tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.comments2024-03-16T23:47:24.447+01:00The Compleat Anglo in the Pays BasquePipéradehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10335267015454274676noreply@blogger.comBlogger655125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-33191027135065870552024-01-06T14:05:31.840+01:002024-01-06T14:05:31.840+01:00Your wish is my command!
Pip Your wish is my command!<br />Pip Pipéradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335267015454274676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-67022395099503539622024-01-06T13:16:10.588+01:002024-01-06T13:16:10.588+01:00I have been a lifelong fan of Hank Marvin - well a...I have been a lifelong fan of Hank Marvin - well at least since I was 10 or so.. H.N.Y ! Lesleypottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834163803780455512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-41181475886302114702023-12-29T23:24:29.385+01:002023-12-29T23:24:29.385+01:00Best wishes to you too Lesley.. I'll take each...Best wishes to you too Lesley.. I'll take each year as it comes now. As someone once said, "I no longer buy green bananas!"😁<br />PipPipéradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335267015454274676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-37104873045831314492023-12-29T13:34:26.069+01:002023-12-29T13:34:26.069+01:00Last to comment on the July dateline!!
I wish you ...Last to comment on the July dateline!!<br />I wish you all well for 2024 and further into the future.<br />LesleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-71501665402036845892023-07-03T15:30:42.310+02:002023-07-03T15:30:42.310+02:00There's one benefit to the 'wizened' l...There's one benefit to the 'wizened' look - it hides the mossie bites!☺<br />I'm staying at home today - the roads are guaranteed to be a jungle with many small roads closed off due to the Tour.<br />Pip Pipéradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335267015454274676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-26957739446101733952023-07-03T10:19:29.148+02:002023-07-03T10:19:29.148+02:00Enjoy the proximity of the Tour today.
No mozzies ...Enjoy the proximity of the Tour today.<br />No mozzies here to spoil my smooth skin - one advantage of being closer to the North Pole yet south of Scotland. LesleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-12772076135713004502023-04-22T10:14:21.806+02:002023-04-22T10:14:21.806+02:00Let's blame it all on Brexit! But I wonder whi...Let's blame it all on Brexit! But I wonder which side installed these hoops first that need to be gone through. We were unable to have Sky-officially- even when the Sat. system was available 20yrs ago. Now with most things Digital I suppose its another story.<br />Taking from UK to France a dog now requires an expensive form completed valid I think for only 3 months and we must have more than 6 months of Passport life on our documents. I bet they don't have these restrictions to and fro Switzerland<br /> Lesleypottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834163803780455512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-20441541982005782882022-12-29T20:48:43.363+01:002022-12-29T20:48:43.363+01:00To be honest, I prefer English black pudding (esp ...To be honest, I prefer English black pudding (esp the Lancashire variety) to the French <i>boudin noir</i>.. but the <i>boudin blanc</i> from Montauzer in Bayonne is v special indeed. It only appears in the shop at the end of the year.<br />Why not see if your phone shop can't crank up your phone's volume a notch or two?<br />Happy New Year to you..<br />Pip!Pipéradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335267015454274676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-55226756479688306342022-12-29T15:42:46.780+01:002022-12-29T15:42:46.780+01:00Why is it that Boudain Noir and Blanc become accep...Why is it that Boudain Noir and Blanc become acceptable to eat IF served with apple?<br />Our last Fr. Xmas had a friend offer cocktail sized with apple and they really tasted super. However, I still won't eat Black Pudding <br />I can't hear the new phone's Message call, the volume will not go any higher so I think I've to go to the Doc. and start hearing tests! The big trumpet is too inconvenient. Happy New Year.<br />LesleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-11167661765267810712022-12-01T13:43:13.353+01:002022-12-01T13:43:13.353+01:00You can erase those tunes from your electronic dev...You can erase those tunes from your electronic devices - but they'll remain in your head for ever! <br />You forgot "Sparky's Magic Piano" and "The Old Lady who swallowed a Fly"..!<br />You're going to wake up at 3am now with those tunes going round and round in your head..<br />I've got to learn how our domestic appliances work now!<br />PipPipéradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335267015454274676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-23614826871877563782022-12-01T13:25:30.525+01:002022-12-01T13:25:30.525+01:00I have been updated and now am in the process of c...I have been updated and now am in the process of changeing my favourite songs from dodgy cassettes to Alexa via Spotify. It wont include The Runaway Train or Laughing Policeman that was on the Saturday radio (too many) years ago. <br />Sorry for Claudie's tumble and injury. LesleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-28740441789129378292022-11-22T13:44:08.196+01:002022-11-22T13:44:08.196+01:00I'm in two minds about it all - I really have ...I'm in two minds about it all - I really have no need for an iPhone but I was told otherwise! <br />"Oops - it's switched itself off again. I must have touched the wrong button."<br />Pip Pipéradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335267015454274676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-848705809025329642022-11-22T12:57:45.099+01:002022-11-22T12:57:45.099+01:0022 Nov was my late brother's birthday and I ha...22 Nov was my late brother's birthday and I have connected today with Dallas for many years.<br />Some may say welcome to the C21 . I now have to use my phone with Ciri, texts/messages, Whatsapp and this week I have Alexa! I am still rather in a pickle with it all!!! LesleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-3069867936600829772022-11-09T11:02:23.395+01:002022-11-09T11:02:23.395+01:00I thought it was worth repeating that DIY list. I&...I thought it was worth repeating that DIY list. I've been trying to squeeze much more into each post now as the 300 post limit nears. I think I'll call it a day at that point - I don't think I could face all the faff of starting another blog. <br />Pip <br /> Pipéradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335267015454274676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-55585320065685081692022-11-09T09:47:13.569+01:002022-11-09T09:47:13.569+01:00I remember that you did a DIY list before. I think...I remember that you did a DIY list before. I think that it might have been the first of my contributions to the Comments section. Mind you, then I did not have to scroll down so far to get to this point! LesleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-73647427065209741402022-08-26T13:58:38.014+02:002022-08-26T13:58:38.014+02:00I think they should be!
Like those electric scoote...I think they should be!<br />Like those electric scooters, I don't think they should be allowed out on public roads. <br />PipPipéradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335267015454274676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-72773618181428624512022-08-26T09:20:36.864+02:002022-08-26T09:20:36.864+02:00That Ami has not changed from ugly to cute but if ...That Ami has not changed from ugly to cute but if Tarmac Grey it would blend into the roadscape and become rather difficult to be seen. I wonder if they are involved in more 'accidents'? LesleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-53869234083792313062022-06-19T18:32:44.871+02:002022-06-19T18:32:44.871+02:00No, I'm afraid not. I tend to lurk in the shad...No, I'm afraid not. I tend to lurk in the shadows when cameras appear!<br />Pip Pipéradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335267015454274676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-20269712885911619742022-06-19T15:58:52.182+02:002022-06-19T15:58:52.182+02:00Are you in any of the photographs 1 -> 21 ?
Th...Are you in any of the photographs 1 -> 21 ? <br />There has been great drama and warnings of impending doom with the temperature threatenng to soar. For us north of London it has all been a bit flash in the pan. Nothing like 1976 when we had a Drought Czar etc. But then that was before Globle Warming and the Blame Culture. LesleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-79323632865485108762022-04-24T13:48:38.419+02:002022-04-24T13:48:38.419+02:00Nutty's on two meals a day as well - but he...Nutty's on two meals a day as well - but he's obsessed with his stomach. I once timed him ripping through his bowl in 50 seconds. When he's out walking, he'll pick up anything if he thinks there's a calorie in it. It'll do him no harm at all to slow down. <br />I'm thinking of getting one too!☺ Pipéradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335267015454274676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-13599679868043063802022-04-24T09:43:05.880+02:002022-04-24T09:43:05.880+02:00I have sympathy for Nutty if he has to negotiate t...I have sympathy for Nutty if he has to negotiate that thing! Ted's two meals a day are taken from s/s bowls that fit easily in the dishwasher and the six bowls stack when waiting for their turn to be used. LesleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-52335537850270827422022-03-09T12:53:40.737+01:002022-03-09T12:53:40.737+01:00Haha! You are not alone.. I wouldn't know a ge...Haha! You are not alone.. I wouldn't know a genome from a garden gnome!<br />Pip Pipéradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335267015454274676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-44160847888426265772022-03-09T10:10:09.873+01:002022-03-09T10:10:09.873+01:00Re 8th March I gave up after about 30 seconds! Un...Re 8th March I gave up after about 30 seconds! Understood not one word but the colours were pretty. LesleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-66622649116041505952022-02-18T20:35:50.825+01:002022-02-18T20:35:50.825+01:00Your last comment assumes that I have a memory tha...Your last comment assumes that I have a memory that works..!😉 I can remember things that happened decades ago - but day-to-day stuff is a bit tricky.Pipéradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335267015454274676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-34396430544008859742022-02-18T18:47:02.273+01:002022-02-18T18:47:02.273+01:00To while away a very windy afternoon I've just...To while away a very windy afternoon I've just Googled BFPO Nos and places and found out that HMSs have their own and their own Postcodes. You must have known about this during your Dutch/French service. LesleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com