😃 The Little Pleasures of Everyday Life

Fuck the lager. Get on that sherry!

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Naa, you look full of youthful vim and vigour, just a reference that only smokers drink outside, this side of July.

Take that as a compliment, @JxgrSaint . He usually addresses me as “old boy,” and asks if I need a hand. :frowning::smile:

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Darcey had her first outdoor pint of the year too.

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First BBQ of the year

Cunts!

Had to scrape wet slushy snow off the car to go to the village shop.
Now 3C & rain turning to shitty snow overnight.
The mountains are on the plus side having an extra good skiing weekend.

Been lovely here today - spent most of it in the garden - even slapped on a bit of factor 30.

I hope you’ve all been dosing up on vitamin D3/K2 during the winter months…your immune system needs a steady supply of sunlight.

This is why I live in the Philippines and work in Equatorial Guinea

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Pmsl.
Look BiL is not really a going out type, so he was shocked to find Krakow is lovely at night and even watching us lose was fun in a way.
But the :rofl::rofl::rofl: part was that I had to teach him how to catch a Tram/Bus to get home, he hadnt been on a bus here since he was at college 30 years ago.
Golf time

Seeing our resident hedgehog for the third time this spring. Witnessed by grandog which barked furiously at the dangerous and threatening hedgehog.

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We use to have a raft at Lepe just not like these with tables chairs and BBQ’s

Happy Easter everybody.

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One of my traditional pleasures of Easter weekend is listening to the Classic FM “Hall of Fame” top 300. I know it’s only a device for setting their playlist for the next year but you do get to hear less well known works and less well known movements of popular works. Just heard the first movement of Tchaikovsky’s Fifth and the finale of Mahler’s 2nd. Awesome stuff. Interspersed with some absolute rubbish computer game jingles. Sadly, I’ve little doubt the fucking lark will still be ascending into top spot.

I love how classical music can expose ignorance in those who try to bluff musical sophistication. Many years ago a youngster at work was telling me how wonderful was Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Ovature. Yes, I said a wonderful work. Have you heard Beethoven’s 5th Symphony? No he hadn’t, so I lent him my copy.
He wasn’t impressed, he thought it a total rip-off of Tchaikovsky.

I couldn’t agree more. it’s embarrassing painful when you hear someone trying to sound knowledgeable about classical music on the basis on knowing one or two pieces.

I’d say my classical music knowledge isn’t bad, but it’s still pretty mainstream on the basis of listening to Classic FM all the time. But I have developed a liking of many less well known works. In particular I’ve built my repertoire of Bruckner works over the last few years. Initially, they’re challenging but it’s superb stuff. The 3rd, 4th and 8th symphonies are awesome and reflect the composer’s insecurities, self-doubt but also moments of absolute triumph. I’m just getting into his choral pieces which are a brilliant new experience.

I’m even more mainstream than you, Bruckner is a mystery to me. My dad exposed me to the Classics early in life but by the time I discovered Radio Luxembourg it began to take a back seat but I do particularly enjoy piano music; Satie, Chopin, Grieg, lots of Mozart.

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Classical Music?
That’s Cliff & Status Quo isn’t it?

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If you like piano music, try the Schubert impromptus, Op 90 D899 and D900. High on my current listening list.

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Heathen.

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Hell of a band. :+1::+1::+1:

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