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- Tue Dec 12, 2006 3:56 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Iranian Holocaust Denial Confab Draws David Duke, Protests
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10988
- Sun Nov 19, 2006 2:07 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: I just went to my first concert yesterday.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10056
- Sun Oct 29, 2006 12:57 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: your favorite turn of the century composer?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 14489
I am a recent convert to classical music as a result of hearing some of Vaughan Williams' music last year on a TV documentary - prior to this classical music was a world of which I was in complete ignorance. My CD collection is ever expanding, and includes composers from the Classical, Romantic and ...
- Sun Oct 22, 2006 2:53 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Baroness Warnock Right On Target About Music Education
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5503
- Tue Oct 17, 2006 2:21 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: what do u guys think is the most emotionally moving piece?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 22826
- Sun Oct 15, 2006 2:17 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Eyesight
- Replies: 21
- Views: 12772
I am short sighted so have had to wear glasses ever since I was five (the condition wasn't realised until I started school). I have always made sure to have a spare pair of glasses ever since I pulled a pair in half whilst staying with friends (we had to glue them together - as if I'm not geeky enou...
- Thu Oct 12, 2006 2:07 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: O alter Duft aus Maerchenzeit
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9741
- Tue Oct 10, 2006 2:33 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: A Stand, uh, a Sitdown Against Conformity
- Replies: 21
- Views: 12869
Coughing and fidgeting are my dislikes. I attended my first concert at a major British venue (London's Barbican) last July and even though it was hot summer's day the coughing and spluttering of the audience was more in keeping with the depths of winter. I also had the misfortune to be seated behind...
- Sun Oct 08, 2006 1:53 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: The Appeal of Horror Films
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7458
- Sat Oct 07, 2006 3:47 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Favorite Poets?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 17799
- Sat Oct 07, 2006 3:36 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Straw Calls on Muslim Women to Abandon the Veil
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9997
- Sat Sep 23, 2006 1:34 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Which classical composer are you most like?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 19599
- Tue Sep 19, 2006 1:52 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Take This Classical Music Quiz
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10460
- Sat Sep 16, 2006 1:38 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: What are you listening to?
- Replies: 2843
- Views: 1030618
- Tue Sep 12, 2006 12:42 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Star Trek's 40th anniversary
- Replies: 37
- Views: 19489
Lark Ascending wrote: Trek geek alert! I have just returned from a fantastic weekend at a small UK Star Trek convention held in Coventry. I asume they played the TNG episode in which Deanna and her mother are stripped naked by a Frerengi. No, but the convention was held in the Lady Godiva suite of ...
- Mon Sep 11, 2006 3:43 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Star Trek's 40th anniversary
- Replies: 37
- Views: 19489
For Corlyss, and anyone else interested in what us sad sci-fi types get up to on certain weekends, here is a link to the convention website: http://www.sfbevents.com/reunion/index.php There are several reports and photos posted on the forum, fortunately none of them featuring me on the dance floor. ...
- Mon Sep 11, 2006 2:24 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Star Trek's 40th anniversary
- Replies: 37
- Views: 19489
Trek geek alert! I have just returned from a fantastic weekend at a small UK Star Trek convention held in Coventry. I've been attending these events for almost 10 years now and have met many of the actors from my favourite Trek shows (I became a fan during the Voyager/DS9 era). They are also a great...
- Thu Aug 31, 2006 2:55 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Classical Music and Clubbing-What a Night!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3718
- Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:19 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Vienna City Library - Schubert Collection.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3985
- Sun Jul 30, 2006 3:37 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Need help! Composers who wrote works while traveling...
- Replies: 35
- Views: 19796
- Sun Jul 30, 2006 3:17 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: What are You Watching and/or Reading?
- Replies: 128
- Views: 83217
- Sun Jul 30, 2006 2:42 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: What are you listening to?
- Replies: 2843
- Views: 1030618
- Sat Jul 22, 2006 3:27 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: What are you listening to?
- Replies: 2843
- Views: 1030618
- Sun Jul 16, 2006 9:49 am
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: The Local Record Store-Going, Going...
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12457
I have to admit that I buy my CDs from the big chains (HMV and Virgin) as they very often have sales on. When visiting London yesterday I did buy a couple of CDs from Harold Moores Records, an independent shop just off Oxford Street but a lot of the stock was more expensive than at the majors so the...
- Sun Jul 16, 2006 9:31 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: What are You Watching and/or Reading?
- Replies: 128
- Views: 83217
- Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:49 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Just wanted to say Hi!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8033
- Sun Jul 09, 2006 2:34 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Counter-intuitive, but true
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8096
Re. distraction while driving and accidents, we should all know about this NHTSA study concluding that drivers on cell phones are twice as dangerous as inebriated ones. In Britain using a mobile phone whilst driving is banned, although I've seen plenty of drivers disregard this virtually impossible...
- Fri Jul 07, 2006 2:53 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Your Favourite 'Small-Catalogue' Composer
- Replies: 29
- Views: 20981
- Mon Jul 03, 2006 3:14 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Watch those vanilla wafers!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6238
- Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:52 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: 7th Annual CMG French Fries Survey
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11049
Chips form one half of the popular British takeaway dish fish and chips. Almost every high street in the U.K. has a fish and chip shop or "chippy" in it. I don't very often eat chips but when I do l have them from the local chip shop with a piece of fish, usually cod, in batter. They are much thick...
- Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:19 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Todays Purchases
- Replies: 179
- Views: 112424
- Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:38 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: What's your favourite TV show?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 15174
A friend who's hooked on Lost loaned me the first season. It was pretty addictive as long as I could watch 3 or 4 episodes an evening. To watch it as a weekly thing, I don't think I could do it - it's a fictional reality show. I don't watch reality shows. So, Lark, and anyone else hooked on Lost, w...
- Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:08 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: What's your favourite TV show?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 15174
My all time favourite TV show is Star Trek Voyager (yes, I am a Trekkie :lol:, I like DS9 too ). I also like to watch documentaries on a variety of subjects - current affairs, history (especially British history), nature, travel, anything to do with space. The only drama series I'm watching at prese...
- Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:15 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Which composer scored the most beautiful music for the piano
- Replies: 68
- Views: 32168
- Mon Jun 26, 2006 3:52 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Summer Reading List
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14096
Today I went to the library and took out the following: Notes From A Big Country - Bill Bryson. I hope his commentary on his home country is as hilarious as his Notes From A Small Island is about my country, that book had tears of laughter rolling down my cheeks. Fenland Chronicle and A Pride Of Tig...
- Sun Jun 25, 2006 11:49 am
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Pets, anyone?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8177
- Sun Jun 25, 2006 11:43 am
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Do you like Olives?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 13186
- Sun Jun 25, 2006 11:35 am
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Breakfast
- Replies: 39
- Views: 21485
- Sun Jun 25, 2006 11:20 am
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Which composer scored the most beautiful music for the piano
- Replies: 68
- Views: 32168
- Sat Jun 24, 2006 4:10 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: A Lusty Composer's Special Day
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6715
- Sat Jun 24, 2006 3:57 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Summer Reading List
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14096
What titles about life in England before the 1930s in particular have you enjoyed, Lark? Actually, I meant to type autobiograpies. Some of the ones I've enjoyed are: Cider With Rosie by Laurie Lee, and its 2 sequels, As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning and A Moment of War Lark Rise To Candleford ...
- Sat Jun 24, 2006 3:36 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: A Tribute Our Pals DownUnder
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6176
- Sat Jun 24, 2006 3:25 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Summer Reading List
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14096
I have just finished reading Wild Swans by Jung Chang about the experiences of one family in China during the 20th Century, particularly the horrors of the Cultural Revolution. I'm not sure what I'll read next. I enjoy both fiction and non fiction - history ( especially anything to do with World War...
- Thu Jun 15, 2006 3:31 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Analogies and Metaphors
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8030
- Wed Jun 14, 2006 2:59 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Movies about Classical Composers
- Replies: 34
- Views: 30852
- Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:18 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Movies about Classical Composers
- Replies: 34
- Views: 30852
- Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:53 am
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox August 2005 to May 31, 2006
- Topic: What's Your Educational Background?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 413126
- Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:37 am
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Why is Classical Music Undervalued by Younger Generations?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 22813
- Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:21 am
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Why is Classical Music Undervalued by Younger Generations?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 22813
I'm sure that's the kind of response Donald was hoping for, and thanks. BTW we do know that what we call "private schools" are called "public schools" there, and what we call "public schools" are called "comprehensive schools." And I teach "maths," not "math." In responding to Donald's query I type...
- Sat Jun 10, 2006 4:19 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Why is Classical Music Undervalued by Younger Generations?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 22813
I wasn't brought up to appreciate classical music, it was something I discovered quite by accident last year. I don't have any children, but in Britain, where at time the class system still prevails, I would say that classical music is more likely to find favour in the more expensive private, as opp...