I am pleased to say, the fog has lifted, for the moment.
Been to the doctors this morning, have some housework to do then I'm off to do the weekly grocery shopping. Hope to be back later.
Good morning Squiggle and El Loro.
I am pleased to say, the fog has lifted, for the moment.
Been to the doctors this morning, have some housework to do then I'm off to do the weekly grocery shopping. Hope to be back later.
I am pleased to say, the fog has lifted, for the moment.
Been to the doctors this morning, have some housework to do then I'm off to do the weekly grocery shopping. Hope to be back later.
Morning everyone Hope you are all well, No i wont live till 100 squiggle, not sure if i want to! Busy day, have to get shopping in and more housework. Have a good day 
Hope you are all well, No i wont live till 100 squiggle, not sure if i want to! Busy day, have to get shopping in and more housework. Have a good day 
Good morning squiggle (and everyone else)
Here it's a grey cloudy day, no fog in Gloucester or Cheltenham, but the tops of the hills are shrouded. Not a day for hill climbing
I heard that bit about people living to 100. I've just read the article on the BBC, and the figures look to be little more than guesswork. It says that currently there are 11,800 centenarians. From this they estimate that by 2066 there will be 507,000. And some how they get to 10,000,000 by 2110.
But unless they are healthy both in mind and body, and are happy with life, I wouldn't have thought many would wish to.
Here it's a grey cloudy day, no fog in Gloucester or Cheltenham, but the tops of the hills are shrouded. Not a day for hill climbing
I heard that bit about people living to 100. I've just read the article on the BBC, and the figures look to be little more than guesswork. It says that currently there are 11,800 centenarians. From this they estimate that by 2066 there will be 507,000. And some how they get to 10,000,000 by 2110.
But unless they are healthy both in mind and body, and are happy with life, I wouldn't have thought many would wish to.
Is that you and your friend out boogying squiggle 
I thought it was time to give those two another outing (no idea who they are Skylark )
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Thats what you say , squiggle! Gave me a laugh
Happy New Year to all my buddies xxxx Take care x
Skylark, I have replied in your thread.
I hope 2011 is a happy, healthy and peaceful year for you and your family.
I hope 2011 is a happy, healthy and peaceful year for you and your family.
happy new year to you lovely people
Good morning everyone. Justa, wishing you a happy and healthy New Year.
I don't make New year resolutions, El. I know I'll never stick to them, so I don't bother.
Wishing everyone peace, love and happiness for 2011.
Justa, wishing you a happy and healthy New Year.I don't make New year resolutions, El. I know I'll never stick to them, so I don't bother.
Wishing everyone peace, love and happiness for 2011.
Good morning everyone, lovely to see Han popping in , Joyron we are all thinking of you and hoping that you will soon feel better Yogi El Loro and Skylark special for you all. No New Year resolutions for me, like EL I tend to take action straight away when needed, I don't smoke and don't drink so there's not a lot for me to give up
, Joyron we are all thinking of you and hoping that you will soon feel better Yogi El Loro and Skylark special for you all. No New Year resolutions for me, like EL I tend to take action straight away when needed, I don't smoke and don't drink so there's not a lot for me to give up 
Is it to do with the numbers 10 11 and 11?
Sorry I have been absent for so long. Still feeling really awful and still pandering to a grumpy old man, but have just found a moment to pop in and wish all my lovely buddies a Happy New Year. Will catch up with you all when I can but hubby does not go back to work until Wednesday (cannot wait), so I may be here before then but may not. Love you all and hope 2011 brings you everything you could possibly wish for.
Nice to hear from you Joyron, I hope that horrible bug goes really quickly now for you and aforesaid GOM Talk to you when you can get on here again
EL you tease! how can you leave us in suspense like this? My only theory is 11.11.11.
Talk to you when you can get on here again EL you tease! how can you leave us in suspense like this? My only theory is 11.11.11.
squiggle, you must have spotted my post which I deleted as soon as I saw Joyron's because I wanted to reply to it.
You are just about there with your answer. According to my maths, it would be 11.11 on 11/11/11 and I don't think there's another instance like that in our life time
You are just about there with your answer. According to my maths, it would be 11.11 on 11/11/11 and I don't think there's another instance like that in our life time
Well I'll post this now as I won't be able to post piccies later, see you next year
Happy New Year Ben's Buddies All the Best in 2011
Good afternoon everyone, on this first day of the New Year.
Lovely poem, Marguerita, thank you. I hope 2011 is a wonderful year for you.
Lovely poem, Marguerita, thank you. I hope 2011 is a wonderful year for you.
Afternoon everyone. Just found a minute to pop in and say that I wish all my lovely Buddies a very Happy New Year. Pleased to say I'm feeling a little better today. Hubby still a very GOM!!!
Hubby has just said he will be going into work on Tuesday so I hope to catch up with you then.
Just found a minute to pop in and say that I wish all my lovely Buddies a very Happy New Year. Pleased to say I'm feeling a little better today. Hubby still a very GOM!!!Hubby has just said he will be going into work on Tuesday so I hope to catch up with you then.
Good morning everyone.
Joyron, glad you are feeling a bit better, and roll on Tuesday, when your GOM goes back to work.
Joyron, glad you are feeling a bit better, and roll on Tuesday, when your GOM goes back to work.
Good morning everyone. Glad you are feeling better now Joyron Did you make your Christmas cake EL? Lovely that your brother will be able to enjoy the rest of it.
Its that time of the year isn't it when we are waving goodbye to the Christmas season and setting our sails for whatever the new year brings. I have, of course, twice the usual amount of rubbish so I will be glad when that is picked up. They did not collect my recycling last week so there's tons of it waiting to be picked up this week. In a way its nice to get back to normal.
Did you make your Christmas cake EL? Lovely that your brother will be able to enjoy the rest of it.Its that time of the year isn't it when we are waving goodbye to the Christmas season and setting our sails for whatever the new year brings. I have, of course, twice the usual amount of rubbish so I will be glad when that is picked up. They did not collect my recycling last week so there's tons of it waiting to be picked up this week. In a way its nice to get back to normal.
Good afternoon squiggle and everyone
I confess that I bought my cake from M&S
Today at church it was Epiphany Sunday so it was the 3 wise men theme. We always have people firstly, bringing the 3 wise men models from the font to the altar, then the gold (not real in our church). Then we get the frankincense brought up by someone swinging the burning frankincense resin in what is called a thurible. That is the only time in the year that incense is used, and it's so smelly that once is one too many times for me. Finally we get myrrh. In previous years what was used was just symbolic, but this year the vicar had managed to get a small vial of real myrrh.
Whilst this was going on we were singing We Three Kings several times. And at the end of the service we sang The First Noel. Strictly Epiphany occurs on 6 January, so the 12 days of Christmas run from 25 December to 5 January being the Chrismas season, and the 6 January is the start of the Epiphany season, at least in the West. Eastern Christians work to different dates. I know there was a thread on when the 12th day of Christmas was, and they settled on the 6th. I didn't join in the discussions, and let them get on with it
I confess that I bought my cake from M&S
Today at church it was Epiphany Sunday so it was the 3 wise men theme. We always have people firstly, bringing the 3 wise men models from the font to the altar, then the gold (not real in our church). Then we get the frankincense brought up by someone swinging the burning frankincense resin in what is called a thurible. That is the only time in the year that incense is used, and it's so smelly that once is one too many times for me. Finally we get myrrh. In previous years what was used was just symbolic, but this year the vicar had managed to get a small vial of real myrrh.
Whilst this was going on we were singing We Three Kings several times. And at the end of the service we sang The First Noel. Strictly Epiphany occurs on 6 January, so the 12 days of Christmas run from 25 December to 5 January being the Chrismas season, and the 6 January is the start of the Epiphany season, at least in the West. Eastern Christians work to different dates. I know there was a thread on when the 12th day of Christmas was, and they settled on the 6th. I didn't join in the discussions, and let them get on with it
Wow EL you had a much more exciting service than us 
we followed the theme of the 1908 poem by Minnie Haskins
And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year,
Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown'
And he replied:. Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the Hand
Of God. That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way'
So I went forth, and finding the Hand of God, trod gladly into the night.
which I found lovely so we are all intending to tread confidently into the New Year with our hand in the hand of God.
As regards Twelfth Night I think you were very wise, the complicated calculations for determining Easter is another favourite isn't it?
PS Very wise choice M & S cakes are lovely
we followed the theme of the 1908 poem by Minnie HaskinsAnd I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year,
Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown'
And he replied:. Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the Hand
Of God. That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way'
So I went forth, and finding the Hand of God, trod gladly into the night.
which I found lovely so we are all intending to tread confidently into the New Year with our hand in the hand of God.
As regards Twelfth Night I think you were very wise
, the complicated calculations for determining Easter is another favourite isn't it?PS Very wise choice M & S cakes are lovely
I agree squiggle that the calculations for working out when Easter is are very complicated. It's something to do with the Sunday after the Paschal New Moon But the Paschal New Moon isn't the same as actual new moon cycle. I once tried to work it out on Excel and gave up. I have found the formula on Wiki, so if you copy the following into cell A2, format cell A2 into date format, and type the year in cell A1, you get the result in cell A2. This is for Western churches, the Eastern churches work on a different system.
=DOLLAR(("4/"&A1)/7+MOD(19*MOD(A1,19)-7,30)*14%,)*7-6
my brain hurts (and no, I don't know what the DOLLAR function is there for)
=DOLLAR(("4/"&A1)/7+MOD(19*MOD(A1,19)-7,30)*14%,)*7-6
my brain hurts (and no, I don't know what the DOLLAR function is there for)Reference:
my brain hurts (and no, I don't know what the DOLLAR function is there for)
I did see a simplified version once when the topic came up on this forum but, like most things, nowadays I mostly google it, who needs the brain strain? Good evening to all my lovely buddies. 
Squiggle I tried to copy a bit of your post above, without success, about us all treading into the new year with outr hand in the hand of God. I found that so reassuring. On Songs of Praise this evening they sang "Be Still", which means SO very much to me and my hubby. I feel sure that Joyce and Ron will be walking with us in this coming year. I finished up in tears and poor Chloe and Thomas could not understand that I was happy to receive that sign because I was crying!!
Just found out hubby is going into work on Tuesday, home on Wednesday, then back to work proper on nThursday. So I hope to catch up with you all on Tuesday, when I will have the house to myself - oh what bliss.
Joyron it is lovely that verse and I did find it inspiring, especially at the start of a new year, I am so glad you found it comforting. Be Still is also one of my favourites, and always makes me feel close to God. I will email you that verse so that you have it without a doubt and I will include the name of the author too in case you want to look her up.