Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[tikay]

I could still keep myself occupied with matters close to my heart, APAT, GOSH, Raising The Stakes, Variety Club, etc, & travel, relax, see more of my special friends (whom I disgracefully neglect right now due to time-pressures), watch Test Cricket, get me a dog, da de da.

More on the bits I've highlighted please. (Time permitting of course)

The dog - as you know, that was Plan A.  Retire, get me a dog with a limp, & do all that cranky old man & his mangy dog who looks like his owner. Walk, sleep, read, watch the telly, vegetate, fade away. You will be getting the dog, & training it for me. When I get it, I won't be making a fuss of it. Much. I'm good with dogs.

Variety Club. It's a chariddee, I do a bit of stuff with them.

Unconnected with that, you might enjoy this webpage. I was looking for a Romany or Gypsy word, & came across it. The page, not the word.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_language

Near the foot of the page is a fair bit of interesting stuff.

In "King of the Gypsies" he refers, I think, to "juv". "juv was, I think, "field", as in "put some horses in the juv". The usage, iirc, was "juv some horses", as in put them in a field for a while. He was discussing a guy who traded hundreds of horses, but I forget his name now. I'll give you the book later this week, you'll love it.

[HOLDorFOLD]

The "tea-link" by Andrew was a corker, but let's nail this once & for all. There will be no argument about this.

A cup of hot water with a tea-bag slung in it is not a cup of tea. You will be served it that way in most of the USA, Mainland Europe, & Africa, & even the UK now. Do what I do - refuse to accept it, or pay for it. That's not tea, that's a cup of hot water.

Tea-Making.

Water must be boiling, absolutely "on the boil" bubbling.

Tea-Pot to kettle.

Tea Pot must be china.

Tea Pot must be thoroughly warmed.

Tea goes in just before the boiling water.

Leaf tea must be used.

Use a linen tea-strainer.

Use a bone china cup or mug.

Put the milk in the cup first.

Allow the tea to brew for 3 minutes.

Pour lovingly via tea-strainer.

Add sugar or sweetener as preferred.

Stir with a proper stirring implement. A silver spoon is desirable.

That is how HM The Queen makes it, & that's the only way.

End of debate.

TY TY TY   

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In "King of the Gypsies" he refers, I think, to "juv". "juv was, I think, "field", as in "put some horses in the juv". The usage, iirc, was "juv some horses", as in put them in a field for a while. He was discussing a guy who traded hundreds of horses, but I forget his name now. I'll give you the book later this week, you'll love it.

Words (Or dialect) are slightly different depending on which part of the country, or which family your from.

We would call a field a "puv"

My granddad used to sing

Mandi went to puv the grai
Down by the pani side
Up jelled a muskra to lell mandi’s grais
Mandi made a put at him
Delled him on the point of the chin
And dordi, dordi, dordi, and can’t mandi kor!

[tikay]

In "King of the Gypsies" he refers, I think, to "juv". "juv was, I think, "field", as in "put some horses in the juv". The usage, iirc, was "juv some horses", as in put them in a field for a while. He was discussing a guy who traded hundreds of horses, but I forget his name now. I'll give you the book later this week, you'll love it.

Words (Or dialect) are slightly different depending on which part of the country, or which family your from.

We would call a field a "puv"

My granddad used to sing

Mandi went to puv the grai
Down by the pani side
Up jelled a muskra to lell mandi’s grais
Mandi made a put at him
Delled him on the point of the chin
And dordi, dordi, dordi, and can’t mandi kor!

Yes, that's it, "puv", that is what I said.

I also know "muskra" is "policeman".

[GreekStein]

In "King of the Gypsies" he refers, I think, to "juv". "juv was, I think, "field", as in "put some horses in the juv". The usage, iirc, was "juv some horses", as in put them in a field for a while. He was discussing a guy who traded hundreds of horses, but I forget his name now. I'll give you the book later this week, you'll love it.

Words (Or dialect) are slightly different depending on which part of the country, or which family your from.

We would call a field a "puv"

My granddad used to sing

Mandi went to puv the grai
Down by the pani side
Up jelled a muskra to lell mandi’s grais
Mandi made a put at him
Delled him on the point of the chin
And dordi, dordi, dordi, and can’t mandi kor!

Yes, that's it, "puv", that is what I said.

I also know "muskra" is "policeman".

'Point of the chin' is the bit that the gentlemen below is touching. I got that bit.

[RED-DOG]

In "King of the Gypsies" he refers, I think, to "juv". "juv was, I think, "field", as in "put some horses in the juv". The usage, iirc, was "juv some horses", as in put them in a field for a while. He was discussing a guy who traded hundreds of horses, but I forget his name now. I'll give you the book later this week, you'll love it.

Words (Or dialect) are slightly different depending on which part of the country, or which family your from.

We would call a field a "puv"

My granddad used to sing

Mandi went to puv the grai
Down by the pani side
Up jelled a muskra to lell mandi’s grais
Mandi made a put at him
Delled him on the point of the chin
And dordi, dordi, dordi, and can’t mandi kor!

Yes, that's it, "puv", that is what I said.

I also know "muskra" is "policeman".

'Point of the chin' is the bit that the gentlemen below is touching. I got that bit.

Because it is a spoken, not written language, some of the words went missing over time.

Nowadays most  Gypsies speak a version of Romani called "Poggadi Jib" Which means "Broken Tongue"

The best speakers can still speak almost entirely in Romani though.

[gatso]

why are you all suddenly saying romani? thought it was romany. are they interchangeable

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why are you all suddenly saying romani? thought it was romany. are they interchangeable

Yes.

[Laxie]

why are you all suddenly saying Romani? thought it was Romany. are they interchangeable

FYP   

[gatso]

why are you all suddenly saying Romani? thought it was Romany. are they interchangeable

FYP   

gtfo. I occasionally give tom a G to keep him happy. he's not getting Rs as well (though I did briefly consider it)

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why are you all suddenly saying Romani? thought it was Romany. are they interchangeable

FYP   

gtfo. I occasionally give tom a G to keep him happy. he's not getting Rs as well (though I did briefly consider it)

I'm thankful for small mercies.

[technolog]

Whatever you do, don't drop down to 11st 6 again, you looked ill.

Very much ^This^

+ lots

- a bit

I lost 7 stone 18 months ago (from 20½st down to 13½st) and was dismayed by the number of people who said I looked ill. I had never been fitter, healthier or felt as good. My blood pressure went from the point of needing medication to absolutely perfect.

I think it takes other people a while to see you differently. Until the new you becomes the norm, you look different and 'ill'. That's all.

[RED-DOG]

Whatever you do, don't drop down to 11st 6 again, you looked ill.

Very much ^This^

+ lots

- a bit

I lost 7 stone 18 months ago (from 20½st down to 13½st) and was dismayed by the number of people who said I looked ill. I had never been fitter, healthier or felt as good. My blood pressure went from the point of needing medication to absolutely perfect.

I think it takes other people a while to see you differently. Until the new you becomes the norm, you look different and 'ill'. That's all.

Absolutely.

BTW- Did you keep the weight off?

[tikay]

Whatever you do, don't drop down to 11st 6 again, you looked ill.

Very much ^This^

+ lots

- a bit

I lost 7 stone 18 months ago (from 20½st down to 13½st) and was dismayed by the number of people who said I looked ill. I had never been fitter, healthier or felt as good. My blood pressure went from the point of needing medication to absolutely perfect.

I think it takes other people a while to see you differently. Until the new you becomes the norm, you look different and 'ill'. That's all.

Spot-on Sir.

So many people - friends, & well-meaning - said the same thing, "stop now, you look ill". And yet I'd NEVER felt better.

Now, I've lumped a few stone back on, & feel shite, everyone says "you look much better now you've put some weight back on". It's like a new hairdo, I think, just takes some getting used to.

I'm not fussed if I'm fat or thin, I just want to "feel right", & I don't when I'm Mr Plumpy.

[sovietsong]

Whatever you do, don't drop down to 11st 6 again, you looked ill.

Very much ^This^

+ lots

- a bit

I lost 7 stone 18 months ago (from 20½st down to 13½st) and was dismayed by the number of people who said I looked ill. I had never been fitter, healthier or felt as good. My blood pressure went from the point of needing medication to absolutely perfect.

I think it takes other people a while to see you differently. Until the new you becomes the norm, you look different and 'ill'. That's all.

how did you do it?  I'm keen to lose a bit of weight, I enjoy swimming so going to be doing that a couple of times a week, got a dog so will be continuing to walk her lots but in terms of diet did you actually follow a diet like weightwatchers or did you just eat less bad stuff?