"Pookeyboos" 

 

Hi Moonie.

 

Visit to the nurse went well but still waiting on the guy to fit the blinds.

 

Yes, dreich is Jockenese for dark, damp and dismal.

 

I can't believe they are throwing away perfectly good food because it isn't a particular size. Complete madness!

 

I admit to throwing away meat, fish and dairy foods if they are out of date - with my issues, I can't take risks. However, with fruit and vegetables, I eat them if they look and smell fine.

 

 

Yogi, I'm glad the visit to nurse went well

 

The foggy weather here this morning did lift during the morning and it's fair now.

 

I would be wary about eating meat and fish past their use by date though a day would be OK unless it's in an opened pack. I do sometimes have yoghurts which have past their date but they are unlikely to deteriorate.

Decades ago, Mr Yogi used to teach Food Health Hygiene and I helped him when he was studying. All those times I heard about clostridium botulinum, salmonella, E coli and campylobacter put the fear of death into me!

I'm not surprised

Brilliant I thought of Hugh next actually, I'm pleased he's on the case

Yogi in glad the nurses visit went well

Good to see our flying swan whisperer around today

Are you day off, Summer?

On the SPCA's website:

An owl airlifted to safety by helicopter after crash landing on an offshore platform in the North Sea is recovering in the Scottish SPCA’s care.

We were contacted after the exhausted short eared owl was found on the platform on Wednesday 21st October.

The bird was flown by helicopter to Aberdeen along with the crew who were returning to the mainland. He was taken to our National Wildlife Rescue Centre in Fishcross, Alloa, where staff will care for him until he is ready for release.

Centre manager Colin Seddon said, “The owl is doing great after his lengthy flight.

“He is waiting for a vet check before going out to our aviary and providing all is well he will be released within the next few weeks depending on weather conditions.

Chief Inspector John Carle said, “It was fantastic that the owl was able to ride in the helicopter with the crew and we would like to thank everyone for their assistance.

“This is not the first time this has happened. There have been previous instances where birds have landed on oil rigs and been brought over to the mainland

“In June, a lost racing pigeon was rescued after crash landing 160 miles offshore.

“It’s great that there are people looking out for these birds.”

Re your post above El...

There is some humaity left in the world after all then?  

I think there are more good people in the world than bad, it's just that we tend to hear about the bad ones.

 

Squiggle may be interested in this musical opening in London:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34655572

 

Just watched a double episode of "Lewis" the alchemy one, for those of you who are watching the current series of Lewis. Honeysuckle Weeks was in it. She of "Foyle's War" fame. Boy has she changed 

Wow! 

Noooo! Will Ferrell made that film for me

Very true El 

Sorry, I fell asleep yes I have been off today yogi  

Aw what a heart warming story about the owl I hope he makes a fully recovery bless him

I saw Lewis as well. Honeysuckle Weeks in Foyle's War had the hair style and clothes of the 1940s so it's not surprising that she would appear different in a modern times drama. I've seen her throughout her television career since her debut in a 4 part drama series in 1993 called Goggle Eyes when she was 13. It was about her, her mother and how she couldn't stand the man her mother was going to marry.

I don't think it's been shown on television since and isn't on DVD but it's on youtube in two parts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e12DaFLlTc0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w25LA0rhfvU

I though she was very good in it and I wasn't surprised when she became much better known.

 

 

Beautiful bird amd a happy ending.

She looked very thin to me, which (I think) ages her.

I hope you've had a good day off.

awwwwwwww love owls - fantastic

Goodnight and sweet dreams everyone. Hugs for the night owls.

night yogi summer if you pop in

Goodnight yogi & Ros I hope you've both had a good evening

I've spent mine carving a Halloween pumpkin if photobucket starts behaving I'll upload a pic for you

Here we are...

Good morning everyone.

 

Flying visit before PB arrives.

 

Rain, rain, rain up here.

 

Summer, that pumpkin looks fabulous.

 

Have a good day everyone.

 

 

Good morning everyone

 

Leaden skies and rain forecast during the morning here,

 

Summer, a classic. Well done.

 

Yogi, I hope you have a nice day with PB

Good morning everyone, dry now after some rain.

 

What a lovely story about that owl EL

 

Enjoy your day with PB Yogi, I hope the new blinds look great and I am sure PB will have an opinion on them

 

Enjoy your day everyone

Progress report on my huge client job. I've dealt with the 8 boxes of account records I have and out my file of workings together. Waiting for some crucial information from the client before I go any further and also have several pages of queries to fo through with them.

I've done what I had intended to do by the end of the month so am on target.

 

I hope PB doesn't decide to decorate them with clothes pegs

Well done on hitting your target EL, it must be a satisfying feeling to have brought it all into order with just some queries to go through now.  I did bookkeeping as part of my secretarial course although I never had to use it in office work and I found bringing all the columns into a neat and tidy balance very satisfying.

Morning Buddies

Wet and miserable here but I don't have to go out so not really bothered 

 

Sweet, lovely pumpkin expertise 

 

Yogi, hope you have a super day with PB

 

Squiggle, glad you have some dry weather now. We are supposed to later too

 

El, well done on your perseverance with that client 

I'm sure you will be glad when it's done and dusted 

Christmas bonus required from the client methinks

I'm sure PB will make a super job of redecorating Yogi's new blinds  

 

Have a great day everyone

 

 

Two piccies taken from my bedroom window earlier

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notice how, with some degree of expertise, I managed to include the window frame in the second piccie   

Thanks squiggle and moonie

 

The level of my fee to that client will be fair reward for my perseverance

 

The derivation of perseverance comes from per (very) and severance (strict).

 

Going slightly off topic, severance pay is another term for redundancy pay. The origin of severance pay comes from the middle ages at executions where the person being executed paid some money to the executioner. Grim origin but true as shown in this clip from The Tudors where Anne Boleyn hands a purse of money to her executioner. (the scene is very tasteful and not gruesome, it is in episode 10 of series 2 and is called Destiny and Fortune. That episode was in a very different tone and style to the series as a whole and is television drama at its finest).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6-ThCEeTJU

 

Moonie, lovely autumnal colours

Thanks El

Hi velvet nice to see you back

 

Great pics moonie, love the window frame one must have been difficult to work that in.

Hiya Velvet...waveypoodles 

Hope all is well in your world 

Nope not difficult Squiggle. I took just two piccies and managed get it in both, such is my skill