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It's another mixed day with blue skies defying the gathering clouds. Most of Spain has rain so we are luckier than most. Here's the forecast.....
The clear message is ..enjoy the weather when you can. The weather is obviously threatening rain for the rest of the week.
Chelsea are the Premier League champions and deservedly so. I was rather chuffed with my predictions. I did say Chelsea would win by five at least and I suggested Man Utd would win by four. Liverpool contine to disappoint. Thank God the season is over and well done Everton on such a better season. I cannot see Chelsea losing the cup final and I think Chelsea will win by at least three goals.
Old friends continue to visit and this week I will have a great chance to pick up on old times with my friend Eddie Newnes from the Wallasey Judo Club. We've just sunk the first cups of coffee with our old pal Tommy Rawcliffe.........
Thanks Chris W for the following.......
Sometimes, when I look at my children, I say to myself, 'Lillian, you should have remained a virgin.'
- Lillian Carter (mother of Jimmy Carter)
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I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: - 'No good in a bed, but fine against a wall.'
- Eleanor Roosevelt
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Last week, I stated this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister, and now wish to withdraw that statement..
- Mark Twain
<><>
The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible
- George Burns
<><>
Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.
- Victor Borge
<><>
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
- Mark Twain
<><>
By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
- Socrates
<><>
I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.
- Groucho Marx
<><>
My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe.
- Jimmy Durante
<><>
I have never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back.
- Zsa Zsa Gabor
<><>
Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat.
- Alex Levine
<><>
My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying.
- Rodney Dangerfield
<><>
Money can't buy you happiness .... But it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.
- Spike Milligan
<><>
Until I was thirteen, I thought my name was SHUT UP .
- Joe Namath
<><>
I don't feel old. I don't feel anything until noon. Then it's time for my nap.
- Bob Hope
<><>
I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it..
- W. C. Fields
<><>
We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress.
- Will Rogers
<><>
Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you.
- Winston Churchill
<><>
Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty .. But everything else starts to wear out, fall out, or spread out..
- Phyllis Diller
<><>
By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere.
- Billy Crystal
<><>
And the cardiologist' s diet: - If it tastes good spit it out.
May your troubles be less, may your blessings be more, and
may nothing but happiness come through your door.
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James Bond star Sean Connery and his wife will appear before a Spanish judge later this month concerning alleged money laundering and other irregularities relating to a vacation property he once owned in Spain.
However, there is no suggestion that the 79-year-old Scottish actor or his wife, French artist Micheline Roquebrune, 81, were involved in any wrong doing, the Times of London has said. Full Story
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to support, to bear, to carry; to stand, to bear, to put up with
No soporto este calor - I just can't bear this heat.
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Festival of the Month: El Rocio
This festival is little known outside Spain yet it is the country's biggest pilgrimage (romeria) in which over a million people make their way on foot and on horseback to the shrine of 'La Virgen del Rocio' which lies on the edge of the Doñana national park in the province of Huelva. The festival usually takes place at the end of May and lasts for three days. In one of our local bars there's a sign on the wall showing how many days it is until the beginning of El Rocio which is counted down every day of the year. It's sad the day the pilgrimage ends and the counter goes back to 364 days to go!
No podía soportar el dolor. - He couldn't stand the pain.
Gerry
spain@spanish-fiestas.com
http://www.spanish-fiestas.com
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Music Stuff May 10th: On this day
1960, The Silver Beetles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe, and Tommy Moore) auditioned for promoter Larry Parnes and singer Billy Fury for a job as Fury's backing group. Parnes was also looking for backing group's for his lesser-known acts. The Silver Beetles were selected as backing group for singer Johnny Gentle's upcoming tour of Scotland. The group had changed its name from 'The Beatals' to 'The Silver Beetles' after Brian Casser (of Cass and the Cassanovas) remarked that the name 'Beatals' was "ridiculous".
1963, The Rolling Stones recorded the Chuck Berry song 'Come On', at Olympic Studios, London.
1964, Bob Dylan arrived in Britain for his first major UK tour
1967, this week's UK Top 5 singles:
No.5, Lulu, 'The Boat That I Row',
No.4, The Tremeloes, 'Silence Is Golden',
No.3, Frank and Nancy Sinatra,Somethin' Stupid',
No.2, Mamas and the Papas, 'Dedicated To The One I Love',
No.1, Sandie Shaw, 'Puppet On A Sting.'
1969, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd, The Move, Status Quo, Tremeloes, Marmalade, Love Sculpture, Van Der Graaf Generator all appeared at Nottingham County Football Ground, Nottingham, England. Presented by John Peel, tickets 22/6 on the gate.
1969, Frank Sinatra's version of 'My Way' made the British Top ten for the first time.
1969, Led Zeppelin made their first appearance on the UK album chart when the bands debut album charted at No.6
1970, David Bowie was awarded an Ivor Novello Award for Best Original Song 'Space Oddity', which he performed that night accompanied by the Les Reed Orchestra.
1985, all girl group The Go-Go's announced they were breaking up. The members went on to enjoy solo success, (Belinda Carlisle and Jane Wiedlin) and the group reformed in the late 90's.
1986, Falco was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Rock Me Amadeus.'
1986, The Pet Shop Boys went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'West End Girls'
1997, Gary Barlow scored his second UK No.1 single with a song written by Madonna 'Love Won't Wait'
1997, The Hillsborough Benefit gig took place at Liverpool's Anfield Stadium with The Beautiful South, Manic Street Preachers, Dodgy, Space, Stereophonics and The Lightning Seeds.
1999, American singer, songwriter poet, cartoonist, screenwriter, and author of children's books Shel Silverstein died of a heart attack aged 57. Wrote, 'A Boy Named Sue' for Johnny Cash
1999, Marti Pellow announced that he had quit Wet Wet Wet”
Birthday Boys and Girls May 10th
1920, Bert Weedon
1935, Larry Williams, US singer, The Beatles and The Jam covered his songs. (1957 US No.5 & UK No. 21 single 'Short Fat Fannie'). Williams died from gunshot wounds on 2nd January 1980 aged 45.
1944, Jackie Lomax, UK singer, first act to be signed to The Beatles
1946, Donovan
1946, Graham Gouldman, UK singer, songwriter, guitarist, 10CC, (1975 UK No.1 'I'm Not In Love', plus 10 other UK Top 30 hits including 2 No.1's), Wax, (1987 UK No.12 single 'Bridge To Your Heart'). Wrote hits for Herman's Hermits, The Hollies & The Yardbirds.
1947, Dave Mason, guitar, Traffic
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...There´s a new blog and a new podcast. I hope you find them interesting.
It's another mixed day with blue skies defying the gathering clouds. Most of Spain has rain so we are luckier than most. Here's the forecast.....
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
 24° C | 14° C |  23° C | 13° C | 22° C | 12° C | 21° C | 12° C | 20° C | 12° C |
The clear message is ..enjoy the weather when you can. The weather is obviously threatening rain for the rest of the week.
Chelsea are the Premier League champions and deservedly so. I was rather chuffed with my predictions. I did say Chelsea would win by five at least and I suggested Man Utd would win by four. Liverpool contine to disappoint. Thank God the season is over and well done Everton on such a better season. I cannot see Chelsea losing the cup final and I think Chelsea will win by at least three goals.
Old friends continue to visit and this week I will have a great chance to pick up on old times with my friend Eddie Newnes from the Wallasey Judo Club. We've just sunk the first cups of coffee with our old pal Tommy Rawcliffe.........
Thanks Chris W for the following.......
Sometimes, when I look at my children, I say to myself, 'Lillian, you should have remained a virgin.'
- Lillian Carter (mother of Jimmy Carter)
<><>
I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: - 'No good in a bed, but fine against a wall.'
- Eleanor Roosevelt
<><>
Last week, I stated this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister, and now wish to withdraw that statement..
- Mark Twain
<><>
The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible
- George Burns
<><>
Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.
- Victor Borge
<><>
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
- Mark Twain
<><>
By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
- Socrates
<><>
I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.
- Groucho Marx
<><>
My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe.
- Jimmy Durante
<><>
I have never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back.
- Zsa Zsa Gabor
<><>
Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat.
- Alex Levine
<><>
My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying.
- Rodney Dangerfield
<><>
Money can't buy you happiness .... But it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.
- Spike Milligan
<><>
Until I was thirteen, I thought my name was SHUT UP .
- Joe Namath
<><>
I don't feel old. I don't feel anything until noon. Then it's time for my nap.
- Bob Hope
<><>
I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it..
- W. C. Fields
<><>
We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress.
- Will Rogers
<><>
Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you.
- Winston Churchill
<><>
Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty .. But everything else starts to wear out, fall out, or spread out..
- Phyllis Diller
<><>
By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere.
- Billy Crystal
<><>
And the cardiologist' s diet: - If it tastes good spit it out.
May your troubles be less, may your blessings be more, and
may nothing but happiness come through your door.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
James Bond star Sean Connery and his wife will appear before a Spanish judge later this month concerning alleged money laundering and other irregularities relating to a vacation property he once owned in Spain.
However, there is no suggestion that the 79-year-old Scottish actor or his wife, French artist Micheline Roquebrune, 81, were involved in any wrong doing, the Times of London has said. Full Story
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Word of the Day
soportar soh-por-tar' (transitive verb)
to support, to bear, to carry; to stand, to bear, to put up with
EXAMPLES
No soporto este calor - I just can't bear this heat.
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Festival of the Month: El Rocio
This festival is little known outside Spain yet it is the country's biggest pilgrimage (romeria) in which over a million people make their way on foot and on horseback to the shrine of 'La Virgen del Rocio' which lies on the edge of the Doñana national park in the province of Huelva. The festival usually takes place at the end of May and lasts for three days. In one of our local bars there's a sign on the wall showing how many days it is until the beginning of El Rocio which is counted down every day of the year. It's sad the day the pilgrimage ends and the counter goes back to 364 days to go!
No podía soportar el dolor. - He couldn't stand the pain.
Gerry
spain@spanish-fiestas.com
http://www.spanish-fiestas.com
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Music Stuff May 10th: On this day
1960, The Silver Beetles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe, and Tommy Moore) auditioned for promoter Larry Parnes and singer Billy Fury for a job as Fury's backing group. Parnes was also looking for backing group's for his lesser-known acts. The Silver Beetles were selected as backing group for singer Johnny Gentle's upcoming tour of Scotland. The group had changed its name from 'The Beatals' to 'The Silver Beetles' after Brian Casser (of Cass and the Cassanovas) remarked that the name 'Beatals' was "ridiculous".
1963, The Rolling Stones recorded the Chuck Berry song 'Come On', at Olympic Studios, London.
1964, Bob Dylan arrived in Britain for his first major UK tour
1967, this week's UK Top 5 singles:
No.5, Lulu, 'The Boat That I Row',
No.4, The Tremeloes, 'Silence Is Golden',
No.3, Frank and Nancy Sinatra,Somethin' Stupid',
No.2, Mamas and the Papas, 'Dedicated To The One I Love',
No.1, Sandie Shaw, 'Puppet On A Sting.'
1969, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd, The Move, Status Quo, Tremeloes, Marmalade, Love Sculpture, Van Der Graaf Generator all appeared at Nottingham County Football Ground, Nottingham, England. Presented by John Peel, tickets 22/6 on the gate.
1969, Frank Sinatra's version of 'My Way' made the British Top ten for the first time.
1969, Led Zeppelin made their first appearance on the UK album chart when the bands debut album charted at No.6
1970, David Bowie was awarded an Ivor Novello Award for Best Original Song 'Space Oddity', which he performed that night accompanied by the Les Reed Orchestra.
1985, all girl group The Go-Go's announced they were breaking up. The members went on to enjoy solo success, (Belinda Carlisle and Jane Wiedlin) and the group reformed in the late 90's.
1986, Falco was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Rock Me Amadeus.'
1986, The Pet Shop Boys went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'West End Girls'
1997, Gary Barlow scored his second UK No.1 single with a song written by Madonna 'Love Won't Wait'
1997, The Hillsborough Benefit gig took place at Liverpool's Anfield Stadium with The Beautiful South, Manic Street Preachers, Dodgy, Space, Stereophonics and The Lightning Seeds.
1999, American singer, songwriter poet, cartoonist, screenwriter, and author of children's books Shel Silverstein died of a heart attack aged 57. Wrote, 'A Boy Named Sue' for Johnny Cash
1999, Marti Pellow announced that he had quit Wet Wet Wet”
Birthday Boys and Girls May 10th
1920, Bert Weedon
1935, Larry Williams, US singer, The Beatles and The Jam covered his songs. (1957 US No.5 & UK No. 21 single 'Short Fat Fannie'). Williams died from gunshot wounds on 2nd January 1980 aged 45.
1944, Jackie Lomax, UK singer, first act to be signed to The Beatles
1946, Donovan
1946, Graham Gouldman, UK singer, songwriter, guitarist, 10CC, (1975 UK No.1 'I'm Not In Love', plus 10 other UK Top 30 hits including 2 No.1's), Wax, (1987 UK No.12 single 'Bridge To Your Heart'). Wrote hits for Herman's Hermits, The Hollies & The Yardbirds.
1947, Dave Mason, guitar, Traffic
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