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Oddball

Sep 1 2006, 09:04 AM

Excellent, thanks!

What are you doing today, katyjay?

katyjay

Sep 1 2006, 09:06 AM

QUOTE(Oddball @ Sep 1 2006, 10:04 AM)

Excellent, thanks!

What are you doing today, katyjay?

~~A sky-high heap of paperwork~~, ~~a sky-high heap of laundry~~ drinking a cup of peppermint tea and listening to / learning music for Woodford

Oddball

Sep 1 2006, 09:07 AM

Sounds like fun! I have a massive page of drill commands to learn for September....

katyjay

Sep 1 2006, 09:08 AM

Question - why is it that regardless of how carefully you pack and unpack headphones the leads always get hopelessly tangled?

Oddball

Sep 1 2006, 09:08 AM

I don't know - no matter how hard I try to wrap them up neatly, it never works.

bassmadmatt

Sep 1 2006, 09:12 AM

QUOTE(katyjay @ Sep 1 2006, 10:08 AM)

Question - why is it that regardless of how carefully you pack and unpack headphones the leads always get hopelessly tangled?

I know exactly what you mean! Last week I went camping and took my headphones, and despite carefully wrapping the lead, then securing it with elastic bands, I still had to spend ages untangling them.

katyjay

Sep 1 2006, 09:18 AM

So is the answer to not waste time on how you put them away, but to say "stuff it, they're going to be a mess when I unpack them....."

Oddball

Sep 1 2006, 09:58 AM

How on earth do I make x the subject of this formula?

CODE

x + 1      x + 2
------  = -------
y+ 4      2y + 3

?

I'm majorly confused.

katyjay

Sep 1 2006, 09:59 AM

Give me five minutes to look at this, it's a good twenty years since last I tried it.

Hang on! I've got a mistake to fix....

OK, so the first thing I'm going to do is get rid of the fractions, by multiplying both sides by (y+4)(2y+3):

(x+1)(2y+3) = (x+2)(y+4)

Then I'm going to multiply out those brackets:

2xy + 2y + 3x + 3 = xy + 2y + 4x + 8

Then I'm going to take all the terms with x to the left side of the equation and all the terms without x to the right side of the equation

To do that, any term with an x in it gets deducted from the right side, (and from the left side as well of course to keep the equation balanced):

2xy - xy +2y +3x - 4x + 3 = xy - xy +2y +4x - 4x + 8

Tidied up:

xy + 2y - x + 3 = 2y + 8

And any term without an x in it gets deducted from the left side (and from the right side too, of course)

xy + 2y - 2y -x + 3 - 3 = 2y + 8 -2y -3

Tidy that up a bit and we end up with:

xy - x = 5

factorise the left hand side x(y-1) = 5

divide both sides by (y-1)

x = 5/(y-1)

phew, sorted!

Oddball

Sep 1 2006, 10:03 AM

Ooh, OK, thanks a lot!

andante_in_c

Sep 1 2006, 10:04 AM

I've got an answer, but I'll see if it's the same as katyjay's before telling.

asgirl

Sep 1 2006, 10:07 AM

Hi!

Sorry I wasn't around before! I ended up having a sleep!

katyjay

Sep 1 2006, 10:14 AM

QUOTE(andante_in_c @ Sep 1 2006, 11:04 AM)

I've got an answer, but I'll see if it's the same as katyjay's before telling.

It won't be, I just spotted my mistake. Method's right, answer's wrong....

Oddball

Sep 1 2006, 10:18 AM

The book says the answer is

CODE

x =      5
       -------
        y - 1

I will write down your method anyhow!

katyjay

Sep 1 2006, 10:21 AM

QUOTE(Oddball @ Sep 1 2006, 11:18 AM)

The book says the answer is

CODE

x =      5
       -------
        y - 1

I will write down your method anyhow!

Sorry Oddball, mine does now too. I made a mistake multiplying brackets (not for the first time).

andante_in_c

Sep 1 2006, 10:21 AM

YAY!! I got it right.

I was ploughing through katyjay's to see where I'd gone wrong, and I read the next few posts and...

I'll walk round with a warm glow for the rest of the day now.

Oddball

Sep 1 2006, 10:23 AM

Excellent! Thanks for that.

andante_in_c

Sep 1 2006, 10:25 AM

Something must have stuck from my Grade E Pure Maths A level. Algebra was one of the things I was not too bad at, though.

Oddball

Sep 1 2006, 01:19 PM

I am so bored today. Aarrrrrgh. Nicki has gone back to school.

Choddy

Sep 1 2006, 01:22 PM

I am also bored today. But I am going to our theme park later so should be heaps of fun!

Oddball

Sep 1 2006, 01:26 PM

Woo! Cool. I have cadets at 7, but I have nothing to do until then.

Choddy

Sep 1 2006, 01:28 PM

I probably have coursework to do. I have an audition tomorrow which needs practising for, but ... naaaah.

Devil_Fiddler

Sep 1 2006, 01:29 PM

Lucky you!! I have a bit more to do now all my musical activities are starting up - I had orchestra last night where I was the only violinist. Again. AND I had to play the flute part for Holiday for Flutes mostly pizz. it HURT!!

and I have folk tonight and it's a dance night and we have a gig tonmorrow. And then everything else strats back next week.

Frederic Chopin

Sep 1 2006, 01:30 PM

QUOTE(Oddball @ Sep 1 2006, 02:26 PM)

Woo! Cool. I have cadets at 7, but I have nothing to do until then.

What do you do at cadets?

sarah-flute

Sep 1 2006, 01:30 PM

Anyone up for a scale challenge??

Oddball

Sep 1 2006, 01:33 PM

QUOTE(Frederic Chopin @ Sep 1 2006, 02:30 PM)

QUOTE(Oddball @ Sep 1 2006, 02:26 PM)

Woo! Cool. I have cadets at 7, but I have nothing to do until then.

What do you do at cadets?

Well at the moment we're preparing for a drill competition against the other members of the Wing. But in general, flying and gliding, adventure training, helping with local events etc.

I am the drill commander for the squad so I need to learn the sequence really. But I can't practice unless I have some cadets....

katyjay

Sep 1 2006, 01:35 PM

Sure you can, Oddball. Yell at a line of cushions. Or teddy bears or something like that

Just like I'm conducting six cushions to practise for Woodford. With a small stuffed dolphin in the audience.

Frederic Chopin

Sep 1 2006, 01:36 PM

QUOTE(Oddball @ Sep 1 2006, 02:33 PM)

Sounds fun - I remember trying to keep the members of my school marching band under control - not an easy task as they can't keep the lines straight! *aaargh*

Cushions...now that is a good idea...though I'd be tempted to lie down on them in the end...!

Oddball

Sep 1 2006, 01:37 PM

LOL! I can't get a line of cushions to do drill, though....

YetAnotherPianist

Sep 1 2006, 01:37 PM

QUOTE(Oddball @ Sep 1 2006, 02:33 PM)

I am the drill commander for the squad so I need to learn the sequence really. But I can't practice unless I have some cadets....

You could pull a prank I saw a few years ago: put some catwalk music on, and do a voiceover whilst your squad come out one by one brandishing different types of drill. Pneumatic, large masonary, cordless hammer, ....

Frederic Chopin

Sep 1 2006, 01:40 PM

QUOTE(YetAnotherPianist @ Sep 1 2006, 02:37 PM)

QUOTE(Oddball @ Sep 1 2006, 02:33 PM)

I am the drill commander for the squad so I need to learn the sequence really. But I can't practice unless I have some cadets....

I could line my patients up in one row and teach them how to do their bladder drill!

Oddball

Sep 1 2006, 01:42 PM

QUOTE(Frederic Chopin @ Sep 1 2006, 02:36 PM)

QUOTE(Oddball @ Sep 1 2006, 02:33 PM)

Sounds fun - I remember trying to keep the members of my school marching band under control - not an easy task as they can't keep the lines straight! *aaargh*

Cushions...now that is a good idea...though I'd be tempted to lie down on them in the end...!

Keeping dressings is very difficult, especially in open order. But I suppose it's easier without instruments!

Andy-piano-flute

Sep 1 2006, 01:44 PM

QUOTE(katyjay @ Sep 1 2006, 02:35 PM)

Just like I'm conducting six cushions to practise for Woodford. With a small stuffed dolphin in the audience.

Have you got a troublesome cushion among the 6 ... 1 that chatters away & is disruptive

katyjay

Sep 1 2006, 01:51 PM

QUOTE(Oddball @ Sep 1 2006, 02:37 PM)

LOL! I can't get a line of cushions to do drill, though....

And you can get the cadets to do so?

QUOTE(Andy-piano-flute @ Sep 1 2006, 02:44 PM)

QUOTE(katyjay @ Sep 1 2006, 02:35 PM)

Just like I'm conducting six cushions to practise for Woodford. With a small stuffed dolphin in the audience.

Have you got a troublesome cushion among the 6 ... 1 that chatters away & is disruptive

No, but I chose 6 cushions deliberately - it's a typical SATB choir, and there are as many altos as the rest added together....

Frederic Chopin

Sep 1 2006, 01:53 PM

QUOTE(Andy-piano-flute @ Sep 1 2006, 02:44 PM)

Have you got a troublesome cushion among the 6 ... 1 that chatters away & is disruptive

I don't think it would dare!

katyjay

Sep 1 2006, 01:54 PM

QUOTE(Frederic Chopin @ Sep 1 2006, 02:53 PM)

QUOTE(Andy-piano-flute @ Sep 1 2006, 02:44 PM)

Have you got a troublesome cushion among the 6 ... 1 that chatters away & is disruptive

I don't think it would dare!

Of course not - the dolphin'd savage it.

andante_in_c

Sep 1 2006, 02:10 PM

QUOTE(katyjay @ Sep 1 2006, 02:35 PM)

With a small stuffed dolphin in the audience.

The examiner!

(For everyone else's information, katyjay was making me sing to the dolphin at my last lesson. We were pretending it was an examiner, and a tough one at that - a shark in disguise.

)

carol*piano

Sep 1 2006, 02:13 PM

QUOTE(andante_in_c @ Sep 1 2006, 03:10 PM)

QUOTE(katyjay @ Sep 1 2006, 02:35 PM)

With a small stuffed dolphin in the audience.

The examiner!

(For everyone else's information, katyjay was making me sing to the dolphin at my last lesson. We were pretending it was an examiner, and a tough one at that - a shark in disguise.

)

I want lessons with katyjay!

Choddy

Sep 1 2006, 02:16 PM

That's just greedy Caz!

katyjay

Sep 1 2006, 02:16 PM

Sorry Carol, I don't commute that far.

carol*piano

Sep 1 2006, 02:17 PM

QUOTE(Choddy @ Sep 1 2006, 03:16 PM)

That's just greedy Caz!

In what way?!! I don't have a teacher...

Choddy

Sep 1 2006, 02:17 PM

You are a teacher! Isn't that enough!?

carol*piano

Sep 1 2006, 02:18 PM

QUOTE(katyjay @ Sep 1 2006, 03:16 PM)

Sorry Carol, I don't commute that far.

*sulks*
*wants to sing to a dolphin*

QUOTE(Choddy @ Sep 1 2006, 03:17 PM)

You are a teacher! Isn't that enough!?

You know me - I always want more...

katyjay

Sep 1 2006, 02:19 PM

Carol, I'm sure the toyshops in Bournemouth or Poole would be able to furnish you with a suitable animal.

Choddy

Sep 1 2006, 02:19 PM

QUOTE(carol*piano @ Sep 1 2006, 03:18 PM)

QUOTE(katyjay @ Sep 1 2006, 03:16 PM)

Sorry Carol, I don't commute that far.

*sulks*
*wants to sing to a dolphin*

QUOTE(Choddy @ Sep 1 2006, 03:17 PM)

You are a teacher! Isn't that enough!?

You know me - I always want more...

I know

carol*piano

Sep 1 2006, 02:21 PM

QUOTE(katyjay @ Sep 1 2006, 03:19 PM)

Carol, I'm sure the toyshops in Bournemouth or Poole would be able to furnish you with a suitable animal.

Thank you KJ - I think I may have to play the piano to it instead!

Close your mouth Nick

Choddy

Sep 1 2006, 02:23 PM

I'm sorry - I don't seem to be able to. This is NOT the place for conversations like this Carol! You have my PM number. LOL

carol*piano

Sep 1 2006, 02:24 PM

QUOTE(Choddy @ Sep 1 2006, 03:23 PM)

I'm sorry - I don't seem to be able to. This is NOT the place for conversations like this Carol! You have my PM number. LOL

Oh excuse me

katyjay

Sep 1 2006, 02:25 PM

Errr....Anyone want a cuppa?

carol*piano

Sep 1 2006, 02:26 PM

QUOTE(katyjay @ Sep 1 2006, 03:25 PM)

Errr....Anyone want a cuppa?

Yes please! Can it be served by the dolphin though?

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