17:30 Jeg hopper op på min kondicykel og jeg tilbagelægger endnu 9 miles
(15km), og bagefter dyrker jeg lidt mild vægtløftning, som sædvanligt. Jeg
stiller året tilbage ét år og ser på 1969s bedste sange på YouTube mens jeg
cykler, og jeg prøver at huske året 1969s rolle i mit liv i et forsøg på, at
udskyde demens ha ha ha.
jeg ser på 1969s bedste sange, mens jeg cykler
Jeg finder senere, at jeg har meget få billeder, der daterer fra 1969. Jeg
læste dengang på universitet (min sidste studieår, der var slut i juni 1969 ),
og ligesom mange studerende, havde jeg udskudt min alvorlig læsning til det
sidste øjeblik før mine sidste eksamener.
Jeg fik mit kørekort i januar 1969. Jeg har bevaret postkortet, der
informerede mig om min kommende køreprøve – du godeste, jeg ER sindssyg – min
mor burde have fået mig undersøgt!!! Køreprøvet var bestemt til kl 12:15, en
god tid, fordi det ikke var myldretid og traffikken ikke var ret stærkt –
hurra!!!
tilbageblik til januar 1969 - jeg fik mit kørekort. Hurra!!!!
juni/juli
1969 – jeg besøger landsbyen Binsey, der ligger lidt
uden
for Oxford, sammen med min søster Kathy og min mor.
Vi
sidder ved indgangen til en gammel brønd i kirkegården.
august
1969: jeg besøger byen Llantwit Major i grevskabet Glamorgan,
hvor
nogle af min mors forfadre boede for mange år siden.
Lykkelige dage!!! Men farvel søde
drømme! Tilbage til virkeligheden...
18:00 Lois og jeg spiser aftensmad og bruger resten af aftenen på at se
lidt fjernsyn. De viser en interessant dokumentarfilm, der handler om regeringens
forsøg på at udspionere Edward, prins af Wales, i 1935-1936.
En interessant program om en interessant 2-års periode, selvom
programmagerne overdriver det ”chokerende” aspekt af sagen. Programmets voiceover
lyder lidt uhyggelig, hvilket øger den dramatiske effekt, men faktisk var der
ikke noget ulovligt i regeringens aktiviteter. Programmet besluttede af én eller
anden grund ikke at fremvise, at vores monarki kun er en farverig historisk
tradition, som vi godt kan lide at bevare. Den reelle magt ligger hos folket og
regeringen, det vælger. Hvis regeringen mistænker, at monarken er en
sikkerhedsrisiko (og der var mange grunde
til at mistænke Edward), så har regeringen al mulig ret til at undersøge ham.
Sig mig, hvem er chefen her!!!!!
Det er interessant at høre, at Edward havde en skødesløs holdning til
fortrolige dokumenter. Han tog dem med, når han tog på ferie, eller overnattede
med venner. Det minder mig lidt om, hvad man siger om Trump. Du godeste – der
er intet nyt under solen, det ved jeg med sikkerhed!!!!!
21:00 Vi slukker for fjernsynet og Lois putter Minx, Alisons kat, i seng,
med en portion ”midnatsmad”.
21:15 Jeg tænder for radioen. Jeg vil gerne høre et radioprogram, et gammelt
afsnit af et interessant program, BBCs længst løbende radioserie, ”Desert
Island Discs”, der først blev sendt i 1942.
Serien går ud på, at en berømthed hver uge er bedt om at forestille sig, at
han/hun er blevet strandet på en øde ø. I løbet af programmet bliver han bedt
om at tale om sit liv og/eller karriere, og at vælge de 8 ”grammofonplader”,
han helst vil have ved hånden, for at underholde sig i sit ensomme
tilværelse. En simpel idé, men en meget
langvarig serie, måske verdens mest langvarig – det har jeg ikke nogen tvivl
om!
Men Lois skynder sig pludselig tilbage inde i stuen. Hun har glemt at
fortælle mig, at hun hellere ville se en anden dokumentarfilm, der handler om
månen. Det ligner hende ikke, at vælge et videnskabeligt program, men det er
fair nok, selvom vi desværre må gå glip af dets først 15 minutter. Og vi kan
godt lide programmets charmerende vært, astronomen Maggie Aderin-Pocock, og
hendes overgearede stil og stemme – du godeste! Men vi ville ikke lide at være
i samme gaden som hende (eller samme byen!), når hun får orgasmer – det ved vi
med sikkerhed!!!!
Programmets vært er den charmerende astronom,
Maggie
Aderin-Pocock. Vi elsker hendes overgearede stil og stemme!!!
En meget interessant dokumentarfilm. Vi vidste ikke, at jorden oprindeligt
ikke havde nogen måne, indtil en anden planet, så stor som Mars, for milliarder
af år siden kolliderede med jorden (kun med et forbigående slag), og månen blev
formeret af en ”skive” af jorden, der fløj af sted – du godeste! Vi er meget
glade for, at vi ikke var i live dengang!
Månen lå i begyndelsen kun 14.000 miles væk fra jorden. Hjernekoraller har
små riller, der fortæller os hvor lange dagene var i fortiden, og det viser
sig, at en dag varede kun 5 timer, da månen først blev formeret, på grund af
månens nærhed. Månens tyngdekraft fik jorden til at rotere hurtigere – du
godeste! Et 5-timers dag – sikke et vanvid!!!!
Forskere kan nu måle meget meget præcist afstanden mellem jorden og månen,
og det viser sig, at månen hvert år rykker sig 1 og et halvt inch (3,78 cm)
længere væk fra jorden – du godeste, sikke et vanvid (igen)!!!!
Månens tyngdekraft hjælper med at stabilisere jordens hældning og skabe
årstiderne. Når månen rykker sig længere væk, vil denne tyngdekraft blive
svagere, og jorden og årstiderne vil synke ned i kaos. Stop verden, vi vil
af!!!!
22:00 Vi går i seng – zzzzzzz!!!!
05:50 Jeg står tidligt op og laver én af mine rutinemæssige danske
ordforrådtest.
08:15 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 går i bad.
Vi står op og spiser morgenmad.
10:15 Vince,
en lokal havemand, kommer forbi. Lois ringede til ham sidste uge. Han ser sig
om i forhaven og baghaven – vi har en masse mos, mere mos end græs, og en ræv
har gravet en masse huller. Han vil prøve, hvis muligt, at komme igen i morgen
forbi, rive græsset over, fjerne mosset, sætter frø i de bare pletter osv.
11:30 Jeg sætter mig ved min bærebare og jeg udarbejder en dansk
ordforrådtest, som jeg vil have vores U3A danske gruppes medlemmer til at
afprøve på onsdag under gruppens næste møde. De 28 rigtige svar staver ”April
har helt sit eget vejr: Regn og solskin man sammen ser”. De rigtige svar er
tophemmelige indtil onsdag kl 16, unødvendigt at sige ha ha ha!!!
12:30 Vi spiser frokost. Derefter læser jeg de næste 11 sider af den danske
novelle, vores U3A danske gruppe for tiden læser. Ligtallet vokser omkring
vores stakkels landbetjent Janson - det er steget til 6 – du godeste, efter kun
35 sider!!! De falder som fluer – og bortset fra Fru Marsk er ofrene alle født
i 1976 – hjælp, det er alvorlig uhyggeligt!!!!
en typisk dansk landbetjent
15:00 Jeg går ud i baghaven og luger lidt mellem frugtbuskene. Du godeste
–alt dette havearbejde, holder det os i form, eller bryder det os ned???? Det
er vi ikke helt sikre på – begge to måske.
16:00 Vi kommer tilbage ind i huset og slapper af med en kop te. Lois
forklarer, hvorfor den franske hær tabte slaget ved Waterloo.
Lois forklarer med håndgestusser
hvorfor
den franske hær tabte slaget ved Waterloo!
Det bliver snart tid at gå offentlig med hendes teori!!!
English translation
17:30 I jump up on my exercise
bike and I clock up 9 more miles (15km), and afterwards I do a little mild
weight lifting, as usual. I put the year back by one and look at 1969's best
songs on YouTube while cycling, and I try to remember the part played by 1969 in
my life, in an attempt to postpone dementia ha ha ha.
I look at 1969's best songs
while cycling
I later find that I have very few
pictures that date from 1969. I was studying at university at the time (my last
year of study, which ended in June 1969), and like many students, I had
postponed my serious studying to the last minute before my final exams.
I got my driver's licence in
January 1969. I have kept the postcard that informed me about my upcoming
driving test - my goodness, I AM mad – my mother should have had me tested!!!
The driving test was fixed for 12:15, a good time because it was not rush hour
and traffic was not that heavy - hurrah !!!
flashback to January 1969 - I got
my driver's licence. Hurrah !!!!
June / July 1969 - I visit the village of
Binsey, a little
outside Oxford, along with my sister Kathy
and my mother.
We sit at the entrance to an old well in the
churchyard.
August 1969: I visit the town of Llantwit
Major in the county of Glamorgan,
where some of my mother's ancestors lived
many years ago.
Happy days! But goodbye sweet
dreams! Back to reality...
18:00 Lois and I eat dinner and
spend the rest of the evening watching TV. An interesting documentary is on,
dealing with the government's attempts to spy on Edward, Prince of Wales, in
1935-1936.
An interesting programme about an
interesting two-year period, although the programme-makers exaggerate the
"shocking" aspects of the case. The programme's voiceover sounds a
little creepy, which increases the dramatic effect, but actually there was
nothing illegal in the government's activities. The program decided for some
reason not to highlight the fact that our monarchy is only a colorful
historical tradition, which we like to preserve. The real power lies with the
people and government they elect. If the government suspects that the monarch is
a security risk (and there were many reasons to suspect Edward), then the
government has every right to investigate them. Tell me, who is boss here
!!!!!
It is interesting to hear that
Edward had a careless attitude to confidential documents. He took them with him
when he went on holiday, or when he spent the night with friends. It reminds me of what
they say about Trump. My goodness - there's nothing new under the sun, I know
that for sure !!!!!
21:00 We turn off the TV and Lois
puts Minx, Alison's cat, to bed, with a helping of "midnight feast".
21:15 I turn on the radio. I want
to hear a radio program, an old episode of an interesting program, the BBC's
longest-running radio series "Desert Island Discs", which first aired
in 1942.
The series is based on asking a
celebrity each week to imagine that he / she has been stranded on a desert
island. During the program he is asked to talk about his life and / or career,
and to choose the eight "gramophone records", he would most like to
have on hand to entertain himself in his solitary existence. A simple idea, but
a very long-running series, perhaps the world's longest - I have no doubts
about that!
But Lois suddenly rushes back
into the room. She forgot to tell me that she would rather see another tv documentary, one about the moon. It is not like her to choose a scientific
program, but that's fair enough, although we have unfortunately had to miss out
on the first 15 minutes. And we like the program's charming host, astronomer
Maggie Aderin-Pocock, and her excitable style and voice - my goodness! But we
would not like to be in the same street as her (or same town!) when she gets
orgasms - that is something we know for sure !!!!
The program's host is the
charming astronomer,
Maggie Aderin-Pocock. We love her excitable
style and voice !!!
A very interesting documentary.
We did not know that the earth originally did not have a moon, until another
planet as big as Mars collided with the earth (only a glancing blow) billions
of years ago, and the moon was formed from a "slice" of the earth,
which flew away - my goodness! We are very happy that we were not alive then!
The moon was in the beginning
only 14.000 miles away from Earth. Brain corals have small grooves that tell us
how long days were in the past, and it turns out that a day was only five
hours long when the moon was first formed, because of the moon's nearness. The
moon's gravity caused the earth to rotate more quickly then - my goodness! A
five-hour day - what madness !!!!
Scientists can now measure very
accurately the distance between earth and moon, and it turns out that every
year the moon moves one and a half inches (3.78 cm) farther away from the earth
- my goodness, what madness (again) !!!!
Lunar gravity helps to stabilize
the Earth's tilt and create the seasons. When the moon moves further away, this
gravity will become weaker, and the earth and the seasons will sink into chaos.
Stop the world, we want to get off !!!!
22:00 We go to bed - zzzzzzz !!!!
05:50 I get up early and do one
of my routine Danish vocabulary tests.
08:15 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 take a shower. We get up and eat breakfast.
10:15 Vince, a local gardener,
comes over. Lois called him last week. He looks around in the front yard and
backyard - we have a lot of moss, more moss than grass, and a fox has dug a lot
of holes. Vince will try, if possible, to come again tomorrow, rake over the
grass, remove the moss, lay seeds in the bare patches etc.
11:30 I sit down at my laptop and
I prepare a Danish vocabulary test that I want our U3A Danish group members to
try on Wednesday during the group's next meeting. The 28 correct answers spell
"April has its very own weather: rain and sunshine come together," (but in Danish!). The right answers are top secret until Wednesday at 16, needless to say ha ha
ha !!!
12:30 We eat lunch. Then I read
the next 11 pages of the Danish short story our U3A Danish group is currently
reading. The body count is growing around our poor country cop Janson - it has
gone up to 6 - my goodness, after only 35 pages !!! They are dropping like
flies - and apart from Mrs. Marsh, the victims were all born in 1976 - help,
this is seriously creepy !!!!
a typical Danish village
constable
15:00 I go out in the backyard
and do a bit of weeding between fruit bushes. My goodness - all this gardening,
is it keeping us in shape, or is it breaking us completely ????? We are not quite sure - a bit of both perhaps.
16:00 We come back into the house
and relax with a cup of tea. Lois explains why the French army lost the battle
of Waterloo.
Lois explains with hand gestures
why the French army lost the battle of
Waterloo!
It will soon be time to go public
with her theory !!!!!!
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