18:00 Vi spiser aftensmad og bruger resten af aftenen på at se lidt
fjernsyn. De viser et gammelt afsnit af ”De gode gamle dage”, et tv-program,
der prøvede at genskabe stemningen af det gamle vaudeville-teater. Programmet
blev først udsendt den 31. december 1978.
Et meget hyggeligt show, pyntet med et stor juletræ lige foran scenen.
Showet ender med, at deltagerne synger den traditionelle ”Auld Lang Syne”.
Da Lois og jeg så dette afsnit den første gang, det blev sendt, havde vi
lige fejret vores anden jul som familie på 4. Alison, vores ældre datter var 3
år 4 mdr gammel og lille Sarah 18 mdr.
TIlbageblik til jul 1978: Alison åbner en julegave.
Hun
var meget begejstret, synes jeg....
Lois og Sarah – det var
lille
Sarahs anden jul
Auld Lang Syne: jeg finder det altid rørende at se nytårsaftener fra ”længe
siden” (ha ha ha). Jeg tænker på folks evige optimisme overfor det kommende år,
og så tænker jeg på året, som de i virkeligheden fik (1979 i dette tilfælde).
For mit vedkommende var det for det meste et meget godt år, og som tilhænger af
det konservative parti, var jeg meget glad for, at Maggie Thatcher blev
premierminister. Det kan andre måske ikke være enige med mig i, men det gav mig
personligt en masse tilfredsstillelse – ingen tvivl om det!!!!
Tilbageblik til maj 1979: Maggie Thatcher bliver premierminister,
og
(i min optik!) befrier os til evig tid fra socialismen og fagforeningernes magt –
hurra!
Lykkelige dage!!!!!
På den negative side af året 1979, var jeg ikke ret glad for, at se den
stakkels Shah blive forvist fra Iran. Stakkels Shah!!!! Det var ikke din skyld,
at du var et sødt menneske!! Kom tilbage, Shah, alt er tilgivet!!!!
Det er nostalgisk for mig også at høre ”Auld Lang Syne” igen. Da jeg var
teenager, var jeg medlem af en popgruppe, sammen med Steve, min bror, og Gill,
min søster: gruppens navn var ”De tre hunde”. Vi optagede en demoplade i 1965,
hvor vi fortolkede denne gamle sang, men vi gad ikke finde et pladeselskab og
prøve at få en optagelseskontrakt. Det
ville have været alt for trættende! For et par år siden lagde jeg optagelsen op
på YouTube i stedet for, og da denne blog gik i trykket, havde videoen blevet
set 68 gange , selvom i et ubestemt antal tilfælde kan det have været mig eller
min søster, der kiggede på den.
22:00 Vi går i seng – zzzzzz!!!!
04:30 Jeg står tidligt op og laver én af mine
rutinemæssige danske ordforrådtest.
07:30 Skærmen på vores computer går pludselig i sort, eller snarere i hvidt
– pokkers! Er det computeren eller skærmen der har et problem? Jeg ved ikke –
jeg er desværre ikke nogen ekspert. Pokkers (igen)! Det er heldigt, at jeg har
min bærebare, som jeg også kan bruge.
08:00 Jeg går ud i
køkkenet og laver to kopper te. Jeg tager dem med op i soveværelset og hopper
op i sengen til Lois. Vi drikker téen og går i bad. Vi står op og spiser
morgenmad.
09:00 Vi kører over til Blooms-havecentret og køber flere tomat-planter og
to plantesække. Vi kører hjem. Bob, vores nabo, er i gang med at reparer én af
poststolper foran sit hus. Vi aftaler med ham, at han vil smutte ind på mandag,
for at reparere væggen under vinduet i Alisons gamle værelse, hvor vi har et
mistænkt fugtproblem.
10:30 Lois og jeg slapper af med en kop kaffe i sofaen.
Jeg finder en gamle 14 inch monitor under én af sengene i Alisons gamle
værelse, og tilslutter den til vores store computer – det virker fint, hvilket
er lidt af en lettelse, selvom der er ikke nogen lyd på den af én eller anden
grund. Pokkers!
Sarah, vores yngste datter, og Francis, hendes mand, efterlod en monitor i
vores garage, da de i december 2015 flyttede til Australien. Når jeg føler mig lidt
stærkere, vil jeg afprøve den, men hagen ved det er, at skærmen er meget meget
stor, og vi har kun et lille skrivebord til at sætte den på – pokkers!
Sarah, Francis og deres 3,5-år tvillinger, Lily og Jessica, rejste i går
til Margaret River-regionen, der ligger lidt syd for deres hjem i byen Perth. I
dag besøgte de en lokal vingård.
12:00 Lois og jeg spiser frokost og så tilbringer vi eftermiddagen i sengen,
hvilket ikke ligner os. Men der er sjovt og forfriskende at ændre rutinen nu og
da, det ved vi med sikkerhed.
16:15 Vi vælter ud af sengen og drikker en kop te i sofaen.English translation
English translation
18:00 We eat dinner and spend the
rest of the evening watching television. An old episode of "The Good Old
Days" is on, a television program that tried to recreate the atmosphere of
the old vaudeville theatre. The program was first broadcast on 31 December
1978.
A very engaging show, decorated
with a big Christmas tree just in front of the stage. The show ends with the
participants singing the traditional "Auld Lang Syne".
When Lois and I saw this episode
the first time it was broadcast, we had just celebrated our second Christmas as
a family of 4. Alison, our elder daughter was 3 years 4 months old and little
Sarah 18 months.
Christmas 1978: Alison opens a Christmas
present.
She was very excited, I think....
Lois and Sarah - it was
little Sarah's second Christmas
Auld Lang Syne: I always find it
touching to see New Year's Eves from "lang syne" (ha ha ha). I think
of people's eternal optimism towards the coming year, and I think of the year
they actually got (1979 in this case). For my part, it was mostly a very good
year, and as a supporter of the conservative party, I was very pleased that
Maggie Thatcher became prime minister. Maybe others may not agree with me, but
it gave me a lot of satisfaction personally, I have no doubts about that!
Maggie: Flashback to May 1979: Maggie
Thatcher becomes prime minister,
And (in my view) frees us for all time from
socialism and the power of the unions - hurray!
Happy days !!!!!
On the negative side of the year
1979, I was not so happy to see the poor Shah being expelled from Iran. Poor
Shah!!! It wasn’t your fault that you were a nice man!! Come back, Shah, all is
forgiven !!!!
It's nostalgic for me to hear
"Auld Lang Syne" again. When I was a teenager, I was a member of a
pop group, along with Steve, my brother, and Gill, my sister: the group's name
was "The Three Dogs." We recorded a demo disc in 1965, where we
interpreted this old song, but we could not be bothered to find a record
company and try to get a recording contract. It was just too much trouble! A
couple of years ago, I posted the recording up on YouTube instead, and at the time this blog went to press, the video had been viewed 68 times, although in an
indeterminate number of cases it may have been me or my sister who looked at it.
22:00 We go to bed – zzzzzzzz!!!!!
04:30 I get up early and do one
of my routine Danish vocabulary tests.
07:30 The screen on our computer
suddenly goes black, or rather goes white - damn! Is it the computer or the
screen having a problem? I do not know - I'm unfortunately no expert. Damn
(again)! It's fortunate that I have my laptop, which I can also use.
08:00 I go to the kitchen and
make two cups of tea. I take them up into the bedroom and hop into bed with
Lois. We drink the tea and go in the shower. We get up and have breakfast.
09:00 We drive over to the Blooms
garden centre and buy more tomato plants and two gro-bags.
We drive home. Bob, our neighbour,
is in the process of repairing one of the gate posts in front of his house. We
fix it with him that he will pop in on Monday to repair the wall under the window
in Alison's old room where we have a suspected damp problem.
10:30 Lois and I relax with a cup
of coffee on the couch.I find an old 14 inch monitor under one of the beds in
Alison's old room and connect it to our big computer - it works fine, which is
a bit of relief, although there is no sound on it for one reason or another.
Damn!
Sarah, our youngest daughter, and Francis, her husband, left a monitor in
our garage when they moved to Australia in December 2015. When I feel a little
stronger, I will try it out, but the snag with it is that the screen is very
big and we have only a small desk to put it on - damn it!
Sarah, Francis and their 3 and a
half-year-old twins, Lily and Jessica, travelled yesterday to the Margaret River
region, located a little south of their home in Perth. Today they visited a
local winery.
12:00 Lois and I have lunch and
then we spend the afternoon in bed, which is not like us. But it's fun and
refreshing to change the routine every now and then, we know that for sure!
16:15 We roll out of bed and have
a cup of tea on the couch.
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