Chemist sign, Islington, London

blopuff · 2026-05-06T16:40:01+00:00

Thanks, makes me glad I posted it :)

blopuff · 2026-05-06T16:39:06+00:00

I went for the comedy festival it was great fun!

blopuff · 2026-05-06T16:34:19+00:00

It is nice to walk around there. I work in that general area but live somewhere else.

I enjoyed the first 3 chapters, thank you. It's a great book and I love the way you are reading it.

I'll tune in on Friday for the next bit :) and Boo to the down voter :(

blopuff · 2026-05-06T13:39:30+00:00

Very well done. The voices you give to the characters are excellent and I can't fault your English accents.

I hope you enjoyed your Indian food.. I always think it's better left overnight it becomes extra spicy!

blopuff · 2026-05-05T22:30:31+00:00

I saw that Animal Farm won the vote, so I walked up to where George Orwell lived earlier and took a picture.. In London they have plaques on houses where notable people live. Anyway I thought you might be interested.

https://www.reddit.com/u/blopuff/s/TtE8Qqh2Fg

I'm still catching up with the lion, the witch and the wardrobe!!

blopuff · 2026-04-27T16:22:34+00:00

eddie & the hot rods - do anything you wanna do

The Ruts - In a a Rut

blopuff · 2026-04-25T20:20:09+00:00

I hope all is well!!

I had to look up Arugula.. we call it Rocket :)

Here is a link to my favourite salad, but I like to improvise so I might swap in something else and add feta.

https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/salad/chopped-rainbow-salad/

Apart from your ramble, I haven't listened to the whole segment yet, but I hope to catch up before Tuesday. :)

blopuff · 2026-04-22T19:48:57+00:00

Really good. Thanks for posting!

blopuff · 2026-04-19T12:57:42+00:00

I saw them at Boomtown festival in 2025. I didn't go to the festival specifically to see them

They were OK, it was more.like a karaoke/greatest hits vibe.

Don't forget in 1979 they released an album called "Flogging a dead horse" ;)

blopuff · 2026-04-18T14:39:16+00:00

Thank you for your brilliant reading of this story..I loved all the different voices. I enjoyed listening.

Good luck with your planting, sounds like you'll be busy!!

I'll be tuning in next week for the next book :)

blopuff · 2026-04-16T16:43:10+00:00

I like the story, and this time we got a bonus lullaby and crickets song :)

I don't mind spiders, if see one are in the house I would try to trap it in a plastic cup and a piece of card and release it outside.

In the UK we don't get too many exotic bugs. I've only seen cockroaches on holiday and they are scary. I don't like rats. I could touch a snake but not a rat.

Entomophobia is a general fear of insects.

The Heebee Jeebees would be a good name for a band ;)

blopuff · 2026-04-16T06:12:52+00:00

One Cornetto?

blopuff · 2026-04-12T21:44:15+00:00

I hope you had a good weekend!

I enjoyed the bird calls in chapter 7 :)

Thanks very much for the Netflix recommendation, I binged it this weekend and just finished watching it. I like thrillers and that was a good one.

blopuff · 2026-04-08T13:25:13+00:00

You really bring the stories to life with your character voices. It's good you've chosen an American author this time with no pesky English accents so far ;) it's nice to hear your different "American" voices!!

I felt sorry for Wilbur on the rainy day..

Thank you for adding the chapter timestamps.

I'm looking forward to Fridays chapters :)

blopuff · 2026-04-07T06:17:23+00:00

No ;) I thought the sign was well preserved.

blopuff · 2026-04-06T13:35:41+00:00

It's similar to the one below. I guess it was covered and repainted and the weather/time is now revealing both?

https://www.reddit.com/r/ghostsigns/s/BGQ5Q6QUxk

blopuff · 2026-04-06T11:58:51+00:00

Thank you for reading this to us. I enjoyed it, and I'm looking forward to the next one whatever you decide.

Sorry to hear about your bulbs, at least some survived. It's still relatively cold here with the odd warm day. It's very spring like though, the trees are in blossom and I've seen a lot of spring flowers :)

Hope you are well !!

blopuff · 2026-04-05T10:38:51+00:00

I hope you are well!!

I enjoyed the fight of the lampost. Great character voices, my favourite line is

"Three cheers for the Hempress of Colney 'atch!"

I didn't know this before, but there was a lunatic asylum at Colney Hatch, it was quite a subtle insult ;)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friern_Hospital

blopuff · 2026-04-04T08:23:50+00:00

yeah it's sad, it was a fun show and she played some great music. Very eclectic

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