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Alex Lester to get a Month Off next year

 
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 2:46 pm    Post subject: Alex Lester to get a Month Off next year Reply with quote

Alex has been with R2 for nearly twenty years , as a, reward/ recognition/compensation for long service, he's getting a whole month off Shocked in 2007.............


hmmmmm.........can I come too?
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 3:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wouldn't want to go back if I took a stretch like that away from work.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 3:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I know what you mean , I had 8 weeks off work quite a while back. I discovered a whole new life while I was off ... going back to work really got in the way... oh well just another 25 years to work..... Sad
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Can't they give Sarah Kennedy a month off instead?
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 6:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wish someone would give RB a month off (at least).

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 11:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Who is sitting in for him?

Pete Mitchell? Mark Goodier? Tim Smith?
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 7:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hopefully it's Pete Mitchell.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 7:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bet it'll be Tim Smith, though.... Rolling Eyes

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 7:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nobody has mentioned Mo [yet...............]
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 7:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is Pete Mitchell, Russell Brand or - better still - that idiot Chris Evans getting a whole month off as well?

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I doubt it will be Mo Dutta. Apparently, he works elsewhere during the week. Wink
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Scott Nelson wrote:
Hopefully it's Pete Mitchell.


Gosh! NO!! Not Pete errrrrrr Mitchell.....


Liz Kershaw for 2 weeks, Mo Dutta for 2 weeks please ( Oh go on Mo pretty please ...... I'll send you some home made Mince Pies... )

If all else fails I guess I could do it.......as long as you/they let me play lots of the Big O and ELO...Smile
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Liz Kershaw gets my vote. Mo always sounds a bit bored Very Happy
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, he does sound as though he'd rather be somewhere else, doing something else, doesn't he? Obviously that's just his sardonic style.

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cherskiy wrote:
Obviously that's just his sardonic style.


So you mean he's intentionally bored LMAO!!
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

He does give the impression of being bored sometimes, but it's the disdain and slightly cutting remarks that swing the 'sardonic' label for me.

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 2:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I always get the impression Lester's talking to me, he justs talks to all his mates in the Lester Clique, he's a a lot like Dutta, a bit too sarcastic and pleased with himself for my liking , sorry. Don't get me wrong folks, I don't want him sacked or burned at the stake like , just because I don't like him, just my two pen'orth is all. Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 2:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You're dead right Two stepper Smile.... Alex's show is just for me!!!!! Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing I don't mind if other people listen of course ....... Wink
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 2:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Two stepper wrote:
I always get the impression Lester's talking to me, he justs talks to all his mates in the Lester Clique, he's a a lot like Dutta, a bit too sarcastic and pleased with himself for my liking , sorry. Don't get me wrong folks, I don't want him sacked or burned at the stake like , just because I don't like him, just my two pen'orth is all. Rolling Eyes


Er... just spotted my typo .. it should've read "I always get the impression Lester's NOT talking to me... sorry Rache, your boy's not my cup o' tea. Same as that Mo Dutta on that Sat/Sun early shift.. did you spot what I did there ? Bit of a Duta-esque type link there mate.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 3:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh, that's ok Two stepper , if we all liked the same thing , life would be dull. My other half can't stand Alex. I get forcibly ejected from bed at 05:17 each weekday morning when the radio alarm comes on, so that he doesn't have to listen to Alex for more than a few seconds. I have to run to my dressing room so that I don't miss a moment.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 3:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ok missus, you're right it would be a poor do if we all raved about the same thing. Anyway must crack on.. oh, thought you looked fab in the bin bag by the way. Razz
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 4:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rachel,

Tried to "Listen Again" to Alex's show from this morning but they've still got Pete Mitchell on.... grr! Sad

Catching up with the last hour of Stuart Maconie's show instead.

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 4:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cherskiy,

that's a great shame cos this morning's show is the best so far this week... I'm listening now on my MP3 thing........ The support team must have overlooked uploading the show before the, well practiced, bomb burst, out of the office .... No doubt, Laughing the chairs are still spinning Smile
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 4:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

<fume, whinge, stamp feet>

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 4:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Two stepper wrote:
Ok missus, you're right it would be a poor do if we all raved about the same thing. Anyway must crack on.. oh, thought you looked fab in the bin bag by the way. Razz


Oh thanks Two stepper, it was just a rubbishy old thing I threw on Smile


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PostPosted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 4:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't get Alex Lester either, but then I only get the last 15 minutes of his show, so it's really not a problem.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 12:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think Alex is "on something" this week ... he's on fire .... Very Happy Very Happy

it must be love.......Smile

This morning's show is argubly the best show I've ever heard on Radio.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 4:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I liked his suggestion this morning to 'stagger Christmas' (if your surname is between A and L, you get to celebrate it in December, the rest in January, or if you have an odd/even-numbered house, same deal...) - and the story about the 'large lady' with 3 sacks of parcels at the Post Office. Very Happy

Still got the remaining 2hrs 30mins to go....

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 5:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cherskiy

I'm still listening/ laughing now. Smile Smile .. but my MP3 player has died just on the 05:30 news but here is the playlist for the first two and a half hours...

No other show comes close:-

apologies in advance if I've spelled any of these incorrectly ... I'm working on the fly here....Wink



1. Keep on Running - Spencer Davis Group

2. I won't let the sun go down -Nick Kershaw

3. Love it when you call - The Feeling

4. Fantasy- Earth Wind and Fire

5. Invisible Touch- Genesis

6. The Master Plan - Oasis

7. Everyday - James Taylor

8. The most beautiful girl in the world - Prince

9. Arnold Lane- David Bowie and David Gilmour

10. Red Morning Light- The Kings of Leon

11. Union Station - Alison Krauss

12. The Pieces don't fit anymore- James Morrison

13. That's the Way I like it- KC and the Sunshine Band

14. Modern Way- Keiser Cheifs

15. Someone Should Tell You - Lamar

16. Everyday is a Winding Road- Sheryl Crowe

17. Otherside- Breaks Co-op?

18. All Good Things Come to an End .. Nelly Furtado

19. Heros and Villains - Beach boys

20. Oh Diane- Fleetwood Mac

21. Rewind - Paolou Nutini

22. Restless Legs- Halfmoon Biscuit

23. If I told you that- Whitney Houston- George Micheal

24. I just wanna make love to you- Etta James

25. Whistle for the Choir - Fratellis

26. Rockin' around the Christmas Tree- Brenda Lee

27. Arthur's Theme- Christopher Cross

28. Window in the Skies- U2

29. All I wanna do (is Make Love to You)- Heart... "We made magic that night, he did everything right" Smile Smile

30. Here comes the Sun ( The Love version)- The Beatles
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Scott Nelson wrote:
Can't they give Sarah Kennedy a month off instead?


Sarah Kennedy will be on holiday for 3 weeks starting this friday-Alex Lester is filling in next week-Aled Jones the following 2 weeks (alledgedly).Hope that news has cheered you up a bit!
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 12:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

iain_smith wrote:
Scott Nelson wrote:
Can't they give Sarah Kennedy a month off instead?


Sarah Kennedy will be on holiday for 3 weeks starting this friday-Alex Lester is filling in next week-Aled Jones the following 2 weeks (alledgedly).Hope that news has cheered you up a bit!


Iain,

I'm really looking forward to Alex being on an extended DP next week....... .... it wouldn't be Christmas week, without Alex on the Radio.
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iain_smith wrote:
Scott Nelson wrote:
Can't they give Sarah Kennedy a month off instead?


Sarah Kennedy will be on holiday for 3 weeks starting this friday-Alex Lester is filling in next week-Aled Jones the following 2 weeks (alledgedly).Hope that news has cheered you up a bit!


Good! That's the best news I've heard this year!
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 8:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey Rachel,

If you wanna present Alex's show while he's off can I offer my services as producer? Very Happy

Smiling, as always Wink
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