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ArachnidinElmet
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Originally posted by Boogie:
The twins are here - hurrah!
Jack and Mary, born naturally, 7lb 5 and 7lb ten. I am a VERY proud great Aunty!
![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
Many congrats Boogie. They're a really good size for twins!
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Welease Woderwick
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...Do I need any spices or fresh herbs in the mushroom and garlic dish?...
I'd add some ginger and some turmeric, possibly a little chilli but not too much - I think ginger heat goes better with mushrooms than chilli heat. A spoon of ginger paste would be good but the one I had used fresh garlic chopped fairly coarsely and was the better for that. A bit of coriander leaf just before serving would be good.
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Huge congratulations, Great Auntie Boogie - that size is almost half-grown for twins!
I've had the laziest day imaginable today - the temperature's suddenly shot up to 22°, but feeling like 30 with the humidity, which I absolutely hate, so I vegged out in front of the tennis for most of the afternoon. I must be getting terribly soft in my old age - I found myself feeling quite lumpy round the throat when Laura Robson won her match and there was Much Rejoicing - it was the same that day when all those Brits won gold medals at the Olympics. God only knows what I'll be like if one wins a final ... ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
It's set to be even hotter tomorrow - up to 25°/33 Humidex but wet, and vegging out won't be an option as you can't take Sundays off when you're married to the organist ... ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Hmph. I want air-conditioning for my cassock.
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Heavenly Anarchist
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Definitely a good weight for twins - my twin and I were about 5lbs lighter combined!
Lovely day today, we've just got back from a pleasant punt along the Cam.
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Angloid
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![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif) My inner Dr Spooner got hold of that last comment I'm afraid.
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Originally posted by Angloid:
My inner Dr Spooner got hold of that last comment I'm afraid.
Naughty inner Dr Spooner. Mine needs some lessons: he took several goes to figure that out.
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Heavenly Anarchist
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I believe the Reverand Doctor Spooner was at The Other Place, which was probably fortunate ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
I believe the Reverand Doctor Spooner was at The Other Place, which was probably fortunate
Dr Spooner was Warden of New College. By a neat symmetry his granddaughter was President of New Hall, in what is really The Other Place, and the first woman vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge.
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I can't find the "Did the Earth Move for You" thread, so will post here that I attended my first Sung Eucharist this morning (Festival Sung Eucharist to celebrate and give thanks for the life of Mary Lily Walker (1883-1913)) at St Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, Dundee and it was glorious! I was enthralled.
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Angloid
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Originally posted by Metapelagius:
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Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
I believe the Reverand Doctor Spooner was at The Other Place, which was probably fortunate
Dr Spooner was Warden of New College.
Are you sure he wasn't an expert botanist and hence proficient in Kew knowledge?
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Originally posted by Angloid:
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Originally posted by Metapelagius:
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Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
I believe the Reverand Doctor Spooner was at The Other Place, which was probably fortunate
Dr Spooner was Warden of New College.
Are you sure he wasn't an expert botanist and hence proficient in Kew knowledge?
Alas no. I am pretty sure that he was a classicist, whose teeth would have been set on edge had he been able to see HA's form of the gerundive of reuereor; it is a second conjugation verb, not a first.
He also, reportedly, vehemently denied that he ever said 'those things' (sic).
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y rof a duv. dagnouet.
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Heavenly Anarchist
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Originally posted by Metapelagius:
Alas no. I am pretty sure that he was a classicist, whose teeth would have been set on edge had he been able to see HA's form of the gerundive of reuereor; it is a second conjugation verb, not a first.
Alas, I didn't get the benefit of either an Oxford or Cambridge education and it shows in my grammar
My other half refers to here as The Other Place and he even punts from the 'wrong' end of the boat.
[ 30. June 2013, 19:04: Message edited by: Heavenly Anarchist ]
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Originally posted by North East Quine:
I can't find the "Did the Earth Move for You" thread, so will post here that I attended my first Sung Eucharist this morning ...
Congratulations! Now try Choral Evensong - it's utterly sublime.
I've just had a look at Dundee Cathedral's web-site to see what setting they were doing, but it didn't have a music list - I think we'll need to lend them our web-master ...
I did, however, note that after Choral Evensong on the second Sunday of the month, they have "wine and nibbles". How very civilised!
I haven't the benefit of an Oxbridge education (I'm not nearly clever enough) but my Better Half did his postgrad teaching in Cambridge, and we go there whenever we get the chance, so chez Piglet, Oxford is definitely The Other Place.
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Heavenly Anarchist
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Haven't been to choral evensong since I lived in London, I must visit Kings at some point.
Another glorious day here, I might take my books outside to study.
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Congratulations Boogie, for those weighty twins!
You lot in the south seem to be having nicer weather than us up 'ere. Pleasantly warm yesterday, but overcast today, and definitely (light) sweater weather.
Had to take a taxi to church yesterday. Horrendously expensive. On commenting on this to chatty taxi driver, was told all about the ginormous insurance he has to pay. But then on talking we discovered that insuring one taxi was about the same as insuring a newly-passed-their-test young driver.
Seems a rather unbalanced world, somehow. And I've negotiated a lift for next Sunday.
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Heavenly Anarchist
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Still cardigan weather for the school run but it'll warm up soon. But cool for July!
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Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
Haven't been to choral evensong since I lived in London, I must visit Kings at some point ...
You certainly must - if I lived in Cambridge I'd be there at least once a week. Don't forget St. John's College too - they're every bit as good as King's, but without the hordes of tourists. More of a service, less of a performance, if you know what I mean.
I've had a lovely, lazy Canada Day holiday - it's very convenient that it coincides with Wimbledon. Was really getting into Andy Murray's match, and decided at the start of the third set that I'd have time to go and make lunch ...
I didn't - I came back to check on the score and the match had just finished. With the right result, but I'd missed it.
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Welease Woderwick
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I was supposed to go to The Big City today to buy a saucepan, and a few other things, but frankly I can't be bothered so I may to to Local Larger Town shortly or I may just slob about all day - but I have just ordered 3 movies on DVD online so not a totally wasted day. All oldies: West Side Story, All About Eve and Annie Hall - but all great movies, too and despite my lifestyle choice I've been madly in love with Diane Keaton for decades!
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Real sweater weather today, but we are promised hot weather later this week and all next week. But that still sounds a bit like "jam tomorrow" to me!
All you very musical Shippies put me to shame! I haven't been to anything choral for I don't know how long. However, I did enjoy joining in to a brisk rendering of "Guide me, O Thou Great Jehovah" on Sunday morning!
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Heavenly Anarchist
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Overcast here too, and rain expected later.
I'm not musical either, I love singing and have a good voice but was never taught to sing or play. But I do like to listen to beautiful music.
Another day of writing, I'm up to date with the study side but essay deadline looms. I need to compare two provided sources on interwar radio propaganda today (I think they are from Goebbels and Reith) and set them in context. The writings I have from the BBC from the period are wonderfully 'jolly hockey sticks' whilst the German comparative narrative is a scarily readable chapter on propaganda from Mein Kampf.
But first, a latte
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Welease Woderwick
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I bestirred myself and made it to Local Larger Town, mainly because if I didn't go my breakfast would be lacking in Almond Milk until I, or someone, bestirred themselves to go. It was okay and I got what I went for but not a saucepan as the sort we want seems to be only available in The Big City, but I might check online as well.
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V. nice dinner this evening at a restaurant just up the road from our house that we hadn't been to in ages, to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. Shared charcuterie platter to start, then chicken followed by rhubarb crumble for him, and lamb followed by cheeseboard and port for me.
Were greeted warmly by the chef/owner when we arrived and told him why we were there, and got complimentary glasses of bubbles to start.
Very civilised.
Can't believe it's been a quarter of a century ...
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Welease Woderwick
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...and no time off for good behaviour!
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I think the thing about buses travelling in packs is a global phenomenon. Today I was in a pack of three and the other day I saw a pack of five! The bus company have recently announced that they are going install a GPS system on all their buses so they can get the system more efficient - I'll believe it when I see it.
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Happy Anniversary piglet!
I am off to my first puppy class with Tatze this morning. She's doing great. House trained, comes when called, sits, lies down, 'paw' etc. I want to find out how to get her to walk properly on the lead. She doesn't pull, but sniffs at every leaf so it takes ages to get anywhere!
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Heavenly Anarchist
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My eldest son has a book on maths called 'why do buses come in threes?'
I hope the training goes well, Boogie.
Another day of essay writing today but I should be free by this evening - yippee!
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Congratulations, Piglet!
Hope training goes well, Boogie, but you do have to realise that every leaf is Very Important and each has a Different Smell!! ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
All the smells for a dog on a walk is like reading a daily newspaper for them. Who, what and why!
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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I think the thing about buses travelling in packs is a global phenomenon. Today I was in a pack of three and the other day I saw a pack of five! The bus company have recently announced that they are going install a GPS system on all their buses so they can get the system more efficient - I'll believe it when I see it.
Buses can't help it! As soon as any bus slows down it will tend to pick up more passengers. Boarding & collecting fares takes time and as there are more passengers they will get off at more stops and take longer to get off. At these stops there will tend to be more passengers to get on (remember: it was already running late) slowing the bus further. Meanwhile the bus behind, if it is running to time, will have fewer passengers to pick up and they will ask to get off at fewer stops so it will tend to run faster. Unless that buses' driver is very careful he will close further on the late-running bus ahead.
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Is there an ology for the study of bus grouping?
Coming up for air part way through 2 rather manic (but nicely so) weeks - it's not just buses that come in close groups!
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Please excuse mini-rant, but why, o why, can't British urban buses operate like everywhere else in Europe, where the driver doesn't have anything to do with issuing tickets because people buy them at kiosks, tobacconists, machines etc before joining? I know London is most of the way there, thanks to Oyster cards and prepaid tickets, but everywhere else is chaos. Largely of course because of Thatcher's deregulation, where even two companies sharing the same route don't have to charge the same fares (and can run two minutes behind a competitor then no more buses for another 20). Hummmpppph!!
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Our friend was ordained as a priest on Saturday and we weren't able to make the service, so we went to her first Eucharist tonight. It was a very high Anglican service. All I can say is that I now think I'm definitely on the LOW end of MOTR - found myself thinking of Mystery Worship reports at some stages!
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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
... buses travelling in packs ...
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We always go in convoys, we're most gregarious
The driver and conductor of a London omnibus
(Flanders & Swann, Transport of Delight )
I spent the afternoon shouting at the television; fortunately for my blood-pressure, I didn't get home until almost the end of the third set, by which time Mr. Murray had started to play the way we'd like him to ...
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Did the television shout back?
I am a happy WW as something I ordered from UK has arrived intact and in double quick time [see Cricket thread if you are that interested].
Lots more rain overnight and a quite heavy shower this morning but bright and clear now - I hope that continues as I want to cycle into town this afternoon.
I'm thinking of getting a 7" Tablet PC, probably with Android OS, sometime to carry around with me - any thoughts, advice?
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Originally posted by Angloid:
Please excuse mini-rant, but why, o why, can't British urban buses operate like everywhere else in Europe, where the driver doesn't have anything to do with issuing tickets because people buy them at kiosks, tobacconists, machines etc before joining? I know London is most of the way there, thanks to Oyster cards and prepaid tickets, but everywhere else is chaos. ...
The West Midlands is to get a smart card system.
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So is Merseyside, but it is meeting with unexplained delays.
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Because the English seem to be incapable of buying them at kiosks etc. It was tried in Sheffield on the trams when they first came out. The trams made more money when they put on conductors to issue tickets!
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Am pretty sure that Manchester trams still work this way?
I miss the saverstrip (or 'kerchinga'): a prepaid card that you pushed into a standing punch machine, making a ker-ching sound and removing a circle of cardboard. You can imagine what the bus floor looked like after being boarded by hoards of children though, and they were phased out in the 90s
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Very warm today, I'm going to spend the afternoon studying in the sun
Yesterday I took delivery of a beginners hula hoop as I want to do more exercise but it has to be low impact as I have a genetic osteo-arthritis. The hoop is huge, 40 inches diameter. I had my first go for 5 mins yesterday and 10 mins this morning and I managed 54 rotations in one go. Not bad for a novice who has never hooped. However, the hoop is too big for indoors and I have to hoop on the patio and, boy, was it hot out there!
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Yep - you have to buy a ticket from the tram stop before you board the tram. Unfortunately this also means re-mortgageing your house to afford said ticket.
And then they'll cancel the tram.
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However, the hoop is too big for indoors and I have to hoop on the patio and, boy, was it hot out there!
Good luck with it. You'll soon start to build up stamina and be able to keep going for longer.
It's been a glorious day today - spent part of the afternoon in the shade of a tree by the river, watching the world go by. Cloudless sky, though a rather pale colour, sunlight, a light breeze, and warmth, glorious sun-drenched warmth.
Heat bouncing back off the pavements, the smells of spicy food wafting out of alleyways, the unmistakable smell of bins and stale booze, the sound of a hundred languages, almost none of which are English, music drifting out of doors and windows, crowds of tourists all over the pavements, some people wandering round in the skimpiest possible clothing while others are still wearing fleeces, hats, etc: summer has arrived in the city.
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Summer had certainly arrived on the South Bank as I strolled back to Waterloo after a day of training up in the smoke. I wish I could have dawdled longer, but I have to get ready for tomorrow.... I'm singing at the O2 (and if that means anything to anyone, perhaps we could meet up!)
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Sent you a pm daisydaisy!
Sun is shining in the sky, there ain't a cloud in sight!
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It was a hot and sticky 25° today, so when I got home from w*rk I settled down on the sofa with an electric fan cooling the air and cheered the magnificent Mr. Murray into the final.
My mum loved watching Wimbledon; I'd like to think that she's cheering from Heaven, and perhaps getting a commentary direct from Dan Maskell ...
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Up and off to the allotment by 8 am this morning to get some watering done, before the heat kicks in, and to put in a new tomato plant I was given.
I was the first person to arrive at the plots on a lovely golden morning. The birds were singing their little hearts out, everything was green and lush and the leaves were glowing in the light. One of those days when everything seems full of life, and you feel glad to be alive.
Heat is building up nicely now. The warmth and light have transformed the town into somewhere much further south in Europe, with tables and chairs springing up on the pavements outside cafes, and luxuriant plants and flowers everywhere, and people generally moving at the slower pace of summer life; no point rushing in this heat.
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I've spent the day at the school fete, it has been gloriously sunny, unlike last year when we were having to hold the marquees down and the wind ripped a large tear in my festival marquee. Big sales on the watermelon stand this year I was responsible for collecting surplus money from stalls and we have done very well indeed - the PTA is saving up for a mini bus.
Just rehydrating now with a cup of tea and contemplating whether our homemade blackberry whisky liqueur would be nice with some soda and ice...
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Our town's annual carnival today. It was universally acknowledged to be A Glorious Day For It, which in Nenspeak means Far Too Hot. ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
Nen - now also rehydrating with a cup of tea.
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I was standing outside a new restaurant in town at lunchtime today reading the menu, when the manager came out, explained that it was a training day and they weren't opening properly until Tuesday, but if I liked, I could come in and have a free meal.
Well, it would have been rude to say no, wouldn't it?
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Hope it was a really good meal!
It's been far too hot here. Probably compounded by having the oven on from about 2pm till 9pm due to much baking for a cricket tea to be consumed tomorrow (plus tonight's dinner). For some reason, there's a list of the baking on the cricket thread... The coolest room in the flat was about 25-26 degrees
Personally, I'm going to spend a large chunk of tomorrow watching a tennis match indoors in the shade, whilst Sandemaniac goes and runs about playing cricket.
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Wise woman, CK.
It hit 28° here today, with a Humidex of 35. I've just looked up the Fahrenheit equivalents - 83°, feeling like 95. There was a sort of haze from a dust-cloud that's apparently been floating our way from Quebec, without which it would have been even hotter ...
I don't often say hurrah for the Quebecois, but today I'll make an exception.
We've got a visiting choir from Maryland singing Evensong tomorrow - they're here for Festival 500 and happened to call in to look at the Cathedral when I was volunteering on Thursday. When they said they'd like to come and sing, I phoned D. and he came and arranged things with their conductor. Obviously we're going to feed them afterwards, so my sole venture out of the house today was to the (mercifully air-conditioned) supermarket to get in a few things for drinks and nibbles.
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