Evening all.
The wanderer has returned.
Catching up on washing, then having an early night.
Goodnight and sweet dreams everyone.
Aw welcome back yogi 
we have all missed you!
Sweet dreams and we'll look forward to catching up with you over the weekend 
night yogi - missed you summer
Good morning everyone
Rainy weather up here.
Thank you all for your welcome back, I missed all of you too.
I've caught up on the washing and now the ironing awaits. We need to go grocery shopping too.
Have a good day everyone.
Yo! I slept in. A lovely sunny start and time to fire up Kondratiev VI for a bike ride!
Welcome back Yogi!
Good morning everyone, a lovely bright morning it is too, I hope it is where you all are too.
Welcome back Yogi I hope you had a lovely relaxing time.
Enjoy your day everyone
GJ, that's a seriously long cycle you are going on, it will take 45 to 60 years to complete.
For those who don't get the connection:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kondratiev_wave
Roadworks in Cheltenham centre along the Oriel Road/Imperial Square section of the A46 have been ongoing for some weeks as part of changing the one way system there to a two way. At the Rodney Road junction there have always been traffic lights and there's also a light controlled pedestrian crossing in Oriel Road just before that junction.
For anyone coming out of the Regents Arcade carpark the majority of them go into Rodney Road and turn right at the lights into Imperial Square.
There's currently a little problem there. The traffic lights are down. That means that as the A46 is a very busy road, anyone coming out of the car park is having to wait until someone wants to use the pedestrian crtossing in otder to get into Imperial Square.
I hope it gets sorted out quickly. I would have thought that they would get a policeman there to direct the traffic until then.
10,000,000,000,000 gallons of rain being forecast to fall over California over the next week 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39010887
That sounds a lot but works out at about 3.5 inches of rain.
Treasure hunt in Scunthorpe starts today. The clues to the five gold items have been encoded into some paintings being displayed.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-39014989
Popping in to say goodnight and sweet dreams everyone
night yogi lovely to have you back and summer if you pop in
Good morning everyone
Fairly cloudy and mild here.
The Gloucester fire services have issued a warnng to businesses about an attempted scam by someone rinigng businesses. The scammer is claiming to be from the Gloucester fire services and is wanting people to advertise in their (non-existent) magazine.
Although a local scam I know that this scam has been going on for years on a national basis. Over the years I've had that type of call. The last time I was called by someone called Ron. I told him that I knew this was a con and he actually admitted this ans told me that in their office he was called "Ron the con".
I hope everyone has a good day.
A lovely day to everyone from me too. It's sunny here.
i had a couple of texts during the week warning me to confirm my Apple ID or it would be lost!
Good morning everyone.
Weather is damp atm
Babysitting for the tiddlers tonight.
Have a good day everyone.
Good morning everyone, a bit grey this morning and I think it might be a bit drizzly but as I'm firmly staying in I can't be sure. I notice the birds are beginning to fly about with nesting materials, very early, I hope they're right and we are going to have an early spring.
Enjoy your day everyone
Garage Joe posted:A lovely day to everyone from me too. It's sunny here.
i had a couple of texts during the week warning me to confirm my Apple ID or it would be lost!
I wonder if that could just possibly be a scam. I reckon the likelyhood is about 99.9% probable
Yogi19 posted:Good morning everyone.
Weather is damp atm
Babysitting for the tiddlers tonight.
Have a good day everyone.
I hope your babysitting goes well 
squiggle posted:Good morning everyone, a bit grey this morning and I think it might be a bit drizzly but as I'm firmly staying in I can't be sure. I notice the birds are beginning to fly about with nesting materials, very early, I hope they're right and we are going to have an early spring.
Enjoy your day everyone
It could be as it's rather mild at present
A couple of clips of the Tornado steam train from the last few days. Firstly a BBC clip of the train crossing the Ribblehead viaduct:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-39020181
And then there's this one which I found on Youtube:
The BBC one may be the one people see more than any other clip but the second one is, in my opinion, better.
Good evening sorry I've been absent, I hope you've all had a lovely weekend it's been a very pleasant day here today, our walk was perfect!
A certain furry friend of mine is 5 today 
I gave her a toy fox and shared my steak with her
night yogi summer velvet wow five years - happy birthday bramble
Poetry app for walkers in the Nothumberland National Park:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39020152
Good morning all
It's wet and windy weather up here.
Belated birthday wishes to Bramble.
We had to nip Keira to the vet's first thing this morning. Poor girl has a nasty ear infection.
Off to the hospital for my appointment now.
Have a good day everyone.
Good morning, a little misty here. Wow if you had asked me to guess I would have said that you've had Bramble for about 2 years, I can't believe she's 5! Happy Birthday Miss Bramble, enjoy your birthday.
Poor Keira, I hope the vet can sort her ear out quickly, I bet that's uncomfortable for her poor sweet girl. Yogi I hope all goes well at the hospital and you aren't kept waiting too long.
Enjoy your day everyone
From the BBC Magazine, this article on Jaffa cakes must be the best ever article on the subject.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38985820
There are two video clips in the article which are essential viewing.
The tax case referred to is famous in VAT law.
Good morning sorry I churchilled last night velvet, I hope you slept well
a milder but very windy day here, I love Mondays, a fresh week is upon us all 
El Loro posted:Yogi, I hope Keira's ear infection clears up quickly and that all goes well for you at the hospital
squiggle posted:Good morning, a little misty here. Wow if you had asked me to guess I would have said that you've had Bramble for about 2 years, I can't believe she's 5! Happy Birthday Miss Bramble, enjoy your birthday.
Poor Keira, I hope the vet can sort her ear out quickly, I bet that's uncomfortable for her poor sweet girl. Yogi I hope all goes well at the hospital and you aren't kept waiting too long.
Enjoy your day everyone
Thank you both.
She didn't eat her breakfast when we returned from the vets but I think that might have been due to stress. I've made her some scrambled eggs and I'm just waiting on them cooling. She did dash to MrYogi's side when he opened a bag of liquorice allsorts so she hasn't lost her appetite for goodies.
We have to take her back on Friday and the vet will give her ear drops to finish off her treatment.
I was lucky with my hospital appointment and was taken early (I am always early for appointments). I was seeing a dermatologist who is treating a patch of actinic keratosis on my face. Another zapping with liquid nitrogen today should hopefully do the trick.
Yogi, i hope Keira gobbles down your scrambled egg 
Years ago my mother needed the same treatment for actinic keratosis on an arm. It generally affects fair-skinned people, especially those with blue eyes, red hair, freckles and a tendency to burn easily in the sun. My mother wasn't. It's also more likely where you've been abroad in hotter sunnier countries and my mother never went abroad. But there is a possibility that her skin might have been exposed to arsenic (another cause) at a place she had worked at.
El Loro posted:Yogi, i hope Keira gobbles down your scrambled egg
Years ago my mother needed the same treatment for actinic keratosis on an arm. It generally affects fair-skinned people, especially those with blue eyes, red hair, freckles and a tendency to burn easily in the sun. My mother wasn't. It's also more likely where you've been abroad in hotter sunnier countries and my mother never went abroad. But there is a possibility that her skin might have been exposed to arsenic (another cause) at a place she had worked at.
Keira scoffed the lot and is now snoozing.
I fit into the fair skinned, freckled, blue eyed category - but my hair was darkest brown/black. The dermatologist has recommended I cover up and wear a wide brimmed hat in the sun, as well as slapping on Factor 50 - especially as one of my tablets makes me more susceptible to skin cancer.
velvet donkey posted:Afternoon troops
Hope all are well
Sorry to hear that Keira is under the weather Yogi but hopefully your quick actions will result in a quick clear up of her ear. Good to hear she has eaten and is now dosing. I do know some animals can find the vets quite distressing and fingers crossed the ear drops do the trick
Hope that your treatment this morning also clears things up
And nice to have you back
Thanks Velvet.
Keira gets very upset/stressed in the vets but she responds better to female vets. Fortunately, our practice has several female vets on their books and one was available to see her this morning
On a positive note, the vet says her general health is pretty good for a 12 year old retriever.
El Loro posted:Yogi, that's good advice from the dermatologist and that's good news from the vet
THEUNSEEN_FIRE from T H E U N S E E N on Vimeo.
Claimed to be the world's first hair dye where the colour of the hair changes depending on the temperature.
Good evening pardon my sudden short post & following absence earlier- half term duties called!
Oh poor keira, I'm glad you acted swiftly and she's already improving
i hope you aren't sore tonight yogi
el, that's fascinating hair dye I would try it
velvet donkey posted:We've had a few slide shows recently Yogi - 60's on but mostly 60's. In front of my nana and papa's fire is their lovely dog in a couple of them. A Golden Retriever named Lady
They are stunning dogs with a fab nature - the boss bought them her
Aww, I had a dog called Lady when I was a girl. She wasn't a retriever though.
Summer, that hair dye might be fun to try.
Having sat up all last night with Keira, I'm shattered and off for an early night. Tiddlers day tomorrow so I'll need to be rested.
Goodnight and sweet dreams everyone. Hugs for the night owls.
Sleep well yogi, you've earned a jolly good rest
Whilst everyone else seemed to have holidays last week it's half term here! The youngest has run rings around us today. I'm getting to old for this sort of thing.