Squiggle, I'm not surprised by that plant cover being blown off as it's very windy here.

 

I didn't know that mustard gas was used in chemo but knew that chemicals which are poisonous can also be used for medical treatment, a well know one being warfarin used for vermin control and for preventing blood clots in people. The key difference being that in warfare the gas was/is used indiscriminately but the compound as used for your chemo would have been very carefully administered, monitored, and much smaller in quantity,

 

Good morning very windy but sunny here.

Love the war stories, although they're incredibly sad, it restores faith in human spirit. They must keep being told so we never forget.

I agree.

 

Just had a parcel delivered for my neighbour. I think the man who delivered it may have been one of the walking dead by his mannerism  

 

Did he look like this EL?     

That's him

 

Luckily I was able to close the door very quickly so I expect to be OK.

 

Just found this on the local page on the BBC site about the first once handed pianist to qualify from the Royal College of Music palying at Gloucester Cathedral.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-e...cestershire-34650492

The article is dated almost 2 weeks ago but I hadn't seen it until just now.

 

Good morning everyone

 

Another very cloudy and windy day here. May rain or may remain dry.

 

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning everyone, still very windy here and drizzly.  I think that's the forecast for the week sadly  

 

Enjoy your day everyone

I see that Google did something yesterday to mark what would have been Hedy Lamarr's 101st birthday with this clip:

Although it appeared on most country's Google homepage, for some reason not in this country.

She was Austrian, was a film actress, moved to the States in 1938 and became a Hollywood actress. But she was more interested in helping the Allied war effort as World War II broke out than in the roles she was being offered.  She had some background in military munitions, and together with a composer friend, George Antheil, used the principles of how pianos worked to identify a way to prevent German submarines from jamming Ally radio signals. The patent for “frequency hopping” Lamarr co-authored laid the groundwork for widely-used technologies like Bluetooth, GPS and wifi that we rely upon daily.

 

Good morning I do not know where the last 24 hours have gone! They've just vanished I have been productively busy though so that's a good thing.

It's still windy here but very mild and partially sunny

El, I'm pleased to hear you didn't get bitten by your zombie delivery man!

And it's much the same here and elsewhere, not that that's much consolation.

 

I've a client meeting shortly so will be back later.

 

Summer, I'm glad you've been productively busy (and that I didn't get bitten )

 

Morning everyone hope you all well.
Weather here awful! Rain and wind.
Hope you all have a good day whatever you are doing

Good afternoon Skylark. I hope you are well and that the weather improves

Just been watching Doctors and it was quite an amusing episode

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/e...n-of-the-living-dead

Quite a strange coincidence

And that is Toyah Willcox. She lives in Worcestershire and I see her from time to time on local Midlands programmes,

 

Abigail due to hit the northern part of Scotland on Friday.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-s...nds-islands-34777673

Barney, Clodagh, Desmond, Eva, Frank, Gertrude, Henry, Imogen, Jake, Katie, Lawrence, Mary, Nigel, Orla, Phil, Rhonda, Steve, Tegan, Vernon and Wendy to follow on in the future

That's not the Barney who posts on the forum.

 

It would be raining cats & dogs if it were hurricane Barney

Where's moonie? He's not been around for a few days

Good morning everyone

 

A bit brighter weather here than recently as there's bits of blue sky though forecast is generally cloudy.

 

I hope moonie is OK, no sign since the 7th.

 

The end is coming for Betamax:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-34776424

 

I had thought the end had come many many years ago and have never had a Betamax recorder. I still have a DVD player which also has a VHS recorder but haven't used the VHS for quite some time.

 

Off to the dental hygienist for the 6 monthly scaling, back later.

Good morning everyone, I had a bit of blue sky just now but it has disappeared.

 

Hope all goes well at the dentist EL, I have my check-up next week.

 

Like you I thought Betamax ended about 20 years ago

 

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning everyone. Flying visit.

 

Started off cloudy this morning but the sun has now broken through.

Slightly cooler, at 25degrees today, but back to 27degrees tomorrow. 

I see wind and rain awaits on my return home!

Having a lovely, relaxing time.

 

Hope everyone has a good day.

Good morning a mixed bag here; mild, breezy, rainy, sunny!

I'm heading out to lunch with a friend, I haven't seen her for months so a jolly good catch up is in order!

Moonie, I hope you're ok, come back soon. We have much to talk about

Yogi, sounds gorgeous! I hope you're thoroughly enjoying yourselves

El & squiggle, have a good day, I'll be back this afternoon
Betamax reminds me of "baymax" from big hero 6

Back from the hygienist and have to go again in 4 months.

 

Yogi, I hope you are having a great time

 

Summer, I hope you have a good lunch and chat with your friend

 

Squiggle, I hope all goes well with your check up next week I was surprised to hear that Betamax tapes were still being produced. They must have vanished in this country a long time ago so I assume that there are parts of the world which have still been using them.

Been dealing with that client's tax investigation (my post on 31/10) and have contacted HMRC. Client had admitted making the mistakes. I've been able to explain how the mistakes arose. HMRC say they will amend his tax return and write to him (and me) with the result setting out how to pay the tax. They said "that will be the end of it".

Hopefully that will be the end of it. Client may get a penalty - could be up to 30% of the tax but if so I would expect that to be discounted as we have gone back to HMRC well within their time limit, have admitted that his figures were wrong so haven't been unco-operative or tried to procrastinate. He will get charged interest of course and accepts that I will be billing him.

 

Aw, what a mess but it's a good thing that it's all been sorted out at last and your client knows where they stand, and hopefully the experience will teach them how to not make mistakes in future I hope they're able to set up a plan to pay the bills too

I've had a nice catch up with my friend, she has 2 little girls so it was lovely hearing what they'll be getting up to at Christmas this year

Summer, I'm glad you had a good catch up with your friend.

I founnd out that the dental hygienist used to be in the RAF and trained their to be a dental assistant. So I asked her if she knew a client of mine who was also in the RAF as a dentist until recently and they know each other quite well.

 

Hopefully the amount of tax the client with the tax investigation isn't of the size where he will need to pay by instalments - it could have been much much worse if the investigation had exploded. I had had nothing to do with the incorrect tax return which he had done himself. By going to an accountant should mean that the sort of mistake made won't happen again. I did tell the HMRC that I had not been his agent for that year as the type of mistakes made were so obvious to me that I would be embarrassed if I made such a mistake.

I can understand how people do make mistakes if they do their own tax return. Interest and dividends get entered net, and pension income gross.

 

Hi Everyone
Sorry not keeping up with you all just now, busy with the family. 
Take care all xx

On this day, love and respect

Hi Skylark

I was in the local post office about noon and there was a young mother with her toddler in front of me. She was holding the toddler up to her with one arm while she was paying. She had a poppy on her coat and her child had a small poppy badge and she was talking to the child about their poppies. I didn't know her but I felt that she was a good mother and the poppies meant something to her.

 

Aw lovely. My Grandaughter wearing her poppy too, and have told her what it means , as much as she understands xx

*night owls*

Aw skylark that's lovely hope you're all well and enjoying this week

El, small world isn't it I love it when that happens

Leaving good night hugs for you all sweet dreams x

saw this on the news -haunting music and such a talented pianist

aww that is lovely -its just so important

night summer and everybody

Good morning everyone

 

Sunny and calm weather here. The one day with OK weather - back to wet and windy tomorrow.

 

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning everyone, I can see a bit of blue sky although there are some grey clouds as well.  Not much rain in the forecast today and I think our really wet weather arrives on Saturday.

 

Lovely stories about the little ones wearing poppies.  Well done that mum taking the time to explain, so important that we remember those who 'gave their yesterdays for our tomorrows'.

 

I hope you soak up the sunshine today Yogi

 

Enjoy your day everyone

In the world of astronomy, an interesting announcement today in that the equivalent of Venus has been discovered orbiting a star about 39 light years away.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/scie...environment-34791487

It's the first planet found of its size which is close enough for scientists to be able to examine the atmosphere in detail. Until now only giant planets like Jupiter have been found close enough to examine, Although planets similar in size to Venus, Mars and Earth have been located they have been too far away to be able to do much research.

 

Good morning a pleasant day here, we'll make the most of it while it's here

Exciting news about that planet El