Nice people thread part 7 - a thread in its prime

vivatifosi

That's brill silvercar! I thankfully did not have a coffee in my hand when I saw that as my keyboard would have been done for, again.

zagubov

Generali wrote: »

Not a huge Coldplay fan TBH. This piece is used a lot as a background to sports highlights over here, especially when discussing beaten finalists/semi-finalists. I don't like or dislike it; I have Coldplay ambivalence.

Do you know if the piece actually follows a Gregorian chant or if it's just a pastiche?

Apparently Gregorian chanting was an amazing feat of memory as the music wasn't codified. It's rather like the oral history of Aussie Aborigines in that way. I've no idea whether that's true, it's just something I heard.

It's a German group (called Gregorian) who do Gregorian versions of contemporary songs.
They've done a good version of David Bowie's Heroes. I'm starting to like the sound of this stuff!

There's other bands who do unusual takes on songs from other genres e.g Easy Star All Stars (reggae) and Nouvelle Vague (bossa nova). I find they're quite entertaining when I'm bored of listening to my usual music.

lostinrates

zagubov wrote: »

It's a German group (called Gregorian) who do Gregorian versions of contemporary songs.
They've done a good version of David Bowie's Heroes. I'm starting to like the sound of this stuff!

There's other bands who do unusual takes on songs from other genres e.g Easy Star All Stars (reggae) and Nouvelle Vague (bossa nova). I find they're quite entertaining when I'm bored of listening to my usual music.

I have no volume on macputer now otherwise I would be wanting to hear all of these,

we have been listing to classical stuff all morning and (omg is it that time already ) we have decided we no longer want two of the CDs we listened to.

lostinrates

So, went out to sort out the pill situation and they gave me twelve to get me through the weekend, they don't have enough in stock to give me more.

They don't know what's happened but they say they have been delivered somewhere. They are not the kind of drugs they just pop throught the letter box either, they have to be signed for.

I am so worried they have mistakenly left them for someone who is taken them in error. The side effects for me aren't that much fun, what it would do if you didn't need them is a bit worrying.

Anyway, from my point of view it will be sorted on Monday I hope but I hope they find where the others are.

GDB2222

lostinrates wrote: »

I am so worried they have mistakenly left them for someone who is taken them in error. The side effects for me aren't that much fun, what it would do if you didn't need them is a bit worrying.

Let the pharmacist's PI insurers worry about that!

In any case, it's reasonably unlikely someone would start taking some unknown medication just because their pharmacist handed it over.

lostinrates

GDB2222 wrote: »

Let the pharmacist's PI insurers worry about that!

In any case, it's reasonably unlikely someone would start taking some unknown medication just because their pharmacist handed it over.

I dunno, peoe aren't always that bright. People share prescription meds for example.

It's not so much the liability, I know that's nothing to do with me, it's the idea someone could be very ill because of this mistake. . A horrid thought.

GDB2222

lostinrates wrote: »

I dunno, peoe aren't always that bright. People share prescription meds for example.

It's not so much the liability, I know that's nothing to do with me, it's the idea someone could be very ill because of this mistake. . A horrid thought.

If I were the pharmacist, I'd be racking my brains to think who might have received the stuff. I think it's far more likely that he just made that up as an excuse, and he hasn't dispensed it yet.

lostinrates

GDB2222 wrote: »

If I were the pharmacist, I'd be racking my brains to think who might have received the stuff. I think it's far more likely that he just made that up as an excuse, and he hasn't dispensed it yet.

I hope so!

PasturesNew

Generali wrote: »

The Chinese do a similar thing to people that won't sell up so a road can be built e.g.

Stott Hall Farm in the middle of the M62.
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/35932148.jpg
He didn't want to move.

PasturesNew

Lapping up the feeling of my "first weekend when I don't feel obliged to do something". Other weekends I've had to get something, or sort out Xmas, or go away for Xmas, or be ill, or do the tax return, or wait for the washing machine, etc etc.

And this weekend is ..... "Nothing Critical" weekend

So - done nothing except scoff crisps, smoke, eat chocolate, lie on the sofa, watch telly .... and slowly pick away at getting into a position to start to rebuild the empire by logging onto some of my sites and upgrading everything, backing it all up, setting up keyword monitoring ... and other stuff that is mostly "load page, tick some boxes, click ... wait". So not strenuuous or clever or even needing my brain to be switched on.