Shipping forecast fun
continues unabated.
We got this:
with this accompanying note:
"As requested by huge public demand, a recent picture of Bailey. It may not what be you expected, but to justify it, I actually grew up within earshot of Gorleston lifeboat maroons. (Different shipping area, but still valid, I think.) So are there any Rockalls out there? Or maybe a Portland Bill? Or even Heligolands? See you on the beach. Jennifer Bailey."
Ahem. Belinda sends this "rather dreadful picture of the Humber Shipping region, looking out into the far distance which is the Thames region (if you squint). It's not as artistic as the previous contributions but water is water after all."
And Gossipmistress send this:
"Antony Gormley's figures looking out to sea area 'Irish Sea' from Crosby Beach. They get submerged, to varying degrees when the tide comes in and some of them have barnacles on their bottoms!"
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Hahahahahaha! Oh what fun! Thank you Jennifer, Belinda and Gossipmisress, and Eddie for putting them on the Blog
Btw, what is tha latest news on Antony Gormley's figures? I heard that there were safety issues, because they are submerged and are a hidden danger. Personally I think they are wonderful.
There are warnings of gales in Bailey and Southeast Iceland.
nice pictures
(I must be channelling silver-fox...)
Gossipmistress - thanks for the pic! I think they look amazing; so glad they were allowed to stay. Would love to see them in 'person'.
Happy birthday Jennifer (belatedly, I'm guessing? Unless the balloon-holding was early or on behalf of someone else, in which case, simply "Hello!")
Nice photos all. I have barnacles on my bottom too...
Gossipmistress:
That's enough naughtiness for one day from you!
Firstly: strapline The Big Sister of the Today Programme - great fun, thanks.
Question - Does that make me the equivalent of John Humphrys? Or am I Eddie? (I know I'm confused and laughing in equal measure).
Secondly: barnacles on bottoms. I'll have to go to Crosby Beach to check this out. Actually, I'd like to do that anyway. But I gather they won't be there for long now, which is a shame.
Just get solar-powered flashing lights fitted on their heads - that should fix the problem.
Ap(5) Barnacles on your bottom eh?
I've got a periwinkle.
I'm think the barnacled bottoms are staying at Crosby now, so plenty of time to come and see them! (I took the photo yesterday)
i did warn you all that it wouldn't be what you might expect, but my large public demanded.
Thank you for the birthday wishes, Aperitif. (5) No, I wasn't holding someone else's balloon before my own birthday. (flattery appreciated) I celebrated my bus pass birthday about a month ago. The badge was on a card from my husband and reads:
I'M GROWING OLD DISGRACEFULLY.
So as I'm honour bound to live up to that, I sent in the photo.
I've started life as an OAP as I mean to go on.
Watch this space!
P.S. Thanks for the warning, Lou (2) I'll take appropriate precautions. But no barnacles in the offing at present.
GM: That's great news. I thought the planners were worried about Health and Safety, or something? But I know there was an outcry.
A triumph for tourism over bureaucracy?
RJD (8) On your bottom??? Tee hee.
OK, I take it back -- no barnacles; just Mickey Mouse. (Am "working" at home today and still wearing my pyjamas...)
Going to replace Mickey with something more appropriate now and go and have half an hour of fresh air :-)
12. At 02:28 PM on 26 Mar 2007, Aperitif wrote
still wearing my pyjamas
Umm, I hope that this is not necessary, Appy, but I just wanted to check. When you altered the clocks in your house yesterday you did only move them forward by one hour . . . didn't you?
By the way, when I first read about Mickey Mouse, I thought that you might have been referring to a tattoo on your posterity. Thank you for clarifying what you meant so quickley.
H.
Appy (12) are you sure you're not a scouser?
Round here they wear pyjamas to go to Te***o's. Or even A**a. And they bring their animals in to the surgery wearing pyjamas & slippers (ok ok, not the animals, the owners!)
I have a theory that they'll try to get the whole country doing it as part of their 2008 'Capital of (ahem!) Culture'!
I promise that I got showered and put proper clothes on before I went outside. I was merely enjoying the decadence of not having to get dressed before doing some work for as long as was possible. I now have a denim skirt on my bottom. Liverpool is another place I have never been to (ref Valery and the Alston question) although I imagine its culture is delightful :-)
GM (14) THEY? Are you sure that you do not mean WE? Okay, not the animals. Possibly not the owners. The vets?
H.
PS Big Sis - thanks! Glad you liked your Strapline!
Nothing wrong with pyjamas - it's the perogative of the home-worker to wear what's comfy. The only problem is when someone turns up at the door unexpectedly at about, say, 3 in the afternoon. You have to try to look like a grumpy shift worker who's just had to climb out of bed to answer the door!
Aperitif - don't think you qualify then... you need to get at least as far as the corner shop in your PJ's and slippers!
Humph - Well the vets do wear scrubs some of the time, but they're not brushed cotton with teddy bears on.......
Appy and Gm....my teenage daughter is also a member of the P.J. club. When she stays overnight with her friends in the posh bit of the town it is their custom to nip over to Waitrose in their PJs to buy their Sunday treats - sweets, biscuits and Okay magazine, and meet up with fellow reprobates. I like to think it lowers the tone.
Valery (18) Yep, done that one before.
Gossipmistress (19) I imagine it Really Wouldn't Do around here. I've oft stepped into my back garden, through which there is a public right of way, in my PJs though. Is that a start?
Gillian (20) I like it! Somehow being a group of teenagers gives it a certain charm though. One thirty-something woman on her own would probably be arrested, no? I'm now convinced that this will be on my mind and result in much solo giggling next time I'm in Waitrose...
Gillian (20)
There is a copy of that magazine in our tea room. A colleague has pointed out to me that is has 17 photographs of an unknown woman and her new baby. So, yes, I think the magazine does lower the tone of the supermarket.
Do they go back to bed to "Read" the magazine?
Now see what you've done - I made sure I was dressed before I summoned up the Blog today!
Aperitif/Gillian/Val et al - I've heard of teenagers doing the same in Kingston (London, not Jamaica!)
In Liverpool it's all ages, on their own or in groups, but always only women. I've always wanted to ask if that was what they were sleeping in or if they change into them when they get out of bed!
Appy - go on - you know you want to... the most difficult bit is getting beyond that garden gate!
Vyle Hernia (22) Stays overnight.....friends..... teenagers.....Who said anything about bed?!
Um, I go to the gym/swimming pool without any make-up on...?...
Appy (26) Well, so do I!!!
As someone who also works from home, I can only endorse the delights of dressing down, or not dressing at all. It's one of the perks.
Mind you, Appy, don't you find that the time of year has something to do with the desire to stay in PJs? All through the winter, the urge to dress in 'day' clothes is diminished, in my case, 'cos 'nightwear' is at just the right temperature. Perhaps it's the human version of hibernation. Come summer, though, I rush to shower and change in the morning. At the moment, I find I'm in a transitional phase, and am 'dressed' by mid morning.
Why are we sharing all these secrets? And, if there's a froggers' gettogether, how will we now keep straight faces?
It's a bodyclock thing.
Big Sis - I totally agree. Oops BT engineer just arrived at door looking for an address. Fortunately I am wearing what TD calls my Furry Pyjamas today (fleecy, so potentially a tracksuit to the passing glance of uninvited callers).
Big Sister (28) The only way I can envisage a froggers' get-together is with everyone grinning, sharing knowing looks and expressing surprise that you person you thought of as ''she'' is really a ''he''.
A good time guaranteed for all!
Now, that's odd. When I posted 28, the Bodyclock bit came before the "why are we sharing ..." bit. Which makes more sense. Do the editors also edit our offerings?
Fearless (27), Ah, but do you wear a sock??? :-)
Big Sis (28), I know exactly what you mean, but I was having a really odd one -- it was really sunny and I didn't get dressed until mid afternoon. No such decadence today though -- I have to go out in a little while. And I absolutely must go to the office tomorrow, so I guess I'll have to dress properly for that. :-(
With all this talk of wearing pyjamas, not getting dressed etc., I'd just like to let everyone know, that although I am not at home but sitting in the office, underneath all my clothes, I am completely naked.
Appy (32) Unfortunately the sock-wearing is a sore point at the moment. It's 3 months since the end of it, and all the improvement has gone, and it's back worse than ever :(( I now look like a panda bear around the eyes, but red, not black. Suffice to say, I'm not a happy FFred
RJD: How about letting the rest of the office know?
And (blush) so am I.
Fearless: A red panda? Maybe a bit like this
one?
Oh dear, html didn't work there, so I'll repeat the link in the clunky way for you, Fred
Oh dear Fearless! I'm really sorry to hear that. I don't suppose it's any consolation to know that I imagine you to be a very cute panda? Nope, thought not, but I do, all the same. What are you going to do? Back to Sock Central? Or is there something else you can try? I hope it's not stress-related: I think stress is bad for everything anyone ever suffers from. Hope you get to relax soon, if so.
Big Sis, where did you find that photo of me?!? I don't remember posing for it...
Appy, Thanks for the thoughts:-) I probably won't be allowed back to Sock Central for at least a year (they limit the amopunt of sock-wearing that someone's allowed to do over a 12 month period). So, until then I have to just battle on:( I hope it's not stress, as I get stressed about it, so it'd be a positive feedback loop... A cute panda, huh? Well, that's a little consolation :-) I've left a large bag og Seabrooks salt & vinegar behind the bar, just for you
Thank you Fearless, how kind! (Looking at Big Sis's photo I see I was right -- what a gorgeous creature!)
For my frogging friends, nothing's too good:) I must say I'm nowhere near as cute or gorgeous as Big Sis's photo, as those who have tracked down my photo in the other place can no doubt admit:-) It's nice to be compared to something that cute, though:-)
I beg to differ!