18:00 Vi spiser aftensmad og derefter bruger vi resten af aftenen på at se
lidt fjernsyn. De viser en dokumentarfilm (første del af elleve) med en dum
titel men en interessant idé: ”Books That Made Britain”. Dette første afsnit
handler om bøger, for det meste ganske mørke krimier, der udspiller sig i East
Anglia, for eksempel i grevskaber Norfolk og Suffolk osv. Programmets vært er
den frodige Martha Kearney.
Vi ser mange lange kameraskud af regionens smukke men flade og temmelig
dystre og uhyggelige landskab, ”den store himmel”, den lange kystlinje osv. Det
er interessant, at de lokale forfattere, der stadig bor derovre, erkender en
forbindelse med de mørke krimier, der bliver skrevet i Danmark, der ligger lige
på den anden side af Nordsøen.
Et fladt og uhyggeligt landskab – uha!
Lokale krimiforfattere erkender en forbindelse med deres danske kollegaer – uha
(igen)!
21:00 Vi fortsætter med at se lidt fjernsyn. De viser den tredje del af en
interessant dramaserie, ”Tutankhamun”, der handler om den kendte arkæolog,
Howard Carter, der i 1922 opdagede den unge konges grav.
I dette afsnit ser vi det øjeblik, Carter, Lord Canarvon (Carters patron)
og Canarvons teenagedatter Lady Evelyn, tager for første gang et blik ind i
graven gennem et lille kighul – du
godeste! Hvor spændende!
Carter tager for første gang et blik ind
i graven gennem et lille kighul – du godeste!
Senere ser vi Carter gå i seng med Lady Evelyn, sin patrons teenagedatter.
Det må jeg nok sige - Carters to affærer med, for det første, en kvindelig
ekspert fra New York Metropolitan Museum, og for det andet, med Lady Evelyn,
har hjulpet lidt med at forbedre Carters ganske snerpede image. Du godeste!
Sikke en skør verden vi lever i !!!!
Carters affære med Lady Evelyn, Canarvons teenagedatter,
har
hjulpet med at forbedre hans “snerpede” image – ingen tvivl om det!!!
Men
Lady Evelyn kalder ham ”Carter”, selv i sengen !!!!
Men serien har ikke hjulpet de lokale egypteres image. Carter er meget
samvittighedsfuld og god til at overholde alle de lokale regler, men den
egyptiske regering ødelægger deres kontrakt med
Canarvon, så han ikke kan lave en hurtig fortjeneste med at udnytte Carters
opdagelser – sikke et vanvid!!!
Desværre er
Canarvon meget vred, da han finder ud af detaljerne om Carters affære med sin
teenagedatter. Canarvons formue er nu ødelagt på grund af regeringens uærlige
aktioner, og Lois og jeg spekulerer på, om han nu vil have Lady Evelyn til at
gifte sig med en stenrig mand – du godeste! Stakkels Carter !!!!
22:00 (men vores kroppens ur skriger kl 23 !!!) Vi går i seng – zzzzz!!!!!
04:00 Jeg vågner mega tidligt op (kroppens ur igen!), men jeg bliver
liggende inde i sengen til kl 5. Jeg står op og laver én af mine rutinemæssige
danske ordforrådtester. Bagefter skynder jeg mig ind i køkkenet og laver to
kopper te. Jeg bringer dem op på vores soveværelse og kryber tilbage i vores
seng. Vi drikker teen og står op. Vi spiser morgenmad.
09:00 Jeg får en sms fra Sarah, vores yngste datter, der for 11 måneder
siden flyttede til Australien sammen med Francis, sin mand, og deres 3-årige
tvillinger, Lily og Jessica. Sarah siger, at hun starter i morgen sit nye job
som revisor hos Tim Davies Landscaping.
Vi er sikre på, at hun på det nuværende tidspunkt må føle sig meget nervøs
- ingen tvivl om det!!! Vi giver hende vores sædvanlige budskab – go get’em
Tiger!!! Vi sikrer hende, at vi vil tænke på hende når vi kl 22 i aften går i
seng og hun samtidig står op for at gå på arbejde!
10:00 Vi går ud i baghaven og luger lidt i grøntsaghaven. Solen begynder at
titte frem, for en gangs skyld – hurra!
12:00 Vi kommer tilbage ind i huset og spiser frokost. Derefter går jeg i
seng og tager mig en gigantisk eftermiddagslur – zzzzz!!!!
15:00 Jeg står op og skriver en masse noter ned om ”Ormulum”, det berømte
digt, der blev skrevet i det 13. århundrede i grevskabet Lincoln. Forfatteren
var en munk, Orm, der havde en doven bror, Walter. Orm bad Walter at redigere,
rette og forbedre digtets tekst, men det ser ud til, at Walter var for doven
til at påtage sig opgaven. Det kan være, at digtet aldrig blev udgivet. Alt vi
har er et udkast til digtet, hvilket er lidt tragisk set ud fra Orms synspunkt
– du godeste! Sikke et vanvid!!!
16:00 Lois går hen rundt om hjørnet til den lokale lægeklinik. Hun vil gerne
finde ud af, hvorfor hun ikke har hørt noget om en mulig undersøgelse af sine
grå stær ved hospitalet. Specsavers Optik skrev et brev til klinikken den 18.
september. Brevet forklarede situationen med hensyn til Lois’s øjne, og
anbefalede klinikken at bede en tid hos hospitalets optiker på Lois’s vegne.
Lois talte med klinikkens sekretær, der sagde, at de ikke modtog Specsavers
Optiks brev. Lois talte så med én af klinikkens læger, der fortalte hende, at
Specsavers Optik skulle have sendt brevet direkte til hospitalet. Du
godeste! Nogen her lyver – ingen tvivl
om det !!!!
Lois ringede igen til Specsavers Optik. De lovede hende, at deres optiker
vil ringe til hende i morgen og de kan snakke om problemet. Du godeste (igen)!
Sikke en skør verden vi lever i !!!!
English translation
18:00 We have dinner and then we
spend the rest of the evening watching TV. They show a documentary (part one of
eleven) with a silly title but an interesting idea: "Books That Made
Britain". This first episode is about books (mostly quite dark crime
dramas) set in East Anglia, for example in the counties of Norfolk and
Suffolk and so on. The program's host is the lush Martha Kearney.
We see many long camera shots of
the region's beautiful but flat and rather sinister and eerie landscape,
"the big sky", the long coast line and so on. It is interesting that
local writers who still live over there, recognize a connection with the dark
thrillers being written in Denmark, located just on the other side of the North
Sea.
A flat and eerie landscape - oh dear!
Local crime writers acknowledge a
connection with their Danish colleagues - oh dear (again)!
21:00 We continue to watch TV.
They show the third part of an interesting drama series,
"Tutankhamun," which is about the famous archaeologist Howard Carter,
who discovered the young king's tomb in 1922.
In this episode, we see the
moment Carter, Lord Canarvon (Carter's patron) and Canarvon's teenage daughter Lady
Evelyn, take a first look into the tomb through a tiny peephole – oh my god!
How exciting!
Carter takes a first look into the tomb
through a tiny peephole – oh my god!
Later, we see Carter go to bed
with Lady Evelyn, his patron's teenage daughter. This I have to say - that Carter's two
affairs with, firstly, a female expert from the New York Metropolitan Museum,
and secondly, with Lady Evelyn, has helped a little to improve Carter's quite
prudish image. Oh My God! What a crazy world we live in !!!!
Carter's affair with Lady Evelyn,
Canarvon's teenage daughter,
has helped to improve his
"prudish" image - no doubt about it !!!
But Lady Evelyn calls him "Carter"
even in bed !!!!
But the series has not helped the
local Egyptians' image. Carter is very conscientious and good at complying with
all local rules, but the Egyptian government tears up their contract with
Canarvon, so he cannot make a quick profit by exploiting Carter's discoveries -
what madness !!!
Unfortunately Canarvon is very
angry when he finds out the details of Carter's affair with his teenage
daughter. Canarvon's fortune is now ruined by the Egyptian government’s dishonest
actions, and Lois and I are wondering whether he will now want Lady Evelyn to
marry a filthy rich man - oh my god! Poor Carter !!!!
22:00 (but our body clock screams
eleven o'clock !!!) We go to bed - zzzzz !!!!!
04:00 I wake up mega early (the
body clock again!), But I stay lying in the bed until 5. I get up and do one of
my routine Danish vocabulary tests. Afterwards I hurry into the kitchen and
make two cups of tea. I bring them up to our bedroom and crawl back into our
bed. We drink the tea and get up. We eat breakfast.
09:00 I get a text message from
Sarah, our youngest daughter, who 11 months ago moved to Australia with
Francis, her husband and their 3-year-old twins, Lily and Jessica. Sarah says
she starts her new job tomorrow as an auditor with Tim Davies Landscaping.
We are sure that she must be
feeling very nervous at the present moment - no doubt about it !!! We give her
our usual message - go get'em Tiger !!! We assure her that we will think of her
when we are going to bed tonight at 10pm and she is at the same time getting up
to go to work!
10:00 We go out in the backyard
and weed a bit in the vegetable garden. The sun begins to peek out, for once -
hurrah!
12:00 We come back into the house
and eat lunch. Then I go to bed and take a giant nap - zzzzz !!!!
15:00 I get up and write a lot of
notes down about "Ormulum," the famous poem that was written in the
13th century in the county of Lincoln. The author was a monk, 'Worms' (Orm in
Norse), who had a lazy brother, Walter. Worms asked Walter to edit, correct and
improve the poem's text, but it seems that Walter was too lazy to take on the
task. It may be that the poem was never published. All we have is a draft of
the poem, which is slightly tragic seen from Worms's perspective - my god! What
madness!!!
16:00 Lois goes around the corner
to the local medical clinic. She would like to find out why she has not heard
anything about a possible investigation into her cataracts at the hospital.
Specsavers Optik wrote a letter to the clinic on 18 September. The letter
explained the situation with regard to Lois's eyes, and recommended the clinic
request an appointment with the hospital's optician on Lois's behalf.
Lois spoke with the clinic's
secretary who said they did not receive the Specsavers Optik letter. Lois then
spoke to one of the clinic's doctors, who told her that Specsavers Optik should
have sent the letter directly to the hospital. My Goodness! Someone here is
lying - no doubt about it !!!!
Lois rang again to Specsavers
Optik. They promised her that their optician will call her tomorrow and they
can talk about the problem. My God (again)! What a crazy world we live in !!!!
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