El Loro posted:By chance I came across this piece of choral work by someone I hadn't heard of - Peteris Vasks. It's called Dona Nobis Pacem. It's a truly great work, up there with the likes Of Arvo Part and John Tavener.
@Rocking Ros Rose you in particular may appreciate this.
Thank you EL-its excellent
-we are performing Rossini's Petite Messi solonelle at the end of June -love anything choral
night yogi and moons
summer if you pop in
Yogi19 posted:El Loro posted:Moonie posted:El Loro posted:
For anyone who didn't see this in the last week.Thatâs gorgeous El ððð
It is gorgeous, I hope Yogi sees my post
I did and I love, love, love the video
and me it's adorable
Good morning everyone 
Very cloudy here but dry. Although there was some rain and thunder here yesterday, it was nowhere near as bad as other places. It may rain here today but the weather warning no longer applies in my area.
Ros, I'm glad you appreciated that music. I know you are really looking forward to performing Rossini's Petite Messi and I'm sure it will go well
I hope everyone has a good Bank Holiday
El Loro posted 13/5/18:A contender for the most scenic bus route in Britain:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/u...-yorkshire-44100363/
It's the 640 from Leeds to Whitby. It does pass Goathland (= "Aidensfield" of "Heartbeat").
And it won:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44226761
El Loro posted:El Loro posted 13/5/18:A contender for the most scenic bus route in Britain:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/u...-yorkshire-44100363/
It's the 640 from Leeds to Whitby. It does pass Goathland (= "Aidensfield" of "Heartbeat").And it won:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44226761
Very pretty scenery 
Good morning everyone
Looks like itâs going to be another sunny day, up here.
I have no plans for today. I might veg out with a good book after doing housework.
Have a good day, all.
Moonie, I thought you might have had a lot of thunderstorms yesterday, it had been forecast to be like that for my area but that didn't happen. I hope you don't have to do anywhere which has been flooded 
Apparently "veg out" was first used in the film "Pretty Woman" where Julia Roberts says "Let's watch old movies al night... we'll just veg out in front of the TV"
El Loro posted:Moonie, I thought you might have had a lot of thunderstorms yesterday, it had been forecast to be like that for my area but that didn't happen. I hope you don't have to do anywhere which has been flooded
Apparently "veg out" was first used in the film "Pretty Woman" where Julia Roberts says "Let's watch old movies al night... we'll just veg out in front of the TV"
I had a âstay inâ day yesterday
You are a mind of useful information El 
Moonie posted:El Loro posted:Moonie, I thought you might have had a lot of thunderstorms yesterday, it had been forecast to be like that for my area but that didn't happen. I hope you don't have to do anywhere which has been flooded
Apparently "veg out" was first used in the film "Pretty Woman" where Julia Roberts says "Let's watch old movies al night... we'll just veg out in front of the TV"
I had a âstay inâ day yesterday
You are a mind of useful information El
It's not that I know these things, it's just that I can google for them
Good morning everyone, it's been a little difficult to post this morning with two little ones running around talking 13 to the dozen but I've managed to pop in for a second. It's a beautiful morning.
Enjoy your day everyone
Got my latest gas bill. Due to the long winter, gas usage from 24 February to 24 May up by 29% from same period in previous year. Result is that my monthly payments have been increased by 18.5%.
Not unexpected to me but a lot of people are going to have a very nasty shock.
squiggle posted:Good morning everyone, it's been a little difficult to post this morning with two little ones running around talking 13 to the dozen but I've managed to pop in for a second. It's a beautiful morning.
Enjoy your day everyone
Sounds like a fun filled day squiggle 
Good luck and I hope are not to worn out at the end of the day 
El Loro posted:Got my latest gas bill. Due to the long winter, gas usage from 24 February to 24 May up by 29% from same period in previous year. Result is that my monthly payments have been increased by 18.5%.
Not unexpected to me but a lot of people are going to have a very nasty shock.
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I've been having a really exciting bank holiday Monday.
I've spent most of the day working on my revised terms of business for clients and the privacy notice. It's down to GDPR which I'm required to comply with. Luckily my accountancy institute provided templates for this otherwise what has taken me a day would have taken a lot longer.
It works out at 13 pages of very boring text. (although GDPR came in on Friday, we weren't required to have everything done by then, just underway).
If you want to see the sort of thing meant by a privacy notice you can see a link to the Social Strata one right at the very end of any page on the forum.
Moonie posted:Good morning Buddies
itâs actually dry here, for now
We had virtually a complete day of thunderstorms yesterday
Hi Yogi
âveg outâ is a new one on me
Enjoy your vegging
Hi El, Squiggle, Velvy and Sweet should you drop in
Not sure where I got the phrase from.
El Loro posted:Moonie, I thought you might have had a lot of thunderstorms yesterday, it had been forecast to be like that for my area but that didn't happen. I hope you don't have to do anywhere which has been flooded
Apparently "veg out" was first used in the film "Pretty Woman" where Julia Roberts says "Let's watch old movies al night... we'll just veg out in front of the TV"
Love that film so maybe thatâs where I got it from
squiggle posted:Good morning everyone, it's been a little difficult to post this morning with two little ones running around talking 13 to the dozen but I've managed to pop in for a second. It's a beautiful morning.
Enjoy your day everyone
Squiggle, I hope you had a lovely day with the two little ones
El Loro posted:I've been having a really exciting bank holiday Monday.
I've spent most of the day working on my revised terms of business for clients and the privacy notice. It's down to GDPR which I'm required to comply with. Luckily my accountancy institute provided templates for this otherwise what has taken me a day would have taken a lot longer.
It works out at 13 pages of very boring text. (although GDPR came in on Friday, we weren't required to have everything done by then, just underway).
If you want to see the sort of thing meant by a privacy notice you can see a link to the Social Strata one right at the very end of any page on the forum.
Commiserations El
Yogi19 posted:Moonie posted:Good morning Buddies
itâs actually dry here, for now
We had virtually a complete day of thunderstorms yesterday
Hi Yogi
âveg outâ is a new one on me
Enjoy your vegging
Hi El, Squiggle, Velvy and Sweet should you drop in
Nor me until El said but seems appropriate Yogi
Thanks Moonie
I still have to print them off, send them to every client, with a covering letter, a consent slip for them to sign and return to me, and I'll have to enclose a stamped envelope for them to send that consent slip back to me. That's what my Institiute has said though it's going to take time and isn't cheap.
El Loro posted:I've been having a really exciting bank holiday Monday.
I've spent most of the day working on my revised terms of business for clients and the privacy notice. It's down to GDPR which I'm required to comply with. Luckily my accountancy institute provided templates for this otherwise what has taken me a day would have taken a lot longer.
It works out at 13 pages of very boring text. (although GDPR came in on Friday, we weren't required to have everything done by then, just underway).
If you want to see the sort of thing meant by a privacy notice you can see a link to the Social Strata one right at the very end of any page on the forum.
Aww, I hope you had something nice, like a cake, to cheer you up after all that paperwork.
Iâve got a long, minding day tomorrow but hope to pop in after 9pm
Goodnight and sweet dreams, everyone
El Loro posted:Good morning everyone
Very cloudy here but dry. Although there was some rain and thunder here yesterday, it was nowhere near as bad as other places. It may rain here today but the weather warning no longer applies in my area.
Ros, I'm glad you appreciated that music. I know you are really looking forward to performing Rossini's Petite Messi and I'm sure it will go well
I hope everyone has a good Bank Holiday
thank you EL
night yogi summer if you pop in
*night owls* 
Iâm unusually wide awake in the middle of night 
and I wanted to pop in to do a thunderstorm check on our s/w friends in here. Iâm pleased youâre all alright, especially after the spook of it!
The spa day was lovely thank you, I really enjoyed seeing my cousins. We also had an impromptu invite afterwards to visit an uncle that I have not seen for 20 years! It was really nice 
Yogi I hope you have great fun minding
El, thatâs a lot of paperwork I wish you luck with it
who supplies your energy? I need to do an updated comparison and negotiate a good deal
squiggle, how are the little ones these days? they sound full of beans
Moonie I hope all is well and the sun is back out with his hat on for you
velvet, keep shining your ray of sunshine on us
sweet dreams all
Rocking Ros posted:night yogi
Thanks Ros sweet dreams too xxx
Good morning everyone
Another very cloudy day here and may get some rain.
Summer, British Gas - it's on a fixed rate tariff rather than the variable one. The increase is entirely due to higher gas consumption rather than price increase. If you are going to do a comparison make sure you don't get tied in to a contract where the tariff is cheap at the start then shoots up.
I'm glad you had a nice day at the spa and had a surprise visit to your uncle
Yogi and Summer, thanks It's a big job. Although I've done the terms of business and the privacy notice, the prinitng and getting it ready for posting will take time and, of course, there's the cost of the paper, ink and postage. I think a lot of accountants will do it a different way via email and/or their website. Quite a lot of my clients are not computer minded and I don't have a website. So it's simpler for me just to use the post.
I hyope everyone has a good day
Good morning everyone, a little cloudy at the moment but it looks as if it could brighten later. That's a big ask EL, the cost in paper ink and postage is a considerable one and one that I should think is impossible to recoup. The little ones are, as you would expect Summer, a complete joy and also a little exhausting. They are like Duracell bunnies always on the go.
Enjoy your day everyone
Good morning Buddies
Its overcast here. Could be more of the wet stuff on the way 
But at least only a 10% of rain today
Yogi, happy minding, I hope
Sweet, sounds like you had fun time
El, I hope your day is a little less hectic
to Velvy and squiggle should they pop in
Have a great day one and all
velvet donkey posted:It's the nesting season. How are your swans?
Sadly, we lost the male to an anglers hook in the foot 
Then one of last years cygnets had a hook in its beak and itsback was bleeding 
I rang the RSPCA who came and collected it. I have since heard from them that it had the hook removed and the injury treated. It was still with them but when fully recovered it would be relaeased into a wildlife sanctuary
The female is still on their nest but I am thinking we will have no cygnets this year 
Sad news Moonie about the swans
Squiggle, as you say it's a cost I can't recover from clients. GDPR compliance isn't costing me the type of money being mentioned in the news though, it's just one of those things I have to accept.
I've been working on a covering letter and an acceptance slip to go with the terms of business and privacy notice to clients. Using Word mail merge and conditional mergefields with this which is a doddle for those used to doing this, but takes longer to work out when you're not. And I'm not
Velvet, I hope you are having a good day
El Loro posted:That's much better news about your swans and cygnets, Moonie, there must be a cob there after all
I hope you are feeling better
These babies are the results of when the cob was alive El
Iâm not really feeling much better but have a doctors appointment for 4pm so will see what happens after that
