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Points: 19312 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 27 2008 at 09:43
^^^ GOURANGA....Big%20smile
 
 
 
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

I don't remember that one, but I do wonder every time I pass the M40 junction on the M25 why someone painted "PEAS" in six foot high letters on the viaduct...
They were going to write "PEASANTS RULE OK" but ran out of paint.
 
 
they fell off the bloody bridge....Pinch Cry
 
 
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I always wonder why people bother to graffiti canal tunnels... navees are just such pleasant people who abide by the rules (except those who hire those awful white plastic atrocities and have no clue) and the last thing they want to see when travelling through a canal tunnel are some words of wisdom from some 14 year numpty.

I always look out for the homeless spot just as you come off the Motorway coming into London.  I've never actually seen anyone occupying the area but there but there are always boxes there where they live.  In fact, I heard it was just the one guy who lived there and he's lived there for years.  Does anyone know?
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Originally posted by James James wrote:

I always wonder why people bother to graffiti canal tunnels... navees are just such pleasant people who abide by the rules (except those who hire those awful white plastic atrocities and have no clue) and the last thing they want to see when travelling through a canal tunnel are some words of wisdom from some 14 year numpty.I always look out for the homeless spot just as you come off the Motorway coming into London.  I've never actually seen anyone occupying the area but there but there are always boxes there where they live.  In fact, I heard it was just the one guy who lived there and he's lived there for years.  Does anyone know?


Which motorway,James?

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^^^ Hi Lee,
 
Just dropping by to say that Stackridge were interviewed on BBC breakfast this morniong, about performing at Glastonbury for the first time in 38 years... apparently, they were the first ever act on, in 1970!Smile
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oh...and as per your recommendation, I've been able to borrow some Thomas Tallis from a neighbour:
 
 
^^ not quite this one, but by the same choir, director, and in the same series...so, thanks for the recommendation...Approve
 
while I was at it, I also grabbed this one out of his collection, too:
 
 
 
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Morning,Jared.

Drat! I missed the Stackridge interview.I wonder if Jay-Z will watch them at Glasters?

The Tallis Spem in Alium is excellent.I have it on a cd that also includes Ralph Vaughan-Williams and Elgar.Great stuff.

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^^the one I'm listening to includes:
 
Messe 'Puer natus est'
Motet 'Suscipe quaeso Domine'
 
and
 
Motet 'Salvator mundi'
 
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I have Kronos Quartet doing "Spem in Alium" but of course, there's not choral part to it, which suits me fine!

Lee, the M4 into London.  As you come off, you pass next to the underpart of the Motorway and that's where the homeless guy lives.

I'll see if Google comes up with anything.

Oh and yes, I heard Stackridge mentioned on Radio 4 as well and thought of you.  You need to bring back the signature again. Wink
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Dah! What's the world come too???? Doing my round of the dormitories before lights-out and happened to looked in on the Swade Room to make sure they're not wiping their snotty mits all over the furniture and the like and what do I find???  They're discussing music for pity's sake!! So I run to the sanctity of the Grey Room and they're doing it in here as well -  on a Sunday! At this rate we'll get bumped into the PML and we'll have to get all pretentious and pompous and stuff and talk about layering and counterpoint and baroque modulation.
 
Anyhoo - dragging this room back to more apposite matters - Lopped the top off my Eucalyptus today - me, armed with a Japanese pruning saw, atop a wobbly step-ladder attacking an 15-foot gum-tree... discovered that the smell of eucalyptus attracts cats, either that or they were concerned for my safety... or they were all a little congested today... or high on catmint... or they are really kola's in disguise... I have my suspicions...
 
 
Having survive the ladder once, I then pruned my damson tree (pruning the prunus) - proved to be a far more resistant foe and actually fought back - I'm now a mass of scratches and grazes, yet still failed to fall from the ladder, which is a bonus - however, I gave up halfway through due to heat exhaustion and the need for liquid sustenance - so I now own a punk damson, complete with a spikey Mohican.
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You've been very busy with your pruning,Dean.You have also pruned off your Darq.


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Has the Darq one seen the light? 
 
before I know it, what with Gecko becoming James, and DarqDean becoming Dean........I might start using my real nameShocked
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

armed with a Japanese pruning saw, atop a wobbly step-ladder attacking an 15-foot gum-tree


Enduring image, Dean & a fine way to spend the weekend, very Grey!

We've had to take a big-decision - Our garden has now been given up on for the year (been so busy inside the house, the garden's completely overgrown & beyond all but the most serious education/Agent-Orange); we shall just keep the lawn tidy until the end of the growing season, then there will be a skip involved in autumn... everything down to the ground, except those shrubs most loved & start from scratch...

Mind you - our chillies are growing bloody well (first time ever tried to grow them - really easy )

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Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

We've had to take a big-decision - Our garden has now been given up on for the year (been so busy inside the house, the garden's completely overgrown & beyond all but the most serious education/Agent-Orange); we shall just keep the lawn tidy until the end of the growing season, then there will be a skip involved in autumn... everything down to the ground, except those shrubs most loved & start from scratch...

Mind you - our chillies are growing bloody well (first time ever tried to grow them - really easy )
One year we 'gave-up' and just kicked-back and enjoyed the garden over Summer instead of continually weeding, planting and maintaining. The following Spring was hard-work, but worth it.
 
I'm still picking last years chillies, and started a new crop for this year. Last year's were little orange habaneros, which I love, but are too strong for Alex, so this year's are a (hopefully) less fiery variety and will be used to make chili con carne and gambas pil pil. Approve
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

One year we 'gave-up' and just kicked-back and enjoyed the garden over Summer instead of continually weeding, planting and maintaining. The following Spring was hard-work, but worth it


This is mine & Vicky's view - we've been busy virtually every weekend we've had free in the last couple of months de-cluttering the house (if I go to the dump recycling centre much more, they'll charge me council tax as a 2nd home), ie the whole of the growing season so far, so although the lawns are OK, all the beds are disaster areas & I'm in danger of losing access to my shed door (it's that bad...).

Maybe I should pick a Saturday in autumn, get in some food & beers & invite everyone round with machetes, bill hooks & scythes for a gardening day to remember!

...that's not a bad idea, actually...

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I'm happy to come round and assist with the food and beer from the comfort of a garden chair, but as for the gardening...
 
Who was it who said "I love work, I could watch it all day"?
 
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I can imagine the look on your neighbours' faces when an army of Grey Roomer's march down your street wielding machetes, bill hooks & scythes... LOL  (baggsie the scythe - Debs has a 'Scottish Widows' style cloak I can borrow for the day Evil%20Smile)
 
We somehow managed to buy yet more garden/patio furniture this weekend - when asked where we're going to put it all, Debs said we need to build an extension... on the shed... now I know why I married her! Clap
 
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Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

armed with a Japanese pruning saw, atop a wobbly step-ladder attacking an 15-foot gum-tree


Enduring image, Dean & a fine way to spend the weekend, very Grey!

We've had to take a big-decision - Our garden has now been given up on for the year (been so busy inside the house, the garden's completely overgrown & beyond all but the most serious education/Agent-Orange); we shall just keep the lawn tidy until the end of the growing season, then there will be a skip involved in autumn... everything down to the ground, except those shrubs most loved & start from scratch...

Mind you - our chillies are growing bloody well (first time ever tried to grow them - really easy )


Even my lawn is failing - I think I have a grub problem.  Angry

I think my plan is to relax on Friday (July 4th holiday) and then Saturday I'm going to have to get to work on the lawn as well as another round of weeding.
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

  They're discussing music for pity's sake!! So I run to the sanctity of the Grey Room and they're doing it in here as well -  on a Sunday!  
 
this was all my fault... I lead Lee down the slippery path of temptation, I'm afraid.....Embarrassed
 
I promise I shall not talk about music again...Unhappy
 
until, in typical 'Grey' fashion, I eventually forget the promise I've just made...Confused
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

I can imagine the look on your neighbours' faces when an army of Grey Roomer's march down your street wielding machetes, bill hooks & scythes... LOL  (baggsie the scythe - Debs has a 'Scottish Widows' style cloak I can borrow for the day Evil%20Smile)


It would be worth it just for the sight of PA's own Army Of Darkness descending on our shrubbery

Incidentally, the beer & food will be hidden in the undergrowth, thereby ensuring reasonably careful hacking & also that the undergrowth gets demolished before the barrel...

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