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I got attacked by a couple of these geese last summer. I was at Chevin Lodge Hotel , Otley (I`alternate it with Haleys in Headingley) and took a walk round the smalll lake. Two of them came rushing toward me, necks cranedout forward, and honking like mad. I guess they had a nest nearby. I fled the way I had come !

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like a Canada goose... some of them round here..
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I got attacked by a couple of these geese last summer. I was at Chevin Lodge Hotel , Otley (I`alternate it with Haleys in Headingley) and took a walk round the smalll lake. Two of them came rushing toward me, necks cranedout forward, and honking like mad. I guess they had a nest nearby. I fled the way I had come !
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perhaps they should be repatriated

Yesterday I watched two pigeons making baby pigeons on my garden wall!!

I don't really see eye to eye* with my little younger brother when he's at home, but he's gone away for a few days for the first time without the rest of us and is really homesick, and I've suddenly realised how much I miss him.

*understatement...

What a lovely post, Miss Ross!

It took me much longer than you to realise that it was good to have a brother!

The older I get, though, the more I realise that for me happiness is related to the number of people I love and who love me; blood is definitely thicker than water.

That said, I bet half an hour after he's home you're wishing he'd go away again!!

I hope he manages to get used to things and enjoy himself. He's probably worried about his bedroom...

I really do need to get myself sorted out! Hopefully, if I appear on here again today, I will not be in England!!

How did I manage to get 13 in grade 6 aural having got 16 at grade 8?!?!

There is very little food in the house and nothing which can be eaten without preparation. Due to this, and laziness, I haven't eaten today. Due to this I have been in pain and just been sort of sick (but haven't eaten anything today so... I'll let you all use your imaginations )

The lesson I have learned from this, is that I need to stop being lazy and learn to cook.

*Feeling still very ill*

It's not a good idea to go without food all day, as I'm sure you know! No wonder you've been feeling down about your singing - no-one feels good when they're hungry. Isn't there something simple like a can of soup or some baked beans that would help fill your tum before bed? You can toast bread straight from the freezer.

Mind boggles at the thought of no food in the house - reckon we could withstand a siege of about 4 weeks!

*Grins* Our shopping has not quite adjusted yet to having my (student) brother and myself at home all day - we run out, and out of stubbornness my mum doesn't like to go until her set day. So we don't have any beans or soup. I could have had spag bol actually, we have mince and pasta, but I was too lazy to make it... I don't actually know how, but I could've learnt I'm sure! Shopping day tomorrow, so all is well.

Hope you're feeling ok now, Lucky.

There's a certain forumite in my bathroom!

All is well then! Have a lovely time both of you!

A good trick is to cook or prepare something that will provide several meals. This saves time, so you can practice more

One celery, one apple, a bunch of grapes, a small bag of walnuts and two dollops of mayonaisse makes enough Waldorf salad for four meals. (Just add a leaf of lettuce and a tin of sardines/slice of cooked ham/lump of cheese/avocado). Keeps in the 'fridge' in a sealed plastic container.

Other salads are easy too. Coleslaw for example (white cabbage, carrots, optional apple:onion:walnut:carraway in mayonaisse)

A bag of Muesli and a bottle of milk (in my case rice or coconut milk - can't drink the cows stuff) will do breakfasts for a whole week.

A bowl of fresh fruit keeps for several days. A Banana can replace a meal now and again.

Soups are quick and easy, and can be stored in the freezer when they have cooled, and re-heated as needed. Saute chopped Garlic and onions (or leeks) in olive oil, until they are soft add water in which you've dissolved a vegetable stock cube, plus chopped vegetables of your choice carrots, turnip, potatoes, ... add the tougher roots first, and throw in the potatoes when the other stuff has softened ujp a bit. Then put a lid on it and simmer it for anything from half an hour to half a day (topping up with water now and again).

Perhaps I should write a book? "Mad Tom's Easy Cooking for Musicians?"

Bol (ognaise) is dead easy Lucky045, one of my standby things - as my family would no doubt tell you with a slight groan - (actually they don't object to it so much)

Chop an onion and brown gently in a spoonful of (olive) oil. (plus garlic if you like it - chopped)

Push onion to one side and brown a pack of mince in the same pan, breaking it up as you go so that there aren't any pink bits left. Keep heat fairly high and keep turning meat as it browns.

When there are no pink bits of meat left, turn down the heat to medium and mix in the onion bits from the edge of the pan. Add any of the following you happen to have ..

good shake of mixed herbs
half tablespoon of wine vinegar
ground black pepper
good squeeze of tomato puree
tablespoon of worcester sauce

Mix in well and leave on low heat covered for a few minutes. Don't let it go completely dry so that it sticks. If the meat has produced too much liquid leave it uncovered so that some of it evaporates.

Add a can of tomatoes with their juice plus a crumbled beef stock cube, mix all well, cover and sit over low heat (the pan, not you) while you teach half a dozen lessons / do your practice / whatever. Check from time to time that it's not completely dried up, add a little water if it looks as though it might stick. Cook minimum half an hour, longer is fine. You can turn off the heat after an hour or so if you want and re-heat it gently later. Leftovers are fine next day.

Eat it with rice, pasta or jacket baked potatoes.

I have given no sizes - an average (500gr?) pack of mince will feed 3 or 4 unless you are all famished. If it's a bit slight, do extra pasta. If desperate add a can of red kidney beans or similar. A small pack of mince will feed two.

Thank you both - Mad Tom your hints will come in very handy when trying to shop frugally at uni next year! And the spag bol sounds quite easy too, so I've copied it all into word to take with me, and so I can follow the instructions next time I have to cook something properly!

Mum's just come back from Morrisons now thank goodness! So plenty of food again.

Thanks for the help

Why oh why oh why oh why oh why...



























...spells yoyoyoyoy

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Why did I walk for the best part of an hour to get to the pub for an after show party, only to be IDed and not let in despite not wanting alcohol??

Is that the show you were involved with that you talked about briefly in the flute tuning thread Rosemary? Seems a pity you couldn't join in the party...

Yes, it was. It was only the band that went to the pub though - it being Bugsy Malone, we were the only people there with any hope of getting in! The rest were only year 11 and below.

if you choke a smurf does it turn pink?

Apparently, somewhere in my house there is a broken violin (apparently a fake stradivarius, that someone bought years back). I have no idea how my parents have managed to keep that quiet all these years... time for a violin hunt i think

Bet you all think this is Miss Ross...

no - I never kid myself that anyone on the internet is who I think they are

You can only tell how effective a painkiller is when it wears off.....

Is it really Monday again tomorrow?...... Weekends are far too short.

No, it's Saturday tomorrow.

have a good Saturday then ...

constant changes in the weather -

hmm.. I need to get some new trousers:

but do I
A: Get two pairs of linen ones from the sale for the price of one... although I already have linen trousers
B: Get some new jeans which will be more expensive, but can be worn all through the year?

Hmm.

Jeans! Always jeans! I can't remember the last time I wore any other kind of trousers except for working etc...

Though recently I've discovered my brothers stash of old ones from when he was about twelve, which are so comfy... Won't be buying any for a while I think!

Hmm.. I do need new jeans... maybe they will be worth the money more

Although in the summer I wear linen a lot But I do have linen trousers

I used to route through my brothers jumpers before he threw them out... cant now he has moved house though

I'm going to go and visit my grandparents

Could we have an award for the rudest or the worst looking member? Then Add or Lidd might stand a chance.

Surely May is the rudest lady to grace the forums in years

You're right! She's very rude indeed.

And there is no one worst looking than Add!!!

Well, that Liddy is pretty bad but Add has the egde with that pink rinse of hers.

Liddy's OK all the time she has a headscarf on...otherwise she's

The Doctor Who Prom doesnt appear to be going to be shown on tv. You'd have thought that out of all of the proms (except obviously the last night), this would be the most obvious one to show!

what is a Hyperion?

lol, is that the best random thought you come up with? Only ten posts left

how random can a thought be?

Not true. The proms website states:

Broadcast: To be recorded for BBC One and Live on BBC Radio 3. Available as audio on demand for the following week.

No doubt it will also turn up in iPlayer after the terrestrial broadcast.

My friend's tickets state in black and white "TV Cameras Present"...

Just seen a pair of tickets for this concert sell on ebay™ for £128. Face value: £5 each!

£128????

People must love Dr. Who!

My not really random / random thought

Why can't the music examiners just give you the exam results straight away??
I mean they finish writing the entire thing, what's the point of us having to wait an extra month till we get them?
Yeah you need the certificate, but can't they just send them later on?

As you can probably tell, I'm a bit stressed from this waiting..

I was taking to a friends nan once and she was telling me how when she took her grade 5 piano it was in the middle of WWII so the examiner turned round and says 'I'll give you you're results now because they could get bombed tomorrow and you'll never know!'

This next week as of tomorrow is going to be one loooooooooong, hard, draining, but hopefully fun week!!

I am excited, but scared.

I've just been watching 'Shine'...

Geoffrey Rush doesn't have a hand double!!

How is it possible to play extraordinarily difficult pieces, while smoking, talking and acting generally?!?