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elle

21st April 2018, 19:42
Hi, Rusty!
Well, that sounds like a reasonable plan.......
You will enjoy your trip out to the Pine Cone again, with Miss L-B this time...... and she will be excited to show you her new car!
Is Miss O going , too?
Our plan is to go walking early........and be back in time for the Elite Men's - and the Mass - start.
The women will already be en route, but I shall not have missed all that much.
I have set the recorder for BGT - no "Casualty" showing tonight- but will try to watch at least of it this evening, as I cannot see my catching up with it tomorrow.
Goodness...... it is nearly time already!.....
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elle

21st April 2018, 21:42
Update, Rusty!
Now...... BGT!
Well, there was some rubbish...... some good acts...and some heart-rending moments!
I shall say no more until after you have watched it yourself.
I didn't enjoy it as much overall, as I did last week, though.
I shall be interested to hear your view point after you have watched it tomorrow.
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rusty

21st April 2018, 21:54
Hello, Elle!
I watch it at breakfast time tomorrow.
Mind, there were some very good performers last week.
I like a laugh at the awful acts so that is encouraging!
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elle

21st April 2018, 22:22
Hi, Rusty!
Some of the "bad" acts on BGT are so terrible, or utterly ridiculous, that I wonder whether they are not deliberately so?
Maybe "put-up jobs"?
Set up to give the audience either a "laugh", or a "grimace"; the idea being to give emphasis to the better acts.
Do you think that is a possibility?
Or am I being too suspicious?
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rusty

22nd April 2018, 06:00
Good morning, Elle!
No sign of the heavy rain we were promised...so far!
I am sure that bad acts are all part of the format of BGT.
I like seeing them, too.
Just part of the entertainment!
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elle

22nd April 2018, 09:33
Good morning, Rusty!
We had a very heavy downpour last night - but fortunately not the threatened thunderstorm.
It is now lovely out...... blue sky and sunshine.
Much fresher today, and the highest temperature in our area is only going to be 22C, and that later in the day.
This will be much better for the Marathon runners , won't it?
You were up early!
Have you watched BGT, then?
What did you think?
I liked the singing priest.
And the "Lost Voice Guy" was funny and clever. A brave thing to do .
I thought the dance troupe supporting their friend in the wheelchair chair performed well...and such a lovely thing to do for the young girl, who had been injured in the recent Manchester bombing.
That brought a tear to my eye!
Right, I shall now multi-task ........doing the Everyman crossword......and watching the Marathon.....
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rusty

22nd April 2018, 10:48
Hello, Elle!
Bit dull here, but dry so far!
My favourite on BGT was Father Ray.
(One of my best pals is a priest and he is a fine singer, too)
Thought Father Ray was very good!
Kept thinking of Bing!
And I liked "Rise", Holly and friends.
But the other acts were just so-so for me.
Saw Kathrine Switzer being interviewed.
She seems a very nice lady.
I'm glad I came across her!
Good luck with your puzzle.
Just ready to head out now.
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elle

22nd April 2018, 12:49
Hi, Rusty!
I am not sure whether or not you will be home again yet?
I know you wanted to be back in time to see the end of the Elite Men's race, so hope you made it!
A good morning's viewing! I enjoyed it!
As expected , Kipchoge won, with Kitata coming a surprising second.
Mo did well to be third....he had hoped to be in the first three, so I think he was well pleased with his performance for only his second London Marathon.
(And you will have done well with your bet!)
It was a pity for Mary Keitany that her plan went awry....but a worthy win for Vivian Cheruiyot.
She ran a grand race.
And I was very pleased to see David Weir take the wheelchair race yet again.
And in between all that, I finished the Everyman!
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rusty

22nd April 2018, 15:17

Good afternoon, Elle!
I was home for the finish of the men's race.
Kipchoge is a powerful runner!
Yes, my bet was a winner.
Good old Mo!
Well done on completing the Everyman puzzle!
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elle

22nd April 2018, 16:07
Good afternoon, Rusty!
Ah good, you made it back for the end of the Men's race.
We agreed then on the best performer in BGT!
Father Ray was excellent...and rather endearing, too.
He seemed a nice unassuming man.
Yes, I too had thought of Bing......
That would be when Bing played Father Chuck O'Malley in "Going My Way"?
A lovely film.
Yes, the Everyman was a good one this week...
I had a couple of parses that took me longer than usual to solve.....
I like that!
We have been sitting out in the garden......
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