tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686549576418787314.post5645787030100162796..comments2023-10-18T15:47:58.821+01:00Comments on Truckshunters: Ian Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398143513915223362noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686549576418787314.post-9736645498380129342009-09-29T18:47:49.490+01:002009-09-29T18:47:49.490+01:00Hi Maureen ,
I like Madness in the first degree.
...Hi Maureen ,<br /><br />I like Madness in the first degree.<br /><br />I gotta meet you Dudes n Dudettes, I'm certainly going to get to a meeting soon.Leroy La Strangenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686549576418787314.post-90342079857927673812009-09-27T18:25:57.948+01:002009-09-27T18:25:57.948+01:00Hi Leroy, our extraordinary meetings are just that...Hi Leroy, our extraordinary meetings are just that, arranged on a whim at any time or place that occurs. So really you were right first time, we're just plain barmy!Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12970514527569249776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686549576418787314.post-75307414603014189872009-09-26T18:34:04.442+01:002009-09-26T18:34:04.442+01:00Right then, someone put me out of my misery and le...Right then, someone put me out of my misery and let me into the secret of the "AGM"....... Yearly meetings ???? every month ????<br /><br />Or are you all just Mad as Hatters ?............ (my type of folks)Leroy La Strangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04666618436530104435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686549576418787314.post-87263108384376258442009-09-25T10:54:55.303+01:002009-09-25T10:54:55.303+01:00Hi Val,
Welcome to Blogging and I too hope you ar...Hi Val,<br /><br />Welcome to Blogging and I too hope you are able to come to Saltwell Park on Wednesday. I'm very sorry to learn of your loss, and appreciate the trauma you must be feeling at breaking up the home of someone so close.<br /><br />Well, I've just had to cope with an experience of ageism! A bloke phoned me up saying he was doing a consumer survey on behalf of Newcastle City Council and could I spare a few minutes. I agreed. He asked my if I was the person responsible for shopping in my household. I said I was. He asked my postal code, then went on to ask which age group I was in......18-25 'No'....26-35 'No'.... 36-45 'No'....46-55....'No' 56...65 'Yes' Then he said, 'I'm sorry we already have enough information for your age group.' That put me in my place... on the scrap heap with all the other rejects whose opinions don't count!Viviennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12833185895438448279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686549576418787314.post-38494473168444448772009-09-25T09:33:06.001+01:002009-09-25T09:33:06.001+01:00Welcome Val, it's nice to have you join us. Th...Welcome Val, it's nice to have you join us. That's a lovely poem. I hadn't heard it before. Any chance that you can make it to Saltwell Park next week? We'd love to meet you.<br />Ian knowing your love of festivals I wondered if you had heard about the Split festival taking place on Sunday 4th October? I certainly hadn't!:<br /> "A brand new festival is set to rock Wearside in October. The Split Festival will celebrate the diverse musical<br />heritage of Sunderland, as well as showcasing the cream of the crop of Newcastle-based bands.<br />Taking place at Ashbrooke Sports Club on Sunday 4th October, the event has been organised by several local luminaries including Richard Amundsen (B>E>A>K, This Aint Vegas), Barry Hyde (The Futureheads), Peter Brewis (Field Music), Kenny Sanger (The Bunker) and Claire Dupree (NARC. Magazine), all ably assisted and supported by Chairman and Vice Chairman of the sports club, Rob Deverson and Paul Amundsen.<br />The festival will see a host of local stars grace two stages at the sports ground from 2pm until 9pm. In addition to the music, expect comedy from local comedians, street theatre, market stalls and all sorts of fun and games to be announced soon!"Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12970514527569249776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686549576418787314.post-48917294224520263142009-09-24T23:38:21.926+01:002009-09-24T23:38:21.926+01:00Hi folks
I've been popping in here for ages bu...Hi folks<br />I've been popping in here for ages but haven't had much time to join in. (Ian if I mention June Whitfield and 'home-made' marmalade you may remember my email from just before your show was taken off air!) <br />Sadly since last summer my husband and I have been coping with frequent trips to the south coast to visit my father-in-law who passed away at the end of May, from a brain tumour. Though we're still back and forwards sorting out his affairs etc I'll try to pop in as often as I can.<br />With Hildie and Ian's recent bereavements, I'd just like to share a poem which the celebrant read out at Tom's funeral which we found very comforting.<br /><br />YOU CAN SHED TEARS<br />You can shed tears that he is gone,<br />or you can smile because he has lived.<br />You can close your eyes and pray that he'll come back,<br />or you can open your eyes and see all he's left.<br />Your heart can be empty because you can't see him,<br />or you can be full of the love you have shared.<br />You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday,<br />or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.<br />You can remember him and only that he's gone,<br />or you can cherish his memory and let it live on.<br />You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back,<br />or you can do what he'd want: smile, open your eyes, love and go on. Anon.Valnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686549576418787314.post-78150511703969247992009-09-24T22:47:09.242+01:002009-09-24T22:47:09.242+01:00Ummm .... mysterious!Ummm .... mysterious!Hildiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08859247954480595473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686549576418787314.post-78216685777710975832009-09-24T18:26:38.332+01:002009-09-24T18:26:38.332+01:00I read on despite your warning Ian, and now I can ...I read on despite your warning Ian, and now I can hear my mothers words flooding back. "Let that be a lesson to you".<br />She always said that after I had ignored a warning, and suffered as a result. <br /><br />Hildie, I think you read the book to yourself. Could you imagine the gibberish if you had to do it out loud.lol.<br /><br />I am looking forward to next weeks agm in Saltwell Park. Ian knows the whereabouts of a special tree, there is just the one, and I'm hoping he'll tell me where it is.Sidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09274128902753553953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686549576418787314.post-31753047940474104872009-09-24T09:19:59.792+01:002009-09-24T09:19:59.792+01:00PS Just poppping back to say that I hope this mean...PS Just poppping back to say that I hope this means you are able to join us Ian at our 'ad hoc' meeting? We need you to take control, this lot can be very unruly you know ...Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12970514527569249776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686549576418787314.post-31190024128573846312009-09-24T09:14:29.183+01:002009-09-24T09:14:29.183+01:00Well, although being exempted by most of the condi...Well, although being exempted by most of the conditions given, I decided to risk all and read about the magic numbers...Doh! Hildie can I sit beside you please? I wasn't aware of a magic 42 and now to be told that it's actually 45! I don't know if I can cope, I've taken some paracetamol and am now heading for Roker beach where I will curl up into a ball and rock, and rock ...Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12970514527569249776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686549576418787314.post-76709702157830550322009-09-24T08:40:06.917+01:002009-09-24T08:40:06.917+01:00Morning everyone
A further explanation of the magi...Morning everyone<br />A further explanation of the magic square may be necessary:<br />all rows and columns add to give 45, as do the diagonals, but...<br />take the four squares in the top left 25, 1, 11 and 8; guess what? yes, 45. Top middle four squares (1, 12, 8, 24) 45 again.Top right 4 squares, middle four, bottom right , bottom middle, bottom right.<br />AND top ropw middle two plus bottom row middlw two; right column middle 2 plus left column middle two;<br />AND four corners<br />Now that's what I call a magic square.<br />Have a great day<br />KevKevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03137745650763056257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686549576418787314.post-87215235175165131712009-09-23T22:56:16.214+01:002009-09-23T22:56:16.214+01:00hi Ian, that is truly earth-shattering news
.... ...hi Ian, that is truly earth-shattering news<br />.... all that stuff about forty five .... my dumbfoundedness is equal only to that truckshuntingly awesome moment, last week, when I walked into Birkheads and saw J.Arthur Smallpiece! <br />I don't know if you've guessed ... but I didn't know what was going on then ... and I don't know what is going on now with the forty two and the forty five and the Stephen Fry thing .... and it looks like I'll never get to know what Leroy's unimaginable theory is on all this. Kev's Magic Square was impressive .... <br />However, I do wish I'd just skipped to Anne Jones ... and I hope Alison will pass on my congratulations to Anne. <br />When you're speed reading - do you have to read the book out loud or do you read it silently?<br />Anybody know?<br />Ada, if you're reading this, hope to see you at Saltwell Towers next Wednesday ........<br />AND SID .... is Dipton not a teeny bit out of your way?Hildiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08859247954480595473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686549576418787314.post-24801226052589295392009-09-23T20:12:24.776+01:002009-09-23T20:12:24.776+01:00Hi Ian,
Forty Five is pretty much the meaning of ...Hi Ian,<br /><br />Forty Five is pretty much the meaning of life for me.......<br />My life changed for the best at Forty Five.........at first the events surrounding my life <br />looked like they would destroy my life, but in fact the exact opposite happened.<br /> I'm bound by the fifty year rule to keep what happened at that time a secret. LOL.<br /><br />Leroy.<br /><br />I like the new look too.Leroy La Strangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04666618436530104435noreply@blogger.com