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Post by viserys on Nov 4, 2017 13:18:19 GMT
Meh. I got a mail from Ticketmaster France that Priscilla in Nice has been cancelled. Not sure if only my performance is affected, the complete tour stop in Nice or the whole tour. Can't be bothered to find out. I am not -too- upset since I've been meaning to return to the Côte d'Azur for years, so I'll just go ahead with the flight and hotel we booked. But still, meh. I had been looking forward to it.
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Post by Dawnstar on Nov 4, 2017 22:13:45 GMT
Thanks to a cancelled train I'm on course to get home about 11.30pm. This has got to be a record for seeing a matinee!
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Post by Tibidabo on Nov 4, 2017 22:23:06 GMT
I broke the handle on my filing cabinet, and super-glued my fingers to said handle And when you turned up at A&E the woman on the desk told you to hold on..... I'll get me coat.
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Post by showgirl on Nov 5, 2017 5:39:59 GMT
Not a great week for film and theatre last week: one tedious and over-long film and a so-so musical and new play on my first trip and no time for a film due to an early matinee, an OK new play (but in a promising new venue, the Bridge) and disappointing adaptation yesterday, which culminated in a long, slow, multi-stage journey home due to rail engineering work and delays. Plus, after weeks of milder weather (down south at least), it was so damn cold yesterday that I didn't really even want to be out, but will have to acclimatise rapidly if I'm to enjoy what I have booked for the next few months. Hence I'm happy to draw a line and hope this week's visits prove more rewarding...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2017 12:16:46 GMT
Dog sitting guest for the weekend went home early which means a rare Sunday without a pooch. But also means both Mum and I can go out together without a furry friend in tow! (Regular readers of dog-sitting adventures will be pleased to know 'The Piggies' return tomorrow)
Meanwhile it's Sunday and I actually got changed out of gym clothes to have a skype meeting. For which I will now be found having mild writer-ly freakouts about deadlines....it's fine, it's fine...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2017 19:34:32 GMT
I'm a bit bothered because I ran over a pheasant on the A43 this afternoon. I do a lot of driving on single track roads so I'm used to pheasants wandering aimlessly all over the road, and that behaviour is understandable when they only see one car every five minutes. But what would possess one to see a busy dual carriageway and think "Why fly over this when I can just run out into the traffic?"
The average stone is smarter than a pheasant.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2017 20:27:08 GMT
Day got off to a flying stop when I broke the handle on my filing cabinet, and super-glued my fingers to said handle attempting the repair. Moral of the story: if you are not a morning person, leave DIY tasks until later in the day when you are less of a liability with the glue tube. Would it be salacious to remind you that any form of DIY is unwise after you’ve handled superglue?
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Post by Tibidabo on Nov 5, 2017 20:48:30 GMT
Waggy Tibs is terrified of fireworks and so she curls up in her corner in the kitchen and we put a blanket over her, with just one nostril visible.
Trouble is, she's also terrified of the extractor fan..... and one of the cupboards that makes a hideous noise on opening. (Never been fixed as Mr Tibs does not belong to the Hang-Tight Monkey School of DIY.)
Waggles stayed stock still under her blanket throughout fireworks, extractor fan on full blast and screeching cupboard, not even coming up for air. And then.....
And then I sneezed.
Well. Off she shot, completely blind with the blanket covering her eyes, to behind the armchair where she now won't come out even for mango. And I've just made things worse by yelling at Shirley on Strictly. The F word seems to have really upset her too.....
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2017 21:05:02 GMT
I recently read an article on pheasants that reckons the main problem is that they are bred as game rather than being left to occur naturally in the wild, so somehow as a consequence they simply don't have the nous not to get run down. It always sucks to accidentally hit an animal. I used to live out in the countryside proper, and rabbits were a constant issue for me. :/
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2017 21:35:11 GMT
Well our Piggies (French Bulldog and English Bulldog) arrived....just as fireworks display across the road started. It's been a long few hours.
Also our oven broke. Which is unrelated but also stressful.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2017 21:36:51 GMT
I think I might have read the same article on pheasants. I remember there were loads of comments along the lines of "They're still smarter than {group the commenter dislikes}".
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Post by lynette on Nov 5, 2017 22:47:11 GMT
Done the fireworks. (great deal from Waitrose by the way) Quite a lot of little displays from the gardens round here. . Lots of ohs and ahs and squeals and that was just me. Then a little serious think and chat about what the fireworks commemorate .....
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2017 6:01:01 GMT
Don't you hate it when you're half awake and get out a tea bag and it's not until half the kitchen looks like it's been invaded by ants that you notice it has a hole in it?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2017 9:20:04 GMT
Would it be salacious to remind you that any form of DIY is unwise after you’ve handled superglue? NOW he tells me. Though out of interest, how did YOU find that one out? Erm... I can't actually remember... I think I was trying to mend the hoover but I definitely come unstuck...
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Post by Tibidabo on Nov 6, 2017 14:21:15 GMT
Actually, she shook my hand and we bonded... ... something else the doc had to sort out... I'll share the taxi Tibidabo. Happy to share Monkey, but no more tacky jokes eh?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2017 14:28:35 GMT
Don't you hate it when you're half awake and get out a tea bag and it's not until half the kitchen looks like it's been invaded by ants that you notice it has a hole in it? I wouldn't know. The only time I ever go into the kitchen is to shout at the help if they didn't get my supper right.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2017 18:28:48 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2017 18:45:20 GMT
I remember Gum, with the rubber spreader.
Also Copydex, which smelt of fish and was used to coat things until it went clear and you could peel it off as a slightly disturbing skin. Occasionally it was used to stick things together as well.
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Post by Tibidabo on Nov 6, 2017 19:02:20 GMT
Gum? Remember that from school days?! Nope. I'm a Pritt Stick girl. *drink* Did you keep that next to your pencil dip or inside your inkwell Caiaphy?
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Post by Tibidabo on Nov 6, 2017 19:35:12 GMT
Don't worry Tibidabo, I'll stick to the old stuff. That's good to hear. We wouldn't want you to become unhinged.
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Post by stefy69 on Nov 7, 2017 6:56:03 GMT
Don't worry Tibidabo, I'll stick to the old stuff. That's good to hear. We wouldn't want you to become unhinged. ...or unstuck !
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Post by Marwood on Nov 7, 2017 11:40:39 GMT
Managed to nab tickets for the preview of the new League Of Gentlemen at the BFI next month - must be popular, it sold out within 5 minutes of going on sale (I usually miss out on things like this when they go on sale, hence missing out on Scorcese and Jodie Foster in recent months). Not sure if they've made more than one episode, its got a running time of 30 minutes on the BFI website but there is a Q&A with the whole cast after. I'm feeling petty chuffed, but I'm trying to ignore the fact I've still got another 3 1/2 days until the weekend gets here...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2017 12:13:56 GMT
At the checkout in Tescos today one of those (empty) basket stands was right in the way of my trolley so I moved it under the conveyor with my foot. Rather skilfully I thought, and clearly impressive to the nice check-out lady who joked with the old couple she was still serving, “ Look out, we’ve got a vandal here!” We all laughed, politely, and the old man chipped in with, “I don't know, the youth of today!” And we all laughed again but especially me because I can be called many thing but “youth” isn’t one of them! So I said, “You can be my new best friend!” He laughed and then did one of those ‘Ooh, ducky! gestures’ from the 70s. I was rather taken aback, and I felt embarrassed, more for him really as he clearly had no idea whatsoever that I am gay. And it really isn’t a secret, I will admit... I just laughed to be polite. When he’d gone, the nice check-out lady and I chatted about it and she told me all about her gay granddaughter. I’m still not sure whether I should have said something nicely to him...
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Post by Tibidabo on Nov 7, 2017 14:38:33 GMT
Is someone trying to frame me? Nah, we're just keeping you in the picture.
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Post by lynette on Nov 7, 2017 18:32:58 GMT
Dentist
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