Trivia Time!!

[Maggi Young]

I've just  tried the spell check, and was given the option, via the correction box, to change, ignore or add the words underlined. They still came up in red in the post box but were ignored in a second check test.


Can't say I understand all this stuff, but it seems to work, sort of!

Only a moderator can remove a post altogether, as  was the case in the previous forum setup. It's for good reason... trust me, I'm not a doctor!

Oops, shouldn't have mentioned docs if you have to have treatment... sorry. Good luck with it, though. 
Maggi

[Lesley Cox]

Oh Maggi, I am totally blind or stupid or both. Please forgive me. I saw the note elsewhere that Fred had added the spell check, had the red squiggles under some words but totally failed to see the Spell Check button to the right of Post and Preview. Sorted now.

[fermi de Sousa]

It is interesting and again a source of much anger that ANZ, a wholly Australian owned bank now, charges much more for every single service here, than it does in Australia. Either bigger dollar amounts or bigger percentage amounts. There is no justification for that at all, except that they can.

Lesley,
I had my mortgage with them and when I paid it off I expected the title to be returned to me - apparently I'd have to pay for that privilege! Why I asked a bank teller "Why?" she just said "Because they can"!
Banks - aka B@st@rds! 
Even the Bendigo Bank which is touted as a "community" bank follows the lead of our "big 4" and hasn't passed on the full interest rate cut when the Reserve Bank cut rates earlier this month.
Oh, correction - the banks did pass on the full rate cut but only to investors, not borrowers! So you get paid even less interst on money you have with them but pay more interest on money you borrow!
cheers
fermi

[Anthony Darby]

Fermi, you forget that we have to pay the chief executives' salaries. 30 years ago they were 10 times that of the basic worker; they are now 100 times that of the basic worker. Holiday homes, London penthouses, Ferraris, Aston Martins (both plural), yachts and a private education (yes, it is still called public school in the UK, as that was its original intention) for Tarquin and Henrietta don't grow on trees (perhaps that should be rockery plants?). No wonder governments can't balance the books. All the money has been syphoned off into the private sector. To take a US example: Apple could still make a fortune even if it employed Americans to manufacture its iPhones, but it chooses to have them made in China! Dyson is the same. I bought a Lightline sleeping bag in 1983. My son uses it on his tramps in NZ. It was lovingly made in the UK. I know, because on the original label were the names of the ladies who were involved written in ballpoint. These bags are now made in China and these ladies are doing something else.

[Maggi Young]

Trivia Time: the title is the clue.... light-hearted fun..... get it?!!!

[Anthony Darby]

 

[David Nicholson]

If anyone listened to the clip I posted in early May of Alabama Shakes and liked them here's another:-

[Anthony Darby]

[John Aipassa]

That is absolutely brilliant 

[gote]

A real gem Anthony
Thank you
Göte

[Lesley Cox]

I wish I could play Bach as well, myself.

[Anthony Darby]

You and me both Lesley. Fortunately I get the chance to sing wonderful music. Today we had 'Locus Iste' by Bruckner and 'Lord I Trust Thee' by Handel as motets in today's 9.30 Eucharist at St Mark's,  Remuera. The preacher was the Right Reverend Stephen Cottrell, Bishop of Chelmsford. Next Sunday we are going to the free family concert in Auckland town hall, and the attraction for me is the Saint-Saëns organ Concerto.

[johnw]

Next Sunday we are going to the free family concert in Auckland town hall, and the attraction for me is the Saint-Saëns organ Concerto.

That will be a blast. I hope they provide seat belts.

[Lesley Cox]

A blast indeed. I heard Gillian Weir play it years ago in Wellington at one of the International Arts Festivals, held every two years. I went to 11 concerts/recitals/plays in 9 days!

Yes John, I shall be going to the Czech Conference, everything booked now except an airfare from Dunedin to Christchurch and back. Hoping the Czech Phil will be doing something exciting at the time as I'll have a few days in Prague before the main event.

[Anthony Darby]

Gillian Weir played one of the inaugural recitals after the new Flentrop organ in Dunblane Cathedral was installed in 1989. I remember having a hilarious time afterwards with her and members of the choir in a friends kitchen. Plenty of wine was had by all! She had this fantastic way of introducing a piece and then swinging round and launching into the music in one graceful movement.