andante_in_c
Oct 1 2005, 07:19 AM
Morning, all. I'm really envious of all of you who are off to do nice musical things today. I'm off to the Somerset/Dorset border to pick up my father, who has been staying with his recently-widowed sister for a month. I've then got to take him back to his home just north of Portsmouth before I return home.
All day in the car.
nicki_flute
Oct 1 2005, 07:30 AM
Awwww, well I hope the day goes smoothly for you Andante.
maggiemay
Oct 1 2005, 07:41 AM
Oh Andante - not my favourite sort of day either! Hope the traffic is light and friendly ...
Nicki, hope you enjoy band.
I'm teaching all morning, then dashing off to sing.
sarah-flute
Oct 1 2005, 11:01 AM
Hope the traffic is OK andante - it's sunny here, I hope it's nice driving weather for you!
crazy_purple_piano_freak
Oct 1 2005, 11:37 AM
Hey everyone! Sorry i missed the wedding last night Nat and CE! *gives random present and cake too late*
I've just got back from badminton...fun, got exercise evn though im still technically ill! Got my music lesson this afternoon...*goes to practise*
Noodelz
Oct 1 2005, 11:38 AM
HALLOOOOOOOOOOOO PEOPLE! I've had a very uninteresting day so far, it doesn't look like it will get better too.
mrbouffant
Oct 1 2005, 11:45 AM
I'm playing organ for a wedding at a very posh hotel this afternoon:

Oddball
Oct 1 2005, 12:06 PM
Oooh looks very nice indeed
Noodelz
Oct 1 2005, 12:47 PM
I could have sworn I've been there before.
mrbouffant
Oct 1 2005, 12:49 PM
QUOTE(Noodelz @ Oct 1 2005, 12:47 PM)
I could have sworn I've been there before.
on the Ashdown Forest?
Car Expert
Oct 1 2005, 01:19 PM
Is that in Sussex?
Car Expert
Noodelz
Oct 1 2005, 01:31 PM
Never heard of it, must be somewhere else.
Car Expert
Oct 1 2005, 01:33 PM
I've heard of Ashdown Forest in East Sussex. That's (East Sussex*) where my grandparents live.
*I had to say East Sussex in brackets because people would think my grandparents live in a forest!
Car Expert
nicki_flute
Oct 1 2005, 01:35 PM
QUOTE(mrbouffant @ Oct 1 2005, 11:45 AM)
I'm playing organ for a wedding at a very posh hotel this afternoon:


Oddball, can we have our wedding there?
Oddball
Oct 1 2005, 01:36 PM
It's perfect! CE can pay for that, too!
Car Expert
Oct 1 2005, 01:37 PM
Yes, my mate at the weekly café meetings!
Car Expert
Amber
Oct 1 2005, 01:59 PM
I'm currently standing outside the Cafe, with an upturned hat on the ground, busking for all I'm worth, trying to raise the cash for Nils' saxophone.
He offered to come and help me, but setting up a drumkit in cyberspace is not easy matter I can tell you.
[continues with rendition of Streets of London, whilst casually observing that other people seem to be crossing the street to avoid her]
nicki_flute
Oct 1 2005, 01:59 PM
Are you free to talk Amber? *puts a £5 note in your hat*
Amber
Oct 1 2005, 02:00 PM
No, I charge £5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Car Expert
Oct 1 2005, 02:01 PM
How's the traffic Amber? *Puts some money in hat*
Car Expert
Amber
Oct 1 2005, 02:01 PM
boom boom !!!!!!!!!
Amber
Oct 1 2005, 02:02 PM
THree Wheels On My Wagon,
and I'm still rollin' along.............
sarah-flute
Oct 1 2005, 02:03 PM
LOL!!!!!
That was a BAD joke, but funny.
*throws in coin of uncertain provenance*
Amber
Oct 1 2005, 02:04 PM
Three coins in a fountain.................
nicki_flute
Oct 1 2005, 02:05 PM
*CONFUSED*
Amber can you come onto AIM? Or are you doing mundane stuff

?
sarah-flute
Oct 1 2005, 02:09 PM
I need to reinstall AIM - tried before and couldn't get it to work on this pc...
nicki_flute
Oct 1 2005, 02:10 PM
Does your MSN still work Sarah?
Amber
Oct 1 2005, 02:11 PM
My IM thingy doesn't light up when I click on it. (Story of my life)
Hang on let me try it again.
[Whistles Sitting on the Dock of the Bay whilst trying to get her ruddy computer to do wot it's supposed to]
Amber
Oct 1 2005, 02:12 PM
It's working now, well at least i think it is.
sarah-flute
Oct 1 2005, 02:19 PM
QUOTE(nicki_flute @ Oct 1 2005, 02:10 PM)
Does your MSN still work Sarah?
Yes, I just always forget to sign into it! D'oh!
Eeeek, just freaked myself out - thought someone was walking past the window, then realised I'm upstairs.... most disorientating, I'm seeing things!
nicki_flute
Oct 1 2005, 02:22 PM
Yay, I love talking to you Amber!
mrbouffant
Oct 1 2005, 02:57 PM
Back from the wedding! What a nice blonde bride

I myself once got married here:

(saxy will recognise this!)
saxlover
Oct 1 2005, 03:18 PM
Indeed
nicki_flute
Oct 1 2005, 03:47 PM
Where is it?
mrbouffant
Oct 1 2005, 03:52 PM
QUOTE(nicki_flute @ Oct 1 2005, 03:47 PM)
clue: up north and familiar to saxy
nicki_flute
Oct 1 2005, 03:53 PM
Um.
mrbouffant
Oct 1 2005, 03:54 PM
QUOTE(nicki_flute @ Oct 1 2005, 03:53 PM)
You could always cheat.. right-click the picture and select 'Properties'...
nicki_flute
Oct 1 2005, 03:55 PM
Chester Town Hall!!

Never would have guessed
Amber
Oct 1 2005, 04:37 PM
Maybe if I go and busk outside there I'll have more luck. So far only NickiFlute's put some money in my hat.
sarah-flute
Oct 1 2005, 05:05 PM
I put something in!!!...OK, I didn't specify what currency, I'll admit... *grin*
crazy_purple_piano_freak
Oct 1 2005, 05:11 PM
QUOTE(Amber @ Oct 1 2005, 05:37 PM)
Maybe if I go and busk outside there I'll have more luck. So far only NickiFlute's put some money in my hat.

*puts all her coppers and a piece of choc cake into hat* .....
*feels guilty and adds a fiver..*
Car Expert
Oct 1 2005, 05:12 PM
QUOTE(Amber @ Oct 1 2005, 05:37 PM)
Maybe if I go and busk outside there I'll have more luck. So far only NickiFlute's put some money in my hat.

And me!
Car Expert
andante_in_c
Oct 1 2005, 05:19 PM
I'm back, pretty shattered but the traffic wasn't too bad. The only annoying part was a very long diversion after they closed part of the A31.
Thanks for all your good wishes for today.
sarah-flute
Oct 1 2005, 05:21 PM
Glad to hear you're back safe, Andante. Hope the rest of your day is more relaxing and enjoyable!
Car Expert
Oct 1 2005, 05:26 PM
Glad you're back andante!
That reminds me of the traffic yesterday. There was a smash on the A406 at Beckton (near the roundabout). The police decided to close the whole stretch of the A406. The traffic stretched right up to Ilford and Leytonstone. I was walking back home from my orthodontist appointment and when I got out of the tube station at Leytonstone, the traffic was awful!. To make things worse, there was another smash on the A406 in the other side of town and there was a burst watermain at Baker's Arms, Walthamstow!
Also, there was a car at the set of traffic lights near the tube station who went on the wrong side of the road because he was too impatient, went through a red light and nearly smashed into a bus who was about to turn left.
If you don't know any of those places, I suggest you find a map somewhere!
Car Expert
nicki_flute
Oct 1 2005, 05:35 PM
QUOTE(Amber @ Oct 1 2005, 04:37 PM)
Maybe if I go and busk outside there I'll have more luck. So far only NickiFlute's put some money in my hat.

And Sarah

*puts some chocolate coins in your hat*
nicki_flute
Oct 1 2005, 05:36 PM
I had some relatives who used to live in Walthamstow.
Car Expert
Oct 1 2005, 05:42 PM
I know someone else who used to live in Walthamstow, can't remember who, though!
*Puts some paper coins that Bob made in hat*
Car Expert
nicki_flute
Oct 1 2005, 05:43 PM
I have a lot of relatives around that bit of London.
sarah-flute
Oct 1 2005, 06:03 PM
*puts some roubles in the hat*
I'm off for now, see you gentlefolks later
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