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Thank you Archiver. I found that I already had the "Automatically Detect" setting, but the location was "Azores, Cape Verde Islands"
for some unknown reason. I've changed it to "GMT, London etc."...........And it has worked. Thank you again, I would never have discovered that without your help.
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Glad to have helped Biz. Odd that you were 'thought' to be in the Azores!
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Musty you have passed the challenge, very good.
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But over and above the buzzing,
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By the way Musty, I've always had a problem with the time.
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This is one of my favourite poems in your book.
Hope you are feeling much better as I see you have been a bit 'off colour'. Love was influenced greatly by Charles Baudelaire, one of my favourite Romantic poets. Quote:
He'll be even more proud when the next one is published. ![]() Nice to see the thread rocking
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The Ballad Kings
Before there was a disco, When Tony Bennett left His heart in San Francisco, Divine and yet bereft. A concert seat in one row, Imagine lights and be Close to the soul of Matt Munro Delivering Born Free. How soothing when you listen To melodies so right, The wee small hours they glisten Like strangers in the night; Let love direct Sinatra’s tones, A drink with ice, relax, Your full attention now he owns Like all those classy acts. © |
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put to bed by the hand that rocks the
presidential pram. All live happy after. 10cc had a similar idea once with their bizarre song I Wanna Rule The World. It's about a child who wants to take over ![]() http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qsqLegE1zQ |
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Cost of Cutting
The dedicated staff laboured cutting, cutting cloth to suit, cutting corners of sleeves, collars; sewing machining at cheap cotton clothing for foreigners. Their bosses busy paring, paring away not really caring about consequences. Workers sweating in the sweat shop swept to oblivion owing to a careless cost cutting, the death factory owners they’re sweating now not so oblivious obviously and how; the products sold in their trade name carry black codes for telling a fatal price, endorsements spelling worldwide its mark of shame. |
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Now where's me walking frame.
![]() I love all those post-war crooners like Sinatra. The songs carry great meaning and there's no trouble understanding the words, a fairly common problem in rock. I had a deep and meaningful conversation with someone's wife last night Don't worry, I met two nice couples in the pub Quote:
Their bosses busy paring, paring away
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How soothing when you listen To melodies so right, The wee small hours they glisten Like strangers in the night; ©
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Lovely, Musty
![]() I wish I'd thought of it, but in the wee small hours I lifted from a Frank Sinatra song title. Here it is with lyrics ![]() http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqCLsp5owY8 |
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Tomorrow I'm off to Hampshire to meet a lifelong friend of my Mum again
Mum kept in touch with her by letter for over forty years. Not really fond of travel in life, she was happier that way. When I met her and her family again after so long the day had tears and laughter in store, as expected. Treasured parts of childhood always mean a lot and I Often Think About the Park in The Designer was inspired by this special friend and her daughter. I'm giving her a copy of the book tomorrow, but she doesn't know that yet ![]() Strangely, she lives just off my route west to Avebury too, so if I can find a place to sleep I'll be heading on there. The Red Lion in the great henge awaits While pub poems can be researched indirectly, only by actually being there can the atmosphere and vibes be captured. The trip means I might be away from the thread for a couple of days. Keep smiling my friends and don't let the rain get you down, we should get a summer this year
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I had a deep and meaningful conversation with someone's wife last night
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Tomorrow I'm off to Hampshire to meet a lifelong friend of my Mum again.................I Often Think About the Park in The Designer was inspired by this special friend and her daughter. I'm giving her a copy of the book tomorrow, but she doesn't know that yet
![]() ![]() Enjoy your weekend.............and be careful who you talk to in the pub.
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don't let the rain get you down, we should get a summer this year
![]() ![]() Hope you have a nice time, will you be having a pub lunch today? ![]() Here is a Tall Pub Tale ![]() Tall Pub Tale The horse sat and waited with it's heavy load it's owner stood and elated with one more for the road The wife at home and waiting a tall tale story to unfold.
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It was raining a lot last night
![]() Tall Pub Tale ![]() ![]() You know I've got to confess that in real life I don't actually grin like that. |
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Some things never change.
![]() You know I've got to confess that in real life I don't actually grin like that. Everyone has a grin sometimes ![]() I'm actually glad it rained last night as it got rid of some birdy poopy from my window, I had to clean the rest of it with a bottle washer, it was the only thing that would reach.
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I'm actually glad it rained last night as it got rid of some birdy poopy from my window, I had to clean the rest of it with a bottle washer, it was the only thing that would reach. ![]() To tell the truth I was pleased to see the rain as I'm sure all those leaves that have miraculously appeared on the trees have depleted the supply enormously. I love it when the garden starts to look "furnished".
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Enjoy your weekend.............and be careful who you talk to in the pub.
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Hope you have a nice time, will you be having a pub lunch today?
![]() I had a great day at the friend's house and then went on to Avebury. Heading there at six in the evening on Sunday, I wasn't sure if I was going to get a room for the night. Marlborough didn't come up trumps, but then I found a beautiful B & B within walking distance of the site Almost directly opposite the 16th century Horse & Waggons, it was ideal. Dickens visited there and it was the inn in The Pickwick Papers. Early Monday morning, after a lovely full English breakfast minus the sausages and bacon, I headed for Avebury I was really sussing things out in advance for this summer's photo shoot and I lingered there for a glorious seven hours! We'll definitely be using that B & B when we turn up to get the pictures for the book. In all, it was a marvellous trip and only two and a half poems now remain.An interlude from prehistory's due and I'm hoping to post some of the other poetry I've written later on today
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Farewell Performance
He was the ace prestidigitator manipulating doves and such, did levitation of female bodies, disappearing them at his touch. Now their last appearance, she one-time glamorous assistant and present love, places on the box a pair of white magic gloves. |
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Hi Biz and Sandy - I loved the Tall Pub Tale Sandy
I had a great day at the friend's house and then went on to Avebury.
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I had a great day at the friend's house and then went on to Avebury.
An interlude from prehistory's due and I'm hoping to post some of the other poetry I've written later on today ![]() I'm sure your mum's friend was delighted with her surprise gift. ![]() Quote:
Farewell Performance
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Thanks, glad you had a good time
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I'm sure your mum's friend was delighted with her surprise gift.
![]() I showed her and her husband my Confessions of a Scrumper in the Daily Mail too You'll be pleased to know I had nearly ten hours sleep in the B & B, unheard of for me! I also bought a nice Stonehenge T-shirt, books and a mug in the Henge Shop - what a brilliant little outlet that is Frank's poem has to be about a magician but I can't identify him. |
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Frank's poem has to be about a magician but I can't identify him.
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Do you think he's testing us?
![]() Paul Daniels came to mind but I think that's wrong. Also, what's a 'prestidigitator?' Put us out of our misery Frank! Unfortunately I didn't manage any writing yesterday, due to ongoing problems with a hedge-cutting service Hopefully today's going to be more fruitful.
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Cape Jealous
Cape Jealous the cliff-top location, The wealthy resort with a span Of beach for a summer vacation Where she lived ten years with her man. The husband began so committed And she always loved him and cared, One disc they played most, for it fitted; The Windmills Of Your Mind they shared. Cape Jealous for those prone to settle, Cape Jealous to wipe away tears From people who just want to get all The best out of middle-aged years. But that married moment she dreaded Occurred as a new autumn neared, She learned of the woman he'd bedded From lipstick on his collar smeared. She had her own way of responding, A shock that immense tends to stun, The news of his secretive bonding Made her go and buy a small gun. One day he went out so she waited, With weapon concealed in a drawer She weighed up the marriage she hated, Deciding to take lies no more. She washed her hair and made a turban With towel tightly-tied, looking nice; He came home and noticed a bourbon She'd made him all sparkling with ice. You may not accept or believe it, She couldn't be bothered to say 'Goodbye' so she let him receive it: The bullet that blew him away. It seemed like a b-movie drama But no matinée here explained The living room's grim panorama; Dark blood on the carpet that stained. She waited till sirens came blaring, Discarded, the gun lay at rest, Beyond any real love or caring She happily faced her arrest. Each secret's a risk when you're married And though affairs leave you fulfilled, Cape Jealous reveals how one carried A wife to the brink where she killed. © |
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That was an oldie in the absence of any new material - it did have a lot of changes though. The poem was inspired by all those enjoyably dramatic Hollywood films like Anatomy Of A Murder and Mildred Pierce. Black and white classics
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for some unknown reason. I've changed it to "GMT, London etc."
Thank you again, I would never have discovered that without your help.
