El Loro posted:Yogi, I hope your relatively relaxing day goes well
Ended up with two sons plus PB and BB 
~Sparkling Summer~ posted:Good evening
I hope you’re all cosy, warm and having a good weekend. I’ve had a much needed rest day!
What’s the latest on Swan watch??
Excellent, I hope you are feeling relaxed and refreshed 
Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros
Hug for the night owls
Aw yogi that sounds like an unexpected pleasure I hope you had fun
el, thank you. I hope you’ve had a good Sunday too xxx
Yogi19 posted:El Loro posted:Yogi, I hope your relatively relaxing day goes well
Ended up with two sons plus PB and BB
night yogi and summer moons if you pop in
Good morning everyone it's going to be frosty again this morning but after that the temperature is supposed to rise again day by day.
I'm glad you were able to relax Summer you've been a busy girl recently.
Enjoy your day everyone
Good morning everyone
Cold, frosty and a bit foggy here. Expected to become another sunny day - clouds over from tomorrow with less chance of frost.
Yogi, so much for a relaxing day
Thanks Summer
Client coming to see me this morning - very very straightforward.
I hope everyone has a good day
Photos sent to the BBC site of yesterday's spectacular sunset in parts of Scotland:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-51174308
Evening all
A milder day, weather wise.
El, I hope the client meeting was as straightforward as anticipated
Those sunset pics are stunning.
Moonie, I’m glad the swan and cygnet are still doing well. I’ll update the tiddlers tomorrow.
Hope you have all had a good day.
Goodnight and sweet dreams, everyone. Hug for the night owls
El Loro posted:Photos sent to the BBC site of yesterday's spectacular sunset in parts of Scotland:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-51174308
All absolutely stunning EL
night yogi and moons summer if you pop in
Good morning everyone. Stunning photos of the sunset EL. Good news that the swans are staying Moonie looks like they've found a home.
Enjoy your day everyone
Good morning everyone
-2C outside here at present, forecast to become a bit warmer and cloudy today. No fog.
Yogi, that client meeting was very straightforward I;ve known her for years through church, her tax return is the simplest of any of my clients, I'd done the work and she had come to sign off her return. So the meeting was 10% work, 90% chatting
I hope everyone has a good day
Good morning overcast here but the sunrise was lovely! And starting during my breakfast too so the light mornings are well on their way
I hope you all slept well xx
Yogi I hope you & the tiddlers have a fun day
Yogi19 posted:Evening all
A milder day, weather wise.
El, I hope the client meeting was as straightforward as anticipated
Those sunset pics are stunning.
Moonie, I’m glad the swan and cygnet are still doing well. I’ll update the tiddlers tomorrow.
Hope you have all had a good day.
Fankoo
A couple of days aho there was this news story on the BBC site about a photographer who was walking on Cleeve Hill near Cheltenham when she saw what she thought might have been a proposal.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...cestershire-51169223
and today, an update:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...cestershire-51179346
Cleeve Hill is the highest point in Gloucestershire and the Cotswolds. It's the highest point between there and London though as it's on relatively flat ground (Cleeve Common) it's impossible to see London.
Moonie, I'm glad you've sorted out your bits and bobs 
For those who don't know where that phrase comes from, it's a relic from pre-decimalisation coins. There used to be a threepence coin which was often called a thruppenny bit. Originally it was in silver but later in brass as a 12 sided coin (rather like our £1 coin used to be). There were other small coins such as the sixpenny bit. There was also a shilling coin, often called a bob - that became our 5p coin, originally the same size as a shilling until it shrank.
El Loro posted:Moonie, I'm glad you've sorted out your bits and bobs
For those who don't know where that phrase comes from, it's a relic from pre-decimalisation coins. There used to be a threepence coin which was often called a thruppenny bit. Originally it was in silver but later in brass as a 12 sided coin (rather like our £1 coin used to be). There were other small coins such as the sixpenny bit. There was also a shilling coin, often called a bob - that became our 5p coin, originally the same size as a shilling until it shrank.
Me too El 
El, I have a set of the old coins including the old half crown all neatly under plastic film
For those not old enough for pre-decimalisation times, 12 pennies equalled 1 shilling and 20 shillings equalled £1. The coins I remember from my childhood were:
The farthing (a quarter of a penny) which was discontinued a long time ago. That was a tiny coin, notable for having a picture of a wren on one side.
The halfpenny or ha'penny
Penny
Tuppence
The threepence and the sixpenny as mentioned above
The shilling and the two shilling
The half crown coin (which was 2 shillings and 6 pence). That was the largest coin in circulation. There was a crown coin but those were for commemorative purposes rather than for circulation, as were a half-sovereign (= 10 shillings or two crowns), a sovereign (= £1), a half guinea (10 shillings and 6 pence), a guinea (£1 and 1 shilling) and even a £5 coin - I never came across those.
Going back in history there was also a groat which equalled 4 pennies so a tuppence used to be called a half=groat.
The pre-decimal bank notes included the ones we have now and the 10 shilling note and the £1 note.
There are bank notes which are never circulated but kept under considerable guard in bank vaults. The largest of those is called a titan:
A BBC article from 2013 about these though it shows a smaller value note known as a giant:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21145103
Re the Father Brown television series. Sometimes episodes show a newspaper called Gloucester News. That's an error - the actual name of the printed newspaper was The Citizen. There was also the Journal but that was weekly.
In the latest series, the episode with Flambeau, there was a shot of somewhere supposedly an external view of Gloucester Museum with a man walking down a flight of steps to the road where Father Brown and Flambeau were waiting in a car. No idea where that was, but certainly not of the museum - there are no flight of steps there and the museum hasn't been relocated from the 1950s.
Evening all
Moonie, I update the tiddlers re the swan and cygnet and they are very happy
El, I also have a set pf pre-decimalisation coins.
I’m glad to say, after 5 weeks, my back is almost back to normal.
Hope everyone has had a good day.
Yogi19 posted:Evening all
Moonie, I update the tiddlers re the swan and cygnet and they are very happy
El, I also have a set pf pre-decimalisation coins.
I’m glad to say, after 5 weeks, my back is almost back to normal.
Hope everyone has had a good day.
Aww that’s lovely Yogi
That extra special good news Yogi
Moonie posted:Yogi19 posted:Evening all
Moonie, I update the tiddlers re the swan and cygnet and they are very happy
El, I also have a set pf pre-decimalisation coins.
I’m glad to say, after 5 weeks, my back is almost back to normal.
Hope everyone has had a good day.
Aww that’s lovely YogiThat extra special good news Yogi
Have you had a good day?
Yogi19 posted:Moonie posted:Yogi19 posted:Evening all
Moonie, I update the tiddlers re the swan and cygnet and they are very happy
El, I also have a set pf pre-decimalisation coins.
I’m glad to say, after 5 weeks, my back is almost back to normal.
Hope everyone has had a good day.
Aww that’s lovely YogiThat extra special good news Yogi
Have you had a good day?
My day has been fine fankoo
Moonie posted:Yogi19 posted:Moonie posted:Yogi19 posted:Evening all
Moonie, I update the tiddlers re the swan and cygnet and they are very happy
El, I also have a set pf pre-decimalisation coins.
I’m glad to say, after 5 weeks, my back is almost back to normal.
Hope everyone has had a good day.
Aww that’s lovely YogiThat extra special good news Yogi
Have you had a good day?
My day has been fine fankoo
Glad to hear it 🤗🤗🤗🤗
Yogi19 posted:Moonie posted:Yogi19 posted:Moonie posted:Yogi19 posted:Evening all
Moonie, I update the tiddlers re the swan and cygnet and they are very happy
El, I also have a set pf pre-decimalisation coins.
I’m glad to say, after 5 weeks, my back is almost back to normal.
Hope everyone has had a good day.
Aww that’s lovely YogiThat extra special good news Yogi
Have you had a good day?
My day has been fine fankoo
Glad to hear it 🤗🤗🤗🤗
Fankoo 🤗 🤗 🤗