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« Reply #1036 on: 00:00:41, 19-04-2007 » |
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But take comfort in the fact that you were actually experiencing the England Team making a dismal hash of cricket rather than teh England Team making a dismal hash of Elgar.
I wonder what Andrew Davis and the Philharmonia are like at Cricket?
Tommo
I do have very happy musical and cricketing memories though of recent trips up to the Malverns where I spent some time at the beautiful New Road ground watching Mr Hick, plus Three Choir concerts in the Cathedral...blissful.  |
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« Reply #1037 on: 10:19:13, 19-04-2007 » |
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He really must have been tucking the apfelstrudel away with a vengeance in the coffee-house years.
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« Reply #1038 on: 10:36:18, 19-04-2007 » |
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but surely some of those help the calories to come off?  |
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« Reply #1039 on: 14:11:20, 19-04-2007 » |
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As it happened mr TP was reading your post and we both search the dictionary and found the correct spelling.
What I meant is coach. Thank you Ron Dough.
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« Reply #1040 on: 16:59:41, 19-04-2007 » |
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Mr T-P came with me (or was it I who came with him) from Russia. We came together in 1976. It is scary how time flies.
We both belong to grumpy old room.
Today I am grumpy. I thought we will have a concert, but it is off again. I should be more resilient.
I was flying with projects and enthusiastic for a few days. I know it is not good when I get so enthusiastic. And now the concert is off again.
But I am not going to let myself to be in grumpy old room for too long. I will be trying to learn new pieces or something (even if I want to cry).
Mr TP also had many disappointments and set backs. This is what life is about, to have set backs and still keep going. I used to think that we have more than fair share of set backs, but I don't think like that any more. We are like everybody else.
The worse are health scares or illness. Also loss of job is up there with very stressful times.
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« Reply #1041 on: 00:25:05, 21-04-2007 » |
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i had a bit of an afternoon- firstly my bank decided not to recognise me, in th erun up to closure they are running a book on how many customers they can get to lose their rag. just about held it in, result.... may have a gig i could do with but if i get it will have to cancel a holiday i need, again,and in between,
through a runaway train en route i find myself sitting opposite someone who has serially thieved from me.i
watched him stare like a rabbit caught in headlights and weighed up the pros and cons of throwing something
unpleasant at him. but twas time to keep a lid on and crack on with haring to platform umpteen. so a truncated
heading for the hills...via the bank again ( there is another branch some miles away who speak human). thanks for
my turn at the stump, how are your woes woeing?
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« Reply #1042 on: 09:11:34, 21-04-2007 » |
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I am now not going to a holiday because of possible gig too, marbleflugel. My husband is going to a conference to Italy but there is a possibility that my group might have a concert at the same time. So I am not going in order not to disappoint the whole group. It is annoying for me and not appreciated by my group I am sure.
May be all that running with the bank is good for your exercise.
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« Reply #1043 on: 09:20:33, 21-04-2007 » |
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May be all that running with the bank is good for your exercise.
This statement is found to be of immense interest, through its assertion of a direct link between economic and physical well-being. I may quote these words of wisdom to a rather enticing lady who serves behind the counter at Abbey, proposing that she and I should take a somewhat energetic stroll together?  |
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« Reply #1044 on: 09:26:36, 21-04-2007 » |
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It is a very good idea, Ian. You can impress her with your fast walking, I am certain. Good ideas come unexpectedly.
Meanwhile I have not talk to our mistress yet, but I will. She is interested (I already mentioned RB and she offered to investigate). I don't know what will come out of my efforts, but you can count on me trying. She likes to invite contemporary people. I am not in a hurry because the next season is already set and the season after that has not started, so I have time.
We are going to have a big dinner on 22 of May. This could be a good time to talk. What could be better than discussions after a good dinner. I am counting on her to be in a good mood. I am told she is in a good mood lately.
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I may quote these words of wisdom to a rather enticing lady who serves behind the counter at Abbey, proposing that she and I should take a somewhat energetic stroll together? Ian, you need to be careful of those nuns. Or any convent-educated young gels, actually...  |
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I may quote these words of wisdom to a rather enticing lady who serves behind the counter at Abbey, proposing that she and I should take a somewhat energetic stroll together? Ian, you need to be careful of those nuns. Or any convent-educated young gels, actually... Quite right, Mart. They know no shame .....  |
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« Reply #1047 on: 11:38:19, 21-04-2007 » |
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Good morning Mort. Your picture reminds me of the bathing nuns I once encountered at the end of the Dingle Peninsular in Ireland. They were giggling a lot. I wasn't 'cos the water was like ice. Convent girls must supply their own warmth.
Cheers and ho!
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« Reply #1048 on: 11:44:59, 21-04-2007 » |
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This is only the tiniest little grumpette; more one of those 'Am I alone ....' things really.
You're typing away happily, right, minding your own business, right. You go back to do a little bit of amending, right. And then WITHOUT YOU HAVING TOUCHED ANY OTHER KEYS OR ANYTHING ELSE AT ALL the rules suddenly change. Instead of being able to insert new text, every new character you type in nibbles up one of the old ones. Nibble, nibble, nibble. And there's no way out except to type the whole ruddy thing again from the nibbling nodule onwards.
Wazzat all abaht, then? What have I done when that happens without realising I've done it?
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« Reply #1049 on: 11:52:32, 21-04-2007 » |
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There is the insert button that you accidentally press, though it is kind of far away to do it accidentally.
It happend to me too, that if I understand you correctly, George.
I love the Morticiaa's nuns too. There are many nuns here, but they are not so jolly. Most of them old and sour looking.
I have many stories told by parents of my students about their piano lessons days when nuns were telling them to look at the Holly pictrues on the wall while beating them on their knuckles with the ruler.
Those nuns were terrible and have a bad reputation. As far as I can tell the method did not bring many results.
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