Yogi, I'm glad your snow didn't stay long 
Another phone call I got was one of those silent ones. Did a check on the phone number and it's one of those fraudulent callers, supposedly from HMRC, saying you are about to be arrested for fraud, ring a given number to speak to someone to arrange for you to pay them thousands of pounds. So the criminals are at it again.
You don't half get them El. Makes you wonder where they all get your number and how common this is.
Twickers, some of the calls I get are because I am in business so get calls relating to business electricity supply (which is irrelevant to me). As they are calling from abroad I can't stop them and even though I tell them I work from home they are incapable of understanding that. Those may not be scam callers.
The typical scam caller rings lots of numbers at the same time and it's chance as to who answers. The HMRC one I got would have been silent as another person answered their phone befor I answered mine, Numbers are rung at random but I think they probably ring the same area at the time.
Popping in to say goodnight and sweet dreams to Ros 
and leave hugs for the night owls
Sweet dreams Yogi
Good morning everyone, a bit showery this morning, quite dramatic skies with huge billowing clouds. I hope your accountancy update course is interesting and relevant EL.
Enjoy your day everyone 
squiggle posted:~Sweet Pea~ posted:Good morning my fellow sweet peas
you all know I love a silver lining
what are you all doing today?
Good morning everyone, dear dear Summer I love you because you are such a sweet optimist, you see rainbows where everyone else sees grey clouds, come here and give me a big hug
bless you
Aaaaw Squiggle, you are so lovely! thank you for being such a warm hearted soul xxx
Good morning all a snowy start here, with sunny intervals now breaking through. Iâm full of cold again, which is no surprise considering the yo-yoing temperatures. Iâm taking good care of myself though and will no doubt soon be back to normal
how are you all? And whoâs excited for the return of the Durrells on Sunday?!
Good afternoon everyone
I'm back from that course. It wasn't that interesting though there were bits of some relevance for me.
Summer, I hope you shake off your cold soon
I'll be watching The Durrells. It's the final series and has 6 episodes. To have any later series would require history to be fundamentally rewritten to a point where it would become science fiction. I suppose a new series could be created about Gerald and his zoo in later years but that's 20 years later so would require a different actor as Gerald.
I read an interview with Keeley Hawes earlier. She says that although sheâs heartbroken that the series has come to an end, itâs good to go out when people love it and want more. To drag it on and on and let it lose its appeal, would be awful.
I recall the Downton Abbey folk saying the same when they finished, and I do agree. Same goes for Game if Thrones, iâll hate to see it end but Iâm pleased both shows are at the height of their popularity.
Iâll order the tissues in now lol
Summer, I agree with you about series ending when the time is right. In the case of The Durrells as that's based on Gerald Durrell's autobiographical trilogy of his time in Corfu, it would be silly to make later series set in Corfu.
Never saw Downton Abbey due to my dislike of the creator and scriptwriter Julian Fellowes as I've said before - I detested his earlier work - Gosford Park and had seen him on television in an interview and was repelled by his chauvinistic views.
I did see the very first episode of Game of Thrones when it was shown on one of the Freeview channels but its content made it unwatchable for me.
Royal Mail has unveiled a series of 10 stamps showing birds of prey seen in the UK. They include a buzzard and of course a golden eagle:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/47802618
The pictures were taken at the International Centre for Birds of Prey near Newent in Gloucestershire (there's also a branch in North Yorkshire)
Afternoon all
It was very rainy this morning and now itâs sunny.
El, I love the birds of prey stamps.
Iâm glad the course was of some relevance.
Summer, I will record The Durrells and then binge watch it.
Iâve been shopping so here are some cakes 
Hope you are all having a good day.
Yogi19 posted:Afternoon all
It was very rainy this morning and now itâs sunny.
El, I love the birds of prey stamps.
Iâm glad the course was of some relevance.
Summer, I will record The Durrells and then binge watch it.
Iâve been shopping so here are some cakes
Hope you are all having a good day.
My cake radar went off 
*takes one*
Fankoo Yogi
My day is going okay apart from the fact it hasnât stopped raining here yet 
I see you have had rain too Yogi 
Ooh what kind of cakes?!
When The Durrells tv show ends, I would like to read Gerryâs Corfu Trilogy
El, offputting content aside, Game of Thrones has a great storyline. Iâm looking forward to seeing how it all concludes.
~Sweet Pea~ posted:Ooh what kind of cakes?!
When The Durrells tv show ends, I would like to read Gerryâs Corfu Trilogy
El, offputting content aside, Game of Thrones has a great storyline. Iâm looking forward to seeing how it all concludes.
A selection of cream cakes
El Loro posted:Moonie, not that it's much consolation but here it's already the wettest day of the year so far as it's still raining
Yogi, thanks re the course and I like those stamps as well
Moonie posted:Yogi19 posted:Afternoon all
It was very rainy this morning and now itâs sunny.
El, I love the birds of prey stamps.
Iâm glad the course was of some relevance.
Summer, I will record The Durrells and then binge watch it.
Iâve been shopping so here are some cakes
Hope you are all having a good day.
My cake radar went off
*takes one*
Fankoo Yogi
My day is going okay apart from the fact it hasnât stopped raining here yet
I see you have had rain too Yogi
@ Cake radar
~Sweet Pea~ posted:Ooh what kind of cakes?!
When The Durrells tv show ends, I would like to read Gerryâs Corfu Trilogy
El, offputting content aside, Game of Thrones has a great storyline. Iâm looking forward to seeing how it all concludes.
I have a friend who can tell you every character that has ever been on the series. Virtually every word of every episode. Who has lived and died. How they died and so on 
Yogi19 posted:Moonie posted:Yogi19 posted:Afternoon all
It was very rainy this morning and now itâs sunny.
El, I love the birds of prey stamps.
Iâm glad the course was of some relevance.
Summer, I will record The Durrells and then binge watch it.
Iâve been shopping so here are some cakes
Hope you are all having a good day.
My cake radar went off
*takes one*
Fankoo Yogi
My day is going okay apart from the fact it hasnât stopped raining here yet
I see you have had rain too Yogi
Goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie and Ros.
Hug for Summer and any other night owls
night yogi summer moons
Good morning everyone it's a very cloudy day so far and I'm not sure if it will be rainy again, hope not.
Enjoy your day everyone
Good morning everyone
Cloudy here as for Squiggle. Rain quite likely but shouldn't be as wet as yesterday.
Yogi, it's been many years since I had a cream cake
Summer, I realise that Game of Thrones is rivetting for many people - Moonie's friend is clearly obsessed with it
I hope everyone has a good day
Good morning all
Weather is dry and quite mild.
El, I donât eat cream cakes very often - I prefer something like lemon drizzle cake.
Hoping to get some gardening done this morning and then getting my haircut later in the afternoon.
Have a good day, all
Yogi, at the office I used to work in, the custom was that on someone's birthday they had to get cream cakes for everyone in their department. There was a period of time where we were getting cream cakes every couple of days due to birthdays being close together
Just as well that we don't do that at my church. There was a time that 3 other people there had the same birthday as me Nothing like twins, just a coincidence. Don't ask me what the chances of that are as that's not a simple calculation.
Morning all
Trust all are fine. Glorious morning here so grass cut. Hope your gardening goes well Yogi and that the weather may brighten up down South. Dinner's made so a lazy day ensues hopefully. Famous last words.
I calculate that the chances of 3 unrelated people in a congregation of 150 people (as it was at the time) having the same birthday as me is about 3.7% (1 in 27).
There was a time when I was on the parochial church council that 2 of the others on the council had the same birthday as me. Given that there would be about 20 people, the chances are substantially lower at about 0.25% (1 in 400).
Unlikely that you've heard of Dan Robbins who has died at the age of 93. However you are much more likely to have come across paint by numbers kits at some time in your life and he was the man who started the craze back in the 1950s.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-47822227
You too El
El Loro posted:Yogi, I hope your gardening and haircut go to plan
They did, thanks *twirls*
twickers posted:Morning all
Trust all are fine. Glorious morning here so grass cut. Hope your gardening goes well Yogi
Hi Twickers We got our grass cut too
El Loro posted:I calculate that the chances of 3 unrelated people in a congregation of 150 people (as it was at the time) having the same birthday as me is about 3.7% (1 in 27).
There was a time when I was on the parochial church council that 2 of the others on the council had the same birthday as me. Given that there would be about 20 people, the chances are substantially lower at about 0.25% (1 in 400).
Well done, el
El Loro posted:My brother is visiting me for one of his weekend visits and is due to arrive in just under an hour. I hope you have a good weekend
I hope you and your brother have a lovely weekend together
