drinking coffee and listening to random you tube music in an attempt to wake me up

Swap coffee for tea, and that's what I often do

I'm currently trying to eat a Thai curry pot without dropping it down my front

quite often do have tea, this morning needed coffee though.

Having sandwiches for lunch makes forumming at the same time so much easier Barry

Thanks for the tip, Louise I did manage to keep my jumper clean

well sadly im at work till 9pm tonight, so i shall be working at my desk (or at least looking like im working haha) but right at this second im on the forum with a cup of coffee and *cough cough* checking my facebook haha

Me too. Good thing we have these little things to entertain us.

pushpull, tell me about it, if i didnt have the net while i was at work, i might actually have to do some real work. . . which would be far more boring haha

Listening to Just A Minute on Radio 4

Car Expert

Watching the musical episode of Scrubs....it is wonderful.

Playing "Guess the Modulation" on Hofnote.

Finishing off some arrangements for school band

Formatting old HDDs at work so that when we dispose of them no sensative data can get accessed. It is taking ages as we are having to use an ancient machine as these are ancient HDDs.

Formatting? You mean scrubbing, I hope... Formatting won't clear the data.

To be honest, I favour a large magnet and a hammer if they don't have to be re-used.

I am right clicking my computer > manage > storage > disk manmagement (local) > right click D and select format > then delete the partion.

My manager has said later that I can take a hammer to the HDDs.

Waiting for the next pupil. Forumming on the phone in the meantime. How technology has moved on...

Eating lunch. Yes, it is early. I was hungry!

I am hungry too but the IT helpdesk goes on lunch at 1:00pm.

o-oh - sorry !

never mind - you'll be enjoying yours when I'm thinking 'what time's tea?'

Seeing people at the office eating lunch before me doesn't help at all, but I have managed to get more used to it than when I first started working at this company.

I usually start lunch between 12 and 12:30...

Avoiding my maths and trying to persuade myself that going to the piano would result in not doing any more maths today. And the maths is urgent. So the piano is a Bad Idea.
I admit telling a music forum that I'm trying to avoid ruining a maths day with music is a bit silly and probably isn't helping me avoid the lure of the piano...

Do a bit of the maths, and use the piano as a reward for having done it. Repeat until the maths is done....

Yes, you are right. 20 minutes more and then I shall go and reward myself with the piano. Then the problem of stepping away from the piano and coming back to the maths shall be tackled. I'm not hugely motivated today!

Eating a cheese and marmite roll mmmmmm, it's a late lunch/early dinner!

Oh they were wonderful

Will make sure you get another one Barry


Am now surrounded by music books trying to decide what to play at Blackburn, I really don't know.

thanks!



I'll be airing more diploma stuff...

Currently I'm watching TV Burp

Ordering a Chinese banquet from the local takeaway (Saturday is Treat Night for surviving the week).

Think I need to talk to my teacher on Friday, see what he suggests.

(I'm sort of watching Lost!)

So definitely clarinetting rather than violining then, Louise

Looking at wheels for one of my cars

Well definitely not violining Barry, maybe flute but I'm a bit dubious to commit unless I can find a teacher to help me prepare the piece. It is more likely to be clari, and I think I might have found something

Cool

Do you require my presence at a keyboard?

if you don't mind.

Will have a word with teacher, there are three or four possibles, then let you know what you're letting yourself in for

I haven't a clue what to do about Blackburn either.

OK



This is where having a diploma to do at the end of the year helps!

Because of the preparation I'm doing right now I haven't anything really ready on piano and if I had it would be too long.
Clarinet I could find something to play more easily. I've enough not too challenging stuff that's good for that sort of thing but not sure I want to. Too busy finalising exam preparation right now.

Fair enough. Blackburn's at a bit of a tricky time musically for you, sbhoa...

I suppose it does yes!

waiting to find out if it's just us with a power cut or the rest of the street before 'phoning the electricity company! :-(

Wondering how I managed to work my computer and post on here last night after a ridiculous amount of booze....

That's not good When some kind people decided to try to burn down the local sub-station just after the Stalybridge concert two years ago, it was not funny having no electricity for 72 hours...

Especially not when the power cuts out halfway through shaving, eh?

No , especially not then...

I'm going to get a lock for mine that forbids access after more than 4 units



Electric back for a while at the moment. They've bypassed overhead as it appears to be an underground problem. So lots of digging and probably no electric for a while later.

Still it's been great for practising undistracted, can't vacuum or iron or do the washing

answering a text message and printing off some forms

Having a lovely cup of tea and a pancake with strawberry jam... having done the vacuuming and about to start painting (or making those ugggh but essential phone-calls )

Taking time out from a mountain of washing and a mountain of clarinet practice to eat chocolate and read Agatha Christie.

eating my lunch!

trying to decide which bag to take to Glasgow......