Poor little thing, it must be so frightening, the picture below is my favourite though.  I hope you are well velvet .

 

I wish Joyron had popped in to see us

 

 

 

Any of you thinking about upgrading to a Cray XC40 computer?

 

It's quite fast and should be adequate. It's actually very fast as it can do 16,000,000,000,000,000 calculations a second.

There are a few disadvantages such as it weighs 140 tonnes and takes up quite a lot of space. It's also on the expensive side at £97m.

 

Poor wee doggy

Evening all

Oh no yogi that's infuriating!!!!!! I hope it's a one off incident, will your son get it repaired right away? I can't stand mindless vandalism.

I often think of joyron, I hope she's alright

I got my errands done and spent some time just watching TV this afternoon. I've been in need of some quiet reflection

Hope you're all having a nice evening

Evening Summer.

Yes, son is going to get it resprayed as soon as the police have seen it.

I hope you feel better for having some quiet reflection.

I've been ironing, cooking and clearing out my greenhouse today.

 

I think I'll pass.

Summer, I'm guessing you might have nodded off.

Goodnight and sweet dreams.

Hugs for Velvet and Ros.

night yogi - was locked out for ages + had lesson plans etc to do - hope you and PB are well night velvet

Good morning everyone

 

Cloudy here, mainly dry.

 

Ros, there was a forum update last night which probably explains why you couldn't get in.

 

Good morning everyone, cloudy and dry here too El.

 

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning everyone.

Weather is damp and misty this morning.

Ros, sorry I missed you last night. PB and I are fine, thanks. I hope all is well with you - you sound very busy.

Grocery shopping and picking up another Christmas gift for PB today. I haven't bought any adult presents yet, I need to get a move on!

Have a good day everyone.

Interesting article on some old English rituals done around this time of year, and no trick or treating.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29742774

The ending of the Punkie song reminds me of Christmas is Coming.

 

There was no trick or treating when I was growing up either EL.  Penny for the guy and bobbing for apples was about the height of it.

 

Squiggle, classic image of penny for the guy from the 1930s.

Although we did the bobbing for apples we never did penny for the guy though I do remember seeing some children from my school doing that.

 

We always did, my brother and I.  Just like that, we used to make a guy and buy a mask and push the guy in a pushchair.  We didn't used to go door to door though, I think we waited outside our local station - Loughton - which is part of the London tube network.

A little late Sweet but fankoooo muchly  

At this rate PB will need two Father Christmas's Yogi  

Why is it whenever I damage my hands, it's always the knuckles. The bendy  bits, that take ages to heal  

You must give up that bare knuckle boxing, Moonie, or start wearing knuckedusters

Seriously though I know what you mean.

 

I've just rung my brother and left him a message telling him not to be alarmed if he sees zombies walking around Gloucester city centre when he arrives tomorrow afternoon.

http://www.gloucestercitizen.c...34-detail/story.html

 

Gloves moonie, gloves

Afternoon a misty, glum start here today but sunny & pleasant now

A very busy day so far

Yogi, sorry I churchilled on you last night, I just couldn't keep my eyes open. I hope you slept well

Moonie

El I hope your brother isn't afraid of zombies!

Afternoon.

Summer, I guessed you had Churchilled. Did you get a good night's sleep?

Moonie, good to see you back. I sympathise with your sore knuckles, as I managed to "grate" my thumb joint when I was grating ginger on Saturday. 

I've been shopping and picked up PB's gift. 

Summer, I think my brother would realise what was going on fairly quickly but as he's walking from the railway staion to my house he doesn't have to go past the shops in the city centre unless he wants to.

It would more noisy rather than scary though.

Short clip from the walk last year to show what I mean

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTvwkMcCK5w

Hardly scary. There is one of the zombies which is a bit different from your everyday zombie

Yogi, well done on getting PB's gift

Well done on a bargain velvet

 

Yogi you are very organised this year, well done

Velvet, that's much cheaper

 Well done, Velvet.

I'm trying hard, but need to get a move on with the adult's gifts.

 

Dorum has been very quiet tonight.

 

Goodnight and sweet dreams.

Hugs for Velvet, Summer, Ros and Moonie.

night yogi and velvet and summer if she comes

*night owls*

I've had one of the best evenings ever! We went to see Gregory Porter, the shoe was incredible, he's exceptionally good! Then he was meeting everyone after so we met him, got his autograph and had our pictures taken with him he was a very gentle gentlemen

I hope you all had a good day, hope to catch up tomorrow night night everyone

Good moning everyone.

 

Weather is very overcast.

 

Summer, that sounds like a fab evening. I've seen Gregory interviewed on BBC Breakfast and he came across as a lovely man.

 

Have a good day everyone.

 

Good morning everyone

 

Mainly cloudy here and forecast to be quite warm for the time of year.

 

Summer, I'm glad you enjoyed that show

Good morning everyone, a faint hint of blue sky here, only a glimpse but still it's nice.

 

Gregory Porter was on The Big Sing on Sunday and he does seem a lovely big bear of a man, I am so glad you enjoyed the show Summer and were able to meet him afterwards.

 

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning all and happy halloween

It's damp and cloudy here today, but I'm still excited from last night

El, when does your brother arrive?

Summer, my brother is due to arrive just after 4 this afternoon complete with cakes for the weekend. They are likely to be those Thornton cake bars (a pack of chocolate ones and a pack of toffee ones). He's due to visit me in 4 weeks time at the end of November and 4 weeks after that for 6 days from the 23rd over Christmas.

I've already got 3 adventure games installed via Steam (games like that are rarely issued nowadays other than in downloadable from places like Steam). The one which we will earmark over Christmas is the fifth in the Broken Sword series - The Serpent's Curse. That series is highly regarded by fans of the adventure game genre and must be the top British series. The music is composed by Barrington Pheloung who of course is the composer for Morse, Lewis and Endeavour.

 

Sounds like you're going to be busy El
Do you compete against each other or team up?
I wonder what cakes he'll bring

What free anti-virus software is good for windows operated computers?

Summer, adventure games are not action games so there's no competition involved. They are closer to stories with puzzles. They are a bit like the better quality hidden object games but with the emphasis on the storytelling and are more involving. Syberia 1 and 2 are amongst the best of them.

 

I can't really advise on free a/v s/w as I always pay for mine - as I'm dealing with confidential client information I need to go for top quality s/w.