No, I think it would show that you're keen to resume lessons. Perhaps it's an oversight on her behalf, or maybe she's just been too busy, but I'm sure she wouldn't mind your asking provided you sound eager rather than complaining!

I have a reeeeally itchy bit on the top of my foot

How come I haven't been able to access the forum all afternoon, and now when I do log in and look at the posting times, it seems other people haven't had a problem Every time I've tried the forum, it's said "The Associated Board Forums are currently undergoing routine maintenance. Please try again soon." Has anyone else had a problem?

No, the forums just don't like you skylark

(sorry, couldn't resist )

Well you could have done, if you'd tried a bit harder

I wouldn't want you to go to any trouble though

You know me - the lazy genius - I don't do trying hard

I have a two-bar bit of a piece that is proving difficult. I've worked out that, if I start at a speed of 40 beats per minute, play it 10 times at that speed, then 10 times at 41, 10 times at 42 etc, it would take me roughly 90 mins to get up to 110 beats per minute, which is around what I'm aiming at. Hopefully doing that would sort it out once and for all.

The question is is it worth it?

Probably! You could up the speed by 2 each time initially, and see whether that works; it would cut the time down a lot.

I was thinking about doing that, I guess it depends on a) how bored I get and b) if my family start hurling abuse at me.

I've got up to 50, so that's 100 repetitions

Where on earth have I put my new recipe book?

Have you checked behind the piano? That's where things generally seem to turn up when I lose them.

Nope, nothing there, can see all the way under and round the piano
Stupid book's gone walkies!

Aha!!! I have found itttt!!!! It was on my bed all along!!

I spend way too much time on here

It's fun spending time on here with friends.

It is, but...

It's Eurovision on Saturday

Royaume-Uni, zero points.

Yep

I'm off to sit in a dark room looking at a computer screen, pretending to know what I'm doing/why I'm doing it

Why do banks have to be so evasive? I just want a simple answer to a very simple question and they've made me an appointment for an hour

I will be leaving with my answer after five minutes.. I know I will

They probably need time to revise their knowledge of answers to questions!

You've given yourself away there, Barry! Any true Eurovision aficionado would know that it's nul points!

Ashamed to say that my son is on the executive of the Eurovision Society at Durham - that's my excuse for knowing!

I evidently need more than five hours sleep a night. I just spent four more hours asleep over my anthology of Romanticism. Not a particularly comfortable book to sleep on!

Hmmmmm what footwear goes with Purple tights????

Decided to be "trendy" and got these tights which go perfectly with my skirt (Navy Blue with pink/purple flowers on the bottom)

Now I'm stuck on footwear - No blue shoes!!! And my black ones don't go.

Will silver strappy sandals work????

Might have to wear tan tights after all.

Yes!!! I AM actually going out tonight for a meal

I was going to suggest silver and then I read that you'd already thought of it if you wore silver jewelery too it'd all tie in really nicely I think
Or possibly white shoes?

I've just had a cursory look through UCAS to see if there's anything I may be able to consider for when the famous 2010 rolls around... It seems you have to be very clever!

I fell asleep inside the Norton Anthology of Poetry once in the Uni library.

Great place for a kip!!!! Did you wake up with words embedded on your cheek? I had a crick in my neck

Crick in the neck, yep, but no words on my cheek. Shame really, wouldn't have mindd being a walking Blake poem.

I've never fallen asleep over the Norton Anthology of Poetry, but I did drop the Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism on my toe, and break it a couple of terms ago. The toe, not the book.

How have I managed to do it then?!

It is really quite difficult to fall asleep over the Norton Anthology of Poetry.. it would never happen on the Seamus Heaney pages but I think I must have been reading Milton when I passed out...

No... toe versus Norton.... toe will not win

yep, I stand corrected...

Barry - Nul points

(although when it comes to clari knowledge/general awesomeness, that would be douze points)

Think I might play recorder

Aww thanks BB2 : think you deserve a big douze points for all your support these last few weeks too

Ah Milton... The first time I EVER literally fell asleep over a piece of literature was reading Samson Agonistes. I almost had Heaney ruined for me forever by studying it when I was about ten. Thank goodness I came back to it and got to actually read and think rather than being told "now draw a bath full of blackberries everyone".

I'd swear my toe still starts aching when I look at a Norton Anthology now.

I sent 135 texts yesterday

I sent around about 50 I think...

I've had a letter to go to an appointment next Tuesday. My appointment time? 2.30.........AM!

I sent two, both to my son. The second one was 'did you get my message?'. He didn't reply to either because he had no credit. Again





My husband always makes his dental appointments for 2.30 (pm, that is ) - tooth-hurty - that way he never forgets the time. He often gets the wrong day, but we can't do anything about that

Thursday? Same sound as '30'

Starboard 20, full ahead both, steady as she goes.

Thankyou for the response but the tights were rather too dark for white. In the end I wore said skirt and tights with a nice white crochet style strappy top and smart white jacket and ...... Pink high heeled sandals with some nice floral decoration on the fronts and a fasten round the ankle strap. Finished off with mainly silver jewellery and pink nail polish. The pink of the sandals tied in with the pink of the flowers nicely. I think I looked rather nice in the end even if I say so myself ...

I think that might do it




I missed the original post, but the end result sounds lovely. I hope you enjoyed the meal

I did Thankyou

I'm not sure whether I should keep watching this programme or not

BBC1?

No, The Inbetweeners on 4 on Demand

It's ridiculously offensive and immature.

But hilarious

I'm sure you'd prefer BBC1

I don't think I would. I think it might make me break my TV.

Oh, OK then...

And it's not my TV so I might get in trouble

I must not take up the clarinet