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Showing posts with label Van Der Valk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Van Der Valk. Show all posts

Saturday 19 February 2022

Pushing Me To The Limit!

 When all else fails, and the instructions are missing... kick it -
Anon
Welcome to my Saturday 👅
Nice warm hug to start Saturday with.
Breakfast with Brew.
Now to listen to "The Sounds of the 60's"
The Top 3 is from 1969. 
3:
Diana Ross,The Supremes,& The Temptations-
I Gonna Make You Love Me.
2:
Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To (My lovely?)
1:
Amen Corner - (If Paradise) is Half As Nice 
Thermal vest went on.
Now off out.
Dropped off son at work.
Now to do the shopping.
Just parked the car, when a woman came out of Lidl and just was gawping at me, especially when I got out of the car.
Under my facemask, I said:
"Do you want a picture?"
We done the week's shopping.
My younger son did my neighbour's shopping.
Then the rain came down.
Further visits to Food Warehouse, Home Bargains and Morrisons, I stopped in the car.
Then back home, in the rain.
7 parcels were put under the garden table.
I put the coffee maker on,
As well as the soup maker.
Helped put the shopping away.
Now for Coffee
My Godfather books arrived.
Now for some soup!
Gets all my things ready for the Tarot and Crystal Course.
Gets dropped off.
Learns more about crystals and moving onto doing our own Tarot Reading.
That hour went quick.
Bought something to help to learn what colour crystals I need to use during Charka crystal healing.
Gets picked up.
Back home to drop off my Course Paperwork.
Now back out.
I couldn't get what I wanted anywhere else except for Dunelm.
Got it.
Then went somewhere to look at a new gas cooker.
Oh dear, the Salesman had to deal with an awkward customer, so we had to wait.
I was going to wait another 5 mins before leaving.
Some nice new Kennys
The Salesman finally got that sale wrapped up,just in time.
First he tried to flog the warranty for the cooker to me:
3 years - £186
5 years - £214
No thanks
Then for it to be delivered (£20).
Uninstall the old cooker was extra as well.
 £90 to install the new one and take the old one away.
To unwrap the new cooker, was extra.
I told him no thanks for that.
The Plumber we had 3 times before, only charged £60 to uninstall and install the currant gas cooker.
(He didn't like that)
I was waiting for him to knock some off...
(£20 was added on for delivery)
He in the end, knocked off £50.
I only hope they find my house when they delivery next week, as he scrolled down the addresses for my postcode, and my house wasn't on, but my neighbour was. 
The receipt for my oven was given the previous customer, who had already left the store with it, before I got to pay for it! 
They printed another one off for me before I left.
I had to nip back into Dunelm for something.
Oh dear, one person on the till. The queue was backing up, the till operator was asking for more staff to go on the till, no one came.
One woman in the queue behind us, put her stuff down, left the store. Two people who were in the queue after standing there for 10 minutes, decided to put their facemasks on!
I paid for my purchase finally, and out of there I went!
Back home.
Hubby started on the tea.
Quick look in today's newspaper.
 
Lugee Alfredo Giovanni Sacco , known professionally as Lou Christie, is an American soft rock singer-songwriter known for several pop rock hits in the 1960s, including his 1966 US chart-topper "Lightnin' Strikes" and 1969 UK number-two "I'm Gonna Make You Mine". 
He is 79 years old 🎈 
On this day in 1985, 13 million viewers watched the first episode of the BBC1 soap opera, EastEnders. The series was created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland and aimed to rival ITV’s Coronation Street. It was set in the fictional working class London Borough of Walford.
On this day in 1992,

The last episode of the ITV crime drama series, Van der Valk, was broadcast. It featured a detective based in Amsterdam: Simon "Piet" Van Der Valk, played by Barry Foster. There were 32 episodes produced, beginning on 13 September 1972. 
USA No.1 on this day in 1966:
Lou Christle - Lightning Strikes 
USA No.1 on this day in 1972:
Nilsson - Without You 
USA No.1 on this day in 1977: 
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By The Light
Number one when I born.
UK No.1 on this day in 1972:
Chicory Tip - Son Of My Father.
UK No.1 on this day in 1977:
Leo Sayer - When I Need You 
UK No.1 on this day in 2006:
Meck ft Leo Sayer - Thunder In My Heart Again.
We had a nice tea.
I ate it too quick to take a photo.
Oops.
We watched the second episode of season two of Fame.
I noticed one star in this episode, whose name I mentioned BEFORE it was at the credits at the end of the episode.
His name is Richard Venture.
(He appeared in StreetHawk too)
Sleep Tea time.
Lots of letter writing to do tomorrow....
Better rest my writing hand then.



 

 


 

 
 




 

 
 




 

 

 

 

 


Sunday 26 April 2020

Just Above Eye Level!

The difference between light and hard is that you can sleep with a light on - Anon
I was up far too early for a Sunday🎈
I got dressed...
Down the stairs I went..
 I left sleeping beauty in his warm bed.
I gave Sexy Beast a run out↓
 I just pulled up at Tesco Express.
They were closing for an hour.
I went further down the road,
To the other newsagents.
I got my newspaper and headed back home.
Had tea and a lovely hug↓
 I had my younger brother come round.
I made sure the 2 meter rule was being used.
 He can't believe the Prodical brother is trying to screw us over by those questionable invoices.
He left with some empty boxes from Friday's delivery.
Now for a light lunch↓
 Getting tanned↑
After an hour of the sunshine.
Time for a nap.
Felt a lot better after that.
Not to do the evening meal↓
  Pork Loin,Melon,Rice with Red Onion
Now to bingewatch some more↓
 Van Der Valk was treading on Twitter.
It had been remade.
I much prefer the Barry Foster version↓
(The full length version is the end of this blog post)
Looked in the newspaper for today's Birthdays↓
 Gary  Wright  is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and composer best known for his 1976 hit songs "Dream Weaver" and "Love Is Alive", and for his role in helping establish the synthesizer as a leading instrument in rock and pop music.He is 77 years old🎈
 Warren Clarke was an English actor. He appeared in many films after a significant role as Dim in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange. His television appearances included Dalziel and Pascoe (as Detective Superintendent Andy Dalziel), The Manageress and Sleepers.He would have been 73 years old 🎈
He died aged 67 in 2014.
Nerina Pallot  is a British singer, songwriter and producer, who has released five albums and over a dozen EPs. She was nominated for British Female Solo Artist at the 2007 BRIT Awards and nominated for an Ivor Novello Award for "Sophia" in the category of 'Best Song (musically and lyrically)' in the same year.She is 46 years 🎈
 George Jones  was an American musician, singer and songwriter. He achieved international fame for his long list of hit records, including his best-known song "He Stopped Loving Her Today", as well as his distinctive voice and phrasing. For the last twenty years of his life, Jones was frequently referred to as the greatest living country singer.
He died aged 81 in 2013.
Back on a tiny Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡 tomorrow.....