Thursday 24
General Studies A Level Exam
Exam in the morning = really difficult
In afternoon not so bad
Posted Sam's Mums birthday card
Stayed in and did some of my meat project (no comment !! lol)
Phoned Sam
Miss him xx
As I am sitting here typing I am listening to the Eurovision Song contest which is on in the next room. It has always been a 'must watch' since I could ever remember ... listening to it like this reminds me when I was so much younger and sent to bed before the end and would listen to it under the covers on the radio.
In 1979 it was held on the 31st March when we came 17th (how we got that high in the ratings with that rubbish who knows lol .... see here
I am sitting here and have heard a few 'cattawallings'..... I must say Finland's entry is dire!!
Our entry this year is a boogie about song blasted out by Andy Abrahams ... I do like it, it gets my disco feet tapping ... go Andy go!! (but I feel the Euro political voting may scupper you)
The track has the same effect as it did with me as a really young 'un (5 years old) bouncing up and down on my bed to this Eurovision winner. No I am not going to go and bounce up and down on my bed... but there again???? lol
Saturday, 24 May 2008
24th May 1979
Friday, 23 May 2008
23rd May 1979
Wednesday 23
Didn't go to needlework (oh what a domestic goddess in the making ... ok I didn't go but at least I had signed up for it as it was extra-curriculum & not part of my A-levels)
Went to Fi's to do some college work (huh!!??)
She then went to the pictures with Jim H
Phoned Sam
Stayed in
Tried to revise some General Studies = hard. (now General Studies was always seen as an easy A-level to hitch on to your main core studies... maybe i found it hard because it was so 'general' or maybe it was the fact I had done absolutely nothing to get to the exam....)
I was sent this e mail tonight
Ever really fancied having a genuine Chinese meal?
How far would you go??
First take a cable car
Then follow the path
Watch out for diners on their way back
A few handy foot holds for your safety
Are we nearly there yet??
yep!
I wonder if they do deliveries???
Thursday, 22 May 2008
22nd May 1979
Monday 22
Boring day at college
It rained & rained & rained
Came home at 1.30 (hardly a full 'boring day at college'!!)
Did some Sociology
Fi was at a school in Leyland.
Sam phoned
He had been to Dudley again & sounded tired
Can't wait to see him on Sunday
Thursday 22 2008
Got up at 6.30 (hit snooze too many times!)
Had a shower and washed hair
Got dressed, dried hair, walked the pup
Woke teen
Made breakfast (crumpets and la vache qui rit cheese, sounds so much better than 'Laughing Cow' it is always referred to as 'la vache' cheese in our house)
Straighten hair put on makeup
Made Teen's sandwiches
Kicked Teen and mate out to school
Got 8.45 train to work
Meeting 9.30 - 12.30 (one of those meetings where you have no knowledge of what is about to be discussed so have to listen to everything that is said... great view of Manchester out of the window 16 floors up btw lol)
Back to office
13.00 out to lunch
met Sam
Coffee in Carluccio's (Sandwiches were served at the meeting so wasn't hungry) Had a good old natter (family, mutual old friends etc amazed his gran that he visited in Manchester is still with us aged 91. We laughed about this blog and I told him there was worse to come lol)
14.15 back to office
Sam off to Hastings
Left office at 17.30
17.45 train late as per usual.
Home and back out to Tesco
1 hour and £80 later got back home
Cooked a Chinese sir fry for tea (organic chicken, mange tout, baby sweetcorn, bean sprouts, mushrooms in an oyster sauce with ginger and egg fried rice.. all from raw ingredients of course)
Phoned Mum
Chatted to Annie on e mail .. trying to persuade her to make a blog (the gif image doesn't work here .. it should have Cliff's face popping up over the sign)
Visited loads of blogs that I have neglected to do of late (may not have commented on some but have popped along for read)
Wrote this !!
Wednesday, 21 May 2008
21st May 1979
Monday 21
Skived off Sociology
Saw the cafe owner & have decided to go back to work in the outdoor cafe
Can't have 2nd June off Trueform (shoe shop .... all those shoes how could I think to leave??)
Sam phoned twice
Changed 'Peaches & Herbs'cos it was scratched (ah the days of 45's!!)
Wrote to Sam
I have a love/hate relationship with the Peaches & Herbs song. I have had some good 'slowy' dances to it over the years but I don't like the song at all. It is boring and tedious!!
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
1st 5 minutes....
That is tricky one as I am sooooo never awake in those 1st 5 of the day.
I will ignore the days where I hit snooze, hit snooze and hit snooze again then rush in a panic as I have, well hit snooze too many times!!
Ok a normal day
Phone alarm goes off at 6.00 am to some god damned awful polyphonic sound called 'waves' (if you have a Motorola mobile phone you will ID with what I am saying here) at 6 am it is truly a rebel rouser.
With that sound, like Pavlov's dog (aka my puppy not Pavlov's coz she is 70s puppy!) is up the stairs. Jumps on the bed demanding a cuddle and a tummy rub.
Ok I am now 1 1/2 minutes in
I bend my body into the 'get up ' position and puppy bounds off to snuggle up with my Teen.
Stumble into the bathroom and step in the shower (cover your eyes please!)
Wrapped in big bath towels I venture down stairs.. unlock the kitchen door.
Fall over the 2 cats who want feeding NOW!!
Switch on the kettle as I pass (fast boil)
& ahhh a cup of Earl Grey .. all is right with the world!!
(oops 0.5 minutes over!!)
If you want to know my 1st 5 mins in the office !
Walk through the doors .. nod, wave and say hello to work colleagues (sometimes it is a bit of a grunt depending how manic the journey has been and whether I have spent the entire 15 minute journey with my face squished into someones back pack after waiting 1/2 for the ever late rush hour express).
Plonk my bag on the desk whilst hitting the PC screen to on & Control- alt-delete, user name & password (darn it I changed it yesterday.... open diary and check the change................ yes I know, I know I shouldn't write it down ... but I have at least 20 PW's for this and that) whilst taking off my coat.
Pick up cup.
'Anyone what a brew?'
Gather up anything from 2 - 10 cups
Head for kitchen
Make brews.. 1 x decaff coffee, 1 x fruit tea, 3 x tea 1 with 2 sugars etc etc
Sit at desk
& ahhh a cup of Earl Grey ... all is right with the world!!
(bang on 5 mins ;-) )
This post is for Tsheet.com & Fuel my Blog
17th ~ 20th May 1979
Thursday 17
Didn't go to college today cos cookery was cancelled
My brother went to Lancaster (what is with all this Lancaster attraction??)
Bought a green blouse £4.99
Went to Fi's
Phoned Sam & he was in a lovely mood .. honest!!
Grumpy beggar!!!
Friday 18
Some lessons cancelled
So didn't go to college
Except for an hour (Huh??? So I did go to college... doh!!!)
Bought Blondie Sunday Girl 12"single £1.79 = great
Sam came = in an ace mood
Went to the Railway
Then came home with some ale
Bed 1.30 am
Saturday 19
Work 9.00 -5.30 £7.40
Met Sam at lunch time & at 1/2 5.
Went to the Houghton for a drink
Came home
Went the Ken S's party= ace
Loads of ale
Fi is going with Jim H
Stayed at Fi's
Sunday 20
Got up at 8.00
Sam left on the 9.05 train to Liverpool
& 10.12 train to Stafford
Went back to Fi's
Stayed for dinner
Jim H came round and gave me a lift home
Got 2 t-shirts from the catalogue
Sam phoned
He didn't get back to Staffs until 12.45.
He went to Donnington Park in the afternoon to watch F3 (Formula 3 racing cars)
Today it is the lovely Sylvie's birthday and last week (although she kept it hidden) it was dear Fracs too
So wishing the girls or if you like (in teen speak 2008) 'Da gurlz'
Saturday, 17 May 2008
Interlude ~ Fanzine Frenzy VI
Nothing could be further from the truth. There has been lots of research going on into 'the phenomenon that is DP'.
So much in fact I hardly know where to start?
One area I have been researching is the Papersurfer family tree. We all know the immediate family quite well by now the lovely TG, Penfold & Tiggz but what about the ancestors.
What astonished me was the lack of historical information about the Papersurfer clan on the interweave so I had a change of plan and visited many museums and libraries across the UK to amass the information I needed.
Imagine my excitement when a few weeks ago I popped into the local museum (they were exhibiting some caveman images found on the remote islands of Saint Pierre & Miquelon off the coast of Canada) and I spotted this!!
I know the quality is not good but surely this has to be a DP ancestor?... look at those primitive markings. I see a llama, a Mac & sandals! Or is it just 70s wild imagination and lack of sleep making me read too much into this??
If it can be confirmed what a scoop this is .... Daddy Papersurfer has deep Canadian roots. ......DP + Canada OMG who would have thought it??
It certainly would explain the remarkable unique relationship he has with his lovely secretary Fracas. So what do you think readers ??
In the city library they have a fine collection of Roman artifacts and information.
This wall was discovered on the South coast of Britain dated 410AD.
Etched into the rock is the name Vetus Ruga Varro Papyrasurfus. (translations are featured at the bottom of this post). It appears to resemble Roman era vandalism so small you probably can't see it
When I researched more I discovered other family members that included Flaccus, Brocchus, Ahala, Asellio & Bibaculus.
The story goes, as the Romans left the Papyrasurfus family decided to stay on in their beloved Brittania because they liked the weather so much.
It has to be an ancestor, as Daddy P does have a passion for sandals...... oh almost forgot this artifact was unearthed too ..... more evidence of pea-brain existence and the goddess tormentus
In the 1086, the name Papyrus Headfod Gemenged appears in the Doomsday book.
This said person was a nobleman but not that noble. King William decreed that everyone had to pay their taxes to the him in order to prevent private armies being funded but Papyrus decided he did not want to pay up. He was a mean 'old git' (not my words it is historic fact!) . So he disguised himself as a 'surf' and fled England's shores. It is not known where he fled to but the next time we come across a connection is in 16th century in France.
France in the 16th Century was renowned for it's great literary creations, skillful words games and elaborate sonorous and graphic experiment.
I came across many great works whilst paging through musty old books & suddenly I noticed the works of a Monsieur Surfer de Papier who was prolific in his work circa 1540.
I just have to share some of his writings.
Son esprit, son talent, ses cheveux oranges ses bras forts et de velu
a classic to a fellow peer
Les Codgers du monde unissent
Nous savons toujours que nous sommes de bons problèmes venons seulement pour passer Quand les gens parlent hors de leurs fonds.
about a paper Queen
La reine du papier est ici je voient
À Londres elle a été sans moi
Son stationnement est pantalon
Il commence ses harangues
Ainsi par chemin de fer elle va - oh yippee
& finally to the man himself from one of his fans
vous savez toujours à, ainsi à vous je dis qu'un grand vous remercie
! livré par camion, t'envoyant ma GRANDE étreinte, en arrière sur mon deux peu de pieds,
je me sens ainsi raccommodez bon ! maintenant je peux sortir et jeu, comme vous avez pour faire mon jour ! !
In 1892 a character known as Pops Red Eye got involved with the Wild Bunch when they robbed a bank in Kansas. It isn't precisely known how he got caught up in this mess. His neighbours described him as a quiet man whose only vice was having a tot of Red Eye down the local saloon.
Pops (later given the name 'Smiler' due to is lack of teeth) soon had a price on his head.
By 1895 the Wild Bunch had been caught but not Pops. He was never found but legend has it he lived the rest of his life out in a secluded cupboard somewhere on the Continent.
& that is all I have managed to find so far.
We know he has other possible relatives as we saw that in the last Fanzine ~ Gertrude Poppersufferer & Maplesurfer. Maybe that is where I should concentrate my search
If anyone has any information or theories about Daddy Papersurfer's family tree please let the Fanzine know and we will feature you in our next edition.
I said earlier there wasn't much of historical interest on DP on the interweave. But I did come across some 'cute' photos of him as a boy, aww that face only a mother could love!!!!
Normally I would end the Fanzine with a letter or two but none caught my eye this time unlike some of the photos of beauties. All of them wanting, in fact begging me to give them DP's address so they can see the phenomenon that is DP in the flesh. I don't think it would be fair to give it to them, as the torment they would feel camping outside his abode hoping to get a glimpse would be too cruel for words.
Photo just in ......DP's Presidential support continues
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Vetus Ruga Varro Papyrasurfus - Old Wrinkly Block-head Papersurfer
Ahala - Armpit
Asellio -Keeper of donkeys
Bibaculus - Drunkard
Broccchus - Toothy
Flaccus - Floppy Ears
Papyrus Headfod Gemenged -Paper Head mixed, mingled, confused
(Translate Beowulf Old English info source).
