El, you deserve a round of applause for coping with that lot on a Friday afternoon.

Summer, I hope you have enjoyed a nice birthday tea with your SiL.

Moonie, I hope your migraine hasn't returned.

Off for an early night, as it is a PB day tomorrow. Goodnight everyone, sweet dreams.

*night owls*

Here's doggy bags...






We've had a lovely evening, early meal ended up being a late night, again lol it's just lovely to sit, eat and talk

El, that's complicated territory, I'm actually glad that I'm not rich lol

Yogi, I hope you sleep well and that you have a lovely day with PB tomorrow

Sweet dreams all

*early birds* good morning

I hope everyone slept well



Wishing you all a lovely Saturday, and we'll look forward to the latest PB news later

Good morning everyone. It's raining, up here.

Summer, I'm glad you had a nice evening, and thank you for the doggy bag (lasagne and cheesecake are in my Top 10 foods).

Awaiting PB and Harv's arrival. 

Have a good day, everyone.

Good morning everyone

 

Cloudy here, may rain later. Tomorrow is forecast to be rain for much of the day in my area.

 

Summer, I'm glad you had a nice meal and chat with SIL yesterday evening.

As from tomorrow when the new tax year starts, employers are entitled to get the first £2,000 off their employers national insurance cost (employees contibutions continue). Employers who use payroll programs will need to check that the option in their software is set to get the £2,000 before they start running the payroll.

 

I posted yesterday about the England women's cricket team could beat the men's team at this time. On the Radio 4 news this morning at 7.30 in the sport slot they actually made the same comment.

Yogi, I hope you have a bice PM and Harv day

Thank you El I must confess though, I pay an accountant to do my payroll for me. I'm sure I could use the software but feel more secure knowing it's all done correctly, and my lovely accountant keeps me informed of any important changes from the governments side of things too.
I would be horrified if I made any errors and ended up complicating things for the staff.

Guess what- the fog has lifted at long last!!!!!!! I'm very happy

Good morning Buddies

*snaffles late doggy bag*

 

Thanks Sweet Glad the meal went well and your SiL had a great day Love that 'early bird' piccie Hope you have a good day Has Mr Summers' migraine gone now? I had a nagging headache yesterday

 

Yogi, I hope you have a super happy day with PB and Harv and get load of PB cuddles and lots to spare too Are you gonna take PB out for a drive so she can try here new car seat out?

 

Dull and overcast here. No sign of any sun in the weather forecast either

Have a great day everyone. Hope the weather gets better where you are

Bye for now

 

 

 

Good morning everyone, the weather is not good here, very rainy and windy and more of the same tomorrow.

 

That meal looks delicious Summer I am glad you were able to relax and have a lovely long leisurely chat.  Moonie I really hope your headache has gone today and Summer I hope there's no migraine on the horizon for Mr S today either.

 

Yogi have a great day with the wee one, what a good idea to take her for a drive and try out her new car seat, she will be delighted to see where she's going.

 

Love the picture Summer, have a relaxing Saturday everyone.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26892459

I prefer Skippy

Haunting melancholic song from almost 20 years ago - Mazzy Star's Into Dust

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H88g_Eew4PY

You may think this is the same music as used in the current Scottish Widows advert but that music was written specifically for the advert by Circle of Sound.

 

I saw this article on my local news website.

 

MANY favourite first names from a century ago are at risk of dying out or are already extinct, new research has revealed.

Now extinct names that were among the most popular in 1905, include Gertrude, Bertha and Blodwen for girls and Willie, Cecil and Rowland for boys.

Names classified as 'endangered' include Horace, Leslie and Norman for boys and Doris, Hilda and Edna for girls.

Research carried out by Ancestry.co.uk studied birth records for 1905 and produced a 'top 100'.

They then compared the names to those on the 2012 baby name list from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the most recent data available.

The extinct names are those that did not appear on the 2012 lists at all.

Those names still being chosen, but significantly less common than they used to be - include Cyril, Arnold and Bernard for boys, plus Mildred, Dorothy and Lilian for girls.

However, many popular names from the early 20th Century remain popular in their shorter form.

Termed the ‘Alfie effect’, this trend has seen Freddie replace Frederick, Archie overtake Archibald and Charlie become more popular than Charles.

The same applies to girls’ names, with Lexi replacing Alexandra, Sophia making way for Sophie and Ellie overtaking Eleanor.

However, many of the most popular names of 1905 remain common today, such as Lily, Hannah and Lydia for girls and Alan, Patrick and Joe for boys.

 

FULL LIST OF EXTINCT AND MOST POPULAR NAMES

'Extinct’

Male - Cecil, Rowland & Willie

Female - Bertha, Blodwen, Fanny, Gertrude, Gladys, Margery, Marjorie & Muriel

 

‘Endangered’

Male - Clifford, Horace, Harold, Leslie & Norman

Female - Doris, Edna, Ethel, Hilda, Marion & Phyllis

 

‘At Risk’

Male - Arnold, Bernard, Clarence, Cyril, Ernest, Fred, Herbert, Percy, Roland, Sydney, Trevor & Walter.

Female - Ann, Dorothy, Eveline, Freda, Gwendoline, Irene, Jane, Janet, Jennie, Lilian, Lizzie, Margaret, Mary, Maud, Mildred, Nellie, Rhoda & Winifred

 

Booming traditional names

Male - Christopher, Harry, Sam, Samuel, Louis, Evan, Owen, Louie, Michael, Reuben, Benjamin, Matthew, Lewis, Jack, Alexander, Daniel, Isaac, Jacob, Charlie, Oliver

Female - Amelia, Charlotte, Daisy, Eleanor, Eliza, Emily, Eva, Grace, Harriet, Isabel, Isabella, Leah, & Lucy

 

I know a Muriel (adult) but I won't tell her she's extinct.

 

 Me too, El.

Haunting and melancholic describe it perfectly.

 

lol @ not telling Muriel she is extinct.

I've had a wonderful day with PB. She had been under the weather for a couple of days and was a bit sleepy in the morning, but after lunch she was back to normal. My middle son popped in to see her in the afternoon and they had a fun time, blowing raspberries at each other. 

One of her books has a picture of a baby's face and she kept kissing it. It also has a picture of baby's feet and she sniffed them and screwed up her face.

She and Keira had a great time together - Keira kept bringing her toys for PB to play with. Fear not, I didn't let PB touch the dog toys.

Had a call from Dil. One of her staff has had a family bereavement and needs tomorrow off. At such short notice, she can't get anyone else to cover and will have to go in. So, I am minding PB again and am off for an early-ish night.

I hope you have had a good day, Summer.

Moonie, I notice you haven't been in tonight and hope your headache hasn't hung around.

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Summer, Moonie and Ros.

Hi Buddies

Sounds like you had a great day today Yogi. All those raspberries
I hope you have another one tomorrow too. Sad about the bereavement though

*night owls*
Evening all sorry I've missed most of you!

Mr summer decided he would take me to the cinema we've had a lovely evening
His head is feeling better thank you, I believe being able to lay in this morning has helped

Hi Sweet

Awwww i'm glad you both had a lovely evening
What did you see?

Really pleased Mr Summer is feeling better

We saw 300: Rise of an empire

We'd have liked to have seen the new captain America film but stupid us haven't quite got round to watching the first one yet lol

Did you have a good day moonie? How's your head now?

Oh! was 300: Rise of an empire any good Sweet?

Its not good to watch the second Captain America film when you haven't seen the first Its kinda

My day has been okay fankoo. My heads not to bad now

If you liked the first one then yes, you'd enjoy the next one. It's a little bit though because it's set both before and after the events of the first movie!
I'm pretty sure there will be a third one too.

Here's a question- where was Persia?
We know Greece still exists so I'm assuming the United Greek army fought off the Persian attack.. What's Persia now known as?

night yogi summer and moons

I have no idea where Persia is Sweet or if it exists now, though I suspect not

Goodnight Ros. Sleep well. Sweet dreams

Wikipedia says it Iran Sweet

I'm going to google it anyway moonie but I'd bet good money that El-cyclopdedia will probably know

Night night Ros

Oh really?! Well I am surprised moonie, but I had absolutely no idea in the first place

What would we do without google and wikipedia Sweet

I for one would be stumped

Crikey! Have you seen the maps of the Persian Empire?! it was huge!
Ok now I have to know how they fell, I'm too curious

Yep, HUGE

An escalation in interest now

Sweet, I am off now so I shall with you good hunting on your Persian adventure

Really pleased you and Mr Summer has a lovely evening

Nite nite. Sleep well and have sweet dreams

Well, it's a very long story moonie! It spans hundreds of years, many leaders and a whole lot of battles
The Persians failed to conquer Greece and we're later, invaded and conquered by Alexander the Great!
Ultimately though is seems that the empire was just too big to successfully rule as one, and fell apart. Gradually each region/country de-united and made their own way in the world...

Well researched Sweet

I skimmed over the finer details but that's the gist lol
Be interesting to see if El says it differently.

Did you see the thrashing Newcastle got today?

I wonder if moonie has churchilled

I think so, he would have finished his toast by now if that was the case...

Sweet dreams moonie

And sweet dreams everyone else
I hope PB is restocking her energies for more raspberry blowing tomorrow

Good morning everyone. Weather is overcast.

Early rise, in preparation for PB's arrival. 

Summer, the only thing I knew about Persia was that it is now Iran.

I may get a chance to pop in during PB nap time, but, if not, have a good day everyone.

Good morning everyone

 

Tiny bit of blue sky here but dwarfed by black threatening clouds. Looks as if it will be fairly wet quite a lot of the time today and tomorrow but dry from Tuesday.

 

Yogi, two PB days in a row, your cuddleometer could explode.

 

Summer, Yes, Iran is what Persia used to be. The Iranians had called the country Iran for a long time but it was called Persia in the west until 1935 when the west was requested to start calling the country Iran. Your summary of the fate of the Persian empire seems to neatly summarise 200 years of history 

 

Good morning everyone, I think our weather is similar to yours EL.  I loved your remark about Yogi's cuddleometer   What a lovely treat for you both Yogi, PB and you will have another lovely day to enjoy together.  She will really have lots of time to spend with her beloved nana (or are you Grandma?)

 

The bit about Persia's empire reminded me of some words from one of my favourite hymns 'The Day Thou Gavest Lord Has Ended'

 

So be it, Lord; thy throne shall never,
    like earth's proud empires, pass away.
    Thy kingdom stands, and grows forever,
    till all thy creatures own thy sway.

 

Have a good day everyone off to wend my windswept and rained off way to church soon, catch you later.