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Re mums driving Lesley she did some yesterday and her knee swelled up, my niece got a right earful from my sister making my mum drive why i was reluctant.
Cd is actually very good Michael Crawford is excellent
Reply #2841. Jun 16 11, 12:50 PM
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| lesley153
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Oh dear - don't you just despair of family politics?
Why did her knee swell up, did it hurt, did the swelling go down quickly? And how exactly did your niece "make" your mother do something she didn't want to?
A bit of sensible concern's nice. Too much concern isn't. All it does it destroy your confidence. Your mother needs to keep trying, if she wants to get back into the saddle again, and she needs to be the one to decide how much she feels like doing. I assume that she isn't planning to give up driving and start relying on lifts and taxis? |
Reply #2842. Jun 16 11, 3:18 PM
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| lesley153
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| PS Michael Crawford is a good singer. Shame that he has allowed himself to be forever identified with that dreadful Frank and Betty thing. (Apologies to anyone who enjoys seeing a grown man basing his character on a four-year-old girl.) |
Reply #2843. Jun 16 11, 3:21 PM
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satguru
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Mm, I godda liddle problem... De dog's done a whoopsie on de carpet. Oh dear...
Reply #2844. Jun 16 11, 7:21 PM
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| lesley153
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| Thanks, David. Just what I needed. :) |
Reply #2845. Jun 16 11, 7:53 PM
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Professer
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thought it was ooh betty the cats done a whoopsie in my beret lol
Lesley my niece had a problmem with a zip in both her school skirt and trousers too needed something sorted, so my mum went and picked her up and took her to asda to get something suited for school.
She had her knee in the leg that is used for the accelerator, i think the reason it swelled is she not driven for 15 weeks so knee not used to that position it went down overnight,was sore yesterday after taking me home. i know she needs to keep doing a little and steady build up will have to see.
Reply #2846. Jun 17 11, 1:52 AM
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Professer
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ps yes i like michael crawfords singing have him on my Phantom of the opera CD, also a triple cd of hims singing all sorts of show music and standards now i have the Wizard of oz is good.
Reply #2847. Jun 17 11, 1:54 AM
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Professer
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PPS it was actually the role of Frank Spncer got him the role of the Phantom, i seemed to recall reading that somewhere and there was some opposition to it but when he opened his mouth and sang Music of the night the role was his
Reply #2848. Jun 17 11, 2:30 AM
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| lesley153
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Gary, David rewrote it for my delicate sensibilities. Now I need my sal volatile...
Yes, your mother needs to do a bit at a time and build up, and she needs to do it with encouragement, not the fear of invoking her daughter's wrath.
Crawford was singing long before he was acting - he was a chorister at school, and has a long list of singing and acting credits. I doubt very much that Frank Spencer was any help to him at all - I'm sure he got the part of the Phantom in spite of Frank Spencer! |
Reply #2849. Jun 17 11, 4:47 AM
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| lesley153
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| Yesterday was sunny and warm, and the selfish scum next door spent some twelve hours in the garden, killing the silence. Today it's dull, cold, rainy, which means that the selfish scum next door won't come out. Just one more reason to like the rain. |
Reply #2850. Jun 17 11, 6:59 AM
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Professer
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Wish it would rain just in their garden, you so do not deserve neighbours like that, there has to be some way to take care of the problems they cause legaly.
Reply #2851. Jun 17 11, 7:25 AM
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| lesley153
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Like the cartoons, where it only rains on one house or one person? What a lovely idea!
Legal remedy would be lovely too, but I don't think there's a law against making a noise, raucous or otherwise, in an otherwise quiet area, and there are definitely no laws against Having An Ugly Voice, or screaming and swearing where people can hear you. Well, not yet. |
Reply #2852. Jun 17 11, 8:00 AM
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satguru
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The whoopsie in the beret is just the most popular example, but there were many variations- the donkey's done a whoopsie in the corridor was my favourite and saw it recently on a repeat. I'd never done impressions till he came along and I had to teach myself how to do it, and once you can do one then you can do many more. And I've had a liddle accident...
Reply #2853. Jun 17 11, 8:02 AM
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| lesley153
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Congratulations, now you too can sound like a four-year-old girl! You can't avoid seeing clips, like the one where he careers through traffic on a trolley and ends up crashing into a shop, but I've never managed to watch a whole episode. Correction: I've never managed to watch more than a couple of minutes before cringe kicks in.
But I did see the donkey's done a whoopsie on the Blue Peter studio floor. Does that count? |
Reply #2854. Jun 17 11, 8:54 AM
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Rowena8482
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No because that was no donkey, it was a baby elephant lol :-D
Reply #2855. Jun 17 11, 1:49 PM
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| C30
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Personally I found that Michael Crawford, so called "comedy" about as amusing as a cold, wet, weekend in Blackpool and as entertaining as watching paint dry.
Totally agree with you views on it Lesley.
Reply #2856. Jun 17 11, 2:24 PM
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| lesley153
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Funny-looking donkey.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_Cj2TtFd_E
It was an elephant, and I forgot. *sob* Can I have a new young brain, please, Rowena? :)
Ray, so nice not to be alone. I have no idea what possessed Michele Dotrice to be involved with the programme - even the title was annoying - except I suppose that she too has to eat. |
Reply #2857. Jun 17 11, 2:56 PM
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satguru
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I didn't think Frank Spencer could be so polarising, I'd say it's probably a modern version of Laurel and Hardy and Norman Wisdom and you either love them or hate them. I do seem to remember a second similar event on Blue Peter from Auntie's Bloomers but would have to check, as it vaguely rung a bell as well as the elephant which made me laugh so much I nearly joined it in sympathy.
The whoopsie comments were a variation on a theme, they'd try and get as many animals and locations in once they'd got the formula- there's the dog's done a whoopsie on the dahlias, 'Look at the stars, look at the sky, look at the dog, no, naughty dog! The dog's done a whoopsie on the dahlias! etc. How it starts flooding back with small push...
Reply #2858. Jun 17 11, 6:41 PM
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Professer
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The straight acting role of Norman wisdoms was to prove he could act and it was brilliant.
Reply #2860. Jun 18 11, 12:33 AM
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