Group 7-day waking average?

[debs248]

I love the bassoon and regret not learning it

Me too. I know now that it's what I should have played, but at the age of 11 when school music lessons were offered, I hadn't even heard of the bassoon. Bass recorder is the closest I ever got, no lessons for that in the 80s, just a lunchtime club.

Sadly I missed out on ever learning an orchestral instrument as my mum has a low threshold for beginner-quality music practice and wouldn't sign the permission slip for free violin lessons. As it was I had to go to the end of the garden to play my recorder, until I got good enough to be allowed indoors!

And we must be distant neighbours at any rate, I'm near Bitterne Station.

 

[NickE]

Well she does teach at the best music school in the world (Royal College of Music)

Hoping some of it rubs off on one of her new pupils.

My granddaughter goes to the Guildhall School of Music on Saturdays for trumpet. Shall we agree the two best music schools and call it quits? But what a coincidence she was there!

Nick

 

[Lanny]

I've got a couple of twenties but not seen any others yet. Hardly handle cash these days, just birthday/ xmas money from family really.

10.2 today

I know, most things can be paid by debit card now & I hardly carry any cash too. Also, here in NI the banks issue their own notes that don’t feature The Sovereign so, don’t get much BOE notes: used to be when going over the water into GB you had to go to the bank to get BOE notes; thankfully, for quite sometime now most places in GB accept the NI notes & Scottish as well!

 

[Bloden]

6.3 this morning and insulin resistance seems to have finally hit me, I'm now on 1u:3.8g!

We are on our way to Wales to visit my sister, niece and nephew as it's the children's birthdays and they are having a rock climbing party. 7yo is super excited!

Bring your pacamacs AND bikinis - the weather's bonkers atm. We've had sun then torrential rain then sun then more rain all day long.

 

[debs248]

I know, most things can be paid by debit card now & I hardly carry any cash too. Also, here in NI the banks issue their own notes that don’t feature The Sovereign so, don’t get much BOE notes: used to be when going over the water into GB you had to go to the bank to get BOE notes; thankfully, for quite sometime now most places in GB accept the NI notes & Scottish as well!

I remember getting really excited when I received a Scottish or Irish note at my Saturday job. Even though it was the 80s there was never any suggestion of refusing it, but it was a chainstore. Perhaps a small business would have been less keen.

Two places family have lived where you legally had to change your banknotes for sterling before visiting the UK are Gibraltar and St Helena, people used to save any UK notes received from tourists and keep the stash at home (often leading to burglaries) as if they banked them they'd only get local ones back.

 

[eggyg]

Afternoon all.5.6 for me this morning.Suns now breaking through on my left Nice black clouds on my right .It's taken me an hour to get through everyone's text having to use Google translate for all you clever sods speaking in tongues.Us folks up here in north east have trouble with English. Anyways congratulations to our culture vulture @ Collin UK on your Hs today.Also @ Martin a on your Hs to . Congratulations to Mrs Eggyg on your award.Mine must of got lost in post ( Again ) Enjoy your day people

Mrs @Eternal422 not me I’m afraid. I’m not that interesting!

 

[silver minion]

Try beansprouts instead of fried rice with your Chinese meal

I normally have bean sprouts instead of noodles but I wanted to try a portion of special fried rice with prawns and veg as it is one of my favourite dishes. Unfortunately it didn't like me.

 

[eggyg]

60s Boys' School talk. The world's moved on.

I did French from 1st year ( now year 7) and then started German in the 3rd year. Taught by the same teacher! I preferred German. Unfortunately, come O Level time it all unraveled, my French/German teacher, who was British, was the examiner for the oral part. In the French oral exam I kept speaking German. “Ja, I mean oui!” And so on! Total disaster! So I not only spoke German I spoke English! A big no, no. Hence the mediocre result! I did get a decent pass in German, which I’ve never used but have visited France quite a lot!

 

[Lauren]

Bring your pacamacs AND bikinis - the weather's bonkers atm. We've had sun then torrential rain then sun then more rain all day long.

I was going over the bridge and the weather changed from brilliant sunshine to torrential rain in seconds Croeso i Cymru haha.
We did have brilliant sunshine after the party though and spent a nice afternoon in Rogerstone Welfare Grounds, complete with ice cream.

 

[Pam123]

5.2 this morning we have just come indoors from a very busy day did the usual Weeknd shop, then went to buy a few plants on the market stall, ended up buying loads and the prices were amazing, I must stop buying plants, then we went to Home bargains and ended up buying a lovely water feature which was only £29 I the same ones new on Ebay were £50 so very happy with that, then a completely random purchase we decided to paint the house got a lovely pale grey but it looks more like an eggshell blue, so daughter and her boyfriend got in at 3 this afternoon and we have completed the back of the house so far

congratulations to your wife @Eternal422.
Congrats on your HS @Martin.A

 

[Bloden]

I was going over the bridge and the weather changed from brilliant sunshine to torrential rain in seconds Croeso i Cymru haha.
We did have brilliant sunshine after the party though and spent a nice afternoon in Rogerstone Welfare Grounds, complete with ice cream.

Croeso i Gymru indeed! Glad to hear the sun shone on you.

 

[Colin g]

Congratulations to @pam 123 on your Hs today.