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all this mention of food makes me feel hungry. ive been on a strict diet for 13 days! 13 days 23 hours 43 minutes....
QUOTE(BeSharpNotFlat @ Mar 16 2010, 02:13 PM) 
all this mention of food makes me feel hungry. ive been on a strict diet for 13 days! 13 days 23 hours 43 minutes....
Not that you're counting, or anything
It's music festival day today 
and I appear to be up really quite early indeed... 
and I appear to be up really quite early indeed...
I must start doing some regular running training. 
For some reason I've started humming Holst's Invocation for Cello and Orchestra whilst I've been on the board 
It used to be a favourite piece but I haven't listened it for a year or two so I've no idea why it's suddenly come into my head.... 
It used to be a favourite piece but I haven't listened it for a year or two so I've no idea why it's suddenly come into my head....
Where's the strange-pub-names thread gone? I just noticed there's one called "Bunch of Grapes" on Brompton Rd.
QUOTE(Panthera @ Mar 17 2010, 03:44 PM)
Where's the strange-pub-names thread gone? I just noticed there's one called "Bunch of Grapes" on Brompton Rd.
There's one by London Bridge too, it's a Young's pub.
aaagh!! Cling film!!!! why does it always end up in a muddle if you need more than a little bit?
And once split why can you NEVER get it right on the tube again??
And once split why can you NEVER get it right on the tube again??
J'adore le St Patricks Day
QUOTE(Fran*Piano @ Mar 17 2010, 08:36 PM)
J'adore le St Patricks Day
I ended up drunkenly attempting some Irish dancing in a pub along with several other inebriated people last night!
QUOTE(Solari @ Mar 18 2010, 10:26 AM)
QUOTE(Fran*Piano @ Mar 17 2010, 08:36 PM)
J'adore le St Patricks Day
I ended up drunkenly attempting some Irish dancing in a pub along with several other inebriated people last night!
The drunken prats were out in force in Manchester yesterday - at lunchtime!! I doubt many were actually Irish.
Just imagine then what happens here in Cheltenham! 
(St.Patrick's Day + Gold Cup Week)
(St.Patrick's Day + Gold Cup Week)
QUOTE(pushpull @ Mar 18 2010, 10:35 AM)
The drunken prats were out in force in Manchester yesterday - at lunchtime!! I doubt many were actually Irish.
I bet the Irish don't celebrate St George's day the way we celebrate St Patrick's!
It was all harmless fun last night, but I agree, some people see it as an excuse to get wasted and be a general nuisance
I have just noticed that no Forum members appear to have a birthday on the 23rd of this month and yet 23 is the smallest number of people you need, for the probability that two of them share the same birthday to be greater than 50:50!
And yet, in October, for example, the 23rd is the most prolific day in this regard!
Suitably random comment for you all?
And yet, in October, for example, the 23rd is the most prolific day in this regard!
Suitably random comment for you all?
QUOTE(clavicembalo @ Mar 18 2010, 02:26 PM)
I have just noticed that no Forum members appear to have a birthday on the 23rd of this month and yet 23 is the smallest number of people you need, for the probability that two of them share the same birthday to be greater than 50:50!
And yet, in October, for example, the 23rd is the most prolific day in this regard!
Suitably random comment for you all?
You have too much time on your hands!
QUOTE(Solari @ Mar 18 2010, 10:26 AM)
QUOTE(Fran*Piano @ Mar 17 2010, 08:36 PM)
J'adore le St Patricks Day
I ended up drunkenly attempting some Irish dancing in a pub along with several other inebriated people last night!
I had gone to the pub at the arts centre, I was tempted to have a go at the Irish dancing (I used to do it when I was little!) but my boyfriend persuaded (e.g. forced) me not to
Apparently my Dutch passport will always say my maiden name
QUOTE(Babybird2 @ Mar 19 2010, 10:47 AM)
Apparently my Dutch passport will always say my maiden name
So have you got a Dutch passport and a German one, and an English one? I know plently of people with dual-nationality, but haven't come across anyone with three nationalities? 
...................maybe a Yorkshire one too ???
Just a Dutch one, because my Dad is Dutch. I don't actually speak the language though and I've never lived there either.
I was meant to get a German one but they wanted both my parents to go to the embassy and they also wanted to see some piece of paper that my mum couldn't be bothered to find.
Don't have British citizenship, so no British passport. This would be my preferred option, but it costs something like £700 to get citizenship, so....
I was meant to get a German one but they wanted both my parents to go to the embassy and they also wanted to see some piece of paper that my mum couldn't be bothered to find.
Don't have British citizenship, so no British passport. This would be my preferred option, but it costs something like £700 to get citizenship, so....
QUOTE(Babybird2 @ Mar 19 2010, 01:05 PM)
Just a Dutch one, because my Dad is Dutch. I don't actually speak the language though and I've never lived there either.
I was meant to get a German one but they wanted both my parents to go to the embassy and they also wanted to see some piece of paper that my mum couldn't be bothered to find.
Don't have British citizenship, so no British passport. This would be my preferred option, but it costs something like £700 to get citizenship, so....
Oh Gosh!!! Where were you born BB? You sound English so you must have lived here a good long time at least...
I can say how are you in Dutch but I can't spell it!!!
Something (pronounced phonically) like this "Hoo gaat het met yow?"
Had a Dutch (half Dutch?) friend at uni.
That's more than I can say in Dutch
I was born in Germany, but moved to London when I was 6
I was born in Germany, but moved to London when I was 6
QUOTE(Babybird2 @ Mar 19 2010, 01:36 PM)
I was born in Germany, but moved to London when I was 6
So when did you become exiled oop North then?
When I went to uni 6 and a half years ago
QUOTE(Babybird2 @ Mar 19 2010, 01:36 PM)
That's more than I can say in Dutch
It's all I can say in Dutch too
QUOTE(Babybird2 @ Mar 19 2010, 01:36 PM)
I was born in Germany, but moved to London when I was 6
That explains you sounding like you are English then
I knew of the German connection but not the Dutch one.
Most people don't
The only Dutch thing about me is the passport
The only Dutch thing about me is the passport
I'm feeling lazy today..... result of 2 hectic weeks and a touch of a cold ligering or coming back i'm not so sure....
BUT.... I really should go and do something constructive with the day!
.....Then again it is Friday afternoon.....
BUT.... I really should go and do something constructive with the day!
.....Then again it is Friday afternoon.....
Had a super few days in Alnwick - the B&B was luxurious, we bought a stack of books from Barter Books, joined the National Trust and visited a few places, ate out at a different restaurant each night, and Mrs Stetenorve only bought 2 new pairs of shoes!
Woo, England 7-3 up in the rugby...
My fingers are sore.
QUOTE(Flossie @ Mar 20 2010, 08:54 PM)
My fingers are sore.
Violin playing today?...
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Mar 20 2010, 08:55 PM)
QUOTE(Flossie @ Mar 20 2010, 08:54 PM)
My fingers are sore.
Violin playing today?...
How did you guess?
Am I that predictable... 
QUOTE(Flossie @ Mar 20 2010, 08:58 PM)
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Mar 20 2010, 08:55 PM)
QUOTE(Flossie @ Mar 20 2010, 08:54 PM)
My fingers are sore.
Violin playing today?...
How did you guess?
Am I that predictable... It's what I immediately think of when I see 'sore fingers'. Says the ropey 'cellist...
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Mar 20 2010, 09:00 PM)
QUOTE(Flossie @ Mar 20 2010, 08:58 PM)
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Mar 20 2010, 08:55 PM)
QUOTE(Flossie @ Mar 20 2010, 08:54 PM)
My fingers are sore.
Violin playing today?...
How did you guess?
Am I that predictable... It's what I immediately think of when I see 'sore fingers'. Says the ropey 'cellist...
What, you think of a violin and not cello?
QUOTE(Flossie @ Mar 20 2010, 09:06 PM)
What, you think of a violin and not cello?
Violin strings to me look like cheese wire...
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Mar 20 2010, 09:09 PM)
QUOTE(Flossie @ Mar 20 2010, 09:06 PM)
What, you think of a violin and not cello?
Violin strings to me look like cheese wire...
My violin strings are not like cheese wire.
They are nice strings, and my violin has a nice sound as well. 
Except she doesn't when I play her.
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Mar 20 2010, 09:09 PM)
Violin strings to me look like cheese wire...
So play us 'L'Homage a Fromage' then!
(Sorry, don't know how to get accents)
QUOTE(Flossie @ Mar 20 2010, 09:11 PM)
My violin strings are not like cheese wire.
They are nice strings, and my violin has a nice sound as well. Except she doesn't when I play her. Compared to 'cello strings, they feel uncomfortable. I'm guessing it's me, not the strings...
Agree, a nicely played violin is a joy to behold
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Mar 20 2010, 09:18 PM)
QUOTE(Flossie @ Mar 20 2010, 09:11 PM)
My violin strings are not like cheese wire.
They are nice strings, and my violin has a nice sound as well. Except she doesn't when I play her. Compared to 'cello strings, they feel uncomfortable. I'm guessing it's me, not the strings...
Agree, a nicely played violin is a joy to behold
Have you tried violining, Barry?
QUOTE(Flossie @ Mar 20 2010, 09:20 PM)
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Mar 20 2010, 09:18 PM)
QUOTE(Flossie @ Mar 20 2010, 09:11 PM)
My violin strings are not like cheese wire.
They are nice strings, and my violin has a nice sound as well. Except she doesn't when I play her. Compared to 'cello strings, they feel uncomfortable. I'm guessing it's me, not the strings...
Agree, a nicely played violin is a joy to behold
Have you tried violining, Barry?
I had a try of both katyjay's and Andy-piano-flute's violins. Very nice, but, for me, I've chosen the right stringed instrument. Even with 94 clefs to manage
Once again I get a reminder from life that opting for a rest day because I have time tomorrow is not a good plan.
Flossie, your PM box is full.
So I'll let you know here : Flute diva's video now works!
So I'll let you know here : Flute diva's video now works!
I have drunk a litre of orange juice in under 3 hours.
QUOTE(Flossie @ Mar 21 2010, 12:02 AM)
I have drunk a litre of orange juice in under 3 hours.
The Lord bless you poor stomach later on.
Ooh, I can smell this Stilton from here...
Must be perfect then
Must be perfect then
Cheese and onion crisps taste sooo much nicer when you haven't eaten them in months and months and months.....
QUOTE(Fran*Piano @ Mar 21 2010, 04:02 PM)
Cheese and onion crisps taste sooo much nicer when you haven't eaten them in months and months and months.....
Crisps............no can't remember them.
QUOTE(The Old Lady @ Mar 21 2010, 04:18 PM)
QUOTE(Fran*Piano @ Mar 21 2010, 04:02 PM)
Cheese and onion crisps taste sooo much nicer when you haven't eaten them in months and months and months.....
Crisps............no can't remember them.
I don't tend to eat crisps (farrr too many empty calories and salt to be justified!) but I saw them in Boots and was just too tempted to resist
Says smugly "I have been to the supermarkest on three successive occasions and not succombed to the temptation to buy crisps."
Admits guiltily "I bought a nut chocolate bar instead."
Confesses confusedly " I have lost the bathroom scales."
Admits guiltily "I bought a nut chocolate bar instead."
Confesses confusedly " I have lost the bathroom scales."
The 'beep' that signifies the end of the cycle on my washing-machine coincided precisely with the first note of Llyr Williams' performance of the 24th Chopin prelude on Radio 3 and what's more on the same note, A!
Mind you, had the beeps proceeded with the rest of the prelude, that would truly have been something!
Mind you, had the beeps proceeded with the rest of the prelude, that would truly have been something!
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