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Post: # 106815Post MrsD'ville »

Just read this article http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7428376.stm on the Beeb site about the joy of pottering, 'swonderful! :flower:
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Post: # 106828Post eccentric_emma »

thats a great article - and exactly the sort of internal dialogue i have going quite often as well!
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Post: # 106847Post Ratty »

I spend many of my days doing that. Then moan in the evening that I got nothing done. Only to spend the very next day pottering all over again.

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Post: # 106867Post tim&fatima »

Fantastic article, I had a little chuckle to my self as I was reading it. sounds like one of my normal days. :roll:
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Post: # 106881Post marshlander »

ditto :lol:
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Post: # 106903Post Fatima&Tim »

tim&fatima wrote: I had a little chuckle to my self as I was reading it. sounds like one of my normal days. :roll:
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Post: # 106931Post Brij »

:lol: That's exactly how I spend my time, except I do alot of "looking stuff up online" and drink much more tea.
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Post: # 106936Post Ratty »

My pottering/procrastinating reached new heights recently when I thought "must make a cup of tea, then I'll really get on with some work". Went off, did something else, made cup of tea, sat down & found a cup of tea I'd made just 10 minutes before ... :roll:

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Post: # 106942Post Brij »

I often make a cup of tea when I'm cooking (since I'm heating up a hot-plate anyway), then realise I'd poured myself a glass of wine!

I got up at 9.30am so I could do some work... tis now 1pm and I know a bit more about operating systems, have read the paper on-line and have drunk 3 cups of tea.

Now I really am going to work! :lol:
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Post: # 106952Post Annpan »

Brij wrote:I often make a cup of tea when I'm cooking (since I'm heating up a hot-plate anyway), then realise I'd poured myself a glass of wine!

I got up at 9.30am so I could do some work... tis now 1pm and I know a bit more about operating systems, have read the paper on-line and have drunk 3 cups of tea.

Now I really am going to work! :lol:
That sound awfully familiar :lol: :lol:

Another problem I have is forgetting the time - not a huge problem since I am not on anyones clock, have no appointments, etc. But I am always saying "Oh, is that the time already.... time for another cup of tea :mrgreen: "
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Post: # 106972Post Mainer in Exile »

That sounds like my typical day as well. I may change my occupational designation to "potterer".
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Post: # 107115Post Brij »

Nearly 12 hours on... I really haven't done much... maybe 1200 words, and I'd already done all the research, and written them out on paper. I just typed them really.

Tomorrow I am *not* connecting to this forum. I shall check my emails *once*, facebook no more than twice, and my procrastination shall not amount to more than 2 cups of tea and hoovering the bathroom.

I promise. :salute:
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Post: # 107119Post RBG »

It would appear there may be some difficulty distinguishing pottering from the early onset of Alzheimer's :wink:
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Post: # 108367Post Super.Niki »

Pottering is brilliant! I spend all of my days doing that.... and I plan it at work (because my work is boring and I need something to amusie my time) forget that I'm going to do when walking home form work and start planning all over again... with a cup of tea.... oh dear!!!


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