I'm afraid I couldn't possibly comment on that Yogi

 

I can confirm that I never rub my nose against the car windows
Well, not on weekdays any way

Back in a bit, going to watch a Revenge

That's good to hear Sweet
Enjoy Revenge

 Neither do I!

Enjoy your programme, Summer. I'll probably be gone before you get back. I need to have an early night.

When is your next PB visit Yogi?

She's coming on Wednesday - and (as far as I know) no visitors, so I will have her all to myself.

whoooo hoooo

A day of *all to yourself PB cuddles*

I will make sure I get my cuddleometer topped up to the max - with some in reserve too.

That's very good forward thinking, if I may say so Yogi

Be Prepared.  I'd have made a good Boy Scout (if only I wasn't female).

That sounds like it may well have been the case

 

I need to be up early, so I'm going to get off now.

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie and Summer.

Hug for Ros.

Goodnight Yogi. Sleep well and I hope the car flies through the MOT tomorrow. Sweet dreams

Sweet dreams yogi
Sweet dreams all, and leaving hugs :hugs: for night owls and absent friends

Nice owl Sweet

Good morning everyone

 

Some rain overnight, showers forecast this morning, and rain this afternoon.

 

I note that the 1961 film On the Fiddle is on Channel 4 around lunchtime. It's not a particularly good film (sort of comedy with a conman Alred Lynch getting forced to enlist and his attempts to avoid fighting. It's noteable as the second lead is played by Sean Connery a year before he became world famous as Bond.

Good morning, cold and lightly raining here today, it's very grey & gloomy.

Yogi good luck with your MOT today, I hope the car passes

El, isn't it funny seeing a huge star before they became huge, if we only travel back in time and see how they hoped & dreamed...

Summer, yes, it is interesting seeing stars before they became famous. Here's a clip from a 1948 Dutch travelogue. You won't understand what is being said but you won't have any difficulty in recognising the woman who we all know as Audrey Hepburn in her first professional film.

Good morning everyone, a lovely bright morning too, much sunnier.

 

It's amazing how much different Audrey Hepburn looks with her famous elfin cut.  Hope all goes well with the MOT Yogi.

 

Have a good day everyone

Great find El Audrey looks so different there but still beautiful, definitely a star in the making

Good morning everyone. Weather is overcast and there have been a couple of light showers.

Thank you all for your comments about the MOT. I dropped the car off at the garage first thing and hope to get it back later today. I'm not aware of any issues but that doesn't mean there aren't any, so fingers crossed it passes.

My lovely middle son gave me his car to drive home - the building he works in is near to the garage - so I'll be able to drive back later to pick up my car and return sons.

Audrey Hepburn does look different in that clip. She was such a beautiful lady and apparently a lovely person too.

Have a good day, everyone.

 

That's really helpful yogi, what a lovely son you have

He is a gem.

Yogi, Audrey Hepburn was a lovely person. She devoted the latter part of her life to her work as Goodwill ambassador for UNICEF helping impoverished children in the poorest countries. She went to places such as Ethiopea and Somalia and saw for herself the plight of the children.

 

 I think the term, "as beautiful on the inside, as she was on the outside" describes her perfectly.

I loved her films, I think Sabrina was one of my favourites

The one Audrey Hepburn film that I have never seen is Two for the Road which was made in 1967. It seems to be somewhat different from what we think of as an Audrey Hepburn film as it's about a couple (her and Albert Finney) loooking back over their troubled 10 year marriage. The reviews I've seen indicate that it's a good film but although IMDB calls it a comedy I suspect it's a serious one. The script was by Frederic Raphael whose films and television work seem to suggest to me that it's not likely to be a light hearted frothy comedy.

 

Afternoon buddies
Wet and cold here but not windy today

Yogi, hope the MOT is a pass. What a diamond your middle son is

Sweet, you better not be working to hard or else *wags finger*

Squiggle and El, I hope you days are going well

Back in a while

I've had a call to say the pre MOT on the car showed it needed a couple of very minor things sorting but that's all, so I will get it back later today, without an enormous bill.

That's good news indeed Yogi

Yogi, that's good news about your car

 

 

Great news Yogi, that's a relief.  I was recently telling my friend in Canada about my car going in for an MOT and they don't have such a system over there.  She seemed to think the MOT was a good idea but the yearly anxiety makes me wonder whether I agree with her or not especially as the test itself is not cheap, it's over £50 just for that bit, let alone a service or any problems they find.

good news yogi. It's nice when they just sort out any minor work that needs doing, on the same day. What a relief

I've not seen that film El, I wonder if it's any good

Moonie, I'm definitely not working very hard so far today and I must confess to enjoying it too
I've bought myself a mini bottle of red wine (fills 1 glass) for later tonight
Hope you're having a good day?

Squiggle, I'm surprised by American law, they should really check their cars

 

 

Thanks everyone. I'm relieved.

I agree with you about the anxiety bit, Squiggle. I must admit my stomach churns when my car goes for its MOT, in case the news is bad.

I'm surprised Canada doesn't have some sort of annual car check system in place, and I wonder if America has?

When we were in Corfu a few years ago, it seemed that there was no MOT system in place, as many cars were being held together by rust and bits of string! I kid you not.

Summer, if you mean the Sean Connery one "On the Fiddle" I saw it years ago and didn't think much of it and I didn't bother to record it today. If you mean the Audrey Hepburn one "Two for the Road" I would watch it if it was shown on television but I wouldn't pay to rent or buy the DVD (it is available from Amazon).

If you want to see what other countries do in terms of car safety checks there's country by country detail on this Wiki article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_inspection

Some parts of Canada do have tests, likewise the States. It varies by province/state.

The cost of a MOT is currently set at a maximum of £54-85 for a car but the garage can charge less. I was charged £45 for one last September.