Evening all 

Had a good but busy day with the tiddlers.

El, I’ve seen that film a few times. Like Squiggle, I like Cary Grant.

Moonie, it was cool and rainy up here till late afternoon. Not as warm as down your way.

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros.

Hug for any night owls

night yogi summer if you pop in

Good morning everyone.

Recently, no matter how tired I am at night, I keep waking early in the morning - 6.20am today.

If it stays dry, I’m going to cut the lawns.

Have a good day, all. 

Good morning everyone

Quite cloudy here and fresher conditions. There might be a shower sometime this afternoon.

Yogi, could be that the sunlight is making you wake earlier than you want?

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning everyone, I usually wake about that time Yogi, I like it because I can have a nice lie-in, I listened the Tommy Steele on Bill Kenwright's show this morning.  Such an interesting listen, it's on iPlayer and well worth catching, such a fascinating insight into an extraordinary time in music.

We've had some lovely refreshing rain this morning and the clouds are clearing to reveal some deep blue sky.

Enjoy your day everyone

Squiggle, some weeks ago I happened to see a bit of BBC1's The One Show. They were chatting with a man and I thought could it be Tommy Steele and it was. I hadn't seen anything of him other than films he made in the 1960s and he's still as charming as he was. He even did a Glenn Miller routine.

And he's 81 years young.

So who's got them - there's still 169 million old £1 coins which haven't been returned to the Royal Mint:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-45031769

I like this clip which manages to be peaceful and noisy at the same time:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-45100124/r

So the Oscars are going to have a new award for outstanding achievement in popular film:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ent...inment-arts-45115581
It's long overdue. Although they got Oscar nominations these films didn't get any wins:
12 Angry Men (1957)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Good afternoon or is it early evening yet? 🤔 I’ve finally had a day off to myself, but I’ve been sleeping through most of it! I must have needed it  

how are you all? 

I love all this talk of old films  

I have good news; my best friends cancer is early stages and doesn’t appear to have spread anywhere else, thank god!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 6 months of chemo should clear it up. She’s going to make me do a huge walk with her when this is over, I just know it lol 

El Loro posted:

I like this clip which manages to be peaceful and noisy at the same time:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-45100124/r

Cute chicks 

Summer, that’s really good news about your friend. 

El and Squiggle, I think it is the light mornings which are waking me. 

Unfortunately, I can’t lie in bed once I’m awake.

Summer, as Yogi says, that's really good news about your friend

I admit that I've a bit of a film buff and prefer older films to modern ones.

Yogi, would thicker/blackout curtains help?

El Loro posted:

Summer, as Yogi says, that's really good news about your friend

 

I admit that I've a bit of a film buff and prefer older films to modern ones.

 

Yogi, would thicker/blackout curtains help?

I can’t have them. I’m not afraid of the dark as such, but if it’s pitch black it freaks me out - might be to do with my claustrophobia.

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros

Hug for any night owls

Sorry to have just missed you yogi I hope you sleep well 

El I love older films, they’ve got a charm about them that modern films don’t. I tried to watch some tv this afternoon but fell asleep again lol 

night yogi and summer

Good mornng everyone

Very overcast here and cooler. Showers are quite likely over the next few days.

Yogi, you can get semi-blackout curtains which block out most of the external light but don't leave you in pitch blackness.

Summer, I prefer older films as generally they rely more on telling a story. Of course some modern films are the exception such as that Mr Holmes film I saw the other day which could have been made unchanged at any time.

I see that Krakatoa:East of Java (1966) is on Talking Pictures this afternoon. It's quite a watchable disaster film and the geograpical error in the title is possibly the most famous goof in film history. It's just off the western end of Java.

Very straightfoward client meeting this morning.

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning everyone 

Weather is dry and bright atm. Rain showers scuppered my lawn cutting yesterday but hopefully I might get it done today. *crosses fingers*

Add me to the list of people who prefer old films

Thanks for the info about semi blackout curtains, El.

Doing our grocery shopping today and probably doing my parent’s shopping tomorrow. *adds cakes for Moonie to shopping list*

Have a good day all 

Yogi, I hope your grocery shopping goes well and it's just as well you remembered Moonie's cakes

Good morning everyone, it's amazing how the lawns have perked up after that tiny bit of rain, it's lovely and fresh again this morning, such a joy after all those weeks of heat.

Enjoy your day everyone

Cakes, did someone mention cakes? 😮

Oh, yes two mentions above  

Squiggle, some of the lawns here are looking better after the rain though some such as my neighbour's still look really parched.

Moone certainly likes his cakes

Eddie Mair, the presenter of Radio 4's afternoon news programme, has been my favourite presenter on either radio or television for quite some time in the way he was prepared to deal with subjects which aren't easy. I'd known for sometime that he was leaving the BBC later this month but he decided to go earlier without telling anyone at the BBC.
This was his way of leaving (today he said this felt the perfect way to leave with no fuss):
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programm...d6y96#playt=0h57m10s

If you were to look at the Podcast link to see some of the Eddie Mair interviews you would realise that some of them are not routine interviews. There is a lengthy list of interviews with another journalist Steve Hewlett over a period of time when he is first diagnosed with oesopheagal cancer, the treatment, progression, and the eventual realisation that he woud die. Powerful, moving, and honest.

Eddie Mair is moving to LBC due to start next month.

If you are feeling chilly after the recent heat wave, here's something to warm you up:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/...nvironment-45113552/

And also of interest to people interested in the solar system was this Horizon documentary on Jupiter the other day:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bfdjgp/

El Loro posted:

Squiggle, some of the lawns here are looking better after the rain though some such as my neighbour's still look really parched.

 

Moone certainly likes his cakes

I do, I do 

Moonie, you could write your autobiography "The Story of my Cake Life"

El Loro posted:

Moonie, you could write your autobiography "The Story of my Cake Life"

 great idea El 

  Cakes for everyone 

It stayed sunny and I managed to get both lawns cut 

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros

Night owl hug

Yogi19 posted:

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros

Night owl hug

night yogi summer if you popi

Good morning everyone

Cloudy here and forecast is for rain, cooler than yesterday so well down from what it had been.

Yogi, thanks for the cakes I've taken 1% leaving the other 99% for Moonie and anyone else brave enough to take some

I hope everyone has a good day

Yogi19 posted:

  Cakes for everyone 

 

It stayed sunny and I managed to get both lawns cut 

El Loro posted:

Good morning everyone

 

Cloudy here and forecast is for rain, cooler than yesterday so well down from what it had been.

 

Yogi, thanks for the cakes I've taken 1% leaving the other 99% for Moonie and anyone else brave enough to take some

 

I hope everyone has a good day

Much appreciated El  

Good morning everyone, we had torrential rain this morning, it was lovely to hear, see and smell it!! The garden is looking much better for it and there's more forecast for over the weekend.  Thanks for the cake Yogi - my favourite.

Enjoy your day everyone

Moonie, I thought you'd appreciate that

Squiggle, although not torrential, it's been raining here steadily and is forecast to continue to the afternoon. Met Office have a temperature high for today of 17 C.

Sports Direct have just bought all shops, stock and brand name of House of Fraser:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45140874

Quick afternoon while I can it’s been insanely busy here! I finished work at 7.20pm last night!!!! 

Hope youre all feeling the friday vibes, get ready for another weekend back when I can xx 

Summer, I wonder why it's insanely busy for you as people tend to have gone away on holiday at this time. Just remember to breathe when you can