20 March 2012

It's been the ruin of many a poor boy...


One of my favourite songs.

Tesla coils.

I don't feel like I need to say much more, other than NO Sherlock, we can't have any, not in the flat, or in the park, or at school or anywhere. When you're older, you can do what you want. But not now.


Had a lovely day today. Ran in the sunshine along the canal. Came home, fell asleep, was woken by a gorgeous man entering the flat, and the day just got better form there ;)


65 comments:

REReader said...

That is...amazing. And not quite like anything I've seen/heard before... :)

Anonymous said...

Love that song holds some great memories.

Glad you had a great day. Did you manage the run without damageing yourself this time?

Anony

Greg Lestrade said...

Yeah :) Probably did nearly 7 miles, but a bit slower today. Was the sort of day when you felt like you could just take time to enjoy it.

And life on the canal is so sluggish and calm.

Probably helps not biking anywhere first. Means I'm not in a 'fast' frame of mind :)

Small Hobbit said...

Ah yes, another song I like and as Anony says has some great memories.

Does sound like a good day. After all, what better way to wake up than to a gorgeous man?

Anonymous said...

It sound like you went into your run in a totally different frame of mind that you did the last one so I'm glad it went well for you, I am of course in awe of anyone who can run 7 miles!!

I'm glad you had a nice afternoon with John :-)

Anony

Anon Without A Name said...

Oh, that song... wonderful.

I'm sure John's day also got rather better when he got home to a sleepy, dressing-gowned Lestrade on the sofa :-)

mazarin said...

One of my favorite songs ever, L.

Glad you had a nice, relaxing day off and got to spend some time with John.

Desert Wanderer said...

Awesome, Lestrade.

Greg Lestrade said...

I did, Anony. Much more relaxed today.

Glad you're all enjoying the vid.

Anonymous said...

That is very good to hear Mr, try and stay that way won't you :-)

Anony

Ro said...

Lestrade! That is ridiculously cool! It looks like the electricity is dancing :)

I want some Tesla coils too!

Piplover said...

That is awesome! I bet some scientists had a blast setting that up! And I love that song. Thanks for the video.

Cranky Bookwyrm said...

I love this song, and the video is awesome! Thanks for sharing.

Becca said...

I have an uncle who built a 6 foot tesla coil once. Apparently it stayed on his bed while he slept on his couch.

And because it's excellent and should be shared, have an awesome song about Nikola Tesla: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvc6zsUbNvI

Greg Lestrade said...

Just found out New Zealand has run out of marmite! The only factory that makes it was damaged in an earthquake. Jars now changing hands for over a thousand dollars...

It sounds like hell!

Anonymous said...

Seriously? It's a good job you don't live there how would you ever cope ;-)

Hope you have a good day.

Anony

Small Hobbit said...

Almost makes it worth it to fly out with a suitcase full!

Desert Wanderer said...

Maybe the Jammy Badgers' first concert should be like....Marmite Aid to send lots of Marmite to New Zealand? After all, the more there, the less here. :P

Greg Lestrade said...

To be fair, NZ and Ozzy Marmite isn't quite the same recipe as good old UK marmite.

And we don't want to send too much and leave ourselves short!

John H. D. Watson said...

I disagree... Please, please leave us short...

Anonymous said...

John, now is the time to visit New Zeland !

Anon from Paris

Anonymous said...

I like the sound of Marmite-aid DW I hate Marmite but I will do all I can to ensure those who like it can eat it if they want ;-)

Anony

Desert Wanderer said...

" Please, please leave us short..."

No worries, Doc. I think Lestrade likes you just the size you are. :)

Small Hobbit said...

DW - that comment may just have earned you a month on the naughty porch.

Greg Lestrade said...

DW - you are correct. i do. But watch out saying things like that, he'll bite your kneecaps.

John H. D. Watson said...

I'll let it go this once, after what i said about the Air Force.

...and also because I did set myself up for that one a bit, looking back on it.

Greg Lestrade said...

Hah.

I was going to tell DW to say that to your face... But she'd have to bend down to do that ;)

Right, cruelty to boyfriend over.

Have you heard the budget? Been listening on an off on the car radio. 37pence on a packet of fags. We'd be broke if I still smoked.

Anonymous said...

How many did you smoke Greg? 37p a pack is a huge rise when money is tight for people! I guess we have to raise taxes somehow though.

Anony

Greg Lestrade said...

Bad day...40 odd. Good day as few as ten. Probably averaged about a pack a day. So probably saving about 40 quid a week now. Although Sherlock's ice cream addiction wouldn't come to much less....

REReader said...

Well...ice cream has calcium in it! (Some, anyway. :))

I'd guess just being able to breathe better would have made it worth stopping, no?

Anonymous said...

I'm glad you're not smoking anymore for more than financial reasons but at 40 a day it would be a huge hit to the pocket.

Ice cream is a much better way to spend the money ;-)

Anony

Nicky said...

Gregory, I spoke to mum today. She said you didn't call or send a card or anything for mother's day. Call me.

Small Hobbit said...

Today's the day for the re-enactment of "where did you put the backdoor key", wish us luck! So far, all I can establish is that he hid it somewhere that wasn't very well hidden because a burglar might well find it. Clearly the burglar would have more success than we did!

Desert Wanderer said...

Good luck, SH! I'm dying of curiosity to know where it went.

Lestrade, where do I go to lodge a complaint about "House of the Rising Sun" being stuck in my head for three days now? Clearly your fault.

Anonymous said...

Did you find them SH?

Anony

Greg Lestrade said...

I can lend you a burglar or two, SH.

Small Hobbit said...

I may need to take you up on the offer L. Good news is we didn't lose the spare set of keys in the re-enactment.

REReader said...

Oh, dear.

Seriously, check pockets. Pockets that came with you, and pockets that stayed home. My mother found a gold brooch that had been missing for several years in the pocket of a suit she hadn't worn for even longer when she was about to give it away. She has to this day no memory of every having put the pin in any pocket whatsoever.

Greg Lestrade said...

Kitchen jars/drawers. That's where id put them. In with teabags or something.

Kholly said...

Bags or pockets of bags maybe. I find things in my camera bag all the time.

Desert wanderer said...

Inside my spare boots is where I hide stuff. Or in the freezer.

Greg Lestrade said...

Inbetween books on a bookshelf?

Small Hobbit said...

Thanks guys for the suggestions. I have checked pockets. Again. Kitchen cupboards/drawers. Teabags was the first place I looked when we got home as needed a cup of tea. Not in the boots, because the rest of the keys were in one of the wellies and it would be toooo logical to put the last key in the other welly. OH will now have to break open the shed padlock, which is what any normal burglar would do anyway!

alDesert Wanderer said...

Sorry to hear none of that worked dor you,SH. Did you try in the fridge/freezer or the microwave?

Small Hobbit said...

Well, we've used the microwave and it didn't explode so they weren't in there. I have looked in the fridge, okay mostly to see what we'd got to eat, but I'll look again this weekend when we've been shopping. I'll check behind the three part-eaten jars of jam that have been there for ages, since I don't normally touch them ;)

REReader said...

Having moved as requested...

If only all the world were like all of you

Did something happens, L?

Anonymous said...

Doing as I'm told I'm over here but I have to say in response to your last comment over there Greg

You will be alright, whatever it is that is going on with you right now,( you don't need to tell us in order for us to care but we're all willing to listen if you want) somehow you will find your way through it :-)

Sending lots of happy thoughts and wishes your way. :-)

Anony

Desert Wanderer said...

I hope you don't have to do too much faking, Lestrade. And definitley that you don't feel you have to with us. Just know people have faith in you. :)

SH, maybe you need a visit from Basil the Great Mouse Deetective?

REReader said...

SH, have you looked under drawer and shelf liners? (If you line your shelves and drawers, that is.)

L--if it's none of my business just say so, but...did you call your mother, or maybe did she call you?

Greg Lestrade said...

Thanks Anony. I know it will.

RR - just like people to stop killing each other. And no, i haven't spoken to her.

DW... Sometimes. Fake it to myself, half the time, with cases like this.

Anonymous said...

I'm making all kinds of assumptions about this case that may or may not be correct but if any of them are correct you are doing an amazing job of getting on with it.

Fakeing your way through rubbish situations is quite normal as long as you give yourself time once they are over to recognise the real from the fake :-)

Anony

REReader said...

L--Yeah. Well, you'll stop this person (whoever it is) from killing others, and that's no small thing--and it's all anyone can do.

You have off tomorrow, right? I'm sure you can use it.

Greg Lestrade said...

Part of it is the inevitable, trying to imagine yourself in the place of people you meet.

And it's sort of too easy to imagine.

Anonymous said...

That was the feeling I was getting about this Greg :-( It's impossible to not imagine it I'm sure so no point me sayign try not to. Is there an end in sight? have you found the suspect?

I don't want to ask this really because I might not like the answer but what happens to your day off tomorrow if things aren't sorted?

Still thinking of you and wishing this over quickly :-)

Anony

REReader said...

I know you can't tell us much about the case, and I don't want to be wildly off the mark by making assumptions so I won't get specific--but generally speaking, surely having an empathic imagination must make you a better cop, although it has to be very hard on you. Which makes it all the more admirable that you let yourself be open to it.

I imagine the son being so close to Sherlock's age doesn't help.

Small Hobbit said...

I'm not surprised that you need to fake it - you're not exactly in a position to show how you really feel. And if you didn't feel things and imagine things, then you wouldn't be you, or do the good job that you do.

REReader said...

(And we're here for you, L. And so are John and Sherlock and Mycroft.)

Greg Lestrade said...

Anony - haven't found him. I think my day off is safe,mthough. Just building up a better case against him now.

RR - empathy is good up to a point. For my whole career people with cases like this always ask 'have you got children yourself?' or 'are you married?' and now I answer 'yes' to the first, because what they really mean is 'can you imagine yourself in this situation' and I can. But too much empathy gets in the way of the fact finding of police work. So not always useful.

It's far too easy to imagine something happening to Mrs H, or John - especially given all that has happened, since we've known each other, and thats the sort of thing that keeps you awake at night.

Anonymous said...

I'm glad your day off is safe Greg, you need a break and some Sherlock and John time.

Empathy makes a man human not a robot but sadly it also makes a man sleep deprived, terrified and sad. Today is one of those days when you need to pull every trick you've got to reset your mind to home when you leave work. Happy relaxed Greg seemed to put in a brief appearance a few days ago I hope you can find him again soon :-)

Anony

REReader said...

But too much empathy gets in the way of the fact finding of police work. So not always useful.

All I can say is I know you'll always find the right balance. And I'm afraid it will always be hard.

It's far too easy to imagine something happening to Mrs H, or John

Yes, true, all of it. And to you, if it comes to that. I hope it helps a bit to remember that Mrs. Hudson is far better protected than most--and that John is pretty darn capable of protecting himself, as he's shown.


I can only repeat that I'm very glad you've all found each other.

Greg Lestrade said...

I meant the other Mrs H. Not that I wouldn't be devastated if anything happened to Mrs Hudson, as she's a wonderful person.

REReader said...

Ah, my mistake.

Well, I'd say that Mrs. Holmes is both very well-protected and probably more than capable of protecting herself as well. (Although, yes, I'm well aware that her job is also likely to be more dangerous as well, but we take our comfort where we can.)

Anonymous said...

What time are you finishing Greg? I hope you've got everything tied up ready for your day with your boys tomorrow :-)

Anony

Greg Lestrade said...

Anony, yeah, pretty much tied up. I'll probably get a few phonecalls, but that's all.

And should finish around the usual time, 7 ish.

Anonymous said...

Brilliant well done you getting it all sorted :-) enjoy your much deserved time at home :-) and of course get some sleep ;-)

Anony

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