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Jengie jon
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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
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Originally posted by Piglet:
To those having issues with their power-points, overhead-projectors and similar instruments of Beelzebub - hymn-books don't go on the blink.
Yes, they do: in my first church there were certain hymns I couldn't use because the binding of our hymnbooks meant that the same few pages had dropped out of most of them.
Or else I had to check all the books that would be given out, before the service. ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif)
Yes and its a lot hard to change them when the hymnbooks have the wrong words to the hymn!
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Sioni Sais
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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
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Originally posted by Piglet:
To those having issues with their power-points, overhead-projectors and similar instruments of Beelzebub - hymn-books don't go on the blink.
Yes, they do: in my first church there were certain hymns I couldn't use because the binding of our hymnbooks meant that the same few pages had dropped out of most of them.
Or else I had to check all the books that would be given out, before the service.
The sound of pages falling to the floor, from songbooks or the Bible, is often a sign that a song or a passage is overused. One of our preachers uses 1 Peter and Romans 8 so much that the congo are ready to catch the pages when these are announced.
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Baptist Trainfan
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Originally posted by Jengie jon:
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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
Yes, they do: in my first church there were certain hymns I couldn't use because the binding of our hymnbooks meant that the same few pages had dropped out of most of them.
Or else I had to check all the books that would be given out, before the service.
Yes and its a lot hard to change them when the hymnbooks have the wrong words to the hymn!
Jengie
And what about the all-too-common syndrome, whereby a church projects words onto a screen and also provides paper copies for those who can't read/don't like it ... but the video person and the paper person don't confer beforehand and pepare entirely different versions of what they thought was the same hymn!
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Wet Kipper
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not as bad as when the singer/ worship leader / lead worshipper sends you new(er) words for a song, during the week - which you update from the current stored version - only for him/her to lapse back into the older version during the service ![[brick wall]](graemlins/brick_wall.gif)
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Piglet
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I suspect that my views of "newer words" are for another time, and another place ... ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Besides, it's such a beautiful day I really can't bring myself to feel grumpy.
Even on a Monday. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Jengie jon
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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
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Originally posted by Jengie jon:
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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
Yes, they do: in my first church there were certain hymns I couldn't use because the binding of our hymnbooks meant that the same few pages had dropped out of most of them.
Or else I had to check all the books that would be given out, before the service.
Yes and its a lot hard to change them when the hymnbooks have the wrong words to the hymn!
Jengie
And what about the all-too-common syndrome, whereby a church projects words onto a screen and also provides paper copies for those who can't read/don't like it ... but the video person and the paper person don't confer beforehand and pepare entirely different versions of what they thought was the same hymn!
Even better when both have the wrong words! No, not an over active imagination I have been there and got the t-shirt. The result was the congregation was singing something that was neither on the projector nor in the hymnbooks! Congregations can be as fussy over words as they can over tunes (I have heard shouts of "wrong tune" in worship, admittedly a different congregation).
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Stejjie
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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
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Originally posted by Jengie jon:
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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
Yes, they do: in my first church there were certain hymns I couldn't use because the binding of our hymnbooks meant that the same few pages had dropped out of most of them.
Or else I had to check all the books that would be given out, before the service.
Yes and its a lot hard to change them when the hymnbooks have the wrong words to the hymn!
Jengie
And what about the all-too-common syndrome, whereby a church projects words onto a screen and also provides paper copies for those who can't read/don't like it ... but the video person and the paper person don't confer beforehand and pepare entirely different versions of what they thought was the same hymn!
Or even better (which has happened at our place once or twice) when the Powerpoint display and the service sheet are done by the same person - and don't match up...
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Originally posted by Piglet:
Besides, it's such a beautiful day I really can't bring myself to feel grumpy. Even on a Monday.
No. Wednesdays are for being grumpy.
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I can't feel grumpy today either, I have no marking or teaching deadlines, I've done my studies for today and am now toying with making a garlicky ricotta and spinach lasagne for tea (a personal favourite). And my children haven't uttered a word all day, they've reached the age where as long as you feed them they ignore you. Yippee!
I'm feeling quite chilled.
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Welease Woderwick
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Ah, the glory of being a Quaker - no hymn books, no Powerpoint, no projector and the only sound system is a loop for the hearing impaired...
...and sometimes the whole hour will go by in blissful, gathered, silence.
Sorry Piglet, no Dean so no Grinning.
A good few days away in the mountains last week - the only problem was that out of the five us in four rooms all had hot water in their bathroom except me! Showering in cold water at over 5000 feet is a bit of a challenge - on the last morning I didn't even try but waited until we got down the hill to home where I happily had a cold shower at sea level. Otherwise a fab trip and a great walk through tea gardens on one afternoon - so peaceful!
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Ariel
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Logged into free wifi at the station this evening and got a message, the gist of which was: "If you want to continue accessing our hotpots you must accept our terms and conditions."
What, I wonder, might the terms and conditions for hotpots be? Bring your own spoon? Don't ask for more than 2 slices of bread?
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Sioni Sais
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Lancashire broadband?
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I HAVE JUST SPENT MORE THAN HALF AN HOUR ON THE PHONE TO TALKTALK TO TRY AND FIND MY PASSWORD - and I still haven't got it! You'd think it would be simple, but no, I've had to set up a new email address for my account, with a specific password, then my computer wouldn't load properly. Ever felt like you are hitting your head against a brick wall? Any virtual tea and cake - or stronger - going? I need it!
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Ariel
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I feel your pain. I have a Tiscali webmail account which I can't remember the password to (Tiscali were taken over by Talktalk a while ago). I tried to access it this afternoon and couldn't remember the password. No problem, they will email the password to me. It will be emailed to the Tiscali account whose password I can't remember. No problem, just log into your account and set up a recovery email address. Oh, by the way, you'll need your Tiscali password to log in and do that.
And as you say, the website often crashes.
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Sorry to jump in with this rant, but the Secret Santa thread closed and I couldn't think of anywhere to put this but the UK thread.
I HATE THE ROYAL MAIL! IT IS EVIL AND I HATE IT!
The reason?
Today, in my mail I go the Secret Santa gift from my little Santa and guess when it was POSTED?????
NOVEMBER 22!!!!
Your Royal Mail is a travesty, a sham, a joke and full of idiots!!! -----am I the only one who thinks this?????
end of rant.....I feel better now.
Now that that is over, many thanks to my Santa Giftee, it was s lovely thoughtful present and I appreciate it.
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Pigwidgeon
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How do you know it got delayed by the Royal Mail rather than once it was in the care of the USPS?
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Lothlorien
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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
How do you know it got delayed by the Royal Mail rather than once it was in the care of the USPS?
One of my sons has recently bought several pipes an a vintage leather wallet, mainly from USA on eBay. Without exception those from USA have taken weeks and weeks to arrive down here. One had postmarks from Canada, France, and Mexico, along with several others interspersed from USPS. He could follow the parcel's journey by the dates on the post marks.
I no longer buy if it is posted from USA. However, at Christmas, I bought several articles for various grandchildren from Thinkgeek. I paid quite a bit for courier service. They had two classes of courier and I chose the cheaper. I bought them Tuesday afternoon online and had them early Friday morning in Sydney.
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Piglet
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Originally posted by Jengie jon:
.. I have heard shouts of "wrong tune" in worship ...
There are stories told of an old boy in our congregation (long deceased, but a Pillar Of The Church™ in his day) who would sing the tune he perceived to be the correct one, even if it wasn't the one being played by the organist and sung by the choir and the rest of the congregation.
AIUI, he couldn't carry a tune in a bucket, so it may not have mattered ...
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Jengie jon
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Reported conversation between two members
Him: We notice you did not make the last church social on Wednesday and were slightly surprised as we thought it was on a topic you'd be interested in
Her: Oh I am sorry I missed that, I was not aware it was on.
Him: It was clearly in the Church Magazine
Her: Oh I do not read that
The only snag was that she was the editor of said magazine!
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Heavenly Anarchist
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Originally posted by Lothlorien:
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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
How do you know it got delayed by the Royal Mail rather than once it was in the care of the USPS?
One of my sons has recently bought several pipes an a vintage leather wallet, mainly from USA on eBay. Without exception those from USA have taken weeks and weeks to arrive down here. One had postmarks from Canada, France, and Mexico, along with several others interspersed from USPS. He could follow the parcel's journey by the dates on the post marks.
I no longer buy if it is posted from USA. However, at Christmas, I bought several articles for various grandchildren from Thinkgeek. I paid quite a bit for courier service. They had two classes of courier and I chose the cheaper. I bought them Tuesday afternoon online and had them early Friday morning in Sydney.
I haven't had a lost or delayed parcel in my UK internet business for about 5 years, the last one got lost in France. My parcels from China can take only a week, small items such as dress making patterns from the US also take a week but anything bigger can take 2 months.
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Lothlorien
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He was surprised that several parcels, from different sellers, all correctly addressed when the finally arrived, had taken not only many weeks to get here but had gone by such a roundabout route as documented by postmarks.
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My friend Lulu returned to the UK from life in California (post divorce) in 2006. As she was leaving (and all packed goods had been collected) she noticed 2 paperback books she was fond of so quickly put them into a jiffy bag, addressed it correctly to the UK home in Bristol, took it to the US Post Office, put on correct postage and waited.
The books arrived in 2013 - via places called "Bristol" in fourteen different states, despite the fact that the package was addressed to "England" as well as "United Kingdom".
It took 6 years 9 months for the package to actually leave the USA - when the USPS sent it to New Zealand with a note saying "New Zealand, Australia ?".
Once the Kiwis got hold of it they sent it straight to the UK and from leaving Auckland it took only 3 days to get to Bristol.
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Piglet
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Originally posted by Jengie jon:
Him: It was clearly in the Church Magazine
Her: Oh I do not read that
The only snag was that she was the editor of said magazine!
That's not actually as daft as it sounds.
I've been typing the Cathedral bulletin for the last 10+ years, but I can't honestly say that I always read it. I get e-mails saying "please put the following in the Messenger", and I cut-and-paste; I re-format them and check for typos, but I'm not necessarily "reading for comprehension" ... ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
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Wet Kipper
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working from home again today.
Answered the door to someone offering quotes for exterior home improvements. Managed to get rid of hiom because the phone was ringing - answered the phone to an automated advert for something or other - I didn't let the call last long enough to find out.
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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WK - tell them you 'only rent this dump'!
Mrs. S, who took a long time to come up with that one ![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif)
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Answered my father in law's phone yesterday to an Asian gentleman asking for Mr Bee senior.
I said that he had passed away and please to remove him from their list.
He didn't reply and hung up on me.
Must remember that one.
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Ye Olde Motherboarde, I have messaged your Santa to let her know it arrived - by the way, your message box is full!
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Originally posted by Wet Kipper:
- answered the phone to an automated advert for something or other - I didn't let the call last long enough to find out.
It's worth listening to the end of an automated message because they often have the option "to unsubscribe from these calls press One." This does not work if it's a message on your answer phone. ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
I've had a good day at work and seeing friends and going to my zumba class. After tomorrow morning at work I am finished until after Easter and Nenlet2 comes home tomorrow evening. ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
The downside about tomorrow is I've got loads to do both at work and at home and should probably get up around 4am in order to achieve it all.
Nen - not that much of a lark.
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Piglet
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Originally posted by The Intrepid Mrs S:
WK - tell them you 'only rent this dump'!
My dad used to use a similar gambit; he had signed the house over to me and my siblings, and when the caller said, "Good morning, Mr. Piglet, do you own your own house?" he could say "no" with a completely clear conscience.
A friend of ours in England has a good way of getting rid of cold callers:
CC: Good morning. I'm calling from Grabbitt & Ripoff Credit Services. May I speak to the householder?
Friend (in best Jeeves voice): This is Catchpole, the butler. I'm afraid His Lordship is unavailable at the moment ...
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Originally posted by L'organist:
... put them into a jiffy bag, addressed it correctly to the UK home in Bristol, took it to the US Post Office, put on correct postage and waited.
The books arrived in 2013 - via places called "Bristol" in fourteen different states, despite the fact that the package was addressed to "England" as well as "United Kingdom".
It took 6 years 9 months for the package to actually leave the USA
![[Eek!]](eek.gif) In spite of previous experiences with cross-pond delivery I have recently ordered my DiL's birthday present from the USA. I did spend some time trying to find the same item from a UK supplier without success, so took a chance. Will be spending the next month with my fingers crossed. ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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Piglet
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An elderly lady who came to Newfoundland to work as a nurse in the 1940s or early 50s told us that she would send a letter to her mum in England on a Sunday afternoon, and get a reply on Wednesday. She'd reply to that on the Wednesday and get a reply back on the following Saturday.
Fings ain't wot they used to be ...
eta: re US post: I ordered a pair of shoes from an American web-site last summer and IIRC they arrived in about 2-3 weeks, which was fine, as I think I allowed about 5 weeks before I was leaving for the wedding I bought them for.
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I've never had the courage to try a variation of what my friend's husband says to cold callers. "I'm about to make love to my wife. Could you call back in two and a half minutes?"
Apparently they never do.
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I am in Heidelberg visiting my son for the week. We have just been for a Long walk and seen peregrine falcons nesting! We have bought plenty of weissbier and four weissbier glasses (my brother brings some every week when he stays with us, so it will be good to have the 'proper' glasses) It was very windy on the North Sea crossing but the ferry is huge and we didn't feel the rocking at all. Hoping for the same on the return.
We lost an hour on Saturday night and another on Sunday!
My son's GF is from Georgia and made us some traditional food today - fabulous! She has applied for a visa so we are hoping they can both be in the UK for my younger son's wedding. She spoke no English last time we met her, but now we can have conversations (this is her fourth language!)
Back home Good Friday lunch time to pick up the pooches from their doggy Hotels.
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Originally posted by The Intrepid Mrs S:
WK - tell them you 'only rent this dump'!
Mrs. S, who took a long time to come up with that one
I like the cold calls from ambulance chasers.
AC: Hello is that Mr balaam?
B: Yes,
AC: Have you ever suffered from an accident that was not your fault?
B: Yes.
AC: Did you know you could get some compensation?
B: I don't think I can.
Here starts a sales patter, which lasts a long time because I interrupt to keep telling them that I think thy are wrong. This goes on for 20 minutes until they get to the bit where they want me to agree to take them on as legal claimers.
B: I'm sorry, I can't do that.
AC: Why not?
B: I have already been fully compensated.
Why do they never ask if you have received compensation? It is fundamental to what they are doing.
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Originally posted by balaam:
Did you know you could get some compensation?
But surely the correct answer is, "Yes, I did know that, and I've already been fully compensated." Which would save you both a lot of time.
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balaam
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I have time to waste.
It keeps them from irritating someone else.
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Boogie
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As soon as I know it's a cold call - which takes seconds - I say "no thank you" and put the phone down. I never do find out what they were selling, nor do I care.
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St. Gwladys
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We get lots of calls about solar panels. Some companies are OK, but I had one the other day who would not take telling that we have north facing roofs. They forced an "appointment" on me, but thankfully, when they rang to confirm the arrangements, it wsa a supervisor that I spoke to and complained about the previous caller. She agreed that our roofs wouldn't be suitable and apologised.
On a different note, did anyone watch Poldark on Sunday? I wsa rather surprised at Cornish peasants singing the Boar's Head Carol, which I thought was Oxford or Cambridge University!
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L'organist
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Its the tradition of processing a real, ready-to-eat boar's head that still exists at (I think) Queen's College, Oxford.
The carol has been widespread since for at least 500 years or more - we probably got it from the Vikings and the Normans, being really norsemen, likely spread it.
So, entirely in keeping for the chap on Poldark to be singing it.
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Celtic Knotweed
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One nice lazy morning at the start of a 5-day weekend. I didn't have the lie-in I'd really like, as I'm heading into town to meet Mother Knotweed (and Sandemaniac is working today, so I got partially woken by him getting up anyway). Pity the sunshine we had round here yesterday appears to have also taken the day off!
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Sandemaniac
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Rub it in, ya git!
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daisydaisy
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quote:
Originally posted by balaam:
I have time to waste.
It keeps them from irritating someone else.
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One benefit of my phone line being unusable for the last month is that my day is gloriously uninterrupted. I had got to the point where I wouldn't answer until my answering machine kicked in and I could hear it was someone I wanted to hear from. Now the answering machine message asks real people to call my mobile and cold-callers not to. It seems to work.
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la vie en rouge
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Originally posted by Boogie:
My son's GF is from Georgia and made us some traditional food today - fabulous! She has applied for a visa so we are hoping they can both be in the UK for my younger son's wedding. She spoke no English last time we met her, but now we can have conversations (this is her fourth language!)
My sister-in-law is *fluent* in four languages. She is a Romanian living in the US, and also speaks fluent French and Italian. ‘Tis very impressive.
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Kittyville
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Re Queen's and the boar's head - yes, that's us, L'Organist. The boar's head gaudy is the Saturday before Christmas.
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Piglet
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Maundy Thursday liturgy done and dusted - the Tallis Lamentations really didn't go badly at all (especially considering that one of the tenors was ill, and some of the rest of the choir had missed a lot of rehearsals). D. was pleased with it, and it'll be even better next time. It really is a sublime piece - knocks spots off the Allegri ...
As the Good Friday devotion really isn't my sort of thing, and the choir's presence is optional, I'm going into w*rk tomorrow, to pick up some hours for taking holidays (why can't they have civilised holidays on this side of the Pond?).
I've made a chicken curry for Friday's lunch, which'll happen at some point after 3 p.m., and all I need to do when I get in is add the yoghurt and cook the saffron rice.
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Heavenly Anarchist
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My other half is feeling tired after a frantic few weeks setting up his new business (he finally signed the investment funding on Wednesday, hooray!) so we are skipping church today to spend some time relaxing together as a family. I had planned on a nice long walk, hopefully the weather will improve.
Yesterday the children went their grandparents so my husband and I had a champagne lunch in Loch Fyne to celebrate the business deal.
I'm about to make homemade chocolate tea cakes, like the Tunnock's ones. I've never made any before but the method seems straightforward, I've got a mini fondue to melt the chocolate which is the bit that usually goes wrong for me. I've never made marshmallow before though so am slightly apprehensive about that.
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Thinking of cold calling, I once thoroughly enjoyed being wooed with the delights of a new conservatory and then was very shocked when the enthusiastic salesman found himself unable to answer my final question: how do you plan to attach it to my first floor flat?
I'm sitting contemplating the long list of housework I have planned to do today. In fact, I'm feeling so lazy that I've had to invite a friend round for coffee tomorrow in order to motivate myself to set to and do it! My arm is doing well after I broke my shoulder in December but it still makes housework and the like twice the chore it usually is.
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Miss you, Erin.
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Boogie
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Back home from Heidelberg, both dogs picked up and snoozing. Tatze has been to boot camp - three hour walks every day! Gypsy has been to puppy walker friends and has been an angel in fur, as always.
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Garden. Room. Walk
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