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That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be ~ Carly Simon

a chat to him about the now vacant position of Head Chef. Philbert was an interesting character who fancied himself as a bit of a hipster. His luxurious beard was neatly trimmed and he wore his moustache handlebar style. The particular thing going for him was that he was heavily tattooed on every piece of visible skin. Rosie HATED tattooes. He had trained under the great ...

Knocking At Your Back Door ~ Deep Purple

I made a mental note that Brixham City Council employees weren't the brightest bulbs on the Christmas tree so it shouldn't be too hard to worm our way out of any future complaints. Right, time to get back to more important issues. I went looking for ...

When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano ~ Glenn Miller

might come back to bite us in the posterior. I decided to grab the bull by the horns, as if were, and ring the Brixham City Council. 'Revolting here, Jonathan Algernon Revolting. I'm just ringing concerning a complaint I believe you've had regarding a food poisoning outbreak at our premises? We have traced it to our chef who, behind our backs, was not following health and safety guidelines. His employment has since been terminated and the whole kitchen has been thoroughly disinfected and fumigated.' 'Thank you for contacting us Mr Revolting, but you do realise ...

Some really great songs on that list and many of my favourites. I'm surprised there's nothing there of Burt Bacharach's and Dionne Warwick's, though. Gentle on My Mind is a lovely song. Tom Smothers must have been ahead of his time politically, sounds like he stood for important issues. Very different from his brother.

Bitter Sweet Symphony ~ The Verve

'm 'appy to 'elp any toime. Jus' giv me a ring on tha blower.' 'Will do, mate!' Here was one reliable tradesman, at least and not a single flirtatious or saucy comment directed at Rosie. 'Can you recommend any other tradesmen of a similar ilk to you? We've found recent ones to be thoroughly unreliable and frankly quite dodgy.' 'Personally,' said Daddy, 'I've had no problem with any of them. Culpa mendacium apud te!' 'I'm not interested in your medicine, Major, along with your psycho babble! Would you please just ...

Blind Willie McTell ~ Bob Dylan

about the difficulties you seem to be having with tradesmen,' said Daddy. 'I ... well, we think, actually, that it indicates some deep seated psychological problem, possibly a borderline personality disorder or pathological jealousy? These kinds of things usually stem from childhood, you know, perhaps father was a drain layer or a boilermaker or even a mechanic and you took a dislike to his dirty and smelly overalls? Now I have had some experience in treating these disorders and I would like to help you.' 'What an absolute lot of rot! My father ...

Hold On ~ Alabama Shakes

march in here uninvited, shove his tools under our noses and start flirting with Rosie! I suspect he had some nefarious purpose in mind, I'm not falling for that trick! I put a quick call in to Botchitt and Leakie, but unfortunately they were tied up in some legal proceedings ... professional negligence or something. We really needed our loo problem fixed or we wouldn't be able to open, not to mention the inconvenience of trekking a km or so every time nature called. I looked up the yellow pages and found ...

Welcome back, Angury and happy 2024 reading 😊

You always have such a beautiful tree, Muggle. I've gone for a small live fir tree in a container now, which I can bring inside on a sack barrow. Our local community decorate their letterboxes so I use up some of the extra decorations for that. Took down the tree decorations yesterday, which is very organised for me 😂

Clap For the Wolfman ~ The Guess Who

we could make room for you.' 'Sorry, we're completely booked up, I'm afraid. Too bad, so sad, never mind.' 'Johnny! I'm sure we could fit one more in, after all Jack has kindly helped us out of our predicament.' 'Ahh, doing it for free are you Jack? Very generous of you. Rosie, you better go and see how Daddy's getting on with the hospital, he sounded a bit overwrought. You know, with his blood pressure and all.' 'Oh, dear Daddy! I've been neglecting him!' and she rushed off. 'Now look here, Weldit, I'll have you know ...

Happy New Year, Luna, and to everyone else here as well 😊

I haven't heard of him, Muggle, but if his show was your second favourite to Northern Exposure, it must have been right up there. Loved Northern Exposure, one of a kind.

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the proprietor?' 'One moment, and I'll get him,' I said, handing the phone to Daddy and making myself scarce. 'Major Flowers here, to whom have I the pleasure of speaking? .... Now listen here young man, I'm not in the habit of tolerating being addressed in that discourteous manner! Let me speak to your superior, I wish to make a complaint.' I left them to it and went to see how old Weldit was getting on extricating the umbrella from the loo. It had been jammed in with such force that it had contorted itself around the S bend. Rosie was being plumber's assistant and handing him adjustable wrenches, plungers etc and keeping up a constant flow of ...

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eyes open wide taking in the pie splattered portrait of the Queen, overturned chairs, cats hanging off curtains and perched on high cupboards and sniffing suspiciously at a rather unpleasant odour emanating from the WC's. 'We've had a wee spot of bother,' explained Rosie, 'I wonder if you could help us sort things out.' She gave her winning smile which seemed to melt the hearts of even the most tungsten variety. ''appy to be of service, Miss,' he said doffing his hat and giving a low bow. 'How are you on blocked loos?' I asked. 'I'll have you know ...

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'll be in business.' 'Yes, Daddy,' said Rosie meekly, then, 'may I have a word with you, Johnny?' Here goes, I thought, the proverbial's gonna hit the fan! 'Johnny, I'm very proud of the way you handled the situation today and I'm sorry for being the cause of all the trouble. While I was locked in the conveniences, I had time to reflect on your marital situation and I think I understand why you’ve acted the way you have. Can you forgive me?' Rosie had tears trickling down her cheeks. 'Oh Rosie ...