tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post4621131347140015728..comments2023-10-17T12:05:26.540+01:00Comments on Razor-blade of Life: AgelessZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-84210451862698666812012-05-11T22:32:04.603+01:002012-05-11T22:32:04.603+01:00Sing Kitty of Coleraine in 7/4 time, perhaps?Sing Kitty of Coleraine in 7/4 time, perhaps?Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-55320667109461730002012-05-11T22:17:11.741+01:002012-05-11T22:17:11.741+01:00Dum, doo, dum, clap clap. And ooh bap-pa-da boom-...Dum, doo, dum, clap clap. And ooh bap-pa-da boom-boom. Raggy waltz?Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201835677426254567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-57706970700742917552012-05-11T21:58:13.105+01:002012-05-11T21:58:13.105+01:00Oh blimey, and singing rounds. Alousoddingette, f...Oh blimey, and singing rounds. Alousoddingette, for example. And Kitty of Coleraine (sp?) which wasn't a round, to be fair. As beautiful Kitty one morning was tripping with a pitcher of milk to the fair of Coleraine - that's one I'm never going to forget, however many decades pass.<br /><br />I find the iPad easy to type on, although I do make more mistakes than a larger keyboard.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-27063866331952564332012-05-11T20:02:19.251+01:002012-05-11T20:02:19.251+01:00As one who learnt to touch type to the sounds of t...As one who learnt to touch type to the sounds of the William Tell overture and to carriage return may I suggest that If the iPad is at the right angle it is easy to type. Well that is what I have found, along with the joys of the machine attempting to guess the word I am typing.<br /><br />The difficulty is with the minor, little used keys and symbols, even that is outweighed by the benefit of no Snopake, the battles with correcting carbon copies and the evil smell of pink correcting fluid when typing stencils for the Roneo duplicator.PixieMumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14717092173188052675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-22893151261332291752012-05-11T17:38:03.080+01:002012-05-11T17:38:03.080+01:00Gosh, music lessons weren't like that in my da...Gosh, music lessons weren't like that in my day. History of music, and clapping rhythms in Miss Brown's classroom, where she sat and petted her pussy while dictating to us about Chopin etc. Yes, really, she brought her tortoiseshell cat to school every day. It either sat on the piano if it was sunny, or in her lap if not. I hated music lessons.Blue Witchhttp://blue-witch.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-92037891664209287092012-05-11T10:23:27.687+01:002012-05-11T10:23:27.687+01:00Next lesson, they'll be trying their hand at c...Next lesson, they'll be trying their hand at composition in 5/4 or 7/4 time.<br /><br />Bass. Whoops. Indeed. I'd have noticed it myself today and hastily corrected it, hoping that no one would have noticed. Now I'll have to put an acknowledgement that, at 11 pm, I can't spell. Thank you, Chris.<br /><br />I hope so too, Roses. I think that older people manage so well with an iPad because they don't need a mouse - although of course, one has to be reasonably dextrous to type on the smaller keypad.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-63812768646457598302012-05-11T09:34:59.126+01:002012-05-11T09:34:59.126+01:00When I bought my iPad, it occurred to me that I wa...When I bought my iPad, it occurred to me that I wanted it simply because it's shiny and that once I got used to it's shininess it would gather dust.<br /><br />Not so.<br /><br />I hope your friend gets many happy hours enjoying her shiny thing.<br /><br />I love dinner parties, good company and good food is a happy marriage indeed.Roseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07469442580348062913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-400562947070891722012-05-11T09:18:01.028+01:002012-05-11T09:18:01.028+01:00Good stuff, great fun to take part in. A far cry f...Good stuff, great fun to take part in. A far cry from when music lessons involved endless singing of The Ash Grove and Camptown Races, etc., or even - as I discovered one teaching practice - the 'teacher', generally the most comic of all the staff, doling out sixpences to any pupil who could identify the composer of the piece he was playing.<br /><br />Erm...bass line?Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14227767014123557100noreply@blogger.com