The Eternal Breakfast Debate in a New Place

[ahinton]

Giggles all round at his oblique avoidance of the T word, with references to many people being surprised that morning by... the quantity of rain overnight

or shocked by... the reduction in the number of lumps in a Toblerone bar

I have it on reliable authority that the official scientific term for process of checking the number of lumps in these things before they leave the factory is Testoblerone...

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I have it on reliable authority that the official scientific term for process of checking the number of lumps in these things before they leave the factory is Testoblerone...

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

On Monday, I drove to Huddersfield to take my oboe to the best repairer in the country. (OK, that's like saying someone is the best composer/conductor/violinist, bit I've made my point.)


I normally take a stack of CDs for the journey, but forgot. Instead, I listened to Breakfast and Essenial Classics. Maybe I was just lucky, but it all seemed so much better. So simpering, no playing of pieces backwards. Even Petroc's fading seems to have been modified, so that only occurs at the end of sentences. We may not be there yet, but surely it's a glimmer of light.

The only real fly in the ointment was the trailer for Parsifal, which sounded like an advert for creamy Galaxy chocolate, rather than this most profound of operas. I couldn't identify the guilty one, but it may have been KD.

[antongould]

On Monday, I drove to Huddersfield to take my oboe to the best repairer in the country. (OK, that's like saying someone is the best composer/conductor/violinist, bit I've made my point.)


I normally take a stack of CDs for the journey, but forgot. Instead, I listened to Breakfast and Essenial Classics. Maybe I was just lucky, but it all seemed so much better. So simpering, no playing of pieces backwards. Even Petroc's fading seems to have been modified, so that only occurs at the end of sentences. We may not be there yet, but surely it's a glimmer of light.

The only real fly in the ointment was the trailer for Parsifal, which sounded like an advert for creamy Galaxy chocolate, rather than this most profound of operas. I couldn't identify the guilty one, but it may have been KD.

I think it is getting better EA! I am just going through Skellers week, which I missed, and he has just played a full symphony - you can probably guess which one (not Mahler2) - but a step in the right direction IMVVHO ....

[DaisyDog]

A glimmer of light is good. May the glimmer grow. But I think it is C B-H and not KD that voices that dreadful trailer for Parsifal.

[antongould]

Well having missed the same on Wednesday morning, an early drive to the coast today permitted a listen to Ian Skelly's programme, dowloaded to the iPod in the car, in preference to what was available live...

Giggles all round at his oblique avoidance of the T word, with references to many people being surprised that morning by... the quantity of rain overnight

or shocked by... the reduction in the number of lumps in a Toblerone bar

Also loved his introduction to a piece by "perhaps the greatest of the many great composers from Little Rock, Arkansas"

Due to the hectic life us poor retired people lead I have only just caught up with this .... an absolute classical way to welcome the new #PresidentElect .... everyone IMVVVHO should listen ....

[teamsaint]

Due to the hectic life us poor retired people lead I have only just caught up with this .... an absolute classical way to welcome the new #PresidentElect .... everyone IMVVVHO humble opinion should listen ....

I reckon that at this time of year,all those poor pensioners, who all seem to get up at about 6.00 am for no good reason, could use the time better and make a few bob to eke out their pensions by scraping ice off cars for hard pressed commuters and other workers.
. Probably worth creating an app to take bookings, along Uber lines.

[antongould]

I reckon that at this time of year,all those poor pensioners, who all seem to get up at about 6.00 am for no good reason, could use the time better and make a few bob to eke out their pensions by scraping ice off cars for hard pressed commuters and other workers.
. Probably worth creating an app to take bookings, along Uber lines.

I base the course of my retirement on the life of Arthur Holt ....... Did he have an app ... ???

[teamsaint]

I base the course of my retirement on the life of Arthur Holt ....... Did he have an app ... ???

The Lancashire politician,or the Hampshire and Saints Legend,and sports goods tycoon ,AG ?

[antongould]

The Lancashire politician,or the Hampshire and Saints Legend,and sports goods tycoon ,AG ?

Your man of course ts .....

[teamsaint]

Your man of course ts .....

Wise choice AG.
Naturally.

( Holt and Haskell dont seem to need an app, so seems like you are right to keep out of that particular field of activity).

[Mal]

Maybe I was just lucky, but it all seemed so much better. So simpering, no playing of pieces backwards. ...

You were lucky. I've turned on "Essential Classics" twice this week and it was straight into playing pieces backwards both times, with a simpering, and obviously bored, presenter, and (seemingly) endless lists of names being read out of those who could identify the piece playing backwards.

[french frank]

You were lucky. I've turned on "Essential Classics" twice this week and it was straight into playing pieces backwards both times, with a simpering, and obviously bored, presenter, and (seemingly) endless lists of names being read out of those who could identify the piece playing backwards.

By the way, as well as The Eternal Breakfast Debate, we also offer Essential Classics - a programme surely on the wrong station which has been running for five years

[alycidon]

You were lucky. I've turned on "Essential Classics" twice this week and it was straight into playing pieces backwards both times, with a simpering, and obviously bored, presenter, and (seemingly) endless lists of names being read out of those who could identify the piece playing backwards.

Someone, somewhere, has got to stop this idiocy.

[antongould]

Who is this .... ??? Where is Clemmers .... ??? Do I recognise the newsreader at least .... ????