Moan, moan, moan----get it off your chest or have a chat

[Anthony Darby]

....and I have to belt the letter 'v' because it is stuck.

[maggiepie]

My period is my biggest problem, have to really whack it

[Anthony Darby]

Well, there's no answer to that.

[David Nicholson]

 

[maggiepie]

Well, there's no answer to that.

We could trade!!!

[Paddy Tobin]

Moan of the day: sore knees after spending almost two days removing two large patches of crocosmias which had been left to their own devices for several years. I now have about 4 square metres of planting space. First into this will be Anemone nemerosa 'Lady Doneraile' a variety of Irish origin, very strong grower, 25cm tall, large white flowers held upwards.


Typing: a good decision I made 35 years ago was to take the time to learn to touch type. Maggi, it doesn't matter if the letters have become worn off the keys!

Paddy

[Anthony Darby]

........and next year remember to remove 4m² of crocosmia which has returned.

[gote]

Anthony,
You should be posting this in I am so happy. 
These are good news indeed and you make me feel a little better too.
I got the wrong impression from your post.
Göte

[gote]

Carol,

I have attempted to do this but STILL get American spelling queries from Word. The use of 'z' instead of 's' in words like realise just looks plain wrong to me 

There are two levels to this. The individual document can be set to a certain spelling dictionary - I think even the individual paragraph can be set to it.
However you can also set your preferences to a certain dictionary and this is a default thing. As soon as the program thinks that you start a new section, it might default back to the preferred dictionary.
I am not quite sure what will apply in your case but you should have a template called 'normal.dot' that stores your preferences.
Every time you start a new blank document, Words loads normal.dot with all settings of font, indents, paper size and so on. I assume you can set this template to whatever dictionary you want to use. If so that will be assumed to be the standard. I am not sure and different versions of word may differ but it is well worth poking around this area.
You can set word to find out which language you are using. It will recognize that English is not German but  but I doubt that it will discern between different variations of English.
I hope I am right and I hope I am helpful
Göte
     
 

[ashley]

........and next year remember to remove 4m² of crocosmia which has returned.

Hereabouts the standard measure for crocosmia is m³ because the strings of corms go down so deep and profusely . 

Either you need to be incredibly thorough Paddy or Lady Doneraile needs to be incredibly tough .  So best of luck to you both.

[Paddy Tobin]

Ashley, Anthony,

I was incredibly thorough, hands and knees stuff with a hand fork after the initial major lift out with a garden fork. Then I went back and went through it all again; then I dug in three loads of compost, one at a time so as to give me an opportunity to spot any corms missed; then I dug in three loads of leafmould and then I planted the anemone, transplanted some snowdrops and planted out some Arisaema.

And now I must wait and keep my fingers crossed.

Paddy

[ChrisB]

Hi Paddy,

Please let us know, a year from now, that indeed none of them returned.  I've tried several times, hands and knees, to get rid of them but they just don't want to leave my sandy soil!

[Anthony Darby]

Carol,

I have attempted to do this but STILL get American spelling queries from Word. The use of 'z' instead of 's' in words like realise just looks plain wrong to me 

There are two levels to this. The individual document can be set to a certain spelling dictionary - I think even the individual paragraph can be set to it.
However you can also set your preferences to a certain dictionary and this is a default thing. As soon as the program thinks that you start a new section, it might default back to the preferred dictionary.
I am not quite sure what will apply in your case but you should have a template called 'normal.dot' that stores your preferences.
Every time you start a new blank document, Words loads normal.dot with all settings of font, indents, paper size and so on. I assume you can set this template to whatever dictionary you want to use. If so that will be assumed to be the standard. I am not sure and different versions of word may differ but it is well worth poking around this area.
You can set word to find out which language you are using. It will recognize that English is not German but  but I doubt that it will discern between different variations of English.
I hope I am right and I hope I am helpful
Göte
     

MS Word does distinguish between the various versions of 'English'. Just go to tools, click 'language' and then 'set language' and you will see, but you then have to save the settings and they'll be like that for evermore. Word on my computer rejects American spellings.

[Lesley Cox]

I have noted that some newer music (Beatles is an example) is rhythmically complicated to a degree that most fans never notice. A study of the sheet music will reveal many of these things.
In 'Memory' (Cats) bar #7 is in 10/8 and bar #8 is 12/8; bar #9 is 6/8. This of course completely upsets anyone who is using an "electronic drummer". (perhaps intended by Mr Lloyd Webber  )
The fact that it is a kind of "Waltz" is already difficult to understand by many.

What I always found particularly difficult was when one has to play different time signatures in each hand, as in, e.g. one of Chopin's 3 Opus Posthumus Etudes (can't remember which one at present and when I went to play the disc, found it absent from its box. Where the heck has it gone?) in which the right hand plays 3/4 while the left plays 4/4. These three little pieces are deceptively difficult, while sounding easy. But then, my name's not Martha.

[Maggi Young]

I have another video clip, sent by another forumist which is even worse than TH's one, Lesley, I'll send it to you when I find it!
 In the meantime, I will print here the text of another "driving" email I got from my Brother in Law, Bill.......

"This morning on the Freeway,
I looked over to my left and there was a
Woman

In a brand new
 
Holden Calaise


Doing 110 kms per hr


With her
Face up next to her

Rear view mirror

Putting on her eyeliner.

I looked away

For a couple seconds !


And when I looked back she was

Halfway over in my lane,


Still working on that makeup.


As a man,

I don't scare easily.


But she scared me so much;
I dropped

My electric shaver,


Which knocked

The meat pie

Out of my other hand.

In all
The confusion of trying

To straighten out the car


Using my knees against
The steering wheel,


It knocked

My Mobile phone


Away from my ear


Which fell


Into the coffee

Between my legs,


Splashed,


And burned


Big Jim and the Twins,


Ruined the darn phone,


Soaked my trousers,


And disconnected an

Important call.


b***dy women drivers!! "



Bill sends me  a few of these funnies...

P. S. I don't drive.....well, maybe just  the BD round the bend!!