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Post by david on Oct 27, 2020 17:10:34 GMT
Hopefully a bit of good news for the High Street - Fingers crossed for the return of the Pick n Mix! That was short lived. BBC reporting it was a fake tweet so no return of the Pick n Mix. 😡
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Post by londonpostie on Oct 27, 2020 17:22:36 GMT
Been fiddling with my Excel sheet - five lonely booking remaining for 2020. A total of three for next year.
Upgraded a seat, refunded a bunch, it's all so sad.
The Bridge is still assuming full houses in February, others in April. Goodness knows .. *sigh*
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Post by lynette on Oct 27, 2020 17:40:15 GMT
Been fiddling with my Excel sheet - five lonely booking remaining for 2020. A total of three for next year. Upgraded a seat, refunded a bunch, it's all so sad. The Bridge is still assuming full houses in February, others in April. Goodness knows .. *sigh* Interesting
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Post by justfran on Oct 27, 2020 18:36:31 GMT
Hopefully a bit of good news for the High Street - Fingers crossed for the return of the Pick n Mix! That was short lived. BBC reporting it was a fake tweet so no return of the Pick n Mix. 😡 Boo! That shouldn’t surprise us now in this year though 🙁
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Post by peggs on Oct 27, 2020 20:09:12 GMT
So when you write the alarm codes on your hand as you go to lock up and then as directed sanitise your hands and they sanitise away the numbers......
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Post by anita on Oct 29, 2020 14:03:42 GMT
Doing the rounds of local charity shops yesterday I got several CDs at 50p each including the Original London cast of "Marguerite" which I've never seen. Happy.
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Post by david on Oct 29, 2020 18:08:52 GMT
Hopefully a bit of good news today. My next door neighbour from hell may of finally left. Having lived next door to him for a year (he rented the house), I’ve only met him once but the amount of anti social behaviour myself and the lovely couple who live in the house next door to him have had to endure has really tested our patience (despite repeated calls to the police and environmental health). Fingers crossed he has gone for good rather than staying with friends.
I am trying to organise a last trip of the year down to London before Christmas to use up some of my annual leave. Simple enough I thought. Trains and accommodation sorted no problem. Got my list of shows together ready to book and unbelievably despite there being limited performances on at the end of November I still somehow managed to double book a Saturday matinee. I managed to book a visit to the SWP and Charing Cross theatre for the same time. Thankfully a quick phone call to CX has allows me to move that ticket to a Monday night.
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Post by Forrest on Oct 30, 2020 21:46:35 GMT
Mark Gatiss still ranks high on the list of my absolute day brighteners, it seems: I watched him and Adrian Scarborough read horror stories at the Nottingham Playhouse tonight (via live stream), and it was superb! I thought they were both just brilliant! (I kind of hate to say it, but I enjoyed the two of them much more than "Bubble" from the same theatre last week. Perhaps it's the fact that I prefer imaginary horror stories at the moment, to the one we are all living in...)
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Post by TallPaul on Oct 31, 2020 9:46:42 GMT
Pleased you had a good night, Forrest. (Is good the right word for horror?) I would have felt guilty if you hadn't...even if you did only buy a cheap ticket. 😉 I don't know if you scour the TV listings, but MG's programme about Dracula is repeated on BBC4 at 10pm on Monday night. 🦇 That will be Scarborough and Whitby within just a few days of each other. 😄
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Post by Forrest on Oct 31, 2020 12:34:49 GMT
Oh some horror is absolutely good, every now and then. And, of course, if it features Mark! :)
Thanks for the tip on the documentary, I've not seen that before.
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Post by Dawnstar on Oct 31, 2020 19:40:41 GMT
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Post by david on Oct 31, 2020 21:21:03 GMT
Mark Gatiss still ranks high on the list of my absolute day brighteners, it seems: I watched him and Adrian Scarborough read horror stories at the Nottingham Playhouse tonight (via live stream), and it was superb! I thought they were both just brilliant! (I kind of hate to say it, but I enjoyed the two of them much more than "Bubble" from the same theatre last week. Perhaps it's the fact that I prefer imaginary horror stories at the moment, to the one we are all living in...) Forrest, I watched the live stream tonight and totally agree with you. Both Mark and Adrian were fantastic and really enjoyed all the stories. A great way to spend Halloween. I watched the James Graham piece last week (via the live stream) and whilst I have really enjoyed his writing up-to now, I really couldn’t get into this piece at all and must admit my concentration did start to wonder during the play. Thanks TallPaul about the BBC4 Dracula documentary heads up. I’ve set the recorder for it.
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Post by TallPaul on Nov 1, 2020 10:18:13 GMT
I'm really sorry Forrest and david, but I've given you both a bum steer! Right channel, right date, wrong time. MG searching for Dracula at the licence payers expense is broadcast at 9pm, not 10. I've let myself down, I've let Mark down, I've let the Board down... ☹
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Post by Forrest on Nov 1, 2020 14:41:52 GMT
david Our impressions are the same regarding Bubble - I just found myself unable to really get into it and my mind kept wandering. I'm not sure how much Graham is to blame (I do like his writing, too!), and the two actresses were lovely: it might just be more the fact that it feels somewhat strange for someone to try and summarise the reality I am living in at the moment for me, and I didn't find myself gripped by it at all. Pandemic-themed plays might look better once all of this is over and we can look back on it with good humour, rather than with a sense of exhaustion. TallPaul, worry not, the information comes in good time! :) (I am shyly going to admit that I've already watched the documentary: I have access to a service that lets me watch it (legally, of course), through work, and I was too impatient to wait for Monday, plus will be in a regular Zoom workshop at the time it's on. It was an excellent recommendation!)
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Post by TallPaul on Nov 1, 2020 15:48:56 GMT
You're a time traveller, Forrest! What a gift to have, especially right now. I'm pleased it was an excellent recommendation. If it's that good, I should probably try and watch it myself, though on Tuesday, rather than tomorrow. I've always preferred the past to the future. 🙂
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Post by peggs on Nov 2, 2020 21:44:42 GMT
Have hurt my back somehow and had a massive row with my mother, just what you want as you go back into home working and lock down again!
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Post by lynette on Nov 3, 2020 21:52:51 GMT
Have hurt my back somehow and had a massive row with my mother, just what you want as you go back into home working and lock down again! O dear. Everybody fed up with this situation. Cut her a bit of slack. You can vent here.
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Post by peggs on Nov 3, 2020 22:14:38 GMT
Have hurt my back somehow and had a massive row with my mother, just what you want as you go back into home working and lock down again! O dear. Everybody fed up with this situation. Cut her a bit of slack. You can vent here. It was more the consequence of the row was being treated as non existent, 4 days in she has finally cracked and acknowledged my presence and spoken, i think as she wanted to talk about possibly getting now Christmas lights so thank goodness for that! Venting here much safer option in future, please remind me to just appear to agree with all things in future no matter how much i disagree.
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Post by kathryn on Nov 4, 2020 10:41:59 GMT
So, is anyone else just feeling enormously stressed today by all the stuff that is totally out of their control?
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Post by The Matthew on Nov 4, 2020 11:14:16 GMT
So, is anyone else just feeling enormously stressed today by all the stuff that is totally out of their control? I'm worrying about the US election, despite not being in the US and not knowing what the long-term outcome of either candidate being elected will be. I don't think I can take another four years of Trump's smug you-can't-touch-me corruption and the tantrums he throws whenever he doesn't get his way.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Nov 4, 2020 11:56:08 GMT
So, is anyone else just feeling enormously stressed today by all the stuff that is totally out of their control? I'm worrying about the US election, despite not being in the US and not knowing what the long-term outcome of either candidate being elected will be. I don't think I can take another four years of Trump's smug you-can't-touch-me corruption and the tantrums he throws whenever he doesn't get his way. I truly hope Trump does not get in. If he does then the only benefit is more chances of impeachment.
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Post by kathryn on Nov 4, 2020 12:06:22 GMT
So, is anyone else just feeling enormously stressed today by all the stuff that is totally out of their control? I'm worrying about the US election, despite not being in the US and not knowing what the long-term outcome of either candidate being elected will be. I don't think I can take another four years of Trump's smug you-can't-touch-me corruption and the tantrums he throws whenever he doesn't get his way. Wouldn't it be lovely to not wake up each morning to another slew of terrible news stories about all the things he has said/tweeted/done? Can we please go back to American politics being enormously boring, and not overtaking our entire news cycle?
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Post by poster J on Nov 4, 2020 14:27:20 GMT
I'm worrying about the US election, despite not being in the US and not knowing what the long-term outcome of either candidate being elected will be. I don't think I can take another four years of Trump's smug you-can't-touch-me corruption and the tantrums he throws whenever he doesn't get his way. I truly hope Trump does not get in. If he does then the only benefit is more chances of impeachment. Or not - it is looking likely that the Republicans will retain control of the Senate. My brain is struggling to understand how anyone with any level of social conscience whatsoever could vote for Trump. I know that's harsh and possibly un-Christian of me, but voting for Trump certainly isn't a Christian act.
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Post by kathryn on Nov 4, 2020 15:08:17 GMT
I truly hope Trump does not get in. If he does then the only benefit is more chances of impeachment. Or not - it is looking likely that the Republicans will retain control of the Senate. My brain is struggling to understand how anyone with any level of social conscience whatsoever could vote for Trump. I know that's harsh and possibly un-Christian of me, but voting for Trump certainly isn't a Christian act. Hi team have very good data mining and targeting - they micro-target specific groups with specific messages. And they tend to be low-information voters to start with - so they're not paying attention to the bigger picture, they're only seeing messages specifically designed to appeal to them. Plus, some people are actually pretty selfish - even the ones who claim to be Christian - and only care about what directly affects them.
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Post by poster J on Nov 4, 2020 15:21:31 GMT
Or not - it is looking likely that the Republicans will retain control of the Senate. My brain is struggling to understand how anyone with any level of social conscience whatsoever could vote for Trump. I know that's harsh and possibly un-Christian of me, but voting for Trump certainly isn't a Christian act. Hi team have very good data mining and targeting - they micro-target specific groups with specific messages. And they tend to be low-information voters to start with - so they're not paying attention to the bigger picture, they're only seeing messages specifically designed to appeal to them. Plus, some people are actually pretty selfish - even the ones who claim to be Christian - and only care about what directly affects them. I guess it is just a sad indictment of how selfish many people are and how little they care about social justice. Of course people are entitled to want to be comfortable and better themselves, but thinking about others should rank higher up the priority list than clearly it does. The same can be said of many voters here and elsewhere in the world, of course, but it is still so depressing.
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Post by theatreian on Nov 4, 2020 16:55:19 GMT
After watching the Trump Show series, I find it amazing that he can be so popular and people actually believe what he says. The fact that christian groups support him I find astounding. We thought politics here can be bad, but I genuinely think that most politicians here do actually care about the electorate and are trying to make a difference.
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Post by Phantom of London on Nov 4, 2020 18:14:12 GMT
Went to bed early this morning (2:30am) quite depressed as learned that Ohio and North Carolina is going to remain Republican. Normally fall asleep with radio on because of my tinnitus (too many musicals!!!) But turned the radio off as tinnitus is more preferable than hearing buffoon is going back into the Oval office.
Woke up depressed as I expected to see that Trump had reached the magical 270, learned he hadn't and perked up a bit when I found out it is still not a done deal, then saw how far trump was ahead in Pennsylvania*, mood fell again - then saw the possible paths being that Biden doesn't have to win Penn, the buffoon can have it, as long as Biden wins Arizona, Nevada, Michigan & Wisconsin**, which Biden is on course to win all four.
*Biden is 400k votes behind in Pennsylvania, with a lot of votes to be counted in the Philadelphia area and postal votes, that is the long. Biden can easily win this state, that is the short.
**Wisconsin is all but won.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Nov 5, 2020 9:08:53 GMT
Went to bed early this morning (2:30am) quite depressed as learned that Ohio and North Carolina is going to remain Republican. Normally fall asleep with radio on because of my tinnitus (too many musicals!!!) But turned the radio off as tinnitus is more preferable than hearing buffoon is going back into the Oval office. Woke up depressed as I expected to see that Trump had reached the magical 270, learned he hadn't and perked up a bit when I found out it is still not a done deal, then saw how far trump was ahead in Pennsylvania*, mood fell again - then saw the possible paths being that Biden doesn't have to win Penn, the buffoon can have it, as long as Biden wins Arizona, Nevada, Michigan & Wisconsin**, which Biden is on course to win all four. *Biden is 400k votes behind in Pennsylvania, with a lot of votes to be counted in the Philadelphia area and postal votes, that is the long. Biden can easily win this state, that is the short. **Wisconsin is all but won. When Wisconsin went Blue was a big turning point in belief. When Michigan went blue and Biden had more votes was a magical thing. You could hear the roar coming across the Atlantic with that one
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Post by The Matthew on Nov 5, 2020 10:09:27 GMT
Employment Opportunity
The White House is in urgent need of someone to follow the President around and pick up the toys he keeps throwing out of his pram. This is a full time position of 40 hours per week with a further 16 hours on call at weekends. Prior experience of working with toddlers, the mentally impaired or bovine excrement will be an advantage, as will the ability to play dumb so as not to embarrass the poor dear.
Salary: $200 / hour. You'll earn it.
Benefits: None, because America.
Availability for immediate start is essential.
People with foreign-sounding names need not apply.
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Post by lynette on Nov 5, 2020 11:49:57 GMT
Maybe the phone company can bring in a very much more complicated verification system so he won’t be able to fathom out what to do. Works with me.....
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