Reminds me of the time when I was about eleven and we went on a school trip to Rochester castle and cathedral.

Teacher to the class: Which river is this then?
Me: The Mersey sir!
Teacher: Errr...actually it's the Medway!
Me:
Others in class:

At least I knew it began with an M

Correct number of letters, and half the letters correct ones. What more did your teacher want?

There was, and for some reason I cannot comprehend, one of their songs was "our song" for my first ever boyfriend and I.

Edit: and in fact, the song is the very one that has been mentioned above. I clicked Reply without reading the rest of the thread.

And even having admitted this, I am still going to show my face at a forum event this weekend

Oh dearie me....

You'll be fine : I'm not there to remind you...

Just noticed I will likely reach 8000 posts today. Does my status change ??

You'll become a Maestro

It's the Budget today. Will I lose any money?...

Yes. That's pretty much how budgets work, isn't it?!

Thanks for that cheerful response

Am I doing too much? (rhetorical question, really)

The problem is, I am looking for a job but it probably won't be in my ideal area so have been advised to get any job (haha!) and do some relevant volunteering. So, I've got a few unpaid opportunities but most of these aren't fully confirmed. This leaves the dilemma of either being not busy (if none of these leads work out) which is fine but also it could mean being crazily busy! Not sure whether this is because I am feeling a bit desperate jobs-wise and so grabbing any opportunity which presents itself.

And doing application forms is just so depressing...

What a gorgeous day, weather-wise, it's been/is

Just posting this so I can become a Maestro !! 8000 posts.

Congratulations!

Poor Nicki. Hope things work out for you soon.


A long service award for wasting untold hours of time on these forums! Something for the rest of us to aspire to!

! congrats fsharpminor

Congratulations f#minor. There must be a gee-gee joke waiting there somewhere, but it will take someone a bit quicker than me!

And Nicki, hang on in there...

They were saying on the radio today that they're making sure all the royal wedding souvenirs have the happy couple's initials printed as 'C', followed by 'W'. Because doing them the other way round wouldn't be great...

finally got my gas & electricity direct debits sorted out. No idea where they come up with the figures for how they set these. At least I'm no longer paying the same amount as a family of 4.

And congrats, f#m!

And, yes, hang on in there, Nicki...

Reminds me of when we went to Paris by Train and Hovercraft. You checked your bags in in London and picked them up again at Calais and took them with you on the second train. There was a lady sat opposite us on the English train, who was slightly annoying, kept trying to start conversations and could we make sure no one walked of with her belongings while she went to the loo. Nothing major, but we were heartlily sick of her by the time we got to Dover and glad not to be sat next to her on the French train. When we got to Paris we were just leaving the platform and she came rushing up to us and asked us where we had found our suitcase. She looked rather horrified when we said Calais!

This reminds me of an incident when I was working on a test raft on the river at Newton Ferrers in Devon.

It was early November, and we had been on the raft for much of the day in fine, cold, soaking rain when a very wet looking walker appeard on the river bank. 'I say' he called out, 'is this where I catch the ferry for Newton Ferrers?'. My colleage who was a local, and a man of very few words anwered 'yes', and said nothing more.

About an hour later the walker appeared again, and this time called out 'I say, what time is the next ferry?' 'March' came the reply.

SB

Thanks! Just frustrating...all my feedback is - good written application, good interview (if I get one) but need more experience. Lots of people want me to volunteer, but I really need money!

Why is this penguin called Bob? And why is he slightly blurry? And why, in fact, am I sitting on this forum expecting B1's exam result to appear sooner just because I am in ABRSM territory? It's not as if they know I'm here.

See my profile photo

(Bob's on the right and Lady Bobbington - his wife - is on the left)

Car Expert

Ah! I see! But they're not virtual - they're woolly! And where is Parsnip?

Do Maestros have any special Forum privileges???

Eldest has gr 7 flute exam today- it's the first that I'm not there for- she's taking it at school- It's so weird. She boards- but has done all her other exams at home or with me! I just texted her- she said she's so nervous, I can't do anything about it- strange!

Wish it was my exam- have to wait another week for that!

Good luck to your daughter Clari Nicki 1

Not heard from her yet Hope it's gone ok. Don't want to text her in case they were running extremely late!

She was not born at the time of taking that photo

Car Expert

Ok. Now trying not to consider the breeding habits of virtual woolly penguins and deciding I might not care much about daughter's exam result after all .... will get some work done instead.
Love to ,Mrs , and Baby

How many spots does a dalmation have ........ ??

101, of course!

No idea... what on earth made you wonder that?

My husband's answer too !

I'm sewing black spots on a white t-shirt to make my son into a dalmation for a party he's going to tomorrow ....

My husband just got a wii fitness age of 57!!!!

(He's only 35!!)

You'd better hope there aren't 101 then!!!!


Oh your poor husband. That roar of laughter is the nearest thing to cruelty I've ever heard from you!!!

My wii did that too me too! Not 57, but still...
... and my unassuming-looking ex, who is 55 this year, tells me he scored 35!!!!

Ha! Don't believe a word an ex says (however unassuming-looking). Having heard a lot about the stunning new girlfriend my ex has aquired I waited yesterday for my son to make some comment on this amazing woman he finally got to meet (being careful, of course, not to look like I was 'bothered'.)
My son announced (finally) - "She looks like Mrs [very plain middle aged LSA who works at his school] - but her hair is funny and she smells like Debenhams' toilets."
Love my lovely loyal son . Just don't want to hear how he describes me to strangers.

I got a Wii fitness age of 32 when I did it-I'm 17 and dance pretty much every hour that God sends!! I was devastated

Sorry .... couldn't resist .....

I think it really shows how skilled you are with a wii control not your fitness ....

Anyway .... I'm yet to try it ...... if I dare .......

Been watching some old X-Files on Sky. Remembered that the actress Gillian Anderson has the most kissable lips on TV.

Ooh naughty Steve ! Has your Mrs seen you write that ?

First Grandchild is due tomorrow !

Exciting, fsm!


I've got through to the semi-final of Miss York...

But it clashes with the Glasgow forum do.

Celeste for Miss York!!!

Yeah....but... clash... ergh.

Well done Celeste

but for clashing with the Glasgow event

Exciting times!





Aww....

Maybe I could enter for Miss Pork!