tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post4685492901094665045..comments2023-10-05T09:44:58.124+01:00Comments on Get On With It: Just a minuteKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05986874444030474719noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-88296361833054937732010-06-18T14:48:46.178+01:002010-06-18T14:48:46.178+01:00Apparently we're going to be taking it in turn...Apparently we're going to be taking it in turns to take notes, so it won't be mine again for another 2 years!!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05986874444030474719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-50922781072385459432010-06-16T14:12:46.227+01:002010-06-16T14:12:46.227+01:00very funny. Hand hurts writing a cheque (well, it ...very funny. Hand hurts writing a cheque (well, it would, ho) so the thought of MINUTES. Well done you.Millahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15967731998504496807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-52976475301648303322010-06-16T08:32:37.645+01:002010-06-16T08:32:37.645+01:00Hee Hee... I know what you mean about wanting to ...Hee Hee... I know what you mean about wanting to fictionalise things - I'm always doing it!Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06919354420843737481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-90393424468707511482010-06-15T22:20:40.156+01:002010-06-15T22:20:40.156+01:00Minutes? Aren't they measurements of time??? I...Minutes? Aren't they measurements of time??? I must admit to looking hard at the ground any time they are mentioned at my work meetings. Until recently I always wrote first draft long hand and I still love pencils and pretty notebooks, but as Olivia says: it is sooo slow typing up. Still have to hand write down those flashes that come to me while I'm driving, cooking, dog-washing etc as my typing fingers still don't move as fast as my writing fingers! xLydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15580243616937466192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-80917977665269930902010-06-15T20:38:26.461+01:002010-06-15T20:38:26.461+01:00I think that the library meeting records would hav...I think that the library meeting records would have benefited immensely if you'd fictionised it. Maybe included a bit of romance? Or murder? Could you send it away as a short story??<br /><br />I can just imagine your heart sinking when the pile of A4 came your way. But glad you enjoyed & didn't get writer's cramp.<br /><br />Anyhow - I have a blog award over at mine for you.<br /><br />Kat :-)Kat Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14176200521240664479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-82675699443476920122010-06-14T17:38:44.703+01:002010-06-14T17:38:44.703+01:00Loved your idea of fiction 'em up minute takin...Loved your idea of fiction 'em up minute taking mode. " Once upon a time...." :) TommoxDABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10596811034169293653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-60067344014035193132010-06-14T09:03:32.110+01:002010-06-14T09:03:32.110+01:00It must have been a great way of character buildin...It must have been a great way of character building!<br />I did laugh when you added, The End!Glynis Peters https://www.blogger.com/profile/01175378917872403609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-41329812701975678992010-06-12T20:16:58.065+01:002010-06-12T20:16:58.065+01:00Oooh, you should have fictioned it up. I'm goi...Oooh, you should have fictioned it up. I'm going to try that if I ever have to take minutes (I'm normally asleep in meetings, so I've never been asked).<br /><br />Empathise with everyone who's lost the ability to write longhand - my fingers are getting cramp at the thought.<br /><br />XXSuzanne Ross Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08561888635304578484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-30731860848051301582010-06-10T23:11:14.788+01:002010-06-10T23:11:14.788+01:00That was funny. I love the idea of writing the mi...That was funny. I love the idea of writing the minutes as you suggest, all descriptive. They would be very amusing.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-67298940495590740642010-06-10T12:42:13.850+01:002010-06-10T12:42:13.850+01:00I have a bit of a thing about writing with a pen. ...I have a bit of a thing about writing with a pen. I have to force myself not to because it's so much slower than typing. <br /><br />I avoid meetings at all costs, although typing minutes might help overcome my problem of falling asleep in them...Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13843258016706999464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-67439599985194258512010-06-10T12:20:23.037+01:002010-06-10T12:20:23.037+01:00I had this crazy urge late last year to write my n...I had this crazy urge late last year to write my next novel in longhand. It lasted all of 6 pages. :)))Anna Scott Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02744202738210301084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-78218710840682319362010-06-10T10:22:12.592+01:002010-06-10T10:22:12.592+01:00This did make me laugh, Karen! Good for you. I did...This did make me laugh, Karen! Good for you. I did used to write in long hand, years ago, and then type up the stories after completion ... but now, that just seems like a tortuous and time-wasting exercise! I love my computer! xxSheila Nortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13997206301877289623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-79480813314073567022010-06-10T01:38:55.719+01:002010-06-10T01:38:55.719+01:00I love the idea of 'fictioning it up'! Min...I love the idea of 'fictioning it up'! Mind you, what else can you do to make life tolerable? :)Lorna Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10902741383469719107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-74242558370987770702010-06-09T22:21:29.277+01:002010-06-09T22:21:29.277+01:00At my lab's 'team briefings', The site...At my lab's 'team briefings', The site manager spends a whole half hour telling us we're doing 'fine', and how spectacular the other sites look compared to us. We spend the half hour breaking furniture (three lab techs sat on the kitchen-like units, and they collapsed), and marvelling at how successful the meetings are at making us want to get back to work.<br /><br />I've often had to resist the urge of spending a day in third-person film noir narration, but my sense of humour at work can be caustic, so I decide not to.<br /><br />I like the Hemingway minutes idea though. So much more interesting should you have to go through the archives for whatever reason. And it seems so apt for a library.<br /><br />MikeFPDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12889685774532510077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-73660623844438293392010-06-09T21:05:51.045+01:002010-06-09T21:05:51.045+01:00My dad actually did minutes of a meeting in rhyme ...My dad actually did minutes of a meeting in rhyme once (and people wonder where I get it from).<br />I'm hopeless at taking them - i get too engrossed in the meeting and forget to write anything down, but actually you have all t he power if you think about it - you can make things happen that didn't (but you want to... with-in reason!) or leave things out that did (that you'd rather not be reported or actioned)...A bit like writitng generally, really! ;-)broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-42829155453777498222010-06-09T16:54:18.464+01:002010-06-09T16:54:18.464+01:00Rhyming minutes would also be fun!Rhyming minutes would also be fun!joanne foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12694158807826275846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-33525023574304604322010-06-09T13:56:46.140+01:002010-06-09T13:56:46.140+01:00he he I do love reading your posts, v funny. I ac...he he I do love reading your posts, v funny. I actually learnt short hand but never use it. I too have now forgotten how to write with a pen!Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10653762974885767334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-64921968095426389412010-06-09T11:19:14.676+01:002010-06-09T11:19:14.676+01:00Ha ha ha.
We used to have a lovely manager too ...Ha ha ha. <br /><br />We used to have a lovely manager too who would rise at dawn on the morning of a meeting to bake cakes for us. The minutes were often chocolate smeared.<br /><br />When it was my turn for minute-taking I enjoyed using euphemisms such as 'a lively discussion followed' or 'various options were considered' when they had all been rambling on and talking in circles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-70157777265027209552010-06-09T10:12:29.404+01:002010-06-09T10:12:29.404+01:00Hi Karen,
Hee hee, brilliant scene setting!
No n...Hi Karen,<br /><br />Hee hee, brilliant scene setting!<br /><br />No no, I could never be trusted with taking down minutes. Yee gods: a blank piece of paper!<br /><br />I'd be guilty of sketching mini caricatures of the others' seated around the table.<br /><br />best<br />FFrancine Howarthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02326542867876257042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-60741328151899985822010-06-09T10:05:04.981+01:002010-06-09T10:05:04.981+01:00That post left me laughing out loud, the scene you...That post left me laughing out loud, the scene you painted was so vivid and so recognisable.Queeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06988379866736219329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-11195566815010110352010-06-09T06:39:40.180+01:002010-06-09T06:39:40.180+01:00I'll have to remember this the next time I hav...I'll have to remember this the next time I have to take the minutes in a meeting.<br /><br />My writing is so dreadful now, as I type everything up now and even when I think I'm writing fairly neatly I look at it afterwards and can't believe how messy it is.Deborah Carr (Debs)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03223653554549707595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-41005964542247024442010-06-09T01:08:17.227+01:002010-06-09T01:08:17.227+01:00You'll need to be careful with all that enthus...You'll need to be careful with all that enthusiasm. Once your colleagues cotton on to the fact that you quite enjoyed it AND you can add some atmosphere... you'll be doing it every month.Jenny Beattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00640209636605410939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-61590246246653263772010-06-08T22:53:19.174+01:002010-06-08T22:53:19.174+01:00I love writing in long hand but my writing is much...I love writing in long hand but my writing is much worse than it used to be.<br />Loved the post.Colette McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00383068332228040704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-77304974383395657342010-06-08T22:33:17.716+01:002010-06-08T22:33:17.716+01:00what a great post
I'd love to be a librarianwhat a great post<br />I'd love to be a librarianjenny wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01353065499514500279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-79294187818160316252010-06-08T22:23:49.997+01:002010-06-08T22:23:49.997+01:00I think you did brilliantly, particularly as the m...I think you did brilliantly, particularly as the meeting was at 8.30 <i>am</i>.<br /><br />At the meetings I go to, I'm fascinated by the lady taking minutes in shorthand. All those squiggles. Plus the fact that's she's still squiggling when we're being asked if we would like ham or cheese sandwiches.<br /><br />And I bet Rachael really did flick Kathy the look didn't she?:-)Lane Mathiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08147122748453850264noreply@blogger.com