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Post by 49thand8th on Apr 11, 2017 3:08:17 GMT
Pretty good. I was grumpy most of the weekend, but getting out of that funk and into work seemed to break the spell a bit! (Yes, I like my job and am so grateful that that's the case.)
Then tonight after dinner, had cake, leftover from a roommate's gathering with some of his friends. Red velvet!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2017 7:52:39 GMT
After having an amazing weekend, all theatre related, and bonus Monday off) Tuesday is hitting me hard. I'm consoled by the fact that due to getting a half day for Easter this Thursday I've managed to engineer a 2.5 day working week.
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Post by kathryn on Apr 11, 2017 13:08:09 GMT
I used the highly scientific 'pick by name' method... a childhood cat called Arthur is therefore to thank for my luck on this occasion! And thank you  My friend was telling me that half her family won - she's got Arthurs on both sides, they they all picked it! |
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Post by kathryn on Apr 11, 2017 13:10:07 GMT
Oops... TodayTix 24 hour sale on Glass Menagerie means my nice leisurely Easter weekend is now turning into something of a theatre break! Already had 42nd Street booked Friday evening, now GM Saturday matinee (Stalls TM green zone for £5 with code!) so spending some of my Grand National winnings on a hotel rather than shuttling back and forth. So, just something for Saturday evening now and I'm done! Wow, - a £5?! I thought I'd done well to get a ticket for £15! But I did pay for it with referral credit, so effectively free. Thanks to whoever it was who used FEARK when they signed up - I'm sure they came from the board! |
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Post by Latecomer on Apr 11, 2017 18:17:58 GMT
Stupidly happy about finding a CD "The Best of Vera Lynn" for a quid in Poundland. Also Peter Davison's autobiography for the price of a theatre programme in "The Works" next door. Join the library theatremonkey! You will save lots and still get to read all the stuff! The county where I work also buys lots of Royal Court play texts and all the RSC DVDs!!! I admit the Vera Lynn was a steal and could not be done cheaper! Happy Tuesday! |
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 11, 2017 21:06:59 GMT
Your local library sounds very much like mine @theatremonkey . I pretty much gave up using it after they had a big refusbishment about 10 years ago and in the process massivly reduced the number of books & threw out almost all fiction hardbacks, leaving only modern paperbacks that are easy to pick up in Waterstones any day. Surely one of the main points of a library should be to have books that are older & out of print & that you can't get elsewhere. And yes, I too hate the machines & swipe cards (see also Sainsburys, Tesco, Boots, etc.).
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Post by Latecomer on Apr 11, 2017 21:07:16 GMT
I am sorry for your loss theatremonkey....I feel your pain.  |
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Post by kathryn on Apr 12, 2017 7:28:59 GMT
I don't know what I would have done without the library as a kid - I was in there every weekend!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2017 7:55:41 GMT
Same- we had until very recently a small but well stocked local library around the corner from Mum's house. It closed earlier this year (but in fairness the council have kept the building as a community centre that is well used, so there's that I guess). I can't complain too much about Cardiff's central library as it seems fairly well stocked and well staffed, but that's not much use to those who don't/can't get into town regularly.
That said I do miss not having a University library card for the first time in almost a decade- mainly because it allowed me to be incredibly lazy about ordering things and barely have to detour from my office.
Anyway, my day? I'm counting today as my 'last day' before the weekend because really, tomorrow's half day doesn't actually count right?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2017 8:34:55 GMT
My most recent University is shockingly bad at most things so I doubt their alumni gives me access...I need to investigate my MA alumni (Kings London which I imagine will be more efficient) And I'm still a few months off actually signing a book contract (read, I need a kick up the arse to do the work...happy Easter weekend to me) so not yet. But God/Angels/The Devil willing someday soon.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2017 9:12:21 GMT
Update: we've had a fire drill. It doesn't get any more wild on a Wednesday than that. (I'd just made a cuppa too)
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 12, 2017 9:26:17 GMT
Update: we've had a fire drill. It doesn't get any more wild on a Wednesday than that. (I'd just made a cuppa too) Fire drills in my experience seem never to be at a convenient time. They used to be fun at night at university to see who was overnighting with whom. |
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Post by anita on Apr 12, 2017 9:32:56 GMT
I'm in my library now on one of their computers. I got Peter Davison's book from here last year. It's a good read. I was on tv last night......Way back in November I was at a recording of "Alan Davies - As Yet Untitled". I was in the front row of the audience directly behind Susan Calman. Whenever the camera was on her - there I was. Going to a recording at the London Palladium tonight. [ I bet I won't know who the so called stars are. ]
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2017 9:56:24 GMT
Update: we've had a fire drill. It doesn't get any more wild on a Wednesday than that. (I'd just made a cuppa too) Fire drills in my experience seem never to be at a convenient time. They used to be fun at night at university to see who was overnighting with whom. I'm one of the fire marshalls at my current work place, and the head of facilities likes to do fire drills without warning even us. I guess it doesn't really make a difference if we're doing it properly whether we know in advance or not, but still, it can mightily disrupt the working day. |
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Post by anita on Apr 12, 2017 10:07:07 GMT
My husband had to walk down from the 23rd floor whenever they had a fire drill. They waited for the lifts to operate again before they returned. They also had a code if it was real "Mr Sands is in the kitchen" .
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2017 10:07:24 GMT
Fire drills in my experience seem never to be at a convenient time. They used to be fun at night at university to see who was overnighting with whom. I'm one of the fire marshalls at my current work place, and the head of facilities likes to do fire drills without warning even us. I guess it doesn't really make a difference if we're doing it properly whether we know in advance or not, but still, it can mightily disrupt the working day. Yup our Marshalls don't know either. Apparently we did it in 2mins 30 so go us I guess! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2017 10:09:36 GMT
I remember at Uni during a drill, our fire marshalls berating us for not breaking the glass to access the bolts to open the external fire exit doors from a fourth floor lecture hall. Instead, everybody did the British thing and queued politely down the narrow corridors to use the usual internal exits and stairs. We don't like to make a mess or fuss in these situations, even if we will all die of smoke inhalation, of course. Actually, I take drills seriously, since 2 real fires at school. 1 was just an epic fail in the Home Ec teaching kitchen, but the other was two fourth years deliberately setting fire to a cupboard in a large prefab block with 7 classes in session. Only the fact a teacher was en-route to the loo prevented a real disaster. When I was doing a teaching placement some little darling set fire to a bin....we spent much of the morning stuck in the playground but it at least proved alarms and fire brigade could be relied on in actual emergency.
Related note: evacuation chairs are the most fun to do fire-related training on- especially if you've ever secretly wanted to throw some colleagues down the stairs*
*side note you are supposed to keep hold of the chair.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2017 10:16:27 GMT
at least proved alarms and fire brigade could be relied on in actual emergency. The bomb squad are pretty good too. Someone I knew was at a primary school that had a "deactivated hand grenade from World War 1" kindly donated many years ago by a grandfather of an old pupil. They used to hand it around all the classes each November, when teaching the children about the wars. One year, a visiting soldier took one look at the device, and realised that it was a) from Vietnam in the 1970s and b) live and likely to be unstable... Oh dear lord! I trained as a history teacher and I lived in fear of some 'helpful' Grandparent offering something similar! |
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Post by anita on Apr 12, 2017 10:16:43 GMT
Remember many moons ago when I was at primary school there was a fire drill. However all of us in the school orchestra didn't know it was just a drill as we hadn't been in assembley. When the teachers counted heads one of my class was missing. He came sauntering out , loaded with all his mates coats & bags, having "saved" them. Poor Martin - He got in trouble for that.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2017 10:29:05 GMT
I'm still a few months off actually signing a book contract When you get it in to sign, join the Society of Authors at that point, and you get free legal advice - they go through the contract and check it is "up to standard" and advise you on where it could be improved. The 15% off at Foyles, 10% off Waterstones and very cheap liability and tax insurance, plus loads of other benefits are worth it, too. I lived in fear of some 'helpful' Grandparent offering something similar If it happens, do NOT sound a fire alarm to evacuate the building. Apparently, many are at a frequency which can trigger a device. Excellent advice on both counts Monkey (eek on the fire alarm front...)
Want to help me actually sort out publishers as well because as much as my mind is willing I get a headache every time I make attempts....(maybe an unexploded bomb strategically placed would help now I think of it...)
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Post by Tibidabo on Apr 12, 2017 10:57:16 GMT
u could add to your Enid Blyton collection for just 1p per book... I think you may have got your p upside down Monkey....  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2017 12:23:07 GMT
I have two Easter eggs sitting behind me and I'm trying to resist the temptation to start eating them. Somehow it feels wrong to eat an Easter egg before the holiday has started, even though the eggs themselves don't care either way.
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Post by Dawnstar on Apr 12, 2017 12:57:40 GMT
I'm guessing many of us on here were the same, Kathryn. A happy hour on a Saturday, narrowing it down to just 4 books to take away with you and having to decide between something new and "Bobby Brewster" again... You were only allowed 4 books? When I was little I was allowed 12 books from the village library & 12 books from Cambridge central library at any one time. Later it went down to only 12 books from all libraries at any one time. I wouldn't have survived on only 4 books! |
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Post by viserys on Apr 12, 2017 13:02:35 GMT
I despair of humanity sometimes and pretty much look like my avatar at the moment.
"We consider the human body a biochemical facility whose production rate can be optimized by clever forms of biohacking" must be the worst sentence I've ever translated. All that to flog overpriced sugarpills.
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Post by kathryn on Apr 12, 2017 13:26:56 GMT
I despair of humanity sometimes and pretty much look like my avatar at the moment. "We consider the human body a biochemical facility whose production rate can be optimized by clever forms of biohacking" must be the worst sentence I've ever translated. All that to flog overpriced sugarpills. Would they know if you translated it as 'we're trying to use pseudo-scientific rubbish like 'biohacking' to flog you overpriced sugar pills'?? |
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