Daily for Friday 25th Jan 08

grannybroon

Hi Jackie

Were you well enough to drive today or did you get a friend? I am involed with all this stuff at the moment so please Sweatheart take care and look after yourself. I would come for a few days if it would help but I know your family fantastic.

Take care.

GB xxxxx

grannybroon

Oh dear PenPin

We have just had DGS3 diagnosed with Carrotina (Carotina). Being weaned with blitzed carrot, sweet potato, swede and all sorts of things. DD trying to do the right thing by cooking instead of buying jars. Internet says blizing these veg not a good thing! Google!

Love GB x

Bargain_Rzl

Evening everybody :hello:

Big hugs to you and your family hilstep :grouphug: I'm sure you know we're all here if you need a chat. And hugs to your family too grannybroon, especially your mum.

In fact there seem to be loads of you needing a hug today. Tattycath, I'm sorry you're feeling down. Perhaps tomorrow will be better

JackieO - great to see you doing OK with the chemo and everything. Your daft emails always give me a giggle

I've had a mad week at work as we've got a deadline next week. I'm busy tomorrow too - singing at a funeral, then going to see Sweeney Todd, then going to a concert I get a rest on Sunday, though!

Bloke came to fix my fridge freezer on Wednesday and it's now fine Didn't lose any food either :j

Just made a yummy batch of macaroni cheese - having a bit of a storecupboard challenge at the moment as I've got loads of everything and I reckon I should be able to spend practically nothing on groceries for the next three or four weeks. It will be great if I can, because I'm saving up to do my 30th birthday "in style" - the current plan is a trip to Paris with "the girls" followed by treating a few of my closest friends to a meal in a lovely restaurant. My birthday's on 11th July and my savings are well on target :j

Must be off and eat some of that macaroni cheese :drool:

Love Rzl xx :wave:

Bargain_Rzl

Awwwww... Just popped out to the shop as I'd run out of fizzy water and really fancied some (99p a litre for Highland Spring from the local offie, as opposed to the usual Tesco Value 17p stuff :rolleyes:) and on the way back I ran into my neighbour with her new (3wk old) baby son :A who I hadn't met before.

SOOOOO cute :A

Penelope_Penguin

grannybroon wrote: »

PenPen

Refer HJ's post. We haven't come across this carrotina (carotina) before. DGS3 exhibiting huge signs turning orange. We looked back baby photos DGS2 and yes, we can see it there too from time to time but did not pick out or think a problem. DGS1 - we can't see it!!!!!!

Hope this makes sense!

GB xxxxxxxxx

Who's carrotina Does she post on OS

I'm off for some whisky and I'll see if that makes me less confabulated

Rzl - good to see you posting :beer: Can you solve a choir dispute. We're singing Carmina Burana. I've looked up a translation on the web and I think the words are rather saucy. A colleage disagrees, and says I've misunderstood. Please help :A

Penny. x

Bargain_Rzl

PenPen, you're right, they are VERY saucy. Tricky to look up translations as it's in a cross between Latin and Old German... but yep, from about a third of the way into the piece onwards it's all about drinking... and then a few movements later it's all about sex

From the movement called "Amor volat undique" onwards, the baritone soloist is supposed to be a youth who's got the horn for a certain young lady, played by the soprano soloist As each section passes he gets randier and randier... and she's up for it but she's not quite sure whether she should or not ("In trutina") but then they, and the entire chorus, decide to get on with it, causing the soprano to sing what can only be described as a musical orgasm ("Dulcissime...") soaring up to a top D and cartwheeling back down again in ecstasy...

Then there's a fabulous chorus about how great Venus is ("Ave formosissima" - that's the one where the sopranos have to sing a top B and the altos have a top G).

Yep, it's saucy

Penelope_Penguin

Bargain_Rzl wrote: »

PenPen, you're right, they are VERY saucy. Tricky to look up translations as it's in a cross between Latin and Old German... but yep, from about a third of the way into the piece onwards it's all about drinking... and then a few movements later it's all about sex

From the movement called "Amor volat undique" onwards, the baritone soloist is supposed to be a youth who's got the horn for a certain young lady, played by the soprano soloist As each section passes he gets randier and randier... and she's up for it but she's not quite sure whether she should or not ("In trutina") but then they, and the entire chorus, decide to get on with it, causing the soprano to sing what can only be described as a musical orgasm ("Dulcissime...") soaring up to a top D and cartwheeling back down again in ecstasy...

Then there's a fabulous chorus about how great Venus is ("Ave formosissima" - that's the one where the sopranos have to sing a top B and the altos have a top G).

Yep, it's saucy

:beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: So, in short, I win :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: not that I'm competetive, you understand I'll mark my book with your notes, so I remember

We're also singing The Armed Man, which I absolutely love.

Thanks, Rzl :A Penny. x

Bargain_Rzl

Dulcissime

tattycath

OH just dragged me to pub and I had 2 smirnoff ice on an empty stomach-now rather innebriated and gioggly, I have just partially read the thread, I sang wqith a 1400 strong choir at birmingham symphony hall a couple of years ago. we sang Faure's requiem and Vivaldi gloria-It was fantastic!!!

Penelope_Penguin

Glad you're feeling better TC! We did Faure's requiem last year, and the Gloria is planned for next year, I think. How marvellous to sing with 1400. We make do with 40

Soprano or alto, so that Rzl and I know where to sit you

Hey, can you not join a choir near you? I met my very best friend there 2 years ago, when we both went along hoping to meet new people.

Penny. x