There's been a major fire (no injuries) at an office building in Chancery Lane in London.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-51346827
The building is at The Law Society which regulates solicitors in this country. Chancery Lane is associated with the legal professions. Some of Charles Dickens's books have solcitors who were based nearby such as Lincoln's Inn where the Jarndyce and Jarndyce case dragged on for generations in Bleak House.
Today is palindrome day. If you write out 2 February in numbers you get:
02/02/2020. If you reverse those digits the result is the same. It's the same whether you use UK or US format for the date.
Apparently the last time this happened was 11 November 1111 so a very long time ago.
Next time this happens is 12 December 2121.
Evening all.
Another rainy day but not so windy.
Parent visiting today, along with middle son.
Will read back during the ads in DOI. Hope everyone has had a good day.
Yogi, I hope your parent visiting went well 
I don't watch DOI but it's been on the news that Caprice has pulled out to "recover and look after herself and her family".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-51348548
El Loro posted:Yogi, I hope your parent visiting went well
I don't watch DOI but it's been on the news that Caprice has pulled out to "recover and look after herself and her family".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-51348548
Parents were on good form, thanks El
lol IMO, Caprice quit because she got booed last week and nobody who watches DOI believes her âHamish is a bullyâ story 
Yogi19 posted:El Loro posted:Yogi, I hope your parent visiting went well
I don't watch DOI but it's been on the news that Caprice has pulled out to "recover and look after herself and her family".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-51348548Parents were on good form, thanks El
lol IMO, Caprice quit because she got booed last week and nobody who watches DOI believes her âHamish is a bullyâ story
I'm glad your parents were on good form
The only thing I know about Caprice is that it was the title of one of Doris Day's later films, not that I can recall ever seeing it 
El Loro posted:Yogi19 posted:El Loro posted:Yogi, I hope your parent visiting went well
I don't watch DOI but it's been on the news that Caprice has pulled out to "recover and look after herself and her family".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-51348548Parents were on good form, thanks El
lol IMO, Caprice quit because she got booed last week and nobody who watches DOI believes her âHamish is a bullyâ story
I'm glad your parents were on good form
The only thing I know about Caprice is that it was the title of one of Doris Day's later films, not that I can recall ever seeing it
I think it was a comedy thriller, if I remember correctly.
Iâll say goodnight and sweet dreams now, in case I nod off and donât come back later.
Good evening *night owls* 
I hope you all had a lovely day and yogi I hope you enjoyed DOI.
I enjoyed todayâs walk, it started off rainy and then the sun came out after that I caught up on paperwork and housework, then had a lovely lovely bath. Bramble is snoring soundly 
sweet dreams my gorgeous friends xx
Yogi19 posted:El Loro posted:Yogi, I hope your parent visiting went well
I don't watch DOI but it's been on the news that Caprice has pulled out to "recover and look after herself and her family".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-51348548Parents were on good form, thanks El
lol IMO, Caprice quit because she got booed last week and nobody who watches DOI believes her âHamish is a bullyâ story
agree 100% yogi - she was a nightmare and a diva
night yogi and summer moons if you pop in
Good morning everyone. I worked in Chancery Lane for many years. Very historic buildings around there, here's hoping the damage is not too bad.
Enjoy your day everyone
Good morning everyone
Some sunshine here at presemt.
Yogi, yes, Caprice was a comedy thriller. Leading man was Richard Harris, a mismatched choice for a Doris Day film IMO.
Squiggle, the roof and the top floors of the Law Society office building were damaged, firefighters remained on site to minimise the damage.
I hope everyone has a good day
The death of the former chartered accountant Thomas Michael Hoare was announced today, he was 100. He was better known as the infamous mercenary "Mad Mike" Hoare. It is thought that Richard Burton's character in the film "The Wild Geese" was based on him.
The ICAEW were unable to exclude him from membership as a chartered accountant for a long time though as soon as he was convicted of hijacking, they were able to.
HMRC news release with details of various criminals who were busted last year for large scale tax evasion etc:
https://www.gov.uk/government/...l-cases-of-year-2019
Not the type of client I would ever deal with 
Afternoon all
Heavy rain and wind again - even had hailstones.
Summer, you mention of Brambleâs snoring reminded me of Harvey.
Ros, I agree about Caprice.
El, Richard Harris did seem like a strange choice of co star for Doris Day.
Hope everyone is having a good day
Yogi, in the same year that the film Caprice was released, Richard Harris was in another film with a strange choice of co-star - the musical Camelot with Vanessa Redgrave. When it was first shown on television I and my parents started watching it. We gave up after about half an hour as it was boring - the film is about 3 hours long. It was directed by Joshua Logan who managed to drain any vitality out of the film. The original Broadway production had Richard Burton and Julie Andrews. Lancelot was played by Robert Goulet. So the Broadway production had Andrews and Goulet who were good singers.
Update on yesterday's fire at the Law Society's building in Chancery Lane. The Law Society's HQ is at 113 and 114 Chancery Lane. The upper floors of 114 have been destroyed. However, the historic part of the Law Society (the library, reading room and common room) are at 113 and the fire did not reach there. So not as disastrous as it might have been.
The Law Society library contains legal material going back to the 15th century and has some 55,000 volumes.
Radio 4's Round Britain Quiz is a very challenging quiz programme and isn't something I listen to. One of the questions recently asked was this:
What's needed to transform a matrimonial promise into Lincoln's faithful canine, Aschenbach's last resort, and the Queen of Carthage?
I've been able to answer this one. Can you? If you can get one of the three, you may be able to guess the other two even if you don't know for certain.
El Loro posted:Yogi, in the same year that the film Caprice was released, Richard Harris was in another film with a strange choice of co-star - the musical Camelot with Vanessa Redgrave. When it was first shown on television I and my parents started watching it. We gave up after about half an hour as it was boring - the film is about 3 hours long. It was directed by Joshua Logan who managed to drain any vitality out of the film. The original Broadway production had Richard Burton and Julie Andrews. Lancelot was played by Robert Goulet. So the Broadway production had Andrews and Goulet who were good singers.
Iâm sure Iâve seen bits of Camelot but never watched it through.
El Loro posted:Update on yesterday's fire at the Law Society's building in Chancery Lane. The Law Society's HQ is at 113 and 114 Chancery Lane. The upper floors of 114 have been destroyed. However, the historic part of the Law Society (the library, reading room and common room) are at 113 and the fire did not reach there. So not as disastrous as it might have been.
The Law Society library contains legal material going back to the 15th century and has some 55,000 volumes.
Iâm glad the damage is not as bad as it might have been
El Loro posted:Radio 4's Round Britain Quiz is a very challenging quiz programme and isn't something I listen to. One of the questions recently asked was this:
What's needed to transform a matrimonial promise into Lincoln's faithful canine, Aschenbach's last resort, and the Queen of Carthage?
I've been able to answer this one. Can you? If you can get one of the three, you may be able to guess the other two even if you don't know for certain.
Pass!
Got the tiddlers Tomorrow and Wednesday (sleepover) so wonât be around till Thursday.
Goodnight and sweet dreams, everyone
night yogi summer moons if you pop in
Good morning everyone it's another very windy day. Have a great time with the little ones Yogi. Moonie I'm with you on the quiz question - pass me the dunces cap!
Enjoy your day everyone
My answer to that Brain of Britain question.
A matrimonial promise is "I do".
Lincoln's faithful canine was "Fido" so F+ido (fido is a Latin word for the verb to trust)
Aschenbach's last resort was "Lido" so L+ido. (Aschenbach is the name of the main character in Thomas Mann's "Death in Venice" and in the film of that name. Lido is the seaside resort at Venice.
The most famous Queen of Carthage was "Dido" so D+ido.
Morning all
I think Moons might be under the weather so hope it's not for long. Have a good one Yogi as per usual
You sold yourself out to accountancy El. You should have been at GCHQ. Hope it pays better though
Sounded good.
But opera isn't cheap at the top end.
I loikes it though.
Take your pick. Some record.
I'll go with the latter.
What a film that was.
It's a French escapade splattered with gold El.
The gold makes up.
There's the French director Luc Besson's film "The Fifth Element". There's s scene in it where the character known as "The Diva" performs.
It starts with an aria from Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" and is followed by what is known as "The Diva's Dance" by Eric Serra. It is performed the Albanian soprano singer Inva Mula Tchako.
Here is an audio version only of her singing it. She spans nearly 4 octaves.
Awesome El.
Till the beats ruined it.
The leads of the 1933 film "Dancing Lady" were Clark Gable and Joan Crawford. She plays the part of a dancer who gets her first big opportunity at a musical play on Broadway. In the play her dance partner is Fred Astaire. He was well known on Broadway before he went into films and in the film plays himself.
From that film. It's the first film Fred Astaire was in so Joan Crawford was his first film dance partner.
His next film was "Flying Down to Rio", his first film with Ginger Rogers. They were not the leads and only danced together once in the film, and that was brief but it was a hit with the public.
