up and relax with a cup of tea on the sofa.
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