tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167605996252579257.post7768878139414183266..comments2022-07-25T08:15:03.000+01:00Comments on The City Folk Club: Being Friday the 22nd of May, 2015 ...La Jolie Guirlandehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12277395248061412449noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167605996252579257.post-61217510007474042932015-06-15T13:27:06.997+01:002015-06-15T13:27:06.997+01:00Come on now, Berry. You know the history, don'...Come on now, Berry. You know the history, don't you?<br />You must be aware that Mave must never, ever again, be allowed near any living flame.<br />(No, for 'living flame' I don't mean Ken!)<br />We have tried Camping-Gaz for lighting, but the canister ran out.<br />For boiling the kettle ... I recently sold on Ebay a Trangia back-packing stove, powered by methylated spirits. The water for Angela's herbal tea might possibly have acquired some luke-warmth just before we went home.<br />The Guide Hall central-heating is operated by fossil-fuel. The only electricity involved is the programming thingy that we are forbidden to touch.<br />Oh, Berry, I try so hard to preserve the rustic ambiance of our gathering.<br />Now, (oh now!) we are being invaded by those electronic devices: mobile phones, i-pads, non-medicinal tablets!<br />Such items are anathema to me.<br />If you must bring your words/scores along, kindly engage failing memory or revert to the ancient traditions of papyrus and quill ... or clay tablet and stylus!Colinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05171391768237888148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167605996252579257.post-82382291100448521072015-06-14T12:25:46.596+01:002015-06-14T12:25:46.596+01:00There is a need to remind members that there is a ...There is a need to remind members that there is a creeping electrification taking over at the club. The candles are now electric; the lights are electric; the kettle is electric; and Mike would do well to hang on to his "entry level" electric guitar, because of late some of the guitars have been electric.<br /><br />Be advised that although recent indisposition has mitigated against my attendance recently, I will be there, if only to listen, this coming Friday 19th June.<br /> <br />Please therefore turn out in your droves to entertain me and my dear little wife who has also promised to come along. Whether to play a concerto or to sit demurely is not yet known. I will try to persuade her against eating crisps during the performances.<br /><br />If a collection of eggs can be called a clutch, and starlings gathering is a murmuration, what is the correct term for a group of idiots? Answers on the night please!London Apprentice and Special Bitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272109320164072150noreply@blogger.com