squiggle posted:Good morning everyone, very cloudy here too EL. Funnily enough I woke up about an hour later than I normally would, although right on time with my bedside clock which changed the time automatically in the night.
I hope you enjoyed your party Summer. Yes thanks Yogi, not a drop of rain so far this weekend.
Enjoy your day everyone
I've been awake since 6am as my body clock forgot to go back an hour.
Good morning 
I had forgotten the clock change! Thank goodness for devices changing themselves, all I need to do is change the time on my boiler
Yogi I hope your sinus trouble soon clears up, it's so horribly painful
El, my choice Halloween cake would be French fancies. They simply change them to Orange rather than pink, yellow & brown 
what are you all doing today? I can't let Bramble off the lead yet but we did a nice little walk last night. I enjoyed the down time at first but now feel like I've been grounded! I think I need to start my day with a workout DVD to get some blood flowing 
Squiggle, that's good that your body clock changed that quickly. I'm like Yogi in that mine hasn't yet.
Yogi, as Summer says I hope your sinuses clear up soon. It's not very pleasant when they flare up. In my part of the country it's commonplace due being in a valley.
Summer, I wonder if those orange French fancies taste of pumpkin?
A unique animated film is due out next year called Loving Vincent which is about the last year of Vincent Van Gogh's life. It's unique as every frame is hand painted by artists using oil paint in his style.
And if you spot someone you recognise you would be right. It's Eleanor Tomlinson (from Poldark.) Also another character is played by Aidan Turner.
I wish I could tell you El, but I'm still on my cake ban. I wondered if they taste of orange
I hope everyone's had a good day
move spring cleaned my living room, it looks gorgeous 
My sinuses have been better today, thanks El and Summer.
Well done on the spring clean, Summer.
Youngest son and his fiancÃĐe came for tea, then I caught up with the Strictly results show.
How was your tea? And we're you happy with strictly's result? I'm very happy
~Sweet Sizzling Samba!~ posted:How was your tea? And we're you happy with strictly's result? I'm very happy
Tea was good and youngest son and fiancee were very happy that I had made roast beef and yorkies.
I think the judges chose the right person to stay - no idea why she ended up in the bottom 2.
BTW, I posted in the Strictly thread about registering on the BBC website and voting.
Oh thank you, i'll go look
oh yummy! You've made me hungry, I wish I had a toad in the hole 
i think Daisy is liked, but the others have stronger personalities which is why people might be neglecting to vote for her..?
Toad in the hole makes me smile, it's such a funny name for a meal.
Daisy certainly deserved to stay tonight.
I loved her paso, and it's not often that I enjoy a paso. I loved danny's last week
lol I wonder why it's called that, sausages don't even look like toads and yorkshires don't have holes in them
~Sweet Sizzling Samba!~ posted:I loved her paso, and it's not often that I enjoy a paso. I loved danny's last week
lol I wonder why it's called that, sausages don't even look like toads and yorkshires don't have holes in them
I loved Danny's paso, shame he mucked up his foxtrot this week.
lol I know, it's such an odd name.
With the standard being so high this year, mistakes could see us lose some of our favourites. I really hope that Danny reaches the final
~Sweet Sizzling Samba!~ posted:With the standard being so high this year, mistakes could see us lose some of our favourites. I really hope that Danny reaches the final
Danny is very good, as is Ore and I love the babies. I also like Greg and Judgey.
I love the babies too! They were great this week
do you vote for the same couple each week, or your favourite on the night?
~Sweet Sizzling Samba!~ posted:I love the babies too! They were great this week
do you vote for the same couple each week, or your favourite on the night?
I vote for the one (of my many favourites) who I think may be in trouble, so this week I voted to save Greg.
I'm wilting so I'm going to get off to bed.
Goodnight and sweet dreams, Summer.
Night owl hug for Ros.
Yogi19 posted:~Sweet Sizzling Samba!~ posted:I love the babies too! They were great this week
do you vote for the same couple each week, or your favourite on the night?
I vote for the one (of my many favourites) who I think may be in trouble, so this week I voted to save Greg.
I'm glad, I like Greg too 
me too, sweet dreams yogi and any other night owls too
Yogi19 posted:I'm wilting so I'm going to get off to bed.
Goodnight and sweet dreams, Summer.
night yogi I vote on strictly site -TBh Daisyhas been in the bottom 2 so many times that if i am honest think she should have gone tonight -Anastasia has been far more messed about and danced well
night yogi and summer
Moin! After all the family and football based stuff at the latter half of the week today is a blank sheet so I hope to be in the garden for more cutting back and digging over.
I hope the weather remains fine for the rest of you!
Good morning everyone
Foggy here, should lift by mid morning.
It's not known why toad in the hole is so called. There was a recipe published earlier than the first recorded use for pigeon in a hole which used a pigeon rather than sausages.
I hope everyone has a good day
Good morning all
Weather is dry and feels quite mild. I hope the fog lifts, El.
Good luck with the gardening, Joe.
Ros, have you got a favourite in Strictly?
We might try to get some Christmas gifts for the grandchildren today. DiL has given us some ideas so we might get an early start (for a change!)
Have a good day everyone.
Good morning everyone, we had a very slight mist which has just about gone. There's hardly a breeze but the leaves are dropping very quickly now, it looks quite pretty with them drifting down.
I hope your sinuses are better this morning Yogi. A few years ago I was moaning about my blocked up sinuses to the nurse at the clinic when she was taking blood for a blood test. She gave me the best advice ever, she just said garlic capsules clear sinuses, and they do!
Toad in the hole is delicious, my hubby used to make a delicious one.
Enjoy your day everyone
Garlic capsules do work on a long-term basis rather than a temporary thing though EL.
New ÂĢ1 coin coming in from March 2017.
Transitional period of 6 months when both current and new will be in general use then the current one will be phased out.
After autumn 2017 businesses should stop accepting current coins or passing them on to customers.
Businesses will need to check if their machines will accept the new ones.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37820622
The new ones are 12 sided so reminiscent of the old pre-decimal 3 pence coin to the new ones are slightly larger.
El Loro posted:Squiggle, so garlic capsules for chronic sinusitis which is longer than acute sinusitis which is short term (though can become chronic)
Definitely! I've had acute and chronic and don't want to go back there.
squiggle posted:Garlic capsules do work on a long-term basis rather than a temporary thing though EL.
Thanks for the tip, Squiggle.
El Loro posted:Besides garlic capsules, hot curries can also help clear sinuses. Of course you have to be able to eat hot curries for that to be an option so not practical for everyone.
It's now misty here rather than fog.
Hot curries might not be a good idea for me.
El Loro posted:New ÂĢ1 coin coming in from March 2017.
Transitional period of 6 months when both current and new will be in general use then the current one will be phased out.
After autumn 2017 businesses should stop accepting current coins or passing them on to customers.
Businesses will need to check if their machines will accept the new ones.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37820622The new ones are 12 sided so reminiscent of the old pre-decimal 3 pence coin to the new ones are slightly larger.
I like the look of that coin. I'm old enough to remember 3d coins.
Yogi, I too remember the old 3d coins.
Although those who remember the pre decimal system, for those who don't the d stood for denarii. We had ÂĢ s d whcih was the abbreviation for librae, solidi and denarii. The libra was a Roman weight (roughly 3/4 of a pound). Solidi, Latin for solid, and denarii were Roman small coins. The ÂĢ sign is effectively a capital L with a slash to show that it's an abbreviation.
Yogi, I suspected you didn't have hot curries
Aww such a lovely story I thought I would share it in here, I hope it posts OK for those who aren't on FB
squiggle posted:Aww such a lovely story I thought I would share it in here, I hope it posts OK for those who aren't on FB
I'm not on FB and it worked fine for me.
Squiggle, I defy anyone to read it and not feel moved. I was a sobbing mess (in a good way) by the end of it.
Our Christmas shopping trip has been postponed as Mr Y is feeling a bit off colour.
I hope Mr Yogi feels better soon. I am glad you were both able to read it. What a precious little girl she is.
Just NO! This guy is braver than me!!
