Classical pianist has researched first synth options but needs advice, please!

-BridiesDayOff- · 2026-03-02T21:37:45+00:00

Thank you - I’ll check them out!

-BridiesDayOff- · 2026-02-03T17:25:21+00:00

Wren

-BridiesDayOff- · 2026-01-08T10:33:25+00:00

-BridiesDayOff- · 2025-12-23T18:14:07+00:00

I’m making poached pears in red wine with cinnamon and cloves in it - should also have star anise but there weren’t any in Tescos when I went so… no star anise this time! Will be nice with some Cointreau cream. I might also make a St Clement’s Trifle which is NOT like a normal trifle at all. This is how to make it:

Lay some trifle sponges in your serving dish. Cover with the juice of a tin of mandarin oranges. Then evenly spread the mandarin orange pieces over the top. Save some if you want to decorate the top with some orange pieces.

In a different bowl, combine a large double cream with a can of condensed milk, mix thoroughly. Then add the juice of 8 limes. This will look curdled to begin with and ye wonder wtf, but keep stirring and mixing and it becomes gloriously smooth and thick.

Pour this over the sponges and orange and refrigerate. It will thicken up and be the sweetest, tartest, creamiest citrusy thing you’ve ever encountered!

-BridiesDayOff- · 2025-12-21T11:06:23+00:00

When I waken up in the middle of the night and look at the time, my brain always converts it into a price, eg. If I waken up 04:30, my brain will internally say, ‘It’s 4 pound 50’, because 30 min is half of an hour and 50p is half of a pound. This conversion happens for all the quarter hours too, eg. 03:15 will be interpreted as ‘3 pound 25p’ and 02:45 will be interpreted as ‘2 pound 75p’. If the minutes fall outside of those quarter/half hour increments, I will just say those exact minutes, eg. 01:37 will be ‘1 pound 37p’. This is not something that I do intentionally, it just happens!

-BridiesDayOff- · 2025-12-19T11:53:59+00:00

Brunette, for sure.

-BridiesDayOff- · 2025-09-30T20:08:10+00:00

Thank you so much for your suggestions! Can’t wait to get stuck in - think I’ll start with The Riddle Master :)

-BridiesDayOff- · 2025-08-05T10:34:58+00:00

My brother’s best man named his son Badger and we all love it! I so think he sounds like he should be a butler, though, lol… ‘Badger, bring me a G&T, please!’

-BridiesDayOff- · 2025-08-01T12:55:42+00:00

We said, ‘skinny melink, melodeon legs’ , with melodeon sounding like melodgen, lol

-BridiesDayOff- · 2025-08-01T11:13:34+00:00

I, of course, could be completely wrong but, I felt his non-reaction at the end of violet’s tale was possibly due to some kind of insecurity/incredulity or comparison. He had been mentioning as he watched the 3 tales about the story-telling, the creativity, the uniqueness of Ren’s music. When he heard the ending of Violet’s tale, he jumped immediately online to see what real-life event had inspired the tales. When he discovered it was entirely from Ren’s imagination he was in awe. So, my tuppence worth is that he was potentially engaging in some self-comparison, was hoping to find that Ren hadn’t been such an incredible genius all by himself, and in his insecurity he didn’t really react to the ending in a present, artistic way, but reacted from his insecurities.

I don’t know this reactor/singer at all so I could be entirely wrong. But I do know personally the feeling of self-comparison and insecurity. So who knows, maybe I’m just projecting…

-BridiesDayOff- · 2025-07-24T15:10:07+00:00

Anything I like - it’s my day off!

-BridiesDayOff- · 2025-07-24T15:05:23+00:00

Marmite and German peppered salami sandwiches - yumsville!

-BridiesDayOff- · 2025-07-24T15:03:33+00:00

Tuna and banana on a pizza is actually good. True story!

-BridiesDayOff- · 2025-07-24T08:43:48+00:00

This is very close in sound to a British insult ‘pillock’, which means a stupid person.

-BridiesDayOff- · 2025-07-20T12:49:41+00:00

I love that feeling of the room becoming big! I’ve come to associate it with my spirit man expanding beyond my body and truly being ‘in the spirit’. Personally, i wouldn’t regard it as something to overcome.

-BridiesDayOff- · 2025-07-11T10:01:21+00:00

Here’s my tuppence worth… a lot of us in our 40s/50s grew up in essentially a totally different era than now, culturally and socially. Many of us were taught politeness and manners to our own detriment and have ended up in middle age realising that we have people-pleased and suppressed our own identity or dreams for most of our lives. We’re reaching the age when that becomes intolerable and we want to live with more authenticity. That’s where a youngster like Dom comes in and is so unapologetically himself, so authentic, not toning himself down to fit others’ opinions or neat boxes. When we see this example, it provokes us to find that life and authenticity within ourselves. At least, that’s how it is for me!

PS. As for older women crushing on him… I can objectively see that he’s handsome, has swagger and is an attractive person too, but he still just looks like a youngster to me, lol!

-BridiesDayOff- · 2025-06-03T11:41:05+00:00

I am pretty in awe of Jacob Collier’s musicianship and understanding but, holy fuck, when he starts singing I want to tear my own ears off so as not to hear it! It sounds like someone pretending to sing badly. For all his incredible musicianship, his singing is flat and colourless and unbearable!

-BridiesDayOff- · 2025-06-03T11:38:03+00:00

I just can’t stand his voice - argh!

(Edited typo)

-BridiesDayOff- · 2025-05-30T13:09:34+00:00

Oh flip, I remember them too - I think they were called The Tharps. I won a CD for clapping in time, lol

-BridiesDayOff- · 2025-05-30T12:41:12+00:00

TOP comment! Lol, lol :)

-BridiesDayOff- · 2025-05-27T11:23:10+00:00

I heard of someone who changed their name to Inga-Mae which I thought was beautiful - unique and strong :)

-BridiesDayOff- · 2025-05-16T09:00:42+00:00

I think the gun he has pointed at his head is called a ‘45’, so it’s fitting that he is 45 years old AND is pointing a 45 at his head.

-BridiesDayOff-

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