Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 14hI agree with others about weighted and full-sized keys. We started with a fairly basic portable Yamaha keyboard, think you can get similar models for around £500. This was fine up to grade 6 but now have a Kawei. 110
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The lederhosen not suitable for the Caribbean then? 110
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Surely Whitelock's is the only place to eat but it is neither 1 nor 2! I may be visiting more often in a year so making a note of all these suggestions 020
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 25/08/2026So sorry to see that. Losing someone with dementia is like a second bereavement and just as tough. Thoughts with you 001
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I remember those when I was starting out. They weren't as efficient as licking but if you had a lot of envelopes to send out (printed overdue notices - remember those) very useful 100
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Trains seem to have resumed but we are currently crawling towards Croydon 110
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Train 2 already. #bla26 delegates, signalling problems near Selhurst. I was aiming for the train an hour after this one 010
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Very true. Need to bring stuff back for colleagues 010
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Off to #bla26 shortly. My daughter is on a school trip to Berlin with the medium sized bag so do I go big or little? 310
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Also the frustration when the two providers have different labels and even format the titles and ISSNs differently 110
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 02/06/2026My daughter had horrendous weather on her bronze plus they got lost and the guide pointed them in the wrong direction so she vowed never to do silver and gets trauma when we get near the Surrey Hills 220
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Swansea was lovely, and sandy (sorry Brighton but pebbles don't do it for me) 110
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Same title different book. This is more up to date than yours, 1997! 100
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Pom tree? Pom reading? Just weird. I knew there was variant in the UK with some pronouncing it Parm and some Parlm 110
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Interesting: www.reddit.com/r/asklinguis...reddit.comFrom the asklinguistics community on RedditExplore this post and more from the asklinguistics community 120
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Me too. I still can't work out one of the purple category and I have tried pronouncing it multiple ways. re Green, I am always pleased when I can't get a group and realise it is something I know zero about so I don't need to feel bad 120
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 14/05/2026I found "In search of Berlin" by John Kampfner really informative. "Why the Germans do it better" is also a good read, although shortly after this was published it stopped being true 000
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 10/04/2026I still don't know what it is. Got it on the 6th go as the only word that was legitimate 010
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Thanks for the tip. I was intrigued when I read the reviews when it came out. I still have some things that belonged to my mother and can remember what she cooked in/with them 010
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Yes, looked it and thought, I don't watch any reality series especially US ones, spotted the spanagram and knocked the rest off in record time 100
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 02/01/2026This is my reading year according to StoryGraph. 000
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Also slightly annoyed not to get the purple group first as I rejected one word as it wasn't in the plural 100
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 23/09/2025We didn't know it was a thing but having googled we all tried doing the thing at breakfast time with mixed success 110
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Like you it took me a while to get into it but I did love it. I have The Wood in Midwinter on order on Libby since May - I am now 9th in the queue 000
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 09/09/2025You can never have too much icing. You can make too much icing for the cake but then you just sit down with what is left in the bowl 130
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 02/09/2025It is a great bookshop. We stay in Wirksworth a bit which is only 10 minutes drive away 100
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 02/09/2025I saw one last week at work (outside I hasten to add) and likewise I hadn't heard of them before 100
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 20/08/2025I was hoping for black and white things and red and white things but I will take the actual answer 100
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 08/08/2025totally, I got none at all. Vest is not a verb and don't get me started on the purple group 010
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Hope they gave you a badge so you know what a brave girl you have been 110
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 05/08/2025We've done two more loads since and not a peep. Definitely weird 010
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Phew. We came back from holiday and on the final spin of the first load ours made loud clunk and the drum stopped rotating freely. Cue morning and frantic calls to neighbours only to find out the fairies had visited in the night and cured it 100
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 08/07/2025And I got it twice, once when I first got the job and second when I went for internal promotion a few years later 110
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Probably, what's the worst thing that has happened to you at work and how did you cope 110
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Very smooth. All the connections across London worked so I was home half an hour early 010
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Hope your journey home was smoother. I am currently on the Victoria Line so almost home 110
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 27/06/2025And that’s a wrap. Thank you to Neil and the committee for organising another wonderful conference. Thank you to those who presented members papers. Thank you for some stimulating keynotes #bla25 091
Reposted by Robert ElvesSjoukje Schots @sjoukjeschots.bsky.social · 27/06/2025That’s it. Congratulations to @blalib.org on their 50th anniversary. What a way to celebrate in beautiful Sterling with excellente member paper presentations and keynote speakers. Big thank you to everyone and safe travels home. #bla25 082
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Discovered many of the answers to the Stirling round of the quiz were in here. Oh well. Too late now #bla25 170
Reposted by Robert ElvesSjoukje Schots @sjoukjeschots.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Shout out to the sponsors and their continued support of @blalib.org . So good to catch up with all. #BLA25 052
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Enjoyed the whisky tasting at Stirling Distillery and very informative talk #bla25 0121
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 26/06/2025I was remembering the cèilidh we had last time in Stirling 010
Robert Elves @robertelves.bsky.social · 26/06/2025And make sure the train isn’t going to some random place in the wrong direction 110