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Quote: zooo @ July 31 2012, 9:17 AM BST
It's hard facing up to your subconscious, I hear ya.
I fancy those big doughy pretzels for breakfast.
It was followed by a dream about Tom Baker being Dr Who investigating a tiger monster that lived inside sofas and mattresses and killed people.
Sort that out.
Well my exploits were quite banal - I was in an old-fashioned shop (actually showing it to a tourist) in Glasgow's West End (the shop closed a few years ago), looking for lace or embroidered tablecloths. The one I liked was only about a metre square and I was horrified to find it cost £112, so I decided I'd embroider my own.
Are we finished talking about chickens?
Quote: keewik @ July 31 2012, 9:56 AM BSTWell my exploits were quite banal - I was in an old-fashioned shop (actually showing it to a tourist) in Glasgow's West End (the shop closed a few years ago), looking for lace or embroidered tablecloths. The one I liked was only about a metre square and I was horrified to find it cost £112, so I decided I'd embroider my own.
I like this. 
I'm quite getting into stitching after a shakey start (lack of patience for metallic threads, mostly).
Next stop, revisiting crochet.
Quote: Nat Wicks @ July 31 2012, 9:56 AM BSTAre we finished talking about chickens?
Grumpy?
I fear the chickens absence is more significant than its presence
Quote: Booo @ July 31 2012, 10:01 AM BSTGrumpy?
Not at all! I just skipped a few pages at the end of catching up.
Quote: sootyj @ July 31 2012, 10:03 AM BSTI fear the chickens absence is more significant than its presence
It is still here. Watching you with its cold, dead eyes.
Quote: billwill @ July 31 2012, 2:36 AM BSTAh, still no voice, but a silly thing happened today, which may be commonplace to you. I was here reading the BCG and the doorbell rang and it was the young artist, that I posted one of his pencil drawings before:
As I mentioned before this young man sells his sketches door to door, but he cannot talk for medical reasons. He hears and makes gestures OK, so normally I'm able to communicate OK with him, but this time I couldn't talk either so it was a daft situation. I expect he can use sign language but I can't.
A week or so ago I had approached the sales-girl at an Art shop at the top of Muswell Hill, to ask (on the off chance) whether the shop might be interested in buying pencil sketches off this man, for resale. The girl had told me he would have to talk to the manageress (which I said was impossible as he can't talk
); she also said that they display pictures for sale on the walls of their trinket-shop come cafe called The Crocodile shop.
So anyway, I wanted to convey all this to the young artist to persuade him to go visit the manageress. After a few fruitless attempts at whispering, I invited him in and wrote it all down on a piece of paper for him. I think he was frightened of the idea of selling like that through a shop, but in the end he did take away the shop's brochure and my written note, so I hope he will go through with it.
How lovely of you to support him. He is clearly a talented young man. I hope he does go through with it.
It’s daunting for anyone who is trying to promote themselves, be it writing, drawing, or even a job interview, but doubly so without a voice as it’s commonplace to be considered brainless too.
If you have other communication difficulties or disabilities it’s even worse.
Sign language is great but as you say, you both need to know it. A lot of it is obvious and some is just miming, but it brings its own difficulties as it varies regionally and users often adapt it amongst themselves to suit their needs. I would love to see it taught in schools; just the alphabet and some basic words or commonly used phrases. If you can fingerspell a few words or read someone else fingerspelling that is often enough for basic communication.
Let us know how he gets on. 
I can fingerspell my name.
Not that useful in the great scheme of things... But it's a start!
Quote: zooo @ July 31 2012, 9:46 AM BSTIt was followed by a dream about Tom Baker being Dr Who investigating a tiger monster that lived inside sofas and mattresses and killed people.
My in-depth analysis concludes you need a new mattress...and a new sofa, get yourself down yo DFS pronto.
Hee. But what if I buy one with a tiger monster in itttttt. 
aparently sofas in dreams always symbolise vaginas
Quote: sootyj @ July 31 2012, 10:27 AM BSTaparently sofas in dreams always symbolise vaginas
And the tiger monster signifies...well....you do the math (hate that effing expression >_<