Yep, it probably does.

Humour me, it's my (poor) sense of humour at work here!

She's probably just jealous

I'm sure you'll be a great head girl, go and get her expelled or something. Nobody likes cows, they moo too much

Boys are... nice

It's so weird. At primary school you so much as smile at a boy, and there's a chorus of "OMG!!!!!!!" then for days, weeks, months afterwards it's "You FANCY him!!!!" So after that I've sort of avoided them, because in my mind it has been boy= boyfriend, which doesn't interest me just yet.

Now at drama, girls are friends with boys. Hmmmm, strange. I still see boys from my primary school strutting around town in trackies and stupid hats, going "Awwwwwwight" then spitting at you. Nice, eh? So boys have always been classed as jerks by me, really. At drama, they've started to actually talk to me, and are there as a friend option, it's so wwweeiiirdddd. The girls are mostly catty, and laugh, and patronise, and talk to you and ask you questions, then show you that they care zilch about you because the next week they ask the very same questions. But the boys don't seem to do things to be spiteful, if they don't want to talk to you, they are polite, but generally ignore you. If they do, they listen, and manage to actually retain information.

I don't know. It's doing my head in.

Wow. That is a really wierd school you go to, because I don't exactly know what you're talking about... actually i could depending on your age.

You've heard of replacement bus services for trains...well, on the Jubilee line this Sunday, there will be a replacement boat service...

You'll notice that at about 17ish they begin to mature. Girls apparently mature quicker, hence most girls going for older guys. (some of us are exceptions... )

I talk to more males than females these days because I feel safer telling them things - they don't go off and analyse everything, generally - they just take what you say at face value... I'm generalising here, but it seems to be true.

Really? I haven't noticed that yet...

Quite a few of my friends are boys, but yes, I also get people saying 'You fancy him!' whenever I talk to or smile at one of them. It's really annoying.

I've found the same about girls and boys. I mean, girls are horrible by acting faux-nice (i.e. saying 'Oh I think your new bag is lovely' when their tone of voice and facial expression imply the exact opposite. Boys, yes, are generally polite and seem interested when they talk to you.

I'm freezing!

Doesn't seem all that long ago it was quite summery...

Apparently next week may see a return to sunny, warm conditions here...

I've a concert on Sunday - outdoors and they keep changing the forcast.

All your sundances/prayers etc worked last time. can we try again?????

Best sun dance I can do with the smilies

I'm in warm pyjamas, in a dressing gown and under a dressing gown and a duvet...how can I be cold?!

It's meant to be a pretty reasonable weekend down here : hopefully that's the case up your way too...

Dr BM diagnoses either extreme tiredness or imminent disease. Dose yourself with a nice, hot cup of cocoa, and go to sleep.

Isn't Whoopie Goldberg funny in Ghost????

I love the bit where she "signs the wrong name"

Me too. If it can't be sunny I hope it's very obviously raining in the morning so it's rained off before I go out, as opposed to the last time when we managed about a set's worth of material amid drizzle and high winds before having to give up - the vocalists, bass, guitar and piano are all miked up to a P.A so we really can't soldier on in the rain.

I know what you mean!!

Another random comment - Where's Solari today he doesn't even feature in the top ten posters Maybe he's been bowled over by the clarinet

Good question. He gets a text if I don't see him here tomorrow...

i shouldnt have had all that wine I drank earlier. I've been for a night on the town with the gals!

Sophie won Big Brother - a victory for dumb blondes!

Not ALL blondes are dumb..

ditto but i only had two glasses But i'd not really eaten enough what with the fun and games my son's new bed brought with it..... see scream thread for an elaboration

Edit: I do mean last night not this am

This is the true Mr. Strong.



This isn't.

Oh, but squares are very weak shapes barry!

I bet that triangular thing couldn't carry a barn full of water several metres across a field to put a fire out like the real square Mr. Strong could

The best way to react to that kind of comment if it's annoying you is to turn round and say something along the lines of 'Yes, he is gorgeous, isn't he, didn't I tell you we're going out!' in a sarcastic voice and generally rise above other people's immaturity.

I've just had the first really enjoyable meal since... well I can't remember when I last enjoyed a meal so much. It's not that it was anything very special, but for once it was *properly salted*, like cooked food used to be before all the anti-salt propaganda. I'd forgotten how good salted food tasted

I went off the anti-salt lobby anyway when the nurse at my doctor's surgery told me to cut down on salt. I told her that I didn't eat much salt because I never put it on cooked food at the table, don't eat crisps or other highly salted foods (and yes I know there's "hidden" salt in food), but she kept repeating the mantra, even though she didn't have a clue how much salt I used or what my diet was like.

Let's hear it for salt

Lol, good idea! But some people who say that (no necessarily my friends) don't get sarcasm for some random reason. So it might do more harm than good... rumours spread fast around our school...

I've been drawn into watching the X Factor...

I always used to say "oh yes, we're eloping on Saturday! Will you be our witness?" Then you can avoid the inevitable accusations of "lyyyying" from those who are a few crisps short of a packet. The funny thing is, while they seem to want you to be madly in love with your best mates as long as that embarrasses you, most people get rather upset if you go along with it all, or don't bother to contradict them.

Apparently, in year 8 i was dating two girls!
I only found this out a few weeks ago.
I think they mean my two best friends....

I'm off to bed. Back to school on Monday. Still haven't finished my IT coursework, or my geography homework. And I haven't sorted out my folders either.

Tomorrow we're going shoe shopping, I've got a pair we're taking back because they don't fit properly, and I have a standby pair of black pumps, just in case.

I've been so bad, and am going to pay the price tomorrow. Dear, dear, dear, I'm so unorganised

Still no Solari on here????? Hope he's having a really nice wekend and is not having some kind of crisis. He's not been of this Forum since he joined...... so it's a bit odd he's so quiet....

Have just left him a text...will let the forum know...

He told me that he's to busy to get on here at the mo, as its too distracting.

Yep, that was the gist of the text I've just received. He says hello to everyone

Salt brings out the flavour during cooking - it's not at all the same added at the table. People are always telling me that I can add salt, but it can't be taken out; however, that's not really how it works!

I've had quite a busy summer cooking-wise, so my very kind, unemployed son offered to cook for us three days in a row this week to give me a rest. He cooks very well, but won't add salt, and I've missed it quite a lot even if it is supposedly better for my health.

Exactly! It's so different adding it afterwards, and I never do that. I hadn't realised how much I'd missed it in cooking but I'm going to start using it more again now. It can be my one and only vice...

Why are even the 'short' size jeans (e.g. 10S) still too long for my little legs, and have to be rolled up?

At least you can take them up - having long legs is worse!

I assume you mean too long?

Hmm... maybe I was being a little too generous.

Looks like my mobile phone operator (T-Mobile) is going to be taken over by one of the other mobile phone operators...

Regarding the salt stuff... I always wonder if I put enough salt in food. I frequently eat things in restaurants that I percieve as really salty - when others think it's just right.

It makes me wonder if I feed people really bland food when they eat at my house

Your food was great!

salt I put it on chips if there's no gravy and no red sauce, but I don't use it in cooking at all unless I make bread. I prefer the taste of herbs and things to the taste of salt.

BB2 - don't try Brazillian food at all if you don't like salt. One of my housemates had her mam come over from Brazil for a bit and the food she cooked so salty I could only eat a tiny bit. They thought that it didn't have enough salt.

I've just realised: I have three band practices - starting tomorrow - until the concert I am to play 1st/solo clarinet for And I don't even know what the programme is yet.

The usual solo player (and my teacher) will be at the practises but not there on the day and the second solo player will only arrive back very last minute... I now face the prospect of having to play the solos (that I've never done before) at the practise on the day even if not for the concert itself - as we are to meet early...


My teacher says he going to take it easy tomorrow...... <GULP>

Dawn - you'll be fine...all the best with that...

BB2 : there's a Brazilian restaurant near me, and not only are they fond of salt, but the vegetarian options are at best limited...

Oops yes, now edited. Too short... I wish!