18:00 Lois og jeg spiser aftensmad og bruger resten af aftenen på at lytte
til radio og se lidt fjernsyn.
Vi tænder for radioen, og hører et interessant program, ”Den sidste ord”. Lois og jeg har for vane at høre dette
program hver uge, fordi vi ønsker at finde ud af, om nogen i de seneste 1-2
uger døde eller ej (jeg har bemærket, at der i de fleste uger kun er ca. 5
dødsfald). Programmets vært er den charmerende Matthew Bannister.
Mike Reid, den engelske komiker, siger ofte, at han er glad for at læse
avisens nekrologkolonne hver dag, selvom han finder det overraskende, at
”mennesker dør altid i i alfabetisk rækkefølge”. Men i Matthews program dør
folk for det meste i prioriteret rækkefølge, hvilket er bekvemt!
Lois og jeg vidste ikke for eksempel, at Michael Ember, den berømte
BBC programmager, for nylig døde (på 85
år). Han var ungarsk ved fødslen, men forlod landet i 1956 under den ungarske
revolution. Hans første instinkt var at blive boende i Ungarn – han var 100%
tilfreds med sit liv derovre. Men hans kæreste sagde til ham, ”jeg er
overrasket, at du stadig er her, Michael. Alle de bedste mennesker har forladt
Ungarn, kun taberne er her nu!”
Han ville ikke betragtes som en taber, så derfor tog han det næste tog ud
af landet – du godeste! Var det måske kærestens måde at slå op med ham på????
Han var en intellektuel, men efter han ankom til England, var hans første
job i en donutfabrik, og han arbejdede sammen med en ungarsk ven, også en
intellektuel. De var for intelligente til at bruge dagene på at fremstille
donuts, og de snakkede i fabrikken om deres ønske om at blive til managers,
drive virksomheden og blive rige. Michael forladte jobbet og sluttede sig til
BBC (og aldrig scorede en formue), og hans ven blev arbejdende i fabrikken og
blev til virksomhedens chef (og blev stenrig) – du godeste!
BBCs
Michael Ember i sine yngre dage
Hans største ønske var at blive betragtet som den perfekte englænder. Han
ønskede at være mere engelsk end englænderne, og han kritiserede altid fejl i
grammatik eller i etikette, god smag osv.
Han interesserede meget for engelsk etikette, og fandt engang frem til, at
spørgsmålet ”Har du stoppet med at spise oksekød?” var den perfekte ”blinde
vej” i en samtale. Jeg har altid husket dette spørgsmål, og bruger det
lejlighedsvis, hvis jeg kommer i knibe.
22:00 Vi går i seng – zzzzz!!!!!
05:00 Jeg står tidligt op og laver én af mine rutinemæssige danske
ordforrådtest. Jeg kigger lidt på nettet.
Jeg har fået en sms fra Sarah, vores datter i Australien. Hun siger, at hun
tog sine 3,5-årige tvillinger, Lily og Jessica, med til deres nye balletklasse
i morges. De havde de nye balletkjoler på, som Lois og jeg forærte til dem.
Familien flyttede ind til et nyt hus for 2-3 uger siden i et anderledes område,
Leederville, en pæn forstad til Perth. Balletklassen er i den nærliggende
forstad Subiaco. Forhåbentlig kan Lois og jeg skype i morgen med hende og
tvillingerne. Sidste søndags skype-opkald blev desværre ikke til noget, fordi
tvillingerne sov tungt i deres bilstole – du godeste!
07:00 Jeg skynder mig ind i køkkenet og laver to kopper te. Jeg tager dem med
op i soveværelset og hopper op i sengen til Lois. Vi drikker teen og går i bad.
Vi står op og spiser morgenmad.
08:00 Vi lytter til radio, et underholdende program, ”Lyde af 60’erne”.
Programmets vært er den charmerende Brian Matthew. I dag er Brians sidste præstation
som programmets vært. Efter 27 år har BBC Radio 2 angiveligt tvunget ham til at
gå på pension, på 89 år – du godeste!
Dette kunne have været en meget trist anledning for Brian, men han siger,
at BBC-kanalen har bedt ham om at præsentere nogle specielle one-off shows
senere på året. Jeg synes, at BBC-kanalen var bange for, at Brian ellers ville
blive til ”en anden Desmond Carrington”, den afdøde radio-dj. Stakkels Desmond
døde på 90 år, et par dage efter BBC-kanalen fyrede ham – uha!!!
Jeg synes, at deres shows holder disse gamle dj’s i livet. Kom så, Brian! Lev,
lev, lev evigt!!!!
Det er meget nostalgisk for mig at tænke på hvor ofte jeg har hørt Brians
stemme på radioen. I 1960’erne min søster Kathy og jeg hørte hans mest kendte
show, ”Easy Beat”, hver søndag formiddag i 1960’erne, startende fra kl. 10:30.
tilbageblik til den 25. marts 1962,
endnu et show for Brian og også min sidste
dag som en 15-årig.
10:30 Vi går en kort tur i nabolaget. Vores rute Borgergade, Møllegade,
gennem kirkegården og tilbage igen via Dybegade.
12:30 Vi spiser frokost og bagefter går vi i seng i 4 timer – du godeste!
16:29 Ved slutningen af blogdagen, ligger
vi stadig i sengen – uha! Du godeste, vi må stå snart op – det har jeg ikke
nogen tvivl om !!!!
English translation
18:00 Lois and I eat dinner and
spend the rest of the evening listening to the radio or watching TV.
We turn on
the radio and hear an interesting program, "The Last Word". Lois and
I have the habit of hearing this program every week because we want to find out
if anyone in the last 1-2 weeks has died or not (I have noticed that most weeks
there are only about 5 deaths ). The program's host is the charming Matthew
Bannister.
Mike Reid, the English comedian,
often says that he likes to read the newspaper obituary column every day,
although he finds it surprising that "people always die in alphabetical
order". But in Matthew’s program people die mostly in priority order,
which is convenient!
Lois and I did not know for
example that Michael Ember, the famous BBC program-maker, recently died (at
85). He was Hungarian by birth, but left the country in 1956 during the
Hungarian Revolution. His first instinct was to stay in Hungary - he was
perfectly satisfied with his life over there. But his girlfriend said to him,
"I am surprised that you are still here, Michael. All the best people have
left Hungary, only the losers are here now! "
He did not want to be thought of
as a loser, so he took the next train out of the country - my god! Was it
perhaps his girlfriend's way of breaking up with him ????
He was an intellectual, but after
he arrived in England, his first job was in a donut factory, and he worked
alongside a Hungarian friend, also an intellectual. They were too intelligent
to spend the day making donuts, and they chatted in the factory about their
desire to become managers, run the company and get rich. Michael left the job
and joined the BBC (and never made a fortune), and his friend stayed working in
the factory and became the company boss (and filthy rich) - my god!
The BBC’s Michael Ember in his younger days
Michael’s greatest wish was to be
looked on as the perfect Englishman. He wanted to be more English than the
English, and he always criticized any errors in grammar or etiquette, good taste,
etc.
He was very interested in English
etiquette, and once worked out that the question "Have you stopped eating
beef?" is the perfect "blind alley" to introduce into a conversation. I have always
remembered this, and use it occasionally, if I get in a tight spot.
22:00 We go to bed - zzzzz !!!!!
05:00 I get up early and do one
of my routine Danish vocabulary tests. I take a little look at the web.
I've had a text message from
Sarah, our daughter in Australia. She says she took her 3 and a half-year-old
twins, Lily and Jessica, along to their new ballet class this morning. They had
on the new ballet dresses that Lois and I gave them as a present. Two or three
weeks ago the family moved into a new house in a different area, Leederville, a
nice suburb of Perth. The ballet class is in the nearby suburb of Subiaco.
Hopefully Lois and I can skype
tomorrow with her and the twins. Last Sunday's skype call didn't happen,
because the twins were sleeping heavily in their car seats - my god!
07:00 I hurry into the kitchen
and make two cups of tea. I take them up in the bedroom and jumps into bed with
Lois. We drink the tea and take a shower. We get up and eat breakfast.
08:00 We listen to the radio, an
entertaining program, "Sounds of the 60s". The program's host is the
charming Brian Matthew. Today is Brian's last performance as the program's
host. After 27 years, BBC Radio 2 has allegedly forced him to retire aged 89
years - my god!
This could have been a very sad
occasion for Brian, but he says the BBC channel has asked him to present some
special one-off shows later this year. I think the BBC channel was afraid that
Brian would become "another Desmond Carrington", the late radio DJ.
Poor Desmond died at age 90, a few days after the BBC channel had fired him - oh
dear!!! I think that their shows keep these old DJs alive. Come on, Brian!
Live, live, live forever !!!!
It is very nostalgic for me to
think how often I have heard Brian's voice on the radio. In the 1960s, my
sister Kathy and I used to hear his most famous show, "Easy Beat"
every Sunday morning in the 1960s, starting 10:30am.
flashback to March 25,
1962,
another show for Brian and also my last day
as a 15-year-old.
10:30 We go for a short walk in
the neighborhood. Our route Borgergade, Møllegade, through the churchyard and
back again via Dybegade.
12:30 We eat lunch and afterwards
we go to bed for 4 hours - my god!
16:29 At the end of the blog-day,
we are still in bed - oh dear! My god, we must get up soon - I have no doubts
about that !!!!
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