velvet donkey posted:

Join the club Yogi     

 

I'm often awake till 7 am  -  just can't get over. At least I can catch Steve Allen at 4 on LBC though.

 

Glad all is well - same here I hope    

We posted at the same time. 

I have a few night where I hardly sleep at all, then I conk out for few nights and it goes round in circles.

Night night Velvet.

*night owls*  

sweet dreams gang, yogi I hope you get a better night's sleep tonight

you are right, I love Kirstie's homemade Christmas! I didn't realise it was on though so will record the repeat or get it on catch up thanks for the pointer 

I've been out (again) tonight, catching up with a friend, it's been a lovely evening. I am home the next couple of nights though  

Good morning everyone

Dark and cloudy here, some rain is expected during the morning.

Yogi and Velvet, I hope you had a good night's sleep

Summer, I thought you would like that programme

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning all.

El, the weather is grey and damp up here.

I slept much better last night, thanks everyone. In fact the postie woke me up at 7.55am to deliver a parcel.

Summer, I'm glad you enjoyed your night out.

I'm out and about today and I also need to start writing my Christmas cards.

Have a good day everyone.

Good morning, a dark & very rainy day here! It sounds wonderful though, I sang in the rain a little bit on the way to work  

what are you all doing today? 

Yogi I hope you enjoy your day out

Good morning everyone, very rainy here too Summer, I'm planning to stay in.  I'm glad you were so happy on the way to work, I hope everyone appreciated your singing as they went on their way.

I'm glad you slept so well Yogi, just bad timing from that postie.  I hope you slept better too Velvet.

Enjoy your day everyone

Yogi, I'm glad you had a better night's sleep

It's looks as if it's been damp and rainy everywhere today.

I wonder what Summer was singing

It's nice and sunny here now though a bit breezy

And now the news you've been waiting for (or more likely not):

The Chuckle Brothers are to be in a Christmas special of Blankety Blank on ITV.

If you are excited by that news, here's the news story on the BBC site:

I didn't bother to post the link as I'm a bit doubtful if anyone would want to read about that

El Loro posted:

I didn't bother to post the link as I'm a bit doubtful if anyone would want to read about that

 "To me, to you".

I loved blankety blank! I didn't like those stupid chuckle brothers though, what a shame they are presenting the Xmas special. Paul O Grady would have been a better choice IMO 

el, I was singing "singing in the rain" and humming "winter wonderland" this morning  

lol Summer, I thought you might be singing, "Singing In The Rain" 

I hope you've had a good day.

Goodnight and sweet dreams.

Hugs for the night owls.

Lol oh how well you know me  

sweet dreams yogi I hope you have had a good day 

night yogi and summer and moons

Good morning everyone

Generally cloudy here.

Summer, I had a suspicion that "Singin' in the Rain" was going to be one of the songs you sang

The next stage of the roadworks at the Elmbridge Court roundabout on the outskirts of Gloucester starts today. That's the one I've mentioned before. For the next 2 weeks during the weekdays the westbound route of the A40 will be closed between 6.30 am and 3.30 pm.

I think that will mean chaos as vehicles will have to find an alternative route through the streets of Gloucester. It's just as well that I've finished the huge job.

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning all.

Weather is grey and rainy.

Hope your weather is better than mine. Have a good day everyone.

El, there seems to be roadworks everywhere atm. 

Yogi, my weather is better than yours as it's dry. Tomorow though is forecast to be undry. I hope yours gets better

Good morning everyone, weather is dry but breezy.  Better than tomorrow's forecast though which is for heavy rain all day.

It seems a silly time to start huge roadworks like that in a major town EL.  Couldn't they have waited until January which is bound to be a quieter time?

Enjoy your day everyone

Squiggle, the roadworks are so major that they will take the best part of a year. It's being done in stages with different roads being affected each stage. This stage does seem to be one of the more disruptive though.

It's Peter Gibbs's last day at the BBC as one of the weather announcers. He's kept this quiet but he's just been on the Radio 4 news programme when they announced it.

It is possible that Peter Gibbs' departure is connected with the Met Office losing the BBC contract. The switchover takes place in Spring. The BBC says that most of the presenters who work for the Met Office rather than the BBC will be offered positions with the BBC.

Velvet, the Met Office now has a weather app (which replaces an old one they had):
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/se...services/weather-app

velvet donkey posted:

Disappointed the Met Office have been binned El  -  they're my go to weather site and I have found them pretty much as spot on as you can be over the years   

 

Anyway, hope all is well Buddies. Bit of a tidy up today  -   hopefully on schedule. Shall have a freezer clean out later to make way for all the goodies that await    

 

Enjoy your weekend ye all    

 

I hope you have a good weekend too, Velvet.

velvet donkey posted:

I might be sniping again over the weekend but I hope it's still Plan A. Hope the shoppin is going well     

 Fingers crossed for Plan A

I got gifts for one DiL today and have ordered something for future DiL.

I made some mince pies but I couldn't find my cutters so they ended up rather "rustic" looking.

velvet donkey posted:

Good stuff Yogi     

 

I love a Tuscan mince pie   

 

(With Brandy Sauce..)     

Mr Yogi was official tester and says they taste okay.

velvet donkey posted:

 

How's your freezer space?

 

Three years ago our fridge went at this time of year.

We've been trying to make some room in our freezer before we take a trip to Costco nearer to Christmas. 

That must have been a nightmare. Did you manage to get it fixed/a new one before Christmas?

velvet donkey posted:

I think we did   

 

Still paying the £9 a month insurance like a numpty  

 

Sometimes you wonder cos that's over £300 but it's fitted.

We used to take insurance with washing machines but nowadays we don't take insurances with white goods.

Going to read for a while. Goodnight and sweet dreams, Velvet.

Hugs for the night owls.

Leaving goodnight hugs for you all and wishing you a wonderful weekend ahead

nigh yogi summer velvet

Good morning Buddies.

It's a dreich day, weatherwise.

No visitors today - well, none that I'm expecting!

Have a good day everyone.

Good morning everyone

Cloudy and damp here, forecast to be rather rainy much of the day.

I used to pay freezer insurance but stopped quite some time ago - the freezer's still working.

I hope everyone has a good day and that if you are out shopping you don't get submerged by hordes of shoppers

Good morning El. We cross-posted again.

Good morning everyone, we have sneaky rain - you can't see any coming down but the decking is wet.  I did all the outside jobs yesterday to avoid the rain.

Good luck to anyone braving the shops today in search of Christmas gifts

Enjoy your day everyone

Yogi, as you say we were cross-posting

Squiggle, I did my banking and shopping a bit earlier than usual. The car-park was 90% full by the time I got there at 9. By the time I departed at 10 there were more cars waiting to get in than remaining spaces.

As you say we have sneaky rain

Good afternoon it's a brighter day here today, and work isn't particularly busy. I think everyone must be Christmas shopping. 

Are you all having a good day? 

Summer, I think you could be right about people doing their Christmas shopping. You are fortunate with your weather, it's as gloomy as it can be here. Local weather site shows 7% solar which for the time of day is exceptionally low.

None of us have been particularly well over the last few days. I had a bet at Cheltenham and watched it on the tellybox I expect El Loro has been washed away! 

night yogi and everybody and summer if you pop in