- By the way.... -- gumtree, 02/ 5/10 11:06pm
...there's a WHOLE LOT of snow here. Anybody want some?
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- favorite icecream flavour -- poule, 02/ 5/10 5:55am
Violet. Delightful
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- Oscars -- Amy, 02/ 3/10 9:45am
I have not seen any of the movies nominated, and I'm not watching the Oscars. I didn't watch the Grammy's, or the Golden Globes, either.
I've become so jaded!!
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- A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES -- Liz, 01/30/10 12:29am
So, I am venting here. Long day taking care of two of my grandchildren who are sick with pneumonia. Had to babysit because the third granchild is at the pulmonologist for an extensive evaluation of his pneumonia, allergies, asthama, and hoarseness. While I am gone, my husband makes plans for the evening. It was supposed to be a quiet dinner with another couple, but by the time I got home and cleaned up(had to wash the peanut butter out of my hair) there were six of us having dinner and now doing a movie. I know I'm being crabby, but one of the women is a "starer." She never talks, she just stares. I find her so offputting, I was dreading the whole evening and I wasn't disappointed. Then we went to the Mel Gibson movie: The Edge of Darkness. Incredibly violent. That's all I can say. One intriguing thing, though, were the previews. For you Nicholas Cage fans, he has a knight in armour movie coming out where he has to take a witch to an abby and destroy her while she is using all the dark arts to defeat him. I don't know, I would have to wait and see the review on that one. The other preview was for The Werewolf with Beniccio del Toro and Anthony Hopkins. Again, it's intriguing and looks beautifully filmed, but I will have to wait for the review. Anyway, I have had some almonds covered with Dove dark chocolate. Feeling moderately better.
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- maybe she is in awe of you Liz? Maybe she has facial paralysis and cant shut her eye lids properly. Maybe she has exophthalmos and just looks boggly-eyed all the time? Thanks for the review; the ad looked interesting for Mel. Not sure about the violence though- why is that acceptable in films but genitalia isn't? bring back Merchant Ivory films, and Anthony Minghella....alas... (NT) -- Poule (the almonds sound good. I have just polished off honey halva. *oink oink!*), 01/31/10 9:43am
- Dark chocolate with almonds will cure anything! I was looking forward to The Wizard with Nicholas Cage but after I saw the preview - I'm with you, waiting for the reviews. Also the same for The Wolfman - I am a big fan of the original and I just KNOW they're going to f*** it up. Look what Coppola did to Dracula... (NT) -- Amy, 01/31/10 10:37am
- Oh, and as for the staring woman, I had an ex-sister in law who did that - I just stared back, it usually worked (NT) -- Amy, 01/31/10 10:37am
- I didn't think of that, Amy, I'm going to try that next time. This was one of those situations where all the guys knew each other and the wives didn't. (NT) -- Liz, 01/31/10 11:13am
apparently if you ask " so tell me...when did YOU loose your virginity?".....it breaks ice and seperates sheep from goats and finds needles in haystacks, and makes people choke on their drinks. apparently. (NT) -- Poule, 01/31/10 1:50pm
- This is a hard thing to explain unless you're from St. Paul, but it is a VERY insular city. Everyone went to the same grade school, high school, and college and is now living back on the same block they grew up on if not in their parent's home. The typical question is: what parish are you in? Some of it is charming and some of it is rediculous. I come from an old family in St. Paul, so you would think I would have it made, but I get so tired of having people ask me what branch of the family I am from, so they can place me, that I could scream. We moved out of St. Paul for this reason 20 years ago. I couldn't stand it anymore. The other two couples we were with were dyed in the wool, still vacationing together, still partying together since kindergarten, type people. It's a subtle thing, but it drives me nuts. (NT) -- Liz, 01/31/10 9:46pm
- I saw it. -- gumtree, 01/24/10 9:33pm
Avatar is a must-see. 3-D glasses become unnoticeable after a few minutes; you're too busy waving away insects that aren't there, and brushing off sand, mud and leaves...
I will say that if this technique continues, there will no longer be any need for movie actors. Just create them in your computer.
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- Headed to LA..... -- BZC...., 01/25/10 10:01pm
Well I'm headed to LA this Friday to see Eddie in his Stripped show for a couple of nights. I haven't seen Eddie live in 3 or 4 years and I have to admit, I'm getting sort of excited about the trip, full moon, and I'll be thinking of dear Dorene, bless her soul...
Smooches,
BZC
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- is D'Or ok? That comment sounded like the past tense....? (NT) -- Poule, 01/26/10 6:04am
- I think you will love it! :) (NT) -- Amy, 01/26/10 10:19am
- Wow I didn't know about Dorene, so sad (NT) -- Amy, 01/26/10 11:42am
- I had no idea. And dealing with ovarian cancer is a courageous battle to wage. So sorry. (NT) -- Liz, 01/26/10 1:01pm
Oh, no...Dorene??? She was so funny and loving and lovely...She'll be laughing the whole time with you, BZC. {{{HUGS}}} (NT) -- Roxy, 01/26/10 11:40pm
- This news struck me so hard I posted without even finishing my thoughts.... Dorene was always so kind - at the very first Eddie show I went to, at the Westbeth - I posted on the board that I was going - she responded that she would be there too - she didn't know me at all - after the show, outside, I heard her asking people for Roxy - I went up to her and it was as if we'd known each other forever. She even ran after Eddie the next night and had him sign one of the posters and she mailed it to me - I mean - who does that with a total stranger? DORENE!!! We had so much fun chatting and goofing around. I lost track of her a few years ago...*crying*...but now I will talk to her better place and I know she will hear me... (NT) -- Roxy, 01/26/10 11:50pm
- Thanks for that Roxy, it verbalizes how a lot of us are feeling and couldn't really say. I am sorry for your loss. (NT) -- Liz, 01/27/10 10:46am
- Hi Roxy, Liz - yes I know what you're saying about Dorene, she was a bit crazy for sure, but she's one of the most generous people I've ever met....she was always doing things for others......I really can't believe she's gone.....way too young.....just makes me so sad....but my trip to see Eddie will be for Dor too.....and I'm going to meet up with Pattyspoot and gran81 so it will be a grand time indeed.. (NT) -- BZC, 01/27/10 2:31pm
- SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!! (NT) -- Amy, tell her I said that!!, 01/27/10 3:27pm
You know, I'm guilty of losing track of people, but still, I think of them...and Dorene has always had a place in my heart, my eyes always crinkled with a grin when I thought of her. Right now, they fill with tears behind the crinkle, because her brightness will always be here. Please say Hi to Gran81 as well - I saw her at quite a few of the Eddie shows, she's fantastic at following him around! Hey Liz - thanks for the kindness - and I am sorry for *our* loss, as I know we all felt a love for Dorene. She's meeting up with Carol, and I'll be their auras have the best seats in the house for all of Eddie's shows. : ) Sending you all Hugs, Love & Light!!! *MWAH* (NT) -- Roxy, 01/27/10 5:24pm
- Kraft has taken over cadbury's -- Sarah Ure, 01/21/10 2:14am
Americian Starbusks has closed down all the british coffee houses down by making millions from british customers and no Anerician Kraft has taken our cadburys choclate - evil
why don't you americans take evertyhing away from us you got our transport, hospitals, our intant coffee cafes are closed down thanks to starbucks.
The prince's which starbucks say the help is now being called the barak obma trust.
also I got princes trust level one when I was 21
Americia the stealer of british industry.
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- PERNELL ROBERTS -- Liz, 01/26/10 9:18am
The last surviving member of the Bonanza cast has passed away: Pernell Roberts at age 80. I'm really showing my age here, but Bonanza was the first TV program I saw on our brand new color TV.
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- Eddie's Independent Spirit -- Amy, 01/26/10 9:15am
Eddie Izzard to dress up the Independent Spirit Awards
Posted on Monday, Jan 25, 2010 By Gregory Ellwood
Eddie Izzard is the new host of the 25th Independent Spirit Awards.
Eddie Izzard will make his debut as Independent Spirit Awards host on March 5.
The 25th Independent Spirit Awards are celebrating half a century of recognizing independent cinema with a brand new host, none other than Eddie Izzard.
The Brit comedian is best known for is sophisticated and smart stand up act -- that he usually performs in drag -- but Izzard has numerous film credits including "Valkyrie," "Ocean's Thirteen," "Across the Universe" and "Romance and Cigarettes" just to name a few. He also starred in the FX television series "The Riches" and is currently finishing his "Stripped Too" tour across the U.S. and U.K.
After Steve Coogan's solid, but not really memorable run as host last year, Izzard is a very inspired choice. He's incredibly comfortable on stage and should bring some whit to the proceedings without insulting the audience like Gervais did in his disappointing Golden Globes run last week (sigh). To say we're looking forward to Izzard taking the podium is an understatement.
The Independent Spirit Awards will take place on Friday, March 5 and air live and uncut on IFC at 8:00 PM PST/ 11:00 PM EST.
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- Trust Level -- Poule, 01/26/10 6:09am
here is the rating of a Prince's Trust
1. permitted to wave to HRH from a distance
2. Allowed down-wind of prince
3. May open car door for Prince but not close it
4. Closing door and opening door, in that order.
5. delivering mail
6. delivering pizza to Prince
7. delivering girlfriend to HRH
8. disposing of evidence of #7
9. lying to prince's grandmother about #7 and #8
10. brushing prince's dogs
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hurting meryl -- Poule, 01/24/10 3:04pm
Liz. Do not take your hubby to see *It's Complicated*.
It was total B grade nonsense, and what the HELL happened to Steve Martin's EYES?!?!?!?!
Meryl gets awards for tossing her hair around? Tiresome.
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- Garden Show -- Ellie, 01/17/10 9:10am
Did anyone go to the show last night??
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- JEAN SIMMONS -- Liz, 01/24/10 12:14pm
I just read in the paper this morning that Jean Simmons passed away; she was 80. She was one of my most favorite actresses. I loved the way she looked; I love the way she spoke. I loved the parts she played. I loved her in Spartacus, The Egyptian, and Desiree.
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- Sherlock Holmes -- Amy, 01/21/10 9:22am
Saw the Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes movie the other day - it was fantastico!
You have to suspend belief in what you know Sherlock Holmes to be, you have to imagine him more as a Victorian Batman kind of guy. If you can do that - you will enjoy the movie.
Robert Downey Jr was GORGEOUS and great - Jude Law was an excellent side kick and has VERY blue eyes. Extremely gory in parts - as per Mr. Ritchie's usual style.
Worth the money, IMHO.
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- YOUR THOUGHTS -- Liz, 01/17/10 8:43pm
What can we do about the mid-winter doldrums? Anybody? Anybody?
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- status quo vadis: by Clive James -- Poule, 01/18/10 7:36am
Status Quo Vadis
As any good poem is always ending,
The fence looks best when it first needs mending.
Weathered, it hints it will fall to pieces —
One day, not yet, but the chance increases
With each nail rusting and grey plank bending.
It's not a wonder if it never ceases.
In beauty's bloom you can see time burning:
A lesson learned while your guts are churning.
Her soft, sweet cheek shows the clear blood flowing
Towards the day when her looks are going
Solely to prove there is no returning
The way they came. There's a trade wind blowing.
We know all this yet we love forever.
Build her a fence and she'll think you're clever.
Write her a poem that's just beginning
From start to finish. You'll wind up winning
Her heart, perhaps, but be sure you'll never
Hold on to the rainbow the top sets spinning.
What top? The tin one that starts to shiver
Already, and soon will clatter. The river
Of colour dries up and your mother's calling
Your name while the ball hasn't finished falling,
And you miss the catch and you don't forgive her.
You went out smiling but you go home bawling.
Weep all you like. Earn your bread from weeping.
Write reams explaining there is no keeping
The toys on loan, and proclaim their seeming
Eternal glory is just the dreaming
We do pretending that we aren't sleeping —
Your tears are stinging? They're diamonds gleaming.
Think of it that way and reap the splendour
That flares reflected in the chromium fender
Of the Chrysler parked in the concrete crescent.
The surge is endless, the sigh incessant.
A revelation can only tender
Sincere regrets from the evanescent.
Remember this when it floods yours senses
With streams of light and the glare condenses
Into a star. It's a star that chills you.
Don't fool yourself that the blaze fulfils you
And builds your bridges and mends your fences
Merely because of the way it thrills you —
The breath of life is what finally kills you.
(Spectator, December 16-23, 2006)
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- At your local Target store... -- gumtree, 01/10/10 10:14pm
SHOPPING
After I retired, my wife insisted that I accompany her on her trips to Target. Unfortunately, like most men, I found shopping boring and preferred to get in and get out. Equally unfortunate, my wife is like most women - she loves to browse. Yesterday my dear wife received the following letter from the local Target.
Dear Mrs. Samuel,
Over the past six months, your husband has caused quite a commotion in our store. We cannot tolerate this behavior and have been forced to ban both of you from the store. Our complaints against your husband, Mr. Samuel, are listed below and are documented by our video surveillance cameras.
1.June 15: Took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in other people's carts when they weren't looking.
2.July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals.
3.July 7: He made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the women's restroom.
4.July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official voice, 'Code 3 in Housewares. Get on it right away'. This caused the employee to leave her assigned station and receive a reprimand from her Supervisor that in turn resulted with a union grievance, causing management to lose time and costing the company money.
5.August 4: Went to the Service Desk and tried to put a bag of M&Ms on layaway.
6.August 14: Moved a 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area.
7.August 15: Set up a tent in the camping department and told the children shoppers he'd invite them in if they would bring pillows and blankets from the bedding department to which twenty children obliged.
8.August 23: When a clerk asked if they could help him he began crying and screamed, 'Why can't you people just leave me alone?' EMTs were called.
9.September 4: Looked right into the security camera and used it as a mirror while he picked his nose.
10.September 10: While handling guns in the hunting department, he asked the clerk where the
antidepressants were.
11.October 3: Darted around the store suspiciously while loudly humming the 'Mission Impossible' theme.
12.October 6: In the auto department, he practiced his 'Madonna look' by using different sizes of funnels..
13.October 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed through, yelled 'PICK ME! PICK ME!'
14.October 21: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, he assumed a fetal position and screamed 'OH NO! IT'S THOSE VOICES AGAIN!'
And last, but certainly not least:
15.October 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited awhile, then yelled very loudly, 'Hey! There's no toilet paper in here.' One of the clerks passed out.
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- For all you Nicholas Cage Fans... -- Amy, 01/11/10 4:09pm
This is pretty funny:
http://niccageaseveryone.blogspot.com/
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- Dennis Hopper -- Amy, 01/11/10 9:35am
Sorry - Angel of Death here again.
Dennis Hopper is not long for this world.. If you want to see his contribution to the biz - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000454/
He's had almost 200 movie & TV appearances. The youngest I saw him was The Sons of Katie Elder with John Wayne and Dean Martin, and then Rebel Without a Cause with James Dean, then the iconic roles in Easy Rider and Blue Velvet, and on and on and on. Very strange, but with a sense of humor about himself. Even did an investment company commercial recently.
I'm gonna miss the old nutter.
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- IT'S HORRIBLY FREEZING COLD HERE -- Liz, 01/ 3/10 12:54pm
God bless our son who came over and unclogged our frozen pipe.
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- Blue screen torment -- Poule (reporting, not writing), 01/ 7/10 5:35am
Windows is shutting down, and grammar are
On their last leg. So what am we to do?
A letter of complaint go just so far,
Proving the only one in step are you.
Better, perhaps, to simply let it goes.
A sentence have to be screwed pretty bad
Before they gets to where you doesnt knows
The meaning what it must of meant to had.
The meteor have hit. Extinction spread,
But evolution do not stop for that.
A mutant languages rise from the dead
And all them rules is suddenly old hat.
Too bad for we, us what has had so long
The best seat from the only game in town.
But there it am, and whom can say its wrong?
Those are the break. Windows is shutting down.
Clive James, April 27, 2005
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- AT POULE'S SUGGESTION -- Liz, 12/31/09 11:17am
Best of 2009:
Book:"Envious Casca" by Georgette Heyer. An unadulterated
guilty pleasure. A mystery story from between the two
world wars.
Film:"Star Trek" The Enterprise appearing from out of the
clouds, firing all its guns to save the day, was the
best movie visual of the year.
Sight:The afternoon sun shining on the St. Croix river,
creating the beautiful spectacle of "river diamonds."
Smell:My grandson Teddy, fresh from the tub, slathered
in Baby Magic.
Taste:A warm "New York" cookie from the Jewish deli. A
sugar cookie with toppings of white and dark
chocolate.
Surprise:Running into my old finace from 40 years ago at
a college football homecomeing this year. Tears,
a big hug, a kiss on the cheek and now a new
email friend. All the angst and baggage gone.
God is good.
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- Best of... -- Poule, 12/31/09 4:28am
1. Book: difficult one as there have been several. "Call the Midwife" series of three kept me up late.
2. Film: easy, as there weren't many. "The Hurt Locker".
3. Sight: clouds of starlings twisting and turning in a living larva lamp/plume of smoke appearance.
4. Smell: apple-scented bath gel from The Body Shop, because of a Proustian effect taking me back 20 years.
5. Taste: a salivary gland-busting extra mature cheddar
6. Suprise: meeting friend on stairase of Bologna leaning tower
please add your own!
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- NEW YEARS EVE -- Liz, 12/29/09 10:26am
On New Years Eve we are going to have a "blue moon." It won't really be blue, but it is the second full moon this month which doesn't happen a lot, hence the saying: once in a blue moon. Mars is going to be rising with it, so when you look in the east, that red star near the moon is Mars. I think it's cool to have this kind of phenomenon on New Year's Eve. Maybe it will make the coming year extra special for everyone.
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- MOVIE PREVIEW -- Liz, 12/26/09 10:31pm
We went to the George Clooney movie tonight. He was excellent and the movie was very entertaining. A little depressing at the end, but very entertaining. I about died when I saw one of the previews. It was for a brand new "Clash of the Titans." I don't know if you remember the previous one with Laurence Olivier, Burgess Meredith and Harry Hamlin, but it was very, very good. In the remake the special effects look incredible and Liam Neeson plays either Zeus or Neptune, I couldn't tell which, but it really looks promising. Can't wait for that one. Nothing will be as good as Jason and the Argonauts with the great Ray Harryhausen special effects, but I love this genre of movie. It reminds me of the old Hercules movies with Steve Reeves and staying up late on Saturday night and ordering in pizza.
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- New Year's -- Amy, 12/27/09 9:10pm
Being that there's a Twilight Zone marathon over New Year's on Sci Fi channel, oh excuse me, Sy Fy, what's your favorite episode?
Mine is the one with the doll that kills the mean stepfather. mwahahahaha
Happy New Year to all, may 2010 bring everyone good health, happiness, and chocolate of all kinds.
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- Happy Damn Holidays -- Amy, 12/22/09 10:05am
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- just me, talking -- peggy, 12/20/09 12:46am
my sister Cathy and I are going to each other's derm test result appointments next week, our sister Marion can no longer speak, primary progressive aphasia. A difficult time in our family. Cathy and Marion have children and grand-children...and I have all of them. Last few years have been tough...but that's us, crap happens in big families.
Best wishes to you all...we are in blizzard mode, but we will be together on Christmas.
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- RIP Brittany Murphy -- Amy, 12/20/09 6:41pm
I was no huge fan, but 32 is just too fuckin' young.
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- Winter solstice.... -- BZC, 12/21/09 7:16pm
Winter solstice has come and gone....hope all is well with all and wishing you the best this holiday season with loved ones...be safe and relish the important moments...blessed be....stay warm Eddie...
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who is the innocent party -- Sarah Ure, 12/17/09 1:14am
Is the women who in september 2008 in Carshalton who called me a charity user I was just getting of a bus this women new that I got help from charitys because of my illness so she called me a charity user I ignored her pretending i could'nt here her and made her look like a nutter she stormed off.
I think I was the innocent party who agrees with me.
also in a cafe in the circle in Carshalton this women I am accused me of pretneding to be disabled again I pretended i could'nt here her made her look like a nutter she stared at me and I stared at her she stormed off who is the innocnet party.
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- AVATAR -- Liz, 12/17/09 10:02pm
Both my sons are going to the midnight premiere of Avatar. They are sooooo different, so we will two very uniqe "takes" on what the movie is like. They are seeing it in 3D. I will share their feedback as soon as I get it.
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- YOU HAVE TO CHECK THIS OUT. IT IS HILARIOUS. -- Liz, 12/18/09 11:50am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCFCeJTEzNU
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- AVATAR REVIEW -- Liz, 12/18/09 10:56am
Well, the boys loved the movie. They described the plot as old fashioned "cowboys and indians." They said the stunning part of the movie was the whole world where these blue elf-like people live. They said the color was so incrdible it was overwhelming. The final battle scene must be seen to be believed. Their observation was that Industrial Light and Magic(George Lucas) must be scrambling to figure out how they are going to catch up to this new technology. It sounds like the movie was a huge escape into an imaginary world.
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- whats innocent -- \, 12/17/09 1:09am
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- cheese -- poule, 12/16/09 6:06am
I tasted the best cheese in the world last night. My search is over! Described as a *select extra mature cheddar* that is so sharp it makes your salivary glands swell and throb. I have been searching for that ever since tasting some King Island cheddar years ago.
A deli woman agreed that the taste and throb/ptyalism effect of that particular cheddar was amazing but that, apparently, it was a sign of bad mixing, or too much ammonia, or something.
Anyone with strong opinions on cheeses?
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- He's At it Again! -- Amy, 12/ 4/09 8:29am
From IMDB:
Izzard To Tackle Ironman Triathlon
1 hour ago
Eddie Izzard is determined to push himself to his peak fitness after recently finishing 43 consecutive marathons - he's now undergoing training to compete in a triathlon.
The Valkyrie star has become obsessed with exercise after finishing a mammoth seven-week run across the U.K. in September as part of a fundraising campaign.
And Izzard has already plotted his next challenge - he's set to swim, sprint and cycle in a long-distance triathlon race.
He says, "I've just started up swimming because I want to do Ironman now. It's where you swim for five kilometres, then cycle for 180 kilometres and then you run a marathon after that - all in one go.
"I have (become fascinated with fitness) because there's no point in throwing away all that training. Swimming is really good upper-body (training) so I've been taking lessons. They teach you how to swim properly and that's great. I just want to keep up and get more healthy. Peak fitness at 90 - that's my idea!"
And the funnyman is urging his fellow Britons to get active so they can inspire homegrown athletes who are participating in the London 2012 Olympic Games.
He adds, "We've got the Olympics less than a thousand days ahead and I want to encourage people to take something they used to do when they were a kid and start doing it again. We're all living to about 100 now - unless you want the last 30 years of your life to be going really downhill, get healthy, get fit. Then we can encourage our athletes going into the Olympics to be able to have the fittest country (supporting them)." »
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- saw Eddie Izzard last night on the 3rd of December -- Sarah Ure, 12/ 4/09 4:27am
Eddie Izzard was excellent at the 02 last night so funny and he is a good man a proper labour man and has supported Princes Trust and run a Marothan for sports relief and loads of other really good work too and a very funny comedian and a underrated actor I have now seen Eddie in concert 3 times, in a play A day in the death of joe egg and at the crystal palace charity gig and own all his DVD's as well.
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- Eddie's "Humbled"... -- Amy, 12/14/09 9:04am
From IMDB:
Izzard Honoured For Charity Run
5 hours ago
Funnyman Eddie Izzard was honoured for his mammoth charity run earlier this year at a top London awards ceremony on Sunday night.
The actor/comedian was handed the special award at the annual BBC Sports Personality of the Year event, for running 1,100 miles (1,770 kilometers) across the U.K. in 51 days over the summer.
The feat raised more than $300,000 (£200,000) for British charity Sport Relief - and Izzard admitted during his acceptance speech he felt humbled with the honour.
He said, "I'm no athlete. Not like everybody here tonight. It was really tough. Everything was painful. People asked me if I enjoyed the running but I enjoyed the stopping! I staggered, I ran and I crawled." »
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- GENE BARRY DIED -- Liz, 12/11/09 10:26am
I hate to post on top of the fabulous celery poetry, but I was a huge fan of Gene Barry. I don't know if anyone else remembers Bat Masterson or Burke's Law or even The Name of the Game, but he was a wonderful television star from the 50's to the 80's. Alway handsome, a fabulous voice and totally suave. In Bat Masterson(a western)he never used a gun: he clubbed people with his gold-topped can while wearing a derby. In Burke's Law, he was a detective who always arrived in a gold rolls royce.
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aah! You'll be wearing elasticated-waist trousers next Gumtree....for comfort...then it will be beige shoes, and beige bomber jackets... (NT) -- Poule, 01/31/10 9:44am
Eddie at MSG.....But Of Course...... -- MariaK, 01/24/10 2:42pm
haha! good one (NT) -- poule, 01/11/10 4:44am
but the devil has the best tunes (NT) -- poule, 12/31/09 1:32pm