Good afternoon everyone 
Its been raining here since very early this morning. No sign it intends to stop soon. Cold and windy to boot 
Not a pleasant start to 2018 
Good job I am stocked up with food 
Have a great day but stay warm and safe 
The World Health Organisation has announced that video/computer gaming addiction is to be classified as a mental health issue.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42541404
It's defined as a pattern of persistent or recurrent gaming behaviour so severe that it takes "precedence over other life interests".
Met Office has issued an amber warning for the wind for tonight between 19.30 this evening to 4 am tomorrow morning. Covers some of Northern Ireland including Armargh and Belfast, and England on the west coast from Blackpool north to Carlisle and eastwards covering places such as Harrogate, Stockton upon Tees, Durham, Newcastle under Lyne and very close to Scarborough.
Flying debris could lead to injuries or danger to life whilst some damage to buildings is likely. Some disruption to road, rail and air travel is likely and ferry services may be affected. There is a good chance that power cuts may occur with mobile phone coverage perhaps affected. Along west-facing coasts, injuries and danger to life is likely from large waves and beach material being thrown onto coastal roads, seafronts and properties.
El Loro posted:Yogi, the sky here has been like yours, grey and dark. The first band of rain has passed. Storm Eleanor due to arrive here about 7pm this evening - much of the country has weather warnngs though much of Scotland doesn't.
I gave my parents a bone china tea set for their china wedding anniversary. I was a student accountant at the time so on a low income but I got it at a discount as one of the cups had a slight blemish on it. My parents used it just for birthdays and Christmas.
Iâm sure your parents treasured that tea set.
I think itâs nice to have special crockery you can use on special occasions.
My Christmas stuff has been collected over many years.
Moonie posted:Good afternoon everyone
Its been raining here since very early this morning. No sign it intends to stop soon. Cold and windy to boot
Not a pleasant start to 2018
Good job I am stocked up with food
Have a great day but stay warm and safe
Stay indoors and stay cosy Moonie
Just popping in to post this new Nationwide advert. Apparently Flo & Joan have done another couple of Nationwide ads recently but I haven't seen those.
They are sisters, real names Nicola and Rosie Dempsey.
The song is rather charming in a silly way and made me smile.
El Loro posted:Just popping in to post this new Nationwide advert. Apparently Flo & Joan have done another couple of Nationwide ads recently but I haven't seen those.
They are sisters, real names Nicola and Rosie Dempsey.
The song is rather charming in a silly way and made me smile.
Iâve seen that ad
CBB got off to a promising start, goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros
Night owl hug for Summer
EL we had Dylan and we now have Eleanor-awful here tonight
night yogi yes enjoyed CBB tonight looking promising-
hugs for summer if she pops in
Good morning 
i too hope everyoneâs ok after the storm. Lots of rain here, and dark & cloudy this morning
I have to dispose of my real Xmas tree- wish me luck!!!! 
then Iâm taking my mum out for breakfast
I hope you all have a good day
Good morning everyone 
Weather is rainy. I was awake a few times during the night and there was no sign of Storm Eleanor, she seemed to miss us.
I hope none of you experienced and damage to property.
Have a good day, all
~Sweet Sequins & Sparkles~ posted:Good morning
I have to dispose of my real Xmas tree- wish me luck!!!!
I hope you all have a good day
Good luck in getting rid of your tree. Does your council have a recycling bit for Christmas trees?
El Loro posted:Yogi, I'm glad you missed Eleanor
Thanks El
Good morning everyone, I might have news of missing Eleanor, I think she's been here. My cardboard recycling is all over the place. I wasn't sure if they might be coming to collect it yesterday so I put it out just in case. I know it's very flooded down by the harbour and we've had tremendous gusts. Trouble is it seems to be so windy all the time you're not sure if it's a storm or just high winds again. I'm so glad it seems to have missed so many of you.
Enjoy your day everyone
Squiggle, I'm not surprised that your cardboard recycling is all over the place due to the wind. In my area the recycling collection on Mondays was postponed from Christmas Day to the 27th (there was no waste collection scheduled that week as it's done on alternate weeks - the other week is garden waste but that's suspended during the Christmas period). But because of the snowy conditions on the 27th, all collections were suspended and also on the 28th.
Council advice was haphazard and changing. They had announced that the waste collection due this Monday would take place yesterday and that was done.
But the food caddies and recycling boxes are a different matter. Normally that's weekly on Mondays for me. The council announced that the collection of Christmas Day rescheduled to the 27th would take place yesterday and that the collection of New Year's Day rescheduled to yesterday would take place today.
So everyone put the food caddies and recycling boxes out yesterday. They weren't emptied. I took mine back in the house overnight due to Eleanor and put it back out this morning,
Whether they get emptied today remains to be seen. The latest news from the council says recycling done by the end of the week but "may be later than normal".
I'm not Amo Riselli and don't know him:
http://www.gloucestershirelive...lotto-winner-1003888
amo, amas, amat, amamus, amatis, amant - that's about as far as I got with Latin
El Loro posted:I'm not Amo Riselli and don't know him:
http://www.gloucestershirelive...lotto-winner-1003888
amo, amas, amat, amamus, amatis, amant - that's about as far as I got with Latin
Ditto El, and I studied it for a year!
Yogi19 posted:El Loro posted:I'm not Amo Riselli and don't know him:
http://www.gloucestershirelive...lotto-winner-1003888
amo, amas, amat, amamus, amatis, amant - that's about as far as I got with Latin
Ditto El, and I studied it for a year!
Much the same with me. Didn't help that the teacher was of the old school type. He was long retired, had taught the headmaster when he was at school, and was teaching Latin on a part time basis. Probably started teaching in late Victorian times.
Oh, and mensa = table though I don't know what Mensa as in IQ tests has to to with tables
El Loro posted:Yogi19 posted:El Loro posted:I'm not Amo Riselli and don't know him:
http://www.gloucestershirelive...lotto-winner-1003888
amo, amas, amat, amamus, amatis, amant - that's about as far as I got with Latin
Ditto El, and I studied it for a year!
Much the same with me. Didn't help that the teacher was of the old school type. He was long retired, had taught the headmaster when he was at school, and was teaching Latin on a part time basis. Probably started teaching in late Victorian times.
Oh, and mensa = table though I don't know what Mensa as in IQ tests has to to with tables
lol My Latin teacher couldnât keep the class in check - and we were (allegedly) the bright, well behaved ones. The boys ran rings around him and we never learnt anything.
Ooh white squirrels, amazing 
good evening all tree disposing went well, albeit messy!!!! And stinky lol my mum helped me clean up, bless her. So then we went out for breakfast, walked Bramble and went shopping for new walking boots
i hope youve all had a good day
Aww, the white squirrels are cute, El
Youâll be finding tree needles for days, Summer
Tonightâs CBB was good - interesting conversations and no swearing.
Goodnight and sweet dreams, El, Summer and Ros
The line up actually impressed me!!!! 
I may have to start tuning in
sweet dreams yogi
love the white squirrels EL
night yogi summer and EL
The green recycling boxes have just been emptied but the food caddies haven't. Normally the recycling boxes are empried into the appropriate sections of the refuse vehicle - paper, tins, plastics etc. This time they are being emptied into the vehicle without sorting - that will be done at a later date. That would be why a separate vehicle would need to be used for the food waste so that the other recyclable items don't get ruined.
Good morning everyone, it's still incredibly windy. It's the same down here with the food caddies EL, not emptied. I was pleased that they finally came to pick up the recycling though, it builds up over 2 weeks.
Enjoy your day everyone
Good morning everyone.
Still raining up here.
We separate wheelie bins - one for cardboard and paper and one for glass and plastic recycling - but they are only collected every three weeks.
Out and about with hubby, hope you all have a good day.
Squiggle, it's fairly windy here at present with gusts around 40 mph.
I've been delivering the church magazines for my round and collecting the annual subs this morning. I went past one house where besides the food caddy, there are 3 or 4 plastic bags with food inside them. Not all of the bags are tied up. As you can imagine it's rather smelly and is going to attract foxes and possibly rats. Although there are rats they tend to be elsewhere but clearly there's a health hazard.
Good afternoon itâs still here, but grey, drizzly and dreary
I hope youâre all having a good day, our back to school/work rush is getting under way now
Moonie posted:~Sweet Sequins & Sparkles~ posted:Good afternoon
I hope youâre all having a good day, our back to school/work rush is getting under way now
We have the proverbial gale here. Itâs worse than when Elenor was around
It's been very windy here but it's easing off. I think we may have noticed it more than Eleanor as that was at its worst during the night when we would have been asleep.
A very sad warning today - if you are walking your dogs on the beach do not let them eat washed up dead fish on the beach - it can be fatal 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-42543301
Obviously a distressing article and there's a very distressing video.