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Post by Backdrifter on Nov 28, 2018 11:06:57 GMT
Vocalzones rock. That’s all! In relation to the above, I have discovered if you use a mixture of thyrozets, strepsils, Vocalzone and fisherman’s friends throughout the day and then in the evening to enable you to sing at a singalong when you’ve started to loose your voice, it’s very likely that you’ll over stimulate your body and then will be unable to get any sleep. It was so worth it though! I do like how educational this board can be. In the breakfast thread I had cause to look up ebly, having never heard of it. Similarly, I had to look up Vocalzone. Given the other things you listed I suppose it was obvious really, but I read it as 'calzone' with 'vo' in front of it and must have additionally turned it into ' volcalzone' and imagined it was a calzone stuffed with chillies. For a few seconds, I actually did think a fiery hot folded pizza might reasonably be part of your throat treatment regime. I've never been able to stomach Fishermen's Friends, I always found them something akin to little bits of paving stone saturated in distilled wasabi.
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Post by Backdrifter on Nov 28, 2018 14:41:14 GMT
Can't find the old "Good Behaviour at a show" thread, but kind of the young lady in front to take her hair down when I asked at "White Teeth" last night. The front rows are not raked, and it would have meant a massive pillar in my view otherwise. Plus, I'm sure you asked politely. High hair - that's one I've never experienced. I did once have someone with a massive and bizarrely wide head in front of me, which exactly took up my view of most of the stage, resulting in scenes where characters at either side of the stage seemed to be speaking to each other through his head via his ears. As I was consequently not seeing much of the centre-stage action, I occupied my time by imagining there was a long trestle table mid-stage which would enable characters to look as though they were crawling into one ear, through his head and out the other ear. It didn't do much to alleviate my irritation, though.
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Post by lynette on Nov 28, 2018 14:58:54 GMT
There was a high hair at Ant and Cleo the other day. Thankfully not in front of me. Like a sixties beehive but narrower.
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Post by Backdrifter on Nov 28, 2018 15:14:29 GMT
There was a high hair at Ant and Cleo the other day. Thankfully not in front of me. Like a sixties beehive but narrower. Could you see if there was an annoyed person behind them? Beehive hair in a theatre, blimey. I'm now waiting for someone to come in and say they were behind a 6'7" Coldstream Guardsman, wearing his bearskin hat. And sitting on a booster cushion.
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Post by sf on Nov 28, 2018 20:19:00 GMT
I am about to help my mother set up an Amazon Echo. Your prayers and/or painkillers are appreciated.
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Post by poster J on Nov 28, 2018 20:44:18 GMT
Second time this month that I've found out a friend has cancer. Cancer sucks.
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Post by Backdrifter on Nov 29, 2018 11:21:04 GMT
Usually I can't stand children's choirs - those fluting, piping voices shrilly singing stuff like Lord of the sodding Dance or the cringe-inducing Where Have All The Flowers Gone. But earlier today, a group of primary school kids singing Silent Night in the Inverness Eastgate mall nearly made me well up. It's something that would normally make me shudder a bit and walk quickly on. Hearing their little Highland accents coming through made it more bearable.
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Post by Polly1 on Dec 3, 2018 17:43:29 GMT
I had my hair cut for the first time in nigh on 3 years today. I know, I know, not normal but I have a bit of a blind spot about salons. Head feels weird now!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2018 14:53:44 GMT
It must be December, my co-worker has decided it's time to subject the other residents (me and one other person) of our small enclosed office to her Christmas playlist whether we want to listen to it or not. I'd mind less, but the playlist in question must be called "just basically all the same boring old songs you hear in every shop every Christmas without any variation or anything interesting to jazz it up a bit". I've got my headphones on, but I'm going to lose Whamageddon in no time at this rate (unless I completely lose my hearing all together from headphone over-use, which at this point could be a blessing).
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2018 14:56:08 GMT
It must be December, my co-worker has decided it's time to subject the other residents (me and one other person) of our small enclosed office to her Christmas playlist whether we want to listen to it or not. I'd mind less, but the playlist in question must be called "just basically all the same boring old songs you hear in every shop every Christmas without any variation or anything interesting to jazz it up a bit". I've got my headphones on, but I'm going to lose Whamageddon in no time at this rate (unless I completely lose my hearing all together from headphone over-use, which at this point could be a blessing). Don't worry, only another 20 days to go!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2018 15:04:54 GMT
Actually closer to nine and a half when you take weekends and our last-ditch attempts to use up our holiday allowance for the year into account, so fingers crossed for my poor bruised ear drums! (Although, would it be unreasonable to ask her to take Last Christmas off the playlist so I stand more of a chance of surviving the nonsense seasonal game at least...?)
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Post by tysilio2 on Dec 5, 2018 16:38:09 GMT
Two bratty tweenagers at the Old Vic last night, moaning pre-show about everything. Wide-eyed, open-mouthed and giggling with delight just 2 hours later. The pure magic of great theatre. Nah, they'd just nicked your bag of Minstrels
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Post by stefy69 on Dec 6, 2018 7:38:05 GMT
I'd set aside time yesterday for Christmas card writing and lo and behold they are still sitting unopened where I placed them....
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Post by The Matthew on Dec 6, 2018 16:29:38 GMT
A few days ago I ordered a set of concave and convex lenses from Amazon. They turned up this morning, with one shattered into a myriad pieces. What sort of company sends out something as fragile as lenses with nothing to protect them from damage but a layer of paper and a tight-fitting cardboard box? A company I'm unlikely to be doing business with again, that's for sure.
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Post by stefy69 on Dec 7, 2018 7:05:45 GMT
Discovered M&S Fondant Ice topped Mince Pies ! OMG scrummy or what....!
..not quite fat free but hey it's nearly Christmas
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Post by ruby on Dec 7, 2018 12:14:57 GMT
Ben Elton is touring again! Found out at random when looking at Hugh Jackman tickets. Pre-sale on Ticketmaster was worth the extra £2 over house prices, as I won't be around when those drop. Been a manic booking morning! I've booked Hugh Jackman for myself and hannechalk, also going to get Ben Elton tickets as Christmas present for my boyfriend. Been an expensive week with Michael Ball and another trip to 42nd Street too!
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Post by TallPaul on Dec 7, 2018 13:18:34 GMT
I've booked Hugh Jackman for myself and hannechalk I didn't realise he did *that* kind of thing. Can't have come cheap. I've spent the morning individually wrapping 2,000 mince pies, almost single-handedly. 🥧🥧🥧🥧🥧🥧🥧
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Post by ruby on Dec 7, 2018 13:32:38 GMT
I've booked Hugh Jackman for myself and hannechalk I didn't realise he did *that* kind of thing. Can't have come cheap. [br A girl can dream...
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Post by TallPaul on Dec 7, 2018 13:56:04 GMT
^ The Christmas Market market is very competitive, so I'm trying a new angle this year!!!
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Post by Tibidabo on Dec 7, 2018 15:27:09 GMT
^ The Christmas Market market is very competitive, so I'm trying a new angle this year!!! Tut tut. Spelling TallPaul. It's angel.
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Post by TallPaul on Dec 7, 2018 17:23:49 GMT
Who made you the spelling monitor, Tibidabo, Angela Merkel? 😂
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Post by Tibidabo on Dec 7, 2018 17:32:39 GMT
Ha ha TallPaul ! I was just wondering what your poor old angel had done to motivate you to try a new one.
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Post by kathryn on Dec 7, 2018 18:26:39 GMT
Gosh, but I’m tired. It’s been a really manic couple of work-weeks as we try to simultaneously test, document and create a training plan for a system update and the business process changes that go with it. Training to be delivered next week in anticipation of the system changes going live the week after. Has to be done before Christmas hols as the new sales deals we are administering will kick in from 1st Jan, and obviously we basically shut down over Christmas. Would be nothing worse than new rules kicking in on 2nd Jan on everyone’s first grumpy day back in the office and people not knowing how to deal with it.
We’ve also had a (thoroughly lovely) colleague visiting us from the US office for a week and a half. Which has been very useful in a lot of ways, but as she has been sat opposite me I’ve been doing a lot of the looking after and social stuff with her. Which, don’t get me wrong, has been enjoyable - it’s just also very tiring because I haven’t had a quiet half hour for the last couple of weeks.
TGI Friday!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2018 18:39:40 GMT
I spent most of the time trying to learn music I have neglected for a choir weekend of concerts...while trying to edit a play. Suffice to say if nobody has a line that is also a line from Dominick The Donkey I will be VERY surprised.
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Post by Backdrifter on Dec 7, 2018 22:34:38 GMT
Yesterday cleaned the flat, did some xmas shopping, saw Pinter 4, had a nice dinner, then Daniel Kitson work in progress at the very cramped Bill Murray (he called me a 'process perv' - you had to be there). A long, tiring and very enjoyable day apart from the shopping bit.
Most of today was the train from London back to Inverness where I will remain mostly sedentary while shrugging off a cold.
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Post by Tibidabo on Dec 9, 2018 21:10:38 GMT
Dear Lovely People of Great Britain,
Could I politely request, should you feel the inexplicable compunction to hang 3 miles of fairy lights around your front acreage, that you refrain from using the primary colour blue? You see, I keep thinking the Old Bill have business with me when they reflect in my rearview mirror.
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Post by bellboard27 on Dec 9, 2018 21:21:30 GMT
Dear Lovely People of Great Britain, Could I politely request, should you feel the inexplicable compunction to hang 3 miles of fairy lights around your front acreage, that you refrain from using the primary colour blue? You see, I keep thinking the Old Bill have business with me when they reflect in my rearview mirror. Classic guilty conscience!
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Post by lynette on Dec 11, 2018 15:21:20 GMT
I’m in quarantine. Vomiting bug has hit part of my family with whom I was with over weekend and yesterday ( during aforesaid vomiting) so cannot now see other parts of the family or friends with young children or grandchildren in order to avoid spreading the bug. No one allowed in my home. All door handles disinfected. Time bomb ticking.......
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2018 17:32:48 GMT
It blew...much like two of my tyres.
Storytime....I got asked to do a pre-recorded interview with Radio Wales. My job very kindly let me take a long lunch to rush up there and back. So far so good. Except I get there and nobody can find or contact the producer. I sent the host (who had invited me) several texts asking...nothing. Half an hour after it should take place, we (myself and the lovely BBC team) give up, as I can at this point still get back to work on time.
Just as I'm getting to my car, the host texts back, I should have been at the production company, not the BBC (despite that being where the email said, as checked by the lovely BBC staff...that's by the by) can I still get there? Explained lunch break etc, 'oh but it'll only take 10 minutes and we're 5 minutes away' in a fluster, trying to navigate the various one way systems, and follow googlemaps...I drive over a spike speedhump the wrong way. And massacre my tyres. Two of them. A man laughs at me and doesn't help me, and I can't get it back over the bumps. Eventually I do. Not long after two lovely BBC security men come over and see if they can help, they can't as it's two tyres not one, but they are very helpful and check I'm ok. (I am, and I can ring the RAC, if they're happy for me to leave the car here for a bit, they are)
I ring the RAC, and two and a half hours, one trip to buy another tyre later, I'm home again. I'm out half a day's pay, £160 for tyres and never got to the radio show...2018 can bite me.
My only saving grace was my relatively new boss was lovely about it.
Oh and before that I sliced my thumb from tip to knuckle with an industrial staple. Ow.
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Post by lynette on Dec 11, 2018 20:01:41 GMT
O Em what a day!
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