Thanks for posting that, it's hilarious

"Accidents have included people poking themselves in the eye with a biscuit..."

Is that because they foolishly mistaken their eye as their mouth?

Car Expert

What do you reckon the statistics are like for people with chocolate fingers stuck up their noses?

And so the killing begins

My 12 year old sister came home to find feathers everywhere, then went upstairs and there was a ###### pigeon carcass in front of the airing cupboard (we think it was a pigeon, there wasn't much left though, only a foot and a bit of wing according to dad, but that's what the feathers looked like) and either a head or an organ on her floor. And blood all over the kitchen rug. Yummo.

Well, if you will keep a cat...

Definitely getting darker in the evenings now...

Do I need to go out and get really drunk before I go to university? My friends seem to think it's a rite of passage so to speak...but some of them regularly go out and get hammered. I've been "out" a few times, and to loads of house parties and things, but I've never been drunk - and nor does the idea appeal to me! Any thoughts?

I would advise NOT doing that. Plenty of time for that when you get to uni

(You definitely don't have to do it there either, though )

No you don't. Loads of people don't! It's harder to avoid when you're actually at uni, but still possible if you feel strongly about it. Don't stress too much about it, some people enjoy it and some people don't and there's nothing wrong with being in either category.

You don't have to get drunk. I enjoyed (and still enjoy) a drink or two, or three (!), but have never been absolutely drunk out of my mind, and have never felt I've missed out on things because I've never got really drunk.

What exactly is the appeal of getting so drunk that you forget what happened during the evening and/or you're sick everywhere...

I've never gone out with the intention of getting drunk. I think that thought is awful However, I have occasionally found myself rather drunker than I'd like - usually through getting a bit carried away, larger glasses than I've realised, mixing drinks or drinking when underfed or too soon after being a bit under the weather.

All things I've learnt to try to avoid. It is all about learning your limits but being drunk is not a nice feeling. Quite the opposite in fact. A couple of small drinks can create a quite nice relaxed feeling. Much more is not a good feeling.

Don't be pushed into anything by your friends. I'd say uni is more about developing maturity, independance and responsibility than getting drunk. Yes many students go too far. Do you want to be one of them? Answer that and you have your answer

It's really interesting seeing all these "about-to-go-to-uni" students being more worried about the social life than about the work. My daughter and a few of her friends are worried that every-one will be off clubbing! Won't listen to the voice of reason.

The idea is to stop slightly short of that point. The appeal is in losing one's inhibitions.

Nah, it's fun!

I went too far - it didn't do me any harm in the long run.

Thank goodness! I was starting to feel slightly hunted. It is fun!
Not that you have to do it if you don't want to, but what's wrong with it, if you do?

Nothing

Those of you who witnessed my 'singing' at Stalybridge will know that I don't need any alcohol to start losing my inhibitions. I was drinking tea

Okay, possibly you should not ever drink too much!

Flossie and Babybird2 stopped me from ordering a pint of Rob Lee beer at the Stalybridge Station bar. Because it was Newcastle themed and they are both Boro fans...

So I had moon beer instead.

Don't know what was in it...

15 minutes into Soccer Saturday, and Chris Kamara's already said 'unbelievable' twice

Did a chemistry practical yesterday. Titration. trying to get the answers within 0.1 ml of each other and managed 0.15

More than I'd ever be able to do! Well done

Wooo. I'm 2nd in the list of today's top ten posters. Never been there before. Don't have a hope of catching Barry-clari - it's all those football scores he posted about

Quite! It probably didn't come across that way in my original post...but the reason I'm asking is because I don't want to get to uni and be the only one who hasn't ever properly been out... But no, I don't particularly like the idea of not being totally in control of my actions etc and feeling dreadful the next day. I also have the problem of being really tiny, so I suppose I would get drunk faster - but that's if I actually manage to get in anywhere in the first place I think perhaps the difference between me and some of my friends is that my parents are pretty relaxed about things like that, and often offer us wine at dinner on weekends, but several of my friends have really stuffy parents who disapprove of..well..everything..and so they sort of rebel by going out and doing everything their parents would be angry about So that could possibly be why I'm not bothered about drinking? I dunno Anyway, I've seen the facebook photos from the most recent party at my friend's estate (yes, I know ) and I have to say that I'm mad enough without alcohol! (I couldn't drink anything as I was taking antibiotics at the time) so I've decided that I can have a good time regardless

That football commentary from CE, Flossie and I on Wednesday was a bit post count boosting...

I've been doing the Chester programme over this weekend.

Typing in forum names often causes Word to query whether I've spelt things correctly or not (eg DaisyChain, barry-clari, Appassionata, rachi, Panthera). For some reason though, it had no problem with accepting gedall40 or kingsley13!...

Yay! I was the titration Queen at school! The teacher never used to believe my results could possibly be so accurate.

Well of course not!

We've always been fairly relaxed about wine at dinner, etc, but neither of our offspring drinks much at all. I suspect the main reason is expense - if you drink regularly at uni you will run up a lot of debt - or possibly us introducing it at too young an age, when their palates just didn't like it. According to my son (who's just going into his second year at Durham), students usually either hardly ever drink, or drink a lot. The latter never have enough cash for other things they want to do!

You'll find like-minded friends whether you go out drinking, or whether you don't. Just make sure that whatever you do is what you truly want to do, and that you don't just follow others in order to fit in, and end up wishing you hadn't. You can go out and drink whatever you like - lots of people have a J2O now, and no-one bats an eyelid, and you can always make sure one drink lasts a long time - so you don't have to feel you're missing out on the company, but neither need you get drunk if it doesn't appeal.

Hope you have a great time at uni!

I had a play around, and it seems 'kingsley' followed by pretty much any number was fine too!...

It was good though. Barry and CE did a better job of the commentary than the BBC - everytime England scored they'd posted before the BBC got it up onto the live text coverage.





Isn't Word fussy.

It also had no problem with accepting Babybird2...

*wonders what it would do with Flossie*

It doesn't like the name I use in real life.

*opens Word*

*types 'Flossie'*

Word has no problems with 'Flossie'!

Vera Lynn's top of the album charts!

Boarding school is actually fantastic! I'm so glad I took the plunge to board after years of getting home at crazy times and then having 3-4 hours of prep work to do! I'm off for tea and then ballet class for an hour, and in the hour since school finished I've already done one piece of work set today...when I would still be on the bus home now if I'd carried on as a day girl It'll be a bit strange when I go to bed tonight I think, but my room is nice and airy with big windows etc AND we don't have to wear uniform after 5pm!

Was in town today.

On the tube.

And I caught sight of a tube map.

And I thought...there's something missing from this tube map. Something that's been there ever since I can remember.

The River Thames has, according to TfL, dried up!!!!

OMG! I have to read the school rules tomorrow in chapel...and having had a quick skim through, I don't know how I'm going to keep a straight face "There is no to be no kissing or other inappropriate behaviour regarding members of the opposite s-ex" And "Outlandish hairstyles, to include pigtails (!) and dreadlocks are banned. Fringes are also to be discouraged" I'm deadly serious!

This reminds me of a chemical company on Teesside which became part of a large American corporation a few years ago.
Site rules were issued, and seemed to be mainly directed at men:

When in discussion with a female colleague you should stand at least one meter (sic) away, and not touch her in any way or make gestures that could be misconstrued. Your tongue should not protrude excessively at any time, and you shall not have 'elevator eyes'

The same company made every visitor watch a safety video about the plant, then you had to do a written test. If you failed you were made to watch the video repeatedly until you passed the test. Then they would let you on site.

Pigtails and protruding tongues Now all I can picture is Beryl the Peril - not what either set of rules had in mind, I would imagine

Surely there can't be any correlation between the fact that I'd set this morning aside for housework and I appear to be Top Poster today

Earlier this morning I was dusting some wooden ornaments and accidentally vacuumed up one of the pieces. Not nice fishing around in a load of dust to get it back

I managed to hoover up my watch this morning...

W

To be fair that is standard practice (and may actually be mandatory) for chemical sites. It's not usually onerous but everyone needs to know what the alarms are, what to do if they sound - if not they need to be accompanied at all times by someone that does. I would be very worried indeed if I was allowed alone on a site which handled hazardous material and they didn't do this!

It isn't yet mandatory to explain to male employees how to treat members of the opposite gender, fortunately it isn't normally needed - but for some people I I think it would have been useful.

At my local music school: two problems down, one to go.

My daughter has a new piano teacher
(So hopefully no more dispairing threads from me on this subject).

After saying she couldn't start the oboe because her old piano teacher said she was unmusical, the head has changed his mind and has had a "closer look" and said she can learn both instruments

Now all I need them to do is to move her from one theory class to another so that it no longer clashes with her painting class.

Great sighs of relief! I'm so pleased your daughter will have a new piano teacher, and can start oboe. It's been hard enough just reading about your frustrations. I can't imagine what it must be like for you actually to live through them. Here's hoping for a much more enjoyable time this year, and I hope the theory class gets sorted too.

Great news!!! Does that mean she won't have to do things like play her name in note names any more

No, that's the other daughter and it was in a music lesson at secondary school.

Well I have visited many chemicals factories in UK , Europe and Far East, and the one mentioned was the only one where I have had to watch a video and answer questions. Of course you always wear protective clothing and a hard hat .

Photomultiplier tubes

Why on earth do most hotels fold the loo roll corner over, or even make an arrow out of it. Most irritating and unnecessary! Usually its hanging down a bit anyway so theres no problem getting hold of it. (the paper I mean!)

What do most people say when they answer the phone? I always say "hello" and take it from there! I had to phone someone for my mum yesterday, and she answered by barking her name at me!