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Post by anita on Nov 28, 2022 14:46:51 GMT
That's because they know you're a four star Swing on TB, anita . 🙂 Do you get to keep the CD as well? Yes TallPaul. |
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Post by david on Dec 1, 2022 11:11:08 GMT
Currently having a wander around Battersea Power Station. A fantastic building with a lovely art deco interior. I’m glad they have kept a lot of the original features such as the cranes and other bits of the station dotted around the building. They have converted one of the chimneys into a lift shaft so I’ve taken the opportunity to have a lift ride in the NW chimney. Some lovely views of the city at the top.
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Post by alece10 on Dec 4, 2022 9:44:57 GMT
Went to see Newsies yesterday (see report on that thread). I am quite a friendly person and like to have a chat to people sitting next to me at the theatre. Often you can tell they don't want to talk which is fine by me but yesterday I had a couple of really nice experiences. Got there early so was sitting in the foyer and immediately got into a conversation with a really lovely guy who has come from Wales for the weekend to see this and another show. We immediately started talking theatre and discovered that we are booked to see several of the same shows and 2 concerts on the same nights. We both also had a mutual friend of a west end actor. But then it got bizarre as he mentioned something about being a holiday rep. I said to him that I used to be a holiday rep and turns out we both worked for the same company at the same time but in different locations so our paths never crossed. Isn't life strange!
Then when I took my seat got chatting to another really nice guy who, again, had seen many of the shows I had seen recently so we got to compare notes.
Something like that can really help make the day.
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Post by TallPaul on Dec 4, 2022 13:59:03 GMT
As much as I love theatre and TheatreBoard, it's good to have other interests. I knew I'd never be as good a dancer as our david, so a few months ago I joined a newly formed 'all-comers' choir. We've just had one final rehearsal before making our public debut later this afternoon. My Deck The Halls will probably go down in history, with people still talking about it in years to come. 🙂 |
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Post by david on Dec 4, 2022 14:03:00 GMT
As much as I love theatre and TheatreBoard, it's good to have other interests. I knew I'd never be as good a dancer as our david , so a few months ago I joined a newly formed 'all-comers' choir. We've just had one final rehearsal before making our public debut later this afternoon. My Deck The Halls will probably go down in history, with people still talking about it in years to come. 🙂 Excellent news TallPaul . Can we expect to hear your vocal talents at Miss Saigon next year or maybe the Regent Parks OAT production of Robin Hood? |
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Post by TallPaul on Dec 4, 2022 14:17:41 GMT
I'll certainly be very hearable...though not necessarily for the right reasons. What I lack in talent, I more than make up for in style. 😉
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Post by david on Dec 4, 2022 14:22:13 GMT
I'll certainly be very hearable...though not necessarily for the right reasons. What I lack in talent, I more than make up for in style. 😉 - I'm hoping to do an interpretative dance sequence for Miss Saigon's helicopter scene (dressed up in a Budgie the helicopter outfit), so with my dancing and your singing, it's bound to be a success! |
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Post by Latecomer on Dec 4, 2022 17:46:05 GMT
Went to see Newsies yesterday (see report on that thread). I am quite a friendly person and like to have a chat to people sitting next to me at the theatre. Often you can tell they don't want to talk which is fine by me but yesterday I had a couple of really nice experiences. Got there early so was sitting in the foyer and immediately got into a conversation with a really lovely guy who has come from Wales for the weekend to see this and another show. We immediately started talking theatre and discovered that we are booked to see several of the same shows and 2 concerts on the same nights. We both also had a mutual friend of a west end actor. But then it got bizarre as he mentioned something about being a holiday rep. I said to him that I used to be a holiday rep and turns out we both worked for the same company at the same time but in different locations so our paths never crossed. Isn't life strange! Then when I took my seat got chatting to another really nice guy who, again, had seen many of the shows I had seen recently so we got to compare notes. Something like that can really help make the day. I love this! Doesn’t it make the day joyous when you bump into someone else who enjoys theatre as much as you do! Plus they don’t tend to think it strange if you are on your own or have what *most* people would call a large number of shows planned in a short space of time!!!!  I engaged the check out woman in Asda in conversation and managed to take her from “suspicious and frankly do I have to bother talking to her” to “have a lovely day and see you again soon *huge genuine smile* My children hate being out with me….. |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Dec 15, 2022 14:51:33 GMT
Today was a lovely walk in Victoria Park, Hackney, but as they say in Hull "Lerds of ster on the rerd"   |
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Post by anita on Dec 16, 2022 11:33:17 GMT
Never buy a Curry's Essential fridge/freezer! We only got ours in January & it's defrosted everywhere. All the food ruined. Engineer came & said it's because it's too cold. It will work again after the cold spell. What utter nonsense. Years ago nobody had central heating & their fridges didn't break down. Really angry. - Rant over. Thank you for listening.
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Post by TallPaul on Dec 17, 2022 11:28:05 GMT
The secret, anita, is to have your fridge freezer in the living room. When I'm walking home from the station of an evening, I pass a tiny terrace house which has a giant American-style fridge freezer right next to the massive telly bolted to the wall. I'm surprised there's any room for a sofa, which always has a spaniel reclining along the top. |
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Post by londonpostie on Dec 19, 2022 8:47:13 GMT
Somewhat randomly (as per thread title), the price of gas this morning is £170.80/MWh - a dramatic fall. Ambient temp has risen more than 10'. Turns out, the UK did pretty well during that nasty 7-10 day Arctic spell, much aided by huge capacity to re-process imported liquid gas - and which, in turn, also allowed sizable energy exports through the pipes to beleaguered France. The US helped somewhat by selling additional gas to the UK market, where it could be processed before piping onwards to mainland Europe. At times, 10% of UK production was piped to Europe. This morning wind and nuclear are maxing out but gas has plenty of capacity. All in all, a pretty decent test of UK energy resilience. Positively balmy out today |
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Post by NeilVHughes on Dec 19, 2022 9:19:36 GMT
I have always found the talk of U.K. resilience being an issue as strange, we are an energy rich nation, if we did have an issue then that would be a calamitous failure of policy, nobody is concerned about Norway and it should be the same for the U.K.
Throughout the year we have been a net exporter of gas which is to be expected and is the only thing that has kept our export figures palatable as the EU increased their demand.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2022 12:09:02 GMT
Lately I seem to have encountered more people who need to "win" every in-person conversation or message board discussion, often to the point of refusing to move on or consider other points of view.
I'm most bemused when the subject at hand has no discernible objective correct answer, but simply is a matter of opinion.
My new approach is to simply say "You win. Congratulations. Your trophy will be sent for engraving and then dispatched to your care."
Their befuddled reaction mines for me a small amount of joy out of what had been a frustrating experience.
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Post by TallPaul on Dec 24, 2022 15:04:17 GMT
My Yorkshire radar has served me very well today. First it guided me into Poundland, where BurlyBeaR's favourite fancies had already been reduced, despite a BBE of 28 December. Guess how much for 32 of the little sponge squares? That's right, £1, or only 25p for a box of eight. Then it was off to Aldi just in time for everything being reduced by 75%. I bought a turkey joint, goose fat roast potatoes, a punnet of mushrooms, a packet of breadcakes and two bottles of beer...for the ladies. Guess how much? £5.30. It didn't even reach my debit card threshold, so I paid cash. The turkey, complete with stuffing and bacon, had already been reduced from £11.99 to £5.99. so with the extra 75% off, I actually paid £1.50! |
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Post by Dawnstar on Dec 24, 2022 15:35:34 GMT
Woke up this morning to the news that our heating was declining to work. Fortunately the heating company were able to send an engineer within a couple of hours who has patched it up, pending a new part which will have to be ordered & probably won't arrive until the new year. So we get to spend the next week or two praying that the heating keeps working. It did it again! What are the odds?! We realised about 9.30pm last night that the heating wasn't doing anything even though it was supposed to be on. Heating engineer came this morning. Apparently our boiler has 2 plastic tubes. One went this time last year, the other last night. Again it's been patched up pending a new part. Surely, since there are only 2 of these tubes, it's not going to happen a third year in a row..... (I'll get back to everyone this time next year!) |
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Post by alece10 on Dec 24, 2022 16:06:01 GMT
My Yorkshire radar has served me very well today. First it guided me into Poundland, where BurlyBeaR's favourite fancies had already been reduced, despite a BBE of 28 December. Guess how much for 32 of the little sponge squares? That's right, £1, or only 25p for a box of eight. Then it was off to Aldi just in time for everything being reduced by 75%. I bought a turkey joint, goose fat roast potatoes, a punnet of mushrooms, a packet of breadcakes and two bottles of beer...for the ladies. Guess how much? £5.30. It didn't even reach my debit card threshold, so I paid cash. The turkey, complete with stuffing and bacon, had already been reduced from £11.99 to £5.99. so with the extra 75% off, I actually paid £1.50! Well done. I did something similar at M&S a couple of weeks ago. Got my turkey joint, roast pots, pigs in blankets, stuffing and smoked salmon all reduced so straight in the freezer ready for tomorrow. However the florentines and mince pies I bought from the posh bakery up the road cost more than the M&S Christmas lunch. |
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Post by londonpostie on Jan 1, 2023 13:24:35 GMT
New Year queueing this morning at my fashionable North London lido. It's a curious thing, where I live the voices and accents are Somali, Caribbean, a few East European. An 8-minute cycle away and it's French, a little USA, Dutch. London eh. Anyway, amid the milling mob of expensive bobble hats and pre-ski slopes chatter, a solid 8' was had. Hoping a happy theatrical new year to everyone |
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Post by david on Feb 3, 2023 11:28:33 GMT
Having a scroll through upcoming shows at the Lowry this morning and I come upon this -  Just what has BurlyBeaR done to become Manchester’s most wanted? ![]() |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 3, 2023 19:58:50 GMT
They’ll never find me david! 😠 |
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Post by TallPaul on Feb 4, 2023 10:41:36 GMT
Surely can't be that hard to find a burly bear living in a luxury loft apartment tastefully decorated in grey, teal and sunburst yellow? Just ask at the local Ocado depot.
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Post by longinthetooth on Feb 21, 2023 18:57:43 GMT
Happily enjoying a day out yesterday. Sun shining on the water, birds singing, squirrels running up the trees .... and a rat only inches from my feet!!!
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Post by marob on Feb 27, 2023 21:15:06 GMT
Stunning pictures all over social media for the second night running of the Northern Lights appearing over Britain as far south as Stone Henge.
Here in Wales… nowt but cloud. 😡
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Post by Dawnstar on Mar 7, 2023 23:07:46 GMT
Today's stage of Paris-Nice (a cycling race) was held at a place named Dampierre-en-Burly. I'm now wondering if BurlyBeaR has French ancestors who came from there! |
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Post by musicbox on Mar 8, 2023 0:12:48 GMT
This is loosely theatre related, but tonight I went to see Joss Stone at the Palladium and have left feeling totally deflated.
I've been a fan since I was a little kid and loved the gig, so after the show we went to the stage door, along with quite a few other people. I literally never do stage door, but I've been a fan for so long that I kind of got caught up in the night.
We waited for about half an hour, in which time her boyfriend came out with her kids in a pram and was lovely to us all, speaking to everyone and thanking us for waiting.
Then Joss eventually came out...although the fans were waiting at the door, she came out of the black side door just up the road towards Argyle Street, put her hood up, looked at all of us as if we were scum and went into her car ignoring everyone.
It wasn't even like she tried to be discreet, she literally made us all feel terrible and so many people were extremely upset. Like I said I never do stage door and know that 'stars' aren't obliged to do it, but the way she treated us tonight has left a really bad taste in my mouth to be honest.
Amazing voice, terrible attitude unfortunately.
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