That makes me sad Yogi   We will have to arrange a time to get together for a chat, when we both have some free time!! 

We shall synchronise our watches.

Yes we will have to do that.  Signing out for the night.  I need my bed!!  Hope to catch up with you all tomorrow. 

Good morning everyone

At the third pip it will be 8.10 precisely

Pip, pip squeak

Good morning El Loro.
You reminded me of the Speaking Clock on the telephone. Do they still have that?

Good morning everyone.

Good morning everyone, not too bad here at the moment, a little oasis of dry weather before it all starts again later on today.  Rushes out to sunbathe

You'd get hypothermia, if you tried to sunbathe up here, Squiggle.

And down here too Yogi

Afternoon everyone.    Sorry I've not been about sooner.  Went Christmas shopping with No.1 son and it took a bit longer than I had expected!!  At least all the present buying is done now, except for those little odd bits and pieces.

It's been really dull and miserable here today.  Not too cold but a horrible day nevertheless. 

Good afternoon Yogi and everyone

Yes, they do - 123 is the number, and it's now spoken by Sara Mendes da Costa on BT lines, though sometimes others provide the voice such as during last year's Comic Relief.

Don't know who does it for Virgin Media though, it could be the same person.

Thanks El Loro.
For a bit of nostalgia, I dialled 123.

And did it say "Hello Yogi, congratulations on having posted 12,000 posts on the forum, and by the way the time is 7.25 and 10 seconds"

And a good morning to everyone on a rather foggy morning here

Good morning everyone.  Have a good day.

I talk post too much.
Good morning El Loro and Squiggle.

Good afternoon squiggle, Yogi, Joyron, Skylark and everyone

Yogi, we all post far too much, and we all intend to keep on posting far too much as well to see which of us will be the first to post the millionth post just to see what happens

Afternoon everyone.    Just popped in to say hello and goodbye at the same time.  I've got family coming for a meal this evening and they are due here in about half and hour!!  Hope to catch up with you all tomorrow. 

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Joyron, faster than a speeding snail.

Hope you got your meal done in time.

JOYRON!!!

Love the snail, Squiggle.

That was brilliant Squiggle.  The meal went very well.  My visitors have gone and the washing up is finally out of the way.  Now I'm off to bed.  Will catch up with you all tomorrow.

hello all just to let you know im ok dont you worry about me, yogi i think ive sorted my permissions out if ever you need to message me love to all.

Justa, I'm really pleased to see you back and glad that everything is okay.

ello justy. 

im not in the clear yet yogi, but i was saying i think ive sorted permissions out i will message you as soon as i know everything either way

awww JB xx

Good morning everyone on a cold foggy but blue sky above sort of day 

Good morning everyone. We had to scrape the car windscreens this morning - cold and frosty.

Good morning to everyone, a crisp autumn day here with pale blue skies but really cold.  Han lovely to see you pop into the thread again, I hope that all will be well and that you will feel able to pop in more regularly.  You are missed you know, in fact we are missing lots of our old friends but we are huddling together and keeping going.  God Bless

Good morning everyone.    It's a cold and frosty morning here too.  I had a reasonable night after all my entertaining yesterday.  Woke at 4.30 am and decided to have a cup of tea.  Went back to bed and didn't wake again until nearly 10.00 am!!!  It's a good job my hubby went off to work early this morning.

Nice to see you back in the thread Justafriend.  Obviously I don't know what's been happening in your life but I sincerely hope it all works out well for you.  Much love 

Good afternoon everyone

It may be cold, but it is gloriously sunny.

Good afternoon everyone. The lovely, frosty morning has changed into a dark, wet afternoon.
I spent hours shredding personal papers and documents - the poor shredder kept cutting out because it was over-heating. I really ought to do it on a weekly basis, instead of saving the stuff up for months.

Good afternoon Yogi , still sunny down here, though slightly misty and now that dusk is on us (we get a longer day than you do) there's a reddish tinge on the horizon.

When I had my major paper clearout earlier this year, I destroyed the shredder that I used to have as it was too much for it. So I got a much more powerful one which is more suitable for small office use. It can also shred credit cards and CDs (old back up ones with client data on, not music CDs ). The little ones you can but from places like Smiths are only intended for say 10 sheets at a time and you probably have to let them cool down every few minutes, so I'm not surprised yours keeps cutting out.

To join in the shredding theme, I got my one from Staples, and I shred every time my lever arch file is full.   I swap over and empty the old one (from the previous swap) and shred all the old papers.  It does only take about a maximum of 10 sheets but it is pretty good and has never over-heated, it was only cheap.

Doing a huge huge job for the church, copying audio files, I have set myself a target of 40 CD's per day but it is very very tiring and I have done my 40 and am ready for a rest now.  We, as a church, are studying the New Testament on audio from the 1 January.  Catch up later.

I need to invest in one of those.

Gosh Squiggle, how many CDs do you have to do, in total?

Hello all, not been on for it a bit, been so busy with all sorts. hope you all well. Its freeezzing here 

Evening all.    Squiggle, it sounds as though you have taken on a rather "big" job.  Hope it's not too much for you. 

Glad to see you you Skylark.  Hope all is well with you.   Love to all. 

The shredder I bought is probably more expensive than you would want to pay. It's a Fellowes PS-79Ci which I got from Staples for £223. To shred cards & CDs, which you do one at a time, there is a ilttle plastic box which fits on pegs and you have to put the box in only when you are going to need it.

Yogi only 2 people have stepped forward to take on the task, we are doing 20 sets and the New Testament will take 40 days of listening for about half an hour a day.  So each of us 2 have to copy 200 discs.  I am aiming to have it finished by Saturday.  I feel shattered now though so I hope I will feel fresher in the morning.

Wow EL that's an expensive shredder, mine also came from Staples, it was a special offer and cost, if I recall, £24.95.

Good for you squiggle, would help you if i could