Nice people thread 2 - now even nicer

Aspiring_Writer

misskool wrote: »

I'll come and play if you have a chainsaw I can use

So will I, we could have a chainsaw party! :rotfl:

lostinrates

Aspiring_Writer wrote: »

Morning, I could do with a writing partner LIR, apart from my usual bread and butter, I am thinking about writing comedy, was going to ask Vic Reeves when he was standing next to me in the queue at M&S a few weeks ago,but I didnt want to upset Bob!

In fact, I could try my hand at writing anything except poetry, that has never appealed, probably because I hardly ever read it, let alone want to write it. Strange....

LIR, what do you do for a living? excuse my ignorance, I'm sure the answer is evident in a post somewhere, possibly. But I can't be arsed to look. Just idle curiosity really

I write a lot of poetry And I love reading it. My bedside companion is a compilation of poetry called Other Men's Flowers.

I don't do anything for a living. About 6 and a half years ago my brain broke. I contracted a significantly obscure neurological illness, and my endocrine system was hit heavily too. Before that I was a bit of a jack of all trades: I was luckily able to keep my fingers in a lot of pies.

Now I am a housewife. I very occasionally do some stuff to help out other people, e.g. I had a fantastic opportunity earlier this year in a science related role....very basic science...the important bit was relating in to a very particular business application...that was a real one off. Very occasionally I help a friend with a recording studio (I used to be a musician) but in the brain melt that got hard, I can only read one line of music at a time, which rules out the piano, and because my hormone function is damaged, my voice is being impacted by the thyroid gland. Other things I used to do are out of reach for me because of the physical changes..loss of looks, increase in weight etc.

um...the short answer might have been ''nowt''.:o

lostinrates

misskool wrote: »

I'll come and play if you have a chainsaw I can use

We're going to hire one first, DH has never used one, I've only used my neighbours in a very limited way, so not really sure what we are looking for. We thought if we hired it would give us a feel for whether we want a bigger/smaller model

One of the first jobs has to be repairing a listed building and creating a woodshed....then the trees. I didn't think conifers could be fuel, but with MSE feedback and some research it seems they can with three years weathering. I'm going to be warm in winter 2013/14!:T

carolt

lostinrates wrote: »

I write a lot of poetry And I love reading it. My bedside companion is a compilation of poetry called Other Men's Flowers.

I don't do anything for a living. About 6 and a half years ago my brain broke. I contracted a significantly obscure neurological illness, and my endocrine system was hit heavily too. Before that I was a bit of a jack of all trades: I was luckily able to keep my fingers in a lot of pies.

Now I am a housewife. I very occasionally do some stuff to help out other people, e.g. I had a fantastic opportunity earlier this year in a science related role....very basic science...the important bit was relating in to a very particular business application...that was a real one off. Very occasionally I help a friend with a recording studio (I used to be a musician) but in the brain melt that got hard, I can only read one line of music at a time, which rules out the piano, and because my hormone function is damaged, my voice is being impacted by the thyroid gland. Other things I used to do are out of reach for me because of the physical changes..loss of looks, increase in weight etc.

um...the short answer might have been ''nowt''.:o

I think you missed a few dozen things you do, lir, and write about here entertainingly...


I love poetry too - don't know the volume you mention. Is it a compilation or by 1 person?

Interested to hear you write lots of poetry. I write some too. I'm a published poet, actually. Not very widely , but technically, I am.

I love loads of poets - Louis McNiece, Yeats, Homer (read in the original for my Greek A Level), lots of fantastic East European poets, Shakespeare (of course...).

Um, can't think, loads.

Aspiring_Writer

LIR, I feel chastened. I cant begin to imagine the impact of your illness on your life. I am almost speehless, but I cannot not reply to your post. You are a special lady to cope with that and build the life you have now, its apparant that you have a loving and supporting husband and family. All credit to you, and i mean that genuinely, I have just edited this because it read a little patronisingly, I hope this amends that.


As for the poetry, well, I put my hoofing size 11's in it there didn't I ?

Sheepish Aspiring Writer

lostinrates

Aspiring_Writer wrote: »

As for the poetry, well, I put my hoofing size 11's in it there didn't I ?

Sheepish Aspiring Writer

You have nothing to feel chastened over! Please snap out of that! Poetry is a less popular art than it was (and some would say thats partly the crop of modern poets lol) and TBH, it takes nothing special to cope with illness.....just bad luck!

vivatifosi

lostinrates wrote: »

I don't do anything for a living. About 6 and a half years ago my brain broke. I contracted a significantly obscure neurological illness, and my endocrine system was hit heavily too. Before that I was a bit of a jack of all trades: I was luckily able to keep my fingers in a lot of pies.

Thank you so much lir for the frankness of your post. Although I've known you in cyberspace anyhow for a couple of years now, this is the first time I've got really close to understanding your illness. It really is a pleasure to know you.

lostinrates

carolt wrote: »

I love poetry too - don't know the volume you mention. Is it a compilation or by 1 person?
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Other-Mens-Flowers-Anthology-Poetry/dp/0712653422
a compilation. Its all very well known stuff, so you probably have it all, I just find this a nice compilation to have handy.

Aspiring_Writer

lostinrates wrote: »

You have nothing to feel chastened over! Please snap out of that! Poetry is a less popular art than it was (and some would say thats partly the crop of modern poets lol) and TBH, it takes nothing special to cope with illness.....just bad luck!

Consider me snapped lir, still don't do poetry tho unusual for a hopeful romantic like me...

treliac

Aspiring_Writer wrote: »

The Elements of Style by Strunk & White is the writer's bible

Thanks AW. I shall be getting this one - latest edition was last year. I, too, am an aspiring writer...