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Post by ensembleswings on Dec 23, 2017 22:51:38 GMT
Today I finally finished work for Christmas, at least it wasn't as busy as we'd predicted (by no means was it quiet but still, it was an improvement on yesterday!). Can't wait to have three days off for Christmas, I haven't had Christmas Eve off since I first got a job!
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Post by Dawnstar on Dec 23, 2017 23:29:02 GMT
So today we will take a photo of it down to one of those local old-fashioned 'ferreterias' (not sure what you call them in English - ironmonger? As no-one else seems to have answered this, yes, ironmonger is correct. @emicardiff Glad you survived. I did 1 Christmas in retail, in my gap year, and swore never again. I especially remember having to stay late on Christmas Eve to set up for the Boxing Day sales. I'm on the train home from London, having seen 6 Mischief Theatre shows in 2 days (1 × TCAABR & 5 x MMN) & am feeling shattered. I don't know how performers do it, if I'm so tired just from watching! Looking forward to spending a large part of the next few days in bed.
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Post by showgirl on Dec 24, 2017 6:11:18 GMT
Survived Christmas-Eve-Eve in retail. Having all assured ourselves, after the week from hell that it MUST be the worst over now. Highlights today included the drunk guy declaring 'HEMMINGWAY WAS A DRUNK WHY CAN'T I BE A DRUNK?!" to his Girlfriend who, at that point looked as if she wished he were like Hemmingway- dead. Also we repeatedly disproved the notion Brits are good at queuing "The queue actually starts that end. No that end. No over there. No over- oh forget it." But I managed it without using Warren Gatland's autobiography to prematurely end anybody's Christmas so I'm calling it a win. And if one more person asks me for Dawn French's new book (it's sold out nationwide) I will personally deliver it somewhere where the sun don't shine when it IS in stock. Well done for not losing your cool, emicardiff - and think of all the material you are gathering for your own book. Once it in turn is published and has sold out, you'll be able to console yourself with the thought that others are now dealing with that infuriating query - and all the other issues you mentioned. (Though btw, I always LOVED Xmas/New Year in retail - variously the Co-op, Boots and Tesco, as I did in my long-term job. But I seem to be the exception...)
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Post by mallardo on Dec 24, 2017 8:21:20 GMT
Survived Christmas-Eve-Eve in retail. Having all assured ourselves, after the week from hell that it MUST be the worst over now. Highlights today included the drunk guy declaring 'HEMMINGWAY WAS A DRUNK WHY CAN'T I BE A DRUNK?!" to his Girlfriend who, at that point looked as if she wished he were like Hemmingway- dead.
I laughed out loud at your Hemingway line, Em. You've earned yourself a great Christmas so please have one!
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Post by showgirl on Dec 24, 2017 15:54:39 GMT
This obligatory time off is good both for catching up and planning ahead. In between other activities this morning I managed to book my first holiday of 2018, but I want to get them all reserved, or at least mapped out, by 31 December.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2017 17:10:18 GMT
Survived Christmas-Eve-Eve in retail. Having all assured ourselves, after the week from hell that it MUST be the worst over now. Highlights today included the drunk guy declaring 'HEMMINGWAY WAS A DRUNK WHY CAN'T I BE A DRUNK?!" to his Girlfriend who, at that point looked as if she wished he were like Hemmingway- dead. Also we repeatedly disproved the notion Brits are good at queuing "The queue actually starts that end. No that end. No over there. No over- oh forget it." But I managed it without using Warren Gatland's autobiography to prematurely end anybody's Christmas so I'm calling it a win. And if one more person asks me for Dawn French's new book (it's sold out nationwide) I will personally deliver it somewhere where the sun don't shine when it IS in stock. Well done for not losing your cool, emicardiff - and think of all the material you are gathering for your own book. Once it in turn is published and has sold out, you'll be able to console yourself with the thought that others are now dealing with that infuriating query - and all the other issues you mentioned. (Though btw, I always LOVED Xmas/New Year in retail - variously the Co-op, Boots and Tesco, as I did in my long-term job. But I seem to be the exception...) I generally don't mind it, having done it a few times. And in a bookshop 90% of the time customers are lovely, sensible people. In fact in this one it was a new crop of management that actually made it a nightmare not the customers (there's been a mass exodus in the last 6 months so I hear) Anyway, that's me done! I'm starting a new admin job in January which while not what I 'really want to do' is paying the bills in a (hopefully) low stress manner while I work on as they say 'other projects'.
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Post by lynette on Dec 24, 2017 17:21:34 GMT
We have been having a Bogart and Bacall festival at home and just watched Key Largo. Good isn’t it?
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Post by TallPaul on Dec 24, 2017 17:25:17 GMT
We have been having a Bogart and Bacall festival at home So that's where @theatremonkey has disappeared to. I bet he makes a great Bacall!
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Post by kathryn on Dec 24, 2017 17:46:28 GMT
Home with the parents - just inflicted a Hamilton-101 tutorial on them via the medium of Youtube clips. That’s what they get for asking what I saw Friday night....
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2017 18:22:07 GMT
I've spent the day lounging by the pool here in Gran Canaria. It was a gorgeous 22 degrees with perfect clear skies. Being the good son that i am, I've brought mum away for Christmas. I love her to bits and she deserves it.
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Post by Polly1 on Dec 24, 2017 18:50:32 GMT
I've spent the day lounging by the pool here in Gran Canaria. It was a gorgeous 22 degrees with perfect clear skies. Being the good son that i am, I've brought mum away for Christmas. I love her to bits and she deserves it. Have you bumped into Mark Shenton yet? Maybe you are Mark Shenton (& I claim my £5). Happy holidays!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2017 17:46:25 GMT
Today I got my grubby little hands on the best late Christmas present...a book contract! Project 'Angels Book' is officially go!
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Post by Dawnstar on Dec 27, 2017 17:54:55 GMT
Congratulations @emicardiff. Will it be an expanded version of your doctorate? I'm assuming that an 'Angels Book' by you will be about Angels In America rather than a religious treatise!
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Post by ensembleswings on Dec 27, 2017 17:55:19 GMT
The joys of retail meant I was back at work today. It was such a pointless shift, next to no customers and not a lot to do. Would have been alright if I had other colleagues in who I like enough to hide in the warehouse and have a proper chat with
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2017 19:10:21 GMT
Congratulations @emicardiff . Will it be an expanded version of your doctorate? I'm assuming that an 'Angels Book' by you will be about Angels In America rather than a religious treatise! haha indeed I haven't suddenly found religion! I should be more specific! Yes, it's an expansion of that part of my Doctoral thesis. It's going to basically be 'Angels through the ages' including the Broadway production. I'm very excited to get back to working on it all again!
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Post by Dawnstar on Dec 27, 2017 20:49:05 GMT
^And also handy to be able to chalk up a Broadway trip to expenses!
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Post by Marwood on Dec 28, 2017 11:39:55 GMT
Went to see Jeff Garlin at Soho Theatre last night, front row seat. A bit daunting at first, being sat about three feet from the microphone stand, with him saying a fair bit of his act directly to me, but I can confirm that he is a top man - proceedings ended with me (and about 40 or so other people) dancing with him in the stage area, the last thing he did before leaving was tap me on the shoulder and shake my hand. I very much doubt he thought I was some icon of the London scene, more likely, 'ah look at that poor auld fella dancing about without a care in the world' (or maybe even the London version of Larry David) but I really thought that was one of the best nights out I've had in an awfully long time.
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Post by anita on Dec 29, 2017 15:14:13 GMT
Really pleased. - Have just seen that a book I've wanted for ages [ but was only available on kindle] is out next week in paperback on Amazon. It's Jeremy Sandford's "Year of the Queen: The making of the hit show Priscilla Queen of the Desert". Have just ordered it.
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Post by Tibidabo on Dec 29, 2017 18:55:02 GMT
P!ssed off. Mr Tibs seems to have left me for someone called Alexa. I don't really understand why. She's even smaller than I am, doesn't tell jokes and says "I don't know that one," to most of the questions he asks her. He also shouts at her like she's deaf and foreign and she doesn't shout back....ah.....hang on.....I may have just realised her attraction.
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Post by lynette on Dec 29, 2017 21:24:39 GMT
P!ssed off. Mr Tibs seems to have left me for someone called Alexa. I don't really understand why. She's even smaller than I am, doesn't tell jokes and says "I don't know that one," to most of the questions he asks her. He also shouts at her like she's deaf and foreign and she doesn't shout back....ah.....hang on.....I may have just realised her attraction. I'm not happy with the satnav giving directions in the car so how you could allow that woman in the house, I don’t know. Tut tut Tibbsey.
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Post by Tibidabo on Dec 31, 2017 16:39:01 GMT
So.
I should have know better than to think one jammed basin plug meant our Christmas breakages were over and done with for this year. Oh no!
This morning I went to make coffee and the Nespresso machine growled at me (en français, sans doute) and refused to produce any coffee. I put the kettle on to make some instant and, because I just knew that digging out the coffee machine receipt would inevitably determine that we bought it 365 days and 1 hour ago, I decided to have a jiggle myself and went to stick a spoon down it.
Aha! I know what you're thinking! But no, I'm not that daft. I turned up to at least 2 physics lessons at school and know all about the possibility of electrocuting myself. So I pulled the machine away from the wall in order to turn it off first. I reached for the switch.........just as the kettle reached boiling point and disgorged scalding steam across my wrist and along my hand.
It's blistering nicely and I am happily doped up on prescription painkillers. 💊💊💊💊
Have a lovely evening everyone! Feliz año nuevo!
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Post by Dawnstar on Dec 31, 2017 16:44:41 GMT
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Post by kathryn on Dec 31, 2017 18:02:26 GMT
Enforced family time over Christmas has led to everyone I was meant to be seeing tonight - including me - coming down with some form of lurgy. So no celebrations for me.
Bah humbug.
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Post by Marwood on Dec 31, 2017 19:32:03 GMT
After seeing the filming of Vic and Bob's Big Night Out in Covent Garden in June, I was a little disappointed (although more than a little bit relieved too) that I could only been seen on screen or 3 or 4 seconds when it was finally screened on Friday night on BBC 2: I had originally sat right at the back but one of the production assistants moved me to about four or five rows from the front. I had been dreading for the last six months seeing a lasting shot of my face laughing while the Stott brothers did a voiceover somewhere along the lines of 'just look at this stupid idjut' with loads of canned laughter dubbed on top, but thankfully, someone in the editing suite showed a bit of humanity and kindness at Christmas (I'm not the Elephant Man but I'm not a big fan of selfies etc.) and I can only be seen very briefly.
One silver lining, the filming took two hours or so and the final show was only half an hour, so I can say I was privy to some exclusive content (although I wouldn't like to say what was actually cut six months after filming).
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2017 20:48:43 GMT
Enforced family time over Christmas has led to everyone I was meant to be seeing tonight - including me - coming down with some form of lurgy. So no celebrations for me. Bah humbug. Bah humbug, sorry you're not well. Usually two friends and I gather in someone's living room for a low-key celebration, but we managed to all collectively cry off from various degrees of illness or just plain burnt out a bit. So we've decided to have a non-new-years evening later in the week. Meanwhile I've made it back to Cardiff relatively in one piece after a weekend in London (unlike poor Mum who managed to injure her foot in the process)
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