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Fran*Piano
Apr 29 2010, 06:36 PM
QUOTE(Babybird2 @ Apr 29 2010, 07:34 PM) *

I have horrible memories of my AS-level French mock oral, where I sat down with the sheet of info that I was meant to be preparing with in the preparation room... it was a tourist leaflet about Aberystwyth. I panicked because I had no idea how to pronounce Aberystwyth. The French wouldn't have been a problem, but Aberystywyth really threw me.

I sat down with my French teacher for the mock exam, stuttered a few words and burst into tears rolleyes.gif

I got an A in AS French and dropped the subject laugh.gif


laugh.gif it can't have been that bad then, you must have done really rather well! biggrin.gif
Babybird2
Apr 29 2010, 06:38 PM
Luckily I didn't get any complicated place name things for the real exam laugh.gif
Fran*Piano
Apr 29 2010, 06:44 PM
OH! I misread this, I thought you said this was your real exam blush.gif laugh.gif
Flossie
Apr 29 2010, 06:54 PM
QUOTE(Babybird2 @ Apr 29 2010, 07:34 PM) *

I have horrible memories of my AS-level French mock oral, where I sat down with the sheet of info that I was meant to be preparing with in the preparation room... it was a tourist leaflet about Aberystwyth. I panicked because I had no idea how to pronounce Aberystwyth. The French wouldn't have been a problem, but Aberystywyth really threw me.

I sat down with my French teacher for the mock exam, stuttered a few words and burst into tears rolleyes.gif

laugh.gif What pronounciation did you decide on for Aberystwyth? It's not very obvious unless you know how it's said or know how Welsh names work, so I'm sure other people would have been thrown by it as well. smile.gif

One of my GCSE geography exams had something about Reading in it, and I discovered how the name was pronounced when I was talking to my teacher about the question afterwards. blush.gif
Babybird2
Apr 29 2010, 06:58 PM
QUOTE(Flossie @ Apr 29 2010, 07:54 PM) *

laugh.gif What pronounciation did you decide on for Aberystwyth? It's not very obvious unless you know how it's said or know how Welsh names work, so I'm sure other people would have been thrown by it as well. smile.gif


I can't remember.... I just know that the letters went round and round in my head and I worried so much that I cried. I think my teacher let me do the mock on another day where I got another preparation sheet laugh.gif
clavicembalo
Apr 29 2010, 07:04 PM
Of course, had it been Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, you'd have been forgiven all histrionics! biggrin.gif

And not the least unlucky, too! laugh.gif
Babybird2
Apr 29 2010, 07:05 PM
I'm glad I didn't do A-level Welsh tongue.gif
barry-clari
Apr 29 2010, 09:16 PM
Message for Cyrilla.

This is the condition of my vegetables. Take note...

IPB Image
Solari
Apr 29 2010, 09:17 PM
I just hit one of the other sound buttons on my clavinova while trying to hit the RH chord in bar 11 of Chopin Op.28 No.7 - the sound changed to a loud organ thing and I cr@pped myself, almost falling off my chair! ohmy.gif
Fran*Piano
Apr 29 2010, 09:19 PM
QUOTE(Solari @ Apr 29 2010, 10:17 PM) *

I just hit one of the other sound buttons on my clavinova while trying to hit the RH chord in bar 11 of Chopin Op.28 No.7 - the sound changed to a loud organ thing and I cr@pped myself, almost falling off my chair! ohmy.gif


laugh.gif laugh.gif I don't have a clavinova, but I've done this before trying to change the metronome-I was only slightly increasing it so it wasn't enough to be noticeable that it hadn't changed, apparently I'd set it to organ-I just about died! laugh.gif
clavicembalo
Apr 29 2010, 09:24 PM
QUOTE(Solari @ Apr 29 2010, 10:17 PM) *

I just hit one of the other sound buttons on my clavinova while trying to hit the RH chord in bar 11 of Chopin Op.28 No.7 - the sound changed to a loud organ thing and I cr@pped myself, almost falling off my chair! ohmy.gif


You either need stabilisers for your chairs or some sort of gyroscope to keep you the right way up!

My Clavinova often seems randomly to switch from 'piano' to 'vibes'! I run through the previous few notes to see whether or not my fingers accidentally caught the button in question but to no avail. Spooky! ph34r.gif unsure.gif

I've just noticed that both the number of my posts to date and the number of pages of this thread have a Highest Common Factor (Greatest Common Divisor) of 111; a factor of 666 no less! ohmy.gif
katica
Apr 29 2010, 09:39 PM
QUOTE(Solari @ Apr 29 2010, 03:17 PM) *

I just hit one of the other sound buttons on my clavinova while trying to hit the RH chord in bar 11 of Chopin Op.28 No.7 - the sound changed to a loud organ thing and I cr@pped myself, almost falling off my chair! ohmy.gif


Well, it could have been worse - it could have been in public! Exactly that happened to a pianist colleague who was in the middle of playing the slow first movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata in our last recital. blush.gif
Cyrilla
Apr 30 2010, 04:17 PM
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Apr 29 2010, 10:16 PM) *

Message for Cyrilla.

This is the condition of my vegetables. Take note...

IPB Image


Ha! Ha! I only just saw this - probably just as well I saw it AFTER, rather than before, Baz's Kodály lesson...

laugh.gif laugh.gif laugh.gif
Babybird2
May 1 2010, 06:44 PM
Watching snooker makes me far too nervous sad.gif
Flossie
May 1 2010, 06:49 PM
QUOTE(Babybird2 @ May 1 2010, 07:44 PM) *

Watching snooker makes me far too nervous sad.gif

Why? unsure.gif
Babybird2
May 1 2010, 06:50 PM
Because it's so tense... it feels like watching penalties over and over again blush.gif

And I really want Graeme Dott to win laugh.gif
Flossie
May 1 2010, 06:52 PM
QUOTE(Babybird2 @ May 1 2010, 07:50 PM) *

Because it's so tense... it feels like watching penalties over and over again blush.gif

And I really want Graeme Dott to win laugh.gif

I don't like watching penalites. ill.gif I also don't like the last 10 minutes of matches because I know what we're like at conceeding late goal. sad.gif
Babybird2
May 1 2010, 06:54 PM
I'm the same. I spend my time hiding between cushions and peeking out at crucial moments blush.gif
Flossie
May 1 2010, 07:09 PM
We need to have a 3 goal lead going in to the last 10 minutes for me to have any confidence. mellow.gif I used to be comfortable with a 2 goal lead - until Coventry. rolleyes.gif sad.gif
Babybird2
May 1 2010, 07:12 PM
Remember when we played Norwich in the league a few years ago...? sad.gif
madbassoonist
May 1 2010, 07:14 PM
First post from my new mobile phone - I hope it works!
Flossie
May 1 2010, 07:17 PM
I don't think I want to. mellow.gif That was just a spoof result though - we don't regularly conceed 3 goals in the last 10 minutes. smile.gif Sadly, we do conceed 2 goals in the last 10 minutes all too regularly. sad.gif
Flossie
May 1 2010, 08:05 PM
Building a Dell requires decisions. unsure.gif
Babybird2
May 1 2010, 08:13 PM
No need to ask what you're doing right now then laugh.gif
Flossie
May 1 2010, 08:21 PM
I can't decide which processor I want. unsure.gif To add to the confusion the hard drive I'd prefer (7200 rpm rather than 5400) is only available with the more expensive processor and I can't decide if it's worth the extra money. wacko.gif Also not sure if I want a backlit keyboard or not. huh.gif
Babybird2
May 1 2010, 08:27 PM
I've managed to live without a backlit keyboard so far laugh.gif
Flossie
May 1 2010, 08:31 PM
I've never had one, so I don't know how much difference it would make, but it might be helpful for the times our cooker trips the electricity and turns all the lights out. It's an extra £30 though. unsure.gif
Babybird2
May 1 2010, 08:33 PM
But surely you can just turn the electricity back on within a few minutes? tongue.gif


Flossie
May 1 2010, 08:47 PM
QUOTE(Babybird2 @ May 1 2010, 09:33 PM) *

But surely you can just turn the electricity back on within a few minutes? tongue.gif

Hmm. It's not that simple when it's dark. It involves balancing on my toes on the edge of stair about 3/4 way up the stair case with one foot (the other foot can't go on the step because I can't reach if it does, as I'm off centre compared to the switch), lifting the cover of the electrics box and holding it open, positioning a knitting needle below the switch I need to flick, and then jumping and hoping that I a) manage to flick the switch up with the point of the knitting needle and b) don't fall down the stairs. wacko.gif
Babybird2
May 1 2010, 08:53 PM
What a ridiculous place for the electricity box blink.gif
Flossie
May 1 2010, 08:57 PM
QUOTE(Babybird2 @ May 1 2010, 09:53 PM) *

What a ridiculous place for the electricity box blink.gif

I know. wacko.gif It's managable if it's light because you can at least see what you're doing. If it's dark I tend to sit in my room and wait for someone taller, but it does mean that I can't see to do anything. mellow.gif
Babybird2
May 1 2010, 09:00 PM
Maybe you should invest in a torch rather than the backlit keyboard laugh.gif
Flossie
May 1 2010, 09:03 PM
QUOTE(Babybird2 @ May 1 2010, 10:00 PM) *

Maybe you should invest in a torch rather than the backlit keyboard laugh.gif

Can't hold torch plus knitting needle plus the cover from the electrics box (which needs be held open). I tried once and dropped everything and then missed my footing when I landed. It hurt. sad.gif
Babybird2
May 1 2010, 09:05 PM
But you can have the torch in your room, so you have light until someone else sorts the electrics out laugh.gif
Flossie
May 1 2010, 09:14 PM
QUOTE(Babybird2 @ May 1 2010, 10:05 PM) *

But you can have the torch in your room, so you have light until someone else sorts the electrics out laugh.gif

*adds new torch to shopping list* My torch currently lives next to the cooker so that there's one available when the cooker trips everything - seems a bit mean to reclaim it when the other's use it.

I'm now trying to work out whether I want Dell's extended warranty and accidental cover, or whether I want the one year gaurantee and separate laptop insurrance. unsure.gif
Babybird2
May 1 2010, 09:17 PM
Extended warranty is probably more useful unsure.gif
Flossie
May 1 2010, 09:24 PM
QUOTE(Babybird2 @ May 1 2010, 10:17 PM) *

Extended warranty is probably more useful unsure.gif

That's kind of what I'm thinking, but it doesn't cover theft. But then the insurance policies I've read which cover theft and accidental damage don't seem to cover problems with the actual computer outside of the manufacturers warranty period. unsure.gif It's confusing... wacko.gif
Babybird2
May 1 2010, 09:25 PM
Does your contents insurance cover theft/accidental damage for your laptop though?
Flossie
May 1 2010, 09:31 PM
QUOTE(Babybird2 @ May 1 2010, 10:25 PM) *

Does your contents insurance cover theft/accidental damage for your laptop though?

Don't have any. blush.gif All my expensive things (i.e. instruments, old laptop) are insured via specialist insurance. Last time I looked at contents insurance it was really expensive because i was living in uni accommodation. I'll have another look. smile.gif
Flossie
May 1 2010, 09:51 PM
Am having problems finding anything other than Endsleigh who will do contents insurance for shared houses. mad.gif
nicki_flute
May 1 2010, 10:14 PM
I want to flute play........but it's too late to. :bah:
Flossie
May 1 2010, 10:16 PM
QUOTE(nicki_flute @ May 1 2010, 11:14 PM) *

I want to flute play........but it's too late to. :bah:

So do I. ph34r.gif

I'm struggling to find anywhere that does non-student contents insurance for people living in shared houses. sad.gif
barry-clari
May 1 2010, 10:16 PM
QUOTE(nicki_flute @ May 1 2010, 11:14 PM) *

I want to flute play........but it's too late to. :bah:


Would the neighbours mind, Nicki?
nicki_flute
May 1 2010, 10:19 PM
Well, I don't have neighbours on one side. But I do have a sleeping housemate on the other!
barry-clari
May 1 2010, 10:22 PM
QUOTE(nicki_flute @ May 1 2010, 11:19 PM) *

Well, I don't have neighbours on one side. But I do have a sleeping housemate on the other!


I know! Play a lullaby! biggrin.gif
barry-clari
May 2 2010, 06:22 PM
Clari-Netty's profile picture is rather impressive! biggrin.gif
sbhoa
May 2 2010, 06:28 PM
QUOTE(barry-clari @ May 2 2010, 07:22 PM) *

Clari-Netty's profile picture is rather impressive! biggrin.gif

It is, though it's not been created by a woodwind player.......Spot the deliberate mistake?
Clari-Netty
May 2 2010, 06:31 PM
TeeHee

i love it, but i found it on google i now have it as my pc and phone wallpaper blush.gif
barry-clari
May 2 2010, 06:32 PM
QUOTE(sbhoa @ May 2 2010, 07:28 PM) *

QUOTE(barry-clari @ May 2 2010, 07:22 PM) *

Clari-Netty's profile picture is rather impressive! biggrin.gif

It is, though it's not been created by a woodwind player.......Spot the deliberate mistake?


Yep. Might make some of the keys a little awkward to get to...

QUOTE(Clari-Netty @ May 2 2010, 07:31 PM) *

TeeHee

i love it, but i found it on google i now have it as my pc and phone wallpaper blush.gif


Sounds perfectly healthy to me. I have three (yes, three) clarinet mouse mats... blush.gif
Clari-Netty
May 2 2010, 06:39 PM
QUOTE(barry-clari @ May 2 2010, 07:32 PM) *

QUOTE(sbhoa @ May 2 2010, 07:28 PM) *

QUOTE(barry-clari @ May 2 2010, 07:22 PM) *

Clari-Netty's profile picture is rather impressive! biggrin.gif

It is, though it's not been created by a woodwind player.......Spot the deliberate mistake?


Yep. Might make some of the keys a little awkward to get to...

QUOTE(Clari-Netty @ May 2 2010, 07:31 PM) *

TeeHee

i love it, but i found it on google i now have it as my pc and phone wallpaper blush.gif


Sounds perfectly healthy to me. I have three (yes, three) clarinet mouse mats... blush.gif



perhaps they are sold seperately like her fourth finger,
lol

and how many computers do oyu have for all these mouse mats lol
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