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I need to give the cat her medicine...

Same! But it's cats. And two lots of medicine each

Oh fun. At least my cat licks the medicine off a spoon. (and the other two are healthy)

All done

I hold the kittens down in a towel, while mum shoves a syringe in their mouth. We have antibiotics and paste to stop vomiting. The antibiotics are twice a day, and paste 3 times a day. Luckily there are only 2 kittens, and they don't bite, but they do huddle into me and look up at me and meow pitifully . Only 2 more days and 10 more doses to go!

Aw, they sound gorgeous!

They are they were all really sick, and wouldn't eat for 5 days. It's so good to see them all bouncing around the house again.

I still can't believe your cat licks the medicine off the spoon!!!! I bet it tastes nice

Awwww...have you got any photos of them?

Trust me, if the medicine is anything other than this then they hate it. Getting them to take pills is a 4-person operation. Apparently the medicine is honey based so cats like it according to the vet.

I hope DUOS is still on your list? I suppose you need to be extra careful not to take on too much in your last year.

It is definitely on my list. The problem lies when auditioning - you have to say whether you want to audition for one orchestra or both. I'd probably only really have time for one, but then I am cutting down my chances.

I think I must be a mashochist - why do I keep picking really fiddly pieces to learn? It takes ages to iron out all the silly little slips

I have a shadow on my lap

Why oh why does my hair get so much blonder every time I get it done?!

Does your IQ drop each time too?

*runs*

Sorreeeee! (please don't hurt me...)

Heehee, I nearly said the same sort of thing. But managed to avoid the temptation

It's ok, I hope she knows I'm only messing about

Good good my sister is the only blonde in our house, and she hates all the blonde jokes I crack.

Have you told her that the only intelligent blonde you've ever met was a labrador?

That one usually goes down like the Hindenburg...

Ooh, no I haven't heard that one before! She probably wouldn't get it though.... being a blonde and all....

By the way Sol, what's the Hindenburg?

Back from my UK tour of forum people

Would like to thank Babybird2 and her boyfriend, Flossie, Andy-piano-flute and family, noodle, the Castlegore Flute Band and jazzywench for making it such a lovely, lovely week!

What happened to CISD? I went through the first 5 pages and its not there!

Still there : occasionally it gets squashed in favour of the Tavern thread these days...

I'll search for it then thanks Barry!

I think people have been too busy to sit down over the summer!

How was Venezuela?

Pondering, pondering...

Do I go and visit the cycle shop in the town where I live? Because it would be nice to see what they are like. And from what I know they are a proper bike shop who deal with proper bikes (as opposed to the other 'bike shop' I pass on my commute, who are a bit more pile it high/sell it cheap and seem to resent any intrusion on their time I make by wanting to, e.g. buy something).
But the shop in town isn't one of the shops I can get to through my work cyclescheme, so if I were to buy a new bike from them it would be at full price.

Or, do I go to a distant decent bike shop - which requires a car or train journey - meaning I can get a new bike at ~40% discount because I can use the cyclescheme there. Even though if I have any return-to-seller problems, I have to then travel again.

Of course, I could buy the bike cheaply through the scheme, and then go to my local shop for servicing, etc, once I have passed the 'shiny new bike' and 'return to seller' stage. But if I expect there to be a bike shop in my town to use, shouldn't I support them by buying the bike there? Forthcoming inheritance means that I don't have to be quite so distantly dreamy about the possibility of a bicycle upgrade!

It's quite a nice dilemma to have, actually.
(Trek 7.5 FX WSD, I think, for anyone interested).

You probably have, but just chacking, have you been one the cyclescheme website to see which stores in your area are participating? I was very lucky and a shop about 200 yards from where are live take part and I got myself a very lovely Trek bike.

Good luck and happy cycling

I just received an e-mail telling me to register for the 1st year of my PhD degree.

Not another 3 years!

The e-mail just got recalled, maybe admin is on the forum

Yes, that's how I know the one in town doesn't participate; and my nearest proper bike shops participating are some distance away (have a few very local car shops which sell v.cheap bikes, plus one bike shop but where they don't sell anything as expensive as what I'm looking at).

Thing is, I know if I go to one of the participating shops and buy through the scheme, they are bound to charge RRP for everything. Whereas if I go to the local shop with a pile of cash, you can bet I won't be paying list price! Though probably still would be cheaper to go for the discount version through a participating shop, it's just if I can be bothered to go all that way esp. for the 'two week tune up' and things like that!
Just worked out I'd need bike, rack, pedals and bottle cage, so round the voucher up to the next value
And, the bike I'm looking at, the 2009 version is really nice, but the 2010 version is Bright Red so I may have to act now!

Just worked out I'd need bike, rack, pedals and bottle cage, so round the voucher up to the next value
And, the bike I'm looking at, the 2009 version is really nice, but the 2010 version is Bright Red so I may have to act now!
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Ooh, very bright!!! also remember that at the end of the scheme if you want to keep the bike you have to (buy it back at the current market value). This doesn't work out very much, mine was £29 for a £500 voucher but worth adding to the equation

I have to be at a recorder lesson in less than 12 hours. In that time I somehow need to fit in a week's worth of practice (I've been away, then got a bit caught up in results etc), gathering up recorders and scattered music, an hour of travelling to said lesson, oh and some sleep would be good too!

Are the Ashes coming home?...

Any actors out there looking for work?

http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/actor-nee...tional-role-cci

It's ok because [whisper]I'm not really blonde[\whisper]

We're watching the highlights at the moment.
I hope England can win and regain the urn...

I am exhausted. Just spent the whole night in the imax cinema in London, doing the "Lord of the Rings all-nighter" It started at quarter past midnight then ran all three films with a 30 minute break in between each (tea and coffee free in the intervals). It was sooooooo long. 1st film was 12:15-3:15, 2nd was 3:45-6:45, 3rd was 7:15-10:15 I think I got about 30 minutes sleep. Then McDonalds and leftover sweets for breakfast, mmmmm

Now I'm off to get a couple of hours of kip

Then it's back up to London at 4pm to go to the BBC centre and be in the audience for this new comedy thing. I love it all! But it all just happens to be on the same weekend

227-4...

327-5...



make that 327-6

I daren't take an interest in the cricket, every time I get excited about it things start going wrong.

I'll just have to buy the DVDs afterward like I did in '05!

They might be good DVDs... 327-7

lalalala I'm not listening...




*crosses fingers surreptitiously*

343-8

did you hear that Sarah?...



343-9

how about that one...

You know, if I start to get excited and then the Aussies put on a famous last wicket stand, Barry, it will be YOUR fault...

Yep, I can see it now...'clarinettist stops England winning Ashes'...

Yous need a cricket thread.

348 all out!!!!!!!!!!!!





I can explain to you the intricacies of cricket next Sunday if you like Flossie?

Or alternatively not...