Cocktails!!! and Music

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Yes, that was us alright!
Oh, just laughed and laughed at Basil!

In my opinion there is only a few Sitcom's which can come close to keeping me in laughter through the entire 1/2 hour.
1) Fawlty Towers
2) Soap
3) Black Adder

[Tropical_Trish]

Fawlty Towers does it for me too - never seen Soap. Black Adder is hilarious too - only got to look at Rowan Atkinson and I start tittering!

Houston - we have a problem.
It's gone quite dark, so I put the light on in my office - nothing.
Changed the lightbulb - nothing.
Tried the bedroom and bathroom lights - nothing.
Seems like the switch that shuts off the fire alarm shuts off the lighting.
Oh... groan ...

[suesjools]

Looooooove Fawlty Towers, IMHO John Cleese is a comic genius, he never fails to make me laugh myself silly. Of course I'm a bit prejudiced as I love all British comedies, watch PBS every Saturday night for just that reason, even the reruns crack me up. Not sure I could pick a favorite, though Are You Being Served? and Keeping Up Appearances as well as Fawlty Towers would definitely make the list. Oh and Last of the Summer Wine, just perfect!

There was another newer comedy I saw a few episodes of on PBS, Two Old Guys, I just loved it! Unfortunately, PBS doesn't show it anymore and I'm wondering if it was canceled, anyone know? It starred the actor who played Hyacinth's hubby Richard on Keeping Up Appearances, can't remember his name, but he's a very funny guy. Hope it's still going; in this day of trashy reality TV it was a very bright spot.

Cheers,

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Time to Rock!!!

http://youtu.be/5KFksPc83IU

[Salomina27]

Totally agree Sue,John Cleese has cult following status on these sunny Isles.
That was a good sketch, Rowan Atkinson is brilliant too not just in Black Adder.

Oh Trish what a nightmare for you, Id have been like you this morning and really sympathise.
I had some new fire alarms installed and a few weeks later the most unholy din (not my neighbours for once) awoke me and almost gave me a heart attack about 3 in the morning.
I fumbled around in a zombie like state and tried to calmly assess the situation whilst trying not to go out of my mind with the shock of the noise in my ear, I eventually managed to take out the battery, a feat in itself Houdini may have been proud of, it finally stopped then so went back to bed. About 20 minutes later it went off again!!! With no battery in!
I though it was posessed, didnt think it could operate witout batteries but it blerdy well could!
I ended up doing a similar act to John Cleese with the whipping of his mini with a tree branch, except mine involved disembowling the alarm, it put up a very good fight I must say but I beat it in the end.
Very stressful indeed.
I like to keep my alarms as ornamental value now lol. Think one still works but think I had to take the battery out of that one day too, without repercussions.
Al you change your avatar more than we change our underwear! Why twice today pray tell?

JUst editing as Ive missed a song, very apt choice lol

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Totally agree Sue,John Cleese has cult following status on these sunny Isles.
That was a good sketch, Rowan Atkinson is brilliant too not just in Black Adder.

Those two are the best, if I had to put an American comedian close to the same class/ability I could only think of Chevy Chase.

Oh Trish what a nightmare for you, Id have been like you this morning and really sympathise.
I had some new fire alarms installed and a few weeks later the most unholy din (not my neighbours for once) awoke me and almost gave me a heart attack about 3 in the morning.
I fumbled around in a zombie like state and tried to calmly assess the situation whilst trying not to go out of my mind with the shock of the noise in my ear, I eventually managed to take out the battery, a feat in itself Houdini may have been proud of, it finally stopped then so went back to bed. About 20 minutes later it went off again!!! With no battery in!
I though it was posessed, didnt think it could operate witout batteries but it blerdy well could!
I ended up doing a similar act to John Cleese with the whipping of his mini with a tree branch, except mine involved disembowling the alarm, it put up a very good fight I must say but I beat it in the end.
Very stressful indeed.
I like to keep my alarms as ornamental value now lol. Think one still works but think I had to take the battery out of that one day too, without repercussions.

I was wondering about this when Trish said it was an electrical fault because I have always had problems with these goofy things. Blares when the battery is low, then you replace the battery and it blares some more, hit the reset/test button and it stops momentarily but starts up again. On 2 of them I ended up pulling the battery then waiting for the back up battery to go dead then reinstalled the new battery, plugged it back in and it's still working fine but now I don't have the backup to the backup power to let me know the backup battery is dead.

Al you change your avatar more than we change our underwear! Why twice today pray tell?

Check your email

JUst editing as Ive missed a song, very apt choice lol

Got it now?

[meebo1]

Sorry for my absence today. (Maybe I wasn't even missed?) I joined a knitting forum today and have found out that hoarding wool is an illness! And it seems to be infectious, as there are soooo many people who suffer from it.
Can I have a cider please?

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Sorry for my absence today. (Maybe I wasn't even missed?) I joined a knitting forum today and have found out that hoarding wool is an illness! And it seems to be infectious, as there are soooo many people who suffer from it.
Can I have a cider please?

It's been a quiet day so far here and you were in early this morning keeping Jay awake. Personally I collect/hoard tiny bits of string.
Have a Cider or three!

[meebo1]

Thank you, Al. I am trying very hard not to buy any more yarn, but to use what I have got. It isn't easy....

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Thank you, Al. I am trying very hard not to buy any more yarn, but to use what I have got. It isn't easy....

If you can figure out a way to organize it then it shouldn't be a problem. Until recently I would always buy extra plumbing parts (PVC, washers etc) and electrical connectors then when I needed something it took longer to find it then it took to just go to the store and buy what I needed.
Last year I organized everything and now when I need something I know exactly where to find it and if it isn't there no need to look further just go buy it. Since then I have probably saved at least 15 trips to the hardware store.