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Post by lynette on Apr 27, 2020 12:14:36 GMT
This may sound really silly, maybe it is, but I took my summer clothes out of storage boxes and hung them in my closet today (and washed the winter ones, to put those away), and the idea of wearing some of the lovely dresses I own really brightened my mood! Who knows when and where, though... Yes, I did a wardrobe re edit. I won’t be wearing the lovely sweaters now for ages.. sadness. But the bright Ts are ready to go. And shoes!!!!
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Post by TallPaul on Apr 27, 2020 12:14:57 GMT
I'm not sure I know how to break this to you, The Matthew, but I'm afraid you've been misinformed. You don't actually need a Gas Safe engineer to install hi-fi equipment! 🙂
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Post by peggysue on Apr 27, 2020 13:56:13 GMT
peggs and theatreian , you're so sweet, both of you. I promise I don't slouch around in PJs - I do get dressed for work every morning, especially as the nature of my job calls for many meetings - but it will, admittedly, usually be jeans and a T-shirt rather than a dress. I spend my days hunched over a laptop, and I share a flat with 3 other people with no living room, so somehow it makes little sense to wear something really lovely just for a walk to heat up my lunch during the 'break' (whatever that even is when you are working from home). But I do occasionally make more of an effort when I go to the shops, or for a long walk, just for the sake of it. However, the crisp shirts and the long, layered tulle dresses and glitter shoes will have to wait for when the theatres reopen. (Yes, I occasionally choose to go as a princess! On other days I'll go to the theatre in my Docs and jeans, depending on the mood. Maybe it's the fun of choosing and deciding that I really miss.) I do find it fascinating how liberating I've been finding life without make-up, though. I'm not very high maintenance as is, but truth be told I don't miss the foundation and concealer routine. (I do sometimes add a touch of lipstick for the Tesco-trip, though - just for the fun of it, when I'm in a colourful mood.) peggysue , I am not that old (or so I choose to believe) but I vinyl! The last ex and I started a little collection, and when we broke up he took the record player and we divided the records (it was a fair division, and I got to keep most of my favourites!). I made a decision to re-start the habit of purchasing vinyls just a few months before I found out I was moving to England, so that didn't last long (my small collection is now with my parents, who have zero interest in records, or music). But as soon as I settle somewhere on a more long-term, more-space basis, I plan on restarting that hobby.
Feel free to share the duds list, I always find those fun! (Mine are on CDs mostly, due to the time when they were purchased... But my twin sister and I sure made some strange choices that now make me question why on earth we'd spend money on those!) Here goes with my duds list (all singles - would be surprised if you had heard of most of them) Banana Rock - The Wombles Whispering Grass - Don Estelle & Windsor Davies If - Yin & Yan Python on Song - Monty Python Only Women Bleed - Julie Covington Windmills of Your Mind - Noel Harrison Only Loving Does It - Guys 'N' Dolls Still the One - Child Shooting Star - Dollar Dance Away - Roxy Music I Was Made for Dancing - Leif Garrett Capstick Comes Home - Tony Capstick Everyday Hurts - Sad Cafe Point of View - Matumbi Someone's Looking at You - Boomtown Rats Ca Plane Pour Moi - Plastic Bertrand
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Post by Forrest on Apr 27, 2020 15:45:53 GMT
peggysue, I'm definitely not going to surprise you, I've never heard of most of these! :)
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Post by tysilio2 on Apr 27, 2020 15:54:17 GMT
peggs and theatreian , you're so sweet, both of you. I promise I don't slouch around in PJs - I do get dressed for work every morning, especially as the nature of my job calls for many meetings - but it will, admittedly, usually be jeans and a T-shirt rather than a dress. I spend my days hunched over a laptop, and I share a flat with 3 other people with no living room, so somehow it makes little sense to wear something really lovely just for a walk to heat up my lunch during the 'break' (whatever that even is when you are working from home). But I do occasionally make more of an effort when I go to the shops, or for a long walk, just for the sake of it. However, the crisp shirts and the long, layered tulle dresses and glitter shoes will have to wait for when the theatres reopen. (Yes, I occasionally choose to go as a princess! On other days I'll go to the theatre in my Docs and jeans, depending on the mood. Maybe it's the fun of choosing and deciding that I really miss.) I do find it fascinating how liberating I've been finding life without make-up, though. I'm not very high maintenance as is, but truth be told I don't miss the foundation and concealer routine. (I do sometimes add a touch of lipstick for the Tesco-trip, though - just for the fun of it, when I'm in a colourful mood.) peggysue , I am not that old (or so I choose to believe) but I vinyl! The last ex and I started a little collection, and when we broke up he took the record player and we divided the records (it was a fair division, and I got to keep most of my favourites!). I made a decision to re-start the habit of purchasing vinyls just a few months before I found out I was moving to England, so that didn't last long (my small collection is now with my parents, who have zero interest in records, or music). But as soon as I settle somewhere on a more long-term, more-space basis, I plan on restarting that hobby.
Feel free to share the duds list, I always find those fun! (Mine are on CDs mostly, due to the time when they were purchased... But my twin sister and I sure made some strange choices that now make me question why on earth we'd spend money on those!) Here goes with my duds list (all singles - would be surprised if you had heard of most of them) Banana Rock - The Wombles Whispering Grass - Don Estelle & Windsor Davies If - Yin & Yan Python on Song - Monty Python Only Women Bleed - Julie Covington Windmills of Your Mind - Noel Harrison Only Loving Does It - Guys 'N' Dolls Still the One - Child Shooting Star - Dollar Dance Away - Roxy Music I Was Made for Dancing - Leif Garrett Capstick Comes Home - Tony Capstick Everyday Hurts - Sad Cafe Point of View - Matumbi Someone's Looking at You - Boomtown Rats Ca Plane Pour Moi - Plastic Bertrand God I'm a teenager all over again!! Loved Only Women Bleed, Dance Away, Every Day Hurts and the Rats one. Interesting (??) fact. Sad Cafe's album was called Facades, an anagram of their name (yes I do remember that from however many years ago it was!)
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Post by The Matthew on Apr 27, 2020 17:03:52 GMT
I'm not sure I know how to break this to you, The Matthew , but I'm afraid you've been misinformed. You don't actually need a Gas Safe engineer to install hi-fi equipment! 🙂 Why not? Whenever the volume gets high the flames shooting out the top are awesome!
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Post by TallPaul on Apr 27, 2020 17:22:06 GMT
You've got Capstick Comes Home on vinyl, peggysue? I'm not even sure BBC Radio Sheffield still has a physical copy, despite him being a presenter for decades! It's most definitely not considered a 'dud' around these parts, and is regularly mentioned on phone-ins on listeners favourite records.
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Post by The Matthew on Apr 27, 2020 17:43:12 GMT
I have "Capstick Comes Home" too.
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Post by peggysue on Apr 27, 2020 18:08:31 GMT
You've got Capstick Comes Home on vinyl, peggysue? I'm not even sure BBC Radio Sheffield still has a physical copy, despite him being a presenter for decades! It's most definitely not considered a 'dud' around these parts, and is regularly mentioned on phone-ins on listeners favourite records. Maybe it was The Matthew phoning in? 😉
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Post by clair on Apr 28, 2020 8:19:41 GMT
Going through my vinyl collection is on the list at some point. I love vinyl and some of the things I have simply are not available on cd/streaming such as the five later Kids From Fame albums all of which I play regularly!
Feeling pleased with myself as I'm already back from the monthly shop at Asda with food put away, everything on the list actually ticked off and no queue at all - it really is the little things right now that make a difference as I loathe shopping ay any time so the speed and ease today has made the day start well
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Post by danb on Apr 28, 2020 8:41:58 GMT
Here goes with my duds list (all singles - would be surprised if you had heard of most of them) Banana Rock - The Wombles Whispering Grass - Don Estelle & Windsor Davies If - Yin & Yan Python on Song - Monty Python Only Women Bleed - Julie Covington Windmills of Your Mind - Noel Harrison Only Loving Does It - Guys 'N' Dolls Still the One - Child Shooting Star - Dollar Dance Away - Roxy Music I Was Made for Dancing - Leif Garrett Capstick Comes Home - Tony Capstick Everyday Hurts - Sad Cafe Point of View - Matumbi Someone's Looking at You - Boomtown Rats Ca Plane Pour Moi - Plastic Bertrand God I'm a teenager all over again!! Loved Only Women Bleed, Dance Away, Every Day Hurts and the Rats one. Interesting (??) fact. Sad Cafe's album was called Facades, an anagram of their name (yes I do remember that from however many years ago it was!) A lad in my class at school’s Dad was in Sad Cafe at the time of ‘Everyday Hurts’. It was quite exciting.
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Post by alece10 on Apr 28, 2020 9:44:04 GMT
This will probably only be spreading a bit of happiness if you are an animal lover. 2 colleagues came into my office yesterday to ask if I had a box as they had found 2 kittens abandoned up the road next to a very busy dual carriageway. They asked what was best to do with them and I told them I had a number for a cat sanctuary as I had been looking after stray cats recently and the charity had helped. Anyway a little bit later they came back with the box with not 2 but 3 kittens. They were all healthy and absolutely adorable. Definately not feral cats as they were quite comfortable with humans so we believe someone had dumped them there. The colleagues were making a big fuss of them, took the number of the charity and went off to their office with the kittens. Something made me think that they wouldn't end up in the sanctuary. Anyway about an hour later I want up to their office. No kittens and the colleagues not there either. When I asked about the kittens I was told they had already been adopted by the colleagues. 2 going to Suffolk and the third to Essex. I had a feeling that they couldn't resist them but it made me so happy that they were now going to have great lives. I had even decided to take one if need be but that wasnt necessary. So it was a lovely end to the day.
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Post by tysilio2 on Apr 28, 2020 11:46:15 GMT
This will probably only be spreading a bit of happiness if you are an animal lover. 2 colleagues came into my office yesterday to ask if I had a box as they had found 2 kittens abandoned up the road next to a very busy dual carriageway. They asked what was best to do with them and I told them I had a number for a cat sanctuary as I had been looking after stray cats recently and the charity had helped. Anyway a little bit later they came back with the box with not 2 but 3 kittens. They were all healthy and absolutely adorable. Definately not feral cats as they were quite comfortable with humans so we believe someone had dumped them there. The colleagues were making a big fuss of them, took the number of the charity and went off to their office with the kittens. Something made me think that they wouldn't end up in the sanctuary. Anyway about an hour later I want up to their office. No kittens and the colleagues not there either. When I asked about the kittens I was told they had already been adopted by the colleagues. 2 going to Suffolk and the third to Essex. I had a feeling that they couldn't resist them but it made me so happy that they were now going to have great lives. I had even decided to take one if need be but that wasnt necessary. So it was a lovely end to the day. As someone who has 3 rescue dogs, this has made my day!
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Post by david on Apr 28, 2020 12:11:56 GMT
This will probably only be spreading a bit of happiness if you are an animal lover. 2 colleagues came into my office yesterday to ask if I had a box as they had found 2 kittens abandoned up the road next to a very busy dual carriageway. They asked what was best to do with them and I told them I had a number for a cat sanctuary as I had been looking after stray cats recently and the charity had helped. Anyway a little bit later they came back with the box with not 2 but 3 kittens. They were all healthy and absolutely adorable. Definately not feral cats as they were quite comfortable with humans so we believe someone had dumped them there. The colleagues were making a big fuss of them, took the number of the charity and went off to their office with the kittens. Something made me think that they wouldn't end up in the sanctuary. Anyway about an hour later I want up to their office. No kittens and the colleagues not there either. When I asked about the kittens I was told they had already been adopted by the colleagues. 2 going to Suffolk and the third to Essex. I had a feeling that they couldn't resist them but it made me so happy that they were now going to have great lives. I had even decided to take one if need be but that wasnt necessary. So it was a lovely end to the day. It’s the purr-fect ending to a really lovely story.
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Post by intoanewlife on Apr 28, 2020 16:21:17 GMT
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Post by david on Apr 29, 2020 22:14:19 GMT
I was sent this YT video from my cousin today -
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Post by clair on Apr 30, 2020 5:25:46 GMT
One of my friends in in that video, so much fun to watch!
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Post by clair on Apr 30, 2020 10:28:55 GMT
Just managed to get something off ebay that I've been wanting for years for a really good price - can't wait for it to arrive now
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Post by alece10 on May 1, 2020 19:56:38 GMT
My hair is getting I to a right state so thought I'd look online for some clippers. Of course the ones that looked the easiest to use are not available anywhere so decided to just turn into an old tramp. However now everytime I go Fecebook, Instagram and even on here I am bombarded with ads for hair clippers. If that isnt bad enough half of the ads are for dog clippers. So now I'm being called a dog?
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Post by theatreian on May 2, 2020 17:06:25 GMT
What a great picture:
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Post by theatreian on May 4, 2020 15:27:09 GMT
Another funny video sent to me by my sister. It's a bit long, though only 5 mins but his voice!!
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Post by clair on May 4, 2020 15:43:33 GMT
Have received two parcel deliveries today - as I've not ordered anything I'mm assuming that they are birthday gifts from friends so keeping them aside. Just so lovely that with all that's going on they've taken the time and trouble to care and send them
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Post by Someone in a tree on May 6, 2020 9:33:09 GMT
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Post by Someone in a tree on May 8, 2020 8:50:48 GMT
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Post by theatreian on May 8, 2020 9:13:17 GMT
Well I would rather eat them! What a waste!
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Post by olliebean on May 8, 2020 9:18:39 GMT
Still more common sense than Iain Duncan Smith.
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Post by Someone in a tree on May 8, 2020 9:32:43 GMT
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Post by clair on May 8, 2020 11:42:40 GMT
That tweet made me laugh so much yesterday - the reply this morning along the lines of if that's at 2m social distancing then share they guy's mobile number sent my tea all over the place!
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Post by talkingheads on May 8, 2020 12:41:02 GMT
Now here's a lovely clip, particularly apposite on V.E. Day. Vera Lynn introducing the legendary Patton Brothers doing their comedy and tap act. Entertainers through and through, I met them both when they were doing The Chuckle Brothers tours and they were lovely, chatted and joked for ages. They really don't have all round entertainers of this calibre anymore.
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Post by Someone in a tree on May 9, 2020 6:05:40 GMT
Really lovley
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