18:00 Lois og jeg spiser aftensmad og bagefter skal vi ud. Vi har ikke
tiden i aften til at vande haven – det må vi overlade til i morgen – uha! Vi har billetter til en korkoncert i en lokal
kirke. Koncerten fejrer den 70. ”fødselsdag” af Cheltenhams Bachkor, og Sarah,
min tidligere arbejdskollega, synger i aften i koret.
Sarah fortalte
os forleden, at korets kvindelige medlemmerne ville skulle klæde sig ud som
Barbie-dukker, men i aften bliver vi klar over, at hun kun henviste til farven
og stoffet af deres topper, hvilket er lidt af en skuffelse!
Vi snakker
lidt med hende og Keith, hendes mand, under pausen – hun siger, hun har det
meget varmt i toppen og glæder sig meget til at komme af den – du godeste, vent
til du kommer hjem, Sarah !
Vi fortæller
hende at Mattel for nylig har givet Ken-dukkens udseende den største fornyelse
siden han kom på markedet i 1961, og hun lover at tale med korets instruktør,
og anbefale Kens nye look som en mulig model for korets mandlige medlemmer.
Heldigvis har vi Mattel-kataloget med, og vi blader igennem det alle
sammen. Korets kvindelige medlemmer har en look baseret på én af Barbies
fashionista-kvinder, så derfor vælger vi den nye ”Man Bun Ken” som bedste
kandidat for korets mandlige medlemmer.
Barbie Fashionista og Man Bun Ken –
den perfekte combination for Bachkorets nye look, synes vi
Det er interessant, at Man Bun Ken lyder lidt som en vietnamesisk generals
navn – du godeste! Måske kan man omdøbe Hanoi til Man Bun Ken-byen, for
eksempel.
Lois og jeg nyder meget aftenens koncert. Solisten, Luci Briginshaw, har en
fantastisk stemme – og publikummet bliver forelsket i hende, ingen tvivl om
det!
Cheltenhams Bachkor fejrer dets 70. ”fødselsdag”.
En
smuk kirke, og strandhåndklæderne hængende
over
altanen skaber en afslappet stemning
Luci
Briginshaw, korets fantastiske solist.
For Lois’s og mit vedkommende må jeg indrømme, at det er rart at kunne gå
ud i byen for en gangs skyld. Vi er desværre blevet til to gamle krager, der
bliver hjemme hver aften og se fjernsyn.
Hvis vi vil slå os løs af og til, så er en koncert i en kirke i Cheltenham
den bedste option for os efter min mening, og meget bedre, end en
popmusik-festival i grevskabet Somerset. Jeremy Corbyn medvirker ikke, og ingen
tilbyder at sælge os ulovlige stoffer, gudskelov!
22:00 Vi kører hjem og går i seng – zzzzzzz!!!!!
04:00 Jeg vågner op efter et frygteligt mareridt – i min drøm har Corbyn
vundet valget, og jeg prøver at logge ind på min computer for at se
resultaterne, men computeren afviser min adgangskode igen og igen – jeg går i
panik. Corbyn samtidig med IT-problemer – en klassiker!!!!
Jeg står tidligt op og laver én af mine rutinemæssige danske ordforrådtest.
07:45 Jeg hopper tilbage op i sengen til Lois og vi drikker vores morgenté.
Vi står op og spiser morgenmad.
09:45 Vi kører over til det lokale Homebase diy-supermarked for at købe en
dåse lysrosa maling, jeg kan anvende til væggen under vinduet i Alisons gamle
værelse. Desværre har de kun ganske store dåser, der koster 14£ - pokkers! Så
vi beslutter at købe 3 billige prøvedåser i stedet for. Men da vi får dem med
hjem, finder vi ud af, at farven ikke passer ret godt til resten af væggen –
pokkers (igen)! Det er alt for rosa, som farven af en lille piges barnekammer –
du godeste!
Dulux farve og tapetcentret på Fairviewgade har et større udvalg, men det
er desværre lukket i dag. Så derfor beslutter vi at fortsætte med at male
vindue-området med de prøvedåser, vi allerede har købt og ikke at bekymre os om
forskellen på farven.
Det vigtigste nu er at male færdigt, og prøve at fjerne lugten af maling:
vores børnebørn ankommer om 7 dage fra København, og de skal sove i dette
værelse. Vi bliver nødt til at holde vinduerne åbent hele dagen i de næste 7
dage – ingen tvivl om det!!!!
11:00 Sarah, vores datter i Perth, Australien, bruger Whatsapp-appen for at
ringe til os. Opkaldets kvalitet er meget god og det er helt gratis – sikke et
vanvid!!!!
Sarah har købt sine (næsten) 4-årige tvillinger, Lily og Jessica en ny dvd
af ”Skønheden og udyret”, for at underholde dem, mens hun taler med os. Men på
ét tidspunkt kommer vi til at høre, at de råber efter Sarahs hjælp – det lader
til, at filmen er ”for skræmmende”, mindst i begyndelsen – du godeste! Hvor
vokser de dog hurtigt op !!!!
13:00 Vi spiser frokost på terrassen og bagefter går jeg i seng for at tage
mig en gigantisk eftermiddagslur – zzzzz!!!!
15:00 Jeg står op og kigger lidt på nettet. Steve, min amerikanske
svigerbror, har sendt mig en email. Jeg er glad for at høre, at en høj bygning
i Los Angeles har hædret den afdøde TV-stjerne Adam West ved at fremvise en
enorm belyst flagermus på siden af bygningen.
en gruppe Batman-fans fejrer den afdøde Adam Wests liv
Lidt nostalgisk, fordi den belyste flagermus minder os om dengang Batman
kunne bestige sådanne høje bygninger uden besvær på den udvendig side, delvis for ikke at forstyrre lejerne. Han var en
sand gentleman – det ved jeg med sikkerhed. Vi vil ikke se hans lig igen, ingen
tvivl om det!
English translation
18:00 Lois and I have dinner and
afterwards we have to go out. We do not have time tonight to water the garden -
we must leave that until tomorrow - oh dear! We have tickets for a choral
concert in a local church. The concert celebrates the 70th birthday of the
Cheltenham Bach Choir, and Sarah, my former work colleague, is singing tonight
in the choir.
Sarah told us the other day that
the choir's women members would be dressed as Barbie dolls, but tonight we
realise she was only referring to the colour and fabric of their tops, which is
a bit of a disappointment!
We talk a little to her and
Keith, her husband, during the interval - she says she's very hot in the top
and is looking forward to getting out of it - my goodness, wait till you get
home, Sarah!
We tell her that Mattel has
recently given the Ken doll's appearance the greatest makeover since its launch
in 1961, and she promises to speak to the choir's director, and recommend Ken's
new look as a possible model for the choir's male members.
Fortunately, we have the Mattel
catalogue with us and we browse through it all together. The choir's female
members are sporting a look based on one of Barbie's fashionista women, so we
choose the new "Man Bun Ken" as the best candidate for the male
members of the choir.
Barbie Fashionista and Man Bun Ken –
the perfect combination for the Bach Choir’s new look, we think
It is interesting that Man Bun
Ken sounds a bit like a Vietnamese general's name - good grief! Perhaps we can
rename Hanoi to Man Bun Ken City, for example.
Lois and I enjoy the evening's
concert. The soloist, Luci Briginshaw, has a wonderful voice - and the audience
falls in love with her, there's no doubt about that!
The Cheltenham Bach Choir
celebrates its 70th birthday
A beautiful church, and the beach towels
hanging over the balcony create a relaxed
mood
Luci Briginshaw, the choir's fantastic
soloist.
For Lois's and my part, I have to
admit that it's nice to be able to go out for once. We have unfortunately become
two old crows who stay home every evening and watch television.
If we want to let our hair down
every so often, then a concert in a church in Cheltenham is the best option for
us in my opinion and much better than a pop music festival in Somerset. Jeremy
Corbyn is not appearing, and no one offers to sell us illegal drugs, thank
goodness!
22:00 We drive home and go to bed
- zzzzzzz !!!!!
04:00 I wake up after a terrible
nightmare - in my dream, Corbyn has won the election and I try to log on to my
computer to see the results, but the computer rejects my password over and over
again - I'm in a panic. Corbyn and IT problems at the same time – a classic !!!!
I get up early and do one of my
routine Danish vocabulary tests.
07:45 I hop back into bed with
Lois and we drink our morning tea. We get up and have breakfast.
09:45 We head over to the local
Homebase DIY supermarket to buy a can of light pink paint, that I can apply to
the wall under the window in Alison's old room. Unfortunately, they only have
quite big cans, which cost 14 pounds - damn! So we decide to buy 3 cheap test
cans instead.
But when we get them home we find
out that the colour does not match the rest of the wall that well. Damn (again)!
It's too pink, like the colour of a little girl's nursery - good grief!
The Dulux Paint and Wallpaper centre
on Fairviewgade has a larger selection, but it is unfortunately closed today.
So we decide to continue painting the window area with the sample cans we have
already bought and not to worry about the difference in colour.
The most important thing now is
to finish the painting and try to remove the smell of paint: our grandchildren
arrive from Copenhagen in 7 days and they have to sleep in this room. We will
have to keep the windows open all day for the next 7 days - no doubt about it
!!!!
11:00 Sarah, our daughter in
Perth, Australia, uses the whatsapp app to call us. The call quality is very
good and it's completely free - what madness !!!!
Sarah has bought her (nearly)
4-year-old twins, Lily and Jessica, a new DVD of "The Beauty and the
Beast" to entertain them while she talks to us. But at one point we
overhear them shouting for Sarah's help - it seems that the movie is "too
scary", at least at the beginning - my goodness! How quickly they are
growing up !!!!
13:00 We eat lunch on the terrace
and afterwards I go to bed and take a gigantic afternoon nap - zzzzz !!!!
15:00 I get up and take a little
look online. Steve, my American brother in law, has sent me an email. I'm glad
to hear that a tall building in Los Angeles has honoured the late TV star Adam
West by displaying a huge illuminated bat on the side of the building.
A group of Batman fans celebrate the life of the late Adam West
A little nostalgic because the
illuminated bat reminds us of the times when Batman could climb such tall
buildings without difficulty on the outside, in part so as not to disturb the
tenants. He was a true gentleman - I know that for sure. We will not see his like again, no doubt about that!
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