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Post by poster J on Jan 26, 2019 16:02:09 GMT
Decided to give Showstopper! a try this afternoon, as I’ve never seen anything like it before. Just settling in now. Had a nice little walk in St James’ Park after lunch, reckon I’ll walk over to Covent Garden after the show instead of getting the tube. Did they mention last night's show at the start? It was a more mature theme (illegal marijuana field in Mexico, drug smuggling and drag queens, broadly in the styles of Hamilton, Guys & Dolls and Avenue Q) so I'm curious how (or if!) they summarised it for the matinee audience, which presumably contained more kids!
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Post by Backdrifter on Jan 26, 2019 17:23:42 GMT
Sat in all day with the worst cold I've had for a long time, following a week recovering from flu. Leave me alone, damn viruses.
Watched the unending rain, listened to the radio, slept. And actually did have a bowl of chicken soup. Now awake and feeling worse on discovering Mrs B has got Location x 3 on, my most hated tv show ever (though it's now challenged by Escape To The Chateau). However, I'm putting up with it on the grounds she's making her legendary macaroni cheese in response to my cold-driven need for delicious stodge.
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Post by kathryn on Jan 26, 2019 19:17:55 GMT
Decided to give Showstopper! a try this afternoon, as I’ve never seen anything like it before. Just settling in now. Had a nice little walk in St James’ Park after lunch, reckon I’ll walk over to Covent Garden after the show instead of getting the tube. Did they mention last night's show at the start? It was a more mature theme (illegal marijuana field in Mexico, drug smuggling and drag queens, broadly in the styles of Hamilton, Guys & Dolls and Avenue Q) so I'm curious how (or if!) they summarised it for the matinee audience, which presumably contained more kids! Yes, they did! Grassy Ass! Our was Bare Back - set in the Australian Outback, in the style of Fame, Grease, Rocky Horror and Les Mis. They did keep it clean, though, doubtless because of the few (impeccably behaved) little ‘uns that were in the audience.
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Post by Polly1 on Jan 27, 2019 17:25:00 GMT
It seems I've been on this board for just over 3 years (I remember being one of the first to sign up) but I STILL haven't got my 5 stars! So expect a load of random posts from me in the near future:)
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Post by showgirl on Jan 28, 2019 4:51:53 GMT
Ah, but Polly1, it's quality which really counts, not quantity, don't you know.
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Post by The Matthew on Jan 28, 2019 16:04:28 GMT
I'm reading some old railway accident reports. Some of the language used is more than a little quaint, such as this account from a passenger whose train had just had an engine run into the back of it:
"On descending from the train, I inquired for the driver of the Northern and Eastern engine; I asked him his name. He told me Edward Hindley. I then told him he was a rascal."
If I was confronting the driver of a train that had just crashed into mine I might voice my irritation somewhat more emphatically than "You, sir, are a rascal".
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Post by Dawnstar on Jan 28, 2019 16:15:05 GMT
I would hazard a guess that "rascal" is one of those words that had a stronger meaning in the past than it does nowadays.
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Post by The Matthew on Jan 28, 2019 16:25:36 GMT
I wish that people on this forum would refrain from the all too common insults and say things like "You are a rascal, or perhaps a rapscallion. Heavens, you may even be a knavish scoundrel!"
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 28, 2019 16:37:29 GMT
Around the corner from my parents' house is a short street of inter-war semis. When they first arrived in the early 1960s, it was called Rake Road. The residents then campaigned, succesfully, to have the name changed, as it was considered too scandalous.
So a name that was acceptable in the 30s wasn't acceptable by the swinging 60s!
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Post by londonmzfitz on Jan 28, 2019 17:40:18 GMT
Wrote to the local Lycee (NW London) today after festering on big white lad body slamming little black kid to the floor at the tube station last Thursday morning. Told they'll deal with it. I said to the white kid "You f*ck*r" after fronting him; I feel duly chastised and I shall now look up the french equivalent of rascal.
In other news, I didn't participate in the RSPB birdwatch weekend ... apart from the two yes two robins I found in my dining room (it was a nice morning, I'd left the kitchen door open for the dog to wander in/out at will). One robin flew off into the study so I've got two in different rooms now. Shut dog in living room, open all doors and windows I can find keys for. One robin has bob bobbed off into the kitchen and, with me displaying the open door by throwing bird seed out, left reluctantly, being shoo-ed gently by a small brush on a long pole. The other one, I presumed, had left by the front door as he'd last been seen sitting on the coat rack. Walked the dog, came home, had a late breakfast. Went to change the bed linen and there he was in the blooming bedroom. Unless there were three ...
*Sounds like I live in a mansion with all those rooms! It's a little semi, honest.
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Post by Backdrifter on Jan 28, 2019 18:38:38 GMT
Sat on a train for 8 hours. I was meant to, it wasn't delayed or anything (Inverness to London). Muttered irritably to self about the heavy cold I had over the weekend that abated, but has now apparently come back or made way for another one. I've been quite lucky with colds so maybe the cold viruses of the world are now ganging up on me.
Now at London flat in no mood to cook anything so heading out for a Chinese takeaway that WILL include chicken soup.
Calling my mum and watching a few Veeps will then follow before bed.
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Post by Dawnstar on Jan 28, 2019 19:50:32 GMT
I wish that people on this forum would refrain from the all too common insults and say things like "You are a rascal, or perhaps a rapscallion. Heavens, you may even be a knavish scoundrel!" I wish cad/bounder (vary depending on social class of insultee) were still in fashion.
I'm trying to work out how to use Instagram. It's not going very well, especially as I've discovered it doesn't allow any capitals in usernames so I'm going to be hacked off every time I have to look at my own username.
ETA: So the Instagram help site say "You can't take or upload photos from a desktop computer." Seriously? Someone has designed a major social media platform that you can only post to from a smartphone? Why??? I never view videos on my phone because it uses too much of my small data allowance. So in order to use Instragram I'm going to have to view much of the content on my laptop, yet I can only post my own content on there - if I ever want to - from a phone. This is crazy!
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Post by Backdrifter on Jan 28, 2019 21:18:45 GMT
I wish cad/bounder (vary depending on social class of insultee) were still in fashion. - which would enable classic retorts such as "Cad, sir? Bounder, sir? Why, you'll pay for that impudence before this day is through."
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2019 10:04:53 GMT
We've been forecast very heavy snow this week so I've spent the last couple of days working my backside off to get as far ahead of the game as possible just in case the office was closed or reduced to a skeleton staff today. As you've probably guessed, the promised snow has not come to pass (just a light sprinkling and some icy pavements), and because of my own efficiency, I don't really have much to do today. 5 o'clock feels a VERY long way off...
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Post by michalnowicki on Jan 30, 2019 14:53:45 GMT
Big day yesterday - my partner and I both received our British Citizenship. Only took us 6.5 years and "a lot of money" to get it, but it feels good, that we will finally be able to vote in general elections, etc.
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 30, 2019 20:27:34 GMT
Popped into the National Gallery to have a gander of The Monarch of the Glen before it returns north of the border.
I love the fact that this most Scottish of images was actually painted in St John's Wood.
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Post by daisy24601 on Jan 30, 2019 23:30:48 GMT
Went to see Mary Queen of Scots, not as good as I'd hoped. Rather dull and slow in fact.
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Post by 49thand8th on Jan 30, 2019 23:38:16 GMT
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Post by musicallady on Jan 31, 2019 17:29:29 GMT
Bored. Week one of a 4 week sick period with a fractured ankle. I have this moon boot on for another 3 weeks. Listening to all my vinyl cast recordings and some “other” cast recordings.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Jan 31, 2019 17:42:07 GMT
I clicked the "heart" button. If there was an EEEEKKKKK button I'd have clicked that.
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Post by Tibidabo on Feb 1, 2019 7:43:14 GMT
At the risk of being called a wimpy southerner, may I just express how much I love snow days.❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️☃️
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Post by The Matthew on Feb 1, 2019 8:14:42 GMT
It's finally snowed here, after dire warnings on Tuesday that ended up as light drizzle.
I adore the look of snow but not the cold wetness of it. It's a whole lot more enjoyable when you know you don't have to go out in it.
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Post by showgirl on Feb 1, 2019 9:17:59 GMT
I am SO lucky that my post-op check-up was yesterday, not today, as the snow is worse in the area where the hospital is, so I might've been unable to get there (or back!) & I was desperate to have the beastly bandage removed. So other than hoping people are OK, I don't care what the snow does today.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2019 10:05:22 GMT
Snow here too! The dog we have staying loves it, but on his terms...as in he loves to walk in it but isn't mad keen on being kicked out the garden first thing against his will haha. I know the feeling. Lucky for me it's a 'work from home/freelance' day and I've just cancelled a coffee catch up with a friend so we can both enjoy a freelancer 'snow day' (is that much different to a normal freelancer day?!)
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Post by ensembleswings on Feb 1, 2019 10:15:44 GMT
I hate the snow. It’s lovely if I don’t have to leave the house but otherwise I can’t stand it. Braved the drive into work this morning, dreading the drive home it hasn’t stopped snowing since 8pm last night and it just seems to be getting heavier if anything.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2019 10:19:27 GMT
FINALLY all my frantic snow prep work has paid off! A grand total of eight of us (out of 60+) have made it into the office today, so I think we've established which employees live within easy walking distance. I am hoping the buses will be out and about later though, 'cos I've got a helluva hill to get up to get home...
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Post by daisy24601 on Feb 1, 2019 10:39:30 GMT
I love snow but hate how London grinds to a halt because of the tiniest bit.
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Post by poster J on Feb 1, 2019 10:45:12 GMT
I love snow but hate how London grinds to a halt because of the tiniest bit. London is working perfectly well today! Although that may be partly because of the sheer number of people who haven't bothered coming in to the office...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2019 10:55:33 GMT
Does London grind to a halt? We had some fairly vicious snow last week outside the M25, but when I went into London that evening (okay, afternoon, I wanted to get there before the snow stopped the trains) it was scarcely even drizzling. I think there's just too many people and vehicles for snow to really be much more than a slippery nuisance once you get central.
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Post by daisy24601 on Feb 1, 2019 11:22:51 GMT
Last year it did lay quite a lot and the amount of train cancellations was unreal. I remember being in central London and there was hardly anyone around (compared to normal) and those who were were walking around very cautiously while I was stomping along like normal. Notice the country girl!
Edit: When I went to bed last night there was a nice blanket of snow, just opened my curtains expecting to see it and there's nothing but rain!
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