Raining

Paula · Post by **Paula** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 2:56 pm

Makera - The vibe you give off is not kosher. I never learnt the art of pure unadulterated bullsh*t it takes years and years to get it exactly right. You have honed it to perfection.

Young dr. Freud · Post by **Young dr. Freud** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 4:32 pm

Notes on the Patient L:

Delusions continue.

Believes she is living a nightmare about knowing a racehorse in Russia, Claims proof because she was given an address. Insists on betting on horse.

Spends most of her time in a corner.

Running out of options...Lobotomy?

Helven · Post by **Helven** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 4:37 pm

Thank you very much, Coco!
I’m happy to see that they are people I’ve always like very much from their postings who support me now.

Coco, Elizabeth, Gennelle, George,
Yes, be my guests! We’ll visit all the best restaurants of Piter, we’ll be walking for days together enjoying the beauty of the city, maybe will be lucky and find somewhere good Gypsy’s camp and will be drinking and singing, singing and drinking emptying our glasses and breaking them to pieces for fortune… Yeah, it will be the happiest time!

Heretic, don’t do that, please!!! By the way, I offer you to become the person who will organize that bet. Just imagine that – when my friends win we all will be veeeery busy here, we’ll have no time to post and you’ll finally rest from us!

Yours,
TH

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 7:55 pm

Dear Helven ~

My parents traveled to Russia three times, and loved it. I would consider it an honour and a privilege to see your homeland, through your eyes, and meet your family and friends, through you. I am glad we can consider Coco a co-traveler. We must put special effort into locating a Gypsy camp

.

Love,
Elizabeth

Andrew McGeever · Post by **Andrew McGeever** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 11:14 pm

Dear Byron,
The tune I had in my head as I read "Raining", was "Knights In White Satin", by the Moody Blues in 1967.
I don't know if you are old enough to remember the song: it started after this thread. If you can manage to trawl through the voluminous correspondence which has accompanied "Raining", then you will find this post...it has the advantage of addressing the original subject matter.
As aye,
Andrew.

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 11:28 pm

Andrew
It's the line
'never reaching an end'

there is a line similar to that in Nights in White Satin
and then it continues...
'letters are written
never meaning to send'

Regards to Portobello

Pete

Kush · Post by **Kush** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 12:03 am

If you can manage to trawl through the voluminous correspondence which has accompanied "Raining", then you will find this post...it has the advantage of addressing the original subject matter.

Dear Andrew,
You have a way with words that I like. But I do miss some of your more colorful and expansive commentary on our scribblings - in this sea of politeness it was an unforgiving gale that ripped the sails off many a poem. I hope you haven't mellowed too much.

Regards

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 12:11 am

"...our"

?
"scribblings..."

?

Paula · Post by **Paula** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 1:21 am

Could somebody tell me how you get the quote in the box and put bold etc on words. I can't suss it out

margaret · Post by **margaret** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 2:55 am

I think I need more lessons from my son! I haven't figured that out either. Cut/copy and paste still gives me problems...If I need to do that I end up typing the whole thing

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 2:57 am

Hi Paula ~

To "Bold" something, you double-click on the word itself [with the left button on your mouse], so that it's highlighted in blue. Then, you click on the box above once, for whatever you want done with what you have highlighted. Then, it automatically puts the "code" in brackets, on each end of the word, phrase, sentence, or paragraph. When you click on Submit at the end, it will appear, via the instructions you've given it.

I'm never quite sure on the Quote option [though it would seem to work the same way]. Guess I'll try it and let you know.

~ Lizzie

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 3:02 am

OK, I've just Copied and am now going to Paste my last sentence from my previous post.

I'm never quite sure on the Quote option [though it would seem to work the same way]. Guess I'll try it and let you know.

OK. Done. Now, I'm going to highlight it, the same as I would if I wanted to Bold the whole thing, and then click on Quote and see what happens.

Now, I've done that, and have put my cursor to where I want it ~ to continue with my typing. Now, I'll click on Submit, and see what happens. So far, it looks good.....since in brackets at the beginning is

and at the end is

~ the slash meaning "end." It shouldn't do it again, where I explained it just now, though, because I spaced between the brackets and the first/last words that they apply to.

OK. Here goes........

WOW!How easy is that!?! I was right on the first part, and wrong on the second part. Because Jarkko's program here closes extra spaces [like 2 spaces at the end of periods ends up as 1 space, etc.], it did the same on my spelling out the word "quote" and placing it inside brackets, so it still performed the "Quote" function, as though I had clicked on it, after highlighting it in blue.

So, there ya' go. You do it exactly the same as you would to Bold or Italicize or Underline it. Interesting. By the way, after you've Bolded or Italicized or Underlined something, to continue typing, you place your cursor in the very next space, abutting the last bracket.

~ Lizzie

Byron · Post by **Byron** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 3:14 am

Thanks Andrew, I well remember the Moody Blues and see what you meant in your original question. I never write prose/poetry with a tune or melody in mind. However, because of the structures required for both disciplines, it comes as no surprise that the Moody Blues were kind enough to put a tune to my 'Raining' poem.

Or so Albert says.

I know you were exploring the possibility of going to the New York Event in June, but I was wondering if any members who have already made a tentative booking, are possibly having second thoughts, given the close political connection between our monarchy and the US republic, in the light of the recent situation, which I cannot mention due to promising George Gordon that I would not mention ******* and ******* with ******* or ********. I hope that clarifies my point?

Makera · Post by **Makera** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 10:23 am

Pete~
The Moody Blues are my all-time favourite group. I used to think it was "Knights" in White Satin also, like Andrew wrote, until I first saw the title written: Nights in White Satin.
Isn't that line actually, "Letters I've written, never meaning to send."?

The poem at the end is the topper, though. It was usually left off when aired on radio. The last stanza, as I remember:..

"Cold-hearted orb that rules the night
Removes the colours from our sight
Where red is grey, and yellow white
But we decide which is right,
And which is an illusion."

~Makera

Paula · Post by **Paula** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 11:24 am

Thanks Lizzie I will practice that later.

Margaret copy and paste is:

Block the text using either: hold down the arrow below Caps Lock and then using the arrows below the insert, delete etc box

or

left click your mouse over what you want pasted run the mouse along the text then right click opt for copy they put the cursor where you want to paste the text, right click and paste.