Frankie reads 2013

[chesilbeach]

Janet, I think the programme you're thinking of is Out of This World.  I seem to remember it as weekday morning programme during the summer holidays, but I could be completely mistaken!

Edited August 2, 2013 by chesilbeach

[chaliepud]

Have you ever watched 'Miranda' frankie? Never fails to make me laugh, no matter how many times I watch an episode..

[pontalba]

Well, since recommendations are going on, I'll add one of my all time favorites.   As Time Goes By....with the inimitable Dame Judi Dench. 

[chaliepud]

And if you liked One Foot In The Grave you'd surely like Keeping Up

Appearances?

[poppyshake]

I haven't seen them in ages but I remember enjoying The Barchester Chronicles .. featuring a very young Alan Rickman. When I was in Paris and not feeling so good we watched some old costume dramas on YouTube .. some Dickens and another Trollope one called He Knew He Was Right .. it was brilliantly acted etc but golly .. so infuriating .. I wanted to kill the 'He' of the title

 

I love watching

 .. awful but hilarious (and how does she do it? .. amazing transformation) .. cheers me up every time .. and watching it again and seeing Matthew Horne reminded me of Gavin and Stacey .. have you watched that frankie?

[Devi]

One Foot in the Grave is currently having a rerun here, I've been recording it.

[Devi]

Well, since recommendations are going on, I'll add one of my all time favorites.   As Time Goes By....with the inimitable Dame Judi Dench. 

 

 

 

And if you liked One Foot In The Grave you'd surely like Keeping Up

Appearances?

Oh I love As Time Goes By and Keeping Up Appearances! I have seen the latter many many times over. Bucke.... I mean bouque.

[Kidsmum]

 The good thing about both jogging and dog walking is that you can keep one eye open for the talent  

 

I like your thinking 

 

 The day I have to pick up the Hubster's poop is the day one of us goes in the nursing home .

 

Let's face it being toilet trained has to be top of the must haves list when it comes to choosing a life long partner 

 

 ETA: If we're recommending stuff then Cold Feet was utterly brilliant*!

 

 

*In my humble opinion, anyway!

 

Totally agree Cold Feet was a great series 

 

With all these recommendations Frankie you'll be too busy to do anything but watch TV for the next few months 

[frankie]

Have you ever watched 'Miranda' frankie? Never fails to make me laugh, no matter how many times I watch an episode..

 

I know you've recommended this series before, but I'm not sure if it was me who you recommended it to... I took a look at the imdb site for this, and she seems a bit familiar... But I'm just not sure!

 

Somehow it reminded me of a (possibly British) TV series where they did either a magazine, no, not a magazine but a paper, or perhaps it was a TV series... No, it couldn't have been. It was a news paper, but why this came to mind I'm not sure. Was Miranda doing a news paper? Oh I have only the faintest recollection of the series... it's not the one series which is probably the most famous in doing a news paper. Oh dear... I wish I'd remember more!!

 

Oh and as for Miranda... Whenever you or anyone mentions it, I think of this TV series where there is this 30something woman, finding her way in life, a British TV series of course, and she sings at some bar on Saturdays...

 

 

Well, since recommendations are going on, I'll add one of my all time favorites.   As Time Goes By....with the inimitable Dame Judi Dench. 

 

People are allowed to recommend, if they so please, but like I said to Brian, I'm doing re-runs of series I've watched and loved before Brian's series might be something I've seen before, maybe an episode or two.. but possibly not!

 

And if you liked One Foot In The Grave you'd surely like Keeping Up

Appearances?

 

 

Oh yes, I do like Keeping Up Appearances What a splendid show! Hyacinth reminds me of my high school English teacher. No, they are nothing alike, but she had the same kind of voice as Hyacinth... oh how dear was my English teacher. One of the dearest, nicest teachers I ever had! She wasn't all that well in discipline, though...

 

I remember when we did our exams, in her class, and I was always quite quick to finish, and I would have loads of time on my hands, waiting for the time to finish... I would always write different lyrics to differents songs in English at the back of the exam paper, and my teacher would always comment, saying things like 'how can you possibly remember all these things, that's marvellous!' and stuff. Eventhough some of them were Nirvana songs and not the easiest, nicest material

 

I haven't seen them in ages but I remember enjoying The Barchester Chronicles .. featuring a very young Alan Rickman. When I was in Paris and not feeling so good we watched some old costume dramas on YouTube .. some Dickens and another Trollope one called He Knew He Was Right .. it was brilliantly acted etc but golly .. so infuriating .. I wanted to kill the 'He' of the title

 

Dog bless youtube, aye?!

 

I love watching

 .. awful but hilarious (and how does she do it? .. amazing transformation) .. cheers me up every time .. and watching it again and seeing Matthew Horne reminded me of Gavin and Stacey .. have you watched that frankie?

 

I think this is the second CT foul mouthed nan you've posted for me, and while she's good, it's not my type of humour... There must be something wrong with me! I know we have very similar taste in books, and pretty similar taste in TV shows and such, but the fould mouthed Nan never got to me

 

One Foot in the Grave is currently having a rerun here, I've been recording it.

 

Have you already watched any of the episodes?

 

 

With all these recommendations Frankie you'll be too busy to do anything but watch TV for the next few months 

 

I know That's why I had to stay firm and say thank you all for recommendations, but I do wish to do only re-runs at this time of life... I still have another season of Peep Show to watch and then I'm thinking I'll be happy watching One Foot in the Grave

 

Oh and I really ought to tell ex to gimme eps of Shameless (the US version)!! I fell in love with the show when I was in Helsinki, and asked ex if he could download the series for me, and he has now, it's just that I've not remembered to tell him to pass them on to me

 

[frankie]

Oh sorry poppyshake, I missed the Gavin and Stacey comment of yours. The name is very, very familiar! I'll google it now... Oh yes. The faces are a bit familiar, I'm absolutely positive they've shown this series on TV, but I've only watched a few eps... It wasn't my cup of tea, I suppose

 

By the way: If any of you guys in the UK come across a DVD of the first season of The Lakes and  you feel like it's reasonably cheap (I say, around 10 quid or less), do you think you could buy it for me and then send it to me? I would pay back via PayPal. I don't have an account, but I'll ask my ex to pay for me!!

Edited August 3, 2013 by frankie

[frankie]

Oh you guys, you will not believe this... I had a few ciders tonight, and then decided to go to this bar and met a few friends there. Had a really fun time. Anyhow. When I was at the loo of the bar, opening me button and stuff, the button fell away! Darn! I broke that darn button! The rest of the evening was quite uncomfortable, somewhat, because top button was off, and the zipper was coming down......

 

Anyhow. I struggled, but managed to have fun and whatever. Anyhow. When I was starting to walk home, my pants were coming down, and I saw this police vehicle coming down that street. I knocked on the window (yes, I was a bit on the drunk side...) and asked if they had any safety pins for me, to keep my pants up. The police officer said hi, we have a situation, and I said well yes, thank you!

 

I walked on for a while and called my male friend with whom I'd been at the bar, to tell him of the police officer. While I was talking to him, I happened to glance at the wall, and I swear to dog: there was a sticker that said : (and I swear, this is not a joke) Sari was here, and she will never marry again.

 

!!! Honestly!! It was my name! I laughed and told my friend on the phone about the sticker. He laughed, and then we ended the phone.

 

But then. I took a few steps, and looked down, and saw this rock. I don't know what it was about it, but I did look at it, and picked it up.

 

One thing you have to know about Finland that all the small rocks are the same. No difference. Unless you go looking.

 

But the one I saw and picked up, it was flat. Like the perfect rock.

 

I don't collect rocks, normally. At all. I did when I was in Denmark, because they were all such different shapes and sizes and colours. But in Finland, there's no surprise. They are all the same. But this was flat!

 

So: I don't believe in God, I don't believe in signs, I don't believe in anything but humans and the goodness of heart, and dogs (). But!!! I take this as a sign... But I wonder: what does it all mean?

[pontalba]

  Well, the nice policemen rescued your pants falling down.....first off.

 

Since you haven't been married already...  (right?) it looks like you only might marry once.  And that's a good thing, and according to the perfect rock, the marriage will be as perfect as a marriage can be. /fingersallcrossed/

[Janet]

 Oh and of course, Soap!

Definitely Soap!   I think I might waste a few hours spend a bit of time on YouTube as I haven't seen it for years.   I hope it lives up to expectation!

 

Janet, I think the programme you're thinking of is Out of This World.  I seem to remember it as weekday morning programme during the summer holidays, but I could be completely mistaken!

That's the one!    

 

I can't really remember anything about it now - another quest for YouTube! 

 

Your antics last night have given me the giggles, frankie! 

[Athena]

frankie, that's quite a story!!

 

You must've felt uncomfortable, though. I once had a similar problem with my jeans, at school.

[Devi]

Note to self, always carry a safety pin in my wallet. 

Edited August 4, 2013 by Devi

[pontalba]

Oh well, at least they didn't fall all the way down, or off. 

I did have that happen on a very populated road one time.  One of those light cotton wrap around skirts.  As I walked out of the gasoline station after paying for my gas.

The seam on the belt holding the skirt up ripped out, I had not noticed it was partially torn.  Anyhow, as I walked back to the car, the skirt slowly floated down to the ground.  No slip of course, it was bloody summer.  I simply picked it up rewrapped it and held in place till I got to the car.  Mortification then set in, big time.  Thankfully it was not commando day.

After that, for many years I pinned a safety pin to my waistband.  Still do sometimes. 

[poppyshake]

I think this is the second CT foul mouthed nan you've posted for me, and while she's good, it's not my type of humour... There must be something wrong with me! I know we have very similar taste in books, and pretty similar taste in TV shows and such, but the fould mouthed Nan never got to me

She's a very acquired taste .. I've known people like her, so I think that's why it makes me laugh, but of course it's been taken to a whole new level of awfulness. Never mind, we can't agree on everything .. we is unique! ..  I won't bombard you with any more foul mouthed nans I promise 

I know you're talking about re-visiting shows you love but I just thought I'd mention Rev which is a comedy drama .. and I'm mentioning it particularly to you because I know you have a fondness for the very lovely and talented Olivia Coleman who co-stars in it. If it comes your way check it out

 

Goodness you're worse than me on cider .. bit worrying though .. pants mean knickers here .. was concerned for a while when they were coming down in the street but phew .. it was only your trousers. That is of course worrying enough but not as bad as it could've been. I do love collecting pebbles on beaches .. I see all sorts of shapes and signs in them .. but then when I get them home they turn into ordinary pebbles and Alan chucks them into the garden

[julie]

Oh you guys, you will not believe this... I had a few ciders tonight, and then decided to go to this bar and met a few friends there. Had a really fun time. Anyhow. When I was at the loo of the bar, opening me button and stuff, the button fell away! Darn! I broke that darn button! The rest of the evening was quite uncomfortable, somewhat, because top button was off, and the zipper was coming down......

 

Anyhow. I struggled, but managed to have fun and whatever. Anyhow. When I was starting to walk home, my pants were coming down, and I saw this police vehicle coming down that street. I knocked on the window (yes, I was a bit on the drunk side...) and asked if they had any safety pins for me, to keep my pants up. The police officer said hi, we have a situation, and I said well yes, thank you!

 

I walked on for a while and called my male friend with whom I'd been at the bar, to tell him of the police officer. While I was talking to him, I happened to glance at the wall, and I swear to dog: there was a sticker that said : (and I swear, this is not a joke) Sari was here, and she will never marry again.

 

!!! Honestly!! It was my name! I laughed and told my friend on the phone about the sticker. He laughed, and then we ended the phone.

 

But then. I took a few steps, and looked down, and saw this rock. I don't know what it was about it, but I did look at it, and picked it up.

 

One thing you have to know about Finland that all the small rocks are the same. No difference. Unless you go looking.

 

But the one I saw and picked up, it was flat. Like the perfect rock.

 

I don't collect rocks, normally. At all. I did when I was in Denmark, because they were all such different shapes and sizes and colours. But in Finland, there's no surprise. They are all the same. But this was flat!

 

So: I don't believe in God, I don't believe in signs, I don't believe in anything but humans and the goodness of heart, and dogs ( ). But!!! I take this as a sign... But I wonder: what does it all mean?

 

 

Frankie

Thank you for making me laugh HARD just now. What a funny story with your button ,your pants falling down ,the Writing in the Wall , and the ROCK .

 

First I need to ask if the policeman had a safety pin for you ? If so, your police over there are much more patient and prepared than here. If that happened in our town, the policeman would get a good chuckle and your story would be all over town by morning .

 

As for the writing on the wall, I wouldn't pay much attention . Is your name a common one over there ? I'm assuming that it is .What would the chances be of your name being on that exact location ? Unless you were inebriated enough to have written it yourself and not remembered ? 

 

I, too, believe EVERYTHING in our lives happen for a reason . The perfect rock has me puzzled . Maybe the writing on the wall was telling you that you could either choose to think negatively and believe that sign was meant for you, or to hang on to that perfect rock. IT was telling you that you don't have flaws that would keep you from finding someone ,like you don't have a big hook-nose with a wart on the end, or you don't weigh as much as a semi-truck ,or you are missing all your front teeth ...

 

The rock was telling you that you are not flawed and you will find someone who will appreciate that.

 

So now, life is asking you ,Are you going to face the wall and believe that , or pick up the rock and believe THAT ? I choose the rock . Keep it, someday it will be a reminder about this time in your life .

Edited August 4, 2013 by julie

[julie]

Gotta comment on the pants falling down -- many years ago, we had an electric lawn mower. You had to keep it plugged in while mowing ,so you constantly had to flip the cord back and forth out of the way so you wouldn't saw it in 2 and electrocute yourself .

The day I was mowing, we had a herd of mosquitos that could have lifted a person up and carried them away.

On top of that, the wind was blowing HARD .

To top off the rest, I was wearing a wrap-around -skirt . NOT a wise choice in the first place . Add the fact that it wouldn't stay wrapped and tied right, so I was trying to mow, not run over the cord, smack the herd of mosquitos and keep my skirt from either unwrapping and I'd be mowing in my underpants ,or the wind kept flapping it open and my underpants were flapping in the breeze every time I let loose of it .

 

Moral of the story, NEVER wear a wrap around skirt , NEVER get an electric mower, and always take a look around you if you find yourself in this position. If you look up and your 86 year old neighbor man is laughing so hard, he's crying, you know it's probably time to go in and change your clothes or let the grass grow.

[Kidsmum]

Frankie i think the rock was definitely meant as i sign. I think what you are meant to do is next time you go out take the rock with you  when you get where you are going shut your eyes & throw the lucky rock & whoever it hits will be your soulmate for life. 

[frankie]

  Well, the nice policemen rescued your pants falling down.....first off.

 

Unfortunately they didn't And the one I asked was a woman, she should've known my feminine pain and anguish, but she refused the help Bloody unfortunate that some other person was speaking to the male officer on the other side of the car and had more pressing matters to deal with. I least I think so!

 

Since you haven't been married already...  (right?) it looks like you only might marry once.  And that's a good thing, and according to the perfect rock, the marriage will be as perfect as a marriage can be. /fingersallcrossed/

 

No, I haven't been married before. Hopefully I'll only marry once Although I did promise ages ago that I wouldn't marry until gay people were allowed to marry in Finland, as well. Nowadays they can register their relationship but that's not the same, and they don't have all the same equal rights as married heterosexuals.

 

 

Definitely Soap!   I think I might waste a few hours spend a bit of time on YouTube as I haven't seen it for years.   I hope it lives up to expectation!

 

Did you find any episodes? I've been unable to find any I don't think they have those on youtube, what bad luck!

 

 

frankie, that's quite a story!!

 

You must've felt uncomfortable, though. I once had a similar problem with my jeans, at school.

 

Oh yes, bloody uncomfortable The rest of the night at the bar I stuck to the couch, making all friends fetch beer for me when I wanted. I only got up when was forced to go home (apparently one can't stay at the bar for the night ).

 

Note to self, always carry a safety pin in my wallet. 

 

Safety pin would be very handy! I wished I'd had a belt, at least. No such luck!

 

Oh well, at least they didn't fall all the way down, or off. 

I did have that happen on a very populated road one time.  One of those light cotton wrap around skirts.  As I walked out of the gasoline station after paying for my gas.

The seam on the belt holding the skirt up ripped out, I had not noticed it was partially torn.  Anyhow, as I walked back to the car, the skirt slowly floated down to the ground.  No slip of course, it was bloody summer.  I simply picked it up rewrapped it and held in place till I got to the car.  Mortification then set in, big time.  Thankfully it was not commando day.

After that, for many years I pinned a safety pin to my waistband.  Still do sometimes. 

 

Oh dear Yes thank god for no-commando day It makes one think there shouldn't be any commando days, ever...

 

Re: commando. This reminded me of a time when I was at a bar and I spotted this guy I had a huge crush on. He was an English student as well, so I'd somehow managed to establish an acquaintance-ship with him and he came over to my table to say hello. We talked a bit and then I meant to ask him if he'd come solo, to the bar, or if he was with friends, but unfortunately I got it all wrong and asked him if he'd come as commando. Good thing he was very understanding and just laughed good naturedly! No, we didn't end up going steady...

 

 

She's a very acquired taste .. I've known people like her, so I think that's why it makes me laugh, but of course it's been taken to a whole new level of awfulness. Never mind, we can't agree on everything .. we is unique! ..  I won't bombard you with any more foul mouthed nans I promise 

 

I didn't mind the bombardment, I just thought I had better confess that I am lame, and do not quite get it...

 

I know you're talking about re-visiting shows you love but I just thought I'd mention Rev which is a comedy drama .. and I'm mentioning it particularly to you because I know you have a fondness for the very lovely and talented Olivia Coleman who co-stars in it. If it comes your way check it out

 

I googled Rev and found out that the woman who plays Sophie on PS is also on it! However, I'm not a fan of the male lead actor. I'm positive I've seen him in something else before and the character he played was not nice at all, hence the dislike... I might give it a go, though, someday

 

Goodness you're worse than me on cider .. bit worrying though .. pants mean knickers here .. was concerned for a while when they were coming down in the street but phew .. it was only your trousers. That is of course worrying enough but not as bad as it could've been. I do love collecting pebbles on beaches .. I see all sorts of shapes and signs in them .. but then when I get them home they turn into ordinary pebbles and Alan chucks them into the garden

 

Do you mean I'm better than you on cider... Oh dear, I meant jeans! Pants for me are always trousers/jeans. I always say 'underwear' for the other, more private stuff... You have to tell Alan not to keep chucking them out in the garden

[frankie]

Frankie

Thank you for making me laugh HARD just now. What a funny story with your button ,your pants falling down ,the Writing in the Wall , and the ROCK .

 

First I need to ask if the policeman had a safety pin for you ? If so, your police over there are much more patient and prepared than here. If that happened in our town, the policeman would get a good chuckle and your story would be all over town by morning .

 

No, unfortunately they didn't have one for me, nor did they even contemplate the matter. Maybe I was unclear about what happened: the

police officer said that they have something else to do and shut the window on my side so I'd bugger off But she was polite about it, at least.

 

We have a TV show here in Finland, about cops patrolling the streets. They do episodes from maybe 8 of the biggest cities/towns in Finland. I have

my favorite police officer couple: they are in Kuopio, which is also in Eastern Finland. They are so relaxed, and they have these very broad

Savo accents and I just love it. They are so nice and have an amazing sense of humour. Many other people like them, too, they've been voted

the best police duo from all the ones on the show Apparently they get a lot of admiration from women, to a point where the other one didn't want to continue on doing the show anymore, it was getting a bit too much for him. Poor man, but I kind of see why: he's very handsome, too!

 

As for the writing on the wall, I wouldn't pay much attention . Is your name a common one over there ? I'm assuming that it is .What would the chances be of your name being on that exact location ? Unless you were inebriated enough to have written it yourself and not remembered ? 

 

What do you mean you wouldn't pay much attention I thought it was hilarious! My name is an ordinary name, but not the most common one over here anymore. And it was a printed sticker, not writing. And no, I am not in the habit of writing on the walls of buildings in town, drunk or sober.

 

I, too, believe EVERYTHING in our lives happen for a reason . The perfect rock has me puzzled . Maybe the writing on the wall was telling you that

you could either choose to think negatively and believe that sign was meant for you, or to hang on to that perfect rock. IT was telling you that you don't have flaws that would keep you from finding someone ,like you don't have a big hook-nose with a wart on the end, or you don't weigh as much as a semi-truck ,or you are missing all your front teeth ...

 

I don't actually believe everything in our lives happens for a reason. I don't believe in destiny or fate. I believe in coincidences and stuff.

I don't believe in signs, either, but this one had me gobsmacked. Andwhile I like to think about it, and I've told the story to many people and wonder what it could all mean, I'm not being actually 100% serious about it

 

 

Gotta comment on the pants falling down -- many years ago, we had an electric lawn mower. You had to keep it plugged in while mowing ,so you constantly had to flip the cord back and forth out of the way so you wouldn't saw it in 2 and electrocute yourself . The day I was mowing, we had a herd of mosquitos that could have lifted a person up and carried them away.

On top of that, the wind was blowing HARD . To top off the rest, I was wearing a wrap-around -skirt . NOT a wise choice in the first place . Add the fact that it wouldn't stay wrapped

and tied right, so I was trying to mow, not run over the cord, smack the herd of mosquitos and keep my skirt from either unwrapping and I'd be mowing in my underpants ,or the wind kept flapping it open and my underpants were flapping in the breeze every time I let loose of it .

 

I know women are very good at multitasking, or at least that's the legend, but that's just too much for one person to handle at a time

 

Moral of the story, NEVER wear a wrap around skirt , NEVER get an electric mower, and always take a look around you if you find yourself in this position. If you look up and your 86 year old neighbor man is laughing so hard, he's crying, you know it's probably time to go in and change your clothes or let the grass grow.

 

Well at least you were able to provide some entertainment for others... Always a good thing!

 

 

Frankie i think the rock was definitely meant as i sign. I think what you are meant to do is next time you go out take the rock with you  when you get where you are going shut your eyes & throw the lucky rock & whoever it hits will be your soulmate for life. 

 

  With my luck the rock will end up hitting a police car, or even the same police officer I went to ask for a safety pin...

[frankie]

Today is a bit of a special day... Three friends are having or have had their wedding anniversaries this week, and it's been a real love fest, sending out congratulations here and there....

 

Well I don't want to feel left out, so I'm definitely celebrating my own anniversary!! It's not a wedding one, but a BCF one.

 

Today I've been on here as a registered member for 5 glorious years!    I joined on 8.8.2008 (what an easy date to remember ), and have never looked back

 

I thought I might allow myself to buy a book, or at least order one online, but then I thought better of it, TBR is bursting already... But I did take out 19 books I've already read or know I will not be reading in the near future to the library's free book exchange trolley. There was an older man there, checking out the books and when he looked at me unloading my bag of books in the trolley, he said you're getting rid of a whole library! Little did he know it was only a very, very small part of my big ass library I told him that yes, it's better to take out some books every now and then, to get a bit of variety, and not end up reading the same books over and over again

[Devi]

Congrats on your 5 year anniversary frankrie!

[Janet]

Did you find any episodes? I've been unable to find any I don't think they have those on youtube, what bad luck!

I found quite a few clips - and one person has uploaded S3!  

 

I liked Rev!  I used to work for my former vicar though in the Anglican church, so I think that helped my appreciation of it.   I like the lead actor - Tom Hollander - he's been in looooads of things (including the horrible Pride and Prejudice remake where he was Mr Collins). 

Today I've been on here as a registered member for 5 glorious years!    I joined on 8.8.2008 (what an easy date to remember ), and have never looked back

Happy anniversary!  You share it with Princess Beatrice - it's her 25th birthday today - she was born on 8.8.88!  I always remember it because she was born the year Peter and I were married (different month).