Tuesday, 17 December 2019

Monday December 16 2019


10:00 Lois and I drive over to the town’s largest Sainsbury’s supermarket to go food-shopping, but Lois also wants to buy all the remaining Christmas gifts she hasn't got hold of yet: mostly Christmas presents for her young relatives in Oxford: her niece Sharon has 4 children and her nephew Ian has 7 children with their respective partners – good grief, what madness !!! I sneak into the supermarket's cafe and drink a cup of coffee while Lois runs amok in the toy department: and she joins me in the cafe "£200 later" (or thereabouts) - yikes!

the town’s largest Sainsburys supermarket

Lois and I recharge our batteries in the big Sainsbury’s supermarket café
with a cup of coffee and a pastry (me) and a doughnut (Lois)

Lois can't ever resist the temptation to devour a powdered doughnut when she sees one, I have to say, as does local man Dan Keegan - locally famous for his weaknesses in this area, as our go-to local news site, Onion News , reported recently.


Sneaking into his office's break room after spotting the unguarded gourmet food in the distance, area marketing employee Dan Keegan approached a box of powdered doughnuts Monday, like a pine snake chancing on an unprotected pile of bluebirds’ eggs.

According to sources, Keegan's tongue instantly darted from his mouth, and his gaze remained fixed on his prey as he manoeuvred towards the cluster of small white delights, silently crawling up to the countertop, as if sliding along the branch of a tree to an awaiting roosting site.

The office worker was then said to have wasted no time as he began to devour the sugar-coated goodies which - like a pile of eggs in an unattended nest of woven grass - sat completely helpless and vulnerable in an open pastry box. He swallowed all four of them almost whole, one by one, and then glided out from whence he came, before anyone could notice.

At press time, a motionless Keegan was reportedly sunning himself by his office window, his stomach still bulging from his bounty.

Good grief, what a crazy world we live in !!!! But we sympathize a little with Keegan, who, incidentally, has put on a little weight, to put it mildly, since the time 3 years ago when the Onion News' shot was taken.

Coincidentally, the Danish press this morning is chirruping about TV chef Jamie Oliver's new shape, after he decided to eat more vegetables, exercise more, and drink alcohol only on weekends. My goodness! What a cunning plan !!! Kudos, Jamie !!!!

Today's Danish press is chirruping about TV chef Jamie Oliver’s
new slim fit - and his revolutionary new diet (source: extrabladet.dk).
Jamie has reportedly lost 12 kilos (26 pounds or so) in double quick time. Yikes !!!

11:30 We pop into Boots to buy toiletries for Lois's teenage male relatives in Oxford, and then into Outlook, where Lois chooses a dark red dress and a dark red sweater, as her main presents from me.

12:30 We are completely exhausted, but also quietly ecstatic to think we have now bought everything we wanted (hopefully) – but we both have a feeling we have overlooked several large items, although we can’t put our finger on it. Damn!!

Lois thanks me for my "patience" and offers to buy me lunch at the local Webb's garden centre, which is nice - we both choose the beef and ale pie, with a cup of Earl Gray tea: yum yum! The vegetables are not overcooked, which is a refreshing change compared to many restaurants: Lois says she suspects the green beans are almost raw – my god!

Also, there are fewer old crows than normal at the restaurant today, which is cheering: old crows are such a nuisance, and they ruin things for all of us other old crows, we always say.

the local Webbs garden centre

Lois thanks me for my "patience" and offers to buy me
lunch at the local Webbs garden centre restaurant

14:30 We feel totally beat up. We get home and I go to bed to grab a giant afternoon nap while Lois sits down in the living room watching a couple of sentimental American TV Christmas movies.

18:00 We have dinner and spend the rest of the evening watching some television. Monday night is TV quiz night at our house: “Only Connect” (the lateral thinking quiz) and “University Challenge” (the general knowledge quiz for young (or young-ish) college students).


Lois and I feel completely beat up, as I said, but our performance tonight is not as lousy as we expected, and in the University Challenge we come up with correct answers to 7 questions that the 8 young (or young-ish) students can't answer, which is not such a bad result - I have to say.







the first of Lois's and my 7 "triumphs" tonight

Good god, how petty-minded we have become ha ha ha !!!

21:00 We continue to watch some television, an interesting documentary in the series "Extreme Railway Journeys" - the programme's host is the charming Chris Tarrant. This episode is all about a train journey Chris took in Ireland.




It's nice to see Ireland again - I visited the country in 1966 with my parents and 2 of my siblings. I am especially pleased to see Chris kiss the famous Blarney stone, which reportedly gives one the gift of the gab. We all kissed it in 1967. And tonight I'm making a mental note - I have to ask for my money back ha ha ha !!!!!




Chris Tarrant, the charming TV host,
kisses the famous Blarney stone

flashback to 1967 - my father (53) and my brother Steve (15) ...

... and me at 21 years of age
We visit Blarney Castle, me with
my parents and 2 of my 3 siblings

Happy days!!!!!

22:00 We go to bed - zzzzzzzzzz !!!!


Danish translation: den 16. December 2019

10:00 Lois og jeg kører over til byens største Sainsburys-supermarked, for at gå lidt madindkøb, men Lois har også lyst til at købe alle de resterende julegaver, hun ikke har fået fat i endnu: for det meste julegaver til sine unge slægtninge i Oxford: hendes niece Sharon har 4 børn og hendes nevø Ian har 7 børn med deres henholdsvisse partnere – du godeste, sikke et vanvid!!! Jeg sniger mig ind i supermarkedets café og drikker en kop kaffe, mens Lois går amok i legetøjafdelingen, og hun slutter sig til mig i caféen ”200£ senere” (eller deromkring) – yikes! 

byens største Sainsburys-supermarked

Lois og jeg genoplader vores batterier i den store Sainsburys-supermarkeds café
med en kop kaffe med et wienerbrød (mig) og en doughnut (Lois)

Lois kan ikke modstå fristelsen til at fortære en pudret donut, når hun får øje på en, det må jeg nok sige, ligesom lokale mand Dan Keegan – lokalt berømt for sine svaghederne i denne retning, som vores go-to lokale nyhedswebsted, Onion News, rapporterede for nylig.


Snigende sig ind på sit kontors pauselokale efter at have fået øje på den ubevogtede gourmetmad i det fjerne, nærmede områdemarkedsføringsmedarbejder Dan Keegan en kasse med pulvrede donuts mandag som en fyrreslange, der har opdaget en ubeskyttet bunke af blåfugleæg.

Ifølge kilder dartede Keegans tunge øjeblikkeligt fra munden, og hans blik forblev fast på hans bytte, da han manøvrerede sig hen mod klyngen af ​​små hvide lækkerier, og lydløst krybede op til bordpladen, som om han gik hen ad en trægrene til et afventende hvilested.

Kontormedarbejderen siges derefter at have spildt ingen tid da han gik igang med at fortære de sukkerbelagte godbidder, der - ligesom et bunke æg i et uovervåget rede af ​​vævet græs - sad der fuldt hjælpeløse og sårbare i en åben konditoræske, og slugede alle fire næsten i deres helhed, en efter andet, og derefter gled ud fra hvor han kom, før nogen kunne bemærke det.

På pressetidspunktet var en bevægelsesløs Keegan angiveligt i gang med at tage solbad ved sit kontorvindue, idet hans mave stadig svulmede ud af præmien.

Du godeste, sikke en skør verden vi lever i !!!! Men vi sympatiserer lidt med Keegan, som for øvrigt har taget lidt på for at sige mildt siden dengang for 3 år siden, da Onion News’ billede blev taget.

Tilfældigvis er den danske presse i formiddag i gang med at kvidre om tv-kokken Jamie Olivers nye skikkelse, efter han besluttede at spise flere grøntsager, bevæge sig mere, og drikke alkohol kun i weekenderne. Du godeste! Sikke en klog plan!!!  Ros til dig, Jamie!!!!

Dagens danske presse kvidrer om tv-kokken Jamie Olivers
nye slanke skikkese – og hans revolutionære nye slankekur (kilde: ekstrabladet.dk).
Jamie har angiveligt tabt 12 kilo (26 pund eller deromkring). Yikes!!!

11:30 Vi går over vejen til Boots-superbutikken for at købe toiletartikler, brusebadsgel, deodoranter og den slags til de teenagedrenge i Lois’ familie i Oxford. Du godeste, sikke et vanvid!!!!

12:30 Vi er helt udmattede, men også stille ekstatiske over, at vi tror, vi nu har købt alt, vi havde lyst til.

Lois takker mig for min ”tålmodighed” og tilbyder at købe mig frokost på det lokale Webbs havecenter, hvilket er rart – vi vælger begge to pien med oksekød og øl, med en kop Earl Grey té: yum yum! Grøntsagerne er ikke overkoget, hvilket er en forfriskende forandring i sammenligning til mange restauranter: Lois siger, hun mistænker bønnerne er næsten rå – du godeste!

Også der er færre gamle krager på restauranten i dag, hvilket er trøstende: gamle krager er sikke nogle gener, og de ødelægger tingene for alle os andre gamle krager, siger vi altid.

det lokale Webbs-havecentret

Lois takker mig for min ”tålmodighed” og tilbyder at købe mig
frokost på det lokale Webbs-havecentrets restaurant

14:30 Vi er helt slået op. Vi kommer hjem og jeg går i seng for at tage en gigantisk eftermiddagslu, mens Lois sætter sig til rette i stuen og ser et par sentimentale amerikanske tv-julefilm.

18:00 Vi spiser aftensmad og bruger resten af aftenen på at se lidt fjernsyn. Mandag aften er tv-quizaften hos os: Only Connect (den laterale tænkning quiz) og University Challenge (den generelle viden quiz for unge universitetsstuderende).


Lois og jeg føler os helt slået op, som sagt, men vores præstation i aften er ikke så elendig som vi forventede, og i University Challenge kommer vi med korrekte svar på 7 spørgsmål, som de 8 unge studerende ikke kan besvare, hvilket ikke er et sådan dårligt resultat – det må jeg nok sige.







den første af Lois’ og mine 7 ”triumfer” i aften

Hvor er vi dog småtskårne ha ha ha!!!

21:00 Vi fortsætter med at se lidt fjernsyn, en interessant dokumentarfilm i serien ”Extreme Railway Journeys” – programmets vært er den charmerende Chris Tarrant. Dette afsnit handler om en togrejse Chris tog i Irland.




Det er rart at se Irland igen – jeg besøgte landet i 1966 sammen med mine forældre og 2 af mine søskende. Jeg er specielt glad for at se Chris kysse den berømte Blarney-sten, som angiveligt giver én et godt snakketøj. Vi kyssede den alle i 1967. Og i aften skriver jeg mig noget bag øret – jeg må bede om min penge tilbage ha ha ha!!!!!




Chris Tarrant, den charmerende tv-vært,
kysser den berømte Blarney-sten

Tilbageblik til 1967 – min far (53) og min bror Steve (15)...

...og mig på 21 år
jeg besøgte Blarney-slottet sammen med
mine forældre og 2 af mine 3 søskende

22:00 Vi går i seng – zzzzzzzzzz!!!!


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