Sounds good : all the best for your result

Generalisations are harmful. They should be banned.

Seconded

Thirded

Wonder what works/performers will be in the Proms this year?

Willing to guess Puccini (b.1858) and Messiaen (b.1908) will be there somewhere...

My friend doing her D of E expedition this weekend and will have had hail, snow and rain today. Nice.

Our new house has 2 walls, as of today!

You'll be showing us all up!

But it doesn't have a pond.

I'm sure it'll be turning into one in this weather!

A couple more odd coincidences lately... This morning I had a conversation about how we only ever seem to eat pancakes on Shorove Tuesday, and how I thought it was a shame. A few hours later, someone else happened to mention that they were going to make pancakes following a remarkably similar conversation.

(Not only worrying because of the coincidence but because there are actually 2 of us who feel quite strongly about pancakes. )

A few days ago I was looking through some photographs from a concert I went to, and came across some from a performance of 'The Love Cats' and as a result had the tune stuck in my head for hours. Listening to a requests programme on BBC R2 later that day, the same song was requested by someone.

...wonders if signatures can be copyrighted

*will miss her parents this week*

skylark's signature...

It's not half as good as yours though

It's the Boat Race next weekend.

What I want to know is - how come it's always Oxford and Cambridge in the final?...

... and is it always the same weekend that the clocks go back ?

My friend Louise dreampt of a blond tapir last night!

maybe it's 'cause they are the rival universities (Oxbridge ) so it's more fun if it is only between them two so either one or the other has to win/lose...

i'm just guessing though.

EDIT: oops! i didn't realise there were other races previously! I thought it had only been Oxbridge! blink:

Hope your signature has a very relaxing and fun-filled holiday sbhoa



Anisha : history of the Boat Race. My original quote was my rather poor attempt at humour...

help have mislaid one of my pieces

yes - sorry - I meant forward. I agree. I meant was it the same weekend as the boat race! should have quoted the relevant bit of Barry's post.

I made fajitas for tea tonight. I've just been talking to someone, and they had fajitas tonight as well! What were the odds?!

Ah.



-ahem-

Of course i knew you were kidding!

...

I know what BOA stands for now - it's the Boat Owners' Association, based at Southend

*unmotivated*

Beach hut, beach hut, my kingdom for a beach hut.

My siblings and I each have to cook at least one family meal this week, and for mine, on Thursday, I'm making chicken fajitas.

I was going to do fajitas but we didn't have any wraps so I had stir fry with noodles instead

My feet are cold. In fact I am all cold. Brrr in the office today...

My hands are cold. And I have been playing guitar. Obviously not anything quick enough, because they should be warm.

cold, cold, cold.





Actually, to be honest, i'm quite warm.

I have just discovered that "une note sensible" isn't a sensitive note but the French term for the "leading note." I have been wondering for four years why my teacher seemed to think some notes were more sensitive than others and why it was never the same one.

There's a Tube strike planned for four days at the beginning of my Spring holidays.

*checks diary to see if anything needs moving/rescheduling*

The Widor flute suite is very nice *hums*

Will I hear some Widor on 12/4?

Nope . I'm going to be learning it with my flute teacher though, yay

so I may hear it in the future!

Yes, or a recording might land in yor inbox if I get anything half decent tonight!

That'd be good - would enjoy listening to that!

It wouldn't be a whole movement, just a bit. Hmmm, why does recording yourself bring up so many bits you could work on. *ahem* tuning *ahem*

Recording was very good Nicki

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Don't forget to put your clocks forward tonight

Probably not from me !

Thanks for both Barry.

*wonders whether anyone would read her CV and cover letter*

Have done so, and replied to your Email

Thankyou, replied!

the clocks must have changed already - it wasnt gone 3am last time i looked!

You can play diminished sevenths on a guitar easily - just tune all the strings to minor thirds

Perhaps that's a good excuse for eating desserts (ie more than one which ordinarily might be considered a bit greedy) when you're stressed!!!

There are things one should not do when one is paid to sing a solo in church.

These include
- not getting round to studying the work ahead of time
- assuming the organist has looked at the music beforehand
- assuming that the organist will remember the clock change and will arrive on time for practice
- having the organist turn up with a slight hangover
- trying to disguise the organist's consumption an Alka-Seltzer in the church kitchen, especially if it's a denomination who don't support the use of medicines and the like
- smiling brightly and saying "no problem" as you look at the music for the first time half an hour before the service, even though the lines and dots are dancing a bit in the sunshine
- looking totally staggered when the minister says afterwards "that was a really meaningful solo, you must have worked soooo hard at it....."