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  • boredofbeingathome
    boredofbeingathome Posts: 15,657 Forumite
    I have a 5000 word one to do and i started ok- but just can't get into it :( I will do it by next weekend- just don't want to..
    Blackadder: Am I jumping the gun, Baldrick, or are the words 'I have a cunning plan' marching with ill-deserved confidence in the direction of this conversation?
    Still lurking around with a hope of some salvation:cool:
  • scaredy_cat
    scaredy_cat Posts: 7,758 Forumite
    i find it easier to break it down in section, and have each section a certain number of words.
    Cats don't have owners - they have staff!! :D:p
    DFW Long Hauler Supporter No 150


  • scaredy_cat
    scaredy_cat Posts: 7,758 Forumite
    and my word doc has just crashed......



    just as well i had saved them!!
    Cats don't have owners - they have staff!! :D:p
    DFW Long Hauler Supporter No 150


  • boredofbeingathome
    boredofbeingathome Posts: 15,657 Forumite
    Yeah good idea- i have bits saved all over, notes etc - now to come up with a cunning plan to cobble them altogether. lol
    Blackadder: Am I jumping the gun, Baldrick, or are the words 'I have a cunning plan' marching with ill-deserved confidence in the direction of this conversation?
    Still lurking around with a hope of some salvation:cool:
  • scaredy_cat
    scaredy_cat Posts: 7,758 Forumite
    i've called it a night now - must finish it tomorrow.
    Cats don't have owners - they have staff!! :D:p
    DFW Long Hauler Supporter No 150


  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    scaredy_cat wrote: »
    and my word doc has just crashed......



    just as well i had saved them!!

    Save every 4 minutes on the assumption Word crashes every 5...
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."     OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • scaredy_cat
    scaredy_cat Posts: 7,758 Forumite
    ZTD wrote: »
    Save every 4 minutes on the assumption Word crashes every 5...

    yeah, i learned the hard way about that last year!:eek:
    Cats don't have owners - they have staff!! :D:p
    DFW Long Hauler Supporter No 150


  • Butti
    Butti Posts: 5,014 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    boredofbeingathome wrote: »
    I have a 5000 word one to do and i started ok- but just can't get into it :( I will do it by next weekend- just don't want to..

    Look I don't want to be bothered with applying for jobs, but as someone has very helpfully told me today, if I don't apply I wont get.....so I'll do a deal with you. You do your essay, I'll do some job applications!

    Agreed?

    B
    Debt LBM (08/09) £11,641. DEBT FREE APRIL 2021.
    Diary 'Butti's journey : A matter of loaf or death'.
    Diary 2 'The whimsical tale of the Waterbed of Debt'         48% off mortgage
    'one day I will be rich and famous…for now I'll just have to settle for being poor and incredibly sexy'. Vimrod Member of MIKE'S :cool: MOB
  • Butti
    Butti Posts: 5,014 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    ZTD wrote: »
    Just an infection in the mouth - face swollen up like a giant hamster. But only after starting the anti-biotics. Now on "sooper-dooper" ones, which are dryer than a Mormon in Death Valley...

    Somebody described a beer today as like licking out an ashtray. He did get some strange looks!

    B
    Debt LBM (08/09) £11,641. DEBT FREE APRIL 2021.
    Diary 'Butti's journey : A matter of loaf or death'.
    Diary 2 'The whimsical tale of the Waterbed of Debt'         48% off mortgage
    'one day I will be rich and famous…for now I'll just have to settle for being poor and incredibly sexy'. Vimrod Member of MIKE'S :cool: MOB
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    Butti wrote: »
    Somebody described a beer today as like licking out an ashtray. He did get some strange looks!

    B

    There's better things to lick out, it must be admitted...
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."     OMD 'Julia's Song'
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