GJ, I hope the poor weather doesn't spoil things for you 
Good morning everyone, a simply beautiful morning. The valley looks like a painting this morning with the autumn colours just beginning to change, the sea is a silvery blue with a ship on the horizon over by the Welsh coast.
Enjoy your day everyone 
Good afternoon Buddies 
So far it's been sunny, cloudy and now sunny again. Quite cool when out of the sun but at least no rain forecast for today 
Sweet, I hope your weekend with your friend is going well
El, I have seen that Poirot with Albert Finney in. Probably the worst portrayal of Poirot I have ever seen
Joe, I hope the bad weather stays away for you
squiggle, your start to the day sounds idyllic 
Yogi, I hope you have pleasant Sunday
Velvet, if you pop in, I hope your weekend is going well
A happy Sunday everyone 
Afternoon all.
Squiggle, that sounds very pretty.
We woke to cold, misty weather but the sun is now shining.
Mr Y has been cutting the grass (and hoping it might be the last cut of the year) while I've been giving our bedroom a good clear out.
El, I only like David Suchet as Poirot so I'll give the Branagh film a miss.
Joe, I hope you enjoy your day, despite the weather.
Moonie, I hope you are having a relaxing Sunday, Summer is having a fab time with her friend and Velvet and the boss are chilling.
Moonie, apparently the first actor to portray Poirot was Charles Laughton:
It was in stage in 1928 in a play called Alibi which was adapted from The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.
Agatha Christie wasn't impressed and was reluctant for any of her books to be made into films for many years, Oddly enough the one film adaptation which satisfied her was The Murder on the Orient Express and, apart from the moustache, she thought Albert Finney's performance came closest to how she saw Poirot.
For anyone interested, a very short story by Alexander McCall Smith featuring the two main characters from his No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-37504838
It's not a detective story but was written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Botswana's independence.
Sad news on the announcement of the death of Sir Neville Marriner at the age of 92.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37535272
One of Britain's major conductors of classical music since 1959. My father listened to Radio 3 a lot over the years and Neville Marriner is a name I recognised immediately as a result.
Although did very little work in films he did conduct the music for a couple of Milos Forman's films - Amadeus and Valmont (which starred Colin Firth but was based on the same novel as Dangerous Liasions, was being made at much the same time so had to be held back for a couple of years to have any chance at the box office).
El Loro posted:Moonie, apparently the first actor to portray Poirot was Charles Laughton:
It was in stage in 1928 in a play called Alibi which was adapted from The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.
Agatha Christie wasn't impressed and was reluctant for any of her books to be made into films for many years, Oddly enough the one film adaptation which satisfied her was The Murder on the Orient Express and, apart from the moustache, she thought Albert Finney's performance came closest to how she saw Poirot.
Ah well, if anyone should know she should El
Yogi19 posted:Afternoon all.
Squiggle, that sounds very pretty.
We woke to cold, misty weather but the sun is now shining.
Mr Y has been cutting the grass (and hoping it might be the last cut of the year) while I've been giving our bedroom a good clear out.
El, I only like David Suchet as Poirot so I'll give the Branagh film a miss.
Joe, I hope you enjoy your day, despite the weather.
Moonie, I hope you are having a relaxing Sunday, Summer is having a fab time with her friend and Velvet and the boss are chilling.
Hi Yogi
Well done to you and Mr Y on you endeavours 
I have dried a line of washing, despite the mostly bland weather 
Also, hoovered the house from top to bottom and mopped the kitchen and bathrooms floors to within an inch of their lives 
El Loro posted:Moonie, apparently the first actor to portray Poirot was Charles Laughton:
It was in stage in 1928 in a play called Alibi which was adapted from The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.
Agatha Christie wasn't impressed and was reluctant for any of her books to be made into films for many years, Oddly enough the one film adaptation which satisfied her was The Murder on the Orient Express and, apart from the moustache, she thought Albert Finney's performance came closest to how she saw Poirot.
Nope, Agatha is wrong - David Suchet is Poirot!
Moonie posted:Yogi19 posted:Afternoon all.
Squiggle, that sounds very pretty.
We woke to cold, misty weather but the sun is now shining.
Mr Y has been cutting the grass (and hoping it might be the last cut of the year) while I've been giving our bedroom a good clear out.
El, I only like David Suchet as Poirot so I'll give the Branagh film a miss.
Joe, I hope you enjoy your day, despite the weather.
Moonie, I hope you are having a relaxing Sunday, Summer is having a fab time with her friend and Velvet and the boss are chilling.
Hi Yogi
Well done to you and Mr Y on you endeavours
I have dried a line of washing, despite the mostly bland weather
Also, hoovered the house from top to bottom and mopped the kitchen and bathrooms floors to within an inch of their lives
Wow, you have been a busy bee, Moonie.
velvet donkey posted:Evening Yogi
Another quiet but pleasant weekend. Hope yours was good too!
Watching the pitch and putt and it ain't going well - as expected.
Evening Velvet
Glad you've had a good weekend. Mine has been fine too.
I'm in the Celebrity Island thread - this bunch of celebs are useless!
velvet donkey posted:They go round in circles Yogi.
Off to watch the golf. Sweet dreams
Goodnight and sweet dreams, Velvet.
Hugs for the night owls
*night owls* 
i hope you had a good weekend are all sound asleep and dreaming sweetly by now
i've had a lovely weekend with my best friend, it's gone too quickly and we've done a lot of chatting & laughing
El, thanks for the Spicy Prawn Pancakes recipe 
you & moonie know me so well
goodnight everyone
As luck would have it we were cycling past a friend's Klein Garten just before the heavens opened and thus avoided getting soaked yesterday afternoon. It has rained all night and is still raining. Hopefully it will stop so I can get some distance today.
Have a great dry sunny day everyone!!
Good morning everyone
Blue sky with wispy clouds here, on the cool side.
Yogi, I think many would agree with you about David Suchet
Velvet, as you say, the expected result in the Ryder Cup
Summer, I'm glad you had a good weekend with your friend
GJ, I hope you get better weather so you can go where you want to
I hope everyone has a good day
Good morning everyone, another lovely morning, similar to yours I would guess EL, a few wispy clouds.
I am glad your weekend went so well Summer, sounds like a lovely time was had by all.
I agree about David Suchet, exactly the picture that comes into my mind when I picture Poirot. How odd that Agatha Christie should have thought that Albert Finney was the best, he was completely wrong in my view! What do I know?
Enjoy your day everyone
Extraordinary BBC magazine article about a family and a magpie,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37519032
It's worth playing the BBC clip which is about 2/3rd through the article and the promtional video for the book - link just before the end of the article.
That's a thought EL
Good afternoon a chilly 5 degree morning here but now a glorious sunny day! I hope you're all enjoying yourselves today
Afternoon all.
We have been lifting our bedroom carpet as we are getting a new one tomorrow. Note to self, don't ever buy another cream carpet. TBF, it did last 8 years.
Mr Y managed to pull out a load of cables from the tv, dvd player and the router, and for a while we had no internet. Somehow, I have managed to get all the cables back in the right places and now have wifi.
Summer, I'm pleased you had such a good weekend with your friend.
Joe, I hope the weather brightens up for you.
El and Squiggle, I am certain that Agatha would have preferred David Suchet's Poirot, had she seen it.
Have a good day everyone.
El Loro posted:Extraordinary BBC magazine article about a family and a magpie,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37519032It's worth playing the BBC clip which is about 2/3rd through the article and the promtional video for the book - link just before the end of the article.
What an uplifting story, El.
El Loro posted:A video from the Symbio Wildlife Park in Australia of Willow, a very young koala, and her new friend.
That was so cute.
Thanks Yogi! After the promise of Donner und Blitzen* it has been sunny and I managed over seventy kilometres.
*other reindeer are available.
Yogi, well done on your technical abilities May be you could sort out my largest client's accounting software glitches for them They've just emailed me to say they are having problems with those. I'm waiting for them to sort things out so that I can make a start.
That koala/butterfly video is very cute. Incidentally all marsupial infants are called joeys whether they are kangaroos, koalas, wombats & other types.
GJ, I'm glad our decent weather has spread to your area as well
velvet donkey posted:Evening troops
Hope all are well and enjoying their day. Joe, hope you're having a great time over there
Sounds like we all had a good weekend so that's good. Yogi, the story I could tell you about a new cream lounge carpet and an incontinent elderly Irish Setter who snuck in would make your eyes water. (Insurance covered it thankfully!) Hope all is well
Squiggs, El, Moons and Sweet - hope you have a great evening
Love that Velvet
Fankoo, I hope your evening is good too
Garage Joe posted:Thanks Yogi! After the promise of Donner und Blitzen* it has been sunny and I managed over seventy kilometres.
*other reindeer are available.
I'm glad it brightened up for you.
El Loro posted:Yogi, well done on your technical abilities
That koala/butterfly video is very cute. Incidentally all marsupial infants are called joeys whether they are kangaroos, koalas, wombats & other types.
GJ, I'm glad our decent weather has spread to your area as well
I knew baby kangaroos were joeys but not koalas and wombats.
Sorry El, my technical abilities are very limited.
velvet donkey posted:Evening troops
Hope all are well and enjoying their day. Joe, hope you're having a great time over there
Sounds like we all had a good weekend so that's good. Yogi, the story I could tell you about a new cream lounge carpet and an incontinent elderly Irish Setter who snuck in would make your eyes water. (Insurance covered it thankfully!) Hope all is well
Squiggs, El, Moons and Sweet - hope you have a great evening
Oh my word, that must have been a nightmare!
velvet donkey posted:Yogi19 posted:velvet donkey posted:Evening troops
Hope all are well and enjoying their day. Joe, hope you're having a great time over there
Sounds like we all had a good weekend so that's good. Yogi, the story I could tell you about a new cream lounge carpet and an incontinent elderly Irish Setter who snuck in would make your eyes water. (Insurance covered it thankfully!) Hope all is well
Squiggs, El, Moons and Sweet - hope you have a great evening
It was the only thing live I've watched in slow motion
I can understand that.
Night everyone! Alas! I may have over indulged. I start the reverse journey early in the morning so I can spend most of the day in Luttich.
Garage Joe posted:Night everyone! Alas! I may have over indulged. I start the reverse journey early in the morning so I can spend most of the day in Luttich.
So long as you had a good time.
*night owls*
Goodnight and sweet dreams Velvet and Joe.
Night owl hugs for Summer, Ros and Moonie
Oh my word! el is going to be able to build a snowman before me
i love joe's reindeer chatter today
yogi, I hope you can completely relax after the new carpet has been fitted