I wonder when andante in C's signature will be clean and when Voltron will find his

I got a really nive frog one from The Yorkshire Trading Company. I assume they must have a Yorkshire Trader shop in York...

I've never seen one, Flossie.

Lucy, I'd try Poundworld and Poundland - they have all sorts of wonderful things!

Oh man, there's a Yorkshire trading in my (tiny) town. I should've looked there I didn't think. I'll give the pound shops a try before I look anywhere else I think!

TKMaxx?

While we're talking about shopping, does anyone know where you can buy the plastic clips for sealing cereal packets, etc? I have several given away free with cereal some years ago, and my son wanted some for uni (he is a bean freak, and has about 10 types of dried beans in packets, which would benefit from a clip), but we couldn't find any anywhere - not even in the Betterware catalogue!

I get mine from Lakeland.

Thanks, andante! I thought someone would know! Only problem is, the clips cost £1.69 and the p&p is £4.50 Perhaps there'll be something else in the catalogue I need (the people who set these things up know what they're doing, don't they?!).

Oh, but Lakeland are *good*.

How not to break up with someone...

http://www.topcultured.com/unusual-marriag...oesnt-end-well/

They do have various shops around the country as well. You may know someone near one.

In my experience, one ALWAYS finds at least ten things that one absolutely HAS to have in the Lakeland catalogue *lol*...

Just had another look at your link, and guess what? A new Lakeland store has supposedly opened recently in the Oracle in Reading! Sounds like a good excuse for a shopping trip to me

Just got back from the beach- very chilly!!!

Had a lovely hot choc, and took some piccis for art, then found a hermit crab who came out of his shell!
And jumped about in the waves for a bit. I left my shoes off in the car on the way home, and now my feet are very cold and clammy

The best thing about the Lakeland shop in Lincoln is the comfy chair I sit in whilst Sally is walking around the shop!

The lazy postman has just put my post and that belonging to the other flats through my letter box.

When I opened my front door to go to the post office, there was a single spring onion lying on my doorstep. A gift?

Yay, got internet in my room *without* the help of a male! And I'm very untechnologically minded...! So proud.

that's good, Floss.

My 'random comment' is that there seem to be a lot of undergrads this year who have parents going with them to registration, introductory lectures (they've not been allowed in the one downstairs from me and are standing in a gaggle outside), tutor meetings etc.

Is that normal?

I can't imagine my parents coming with me to any of those things... 'specially not when they couldn't even travel down with me! It's been strange doing it all on my own, but it feels quite character-building...

I'm sure it is character-building - our daughter's just landed at uni, and is having a few trying days, but we didn't hang about for registration/lectures etc. We thought it was best to take, see her in the room, make sure she had some lunch (and so did we!) and then abandon her to it. (I don't think we'd have been very welcome for much longer to be honest! )

I do remember my mother being with me at some point on registration day - I'm fairly sure she came and saw my room in the hall of residence. If I remember right, a friend drove us up, and then they went off to lunch and home, and I got on with it (until the weekend, when I went home )

I find myself writing some really bizarre stuff when dealing with foreign people via email who don't speak/write great English.. I think I must subconsciously try to match the style they write in to make it easier for them to understand. It seems to work, though.

My mum came to Leeds with me to move all my stuff into my room, but went back the next day.

Having parents at registration and introductory lectures... that would be so embarrasing and unneccessary

When I first went into hall of residence, the guy next door was moving in with the help of his parents. His mum was neatly arranging his undies on the radiator to air. Oh how we laughed about it afterwards.

Blimey, our term started on a Tuesday (for freshers - usual start was on a Thursday). Spoke to the college beforehand, yes, I could come on the Sunday - purely for parental convenience. So I was dropped off on the Sunday lunchtime, got to spend Sunday and Monday hanging around with the other half-dozen people who were also early!

Has Voltron changed his username to Hurley?

Yep

Does he mind if I call him Liz?

Well, there's one way to find out.

Our seven year old no longer likes us taking her into school, never mind speaking to a teacher.

Bl**dy h*ll!!!... a huge bee just appeared from under the desk.... managed to trap it under a glass and throw it outside... it looked a bit lethargic though!

Nearly had a heart attack

So it's not just wasps you don't like then?

Bees don't bother me, but the loud buzzing did... If it was a wasp, I probably would have killed it

I have just spent time trying to sort out the mobile telephone of the daughter of the Bishop from Uganda who is visiting our deanery.
Quite why it came into my hands, I'm not sure! Through amazing detective skills , I found it didn't have a SIM card (most probably intentionally- but that wasn't mentioned to me) and it is currently charging (with a charger the Bishop bought from a 'phone shop on his trip out yesterday) and saying "Bonjour"

I'm not quite sure what the problem is, or why it has travelled so far (600km in a very bumpy truck to the airport, then to the UK, and probably taken up to Scotland when they went up there for a few days too!) but it seems to be charging...

When I first saw that sentence, it read like one of those dodgy email scams!

Nice work, though!

It does sound a bit like that!

For my Music homework. When a piece of music is unaccompanied, is it described as a capella or a cappella (with two P's)???

Cappella.

Thanks! I just thought I'd check because I have seen it written both ways.

So he has...another username change!...

I have decided to remain as barry-clari. For ever and ever and ever and ever...

I considered changing to something like "Clarinetitis" to reflect my addiction to all things clarinetty at the moment, when I realsied I was sticking around here for the long term and should have chosen something more imaginative but people know me as DawnF now.....

Hurrah!


Please don't - it sounds like some terrible disease acquired from playing the clarinet!

Or alternatively, it almost sounds as awesome as "maledictis"

Can't have that!

Not sure I'm understanding you here....


It is actually the name of a piece we've played at band featuring the clarinets. There's also Clarinet Candy..... But I think that name may already be used.

Probably staying DawnF though. What do you folks reckon????

Never come across that before : how difficult is it, and who's it by?



I played that a very, very long time ago...enjoyed it...



I'd say stick to DawnF

Quite diicult I think. Lots of runs but not as bad as Clarinet candy. Only played it about twice.... (May have got the name wrong i guess.....) But I think it was that. No idea of composer/arranger sorry.

OK, thanks Dawn I'll have to do a bit of a Google search...

Overnight Benny Goodman came to mind re Clarinetitis and having Googled it seems I'm right

http://video.google.co.uk/videosearch?sour...a=N&tab=wv#

Don't remember it sounding like this though......

Why do my tea-towels seem to repel water rather than absorb it?!?!