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Friday, December 26, 2008

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This is a test post from flickr, a fancy photo sharing thing.

Season's Greetings!


May I wish all my visitors to my Blog the compliments of the season and very best wishes for the comin year.




Monday, December 22, 2008

Christmas Comedy TV

Last night, Channel 5 on UK TV had a three hour long programme devoted to TV’s Greatest Christmas Comedy Moments – I watched most of it and revelled in the rich pickings offered and I will probably watch again when the show repeats on Christmas Eve.
It showed a wonderful variety of writing and acting talent that brought back many chuckles and even belly laughs as I watched familiar and not so familiar shows. There were scenes from Only Fools and Horses, Dad's Army and The Office. Famous Christmas Special moments such as the Morecambe and Wise Show with the newsreader Angela Rippon dancing, Dawn French having too many Christmas dinners as she goes around her parishioners in her guise as the Vicar of Dibley, and from Only Fools and Horses the amazement of Del and Rodney when the sale of their forgotten Harrison watch is sells at auction for millions of pounds, changing their lives forever. OK, perhaps not a very highbrow show and quite predictabled, but one to remind one of the great depth of comedy talent that TV has brought us over many years. Old friends that I had met as guests at my parents’ home in Highgate appeared. Paul Eddington in The Good Life, Graham Crowden in Porridge as the Doctor at Slade Prison telling Fletcher that he’s malingering. Many more too that had me chuckling my way to bed last night. I will try to record the re-run of this programme on Christmas Eve.

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

My World List! December 2008

Before my memory goes completely and as a reminder so that future plans may be made to visit other counties or of course to revisit old favourites, here is a life list of countries visited so far!


England
Wales
Scotland
Argentina
Australia
Bahamas
Bermuda
Colombia
Denmark
Falkland Islands
Fiji
France
Germany
Greece
Holland
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Malta
Mexico
Monaco
Norway
Panama
Portugal
South Africa
South Georgia
Spain
Sweden
Tunisia
Venezuela


AND Antarctica

Canada
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
British Columbia
Quebec

USA
New York
Washington
Washington DC
Montana
Idaho
Louisiana
Oregon
Colorado
Wyoming
Missouri
Arizona
Florida
Hawaii
New Jersey