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Post by Jon on Jul 29, 2019 10:43:31 GMT
Was re-united with a VERY old friend yesterday. One I'd not seen in about 25 years or so... "Blue Peter." Just was channel hopping to kill a bit of time while cooking, and it happened to be on. All I can say is, I was amazed how high-quality it remains. As good as "back in my day." The film adventure up Blackpool Tower was pure Noakes, some good double-entendres, endearingly nerdy competition winner of a really good prize (visit to Lego HQ and get your drawing made into a toy), studio with circus performers. Oh, and Lindsey Russell is every bit as appealing as Lesley and Caron - the reason British Industry used to close early on Mondays and Thursdays. I thought the programme had been written off, but it is still one of the best things on the BBC on this evidence, I'd say. I remember watching the anniversary special of Blue Peter a while ago and they've managed to get the show back to its roots but update it for modern audiences.
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 29, 2019 15:02:21 GMT
There's a stall in the market selling 'wild' pigeons for £1 a bird.
They weren't wild when they were shot, they were absolutely livid! (One for the older members.)
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Post by dontdreamit on Jul 29, 2019 20:14:56 GMT
Off work today. Took children to soft play- forgot what a hell on earth soft play in the holidays was.
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Post by lynette on Jul 30, 2019 10:12:16 GMT
You need earplugs
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Post by dontdreamit on Jul 30, 2019 12:00:35 GMT
Took children to soft play- forgot what a hell on earth soft play in the holidays was. I think you are supposed to just stand at the side and watch, dontdreamit. Between other parents trying to steal the chairs from our table, other children trying to swipe the slushes off the table whilst my two were playing, and people barging me every time they went past where I was sat, the actual soft pay itself was the least of my worries!
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 30, 2019 12:06:52 GMT
^Did they go on about their evening classes TallPaul ? Please forgive my lack of manners, TM. How is your Uncle Gerald?
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Post by d'James on Jul 31, 2019 14:08:29 GMT
Just managed to fall up the marble stairs in my flat. I’ve got a lump on my shin that wasn’t there before. I’m feeling a bit sorry for myself now haha.
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Post by peggs on Jul 31, 2019 17:49:24 GMT
One of the previously mentioned baby spiders did abseil into bed with me the other day. Came back today to find webs running from the ceiling to my duvet. 🤔
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Post by Dawnstar on Jul 31, 2019 19:34:05 GMT
My laptop took about 2 hours to do updates this evening. Has anyone else running Windows 10 had this recently? Usually it's only a few minutes.
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Post by d'James on Jul 31, 2019 21:47:32 GMT
Just managed to fall up the marble stairs in my flat. I’ve got a lump on my shin that wasn’t there before. I’m feeling a bit sorry for myself now haha Nasty, d'James. Heal soon... and have you considered losing your marbles? If only I could haha.
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Post by david on Jul 31, 2019 22:14:12 GMT
My laptop took about 2 hours to do updates this evening. Has anyone else running Windows 10 had this recently? Usually it's only a few minutes. I had a similar issue a few weeks ago. Stupidly, I decided it would be a good idea to do the update at 10pm thinking it wouldn’t take long. It was gone midnight by the time the update was completed. It took so long as it has got a lot of new stuff for the windows 10 software.
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Post by david on Aug 1, 2019 7:10:00 GMT
Happy Yorkshire day!
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Post by Dawnstar on Aug 1, 2019 17:57:31 GMT
My laptop took about 2 hours to do updates this evening. Has anyone else running Windows 10 had this recently? Usually it's only a few minutes. I had a similar issue a few weeks ago. Stupidly, I decided it would be a good idea to do the update at 10pm thinking it wouldn’t take long. It was gone midnight by the time the update was completed. It took so long as it has got a lot of new stuff for the windows 10 software. I'm glad it's not just my computer then. At least mine started about 5pm so I wasn't waiting around for it late at night although at one point, when it had taken over an hour to get to 30%, I was beginning to wonder if it was going to take all night! Fortunately it then did 30%-60% relatively quickly before crawling through the last lot of percentages.
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Post by peggs on Aug 1, 2019 18:07:15 GMT
Thanks for tip off re windows updates.
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Post by TallPaul on Aug 2, 2019 13:23:47 GMT
As I was walking into the city centre this morning, there was a man with a net of onions under one arm, and a cockatoo perched on the other, as you do.
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Post by Tibidabo on Aug 2, 2019 13:33:01 GMT
there was a man with a net of onions under one arm, and a cockatoo perched on the other How very peckuliar.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2019 15:44:59 GMT
Haircut. Go-to guy on holiday so tried somewhere else. Bad reception at one so onto an old haunt. Halfway through the cut's looking great, I'm happy. "Just a tiny bit off the top, not much at all" he starts then keeps going. And keeps going. And keeps going. Rocking the thug look now... At least it'll grow back.
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Post by londonpostie on Aug 2, 2019 18:18:23 GMT
A day off today and I can't begin to tell how excited I was to spend two hours* with my theatre booking spreadsheet! Spoken with so many lovely people at box offices - moving things, improving seats, spacing things out better. What a time of year this is for the NT Friday Rush, both Little Island and Lehman Trilogy snaffled up All I have left to do now is re-imagine a Bitter Wheat booking, so if you see someone wailing and prostate in the foyer of the Garrick tomorrow afternoon do say hello. #happy day#
* would accept 3
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Post by poster J on Aug 2, 2019 22:52:51 GMT
In the middle of one of the worst anxiety attacks of my life over something I said in work today that on reflection I realise might have been taken to mean something other than I intended and I can't now fix it until Monday. Feeling in a complete state of panic at the minute and no idea how to distract myself sufficiently to get through this weekend
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Post by d'James on Aug 2, 2019 23:51:51 GMT
In the middle of one of the worst anxiety attacks of my life over something I said in work today that on reflection I realise might have been taken to mean something other than I intended and I can't now fix it until Monday. Feeling in a complete state of panic at the minute and no idea how to distract myself sufficiently to get through this weekend Oh dear. I really hate that. I bet you’re over-thinking it though (which I do a lot). If you want to tell us (or someone on here privately) what you said, we might be able to allay your fears but I completely understand if you don’t want to think about it again. Try and be positive and put it to the back of your mind (easier said than done I know). If you really can’t do anything about it until Monday, then just try and have a nice weekend. (This all sounds a bit preachy I know and I’m sure I would be exactly like you.) I don’t know you but find your favourite distraction and go hard at it when you’re not doing other things. Reading, writing (,’rithmetic), singing, gaming, cooking, sport or any combination of the above plus your actual interests might help.
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Post by lynette on Aug 3, 2019 11:39:32 GMT
In the middle of one of the worst anxiety attacks of my life over something I said in work today that on reflection I realise might have been taken to mean something other than I intended and I can't now fix it until Monday. Feeling in a complete state of panic at the minute and no idea how to distract myself sufficiently to get through this weekend Oh dear. I really hate that. I bet you’re over-thinking it though (which I do a lot). If you want to tell us (or someone on here privately) what you said, we might be able to allay your fears but I completely understand if you don’t want to think about it again. Try and be positive and put it to the back of your mind (easier said than done I know). If you really can’t do anything about it until Monday, then just try and have a nice weekend. (This all sounds a bit preachy I know and I’m sure I would be exactly like you.) I don’t know you but find your favourite distraction and go hard at it when you’re not doing other things. Reading, writing (,’rithmetic), singing, gaming, cooking, sport or any combination of the above plus your actual interests might help. O, awful feeling. All my sympathy, poster J. With luck someone at your office will have had an amazing/terrible weekend and met the Queen/lost his dog and that will be all the chat of the workplace. So go slowly and let others lead the conversation. Bet you get off Scott free with whatever you said. Hope so, anyway. We are here.
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Post by lynette on Aug 3, 2019 11:40:19 GMT
Ps who is Scott? I think scot free 😳😂
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Post by david on Aug 3, 2019 19:49:54 GMT
At the Manc REX today, I may of bumped into a family relation of yours BurlyBeaR - cousin Boris?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 3, 2019 20:17:48 GMT
At the Manc REX today, I may of bumped into a family relation of yours BurlyBeaR - cousin Boris? Finally got a job then. About time!. Hope it’s not dealing with cash, he was in Strangeways last time I checked 😯😆
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Post by Tibidabo on Aug 4, 2019 8:53:24 GMT
Rantette alert.
We all know how annoying it is when we get the 'Back to School' adverts before we've broken up in July or Christmas in August. But. It's gonna be a flippin' looooooong year watching those Tokyo Olympics ads.🙄😴
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Post by The Matthew on Aug 5, 2019 15:04:17 GMT
I think I may have mentioned before that my neighbours have a doorbell that plays four bars of "Memory". For some reason many of the people who ring it don't quite grasp the idea that one press of the bell causes all four bars to play, and even though they can clearly hear that the doorbell is still making a noise they seem to think that it's necessary to keep hammering away at the button because if the door doesn't open after a few milliseconds they obviously need to try again.
Memory, all al- Memory, all alone in Memory, all Memory, Memory, MemMemMemMemMemory...
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Post by peggs on Aug 5, 2019 16:57:43 GMT
Waiting in my sister's garden to give nephew birthday present, they were due back ages go, I'm tired, very hungry and frankly the rabbit is starting to look quite appealing.
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Post by peggs on Aug 5, 2019 17:05:32 GMT
Waiting in my sister's garden to give nephew birthday present, they were due back ages go, I'm tired, very hungry and frankly the rabbit is starting to look quite appealing. Update. Spying through window have discovered brother in law is in sprawled asleep on sofa and not waking up. I must have looked too hungry, the rabbit has scarpered.
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Post by lynette on Aug 5, 2019 17:13:16 GMT
Bang on the window.
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Post by ruby on Aug 5, 2019 17:16:46 GMT
We were hoping that work would start on our kitchen today, but the company we've been dealing with have made promises and so far failed to deliver. I hadn't got any shopping in anticipation of this, so had to have a tin of rice pudding for tea. Will have to have some chips at the pub quiz I think.
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