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I'm involved in a concert today which means I missed the England football for the afternoon rehearsal and I'll miss the England rugby this evening for the concert itself. I don't normally like rugby and I don't understand it much but this one seems more interesting than usual.
I missed the England rugby as well because I was at a concert but I sat down and watched it all when I got home - glad I did before I found out the result. The last 15 minutes was pretty nail-biting though.  |
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« Reply #3376 on: 12:36:26, 14-10-2007 » |
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I wish posters wouldn't refer to something written "above". I have my display set so that the latest post appears at the top of the page so the item is actually "below". "Earlier" would be ideal.
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« Reply #3377 on: 12:36:50, 14-10-2007 » |
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grump, grump, grump.... ... it's snowing.Have we really got five months of winter ahead of us so very early in the year ?  |
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grump, grump, grump.... ... it's snowing.Have we really got five months of winter ahead of us so very early in the year ? Wanna swop, Reiner? I'll have to see how soon I can get there. Give me snow (and falling over on the ice) any day over a sweltering summer with humungous electricity bills from running the A/C and trying not to go outside unless trekking up to the lake. |
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« Reply #3379 on: 13:25:57, 14-10-2007 » |
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No ice to fall over on yet, Kitty - it was raining for 2 days before the snow began today, so it's all turning to slush when it hits the ground. A drop in the temperature would turn it into a skating-rink overnight, though  |
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« Reply #3380 on: 18:18:43, 14-10-2007 » |
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I had a concert last weekend at The Church of the Good shepehrd in eastbourne, East Sussex. Went very well. The main piece was Brahm's Academic Festival Overture, which went down rather well!! All the other items were of selections (2), Neil diamond selection and Joseph(A.L.Webber) and an assortment of other styles of music, eg jazz numbers, film music etc. We usually do one main item, being of an original BB piece or an arrangement of a classical piece of music.
Everybody enjoyed it and did an encore, a quiet piece of music, Ave Verum Corpus(Mozart). Left everybody happy leaving, so thats the main thing, yes?
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« Reply #3381 on: 18:22:58, 14-10-2007 » |
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Reiner, Some days during winter time are good. And during bad days if one is warm at home it is possible to do more work with better concentration.  Ice is really a big problem though. There is some pleasure to be in a warm home when it is cold outside. I hope you are nice and warm inside the house. Remember Russian way of warming up? |
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« Reply #3382 on: 18:49:07, 14-10-2007 » |
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Remember Russian way of warming up?
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Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.
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« Reply #3383 on: 19:31:58, 14-10-2007 » |
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Hi t-p! Actually I do like the "real" days of winter, but they are still to come... today was high winds and freezing sleet, but unfortunately I had to go out to some rehearsals - the option of staying home and "warming up" the traditional way wasn't available I suppose I could try asking the performance "if they respect me" (!), but it's not very useful for the progress of work I hope your weather where you are is more pleasant!  Konyaku? A lot of the city centre yesterday was closed and barricaded as Rice & Gates were driven to meetings with "the future Prime-Minister", but at least this added a sparkle of international intrigue to our dull lives |
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« Reply #3384 on: 20:43:33, 14-10-2007 » |
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Hi MJ and Reiner, We had such a dull day here, but I don't mind. I was playing Schumann violin sonata this time. After some resistance to learning it I found it is not bad (I don't like the last movement, but I don't know what violin is playing. Reiner's rehearsal sounds like a lot of fun. I am currious what opera is it this time. Is it an old master or is it close to our time. Cheers  and potato salad any table could not be without  |
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« Reply #3385 on: 20:58:07, 14-10-2007 » |
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Ho Reiner! I shall be thinking of you during the next few months. As I sip the Malt upon returning home from a stroll in the mild winter weather forecast by our "experts (haa!) I shall raise the glass to you and hope that you will also be enjoying a "nip" - not the icy sort,, of course.
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« Reply #3386 on: 22:28:33, 14-10-2007 » |
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Bloody antivirus software.
It doesn't expire for another 2 weeks and kept flashing up annoying message that says "Renew your subscription" so I did. The PC froze numerous times trying to get the download to work and when it did I got lots of little boxes saying "this application needs to close".
So, eventually, get everything installed only to find that I haven't after all and the blody thing still thinks it's not updated as the little alert symbol is still there. Plus it thinks I have switched off the automatic updates and it's messed up my Windows Viruscan settings as well. Should have just let the damned thing expire.
Now I think I will have to reformat the hard drive which I have been avoiding doing for years because it's such a pain in the neck to do.
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« Reply #3387 on: 09:29:35, 15-10-2007 » |
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I know it's annoying when you get the flashing messages Jonathan, but you really should resist. You've paid for that 2 weeks and if you renew before it's up you lose that. I managed to hold out right to the bitter end but it was extremely irritating.
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We pass this way but once. This is not a rehearsal!
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« Reply #3388 on: 13:01:00, 15-10-2007 » |
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Ho Milly, Well, normally i would have left it but the first year was free, plus I'm really busy this and next weekend as well so probably won't have the time to have done it then and thirdly, it was Lynn's fault for keep going on about it!  At least this PC at work is ok.. |
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« Reply #3389 on: 13:54:39, 15-10-2007 » |
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Having had multiple problems with Norton which necessitated re-installing Windows more than once  , then being told by McAfee that I couldn't renew my subscription but had to buy the latest version of their software , I changed to avast! which I've been very satisfied with - and what's more it's free! |
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