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Post by Dawnstar on May 23, 2021 12:05:43 GMT
Would they really do a cast recording for a show that's only having a limited run & already has multiple cast recordings available? I mean, some new shows nowadays don't even get a cast recording, or are only recorded live rather than a studio recording, because of the cost.
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Post by Dawnstar on May 22, 2021 16:34:50 GMT
Recording? I hope that doesn't mean they'll be singing to a pre-recorded backing track rather than having a live orchestra at the Barbican.
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Post by Dawnstar on May 22, 2021 16:31:56 GMT
I read it as ‘shock, horror!’, ‘angry!’, ‘blowing off angry steam’, ‘dejected’, ‘sad’, ‘quizzical’, ‘happy’, ‘blowing a kiss’’, ‘laugh’. But of course it depends how your device renders the images - they will look different in different operating systems. And the overall sentiment was that I was lightly teasing you!
I had a year or two where I could only see emojis displayed on Twitter when looking at it from my phone. On my laptop they just showed up as crosses. Not that that made much difference to my comprehension of most of them!
Having Asperger's, I'm not very good at "reading" teasing either!
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Post by Dawnstar on May 22, 2021 16:28:59 GMT
I’m in a queue for my first vaccination!! Nervous!!!!!! For the side effects not the actual jab I must add. That was how I felt. I don't mind getting needles stuck in me but there have been so many articles about side effects & I had my first jab just as there were a slew of articles about blood clots from AstraZeneca. I'd recommend not planning to do anything for the next 48 hours.
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Post by Dawnstar on May 22, 2021 11:39:55 GMT
Um... horrified screaming, ?angry, no idea, no idea, unhappy, no idea, happy, no idea, very happy.
I've just read another of my pet hates on the BBC's website "off of". Just "off" is sufficient.
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Post by Dawnstar on May 22, 2021 11:36:36 GMT
I am enjoying this cool & wet weather, albeit from indoors with some heating! I know in a couple of months when it's 30 degrees I'll be looking back on this weather & wishing it had continued.
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Post by Dawnstar on May 21, 2021 20:31:15 GMT
Multiple emojis whether it is in messages or forums, I don't mind someone using one emoji but multiple is too much. Especially when messages are nothing but a string of emojis. I only understand what a few emojis mean so have no idea what someone is saying when there's a message with dozens of them.
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Post by Dawnstar on May 20, 2021 21:14:08 GMT
The programme is always a good idea with Stoppard but most of the time his plays actually teach you what you need to know in order to get the jokes and understand his ideas. I can't say I found that when I saw both Arcadia and Travesties. I had to look up a bunch of references & background information after I saw each of them to understand much of what was going on.
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Post by Dawnstar on May 20, 2021 11:09:24 GMT
I'm not keen on "guys" anyway but it particularly annoys me that several times when eating out with my mother & aunt we have had young waiters saying things like "Hi guys, what can I get you?". My mother & aunt are over 70 & I don't think waiters less than half their age should be addressing them like that. What is wrong with just saying "Hi" or "Hello" without using any additional words, then there's no risk of offending anyone.
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Post by Dawnstar on May 19, 2021 18:43:39 GMT
I think those are very rare instances though. Statistically speaking we're in a pretty good place. There will always be "what ifs?" but that's life. If you are referring to long covid then media reports seem to estimate numbers are in the hundreds of thousands within the UK. I wouldn't consider that to be "rare".
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Post by Dawnstar on May 19, 2021 18:42:02 GMT
Here you are, Dawnstar . I took this for BurlyBeaR , but I'm sure you don't mind sharing. Even allowing for inflation, there is no way Mater paid anything like £1.85 in Hillards! What makes the Ocado thing even more bizarre is that the home delivery arm of Morrisons is really Ocado, but with different coloured vans. They operate out of the exact same depots with the exact same staff. So they're a sort of noodle stir fry type thing? That really is rather ridiculous! Have you ever had the same delivery driver bring you first Ocado and then Morrisons a few days later? I love the M&S caramel one and glad they do it all year. I take one to work every day for breakfast, sliced with butter and a slice of cheddar cheese. As much as I like Marmite the marmite hot cross buns are horrible. A caramel flavoured bun eaten with cheese sounds bizarre to me. I don't get sweet and savoury combinations.
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Post by Dawnstar on May 19, 2021 18:36:26 GMT
Just had the email now. I was hoping to maybe get to see them in the studio, but it doesn't appear that single seats are an option. Anyway, glad that the Mischief crew are bringing this back. Always a great watch sat at home. Yes, the lack of single seats would also be an issue for me if I was able to go. Although given tickets are £25 then booking a pair would be cheaper than a single for many WE shows!
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Post by Dawnstar on May 19, 2021 15:03:45 GMT
Why is it that Vesta Chow Mein is only available at Mozzie’s? I mean, you CAN get it on Amazon but it’s crazy prices. Even though I’m a committed Ocado customer I have to get a Morrissons delivery every now and then to stock up on Vesta and no added sugar Dandelion & Burdock. I have no idea what Vesta Chow Mein is but I'm glad that I'm not the only person who has to do the occasional extra supermarket delivery for certain things. We mostly have Waitrose deliveries but every so often I have to get a Sainsbury's one for Davidstow cheddar, chocolate chip cookies and pasta sauce. The Waitrose versions just aren't the same.
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Post by Dawnstar on May 19, 2021 14:57:17 GMT
While it's true that not everyone has been offered the vaccine, it's important to remember that the risk of death to those who haven't had it is tiny. The older and more vulnerable have already been offered it. The only ones left, really, are the young and relatively healthy. Not strictly true - none of us know what underlying health conditions or predispositions we may have that we don't yet know about! It also doesn't take into account that young & healthy people can get long covid & suddenly not be healthy. Some people who had covid last March have still not recovered from it. I for one would not want anything like that.
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Post by Dawnstar on May 19, 2021 14:32:11 GMT
I am so, so relieved that they are doing it online. Another 25 shows, if I've counted correctly. I was afraid they'd do a live-only run. I'd love to be able to see it live but I don't know yet if I'll be able to get down to London by July & I imagine the live tickets will sell out very quickly. Also Riverside Studios is completely the wrong side of London for me & not exactly walkable from Kings Cross/Liverpool Street!
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Post by Dawnstar on May 19, 2021 13:01:46 GMT
Hot cross buns with sweetcorn in? Really? Why would anyone think that was a good idea?! Sorry I should clarify. What started off with slagging off hotcross buns has now spread to chocolate, coffee and what ever that suitabley offends us I did think that was a seriously bizarre combination! The most variation in hot cross buns I've tried is apple & cinnamon & I found that deeply disappointing, partly because I only found one small piece of apple in the whole bun.
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Post by Dawnstar on May 19, 2021 11:54:15 GMT
I can imagine Kevin Clifton as Cosmo. However it's Charlotte Gooch as Kathy who I really want to see. I have everything crossed that I'll be able to get down to London by August/September.
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Post by Dawnstar on May 19, 2021 11:49:37 GMT
Sad day. My Liza mug which I bought at her RAH concert in 2011 and have used every day since then has finally gone to that glitter ball in the sky as the bottom literally fell out of the mug this morning. Not sure whether to Bury or cremate her. Burial is surely much easier. Not sure china is cremate-able!
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Post by Dawnstar on May 19, 2021 11:47:46 GMT
My puritanical friend and I started slagging off inappropriate flavours for hot cross buns. Salted caramel I'm talking to you. Now in the supermarket we take random pics and zap them to each other, chocolate with sweetcorn, instant coffee flavoured with whitechocolate and raspberry. Its become a competition to see who can find the most gross item. Hot cross buns with sweetcorn in? Really? Why would anyone think that was a good idea?!
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Post by Dawnstar on May 18, 2021 21:06:44 GMT
And people who use 'literally' wrongly! 'I am literally gutted!' No you're really not!! "I am literally dead" is the most annoying example of this. If you were literally dead then you wouldn't be saying/writing that you were!
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Post by Dawnstar on May 18, 2021 12:20:06 GMT
They need to stop messing around with Jaffa Cakes. None of this lime or blackcurrant nonsense. Orange middles ONLY. There were so many recommendations on here a few years ago for the lime ones that I bought a box. Deeply disappointing. I disliked the first one so much that I binned the rest of them. I've not tried blackcurrant but am not going to take the risk again!
ETA Just looked up jaffa cakes & found pineapple, cherry & passion fruit flavours. What is wrong with McVitie's?! Jaffa cakes are named after jaffa oranges so if they're not orange flavoured then they shouldn't be called jaffa cakes!
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Post by Dawnstar on May 17, 2021 12:32:40 GMT
Without wanting to start a fire, why shouldn’t it cost the same as seeing a big music act at the O2? There are many more people involved with a lot of upfront costs to get it off the ground. The money will be visible on stage. Fair enough when you are paying £90 for ‘Heathers’ cardboard fold up set you’d have every right to feel cheated, but not for a visual spectacle which this will be. I've never been to a pop concert but I understand that an act would only do a few shows at a venue, maybe 2 or 3 days, not 8 shows a week for months/years on end. Paying for an expensive ticket for a limited event makes more sense to me than paying the same amount for a regular performance of a show. In the same way that I'm prepared to pay more for ROH tickets than for WE tickets because the former usually only has 8-10 performances of a piece per season. Though even then I wouldn't pay £190 for the ROH, I don't go over £100 & usually try to get something for around £60-£70. I am very happen that I'm not interested in seeing Moulin Rouge as the prices seem ridiculous. £75 for the front stalls wouldn't be too bad but to charge that for the upper circle! And clearly the past habit of charging less for previews has had it, given stevejohnson678 is quoting prices for the 2nd preview.
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Post by Dawnstar on May 15, 2021 10:41:38 GMT
Do you have any aloe vera plants and/or thing with it in? very good for burns. No. I just put some Savlon on. Less ainful this morning but still somewhat painful while washing my hands - it seems to be the hot water rather than the rubbing motions that are the issue.
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Post by Dawnstar on May 14, 2021 18:24:51 GMT
I knew cooking anything other than pasta & vegetables was bad for me: burnt a finger on a baking tin while serving up sausages this evening.
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Post by Dawnstar on May 13, 2021 19:07:35 GMT
I wonder whether "as live" means they'll be streaming a difference performance each time or the same performance each time. If they former then I might book for more than one stream, assuming I enjoy the production upon first viewing.
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Post by Dawnstar on May 13, 2021 19:04:32 GMT
BurlyBeaR I've not come across that before. Presumably it's only sold up North? I won't be trying it though as I will be remaining fully masked throughout any theatre performances I attend for the next few months, & possibly for the next few years.
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Post by Dawnstar on May 13, 2021 11:40:04 GMT
And if the full house was sold, it's not breath on your neck you need to worry about in the rebuilt Quarry, but knees! 🙂 I guess I'm a bit paranoid about people breathing/coughing/sneezing right behind me after an incident back in summer 2017 when someone sitting just behind me in a theatre sneezed violently. I could feel the air hitting me. 2 days later I came down with an agonizing sore throat, which persisted for 6 days so we had to cancel the short holiday we had booked to Edinburgh & York that week.
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Post by Dawnstar on May 12, 2021 18:42:50 GMT
Thursday matinee is 8th July maggiem but I’m sure you’ve spotted the typo. I’ve booked , hope it’s fully seated by the time we go, that would be so good . I really hope it isn't. The Leeds Playhouse website says "All performances of this production will be with a socially distanced audience." and I booked based on that. I would be extremely unhappy if they suddenly changed to a full auditorium & I had someone just behind me, breathing down my neck. I'm worried enough about going to Leeds. I'll be keeping a close eye on the covid rates in the area nearer the time & have booked for the last week of the production as I should have had my 2nd vaccine by then.
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Post by Dawnstar on May 11, 2021 19:01:58 GMT
Think I disliked most books we read just because of how we read and studied them and being relieved when we didn't study things I liked and ruin them. I think Austen was the only adult* author I studied at school whose books I was prepared to still read afterwards. Having to suffer through To Kill A Mockingbird, The Great Gatsby & Of Mice And Men put me off 20th century American literature to such an extent that I'm not sure I've ever read any in the 20 years since GCSEs.
*Reading children's literature in younger years at school didn't have the same off-putting effect. I still enjoy The Hobbit, Wind in the Willows & The Dark Is Rising.
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Post by Dawnstar on May 9, 2021 16:27:37 GMT
Hopefully this signals a step change in casting that will be more representative of the people we know in our own lives. That will differ for everyone though. For those living outside large cities, the majority of the population is still white. Personally most people I know are white, including a quite a lot of Eastern Europeans at work, plus a few of Indian origin. The recent trend in musicals, where ethnic minority representation seems to only equal more black cast members, isn't at all representative of the people I know in my life.
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