Umrats may find this interview with Jazzer interesting, and it explains
the sudden interest, in the Horrobin family, in Larkrise to Candleford:

<https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a3da1342-4f38-11ee-974b-e2b9321088c0?shareToken=d334705ba4d3ed49583ee12ecce851dc>,
aka
<https://tinyl.io/9LdS>

This should allow you in, past the paywall.
--
Best wishes, Serena
Q. Why did the landlord refuse to serve the ghost?
A. He didn't have a licence to serve spirits.

On 10/09/2023 10:55, Serena Blanchflower wrote:
>
> Umrats may find this interview with Jazzer interesting, and it explains
> the sudden interest, in the Horrobin family, in Larkrise to Candleford:
>
> <https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a3da1342-4f38-11ee-974b-e2b9321088c0?shareToken=d334705ba4d3ed49583ee12ecce851dc>, aka
> <https://tinyl.io/9LdS>
>

“But time passes. You blink and you miss it."

BTN Jazzer....

On Sun, 10 Sep 2023 10:55:21 +0100, Serena Blanchflower
<nospam@blanchflower.me.uk> wrote:

>
>Umrats may find this interview with Jazzer interesting, and it explains
>the sudden interest, in the Horrobin family, in Larkrise to Candleford:
>
><https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a3da1342-4f38-11ee-974b-e2b9321088c0?shareToken=d334705ba4d3ed49583ee12ecce851dc>,
>aka
><https://tinyl.io/9LdS>
>
>This should allow you in, past the paywall.
Thank you, I really enjoyed reading that.

On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 11:25:34 AM UTC+1, BrritSki wrote:
> On 10/09/2023 10:55, Serena Blanchflower wrote:
> >
> > Umrats may find this interview with Jazzer interesting, and it explains
> > the sudden interest, in the Horrobin family, in Larkrise to Candleford:
> >
> > <https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a3da1342-4f38-11ee-974b-e2b9321088c0?shareToken=d334705ba4d3ed49583ee12ecce851dc>, aka
> > <https://tinyl.io/9LdS>
> >
> “But time passes. You blink and you miss it."
>
>
> BTN Jazzer....

I'll see your "blink and you'll miss it" and raise you "see each other" twice in the
same paragraph.
“We all got together and it’s nice to see each other again,” he said.
“We sometimes don’t see each other for months, because we’r
not in the same episodes.

BTNx2

Nick
nickodell49@yahoo.ca
PS Nice article, Serena. Thanks for making it available.

On 10/09/2023 23:36, Nick Odell wrote:
> On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 11:25:34 AM UTC+1, BrritSki wrote:
>> On 10/09/2023 10:55, Serena Blanchflower wrote:
>>>
>>> Umrats may find this interview with Jazzer interesting, and it explains
>>> the sudden interest, in the Horrobin family, in Larkrise to Candleford:
>>>
>>> <https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a3da1342-4f38-11ee-974b-e2b9321088c0?shareToken=d334705ba4d3ed49583ee12ecce851dc>, aka
>>> <https://tinyl.io/9LdS>
>>>
>> “But time passes. You blink and you miss it."
>>
>>
>> BTN Jazzer....
>
> I'll see your "blink and you'll miss it" and raise you "see each other" twice in the
> same paragraph.
> “We all got together and it’s nice to see each other again,” he said.
> “We sometimes don’t see each other for months, because we’r
> not in the same episodes.
>
> BTNx2
>
> Nick
> nickodell49@yahoo.ca
> PS Nice article, Serena. Thanks for making it available.

A rare double nomination accepted.

john

On 10/09/2023 23:36, Nick Odell wrote:
> On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 11:25:34 AM UTC+1, BrritSki wrote:
>> On 10/09/2023 10:55, Serena Blanchflower wrote:
>>>
>>> Umrats may find this interview with Jazzer interesting, and it explains
>>> the sudden interest, in the Horrobin family, in Larkrise to Candleford:
>>>
>>> <https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a3da1342-4f38-11ee-974b-e2b9321088c0?shareToken=d334705ba4d3ed49583ee12ecce851dc>, aka
>>> <https://tinyl.io/9LdS>
>>>
>> “But time passes. You blink and you miss it."
>>
>>
>> BTN Jazzer....
>
> I'll see your "blink and you'll miss it" and raise you "see each other" twice in the
> same paragraph.
> “We all got together and it’s nice to see each other again,” he said.
> “We sometimes don’t see each other for months, because we’r
> not in the same episodes.

Oooh, well spotted
>
> BTNx2

> PS Nice article, Serena. Thanks for making it available.

<LW>

On 11/09/2023 08:04, BrritSki wrote:
> On 10/09/2023 23:36, Nick Odell wrote:
>> On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 11:25:34 AM UTC+1, BrritSki wrote:
>>> On 10/09/2023 10:55, Serena Blanchflower wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Umrats may find this interview with Jazzer interesting, and it explains
>>>> the sudden interest, in the Horrobin family, in Larkrise to Candleford:
>>>>
>>>> <https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a3da1342-4f38-11ee-974b-e2b9321088c0?shareToken=d334705ba4d3ed49583ee12ecce851dc>, aka
>>>> <https://tinyl.io/9LdS>
>>>>
>>> “But time passes. You blink and you miss it."
>>>
>>>
>>> BTN Jazzer....
>>
>> I'll see your "blink and you'll miss it" and raise you "see each
>> other" twice in the
>> same paragraph.
>> “We all got together and it’s nice to see each other again,” he said.
>> “We sometimes don’t see each other for months, because we’r
>>   not in the same episodes.
>
> Oooh, well spotted
>>
>> BTNx2
>
>> PS Nice article, Serena. Thanks for making it available.
>
> <LW>

Yes indeed, thank you. A remarkable article.

Others have commented on "blink" and "see". I noticed their use with
interest. Is a BTN appropriate in this case, given that Ryan Kelly
himself used the expressions?

In message <km801fFkn9U1@mid.individual.net> at Mon, 11 Sep 2023
09:05:01, John Armstrong <jja@blueyonder.co.uk> writes
[]
>Yes indeed, thank you. A remarkable article.

Indeed.
>
>Others have commented on "blink" and "see". I noticed their use with
>interest. Is a BTN appropriate in this case, given that Ryan Kelly
>himself used the expressions?

Not really; from my decades association with blind folk, these are just
part of speech. It's people unfamiliar who get all embarrassed when they
use an expression like "I see" (meaning I understand), then realise what
they've said; my friends wouldn't even notice. Ditto "see" for "meet",
as in the article.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

science is not intended to be foolproof. Science is about crawling toward the
truth over time. - Scott Adams, 2015-2-2

On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 9:20:03 AM UTC, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
> In message <km801f...@mid.individual.net> at Mon, 11 Sep 2023
> 09:05:01, John Armstrong <j...@blueyonder.co.uk> writes
> []
> >Yes indeed, thank you. A remarkable article.
> Indeed.
> >
> >Others have commented on "blink" and "see". I noticed their use with
> >interest. Is a BTN appropriate in this case, given that Ryan Kelly
> >himself used the expressions?
> Not really; from my decades association with blind folk, these are just
> part of speech. It's people unfamiliar who get all embarrassed when they
> use an expression like "I see" (meaning I understand), then realise what
> they've said; my friends wouldn't even notice. Ditto "see" for "meet",
> as in the article.

Surely one of the mainstays of bad taste is the ability to take something
that any normal person would find innocent and ordinary and subvert it?

Nick
nickodell49@yahoo.ca

On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 1:00:35 PM UTC, Nick Odell wrote:
> On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 9:20:03 AM UTC, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
> > In message <km801f...@mid.individual.net> at Mon, 11 Sep 2023
> > 09:05:01, John Armstrong <j...@blueyonder.co.uk> writes
> > []
> > >Yes indeed, thank you. A remarkable article.
> > Indeed.
> > >
> > >Others have commented on "blink" and "see". I noticed their use with
> > >interest. Is a BTN appropriate in this case, given that Ryan Kelly
> > >himself used the expressions?
> > Not really; from my decades association with blind folk, these are just
> > part of speech. It's people unfamiliar who get all embarrassed when they
> > use an expression like "I see" (meaning I understand), then realise what
> > they've said; my friends wouldn't even notice. Ditto "see" for "meet",
> > as in the article.
> Surely one of the mainstays of bad taste is the ability to take something
> that any normal person would find innocent and ordinary and subvert it?
>
PS - and off at a tangent - What's this Lark Rise to Ambridge which was
mentioned in The Times? Does the fact I didn't know about it mean that
I haven't been paying enough attention, often enough? I'm going to be
away when it's broadcast so I hope it will be there waiting for me on
BBC Sounds when I come back!

Nick
nickodell49@yahoo.ca

Nick Odell <nickodell@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 1:00:35 PM UTC, Nick Odell wrote:
>> On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 9:20:03 AM UTC, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
>>> In message <km801f...@mid.individual.net> at Mon, 11 Sep 2023
>>> 09:05:01, John Armstrong <j...@blueyonder.co.uk> writes
>>> []
>>>> Yes indeed, thank you. A remarkable article.
>>> Indeed.
>>>>
>>>> Others have commented on "blink" and "see". I noticed their use with
>>>> interest. Is a BTN appropriate in this case, given that Ryan Kelly
>>>> himself used the expressions?
>>> Not really; from my decades association with blind folk, these are just
>>> part of speech. It's people unfamiliar who get all embarrassed when they
>>> use an expression like "I see" (meaning I understand), then realise what
>>> they've said; my friends wouldn't even notice. Ditto "see" for "meet",
>>> as in the article.
>> Surely one of the mainstays of bad taste is the ability to take something
>> that any normal person would find innocent and ordinary and subvert it?
>>
> PS - and off at a tangent - What's this Lark Rise to Ambridge which was
> mentioned in The Times? Does the fact I didn't know about it mean that
> I haven't been paying enough attention, often enough? I'm going to be
> away when it's broadcast so I hope it will be there waiting for me on
> BBC Sounds when I come back!
>
> Nick
> nickodell49@yahoo.ca
>

Dunno, Nick. No idea what they’re on about.

Mrs McT

On 11/09/2023 14:51, Nick Odell wrote:
> PS - and off at a tangent - What's this Lark Rise to Ambridge which was
> mentioned in The Times? Does the fact I didn't know about it mean that
> I haven't been paying enough attention, often enough? I'm going to be
> away when it's broadcast so I hope it will be there waiting for me on
> BBC Sounds when I come back!

I dunno, this was the first I'd heard of it but, if they're doing a TA
meets Flora Thompson mash up, that does explain why they've got the
Horrobins interested in Lark Rise.

--
Best wishes, Serena
England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool.

On Mon, 11 Sep 2023 15:49:47 +0100, Serena Blanchflower
<nospam@blanchflower.me.uk> wrote:

>On 11/09/2023 14:51, Nick Odell wrote:
>> PS - and off at a tangent - What's this Lark Rise to Ambridge which was
>> mentioned in The Times? Does the fact I didn't know about it mean that
>> I haven't been paying enough attention, often enough? I'm going to be
>> away when it's broadcast so I hope it will be there waiting for me on
>> BBC Sounds when I come back!
>
>I dunno, this was the first I'd heard of it but, if they're doing a TA
>meets Flora Thompson mash up, that does explain why they've got the
>Horrobins interested in Lark Rise.

Larks Rise is a book about life in a rural community from before the
second World War. Susan was apparently reading it, or was it Chelsea?
Apparently it has a PO worker, like Susan, who is the important centre
of the small community and so Susan likes the book. Others who saw
whoever it was reading it wanted to borrow it too. And I think there
is a radio version of it, which the actor who plays Jazzer is in.

On 11.9.23 16:51, Vicky wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Sep 2023 15:49:47 +0100, Serena Blanchflower
> <nospam@blanchflower.me.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 11/09/2023 14:51, Nick Odell wrote:
>>> PS - and off at a tangent - What's this Lark Rise to Ambridge which was
>>> mentioned in The Times? Does the fact I didn't know about it mean that
>>> I haven't been paying enough attention, often enough? I'm going to be
>>> away when it's broadcast so I hope it will be there waiting for me on
>>> BBC Sounds when I come back!
>>
>> I dunno, this was the first I'd heard of it but, if they're doing a TA
>> meets Flora Thompson mash up, that does explain why they've got the
>> Horrobins interested in Lark Rise.
>
> Larks Rise is a book about life in a rural community from before the
> second World War. Susan was apparently reading it, or was it Chelsea?
> Apparently it has a PO worker, like Susan, who is the important centre
> of the small community and so Susan likes the book. Others who saw
> whoever it was reading it wanted to borrow it too. And I think there
> is a radio version of it, which the actor who plays Jazzer is in.

Lark Rise to Candleford is rather earlier than before WW2, before WW1
and before the Boer War as well, in fact not that long after the
unpleasantness in the Crimea where Flo Nightingale blew away the fuzzy
wuzzies - or something like that.

(Full irony engaged).

--
Kosmo Richard W
www.travelswmw.whitnet.uk
https://tinyurl.com/KRWpics

On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 3:51:18 PM UTC, Vicky wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Sep 2023 15:49:47 +0100, Serena Blanchflower
> <nos...@blanchflower.me.uk> wrote:
>
> >On 11/09/2023 14:51, Nick Odell wrote:
> >> PS - and off at a tangent - What's this Lark Rise to Ambridge which was
> >> mentioned in The Times? Does the fact I didn't know about it mean that
> >> I haven't been paying enough attention, often enough? I'm going to be
> >> away when it's broadcast so I hope it will be there waiting for me on
> >> BBC Sounds when I come back!
> >
> >I dunno, this was the first I'd heard of it but, if they're doing a TA
> >meets Flora Thompson mash up, that does explain why they've got the
> >Horrobins interested in Lark Rise.
> Larks Rise is a book about life in a rural community from before the
> second World War. Susan was apparently reading it, or was it Chelsea?
> Apparently it has a PO worker, like Susan, who is the important centre
> of the small community and so Susan likes the book. Others who saw
> whoever it was reading it wanted to borrow it too. And I think there
> is a radio version of it, which the actor who plays Jazzer is in.

The Post Office worker is Flora Thompson, the author, herself.
Apparently, despite having one of the very first Japanese-made
Babbage machines in her post office she could never make the
week's takings add up and after Anthony Trollope the postal
surveyor had carried out a spot check on the arithmetic, they
carted her off to debtor's prison in Oxford Town. That's why she
suddenly found that she had the time to write the book.

Nick
nickodell49@yahoo.ca

On Tue, 12 Sep 2023 12:00:07 -0700 (PDT), Nick Odell wrote:
>
> The Post Office worker is Flora Thompson, the author, herself.
> Apparently, despite having one of the very first Japanese-made Babbage
> machines in her post office she could never make the week's takings add
> up and after Anthony Trollope the postal surveyor had carried out a spot
> check on the arithmetic, they carted her off to debtor's prison in
> Oxford Town. That's why she suddenly found that she had the time to
> write the book.

VG

--
Jim <http://www.jim-easterbrook.me.uk/>
1959/1985? M B+ G+ A L- I- S- P-- CH0(p) Ar++ T+ H0 Q--- Sh0

On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 3:00:35 PM UTC+2, Nick Odell wrote:

> Surely one of the mainstays of bad taste is the ability to take something
> that any normal person would find innocent and ordinary and subvert it?

There's a story in Harry Thompson's excellent biography of Peter Cook, concerning early trials of a bit called "Blind" which he would do live at The Establishment club. Some people found it offensive, and an early audience member who was indeed visually impaired, approached Cook afterwards. Thompson provided this anecdote including the memorable phrase "with tears streaming from his sightless eyes, he said it was the funniest thing he'd ever heard".

On 12.9.23 20:00, Nick Odell wrote:
> On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 3:51:18 PM UTC, Vicky wrote:
>> On Mon, 11 Sep 2023 15:49:47 +0100, Serena Blanchflower
>> <nos...@blanchflower.me.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> On 11/09/2023 14:51, Nick Odell wrote:
>>>> PS - and off at a tangent - What's this Lark Rise to Ambridge which was
>>>> mentioned in The Times? Does the fact I didn't know about it mean that
>>>> I haven't been paying enough attention, often enough? I'm going to be
>>>> away when it's broadcast so I hope it will be there waiting for me on
>>>> BBC Sounds when I come back!
>>>
>>> I dunno, this was the first I'd heard of it but, if they're doing a TA
>>> meets Flora Thompson mash up, that does explain why they've got the
>>> Horrobins interested in Lark Rise.
>> Larks Rise is a book about life in a rural community from before the
>> second World War. Susan was apparently reading it, or was it Chelsea?
>> Apparently it has a PO worker, like Susan, who is the important centre
>> of the small community and so Susan likes the book. Others who saw
>> whoever it was reading it wanted to borrow it too. And I think there
>> is a radio version of it, which the actor who plays Jazzer is in.
>
> The Post Office worker is Flora Thompson, the author, herself.
> Apparently, despite having one of the very first Japanese-made
> Babbage machines in her post office she could never make the
> week's takings add up and after Anthony Trollope the postal
> surveyor had carried out a spot check on the arithmetic, they
> carted her off to debtor's prison in Oxford Town. That's why she
> suddenly found that she had the time to write the book.
>
> Nick
> nickodell49@yahoo.ca

Then the Post Office employed Fujitsu and over the Horizon it made
things a lot worse.

--
Kosmo Richard W
www.travelswmw.whitnet.uk
https://tinyurl.com/KRWpics