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Post by peggs on May 6, 2020 12:49:07 GMT
Matthew no! Have you seen how fast they can go and they jump. Quite happy to wave at them over a fence and say hello. The cows you have pictured I can cope with quite happily.
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Post by clair on May 6, 2020 12:49:32 GMT
Riding a cow not for me, however if some enterprising person could come up with a good social distancing design for a load of horse drawn vehicles going into London for the commute I'd love it!
Have made the decision to stop worrying about when theatre will be back, I know it will be back at some stage which is all that really matters. Worrying won't help, getting upset over all the disappointments won't help and I keep reminding myself that as hard as it is for me to be without live performance for the foreseeable future it's far, far harder for all those working in the industry
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Post by The Matthew on May 6, 2020 13:34:22 GMT
Matthew no! Have you seen how fast they can go and they jump. That's why it would be awesome to ride a cow. Out of my way, pedestrians! Out of my way, cyclists! Out of my way, small cars and insubstantial walls!
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Post by lynette on May 6, 2020 17:09:38 GMT
Vacuum cleaner continues to work well. Then sat in garden and read, Sara Paretsky’s Dead Land.
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Post by peggs on May 6, 2020 21:04:00 GMT
Matthew I rather fear they'll rub you off against the walls assuming you can hold on Good vacuum update Lynette. I had a missed video call from my sister the other day so rang back, she answered and prompted handed my other to the teenager who propped the phone up so I could look at a wall and looked a bit blank (both elder nieces completely thrown if required to have a conversation these days) then eventually came up with 'the pig escaped' Oh dear' I said 'what it got out and went round the field?', 'no it went to the housing estate' she said...….'oh, did someone ring you and say they had your pig? I asked, 'no mummy was coming back from a cycle and saw a women trying to herd it'. And on that note, said niece upped and wandered off, leaving me wondering if my sister at this point acknowledged it was her pig or just carried on cycling. The next person to get the phone was the one year old so she was unable to elaborate any further but just woofed at me. Her two year old brother came in on the act and I asked if the pig came back, he said no but I'm not sure how reliable a witness he can be considered.
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Post by edi on May 7, 2020 16:19:39 GMT
Not a good day.
I got some ice cream as a treat. I never go to this ice cream place normally because the cones are tiny and the ice is piling out of it. I am concerned that it will fall out and I voiced my concern a few times in the past and was denied the larger cones as I wasn't ordering the big portion of ice. Anyway, I did get some today as that's the only shop open and we cannot really be choosers at lean times. Bad decision, after about 50 meters the ice cream fell out to the pavement. I was very upset, went back to the shop but was offered no replacement or anything. Won't be going back, just have to be patient that the other ice cream place with normal sized cones re-opens.
Also, my husband was told he needs to do shift work, work to 7pm every second week. This is completely new to us, we both had a 9-5 jobs for our entire working life. This means we cannot do theatre once a week and weekly training and going for a drink/meal after work things we always do. I am really very unhappy about this and under the current circumstances he won't even be able to look for another job for a while.
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Post by londonpostie on May 8, 2020 12:47:09 GMT
Completed 7 days without bread last night. Also 7 days with the lowest - natural only - possible sugar intake without joining an online cult (a little bit here and there in the occasional tomato, pasta, porridge ..).
So now the weekend is about preparing to transition into full Keto/Atkins/Low-carb mode, combined with modest amounts of naturally occurring sugars. Done my research properly, bough a shed load of baking kit and sugar substitutes.
Exercise routine is set. Everything seems to be set. The countdown begins ... fwiw, the otherside of here is a comfortable 34' waist >>>
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Post by Forrest on May 8, 2020 15:47:36 GMT
londonpostie , good luck! Personally, I am a firm believer in the idea that - in all areas of life - everything should be enjoyed in moderation, but I have a few friends who are doing the keto diet as a lifestyle and are kind of happy with it. (They all slip occasionally though: apparently, nothing can replace the occasional celebratory chocolate cake.) edi , hope today is going better! I got up this morning and realised the weather was so gorgeous so I got ready (I wore a dress - something I have not done for the past 5 weeks!) and I took a walk to Southbank and back (my watch says it was an 11km walk). It was just what I needed. I did get a bit sad walking past the National, though... I also had the most hilarious exchange with a rather handsome young man who - apparently - though the time of global pandemic and self-isolation was as good as time as any to try to get a date (that would be me!), but was not counting on encountering this socially awkward apple. It went something like this: I'm walking down Old Gloucester Street and a rather handsome (tall, sporty, black) guy walks towards me... I'm wearing big headphones, listening to music, but I notice he is trying to catch my attention and is saying something, so I take them off. He opens with: Excuse me but... You look so familiar. And I'm like: No, I don't think so... [Mind you, I am totally oblivious to the fact that he is trying to flirt with me; I thought he might ask for directions or something like this. I'm not trying to be rude, I'm actually trying to place him and am thinking if he seems familiar too, could he be a colleague from work, a neighbour...] Him: You look like someone I'd like to get to know better. [At this point I am totally baffled. I did not see that coming, at all!] So I say: Maybe not the ideal time. [Yeah, I know, cringeworthy...] Him [in a lovely, concerned tone]: Did you do a night shift, and just got off work? Are you tired? Him: Oh, COVID-19! You might be right. [He starts laughing! Of course!] [He walks away, laughing, saying I made his day.] I'm so flirty, aren't I?! :) I was laughing about this for as long as it took me to get to the National. [Jack Thorne would not have written a more suspenseful scene, casually leading to a grand finale of disappointment!] I am the uncrowned Queen of awkward social encounters!
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Post by lynette on May 8, 2020 16:25:36 GMT
Love the pig story, peggs.
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Post by peggs on May 8, 2020 19:41:48 GMT
Love the pig story, peggs. I got up an update from my sister today, the pig escape sounds quite dramatic and getting it back involved shutting off 3 roads (I say shutting but I mean sending a child to try and block the road and fortunately only one car was around), the pig getting spooked and doing a lot of speed running, the pig travelling back via the local pub garden, through the housing estate walk/play section, via another wood and finally headed back through their drive gate back down to the field and into it's stable. It has now been grounded and is in disgrace. The sheep who routinely escape but normally only round the garden and other field are looking quite smug that for once it's not them being cursed. The new extra high fence has so far managed to keep the new hens (fox frenzy happened to most of the last) in and from testing the age old question of why the chicken crossed the road which the previous lot had experimented with a lot.
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Post by londonpostie on May 8, 2020 19:57:16 GMT
@forrest If I were you I'd get ready for more of that - it's been a long, long time for young, single people in the city ..
In related news I'm half way through Normal People on the iPlayer and what a piece of work it is! Young love, and all the trimmings - not for me, I'd usually think. I have to think more about what it is that's so captivating ... also, I only twigged last night why the lead girl, or rather the posture and hair of the lead girl seemed familiar, turns out she was the daughter in the January revival of Albion at the Alemida!
So, young lust on the streets (Old Gloucester Street, at least), and on the iPlayer, and Spring is most def in the air. When the locks loosen next week goodness only knows ....
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Post by Dawnstar on May 8, 2020 21:21:14 GMT
The new extra high fence has so far managed to keep the new hens (fox frenzy happened to most of the last) in and from testing the age old question of why the chicken crossed the road which the previous lot had experimented with a lot. Did they find an answer?
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Post by The Matthew on May 9, 2020 2:29:15 GMT
testing the age old question of why the chicken crossed the road Did they find an answer? "We're descended from dinosaurs, m—f—s. We outnumber you three to one. You don't get to ask the questions."
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2020 8:06:08 GMT
The writers really should have had The Matthew come riding past the National on his cow while the young man was flirting with Forrest, leaving them both befuddled and perhaps a bit fearful. Where is their creativity this season?
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Post by Latecomer on May 9, 2020 10:02:45 GMT
The writers really should have had The Matthew come riding past the National on his cow while the young man was flirting with Forrest , leaving them both befuddled and perhaps a bit fearful. Where is their creativity this season? We should have the pig and the chickens and Peggs in there somewhere too.....
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Post by Forrest on May 9, 2020 11:18:58 GMT
@forrest If I were you I'd get ready for more of that - it's been a long, long time for young, single people in the city .. In related news I'm half way through Normal People on the iPlayer and what a piece of work it is! Young love, and all the trimmings - not for me, I'd usually think. I have to think more about what it is that's so captivating ... also, I only twigged last night why the lead girl, or rather the posture and hair of the lead girl seemed familiar, turns out she was the daughter in the January revival of Albion at the Alemida! So, young lust on the streets (Old Gloucester Street, at least), and on the iPlayer, and Spring is most def in the air. When the locks loosen next week goodness only knows .... The writers really should have had The Matthew come riding past the National on his cow while the young man was flirting with Forrest , leaving them both befuddled and perhaps a bit fearful. Where is their creativity this season? Hahahahahaha. I think someone should definitely pitch this for the stage! Does anyone have Thorne's contact? ;) The addition of the cow - and the pigs, as suggested by Latecomer - would see it instantly grow from a one-dimensional sappy love story that never was, into a proper borderline horror to attract all audiences with the potential to fill the Olivier. What's there not to like?! Re: 'Normal People' - I started watching it, and I love it too - it's a show I really wish someone had made when I was as old as the characters, but it's lovely from a more grown up perspective as well. (I was also surprised to see Daisy Edgar-Jones in it - she looked so familiar, but it took me a while to realise it was the girl from 'Albion'!) It is wonderfully written and directed, and the leading actors are terrific. The only thing I can hold agains it is that it in no way speaks about what its title implies: they both could not be further away from being normal people. She is the school's supposed ugly duckling which transforms into a swan (she is beautiful!) and is also rich and brilliant. He is the school's most popular guy. Twitter exploded with people saying how much they reflected/reminded them of their own youth, but I admittedly cannot relate: I think their story is more that what I wanted to be/have in my youth. Don't know. But it's a lovely series nevertheless.
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Post by peggs on May 9, 2020 11:19:52 GMT
I believe several possible answers presented themselves,
There was a wood with very exciting new things to eat on the other side of the road
Surprising people by suddenly jumping out at them is amusing
Pretending you can't find your way back to your home and encouraging passers by to try and catch you to help you and then running away is even more amusing
To see who wins in an encounter between car and chicken (resulted in chicken with splinted leg but clearly considered it was worth trying round two).
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Post by The Matthew on May 9, 2020 11:26:33 GMT
The writers really should have had The Matthew come riding past the National on his cow while the young man was flirting with Forrest , leaving them both befuddled and perhaps a bit fearful. Where is their creativity this season? Hahahahahaha. I think someone should definitely pitch this for the stage! Does anyone have Thorne's contact? The addition of the cow - and the pigs, as suggested by Latecomer - would see it instantly grow from a one-dimensional sappy love story that never was, into a proper borderline horror to attract all audiences with the potential to fill the Olivier. What's there not to like?! It needs to have real live animals, of course. That always works well. What could possibly go wrong?
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2020 11:37:09 GMT
With all these media stories of animals roaming cities, perhaps this is a post-pandemic remake of Into the Woods, but now it is Into the City. I wonder who has the magic beans?
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Post by TallPaul on May 9, 2020 13:36:13 GMT
I am, at this very moment, queueing outside Aldi. There are, no word of a lie, three horses in the car park - a grey one, a chestnut one and a spotty one! 🐴
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Post by peggs on May 9, 2020 13:55:37 GMT
I am, at this very moment, queueing outside Aldi. There are, no word of a lie, three horses in the car park - a grey one, a chestnut one and a spotty one! 🐴 How are they going to hold their shopping? Where do they keep their money? So many questions. If we're going live animal action suggest incorporate one year old niece for animal control, she has the most highly developed look of utter contempt and orders everything around with an imperious shout and arm wave regardless of whether it's bigger than her. Often to be found carrying long stick so will effectively self distance everyone else by poking them.
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Post by TallPaul on May 9, 2020 14:34:15 GMT
Horses put their shopping in their saddle bags, obvs. And they don't need money, they pay by con-tack-less! 🤣
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Post by showgirl on May 9, 2020 15:03:17 GMT
Having had a long, hot walk I came here to relax and unwind, only to find that GAMES (grr!) are bidding to take over the General Chat section. I've already stopped looking at Musicals and Plays because to me it's pointless while there are none (I know others feel otherwise; that's simply my view); now I might have to give up on the board altogether for the duration.
Seriously, while we're all entitled to our personal preferences, is there no-one who shares my loathing of games, puzzles, quizzes etc? Managers where I volunteer are forever telling us that they've arranged a "fun" quiz for us with a small prize as an incentive. No, it is not fun, it's infantilising and I will always do my best anyway; I don't need to be offered a supposed incentive.
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Post by Dawnstar on May 9, 2020 15:17:04 GMT
To see who wins in an encounter between car and chicken (resulted in chicken with splinted leg but clearly considered it was worth trying round two). Given the relative sizes & speeds of cars & chickens, I'd say the chicken came out of it fairly well with only a damaged leg!
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Post by The Matthew on May 9, 2020 16:25:04 GMT
Managers where I volunteer are forever telling us that they've arranged a "fun" quiz for us with a small prize as an incentive. Argh. Management-created team-building or morale-building events are the worst. It never seems to occur to them that the very fact that it's something imposed from above as a duty sucks all the enjoyment out of it. For me the fact that it's company-imposed means that it's (a) work, and (b) work that's outside my skill set and so extremely stressful.
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Post by peggs on May 9, 2020 17:18:12 GMT
To see who wins in an encounter between car and chicken (resulted in chicken with splinted leg but clearly considered it was worth trying round two). Given the relative sizes & speeds of cars & chickens, I'd say the chicken came out of it fairly well with only a damaged leg! Indeed, must have had a close shave so my sister improvised a chicken splint. The chickens are learning to run fast though as I'm sorry to say the smallest children consider chasing chicken as prime entertainment. Chickens have fought back by pecking small child foolish enough to wander in holding a biscuit.
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Post by peggs on May 9, 2020 17:23:18 GMT
For several work zoom calls management has I think in a desperate attempt to think of something to say to me, (I'm only none management on call so has no garden office etc to show off) passed comment on the SRB nt poster behind me on the wall. 😠 I wasn't laughing the first time and even less so the second.
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Post by Someone in a tree on May 9, 2020 19:22:09 GMT
Over these last few days I have tidied and rearranged various cupboards. Sorting out a lot of my partners belongings, made space for his ashes as we don't know when they can be scattered in England and Scotland. Plus I've also arranged pictures of us on various holidays into a book that will be printed and posted over the next week. It feels good to sort and tidy. Something I couldn't of faced a month ago. If anyone is looking for a good website on bereavement I can totally recommend www.whatsyourgrief.com
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Post by peggs on May 9, 2020 19:53:39 GMT
Glad this was a positive step for you @someone_in_a_tree
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Post by londonpostie on May 10, 2020 8:26:53 GMT
Possibly the last day of this altered reality so I was out on the bike before 7 this morning and got back a little after 9. Westminster, the Palace, Hyde Park, West End and all the trimmings, Covent Garden, Waterloo and points south.
Looking at the advertising on the theatre buildings for productions that will never return ... paper blowing across deserted streets, it's still so eerily like 28 Days Later. It just all stopped and the people left.
I suspect that might change by about 2pm this afternoon as the return to abnormal gets properly under way .. a fascinating morning though. Even took a little video for the memories.
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