Instead of Miskin 2007?

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: Don(Wyziwyg)T
Date: 20 Apr 07 - 03:06 PM

Guys, we just need to choose a more appropriate place to discuss it.

We've been asked to keep it off this thread. Let's do that.

Don T.

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 20 Apr 07 - 07:45 AM

Now of course we have to be careful what we say here, or we will all be banished to alpha centauri, along with our messages and posts....

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 20 Apr 07 - 07:15 AM

Told you that days ago. Now it's just becoming more obvious.

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 20 Apr 07 - 07:05 AM

It's beginning to look like harassment and personal prejudice on Shambles part, rather than a freedom of information crusade.
Giok

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 20 Apr 07 - 05:58 AM

"Here he comes to save the day...."

Such a long breath, should have been a diver.

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: My guru always said
Date: 20 Apr 07 - 05:26 AM

It's definitely the sea air Chris *grin* Just a case of having seen a post before it disappeared. Nothing to worry about, just a bit of good housekeeping!

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: Richard Atkins
Date: 19 Apr 07 - 08:19 PM

Brill zzz

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 19 Apr 07 - 03:57 PM

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzZZZzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzz

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: GUEST,Seaking
Date: 19 Apr 07 - 03:53 PM

This has become very cryptic all of a sudden. Have I missed something or is the sea air starting to get to me ?

Chris

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 19 Apr 07 - 10:08 AM

Curious. Busy gnomes or elves. Cryptically, but so as to give you a clue, let me say that urgent peripetation in Sidmouth will not be necessary to avoid nausea or digestive distress, if you get my drift.....

Shall I go zzzz now too?

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 19 Apr 07 - 09:32 AM

Useless at taking hints.

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: Dave Earl
Date: 19 Apr 07 - 09:27 AM

i wonder how long this contribution from himself will stay in the thread.

The posting of earlier today disappeared remarkably quickly.

Dave

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: Dave Earl
Date: 19 Apr 07 - 05:19 AM

Quite right Richard.

More zzzzz from me

Dave

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: Richard Atkins
Date: 18 Apr 07 - 07:25 PM

zzz

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: Don(Wyziwyg)T
Date: 18 Apr 07 - 02:15 PM

With what, Richard?

I don't semm to have posted here.

Don T.

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 18 Apr 07 - 03:57 AM

Don Thompson - I agree.

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: Fidjit
Date: 18 Apr 07 - 03:49 AM

P'raps that should read, "The BUDE one"

Nice one of the beach at Bude

Chas

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: Richard Atkins
Date: 17 Apr 07 - 08:19 PM

Lucy brill photos of your non Miskin Gather ,ours to follow ! May Andy have grief sorting them all !!!

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 17 Apr 07 - 06:04 PM

If (Heaven forfend) Miskin is not back next year, who might we visit in retribution?

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: Jock O' Dreams
Date: 17 Apr 07 - 06:00 PM

Worked OK for me! Some really cracking photo's especially the Nude one!! There that should get them visiting the site in their thousands!

                Cheers,
                         Jim

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: Hawker
Date: 17 Apr 07 - 06:00 PM

Try this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/45752049@N00/
Cheers, Lucy

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: Hawker
Date: 17 Apr 07 - 05:57 PM

I have just tired, Copy the link, paste it at the top and press go!
Have sent you a link to click on!

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: Sue the Borderer
Date: 17 Apr 07 - 05:51 PM

Sorry, Lucy! I tried cut & past and I tried typing it in but still couldn't it.
Sue

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: Hawker
Date: 17 Apr 07 - 04:18 PM

Well here are some photos of what we got up to instead of Miskin at our mini gathering in North Cornwall and just over the border in Devon.
Cut and paste please, otherwise I will have to look upo how to do blue clickies!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/45752049@N00/
Cheers, Lucy

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: Richard Atkins
Date: 16 Apr 07 - 07:34 PM

It was wondeful to see freinds enjoy our home and it worked. Borrowed Miskinites this year, may we all return to the fold in 2008

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: vectis
Date: 15 Apr 07 - 06:38 PM

Had a wonderful weekend with friends. Thanks Richard and MGAS for all your hard work.

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: Cats
Date: 15 Apr 07 - 04:06 PM

We were in a session in a bar in Belfast. Drank the guiness to the festival.

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: bubblyrat
Date: 15 Apr 07 - 12:25 PM

Please, Miskinites, ---have a look at the thread that I have just posted regarding the Bude Folk Festival !! Thanks !!

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: Geordie-Peorgie
Date: 15 Apr 07 - 06:11 AM

Hey-up MGAS!

Glad te see ye back on line!

Me and The Lovely Shirl had a smashin' time at your 'gather' and were sorry to have to leave so early.

However, the Isle of Wight wez a real holiday and now we need a rest te get ower it!

Once again, thanks forra fablious day and love to Richard.

Here's te Miskin 2008 - See yez aall there

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: MBSLynne
Date: 15 Apr 07 - 06:05 AM

Because I haven't been this year and because we didn't go anywhere Easter weekend, I still keep looking forward to it, then realising it's not there! Boohoo!

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: Eye Lander
Date: 15 Apr 07 - 04:16 AM

Thanks and love to you all for thinking of Miskin.

Jillie x

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: Richard Atkins
Date: 14 Apr 07 - 07:14 PM

So did I Guru. Built the loos and got Beer! Hope all other Miskinite Gathers worked well. Heres to Miskin 2008

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: My guru always said
Date: 14 Apr 07 - 05:59 PM

Well I had a Fab (if exhausting) time in good company & raised a tankard to Miskin at the appropriate time with as many others as could assemble at short notice. Looking forward to Miskin 2008!!!

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: Sue the Borderer
Date: 11 Apr 07 - 07:50 PM

Yes, Bubblyrat and Concertina Chap, I thought you - and all the rest of the 'Hosepipe Banned' - were just brilliant.
As for Humpty Dumpty and Nellie the Elephant..... I don't think they managed to find us at all - but all the lambs in the next field still haven't stopped dancing.

Sue

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 11 Apr 07 - 09:50 AM

The diddles in the hotel, as distinct from the concert hall, bar diddled molto furioso, although I think I heard two slow airs.

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: bubblyrat
Date: 11 Apr 07 - 08:30 AM

I stood alongside Concertina Chap at Sue's memorable, if somewhat remote ( ! ) Good Friday Night, moonlit, al fresco, terpsichorean extravaganza , and I thought that we were JOLLY GOOD, and not at all " humpty "----Why not ask Sue herself ??

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: GUEST,Mr. Humpty
Date: 11 Apr 07 - 07:54 AM

I too tried the bar session at F&G.

The diddly wasn't toooooo diddly, the humpty was great, but agreed the venue not very conducive to song.

We even played a few other types of things, bit of American, bit of Playford ...

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: ConcertinaChap
Date: 10 Apr 07 - 04:39 PM

> "diddly" = Irish tunes in the modern style,
> ie "how fast can the fiddles and banjos and whistles play them?"

> "humpty" = English, mostly Morris dance tunes,
> played with button melodeons and anglo and english
> "threepenny bit" shaped concertinas, (and some fiddles)
> all of which performances bear an uncanny resemblance
> to "Nelly the Elephant".

Ah well, the first ain't nuffin' to do wiv me, guv, but I guess I'll have to own up to the latter at Sue's.

Chris

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: Mr Happy
Date: 10 Apr 07 - 11:17 AM

Hope y'all managed to find alternative frivolities over the weekend.

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 09 Apr 07 - 01:57 PM

"diddly" = Irish tunes in the modern style, ie "how fast can the fiddles and banjos and whistles play them?"

"humpty" = English, mostly Morris dance tunes, played with button melodeons and anglo and english "threepenny bit" shaped concertinas, (and some fiddles) all of which performances bear an uncanny resemblance to "Nelly the Elephant".

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: ConcertinaChap
Date: 09 Apr 07 - 01:51 PM

> diddling and humpty

Que?

Chris

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 09 Apr 07 - 09:55 AM

Well, I went to the fringe at Fareham and Gosport, (not the concerts) and it was not in the same ball-park. Very little song, and a huge amount of diddling and humpty.

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: Hawker
Date: 08 Apr 07 - 08:10 PM

Well we danced on the friday with Sue, then we had a Pub session in The Tree Inn at Stratton on Saturday, today we have had a barbecue and session / sing and tomorrow we are out with the morris (Trigg), so we have had a semi miskin time. We watched a video I compiled for Andy (wot he hasnt got yet) at 9.30, of Last years festival, with music soundtrack provided by guests who were there and raised a glass, had a photo taken of the event and recorded a video clip of the 'Missing Miskin' song we composed on the way back to the car on Saturday night!"
When i have recovered on Tuesday I will get them where you can all go look!
Cheers, Lucy

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: Dame Pattie Smith EPNS
Date: 08 Apr 07 - 04:40 PM

I spent Easter cleaning out my garden sheds and my cellar! Not quite what I`m used to doing at this time of year but I made good use of the time. I`ve spent all week celebrating my birthday and just had a little rest from it before I start again tomorrow! Happy Easter everyone see you at Miskin next year. X

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: MBSLynne
Date: 08 Apr 07 - 03:54 PM

Snow???? Where on earth are you? It's lovely and mild here...been a beautiful warm, sunny day and it's now a gorgeous evening. Not cold at all. Dare I say it....true Miskin weather!

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 08 Apr 07 - 01:54 PM

Will we still raise our glasses at 9.30 to Andy and Jillie and all our friendsfrom Miskin.
I brought some tidy scotch back from the Highlands yesterday so i will be using one of them.



Scooby.

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: Fidjit
Date: 08 Apr 07 - 01:38 PM

Trust you had a good night at Llantristant Hils. Great crowd there.

Hope you're all enjoying your Easter eggs and cheeses. Just to let you know I've been on the golf course for the past couple of days. Swing still not working quite as I would like, but it's early in the season. my condition is geting better though.
Now this evening it's just started to snow! Bugger

Back to the sofa to watch the Masters. Justin Rose is doing good.

All the best

Chas

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: ConcertinaChap
Date: 08 Apr 07 - 07:22 AM

Thanks Sue, in lieu of the Real Thing that was a cracking way to spend an evening (and indeed the following morning). And if the Morris has any power at all (and we all know it *does*) Miskin will be back next year, no worries!

Chris

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: Sue the Borderer
Date: 07 Apr 07 - 12:50 PM

We did it. In order to maintain a Miskin tradition, we 'danced on the Friday when the sky turned black' - and a wonderful dark moonlit night it was too.
About 20 of us met at 'Not-Miskin in North Devon' and, in the same way as other morris traditions are said to dance in order to encourage the crops to grow, we danced for the return of 'Miskin at Easter' in 2008.
MiskinMan, thank you for arranging such glorious weather for us. I hope you can manage the same for 2008!

Sue

Subject: RE: Instead of Miskin 2007?
From: Seaking
Date: 03 Apr 07 - 09:57 AM

I shall raise my glass of strictly non-alcohol beverage with you and share the tingle moment with you also.

Chris

(who's just sold his house after eight long months of frustration and had offer on new house accepted this morning - sorry not intending thread creep but slightly relevant as instead of packing tent for Miskin am now packing contents of house instead..)