Ooh what is it?!

Oh sun glasses! I do hope so

I'm good thanks. 

 Neither does mine, but it's even worse when it's cold.

I need to buy some new sunglasses. I've got a few pairs but I can never remember where I put them. 

I'm like that with most things Yogi. I put them away somewhere 'safely' and forget where that is

Exactly, and when I'm putting them in the safe place I always think, "I'll remember I put them here". But I never do.

The thing is Yogi, I usually 'find them' after I have replaced them

I lost a ring 2 years ago putting it somewhere safe it's got to be in the house somewhere but I've never found it yet

Its so annoying isn't it Sweet

It's soooo annoying when that happens.

If I realise I don't know where something is - even if I don't need it at that particular time - I will turn the house upside down until I find it.

 Maybe you'll find it sometime soon.

I need to be up early for PB's arrival, so I'm going for a bath, then bed.

Goodnight Summer and Moonie, sweet dreams.

These cogs are testing my patience tonight,

Sweet dreams yogi I hope you have a lovely day with PB tomorrow

I'm going to say goodnight in here and meet you in the beehive moonie it might load quicker if I'm not thread hopping

Leaving hugs for our absent friend

Nite nite Yogi. Sleep well and have a lovely day with PB tomorrow, getting loads of cuddles. Sweet dreams

Nite nite Yogi. Sleep well and have a lovely day with PB tomorrow, getting loads of cuddles. Sweet dreams

I am having problems too Sweet. See you over there -->

Good morning all


Thought I'd get in early today!
I hope you all have a wonderful day

Good morning, everyone. Weather is cloudy but dry.

lol at the polar bears. I think my Saturday might be slightly less relaxed than that, as I prepare for PB's arrival.

Have a good day, everyone.

Good morning everyone

 

It's raining here and is forecast to continue.

 

Yogi, I hope you have another good PB day

The chocolate covered shortbread has VAT and the millionaire's shortbread doesn't. The reason is that with the millionaire's shortbread has a layer of caramel between the shortbread and the chocolate so HMRC regard it as closer to a cake rather than a biscuit.

 

Morning Buddies

Yogi, have a super happy day with PB

Sweet, love the piccie

 

Have a great holiday weekend everyone. See you again on Monday

Have a good weekend yourself, Moonie

Wonders what Moonie will be doing from 3 this afternoon and from 7.45 this evening

Good morning everyone, there's blue sky here but it's not due to last.  I am glad I was not the only chilly body that was forced to put the heating on, it was a bit parky

 

I'm glad you had a lovely PB day yesterday Yogi and another one today, you are being spoiled  

 

Summer I hope you had a lovely relaxing evening, don't work too hard today.  Moonie I hope your migraine has gone now and you are able to enjoy the weekend.

 

EL I have to smile when I think of those serious HMRC types deliberating over choccie biscuits and deciding what is a cake and what is a biscuit

 

Hope it's a lovely day for everyone

Squiggle, there were two cases which went to appeal relating to millionaire's shortbread between HMRC and the suppliers. The first involved Good Taste and they lost. The later case involved M&S and they won. As that's the last case brought (years ago) there's no VAT unless HMRC bring and win another case. There's big money involved as a company which sells things with no VAT added, if later it's found that they should have then they have to pay over VAT even though the customer wasn't charged for it. The supplier could in theory go back to the customer to ask for the VAT but a shop isn't in a position to be able to do that as they can't charge more than the price displayed.

 

After a very wet morning and grey afternon here it's brightened up and it's nice and sunny.

I see that John Boorman, who's now 81, has directed another film after quite some time. It's called Queen and Country and is a follow up to a film he made in 1987 Hope and Glory. Hope and Glory was about youngsters living in the middle of the Blitz in WW2 and I felt gave a very honest look at what life for youngsters was probably like at that time. Queen and Country seems to be about the main boy in Hope and Glory, now adult, and enlsits in the Korean war. (not the same actor though and the character's name on IMDB is shown as Bill Rohan, but it was Bill Rowan in Hope and Glory.

Had a busy but lovely day. As well as minding PB, we had middle son and DiL visit us and stay for dinner.

El, I think I remember a similar biscuit/cake debate re Jaffa Cakes.

I hope you have all had a good day, catch up tomorrow.

Goodnight and sweet dreams. 

Night owl hugs for Summer, Moonie and Ros.

Popping in to wish you all goodnight
Our friends have arrived safely and we've had a wonderful evening bramble loves their dog and their little boy has made himself right at home

Mmmm all this talk of cake and biscuits is making me hungry

I hope PB has had a lovely day with you yogi

Good morning I hope you all slept well

We were woken at 2am by the heaviest rain I've ever heard in my life!
This morning looks to be much drier. I hope so, it would be nice to take our guests to the park

I'll pop I when I can, have a lovely day x

Good morning everyone, it's quite cold and showers are predicted for later.

 

Have a great day with your friends Summer, I am glad Bramble made friends with their dog, it would have been awful if they hadn't liked each other.

 

Enjoy your day everyone

 

Good morning everyone

 

Did rain here overnight but dry now and forecast to be OK today.

 

Yogi, you were right about the Jaffa cakes which have no VAT thanks to a court rulling. Here's another VAT oddity. Potato crisps, sticks, puffs etc have VAT but where there's no potato element so tortila chips, corn chips, Twiglets etc don't have VAT.

 

Summer, I hope you have a good day with your friends and that the rain doesn't come back.

 

Squiggle, I hope you enjoy today as well.

 

Good morning, everyone. It has rained overnight, but not the heavy rain that Summer experienced.

It's good that Bramble gets on with your friend's dog and that the little boy has settled in. I hope you all have a great weekend together.

Lovely pic, Squiggle. I hope you have a lovely Sunday too.

See you later.

 

 

 

I'm back from church. The rain has stayed away so far today but as the clouds were looking a bit ominous I have a lift home to a couple of the churchgoers.

 

One of them, along with the vicar and another family from church, are off to Sweden hext weekend for a visit to a church there with which we are twinned with. The man I gave a lift to told me that the last time he went, the family where he was staying decided to make him feel at home by showing Lewis and Downton Abbey. They wanted to know all about the way tables are laid out on Downton Abbey thinking that was how we in England normally lay out our cutlery etc

You mean to tell me that you DON'T lay your cutlery like that daily, El

Only when I have an 8 course meal for myself

He'll be telling us he doesn't change for dinner next

 

 

No Moonie again?

Summer, I hope you have had a great time with your friends.

Goodnight and sweet dreams, hugs for any night owls.

I signed out and then signed in again but I'm definitely off this time.

Goodnight all.