Good afternoon 
after a few cool & misty days, we’ve now got a hot sunny & very humid day!
Stay safe over there in the south west, I hope the storms are gentle on you 
yogi i hope something out & about makes you smile today and if you need a good cry later on, then so be it
Thanks Summer It's become very humid here but no rain ot thunder yet - it's still expected though the weather sites keep changing the timings.
I've just dashed out to the local Post Office with all my GDPR envelopes to clients. I had already warned clients to expect these and that they would be verbose. As I'm required by my institute to get client's consent I've included a self addressed stamped envelope and an acceptance slip. I wonder what proportion will come back, and what proportion of people will actually read the 13 pages 
And I wonder if anyone will comment on a phrase on the first page "inappropriate forum". That's my institute's wording, not mine. I know what they are getting at but people may think that it's some dodgy website It's referring to forum in a legal setting and in that context means a court of law or a legal tribunal. Some of the words used in the law are Latin in origin, such as forum, tribunal, "habeas corpus", coroner, and bigamy.
squiggle posted:That's a good idea Yogi I am sure it will help a little. The biggest comfort is that dear Keira is not suffering the bewilderment and confusion of why she doesn't feel like she normally does, you have spared her that. The last act of love that you could give her. Say a little prayer today to the God who loves all of us that He may find a green meadow for Keira to run and play like she was a puppy again. God bless.
Enjoy your day everyone
That made me well up but, in a good way. Thank you for that, Squiggle.
velvet donkey posted:I hope you have an afternoon tea Yogi
We did have some lunch
El and Moonie, I hope the predicted storms don’t cause any bother in your areas
Summer, you make me smile every day
El Loro posted:Thanks Moonie
I think the storm risk for your area is less than here. The latest Met Office forecast is for 3 lots of thundery weather for me, 2 to 4 this afternoon, 6 to 8 this evening and midnight to 2 am overnight.
El
Just had a look at the latest weather forecast and a thunderstorm is imminent as of 5pm 
More tomorrow too 
Hi Sweet
I hope you and Miss Bramble are staying cool 😊
Yogi, happy out and abouting 😉🤗
Take care everyone
Apparently there are two types of water, ortho-water and para-water (nothing to do with radioactive heavy water). It's to do with which direction the hydrogen atoms are spinning. Anyway, scientists have now been able to split water into the two types:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/scie...environment-44305663
Generally there are about three ortho-water molecules to one para-water molecule no matter how hot it gets, but at seriously low temperatures (where the air turns to liquid (-194 C)) it's closer to one for one and at unbelievably cold termperatures (absolute zero is -273 C) it's just para-ice.
El Loro posted:Thanks Yogi and I hope your lunch was nice
It was thanks, El
El Loro posted:Apparently there are two types of water, ortho-water and para-water (nothing to do with radioactive heavy water). It's to do with which direction the hydrogen atoms are spinning. Anyway, scientists have now been able to split water into the two types:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/scie...environment-44305663
Generally there are about three ortho-water molecules to one para-water molecule no matter how hot it gets, but at seriously low temperatures (where the air turns to liquid (-194 C)) it's closer to one for one and at unbelievably cold termperatures (absolute zero is -273 C) it's just para-ice.
Okay, if they say so
Although it's been raining for some time here, there's only been a bit of thunder rumbling in the distance though the main risk of thunder seems now to be from 8 this evening through to 4 tomorrow morning.
Looking at weather maps the worst seems to be over the eastern side of the Cotswolds (closer to Oxfordshire) rather than here.
There are light winds which mean that the thunder is slow moving which doesn't help.
El Loro posted:Although it's been raining for some time here, there's only been a bit of thunder rumbling in the distance though the main risk of thunder seems now to be from 8 this evening through to 4 tomorrow morning.
Looking at weather maps the worst seems to be over the eastern side of the Cotswolds (closer to Oxfordshire) rather than here.
There are light winds which mean that the thunder is slow moving which doesn't help.
I hope the worst of it is over for your area, El
Ros, have a lovely time on your holiday
Goodnight and sweet dreams, everyone, and hugs for any night owls
Yogi19 posted:El Loro posted:Although it's been raining for some time here, there's only been a bit of thunder rumbling in the distance though the main risk of thunder seems now to be from 8 this evening through to 4 tomorrow morning.
Looking at weather maps the worst seems to be over the eastern side of the Cotswolds (closer to Oxfordshire) rather than here.
There are light winds which mean that the thunder is slow moving which doesn't help.
I hope the worst of it is over for your area, El
and me EL
Yogi19 posted:Ros, have a lovely time on your holiday
Goodnight and sweet dreams, everyone, and hugs for any night owls
night yogi velvet and summer if you pop in
Good morning everyone
Thanks everyone It was a very wet evening here with some thunder but no power cuts. The local news site says quite a lot of roads had surface water leading to closures but the main ones have re-opened. Cheltenham railway station was closed because of flooding. I assume it's since re-opened. It's not the first time that station has been flooded, I assume it must be due to poor drainage.
Today is still humid, it's very cloudy, and hardly a breeze. There may be some rain this afternoon but not expected to be that much and following days should give a chance for any flooded areas to dry up.
I hope Squiggle and Moonie haven't had weather problems with thunderstorms
A very straightforward client meeting this afternoon.
I hope everyone has a good day
Good morning everyone
Weather is dry and quite bright atm
El, I’m glad you didn’t have any power cuts but it does sound like you had a lot of rain
Have a good day, all
Yogi, thanks My local weather site indicates about 17 mm which is quite a lot but not massive, I think other places would have had more. That site shows that it had stopped by midnight so the early morning thunderstorms must have been else where.
BBC page of photographs of Londoners from the mid 1930s to 1960:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-43782267
The expression on the woman's face in the 1956 one called "Passing in the street" - somehow I don't think she approved of the man
Good morning everyone, we didn't hear any thunder or see any lightning down here. Moonie I hope you don't get too many storms today. What fascinating photographs EL. I hated to see the elephants chained like that. You are quite right about the woman's face in Passing in the Street, and wasn't it fascinating in the Trip to the Seaside to see everyone looking down, just the way everyone looks down now at their phones but they are all looking down at something else!
Enjoy your day everyone
Good morning a hot & humid day here already, suncream is definitely required today!
I’m pleased the storms have been gentle on you, here’s hoping 🤞 that the next one is gentle too
Moonie posted:El Loro posted:Moonie, I'm glad you didn't get visited by Zeus
Me too
But just had a look at the local weather forecast and there is a yellow weather warning for severe thunderstorms between 9am and 10pm today
but that's a slight risk of problems and you mightn't get any storms. The warning covers virtually everywhere to the north of Worcester though the east coast of England escapes.
I hope you and the others here escape the wrath of Thor (he's taken over from Zeus for the day )
Squiggle, I agree with you about those elephants. How attitudes have changed over the years, what was regarded as acceptable then would cause outrage if done now, and that's good.
My parents would take us to Bristol Zoo each year when we were children. But there was the time when we went and I saw this polar bear just walking to and fro never stopping. It disturbed my conscience and we stopped going.
El Loro posted:Moonie posted:El Loro posted:Moonie, I'm glad you didn't get visited by Zeus
Me too
But just had a look at the local weather forecast and there is a yellow weather warning for severe thunderstorms between 9am and 10pm today
but that's a slight risk of problems and you mightn't get any storms. The warning covers virtually everywhere to the north of Worcester though the east coast of England escapes.
I hope you and the others here escape the wrath of Thor (he's taken over from Zeus for the day
Not Thor? 😮😮😮
Heads for the hills 🤣🤣🤣
Evening all
I hope no one is badly affected by Thor.
We’ve had sunshine and showers today. It’s sunny atm.
Velvet, I’m okay, I promise.
Moonie posted:Yogi19 posted:Evening all
I hope no one is badly affected by Thor.
We’ve had sunshine and showers today. It’s sunny atm.
Velvet, I’m okay, I promise.
Thor passed us by but left us a heavy shower but with sunshine
Glad you got some sunshine after the rain
Goodnight and sweet dreams. Hugs for any night owls
*night owl swoooooooons!* funny you should mention Thor, I’ve just watched Thor Ragnarok 😍 I loved it. I need to watch Dr. Strange next
No rain here, I cut the grass, and dried washing on the line. It’s very humid tonight.
Wishing you all very sweet (and thunderless) dreans
Good morning everyone
Pleasant weather here today and seems to be quite good for some time to come. I hope there are no thunder problems for people up north if Jupiter pays you a visit (Zeus and Thor have taken a short break to recover )
Summer, I haven't seen any Thor film other than where he's been one of the characters (The Avengers). There's a lot of that type of film, 19 so far in what is called Marvel Cinematic Universe films:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...matic_Universe_films
I hope everyone has a good day
Good morning everyone, a lovely bright morning with plenty of blue sky and feeling fresher.
Enjoy your day everyone
Good morning overcast, humid and a light rain here.
El, I’m glad you’re weather has much improved, I think you deserve a sunny spell now
I LOVE all the marevel movies 
Good morning everyone.
Cloudy and humid, with a possibility of rain.
Have a good day, everyone
My nadad is going to Birmingham for the day
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/e...inment-arts-44319958
Tolkien's fan in the clip doesn't mention that he was a professor of Old English/ Ango-Saxon, was fascinated and learned in old Norse and Finnish mythology which is why his invented languages of Elvish and Dwarvish were influenced by those.
