Glad the result was good yogi 
when does bb end?
Sweet at dreams and have a lovely Saturday 
night yogi and summer
Thank you El Loro. Moin! After another hot night the good weather appears to be continuing! I've been planning my next trip to Germany for Oktoberfest. Should be interesting.
Otherwise the battle against bindweed continues. I think I will have to have a root and branch campaign in November and December. The front garden looks wonderful. The winter flowers - mainly pansies have grown almost bush like. With the Mock Orange, roses and geraniums we have an absolute riot of colour and smells.
In the best possible taste.
~Sweet Summer~ posted:Glad the result was good yogi
Sweet at dreams and have a lovely Saturday
BB ends on Tuesday and CBB starts on Thursday!
Good morning everyone.
Weather is dry but cloudy atm. El, if you would like to send me some of your sunshine, it would be much appreciated
Joe, your front garden must look and smell very pretty indeed.
Good luck with your battle with the bindweed.
I think I'm having middle son and DiL visiting today and youngest son tomorrow.
Have a good weekend, everyone.
Good morning everyone, there's a few clouds at the moment but we had blue sky just now so I hope it will come back again. My grandson is painting my kitchen, a pale turquoise colour, it's looking very nice.
Your garden sounds very colourful GJ - good luck with the bindweed, my late husband was in a constant battle with it. I think it's impossible to eradicate it, you just have to keep showing it who's boss.
Enjoy your day everyone
*shows bindweed who is boss*
*sings to stockrosen and sweet peas-you never know*
GJ, I hope that things improve in Munich so that you can go to the Oktober beer festival there. And some long lost early radio recordings of Kenny Everett were sold in the last couple of days at an auction in Cirencester, all in the best possible taste 
Sends some sunshine to Yogi:
Squiggle, well done to your grandson and I hope your kitchen looks great
It's not a series I've ever seen or want to see - Bates Motel is a prequel to Psycho. The recurring characters are obviously Norman Bates and his mother. It's been announced this afternoon that the next series, the final one, will have Marion Crane in it which is logical. The person who is going to play the part (played by Janet Leigh) has announced that she's playing that role.
You've definitely heard of her.
It may turn out to be a hoax of course.
I have no interest in that either EL but by the by did you know that Anthony Perkins had a very fine singing voice?
Way to go, Joe!
Squiggle, pale turquoise sounds lovely for your kitchen. Nice of your lovely grandson to do the painting for you.
El, I love that sun!
Goodnight and sweet dreams, everyone. Hugs for any night owls.
*night owls* oh my, I've been a busy bee today! Sorry I'm only just arriving, I hope you've all had a good day
Did any of watch Grease night on channel 4 tonight? I'm catching up on it now and what a nice change it makes 
Good morning everyone
Fairly cloudy here and some rain forecast for early afternoon.
Squiggle, I think I read something a long time ago about Anthony Perkins being quite a good singer. I found this clip of him singing a song from a muscial called Greenwillow which was on stage.
And this
If he had been born some 20/30 years later he could well have been in musicals such as Phantom of the Opera and Sweeney Todd.
I hope everyone has a good day
Good morning everyone, very cloudy this morning and we have had some drizzle although it's dry now and looks to brighten up.
I saw that Grease was on Summer but I didn't realise it was a whole Grease night, I am glad you enjoyed it.
Enjoy your day everyone
Good morning it's very humid albeit cloudy here today, I've walked Bramble early so that she can snooze in the shade at home for the rest of the day.
Moonie, I hope you are baring up alright I should send you my fridge because it's started to freeze my milk 
I've turned the temperature control down but I'm convinced there's something wrong with it
what are you all doing today?
Summer maybe you have a very modern fridge that has decided you are too hot and is trying to cool you down
Good morning everyone
Weather is dry and mild but cloudy.
I watched Grease last night with middle son and DiL - tbh middle son was forced to watch it.
Youngest is visiting this afternoon and staying for tea.
Summer, I hope your fridge is working okay now that you've turned down the thermostat.
Have a good day everyone.
Edit: pops back to leave a hug for Moonie, in case he looks in.
Summer, it's possible that if it's a frost free fridge that it's frozen so if convenient you could try defrosting the fridge completely then to see if that works. Otherwise it could be the thermostat breaking down and needing to be replaced.
I hope you can get it sorted without having to incur the cost of a new fridge 
Apparently government sites will be phasing out the use of well known Latin abbreviations in order to promote the use of plain English as some people are confused by them.
So etc (= et cetera) could be replaced with "and other things" or "and so on"
i.e. (id est) could be "that is" e.g (exempli gratia) could be "for example".
If this extends to the BBC, then QED would have to be renamed. Q.E.D (quod erat demonstrandum) would become "Which is what had to be proved".
That would be a shame El, I like our Latin heritage and wouldn't like to see it die out.
Thanks for for the fridge tips, what kind of workman would I get to look at a fridge..? Is it classed as electricians work?
Summer, on the Yell site you could look under this heading "Electrical Appliance Repairs & Parts". Some of the results will refer to fridge repairs. I'm assuming that your fridge is out of guarantee or any repair cover as if it is still covered then you would need to contact them before trying anything else.
El Loro posted:Summer, on the Yell site you could look under this heading "Electrical Appliance Repairs & Parts". Some of the results will refer to fridge repairs. I'm assuming that your fridge is out of guarantee or any repair cover as if it is still covered then you would need to contact them before trying anything else.
Thank you El, that's very helpful I've never had a faulty fridge before
Hi velvet I hope you've had a good weekend
thanks, luckily I don't keep an awful lot in it
A few cans of pimm's that will take me all summer to drink, and milk for my beloved cereal ooh- I've just remembered there's chocolate in there! I think I should go rescue it 
P.S. Quiet sounds peaceful do you watch sport or movies?
Best way velvet I do the same, lots of radio because it's nice to potter around to
Evening Velvet and Summer.
I'm in the BB thread.
Summer, whatever you do - save the chocolate!
I can't believe the amount of dumbing down that is going on. Why should we lose Latin abbreviations because some people don't know what they mean! Wouldn't it be better to educate them?!!
I agree yogi what are they teaching kids these days anyway?! They can't cook, can't garden, can't sew buttons...
Its ok, it's alright- the chocolate is safely in my belly, panic over phew
enjoy bb & the thread yogi I'm going to turn in. Sweet dreams
goodnight night owls
Goodnight and sweet dreams Velvet and Summer.
Good morning everyone
Fair weather here, could be the best day of the week in my area with rain or showers in the forecast from tomorrow until Friday.
I have been watching that Secret Agent series I mentioned some time ago. Good but hardly enjoyable. The scene I had mentioned in Hitchcock's version called Sabotage has not been included in the BBC series. I think the BBC series has followed the original book. If they had included the Hitchcock scene you would probably have got to hear about it on the news with the BBC general being summonsed to Parliament, having been recalled, and the BBC condemned by all. My father had seen Sabotage back in 1936 and many years told me that he hated that film and it's not surprising given the scene. Hitchcock did have a nasty side to him, and that was him at his nastiest.
I'm off in a while to see a husband and wife client in a while. I hope everyone has a good day
Good morning everyone, cloudy and cooler. I hope your client visit goes well El. Thank goodness you rescued the endangered chocolate Summer! I hope you manage to find someone to fix your fridge.
Enjoy your day everyone
Good morning fridge was behaving normally this morning 
i I hope you all slept well, I've been dancing in my dreams with Justin Timberlake!
El, I would give Hitchcock a miss at his mildest, so I hate think what his worst is like 
You had a better dream than me Summer. I was on The Great British Sewing Bee and for some reason was trying to stitch 2 ends of a sheepskin rug, I was thinking this is never going to fit on my mannequin.
squiggle posted:You had a better dream than me Summer. I was on The Great British Sewing Bee and for some reason was trying to stitch 2 ends of a sheepskin rug, I was thinking this is never going to fit on my mannequin.
that's hilarious! I wonder if the heat made is dream these things
Squiggle, that's quite a dream
Summer, many many years later after Hitchcock made Sabotage he did admit that he had gone too far with the scene I refer to. It's the nature and style of the scene which is shocking rather than being gruesome. In terms of shock and nastiness, it's way ahead of his famous shower scene in Psycho.
As you said I think there was something quite dark about Hitchcock
A giant miner puppet is on the way from Tavistock to Cornwall.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-36882234
It's to celebrate the history of tin mining there (as in Poldark). It's called Man Engine which was the name given to a mechanism used to move miners up and down in the mines.
Here's a 4 minute clip of the unveiling of the giant miner puppet in Tavistock.
It's far better than the clip on the BBC website or what was shown on the BBC news. You do need to have the sound turned right up though as otherwise you won't hear much and will miss the singing of old miners songs etc.