I think a whole review is needed on this El to be honest

Happy birthday Kia! And birthday master lark I hope they both have a wonderful day El, awful about the pensions, the entire state of the system is frustrating! Politicians will no doubt have a lovely private pension but joe public are left at the mercy of whatever state the country is in at the time

Aww Summer 

Son just back from town , he says thats lovely x Kia went back to bed  .

 
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Isnt this just lovely for Easter/ Gd,s 5th birthday. Yes i know a bit early.. but.. Off to check out the site! 

I think the new series of Call the Midwife which starts on Sunday 20th is being shown at 8pm (not sure what happens to Antiques Roadshow, may move to 7pm). That should mean that it should be possible to watch CTM followed by Mr Selfridge without the two clashing.

Thanks El, maybe Scotland will be different, i shall check  x

Many Happy Returns to your son, Skylark. I bought him a wee gift.

And I got a cake for Kia.

Thanks El. I'll probably end up recording both of them.

Aww thanks Yogi, he will wear that with pride at Hampden Park  

Kia says thanks too 

Son and girlfriend out for the evening, she has the highest heels on, so on standby for ankle break! Hope not, and not sure why she has to wear them, maybe the height thing is coming into it..we shall see..

Most of the young girls are wearing heels like stilts atm, and half of them can't walk in them. Fingers crossed she doesn't come a cropper.

 

My youngest son inherited his lack of height gene from my side of the family and he liked it when the girls were all wearing little ballet pumps.

Wow    

 

Hibbees tops are where it's at  

I think Skylark's son would agree with you.

Oh, well it works all ways doesnt it? You do feel for them tho, venturing out, so to speak x

They'll cope, they come from good stock.

Indeed 

My mum bought me one of those slanket things (a cross between a dressing gown and a blanket) - no idea why!. I'm thinking of trying it out while I'm watching CBB. Just hope the phone doesn't ring, or I'll break a leg, trying to answer it.

 I bought my daughter one, she is always cold . Cant remember the name now, but the same thing. Dont get tangled up in it !
Signing out, goodnight, sleep well all  

I'll try not to!

Goodnight Skylark, sweet dreams.

Skylark that's a seriously cute/chic outfit, I hope it's in stock and she loves it I would wear it in grown up size! With a flower in my hair Really high heels are in, and boys like them Yogi I hope you're safe in your slanket

Slanket is lovely and soft but I wouldn't want to have to stand up in it.

After that interesting episode of CBB, I'm toddling off to bed.

Goodnight Summer, sleep well.

It's the best CBB in ages, I've actually watched most episodes Sweet dreams yogi, I was going to suggest we invent a 3/4 length slanket but they would defeat the purpose of it wouldn't it This one has a Xmas tree behind it

Good morning everyone

 

Cold, sunny and frosty here. Snow tonight, but later on Monday it's more likely to be rain. Tuesday onwards forecast to be very cold and could well be like that for several weeks.

 

I saw The Band Wagon (1953) again last night. One of Fred Astaire's best films. It contains one of my favourite numbers - Triplets, which always makes me smile:

Lol El! That's very peculiar but funny at the same time, how did they do it? Good morning everyone I've got to get cracking, I promised mr summer if assist him clay pidgeon shooting today and miss bramble will need a little walk first Have a lovely morning, I'll be back this afternoon

Summer, I don't know how they filmed Triplets. IMBD says that they were filmed whilst on their knees and Nanette Fabray had to take pain killers as a result. It is a rather odd number and is not typical of the film as a whole but I like it because of its oddity.

Good morning everyone, I remember watching that film and they definitely did the triplets thing on their knees, it was amusing but odd.

 

Those slankets do look cosy but as you say can be difficult if you have to leap up suddenly.  Onesies are cosy too but you would feel daft wearing them I think.  To people of my age they definitely look like giant babygro's but the young ones seem to love them.  The girls do look lovely in their high heels like colts but they have got to be painful for extended wear.  I know from some books that I read that lots of girls have shoes which are purely from going from car to bar.

 

Will you have a go at the clay pigeon shooting yourself Summer?

 

Summer, I hope you and Mr Summer enjoyed the clay pigeon shooting today.

 

Good afternoon everyone. It's been snowing on and off all day. So far, it hasn't really settled, so no disruptions or inconvenience.

I remember that clip of "the triplets", El. One thing I noticed on watching it again, was that Nanette was lifting her "feet" much higher than the two men, so perhaps that's why her knees ached so much with the impact.

Summer, enjoy your day and I hope your weather is better than mine.

For anyone who missed it the series on Chatsworth is starting on BBC1 at 3.25 this afternoon, hope everyone sees this in time.

Oh how spooky- I'm watching chatsworth right now! I missed it first time round so I'm delighted its being shown again I'm currently bugging mr summer by saying "look! I've walked there! I've seen that!" Clay pidgeon shooting was great, it took a bit longer than planned because we sometimes had to wait in a little queue. I was lucky enough to have a little go if we found ourselves with no one waiting behind us, and the clay looked easy enough. I'm delighted to report that I hit my first clay in fact, I hit 4 out of 5! Mr summer was very proud lol

Ooh yogi, how pretty! We had a teeny sprinkle during the night and nothing since, it's been a clear, sunny & very cold day here. We might get some tonight & tomorrow though

I should imagine doing so many takes on the knees should have been very painful, I wonder if nanette's ever recovered properly. Mine were tender when we first got Bramble, I spent a lot of time on the floor back then

Well done on the clay pigeon shooting Summer

She's the forum Annie Oakley by the sounds of it  

Thanks squiggle, I surprised myself when I hit the first one lol Are you watching ski Sunday? I love it

I'm not sure who Annie is velvet but thank you

Annie was an American exhibition shooter, Summer.

Well done on your shooting today - and no animals were killed in the process.

Oh how cool, thank you yogi ~Sweet Annie~ I like it lol Turns out, there's not just clay pigeons, there's also clay rabbits & ducks I definitely couldn't kill a real animal yogi, I would feel sick to my stomach. Clay discs, no worries

Well done, Summer

 

Annie Oakley as in Annie Get Your Gun.

Nanette Fabray appeared on the Sid Caesar show after The Band Wagon.

I found a couple of muscial sketches of them which are mildly amusing.

The first is sort of based on the opera Pagliacci.

It's regarded as a classic but I prefer the second one:

No I'm not watching it, I've been on the phone and catching up with last nights CBB