18:00 Lois og jeg spiser aftensmad og bruger resten af en underholdende og
afslappet aften på at se lidt fjernsyn. De viser et gamle afsnit af Top of the
Pops fra maj 1983, som Lois og jeg aldrig så, fordi vi dengang boede i USA.
Vores yndlingssang fra showet: WHAMs ”Bad Boys”. Vi bemærker, at blondinen,
der sidder mellem George og Andrew i sportsvognen, kigger på Andrew og ikke på
George. Måske vidste hun, hvad resten af os dengang ikke vidste – at George
havde for vane af at køre ”på vejens modsatte side” – uha, stakkels
blondine!!!!!
Blondinen
kiggede på Andrew, ikke på George.
Vidste
hun noget, vi andre dengang ikke vidste?????
Midt i showet smuttede Sting,
Stewart og Andy (”The Police”) ind i Top of the Pops-studien, og blev
interviewet i et par minutter af showets dj, Simon Bates. Bandets single,
”Every Breath You Take” (deres bedstsælgende sang nogensinde) var ved at komme
ud den følgende dag.
Sting, Stewart og Andy (”The Police”) smuttede ind i
Top of the Pops-studien, dagen før “Every
Breath You Take” kom ud
20:30 Vi fortsætter med at se lidt fjernsyn. De viser det seneste afsnit af
Big Bang Theory - 10. (og sidste?) sæson, 15. afsnit.
Leonard, Howard og Sheldon er i gang med at arbejde på deres projekt for
luftvåbnet, og Sheldon opfører sig
irriterende som sædvanligt, så beslutter Leonard at sende Sheldon og Amy,
Sheldons kæreste, på en ”gamle damptog oplevelse”-weekendferie. Sheldon bringer nyheden til Amy på sin egen
uforlignelige måde....
Sheldon
bringer nyheden til Amy på sin
egne uforlignelige
måde – du godeste!
Afsnittet fremviser endnu ét filmsekvens involverende Sheldon i lidt
”sexet” adfærd, der endelig viser sig at være én af Amys fantasier – én af
showets tilbagevendende temaer, som Lois og jeg altid nyder.
Sheldons stemme i bilen river Amy ud af sin fantasiverden
- du godeste, stakkels Amy!!!!!
For tiden hører Lois og jeg en masse hype og media-omtale om den planlagte
spinoff-prequelserie, ”Unge Sheldon”. Vi synes, at idéen har en masse
potentiel, fordi showets forfattere vil have ikke behov til at skildre Sheldon
i et mere ”menneskeligt” eller sympatisk lys, visende sine følelser osv – et
irriterende aspekt af Big Bang Theorys seneste sæsoner - uha!
Men meget kommer an på den unge skuespiller, der skal tage hovedrollen. Og vi håber, at showet ikke for
meget stoler på en sentimental eller angiveligt komisk voiceover, der faktisk
ikke er ret komisk, som for eksempel, ”The Wonder Years”, ”The Goldbergs” eller
selve ”Scrubs”. Men Lois og mig, vi er så krævende ha ha ha!
04:30 Jeg står tidligt op og laver én af mine rutinemæssige danske
ordforrådtest.
07:30 Jeg trisser 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 står op.
Vi spiser morgenmad.
10:00 Vi går ud i baghaven for at luge lidt, mig mellem frugtebuskene og
Lois i blomsterbedene. Der er meget lydt her i haven igen, fordi i dag er
klimakset af det årlige 4-dages Gold Cup hestevæddeløbsfestival, og mange
tilskuere ankommer nu til dags med helikopter
på grund af de forfærdelige trafikpropper.
Efter en time og en halvs havearbejde, forestiller jeg mig, at jeg har
forstøret lidt det lille ukrudtsfri område mellem stikkelsbærbuskene, men det
er jeg ikke ret sikker på, da jeg kigger tilbage på tirsdags foto. Jeg
mistænker, at ukrudtet på én eller anden måde har slået igen (ligesom imperiet
i Star Wars Episode V – du godeste!).
ved første øjekast synes jeg, at det er lykkes mig at forstørre lidt
det
lille ukrudtsfri område mellem stikkelsbærbuskene
tilbageblik til tirsdags foto - pokkers!
Jeg synes ikke,
jeg
trods alt slet ikke har gjort noget fremskridt – pokkers (igen)!
11:00 Vi kommer tilbage ind i huset og slapper af med en kop kaffe i
sofaen. Jeg kigger lidt på nettet. Jeg har fået en email fra Lynda, der er
leder af U3As ”Making of English” gruppe, der interesserer sig for udviklingen
af det engelske sprog. For tiden koncentrerer vi os om værker på middelengelsk.
Lynda siger, at gruppens næste møde finder sted den 7. april. Den næste bog,
vi skal studere er Ancrene Wisse, der blev skrevet først i 13. århundrede af en
kanon i kirken: bogen indeholdt anvisninger og oplysninger til 3 kvinder, der gerne
ville blive til eremitter. Bogen lyder ikke ret spændende, men vi får se. En
kirkelig bog kunne være lidt af en lettelse efter al den sex og vold, vi for
nylig har oplevet både i andre middelengelske værker og i vores privatliv –
gudskelov for det!
en typisk 1-værelses hytte til kvindelige eremitter,
der
havde tendens til at have store hoveder og korte kroppe.
Jeg
forestiller mig, at kanonen, der registrerede hende,
var
meget glad for, at sige ’godnat, sov godt’ til hende
og
gå tilbage til sin dejlige kanoniske lejlighed – det har jeg ikke nogen tvivl
om !!!
11:30 Postbudet, den dejlige kvindelige, afleverer et brev til Lois fra det
lokale hospitalet. Endelig har hun en tid hos specialisten, der vil undersøge
hendes grå stær – hurra! Men desværre er aftalen til den 31. maj, så hun stadig
må venter lidt mere – pokkers!
12:30 Vi spiser frokost og bagefter går jeg i seng for at tage mig en
gigantisk eftermiddagslur.
13:45 Lois skal til det lokale bibliotek for at hjælpe bibliotekets
personale med at organisere og lede den ugentlige ”Baby Bounce and Rhyme”
session for unge mødre og deres små børn. Aktiviterne består af barnesange for
babys og forældre (og bedsteforældre). Da vores anden datter, Sarah, stadigvæk
boede og arbejdede i England (indtil december 2015), plejede Lois og jeg at
tage Sarahs tvillinger med til sessioner – lykkelige dage!
en typisk ”Baby Bounce &
Rhyme” session
på
det lokale bibliotek, på hjørnet af Borgergade og New Barn Lane
tilbageblik til maj 2014. Vi tager Sarahs tvillingerne med
til en ”Baby Bounce & Rhyme” session. Hvor
små de var!
15:00 Jeg står op og Lois kommer tilbage igen fra biblioteket. Vi slapper
af med en kop te og et stykke brød med hjemmelavet hindbærmarmelade – nam nam!
Vi ender eftermiddagen med at se Gold Cup-hestevæddeløbet på fjernsyn.
vi ser Gold Cup-hestevæddeløbet på tv
English translation
18:00 Lois and I eat dinner and spend the rest of an entertaining
and relaxing evening watching a little television. They show an old episode of
Top of the Pops from May 1983, which Lois and I never saw because we were
living in the USA back then.
Our favorite song from the show:
Wham's "Bad Boys". We note that the blonde sitting between George and
Andrew in the sports car is looking at Andrew and not George. Maybe she knew
what the rest of us at that time did not know - that George had a habit of
driving "on the opposite side of the road" - oh dear, poor blonde
!!!!!
The blonde was looking at Andrew, not
George.
Did she know something we did not know back
then ?????
In the middle of the show Sting,
Stewart and Andy ( "The Police") popped into the Top of the Pops
studio and were interviewed for a few minutes by the show's DJ, Simon Bates.
The band's single, "Every Breath You Take" (their best-selling song
ever) was coming out the following day.
Sting, Stewart and Andy ( "The
Police") slipped into
Top of the Pops studio, the day before
"Every Breath You Take" came out
20:30 We continue to watch TV.
They show the latest episode of the Big Bang Theory - 10th (and final?) season,
15th episode.
Leonard, Howard and Sheldon are
currently working on their project for the Air Force, and Sheldon is behaving
annoyingly as usual, so Leonard decides to send Sheldon and Amy, Sheldon's
girlfriend, on an "old steam train experience" weekend break. Sheldon
brings the news to Amy in his own inimitable way ....
Sheldon brings the news to Amy in
his
own inimitable way - my goodness!
The section showcases yet another
film sequence involving Sheldon in some "sexy" behavior that in the
end turns out to be one of Amy's fantasies - one of the show's recurring
themes, which Lois and I always enjoy.
Sheldon's voice in the car jolts Amy
out of her fantasy world
- my goodness, poor Amy !!!!!
Currently Lois and I are hearing
a lot of hype and media coverage about the planned spin-off prequel series,
"Young Sheldon". We think that the idea has a lot of potential, because
the show's writers will have no need to portray Sheldon in a more
"human" or sympathetic light, showing his emotions, etc. - an
annoying aspect of the Big Bang Theory's recent seasons - oh dear!
But a lot depends on the young
actor taking the leading role. And we hope the show does not rely too much on a
sentimental or supposedly humorous voiceover which is actually not very
humorous, like for example, "The Wonder Years," "The
Goldbergs" or even "Scrubs". But Lois and me, we are so demanding
ha ha ha!
22:00 We go to bed - zzzzzzz !!!!
04:30 I get up early and do one
of my routine Danish vocabulary tests.
07:30 I toddle into the kitchen
and make two cups of tea. I take them up to the bedroom and jump into bed with
Lois. We drink the tea and get up. We eat breakfast.
10:00 We go out in the backyard
to do a bit of weeding, me among the fruit bushes and Lois in the flowerbeds. It
is very loud here in the garden again, because today is the climax of the
annual four-day Gold Cup horse racing festival, and many spectators arrive
nowadays by helicopter because of the terrible traffic jams.
After an hour and a half’s work,
I imagine that I have enlarged a bit the little weed-free area between the
gooseberry bushes, but I'm not quite sure when I look back on Tuesday's photo.
I suspect that the weeds in one way or another have struck back (like the
Empire in Star Wars Episode V - my goodness!).
at first glance, I think that I've
succeeded in enlarging
a bit the little weed free area between the
gooseberry bushes
But looking back at Tuesday's photo
- damn!
I do not think that I have made any progress
after all - damn (again)!
11:00 We come back into the house
and relax with a cup of coffee on the sofa. I take a little look at the web. I
have received an email from Lynda, who heads the U3A's "Making of
English" group interested in the development of the English language. Currently,
we are concentrating on works in Middle English.
Lynda says that the group's next
meeting will take place on 7 April. The next book we are to study is Ancrene
Wisse written early in the 13th century by a canon of the church: the book
contained instructions and information for three women who wanted to become
hermits. The book does not sound very exciting, but we’ll have to see. A churchy book could be a bit of a relief
after all the sex and violence we have recently experienced both in our other
Middle English works and in our private lives - thank God for that!
a typical one-bedroom cottage for
female hermits,
who tended to have big heads and short
bodies.
I imagine that the canon who checked her
in
was very glad to say 'goodnight, sleep
tight' to her and
go back to his lovely canonical apartment -
I have no doubts about that !!!
11:30 The postman, the lovely
female one, delivers a letter to Lois from the local hospital. Finally, Lois
has an appointment with the specialist who will examine her cataracts - hurrah!
But unfortunately the appointment is for May 31, so she must still wait a
little more time yet - damn!
13:45 Lois has to go to the local
library to help library staff organize and lead the weekly "Baby Bounce
and Rhyme" session for young mothers and their young children. The
activities consist of nursery rhymes for babies and parents (and grandparents).
When our second daughter, Sarah, still lived and worked in England (up till December
2015), Lois and I used to take Sarah's twins along to the sessions - happy
days!
a typical "Baby Bounce
& Rhyme" session
at the local library, on the corner of
Borgergade and New Barn Lane
flashback to May 2014. We
take Sarah's twins
to a "Baby Bounce & Rhyme"
session. How little they were!
15:00 I get up and Lois comes
back from the library. We relax with a cup of tea and a piece of bread with
homemade raspberry jam - yum yum! We finish the afternoon watching the Gold Cup
horse race on television.
we see the Gold Cup horse race on
television
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