31st August 1979

omg she is knitted from head to foot!!!

Friday 31
Worked 10.00 - 6.00 = quite busy
Fi came round
Looked at holiday photos (got back off holiday on the 11th.. oh the days when you had to wait for your holiday snaps to be developed)
Sam phoned at 11.30
He had been to the Woolpack

Gawd I can't imagine that it is 1st September tomorrow!!

Had a loverly day out with my mate.
Walked and walked around Liverpool, Matthew Street (home of the Beatles Cavern), past the Hard Days Night Hotel, down to the new Liverpool One shopping area watched a bit of the International Fireman's Games (I would have been happy to have stayed there all day lol ), a fabulous tour in the Maritime Museum about the 800 year old history of Liverpool etc

It was great to catch up.




I was up at silly o'clock this morning ... and it is Sunday .. BIG TSK!!

To kill time before I went to catch my train I actually surfed through the zillions of channels we have on cable.... I never knew we had so many?

I watched a bizarre Maury Show about 'totally opposites - but in love'

OMG is this for real... small people with very tall people? Old people with very young people (& I mean very old in thier 80's and very young in their 20s... old women & men with young women & men!!)? Fat and thin (I mean very fat and very thin) ??
Gosh I have lived a sheltered life ... thank god
(not for the faint hearted !)


Thankfully after that was this ..... The Golden Girls
It is not 70s more like 80s to 90s..... but it made me laugh then and it made me belly laugh this morning.

The clip I saw this morning featured a bit where they were talking about 'the change'
Dorothy was talking about how great it was ... no more PMS, no more mood swings etc etc .. then Sophia spouts up ..'yes but next morning you wake up with a beard and look like Yasser Arafat'.... classic comedy

30th August 1979

so cute! I so remember my mum knitting me and my dolly the same outfit :-)

Thursday 30
Wages £25.00
Left Stafford at 9.30 (boo hoo)
Worked 12.00 - 6.50
It was very hot & busy
Phoned Sam at 10.40 pm
He had been out for a meal with his parents
Missing him already


Well the end of my 2nd summer holiday break is drawing to a close..... it has been warm and dry this week but totally over cast, not a ray of sun to be seen. The azure skies of Madrid seem like a dream now :-(


I did what I said I would and caught up with Annie Mouse for a few days, we cleared some of my loft (as I promised I would do) but I have spent a fortune as I have shopped. I changed jobs last year to have more time at home and I still haven't learned that I just don't have the salary anymore for impromptu spending ... my it feels good though, you just can't beat retail therapy lol.


Tomorrow I am hooking up with another friend who I have not seen since Christmas (how awful is that?). I posted I went to her party on 17th March 1979. She and her husband (who I have know since 1977) have just celebrated their 25th Wedding Anniversary.... you know they are the only couple in my circle of friends that have done the long marriage thing. My friends have either got divorced or married late so their 25 years will be when they are pensioners. I am back at work on Tuesday.

The summer is over here (what there was of it!) and there is that stretch looming towards Christmas.

Anyway onwards and upwards ....it is Saturday night ... came across this Sting & the Police from 1979 and the fabulous track Roxanne (so think Sting is gorgeous)

27th/28th/29th August 1979

Monday 27
Got up at 11.00
Painted all day
Went to the Woolpack til 10.30 pm
Then to the Gayton with Sam, Pete and Roland = ok
Me & Sam not speaking (oops!!)


Tuesday 28
Got up about 11.30
Went to Stafford

Bought Bryan Ferry single 'What goes on' & subbuteo balls (hee hee )

Went for a walk 1/2 way to Hixon
Stayed in all night
Played 'Mastermind' (I love this game)
Bed at 11 pm



Wednesday 29
Got up at 10.00
Met Sam from work at 12.15 for lunch
Went to see 'Beyond the Poseidon Adventure' by myself = ok
(Oh I remember this so well. I sat on my own in a fairly empty matinee cinema and two old dears came and sat right next to me, rustling papers and chewing toffees all the way through it. Why do people do that when they have a huge cinema to sit anywhere????? )


Went to see The Commodores = rubbish (rubbish? All I can think of is that Lionel Ritchie was not with them by then??)
Walked home from Bingley Hall
Bed 11.30

My knitting patterns are in dire danger! As you know Annie Mouse came to stay for a couple of days ..... under strict instructions form Daddy P she actually tried to set fire to them. Can you believe it .. and she almost succeeded but I was quick with a bucket of water thank goodness I am still slight of foot!! lol

Then a strange thing happened tonight as I was going through my knitting patterns to scan.. I came across these.... blow me the old git has rummaged though my blog further than I thought!!!

Wonderous wednesday ~ Interlude

I said I would try and do a Wonderous Wednesday (every Wednesday) that would have my girlie readers aghast at the beauty of the eye candy!........

Alas I have not had time to surf ... but today I photographed a few wonders that are sooooo cute at Chester Zoo






Hello Gerty what is your e mail addy???




oh ok some pecks!! for wonderous Wednesday... these where trotting around the zoo too!!

26th August 1979

Sunday 26

Got up at around 10.30
Sam's Sis and Mum were ill
Sam painted all day (that would be painting and decorating not the arty type painting sort!)
I made blancmange with the help of his next door neighbour
Went to the Woolpack
Watched 'The Sleeper' = ace

Annie Mouse is staying for few days so I am going to be semi off line ..... this is pre prepared blog! !

25th August 1979

25 Saturday
Got up at 10.30
Sam played footy (football / soccer)
They lost 4 - 1
Went to the Woolpack
Then to Tillington Hall

Never in my years would I have ever featured Cliff Richards for real here ... but unfortunately he was number one with this?? Great lyrics but it is .. CLIFF! [ I have NEVER been a fan]




p.s.

Thank you Annie and DP for reminding that I had not added a pattern xx

she is more surprised than me !!

24th August 1979

so beautifully the Abba 70s
Friday 24
Worked 10.00 - 6.00
Not too busy
Went to Stafford at 8.30
Went to Gayton
Left after 1/2 hour
Walked home
Watched T.V.
Bed at 1.30 am

Sylvie posted a comment about going to see Mama Mia at the cinema on my last post and said she thought of me when she watched it. How fabulous :-)

I have not been fortunate to see the stage performance, although my Mum did when she was working in London some years ago and she said it was brilliant.

When I was in Spain I went to see the film. I was hesitant as I thought it would have been dubbed into Spanish but was assured it would be in English with sub-titles in Spanish. (apparently the stage show was translated into Spanish .. songs and all, but it just didn't work out so well!)

So off I went after tapas and beer to a Spanish cinema with 2 Brits and a Columbian... do you know they sell beer at the cinema over there.... how civilised is that!

The film was fabulous. Such a feel good film. I would recommend you all to see it. It was cheesey and fun, it had me crying and belly laughing at the same time. Julie Walters (who I love) was exceptional as was Meryl Streep .. superb! and as for Colin Firth (swoon) .. you just have to get over Pierce Brosnon singing though lol

mmmm Dancing Queen has a certain memory jog for me ;-)

The best bit was me and my fellow Brits were singing along with the songs through out the film (I hasten to add no one else was singing, in the UK they are up and dancing during it).. at the end as the titles rolled there were more songs and we sang along to them too ............ the lights went on and we got got a round of applause from the handful of remaining cinema viewers.............. it was simply marvelous
I am so going to buy the DVD when it is released

Get your toes tapping....................

23rd August 1979

ok this is 'Stepford Wives'?, 'goddesses planning' or me, Sylvie & Frac' ?? lol


Thursday 23
Worked 10.00 - 6.15
It rained from 10 - 3.30
Not busy at all
Spent most of the day doing a jigsaw (ah those were the days when I got paid for doing very little)

Well the Olympics is drawing to a close. I must say I love the event, always have done.
I was a keen athlete in my teens, I trained hard and won awards for the 100 meters, 80 meters hurdles and long jump. I was selected to have trials to run for Lancashire but unfortunately my back 'went'... C5/C6 spinal prolapsed disc and that was the end of it all!! hey ho!

Have still to watch the opening ceremony at Beijing as it was on the day before I went on my holidays... managed to catch a few bits whilst in Spain (Gymnastics, canoe slalom, diving) and this morning I vegged and watched Degale win the gold in boxing, the mens and womens 4 x 400 meters relay etc ... great stuff albeit a bit of a scrappy fight for Degale!

In my life span there have been 12 Olympics.
1964 ~ Tokyo
1968 ~ Mexico
1972 ~ Munich
1976 ~ Montreal/Quebec
1980 ~ Moscow
1984 ~ Los Angeles
1988 ~ Seoul
1992 ~ Barcelona
1996 ~ Atlanta
2000 ~ Sydney
2004 ~ Athens
2008 ~ Beijing

I recall Mexico, Munich (I remember the TV footage as the tragedy unfolded there), Moscow, Seoul, Sydney and Athens. Strange that some I have no memory of? I think I had other pressing stuff going on in my life then.

Strangely enough, I was hunting for some buttons this morning and I came across this. A rubber (or eraser) from 1980 - Mishca the Russian bear.. he has not worn well in fact he has been almost erased!

It then got me hunting for another Olympic souvenir I have. From Seoul in 1988. I fellow buyer had gone to Korea during the Olympics on a buying trip and brought me back a spoon lol!! I had some more spoons but I gave them to my cousin who jets off to all the Olympics and is Beijing just now.

Finally my first Olympics. 1964. I have a recording of me aged 2 years old singing the theme tune to this event... Good Morning Tokyo. I must try and to covert it on the web. If you stick with this clip you will hear some music..... 2.25 in & imagine 'good morning Tokyo la de dar de dar de dar' sang by a 2 year old :-D

22nd August 1979

Wednesday 22
Worked 10.00 - 6.15
£26.00 wages
Owed cafe owners £10 (must have had a 'sub')
Not really that busy
Ironed & washed my hair (Huh? I ironed my hair lol )
& had a bath
Phoned Sam but he wasn't in
he phoned back later
A lot of noise in the background i.e. his next door neighbour

Blogs are a funny old medium. It puts you in touch with the world and is a release for whatever creativity you may have. Telling folk about 'blog' is always interesting.
There is my mother aged 77. I have not even begun to describe blogsphere to her I just tell her my 'penpal' description ... as in I do stuff on the internet (she realises there is this wonderful instant thing that can tell you anything you need to know at a touch of a button. I often look up stuff she is wondering about as I am chatting on the phone) and I have people in loads of countries I am in contact with.
She has met Olga and refers to her as 'the Californian bra'.

My daughter says 'why do you get weird stuff delivered?' when I win competitions on FMB and 'who is Daddypapersurfer?' .. I ask that myself many times lol and 'get MySpace Mum is is so cool' ermm I don't think so I have Facebook and can't keep up with that!!
My friends know I blog and 2 have set their own up and the others including 'Sam' on here pop in and read but don't comment but do e mail and call me to say they are popping in and laugh about it (that is laugh with me not at me btw lol). My niece, however, who I have talked about in my 70s diaries (she is 34 now) has taken on the task to keep her eyes open for anything 70s in charity shops and the like. When she house sat for me when I was in Madrid she left a 1979 Action Man Annual, how cool is she.

It sooo amused me. Just check out the differences in boys and girls annuals. I don't have a girls 1979 annual so used the year before 'Jackie 1978'
I randomly picked page 14


then page 58... bugger, drat and double drat! could have made my fortune and wrote 'Venus and Mars',,,,,,




gawd I almost forgot............. the knitting pattern ...

21st August 1979

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Tuesday 21
Worked 10.10 - 6.10
not busy in the morning but was in the afternoon
Fi came round in the evening
Sam hasn't phoned yet
He phoned at 11.15 pm


As you may or now 70s does not do flying. But despite this did manage a most gorgeous trip to Madrid last week, returning home on the Sunday.

Yesterday the heart of Madrid's people broke when a plane flying to Gran Canaria crashed on the run way upon take off, killing all but a handful of its passengers and crew.

This awful tragedy has hit me quite hard after only being in this most beautiful city a few days previous and been made to feel very welcome by its citizens, their patience and kindness with this nutty English woman who can only point, gesture and say 'Si' & 'mucho gracias' was truly magical.

I would like to extend my heartfelt condolences and prayers to the people who have lost there sons, daughters, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers and children in this most awful accident.

70s x

20th August 1979

'if you don't do as I say the scary elephant will come and get you!'
Monday 20
Got up at 8.00
Sam's neighbour gave us a lift into Stafford
Got the 9.30 train to Liverpool
Miss Sam
Worked 12.00 - 6.00
Went to a silver sale
Mar (Mum) bought me a ring
Ordered 2 lipsticks (mmmm would they be 'silver' lipsticks??)
Phoned Sam at 11.15

well I am so tired after my trip. My body is still on Spain time... get up late... do a bit .. siesta ... bed at 2 am. Unfortunately that just does not fit in with 9 -5 UK working patterns (shame)

So I will just put some more Madrid piccies up and normal 70s links will be resumed soon :-)

8th - 19th August 1979

I have some catching up to do after being away .. not only my diaries but the knitting patterns too.
I know many of you long to see my collection of fine knitwear ideas lol
So here goes ...........

How interesting could a map be.. DP are you stalking me??
Wednesday 8
Walked round La Tranche in the morning
Sun bathed all afternoon = not very hot
Stayed in all night Packed

Friday 8th 2008
Day off work
Cleaned house
Packed and unpacked ... packed again
Niece and kids arrived
Ran through essentials in the house
How to use oven, microwave, grill, central heating, shower
Feed the cats and dog twice a day etc etc
Made great nephew cheese spread butties ('Aunty 70s can I have a cheese butty' please !)
Set great niece on cutting and sticking images on a funky box to keep her make up in
Played table football with G nephew I won .. he is 7 years old !!
he offered to compete with me a PS2 game .. I declined (how awful am I) Ordered taxi for 7.15 am
Glass of wine and bed


did no one tell her to take her rollers out before a photo shoot?
Thursday 9
It rained this morning
The Parkers arrived (friends of Fi's parents)
Went to Timy & the beach
Went to Campbells for a drink = good laugh

Saturday 9th 2008
Set off to Madrid .. on the train .. Manchester/London Euston/ London St. Pancras/Paris Gare de Nord/ Metro to Gare de Austerlitz/Madrid........... (I am not going to tell all here as it will be a future post & it would make this post far to long)



Friday 10
Got up at 8.00 Tidied up & packed (what again!)
Journey thru' France felt very quick
Had an excellent meal in Cherbourg
Went to Arronmanche & Bayeux
Saw the 'beaches' (WW2 beaches & Operation Overlord where my Uncle fought and survived)
Got on the boat at 12.00 midnight


no surely would any man wear this .. straight or gay?

Saturday 11
Come home
Woke up at 4.30am
Got off boat at 6.00 am
Went to Fi's Aunties in Bognor Regis
Journey through Britain = horrible
Traffic Jams everywhere (nothing changes 30 years on)
Met Sam at 7.00
Went to Formby
Didn't realise how much I had missed him (OMG I hit home and instantly went out .. mmm? my teen is back on Saturday after being away 3 weeks and then going out with her boyfriend for a meal in the evening... nothing changes!!)


'I will swap what ever you have in your hand for this pipe'
Sunday 12
Got up at 10.30
Went to town £10.00 wages
Me & Sam went for a walk in the sand dunes all afternoon
he left at 8.00
Phoned Fi
Brother is back from Knebworth


who would have thought of putting lime green with that??
Monday 13
Worked 10.00 - 6.15
Corinna phoned but I was at work (Corinna was my German pen friend.. I guess my Mum would have freaked as she speaks no German)
It poured down at 3.00 and continued until we closed ( we have always had rubbish weather in the summer up North!)
Phone Sam and we had a good natter
One of the girls in work got engaged
Love Sam


my shoes are 2 sizes larger to accommodate the socks!
Tuesday 14
Worked 10.00 - 6.00
Weather = horrible
Had about 30 customers all day
Sewed all night (oo I wonder what I was making?)
Brothers girlfriend came round
Phoned Sam


I am trying these teeth out for a friend!
Wednesday 15 (20 months) (the amount of time I had been dating Sam) worked 10.00 - 6.55
Busy afternoon
Sam's granny came to see me at work
Fi came round in evening
Phoned Sam but he was out
He phoned back seems there is trouble at his house!


I have a 'bum chin' but am rugged!
Thursday 16
Worked 10.00 - 6.20
It rained nearly all day
Stan's 19th birthday
Sam phoned at 10.00 pm cos he was going for a drink
Packed etc


who ever imagined to put orange with my hair??
Friday 17
My older brother came home (I guess it would be from Saudia Arabia)
Worked 10.00 - 4.00
Not very busy
Go to Sam's
Got to Stafford at 6.05
Went to Tillington Hall & the Showground = rubbish
Sat in Dave's van (??)
Home at 1.00 am


excited twins!!
Saturday 18
Got up at 11.00
Watched Sam play football
They lost 7-3 = funny
Went to Props Wine bar and Cinderellas = all drunk
Home at 2.00 am


how pervy do I look??? 'wanna look under my mag???'
Sunday 19
Up at 9.45 (how do you do that after a load of beer and 2.00 am to bed .. oh yes I was 17!!)
Went to Donnington Park Formula 2 = ok
Went to Woolpack & Saracen's Head
Watched 'Samurai'
Bed at 1.00
Really shattered (gosh really???)

post holiday interlude ~

I had all good intentions tonight... to get up to date with my 1979s diary, get stuff scanned and up load holiday photos.

Alas it has been a case of either my computer, ISP or both are still lying on a sun-bed taking up the rays and sticking 2 fingers up at me as I have tried to access the internet, upload, scan etc.
Wading through treacle does not adequately describe the pace it is at ... my PC has been slower than the slowest thing you could ever imagine (so frustrating)

It has speeded up now.. typical as I must go to bed soon. I am back in work tomorrow and have a meeting at 10.00 about an in depth proposal I wrote 6 weeks ago which I have not looked at since I wrote it!!
So full on tomorrow. What a rude awaking after a perfect holiday in the sun with good friends.

www.faceyourmanga.com

THE TRUTH AT LAST!

I’ve had a very good rummage while 70's has been away - fascinating!

In pride of place on the door of the loo is this photograph ………



……. and underneath it says “My fave fabby shoes” …….. mmmmmmmmmm.

I’ve also enlisted these goddesses to picket 70’s blog in the hope that the knitting patterns will become redundant as I've discovered that they are fireproof!



I better go now as she’s due back soon …….. I wonder when her next holiday is? ……. there was one cupboard I couldn’t open!

Holiday interlude 6 ~Madrid

Hi

Just a quick post from a beautiful Madrid. (& just checking my drawers!!)

I so love it here, the culture, the life style (sleeping in the afternoon is so civilised) the architecture.

I have become a photographing lunatic since I arrived. Unfortunately can't down load any until I get home...... so I have just nicked some of the interweave.

My friend who I am staying with has unfortunately had to work this week... when I say work she is on summer hours so finishes at noon (ish)..... so I have been left to my own devices. A Brit abroad who for some unknown reason can only think of words in French and any Spanish I once knew seems to have been left in Manchester.
Anyway I can point and smile sweetly so, so far so good (apart from being ejected from a cafe in the Caixaforum.... I had the audacity to eat my sandwich, which I had bought in there, in the dining area.... doh!!!! oh silly me !! lol).

It is great to mooch around on your own & I certain must have that 'don't even bother trying to sell me anything, ask me for money etc'..... as I have had no hassle at all.
Sat drinking coffee and people watching at Plaza Mayor this morning after shopping in 'Sol'... bliss

Tonight is La Latina festival of La Paloma so I must go and get showered and off for tapas before hand.......... I am staying just down the road from Puerta de Toledo which just a trot away (or should I say staggering distance) from La Latina

CRACKED IT!

At last ……. I’ve managed to break in ……….



……. now for a rummage!

What on earth are those!!!?!

Good grief!

Ah, the knitting patterns ……. now where are my matches? Damn, forgotten them!

I’ll have to come back later ……..

[This post brought to you by Daddy Papersurfer – Professional Blog Breaker – no-one is safe – tee hee]

Holiday interlude 5

oh this has to be Kevin and Sylvie !! lol

Holiday interlude 4

Hopefully I am now in Madrid having a sherry and tapas......

mmm you look surprised! But you have a rolled up magazine .. what is your intent??

Holiday interlude 3

What will today bring ??


Why would you want to dress as your children??

Holiday interlude 2

Today I am on a train to London ... then London to Paris .. then Paris to Madrid.

glorious :-)

I' I am so excited I could wet myself'

Holiday interlude 1

Well I am off on my jollies to Madrid tomorrow, can't wait, I am sooo excited.

Hopefully if I have done this right there will be a knitting pattern published every day in my absence. I hope to pop in every now and then (if I can) and see how you are all doing.

It is 40 degrees in Madrid just now ... it is 18 degrees here... Oh my word.

back on the 17th :-)

'she is wearing an arran sweater .. you have no chance of seeing anything !!'

7th August 1979

is this symbolic.... a confident gun held up high for action and a down pointed gun with a sad face.. just asking??
Tuesday 7
Went to La Tranche market = very hot


Spent loads and loads of money on presents Went to the beach in afternoon Went to Joyce's at night (friends of Fis M&D)

Had loads planned tonight but....... Got in from work.Made my tea. Chatted with my Mum. Went for a long hike with the pup. Chatted with Sunny from Random Place of Mind for almost 2 hours. So achieved nothing I had intended to .. hey ho. I don't care as this is me finished for my summer break.. in 48 hours I will be in Madrid, lashing up the sunshine (40 degrees) and enjoying a glass or 2 of Marques de Caceres white riojca with a good friend ah!!!

6th August 1979

These have to be the same bloke!!

Monday 6
Went to Luçon to a chateau = good
It was very hot
Went to hypermarket
Stayed in all night
Played badmington (badminton) and cards


Today is Wednesday. Usually summed up in my book as 'hump day'... but as tomorrow is my last day in before my hols today has felt like Thursday.

I did venture on 70s a while back to post 'Wonderous Wednesday' to give my lovely readers a helping hand mid week plus I had these images that I had collected.........

just wondering whether I should resurrect it??? (eye candy in what ever form does the soul good!)

5th August1979

meet Mr & Mrs Mustard and their 2 children (will some one tell that boy to stop smiling he is scaring me!!)
Sunday 5

Went to Longeville beach.
We didn't like it so came back here

Went boob and henry spotting (I guess there was a nudist beach around them parts hee hee )
Had an early night
Swapped sleeping places with Fi's brother (huh??)



I am off on my jolly holidays in a few days. I will try to drop by when I am away and give a Madrid diary entry.
I have so much to do before I go.. namely get the house 'ship shape & Bristol fashion' (for an explanation of this quaint English phrase click here ) as my niece is house sitting for me.
Just been chatting to her for an hour and a half. As it is late here now ... here are some quick Spanish 1970's clips

a bit of Julio Iglesias ~Eurovison 1970


Abba 1979 in Spanish ~ it sounds quite nice


& a contemporary piece (got lost at a tangent in You Tube) .. love Flamenco passionate and intense! Fabulous!

3rd & 4th August 1979

Friday 3
Went to Timy Supermarche
Posted Sam's letter
Went to a little beach in la Tranche
Went to Salle de Jeux
Bought a huge candy floss

Saturday 4
Stayed on the beach all day
Went to Sables d'oinne in the evening (I reckon it was Sables d'olonne)
Had a crepe & bier
Bought a ring = dead good

today Daddy Papersurfer did his impression of this work of art ' Toilet of Venus' by Diego VELÁZQUEZ, which I have called his version 'In Loo of DP'

I am still disturbed that the reflection from the obvious female body reveals the image of DP!!! A thing nightmares are made of!!!

The knitting pattern tonight was taken in a public loo (it must be!) so it is entitled 'Toilet of Knitting'

Oh come on why would you choose a bathroom for a knitting pattern??

A couple of days ago the lovely Nurse Myra posted a blog about being buried alive 'are we dead yet?'. I must admit this hit a cord with 70s as I was incarcerated once as a child when my brothers & a cousin dug a hole, lined it with what ever they could find and told me it would be fun if I got in there !!! (Boys tsk!!)
It got me to thinking about my life in Ainsdale. The garden we enjoyed was HUGE. It had 4 lawns (as it was known as)
1st lawn was a no play area lawn with the roses around the edges my father planted (he loved his roses and plants)
2nd lawn was where the swing was fixed and general play area (you could only play football and cricket there)
3rd lawn was actually the compost heap and veg garden
& the 4th lawn was a massive sand pit (the garden was a sandhill at one time)


This was me C1965 on the first lawn




And this C1968 after they had buried me and I had a stone ready to throw!! How evil do I look??

2nd August 1979

Thursday 2
It was a lovely day
Went down to the beach all day
Got a bit browner
Played tennis
and la boule (love playing boule)
from www.petanque.org thank you
Stayed in all night

I was tagged by lovely Diane over at Much of a Muchness today.
I am a gal who doesn't do many memes but have found this and a few others (4's) quite interesting.
It involves putting in your name followed by 'needs' and hitting google search......
I saw this meme floating about somewhere last night and thought 'oo that looks like fun' so I did do some research then.

First I did my full first name first + needs and got ........
******** needs your prayers (always welcome)
******** needs her privacy (love my privacy)
******** needs numbers (like I 'need' numbers)
******** economic growth (yep more money please boss)
******** needs to lose some damn weight (how true but I didn't write that)
******** needs a good bakery (oo that doesn't fit with the above!)
the first google image with my full first name + needs brought up this lady.. what a great face!

Then I did the name most folk know me by.....

*** needs top pull it back together again (do I??)
*** needs to fight off fatigue (yep my holiday is near!)
*** needs to get out (more lol )
*** needs brain over braun (every time!)
*** needs assessments (:( )
*** needs a stronger man than Snyder (hee hee strong men apply here!)

mmm interesting google image

Then I did 70s + needs
70s NEEDS COSMICT RUNS GOOD (huh???)
70s needs handle, lawnmower push (huh???)
70s needs retirement before retirement (oh absolutely!!)
70s TV show who needs you (a has been show I suspect)
need fix it for poor flushing, old (70s) toilet .. (I stopped here!!)
& the google image .... well blow me down is one from a FMB member Ben Sparks

Check out here to see some more of Ben's photos .. cool

Ok now for my tagged 'victims' lol
B4by
Olga
Nurse Myra
Claire
Bill Blunt
Sylvie
Kevin
John C

I am a little distracted as 'Bridget Jones Diary' is on TV.. now I have a lappytop I can multi task!!

Drowsey Monkey Interlude

70s has been a bad 70s.......

I promised the lovely Olga that I would post something for DM... as it is her first Bloggity day.
I failed to hit the deadline ... I am rubbish at time zones even when I thought I had got this one sussed !!

Love DMs blog ... especially the title ... it sort of says it all really ... great line

' Life is weird, so you better have a sense of humour'

DM is also a fellow 70s teen (see here for Drowsey & Monkey)
& she is also a Corrie Fan ... I always find it astonishing that Coronation Street is popular around the world......... so for DMs Bloggity day here are a couple of photees of the street I took about 10 years ago, when I visited the studios.

& without more of a ta'doo........
my first ever award goes to DM on her 1st Bloggity day

31st July & 1st August 1979

Tuesday 31
Went to Cognac
Visited Hennessy & Martell

Got 2 free samples
Bought Sam's mum & dad some minatures
Went to La Rochelle for a meal = really nice

Wednesday 1
Went to Mothe Achard

It rained and rained
Disco = grotty
Creepy French bloke tried to chat me up
Got back to Camping des Dunes at 11.30 (ah!! so that is where we stayed... Camping Les Dunes )
It was pouring it down

Have been surfing to see what I can find about France in 1979... firstly this Lee Cooper Advert ... I likey :-)



France's Eurovision Song Contest Song ~ je suis l'enfant soleil


A French family preparing and eating a meal on Super 8 cine film


Oh and this bit of bad surfing at la Tranche in 2005 hee hee