saxlover
Oct 23 2005, 10:56 PM

I thought that was ace! Why only a last resort!?
Helen
Oct 23 2005, 10:57 PM
QUOTE(saxlover @ Oct 23 2005, 11:56 PM)

I thought that was ace! Why only a last resort!?

Erm...
MattD
Oct 23 2005, 11:05 PM
saxlover
Oct 23 2005, 11:05 PM
Heh!
sarah-flute
Oct 23 2005, 11:07 PM
I'm laughing just imagining the looks on people's faces if your guides or brownies sang that
MattD
Oct 23 2005, 11:10 PM
Ooh! They could have their own flaming torches too!
Helen
Oct 23 2005, 11:12 PM
QUOTE(sarah-flute @ Oct 24 2005, 12:07 AM)
I'm laughing just imagining the looks on people's faces if your guides or brownies sang that

Or really scare people and get my rainbows doing it
sarah-flute
Oct 23 2005, 11:22 PM
MattD! I must have a terrible sense of humour, that make me snigger loudly!
Helen:

....
Helen
Oct 23 2005, 11:23 PM
QUOTE(sarah-flute @ Oct 24 2005, 12:22 AM)
Helen:

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nicki_flute
Oct 24 2005, 06:26 AM
Morning all

It is pitch black, raining hard and school again today.
Love the Guy Fawkes song.
andante_in_c
Oct 24 2005, 07:07 AM
Hope you have a good day, Nicki. It must be hard to be going back when nearly every one else is just starting half-term.
I'm taking Dusty to the vet in an hour's time. I'll keep you posted.
saxlover
Oct 24 2005, 07:12 AM
Hellooooooooo everyone
Lots to do today....as I didn't do anything all day yesterday
katyjay
Oct 24 2005, 07:13 AM
Good luck at the vet's, Andante. Hope it's something that sorts out OK.
Katyjay
nicki_flute
Oct 24 2005, 07:16 AM
I hope Dusty is ok Andante

I'll have to wait until 3.30 until I know how you got on
diapason
Oct 24 2005, 07:18 AM
QUOTE(Helen @ Oct 23 2005, 10:17 PM)
Evening everyone.
Does anyone fancy giving me some ideas to write a bonfire night/guy fawkes song to the music to Frere Jaques?
I have been at it for an hour and got no where.

Build a Bonfire
Build a Bonfire
See the Flames
See the Flames
Cath'rine Wheels and Sparklers
Cath'rine Wheels and Sparklers
Poor Guy Fawkes
Poor Guy Fawkes
Is that any good?
*looks out of window at driving rain and wonders if first pupil (9 o'clock will even bother to make appearance*
*Has another coffee and seriously cosiders going back to bed*
Diapason
diapason
Oct 24 2005, 07:20 AM
I'm taking Dusty to the vet in an hour's time. I'll keep you posted.

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Good luck Dusty - big miaow from old cat-lover diapason
saxlover
Oct 24 2005, 07:22 AM
QUOTE(diapason @ Oct 24 2005, 08:18 AM)
Build a Bonfire
Build a Bonfire
See the Flames
See the Flames
Cath'rine Wheels and Sparklers
Cath'rine Wheels and Sparklers
Poor Guy Fawkes
Poor Guy Fawkes
Ooh I like that!
diapason
Oct 24 2005, 07:29 AM
gee! thanks
saxlover
Oct 24 2005, 07:33 AM
I think it could go down quite well with the little ones.....more so than the other attepmt made!!
diapason
Oct 24 2005, 07:41 AM
Lyrics were never my thing. If ever I had to write for a ballad, I think it'd turn out as a "moon in June" type.
One of my pupils has just started GCSE music this September and half term assignment is to write a protest song - melody AND lyrics - about child abuse. 2 verses and a chorus.
Bit tough, that!
saxlover
Oct 24 2005, 07:42 AM
Narh,I'm not very good with lyrics either.
I wrote something along the lines of your pupil for my GCSE! I liked it
diapason
Oct 24 2005, 07:47 AM
Very occasionally I watch one of the music channels on freeview.
Some of the lyrics are pornographic !!!
Driving down through France this year, we had a music channel on the radio (french radio is "merdre") and even at 10 in the morning, some of the songs (?) being broadcast contained "funkybassoon" language......more like "funky buffoon"
must be my age!
saxlover
Oct 24 2005, 07:48 AM
LOL!!
I agree!! But I guess nowadays that is what sells.
I quite like writing lyrics but I'm no good at them...some people just seem to be able to do it.
diapason
Oct 24 2005, 07:51 AM
Pupil HAS just turned up - bless! Wet through
Must go for an hour of bliss.
Have a good morning (sighs - no time for anther coffee before "into the breach")
Byeee!
saxlover
Oct 24 2005, 07:52 AM
Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
maggiemay
Oct 24 2005, 07:56 AM
Good luck Andante - will be thinking of you.
Y'all have a good day now
andante_in_c
Oct 24 2005, 08:37 AM
Helen
Oct 24 2005, 08:39 AM
QUOTE(andante_in_c @ Oct 24 2005, 09:37 AM)
Thats terrible

*hugs*
Thinking of you and your family.
chocolatedog
Oct 24 2005, 08:54 AM
QUOTE(andante_in_c @ Oct 24 2005, 08:37 AM)
I'm so sorry about Dusty - it's not easy losing a pet, or saying goodbye to them as they are also members of the family. I know what it feels like - I lost 2 dogs within the past year - thinking of you. Sending you hugs and prayers.
crazy_purple_piano_freak
Oct 24 2005, 08:58 AM
Aw...sorry to hear that Andante!!!
crazy_purple_piano_freak
Oct 24 2005, 09:34 AM
ooh! Happy Birthday to Piano Chik Em and Pianist Rocker!!

*bakes big cake*
katyjay
Oct 24 2005, 10:23 AM
Sorry to hear about Dusty, Andante.
Car Expert
Oct 24 2005, 10:39 AM
Sorry to hear about Dusty!

Must be a sad time!
Car Expert
katyjay
Oct 24 2005, 10:46 AM
Trivial, I know, after Andante's news but I need a strong restorative cuppa after today's shopping expedition.
Started off at the DIY place looking for a 3 amp fuse. It wasn't with the light bulbs. Or the miscellaneous electricals, or the wiring and switches, or the lamps. Or in the Christmas trees and lights display. Or the "it's not too late yet" barbecue stand. Or the new paint display with forty-two shades of purple and orange being the new black. Neither was it with the power-tools, or the soft furnishings (yes, I was getting desperate by now). I accosted a passing shop assistant who directed me back to lamps where I found....13 amp fuses. No 3 amp ones. So I returned to said assistant and after a brief round of "yes they're there....no they aren't" he finally detected that my own fuse was close to blowing and caved in - admitting he didn't know where they were. So we got a supervisor, who directed me to the nails, screws and hooks section, where I did indeed find packets of 3 amp fuses. So I took one to the checkout, and realised I hadn't got quite enough change to pay for it in cash so I proffered my card. "Sorry madam, we don't take cards for less than £5". So I snatched up a small screwdriver (which made the checkout lady look a little worried) and asked to have that added to the total. "That'll be £5.05 in all"....and I paid and escaped.
Not in the sunniest frame of mind, I got to the supermarket. I loaded the trolley, checking my list carefully and scowling at the fancy biscuits which were taking up the space on the shelves where the cornflakes should have been. I got to the checkout, and started to unload stuff onto the conveyor. I was just picking up the soap powder and wondering where the bin liners were when I heard a bell ring. I carried on packing stuff, and didn't really register when a spotty youth approached the till carrying two bunches of carrots. "You didn't notice that the bunched carrots are on special offer, madam" said the checkout girl to me, "they're buy-two-get-one-free. So I sent Darren to get two more bunches for you." I attempted to count to ten, but was a bit stressed and forgot most of it.
My response: On middle C, pianissimo "You"....an octave up mezzo-piano "Did".....another octave up, fortissimo with full operatic vibrato "WHAT?" - and the whole supermarket fell silent.
Moderating my tone I said "I only want one bunch of carrots. Please take the other two back." The girl looked a little surprised and said "But one of them's free." We repeated this little routine three or four times, and I gave up as the checkout supervisor was coming over and I just wanted to finish the shopping and go home.......
So my poor husband is now facing the prospect of carrot soup, carrot casserole, carrot and cauliflower cheese and tomato surprise (the surprise being that it's carrots not tomatoes!)
Grrrrrrrrrr
Emma C
Oct 24 2005, 10:46 AM
Oh you poor things. That's awful. Thinking of you....
YetAnotherPianist
Oct 24 2005, 10:47 AM
Aww

. Poor Dusty, sorry to hear about that. Thinking of you and your family.
Noodelz
Oct 24 2005, 11:02 AM

Sorry to hear that.
Happy birthday too!
andante_in_c
Oct 24 2005, 11:07 AM
Thanks for all your good wishes. Dusty will make her last journey at 4.30 this afternoon.
Sorry to hear about your frustrating morning, katyjay. BOGOF type offers are no good on perishable items really. You end up feeling a slave to your excess vegetables.
katyjay
Oct 24 2005, 11:12 AM
Anyone got any good carrot recipes?
maggiemay
Oct 24 2005, 11:17 AM
Oh Andante - we are so sorry to hear about Dusty. What an absolutely awful day for you. Big hugs.
All of us here send best wishes.
chocolatedog
Oct 24 2005, 11:22 AM
QUOTE(andante_in_c @ Oct 24 2005, 11:07 AM)
Thanks for all your good wishes. Dusty will make her last journey at 4.30 this afternoon.
Sorry to hear about your frustrating morning, katyjay. BOGOF type offers are no good on perishable items really. You end up feeling a slave to your excess vegetables.
Thinking of you - the anticipation is awful. I had to keep dry eyes through an entire day of teaching at school knowing what I would probably have to do when I got home with my first dog. It's not easy carrying on when you know what is going to happen.
Deborah
Oct 24 2005, 11:23 AM
Andante
katyjay - make some carrot soup for Amber. She MUST have used up her previous store. There's a fab recipe for carrot and tarragon soup in Delia's Complete Cookery Course.
mrbouffant
Oct 24 2005, 11:56 AM
On a different tack, I see our friends FB and GCBS have now been deleted... I am feeling sad..
Car Expert
Oct 24 2005, 11:59 AM
Yes, I've noticed that as well.
Car Expert
Noodelz
Oct 24 2005, 11:59 AM
NOOOOOOOOO! WHAT WILL OUR EVENING ENTERTAINMENT BE NOW!
crazy_purple_piano_freak
Oct 24 2005, 12:08 PM
QUOTE(Noodelz @ Oct 24 2005, 12:59 PM)
NOOOOOOOOO! WHAT WILL OUR EVENING ENTERTAINMENT BE NOW!
Playing uselessly addictive games?
Noodelz
Oct 24 2005, 12:09 PM
By the way, is the Una Matinna album fun to play? Or should I get Le Onde?
crazy_purple_piano_freak
Oct 24 2005, 12:11 PM
Get the Einaudi collection! Its got a combination of all the best ones!! Not heard much of Una Mattina!
Noodelz
Oct 24 2005, 12:12 PM
I would get the collection, only it hasn't got Nuvole Bianche. It's so unfair!
crazy_purple_piano_freak
Oct 24 2005, 12:13 PM
I want Nuvole Bianche too!! LOL...quite upset that that wasnt on the collection...
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