Squiggle, I'm like you in looking on Youtube if I'm trying to work out how to sort something out where the instructions have been confusing or near non-existent.

 

Afternoon everyone  

It was sunny here earlier but cloudy now 

Have a great day peeps 

An update on the dangerous A417 a few miles from where I live.

It had been hoped that the improvement work would be in the next few years, but it now looks as if it may not be done for another 10 years:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-e...cestershire-34232610

 

Just been listening to the radio, serious programme about tea workers in India. As BBC have made it available for free download, I did that and have uploaded it on here.

https://www.gagajoyjoy.com/topic/the-cost-of-a-cuppa-1

 

Evening all.

 

Did the ironing, and had a wander round the garden centre. They have a lot of Christmas stuff out now.

 

Thanks for the link, El. 

 

CBB was better tonight, Ros. Goodnight and sweet dreams.

night yogi yes it was summer if you pop in

Thanks Ros & yogi sweet dreams

*night owls!* I've enjoyed reading back, I'm glad you're all talking about owls & christmas

My spa break was wonderful thank you, I've had a jolly good catch up with my best friend and a back massage

Wishing you all sweet dreams

Good morning everyone

 

Cloudy here. Rained overnight and more forecast later.

 

Yogi, it does seem that shops start Christmas earlier each year.

 

Summer, I'm glad you had a great spa break

Good morning everyone.

 

Weather is dry and chilly.

 

I'm glad you had a lovely time, Summer.

 

Out and about this morning, but will be back later. Have a good day everyone.

Yogi, I hope you have a good morning out and about

Good morning everyone, very grey this morning.  I am glad you had a good time relaxing and chatting with your friend Summer.

 

Hope everything goes smoothly this morning Yogi.

 

Enjoy your day everyone

Squiggle, I hope it doesn't get too windy in your area. The rain has started again here, light but persistent rain at present.

 

Shock, horror - worst winter for 50 years according to a newspaper with months of heavy snow

http://www.express.co.uk/news/...5-arctic-snow-freeze

 

Same journalist and the same weather forecaster as the same story last year,

http://www.express.co.uk/news/...t-cold-snow-November

and the previous year.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/...snow-forecast-for-UK

and in 2012

http://www.express.co.uk/news/...-in-100-years-on-way

 

 

And in all probability, it will be the same next year though eventually they will be right

Good afternoon everyone  

Cold and drizzly here 

Hope you have a great day, whatever you are doing  

Good afternoon Moonie

I hope you have a great day also.

It's pouring down at present but not expected to be as bad later this afternoon.

 

Hi El 

Fankoo 

Not looking like much good weather here all week tbh but then it is Autumn going on Winter, so I suppose it is to be expected 

Afternoon all.

 

lol El, I guess he'll have to get it right at some point.

 

Gues which Silly Billy went out without a jacket and got caught in a heavy shower?

We'd dropped off hubby's car to have some fancy chrome bits put onto his car lights (must be a man thing ) and went into town to do a bit of shopping.

I managed to get a nice hooded dressing gown for PB when she stays overnight - one less thing for DiL to pack for her.

It had been sunny when we left the house, but just as we started to walk back to the garage, the sky went grey and the heavens opened.

Much the same here though may be better later this week.

At this minute, it's stopped raining and there are little bits of blue but there's still some rain to come in the forecast.

 

Some unusual items of publc art in English towns:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-34088475

Mr Potato Head is in Belper which is where one of my aunts used to live.

I already knew about the red statue (only 4 foot high) of Karl Marx as it now is in the Guildhall in Gloucester. It was a gift from Trier (twinned with Gloucester) which is where Marx was born.

*points at Yogi* silly billy   

The weather here is now wet and quite windy, cold too. I managed to get out and shop whilst the weather was just drizzling 

The Michael Jackson statue was errected by Mohammed Al Fayed outside the Fulham Football ground, If I remember rightly...

Yogi, it sounds as if you had quite a productive day

 

Moonie, you are right about the Michael Jackson statue  - it's now at the football museum in Manchester.

As I seem to remember too El, the Fulham fans where not exactly overjoyed with it 

I like the Mr Potato Head.

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros.

Night owl hugs in case Summer and Moonie pay us a visit later tonight.

night yogi -CBB has been brill summer and moons if you pop in

Good morning everyone

 

Fairly cloudy here, showers forecast this afternoon.

 

Moonie, Al Fayed got the Michael Jackson statue removed at Fulham becuase it was thought that the statue had caused Fulham to be relegated

 

I have one of those tax courses to go on this afternoon. There have been a lot of changes as a result of the latest budget and I'll need to keep awake

Good morning everyone, it was very windy overnight but it has calmed down now.  I hope you manage to take in all the new changes at the tax course this afternoon EL.  I have got my six monthly check up at the dentist.

 

Enjoy your day everyone

Squiggle, I hope all goes well at the dental checkup

Thank you EL.

Good morning everyone.

 

Weather is dry and chilly

 

Good luck at the dentist, Squiggle.

 

El, I hope the course is interesting enough to keep you awake.

 

Got a delivery due today, so I'll be stuck indoors, until that arrives.

 

 

Have a good day everyone.

Thank you squiggle and Yogi re the tax course. There will be a lot in the course to take in but they always give out course notes to keep. Last year's notes were 45 pages long. It wouldn't surprise me if it was longer this time.

 

Yogi, I hope the delivery is sooner than later so that it frees you up

I did see your iphone problem thread you made but nothing comes to mind. If the problem started when CBB began then it could be something to do with the twitter feed but from what you said it seems to have started more recently.

That's a lot of reading, El.

 

I rarely use my phone to access the forum so I'm not sure when the problem began. I first noticed it when I was waiting to meet my friend last week - I'd arrived early (as usual) and thought I'd read the forum while I waited.

Instead of the normal layout, there is only text and nothing will open up. I can sign in amd see a (text only) forum directory, but can't get any further. 

On Sunday, it was the same during the day, but worked properly when I checked in the evening. Yesterday, it was wonky again.

I have no idea what's going on, as every other site I use is working fine.

Yogi, so it could be to do with the twitter feed. When that's running there's constant activity over the internet between the website and your iphone compared to when it's not running. It sounds as if the html code for the webpages isn't being rendered properly which is why you just get text. Not that I have an answer for this.

Hopefully the problem will go away and if it is caused by the twitter feed that will be ended once CBB is over on the 24th.

 

The lecturer at the tax course this afternoon is one I've heard before. He has quite a good way of ensuring that everyone is listening to him. He uses lots of examples during the course and asks different people for their first names so that he uses their names in the examples. For instance there will be a session on the way that dividends will be taxed from next April so he might ask me foe my name and then in his example "El dosesn't believe in paying national insurance on his profits so has set to a company and takes eveything out in dividends rather than a salary. He's in for a nasty shock when he discovers that he's going to have to pay an extra 7.5% on his dividends in future".

 

 That's a good technique.

Well one of us must have got our wires crossed, I got to the dentist to be told I wasn't due for another two months.  Oh well I got some bits done while I was in town.

 

My that's a lot of reading EL, that lecture technique sounds very good.  Yogi I hope you get your phone problems sorted out quickly and that you delivery arrives promptly.

Squiggle, at least it wasn't a completely wasted journey.

 

I'm off to that course. I hope you have a good afternoon.

 

Afternoon Buddies  

Weather is wet and windy here 

Hope it's better where you are