Ronnie
is, as you can see, a woman. Veronica, really but we don't call her that.
She completed the London Marathon on Sunday and soon will leave the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ after 300 years. About 200 years ago, we worked together at Five Live. She was fantastic, and for all I know, still is. Anyway she sent round some snaps from Sunday and I emailed her to ask if I could post them here. She said I could put them "wheresoever you like - as long as you credit me with having taught you all you know."
She sort of did actually. She taught me, put up with me, and once broke a wall at my house. She's the sort of person you always hope you'll work with again. But since that's unlikely now - here are the snaps. 
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Well done Ronnie! And thanks for making Mr Mair what he is :)
Good on yer, Ronnie! Well done, and good luck in the future.
Pssssst, Eddie! Not enough gossip.....where's she going? Why? What did you do to upset her....? ;o)
Eddie - How many marathons have you completed?
"She taught me, put up with me, and once broke a wall at my house."
Ahah, I rather suspect that therein lies an interesting anecdote?
Very well done to Ronnie, and tell her she's looking good for her age :o)
Btw, did the women behind her in the second pic really run with their handbags over their shoulders??
She "once broke a wall at my house"?
How? Should File on Four investigate?
RJD (3)...it's (ahem) a marathon on PM every day....?
Ronnie, that's a wonderful acheivement to have run a marathin. I know there's no way I could do that:-) (Plus, you had to teach Eddie as well, what a star!)
RJD @ (3)
They're called Snickers these days, still very nice chocolate though.
Very well done to Ronnie.
Thinking about it, it may well have been Ronnie who taught Eddie how to run a disorderly house - a lesson that's clearly been transferred to the Blog!
Well done, Ronnie. In my book, anyone who runs a few hundred yards without having a heart attack should get a medal. Now, Eric, would that include you??
And I add my vote to those who think that the wall incident needs explaining.
RJD (3) it is (ahem) a marathon on Pm every day....?
Well, Perky, I'll second that.
Eddie for 2008 floraman.
Indeed, I posted something to that effect, which appears to have fallen foul of the mods. Or Eddie?
C'mon - sign up now, Eddie! All the Froggers will sponsor you and even be there to cheer you on. If Ronnie can do it, so can you.
Perhaps we should have a Frogathon, although I'm not sure what form it would take. I suspect alcohol might play a part though ;-)
Leapfrogging, perhaps, Perky?
Well done Ronnie.
Excellent, Big Sis! I can see it now; leapfrogging practice going on in small corners all over the country. Should we have a regional Frog-off before the final competition?
They were only playing leap frog
They were only playing leap frog
They were only playing leap frog
When one staff officer jumped right over another staff officer's back.
How do you look that good after running a marathon?Also fed up of those older french women who look brilliant discussing election.
Okay, so let's start the sign up for the 2008 PM LeapFrogathon.
First on the list: Big Sis
Ronnie -
Was that Andrew Neill you were overtaking??
xx
LadyP
Eddie (6)
Well, we did laugh..........!!
Mollyxx
I'm up for a LeapFrogathon. I'll be over on the beach, practising - once I can find someone to bend over for me - if you see what I mean.
Oh dear.
Perky, I think you might want to head over to the Naughty Step before anyone else suggests it :-)
Gosh ! She looks loverly ! How come you didn't end up getting married ?
Well done, Ronnie!
But what is she doing advertising Fl*ra? (other spreads are available). Tsk. Is that because she's left the Beeb?
Is that the Ronnie who used to work in 'Afternoon Sequence' back in the 1980s?
Fearless - *Hangs her head in shame*
I'm sorry. Honestly.
FF (22) - I thought that's what they did in the naughty corner all the time - that's why they like going there so much!
No need to be sorry, Perks :-) No doubt RJDStopit will be along to the Step shortly to keep you company. It's always fun to have a fnar fnar moment in the middle of the day to bring a big smile to my face :-D
Well done Ronnie!
I add my voice to the call for more on the wall incident.
Eddie (6), Is that along with the six cups of coffee?
When I was little I would hear the ad for Marathon and think "Oh I must try the rhubarb version! That sounds lovely!" but I would never remember about it when in the sweet shop :-( Terrible shame.
Ap (28) - Either you are on something that you shouldn't be or I'm not on something that I would enjoy. A rhubarb version of marathon?
RJD (29), The ad went something like this:
"Try a Marathon today -- here, some words and pictures about the general taste which I forget, then -- Mmm! Peanuts and caramel! Mmm! Peanuts and rhubarb! Try a Marathon today..."
Thunk I "Well, I don't like caramel much so I won't get that one, and, although I'm not keen on peanuts the rhubarb in the second version sounds lovely! It will more than make up for peanuts! I must remember to try one!"
Many years later I recalled that I had never done so, and simultanueouly realised that the ad wasn't offering two different versions of a Marathon, but that "Mmm! Peanuts and caramel! Mmm! Peanuts and nougat!" all referred to the same product. And that "nougat" rhymes with "rhubarb" rather than "bug it".
I'm glad, now, that I never remembered in the sweet shop. The disappointment would've been too much to bear.
Nurse! Nurse! Ap's rambling again! Can you not ask the doctor to increase the dosage?
Yes please nurse -- extra rhubarb!
Rhubarb is a great restorative, a purgative too methinks!