Isolated Blurt Thread

[Handley_Page]

Pineapple bread, don't you mean?

whatever fruit is available.
But
First find your Pineapple. . .

[ I have this image of a Pineapple Hunt, complete with nets and a large rifle ]

 

[_Lynn_]

Yumm. *insert drooling icon*

I'll take a couple of munches of the Apple Bread, please

Oh, yeah, that's my favorite. I'll make it next time.

 

[NaokoSmith]

whatever fruit is available.
But
First find your Pineapple. . .

[ I have this image of a Pineapple Hunt, complete with nets and a large rifle ]

A pair of Purdeys to poach a pineapple, probably!

 

[Dianthus]

So, so angry.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

A pair of Purdeys to poach a pineapple, probably!

"Oftimes he repeated in his botulism that no jungle-grown pineapple ever tasted like the whoppers you shook out of Anais' can."

So, so angry.

Poor Di. Do you need an ear to vent to?

 

[NekoParks]

So, so angry.

Sorry that you are having a tough time. I wish I could help...

 

[_Lynn_]

So, so angry.

Can I interest you in a dose of frustration to go with the anger?

*hugs*



Unrelated blurt:

Focus. One project at a time. Cross them off the list and move on.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Can I interest you in a dose of frustration to go with the anger?

*hugs*



Unrelated blurt:

Focus. One project at a time. Cross them off the list and move on.

With multi-tasking, Lynn, you can do many projects poorly at the same time.

 

[_Lynn_]

With multi-tasking, Lynn, you can do many projects poorly at the same time.

Or you can do many projects very well at the same time.

 

[oggbashan]

I have just been watching on YouTube a parade of marching Brass Bands from South Tirol. They went on and on, but then I noticed something that English Brass Bands don't have.

Preceeding most of the bands were two girls/women carrying flowers in a cow's horn and two girls carrying Brandy barrels with glasses.The barrels, probably an Imperial Gallon, were slung from one shoulder. In one part of the video I watched the girls actually serving the band musicians with the brandy so the barrels are not just decoration.

Now that's how to play music - take your own booze with you.

One of the last bands had dispensed with the two flower carriers and had four brandy carriers. They have their priorities in ordnung.

 

[damppanties]

My hermitness needs a like button for life. Between that, nodding and murmuring greetings, I don't think I'll ever have to take part in an actual conversation ever again.

 

[oggbashan]

Reduce the letters?

I am thinking of making a decision about the letters after my (real) name.

About twenty years ago I had a whole string of professional qualifications on my business cards. There were four sets.

One of the organisations wound up, and I was one of their last members. I could put "former" followed by the letters but that seems like B.A. (failed).

Another one changed its title. Although I was fully qualified under the earlier title, and I have a right to continue to claim the new version, it hasn't been appropriate to what I actually do for a couple of decades.

The third one also changed its title and its purposes. Again I am entitled to quote membership, but I am a retired member and haven't used it for a decade.

The last one, the most prestigious, is still vaguely valid to some of my community activities. But do I want to continue to pay £120 a year for something when I don't use the resources or facilities that come with the Fellowship? It might be useful to stay at the headquarters when in London, but a mid-priced hotel would be cheaper and more comfortable if less historic.

Who cares if I have four sets of letters after my name, or none?

If I advise the three surviving ones that I have finally retired, and cancel my memberships, I will reduce the academic journals, magazines, emails and appeals, possibly. If they think I could help they'll probably still contact me until I die (and even after if my father's mail is any guide!).

Decisions, decisions. It is nice to say "I am a Fellow of..." but is that worth £120?

 

[MagicaPractica]

I'm not sure blurting will help right now but I'll try it. What the hell is wrong with people that they can't be a little polite, try to find one or two things they like about a piece of writing instead of just jumping on everything you did wrong and arrogantly sneering at you? I told them it was a rough draft written during NaNoWriMo. I'm under a time crunch, deadline is tomorrow night, so I sent it out as is for feedback while I worked on it. Made me feel like I probably shouldn't be writing at all, let alone trying to punch, pull and kick this thing into shape for the competition. Am I wasting the money by entering? Maybe but I set this goal for myself and now I'm going to be damned if I do and damned if I don't. And finally, thank YOU Universe for sending me that damned rejection letter today of all days. I am tired. That is all.

 

[NaokoSmith]

I'm not sure blurting will help right now but I'll try it. What the hell is wrong with people that they can't be a little polite, try to find one or two things they like about a piece of writing instead of just jumping on everything you did wrong and arrogantly sneering at you? I told them it was a rough draft written during NaNoWriMo. I'm under a time crunch, deadline is tomorrow night, so I sent it out as is for feedback while I worked on it. Made me feel like I probably shouldn't be writing at all, let alone trying to punch, pull and kick this thing into shape for the competition. Am I wasting the money by entering? Maybe but I set this goal for myself and now I'm going to be damned if I do and damned if I don't. And finally, thank YOU Universe for sending me that damned rejection letter today of all days. I am tired. That is all.

Obviously a lot of jealous cretins trying to get you to not go up against them in the NaNoWriMo. You should feel invigorated and full of pride that your work is so threatening to them.
Go girl! show those stupid morons (that word means carrot in Welsh).

 

[NaokoSmith]

Og, why not have two sets of cards? One can be ornate and gilded with every letter you can claim and then some, especially things like "obsolescent" by the side in beautiful copperplate.

The other could be practical and just say: Oggbashan.

At least people don't snigger when they call you a Fellow and say, you're a jolly good Fellow but you're a girl, you can't be a Mistress of the Arts or a Spinster of Science. As for the college I went to, being known as a X's woman is out of the question and so I have to again do my sex change thang and be a X's Man. The only thing I can be in a pleasantly genderless fashion is a Senior Member of the College, at least at 50 I feel justified in calling myself that.

 

[Handley_Page]

And it shall come to pass, on the least convenient day, that the recent and dramatic changes will rebound onto the heads of those who instituted said changes before checking if the kit thrown away was going to be of any damned use or worth anything on eBay..

> Stands back ready to take pictures and maybe smile <

 

[MagicaPractica]

Obviously a lot of jealous cretins trying to get you to not go up against them in the NaNoWriMo. You should feel invigorated and full of pride that your work is so threatening to them.
Go girl! show those stupid morons (that word means carrot in Welsh).

Thanks. It's a Fellowship I want to apply for. Honestly, they had some constructive and useful feedback, it's just that they were quite arrogant and condescending and not the least bit tactful in delivering it. I do like the idea of calling people stupid carrots.

 

[mynameisben]

I do like the idea of calling people stupid carrots.

Okay, but you can't have your moron cake and eat it, too.

 

[oggbashan]

Og, why not have two sets of cards? One can be ornate and gilded with every letter you can claim and then some, especially things like "obsolescent" by the side in beautiful copperplate.

The other could be practical and just say: Oggbashan.

At least people don't snigger when they call you a Fellow and say, you're a jolly good Fellow but you're a girl, you can't be a Mistress of the Arts or a Spinster of Science. As for the college I went to, being known as a X's woman is out of the question and so I have to again do my sex change thang and be a X's Man. The only thing I can be in a pleasantly genderless fashion is a Senior Member of the College, at least at 50 I feel justified in calling myself that.

My current cards are printed with a space below my name so I can write in the relevant title and organisation e.g. Chairman of, Vice-President of, etc. I would need a large wallet to carry cards with one for each role.

P.S. Sometimes I have to remember to wear the correct chain of office. I couldn't go as Chairman of x wearing the chain for y. Usually I don't bother to wear the chain at all.

PPS Wearing an inappropriate chain of office has bred a few plot bunnies...

 

[MagicaPractica]

Okay, but you can't have your moron cake and eat it, too.

LOL Thpbbbt... don't think I'd want to.

 

[oggbashan]

Why do simple tasks become complicated?

My wife has bought a car from our eldest daughter but daughter couldn't find the MOT Certificate (annual test of roadworthiness). It is supposed to be easy to get a duplicate.

I wanted to go the local garage that issued it last August with the failure certificate issued the day before. Even though the garage is in a short road, I couldn't find it.

It went out of business because the owners retired at the end of February - yesterday!

Another company has taken it over from today, but not surprisingly they are in chaos over the paperwork they inherited. The certified MOT tester also retired yesterday. He was one of the owners.

Even so, a new MOT certificate is supposed to be available from ANY MOT testing station. But the references on the failure certificate only produced a copy - of the failure certificate.

I also had a photocopy of the registration document (pink slip) because my wife had posted the original - yesterday. The references on that photocopy finally produced a copy of the MOT certificate at a cost of £10.

What are the chances that my daughter will find the original certificate this weekend?

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Thank heavens the computer has brought us the printerless office!
(Is there a chain for that office, by the way? -I'd sure like to restrain it.)

 

[NaokoSmith]

My current cards are printed with a space below my name so I can write in the relevant title and organisation e.g. Chairman of, Vice-President of, etc. I would need a large wallet to carry cards with one for each role.

P.S. Sometimes I have to remember to wear the correct chain of office. I couldn't go as Chairman of x wearing the chain for y. Usually I don't bother to wear the chain at all.

PPS Wearing an inappropriate chain of office has bred a few plot bunnies...

Ooh, Og, don't start with the chains now! Surely you've got a weird date and chains story.

 

[oggbashan]

Ooh, Og, don't start with the chains now! Surely you've got a weird date and chains story.

No. Not for the Chains of Office. I've acquired them since my marriage.

But fiction? How about a His and Hers Chain story? They slip off from an official engagement for a bit of slap and tickle and return wearing each other's chain?

 

[NaokoSmith]

Thanks. It's a Fellowship I want to apply for. Honestly, they had some constructive and useful feedback, it's just that they were quite arrogant and condescending and not the least bit tactful in delivering it. I do like the idea of calling people stupid carrots.

What a lucky escape. It's bad enough working with ordinary carrots but to have to work with arrogant condescending carrots who don't even know how to make good cake would be insufferable.



Ben, you know what happened with that cupcake of Amelia's. You be very careful.