Find anything to smile about today ?

0lddog

This did it for me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa-WSM12g5o&feature=related

looksee

Lovely - kitties will always make me smile. Except when they are sitting on me, staring into my face at 6am saying 'get up and wait on me'.

Spread

Beautiful serene photos. I remember Francois Hardy ......... her Tout Les Garcons was a hit on Radio Luxembourg (208M) in the early 60s. Another Francois ........ this time Gall, won the Eurovision for Luxembourg in the mid 60s. Je t'aime is another one that had my pulse racing in those far off days . Oh, zos Fwench axants!
Here's Francois Gall:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d2mnuhJahU

franc 91

Mon cher Spread, I have something to tell you - it's Françoise Hardy and not François and it's France Gall. Françoise Hardy is still making records and her partner Jacques Dutronc is still doing gigs as well. The singing career of France Gall hasn't been quite as successful.
http://www.francoise-hardy.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_Gall

0lddog

Is it only my non italian speaking head that thinks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWyEvjq39UM
sounds even more beautiful than http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY0PbzsaCZU ?

Nothing wrong with her recent ( less than 20 years ago ARF ARF ) trip in Abbey Road with Blur
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojK_yOcC-Mw&feature=fvwrel .

She is sublime

Spread

franc 91 wrote: »

Mon cher Spread, I have something to tell you - it's Françoise Hardy and not François and it's France Gall. Françoise Hardy is still making records and her partner Jacques Dutronc is still doing gigs as well. The singing career of France Gall hasn't been quite as successful.
http://www.francoise-hardy.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_Gall[/QUOTE]

Pour cette franc - merci! My French is quite rusty .......... I lived in Rozay-en-Brie for about 7 years from the mid 80s and have only had a few chances to speak it since.

franc 91

La Brie isn't very far away from where I live - it's one of the mini-regions in l'Ile de France (the one I live in is called le Hurepoix) I like the cheese they make there - either brie de Meaux or brie de Melun and then there's la moûtarde de Meaux.

Jellybaby1

Hi guys. I needed a smile. I found this song on Youtube. You all just have to sing along with it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW9bHDy5khQ

Spread

Very good Jellybaby. The lyrics encapsulate the ebay phenomenon of almost voyeurish attraction to other peoples thrash. Have been able to limit my purchases to gadgets, books and household stuff.

0lddog

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Hi guys. I needed a smile. I found this song on Youtube. .........

Thank you Jellybaby1 - first time I've smiled for many days

But tell me one thing...

Do people really buy Ebay things ?

Jellybaby1

0lddog wrote: »

Thank you Jellybaby1 - first time I've smiled for many days

But tell me one thing...

Do people really buy Ebay things ?

Yup! Occasionally himself buys books/dvd's/cd's and I buy craft supplies/books/dvd's. Glad you enjoyed the song. I particularly laughed at the excitement in the song at being the 'highest bidder'. I well remember the first time I bid on something, it was terrifying and exciting at the same time. Of course we are soooooo blasé about it now we are more experienced.

OldGoat

0lddog wrote: »

Do people really buy Ebay things ?

Yep, all the time. Just remember to read the descriptions of goods and postage charges very carefully.

Spread

Good Moaning all . 'Tis cool and damp. But after QPR's win .......... who cares Habibi!

hardCopy

0lddog wrote: »

Thank you Jellybaby1 - first time I've smiled for many days

But tell me one thing...

Do people really buy Ebay things ?

I just bought a set of old Kellogg's spoke reflectors for my bike!

Spread

hardCopy wrote: »

I just bought a set of old Kellogg's spoke reflectors for my bike!

I like the wooden spokes

Spread

Yes. Finally got my Social Security Number ............ so now I'm a card-carrying Legal Alien. YaY!

Goodnight and Good Moaning

Jellybaby1

Congratulations Spread. You are finally a number! We can always count on you

Jellybaby1

Time for a smile I think. Well by now we must all have seen that wedding dance on Youtube, plus all the copycats that came after it. I just saw this wedding proposal today, how the heck will he top this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5_v7QrIW0zY

Guys seem to be under some pressure these days to be original. Himself is glad this period of our lives is well behind us now!

Mollywolly

Jellybaby that was tops! And here was me thinking that romance was dead and gone

Jellybaby1

Ahhh Molly, I've watched it four times today already and I can't stop smiling. I rather thought the first fella with the mop of hair and lovely smile was her fella, he was gorgeous (if I was only 40 years younger! sigh!) How many of us have 60 friends and family members who can dance like this? Sigh! Sigh! Sigh!

Jellybaby1

I should be banned from Youtube after this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls2Nbf_QuQE

P.S. this notice made me smile too :

Rubecula

I went for a walk on the beach, strolled through the surf. water was lovely. Had a lovely few hours. Great day.

0lddog

Rubecula wrote: »

I went for a walk on the beach, strolled through the surf. water was lovely. Had a lovely few hours. Great day.

Reminds me of a day 'bout 35 years ago.

Per chance were there any porpoises breaking water in the distance ?

Think I was about here :

http://maps.google.ie/maps?um=1&hl=en&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1035&bih=600&wrapid=tlif133824110882821&q=killadoon%20strand%20%20mayo%20map&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=il

What great & happy memories


Olddog

( wonder will the link work for y'all or is it looking for cookies & stuff )

looksee

0lddog wrote: »

( wonder will the link work for y'all or is it looking for cookies & stuff )

Ha! you just showin off your computer litera talk to impress us

0lddog

looksee wrote: »

Ha! you just showin off your computer litera talk to impress us

Awwww............AllWight you got me.

Just didnt want to show off my 1960s PhD in junk food

Cookies & stuff = Cookies, crisps, choc bars ( not more than 5% cocoa ) TK red lemonade, clover toffee and to finish .....

I give you a walnut whirl

Jellybaby1

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Time for a smile I think. Well by now we must all have seen that wedding dance on Youtube, plus all the copycats that came after it. I just saw this wedding proposal today, how the heck will he top this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5_v7QrIW0zY

Guys seem to be under some pressure these days to be original. Himself is glad this period of our lives is well behind us now!

Since I put this up here it's had another 4 million views on Youtube, and there was only one response here. So it's definite now, romance is definitely dead here in Ireland. (sniffle!)

rich.d.berry

I did the Flora Women's Mini Marathon on Monday all dressed up as a woman. A friend called me last night to say there was a photo of me in the newspaper.

She dropped the paper round this morning and I see I made page 3.

Not many men that can say they're page 3 girls in the Irish Independent.

The young blonde in front of me is my 16 year old son. He makes a frighteningly pretty girl. :eek:

Jellybaby1

Well done Rich! Were you there for a charity? By the way, do I see a little too much cleavage there?

rich.d.berry

Yeah, the charity was Tearfund.

Too much? I thought it was just a cheeky bit of bra peeking out from my camisole top

Jellybaby1

I know Tearfund very well. Excellent charity. Well done. I expect you have recovered by now and are already in training for next year. By the way, how shocking of you, a man, to even know what a camisole top is!!

Jellybaby1

All right, what have yiz all done, you un-romantic Irish guys? That Youtube wedding proposal I put up here is BLOCKED! :eek: The last time I checked it had reached more than 12 million views. It was just too good for yiz and yiv missed yer chance!

rich.d.berry

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

I know Tearfund very well. Excellent charity. Well done. I expect you have recovered by now and are already in training for next year. By the way, how shocking of you, a man, to even know what a camisole top is!!

I'd love to do it again, it was such good craic! The crowd I went with were full of banter and Jimmy Chungs were amazing for accomodating us when we all descended on them en-masse afterwards.

I'm hiding in the right of the back row behind the blue haired "girl" in this group photo.



I'm actually in training for my first full marathon, the Dublin City Marathon in October and will be fund-raising for Tearfund again. I will first be doing the Portlaoise half marathon as a tester. If I survive that then I'll give the full marathon a go.

26 Years of marriage teaches a man things he never thought he'd learn.

rich.d.berry

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

All right, what have yiz all done, you un-romantic Irish guys? That Youtube wedding proposal I put up here is BLOCKED! :eek: The last time I checked it had reached more than 12 million views. It was just too good for yiz and yiv missed yer chance!

I was fortunate to get in early enough to watch it yesterday. It seems that the rights to the video have been purchased by some news corporation. The best I could find is this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yNdpaSBTzo

Jellybaby1

Awww Rich, you're brill, that's the very one. Ohhhh it's fab, I love it love it love it. I must have watched it 20 times by now and the music rings in my ears morning noon and night. The imperfections in the video make it more perfect, for me. I'm sure whoever has the rights to the music is now a billionaire! Thanks for that. :):)

Ramette

aw JellyBaby you big softie.... you can have the groom i bags the brother!

Jellybaby1

Sorry Rammy, I got him first! (God love him, if he only knew, he'd be shuddering in his shoes!) Yep, am one bit marshymelly.

Jellybaby1

This made me smile today: I was going to put this on the Soccer thread but I only found pix of 'hotties' there so I legged it to here!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyMkex3YYrA

BIG BAD JOHN

I was very pleased to see Denmark beat Holland today. (I have two Danish-born grandchildren, that's part of the reason why.)

Jellybaby1

Hi BBJ, welcome to senior infants! Pull up a pew, Chucken will serve you a bowl of soup shortly! :eek: I've just had a 'conversation' with himself about that handball. Why don't they call it an armball? The rolling eyes made me withdraw to a safer spot, but now I'm not so sure it's that safe!

BIG BAD JOHN

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Hi BBJ, welcome to senior infants! Pull up a pew, Chucken will serve you a bowl of soup shortly! :eek: I've just had a 'conversation' with himself about that handball. Why don't they call it an armball? The rolling eyes made me withdraw to a safer spot, but now I'm not so sure it's that safe!

Thanks, Jellybaby. Any bit of luck going the Danes got it but that makes their victory that bit sweeter! Anyway, I'm saying that the ball hit his hand/arm, he didn't play it......:rolleyes:

Jellybaby1

Congratulations on the arrival of your new baby!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2584174182/

Rubecula

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Congratulations on the arrival of your new baby!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2584174182/

Quite a delivery system. It almost looks painless.

Jellybaby1

No explanation needed for this smile today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3a1UpgfTK4

Jellybaby1

It is sooo quiet in here these days, what with 'Limpics and the warm weather no-one wants to post. Anyways, I saw these fab photos of the moon, and they made me smile today:

http://enpundit.com/clever-treatment-of-the-moons-face-is-out-of-this-world/

rich.d.berry

I cannot get the silly grin off my face, exhausted though I may be.

Today I completed my first 100km cycle and I have the certificate to prove it!

Jellybaby1

Well done Rich! You deserve a lollipop!

Jellybaby1

Another smile. As I don't have pets, this is the kind of kitty I like:

http://www.simonscat.com/Films/Catnap/
http://www.simonscat.com/Films/Double-Trouble/

0lddog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gba1MksaNBQ

Jellybaby1

Oh the concentration on their dopey little faces! Hilarious!:D

0lddog

Sendup of the day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRWos-UPXz0

looksee

Love it Jellybaby, I hadn't seen the catnap one, I love Simon's Cat