Chafing Dish
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« Reply #150 on: 11:19:39, 04-10-2007 » |
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guten morgen, by the way ein brezel, oder ein kurbiskern brotchen? (- it's a question I'm often asked ) Germany is sorely missed.
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« Reply #151 on: 11:26:37, 04-10-2007 » |
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yes, but I imagine you'll be over here in October, nicht?
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« Reply #152 on: 11:41:34, 04-10-2007 » |
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Tube reefly, dc, tube reefly. Will eye see you?! PM time...
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« Reply #153 on: 11:53:21, 04-10-2007 » |
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ja, ich habe schon vor zu kommen, nur stefanie hat eine austellung am 27. in der naehe von stuttgart (waldenbuch, oder so) bei Museum Ritter, dafuer hat sie die woche aufgebaut. hier ein linkerle (is a little link masculine, feminine or just one of those in-between things?) : http://www.museum-ritter.de/n268524/n.htmlalso hoffentlich geht es, auch wenn es mit der zeit knapp wird, wuerde mich sehr freuen. haeppy times, dc
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« Reply #154 on: 08:56:31, 05-10-2007 » |
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Is it ok to speak English this morning? It's getting like SE London on here with all this foreign !! Mornin' all A
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Mary Chambers
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« Reply #155 on: 10:07:01, 05-10-2007 » |
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Good morning. Lovely bright sparkling Autumn morning here.
There was a HUGE spider in the bath this morning, one of those long-legged brown ones. Luckily I rather like spiders. I removed it by the glass and card method and put it in the rather cold garden. I think it will probably find its way back in.
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richard barrett
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« Reply #156 on: 10:17:45, 05-10-2007 » |
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There was a HUGE spider in the bath this morning, one of those long-legged brown ones. Luckily I rather like spiders. I removed it by the glass and card method and put it in the rather cold garden. I think it will probably find its way back in.
For me that would be quite a bad morning. A very similar creature (perhaps the same one, they can move pretty quickly) has been scuttling around my living room floor and frightening the life out of me late in the evening for the last few days. I have thrown several heavy books at it but so far it has managed to evade them. I know it's cruel to kill things and in all other circumstances I go out of my way to avoid doing so, but when it comes to spiders in my house I come over all Darwinian I'm afraid.
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Ruth Elleson
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« Reply #157 on: 10:19:49, 05-10-2007 » |
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Morning A, Mary and Richard It's a nice bright autumn day here, too, and I'm sitting in the office as per usual. No big spiders here (though I might go and see the huuuuge spider sculpture outside Tate Modern at lunchtime) but I have a very tiny one pottering along the top of the thingy that divides my desk from the one opposite. I had been considering going to the RFH to hear the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti, Tchaik 6 etc etc this evening but the tickets are horrendously expensive. Tomorrow I have freebies for ENO's Magic Flute so that's my cultural activity for the weekend. Have a lovely day everybody - I must get my nose back to the grindstone now.
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Oft hat ein Seufzer, deiner Harf' entflossen, Ein süßer, heiliger Akkord von dir Den Himmel beßrer Zeiten mir erschlossen, Du holde Kunst, ich danke dir dafür!
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« Reply #158 on: 10:30:53, 05-10-2007 » |
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Freebies for Magic Flute? <green emoticon> lucky you I love spiders and had a pet one in the bathroom when I was oop north.. I often had chats to him as he scuttled about (I have a sad life !! ) A lovely Autumn day here, sunny but cool. Off to a lunchtime harpsichord recital locally today, should be good. A
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Ruth Elleson
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« Reply #159 on: 10:38:19, 05-10-2007 » |
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Are you in London, A? There was a special offer in Metro yesterday - best available dress circle seats for any performance of Flute, £30 each. If you're interested I'll PM you the voucher code.
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Oft hat ein Seufzer, deiner Harf' entflossen, Ein süßer, heiliger Akkord von dir Den Himmel beßrer Zeiten mir erschlossen, Du holde Kunst, ich danke dir dafür!
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« Reply #160 on: 10:40:34, 05-10-2007 » |
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Why do spiders like bathrooms so much? There is no reason to kill a spider. In this country they are quite harmless, and in fact are quite useful - they catch flies. You can get special gadgets for removing tham if you don't like them. I admit these very big ones can give you a bit of a shock. I've refrained from posting a picture out of consideration for arachnophobes . Funny word, spider. I must look up its history..
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« Reply #161 on: 10:52:27, 05-10-2007 » |
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We had a pet spider (a huge brown one) at home that used to scuttle out and watch us eat our breakfast every morning. My father christened him "Jeremy" for some reason and ever since, all spiders have been "Jeremy". We never kill them. None of us here are scared and I can pick them up in my hand and just put them out. I've every sympathy with people who are frightened though. I've seen people nearly pass out with terror if a spider was in the room. I'm lucky - not scared of mice, insects, snakes.....nothing really. Lovely day here but that d**n goshawk just swooped down and I think it may have got one of my little sparrows. I've a huge flock of them comes to feed every day. Apparently there's a shortage of sparrows because of the big increase in birds of prey, so I've been doing my bit - but unfortunately doing so has attracted the big boys too.
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We pass this way but once. This is not a rehearsal!
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richard barrett
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« Reply #162 on: 10:54:20, 05-10-2007 » |
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There is no reason to kill a spider. In this country they are quite harmless, and in fact are quite useful - they catch flies. Don't worry, I know all that, but by definition phobias are irrational. Actually I find spiders fascinating in many ways. I just don't want to see them (and I don't much like pictures of them either). spider O.E. spiþra, from P.Gmc. *spenthro (cf. Dan. spinder), from *spenwanan "to spin" (see spin). The connection with the root is more transparent in other Gmc. cognates (cf. M.L.G., M.Du., M.H.G., Ger. spinne, Du. spin "spider").
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« Reply #163 on: 11:03:46, 05-10-2007 » |
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I like spiders in theory. The little ones are quite welcome to come and say hello. The big ones make me shudder a bit, however I've shared houses with a succession of arachnophobes so have become quite used to being the one who gets rid of them. I don't kill them, but I can't bring myself to touch them - it's always a delicate operation involving the toothmug and a piece of cardboard.
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Oft hat ein Seufzer, deiner Harf' entflossen, Ein süßer, heiliger Akkord von dir Den Himmel beßrer Zeiten mir erschlossen, Du holde Kunst, ich danke dir dafür!
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« Reply #164 on: 11:08:14, 05-10-2007 » |
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Some other interesting names for spiders:
kónguló (Icelandic) hämähäkki (Finnish) edderkop (Danish) zirneklis (Lithuanian)
and my personal favourite
pók (Hungarian)
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