Evening all 

The rain has washed away most of the snow. 
I visited my parents this afternoon and both are fine.

Squiggle, whenever I see a pink sky, I wish I could paint.

lol That was a good name for her cat, El.

I hope everyone has had a good day.

Enjoyable viewing, goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros

Hug for any night owls

night yogi lovely viewing summer moons

Good morning everyone it's a little windy already but dry so far. Lots of rain expected all over the weekend. Stay safe everyone. 

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning everyone

Very overcast here, some rain already, breezy - and that's before Storm Dennis arrives.

Yogi, I'm glad your parents are doing well

I hope everyone has a good day and stays safe

Good morning overcast and drizzly here but not cold. Here’s hoping that Dennis is gentle on everyone 

what are you all up to? 
I’ve got a date tonight! We’ve chosen Indian food  

Back home from shopping, not going out again today.

Summer, I hope you have a nice time

~Sparkling Summer~ posted:

Good morning overcast and drizzly here but not cold. Here’s hoping that Dennis is gentle on everyone 

 

what are you all up to? 
I’ve got a date tonight! We’ve chosen Indian food  

Good luck Sweet. You'll need to run him by us first though  

Wild weather. And the first florist I've been in that doesn't do Interflora.

Batten the hatches troops but have a good and safe day. Weekend telly - wipeout   

Good morning 

Heavy rain but the wind isn’t too bad atm.

El, I’ve also been to the shops before the worst of the weather arrives.

Velvet, it is unusual for a florist not to do Interflora.

 Have a great time on your date, Summer. I’m sure if you like him, he will be a good ‘un 

Come back soon hug for Moonie 

 Stay warm and cosy and have a good weekend, all 

I've just done a Google search and there are about 15,000 florists in the UK and over 1,200 have Interflora so it seems less common than I would have thought.

The weather here is wetter and windier than it was.

The majority of football matches at higher leagues seem to be going ahead this afternoon at present though it wouldn't surprise me if some get postponed in the next 3 hours and some could get stopped during the match.

I'm recording a film called "State Secret" (1950) on Talking Pictures this afternoon. British film from Gilliat/Launder and starring Douglas Fairbanks jnr, Glynis Johns and Jack Hawkins. Post WW2-thriller set in a fictitious country Vosnia (nothing to do with Bosnia). May be the first film to include a language created for the film - Vosnian. It's used extensively in the film and the actors had to take lessons in order to be able to say their lines. Hopefully, there are subtitles

Church treasurer emailed me this afternoon to say the accounts are ready for me to do the independent examination. She asked if she should bring the box of accounts papers to church for me to get tomorrow.

I left a message on her phone to say I didn't think that was a good idea as the weather is expected to be just as bad then as it is now. I suggested that I collect the papers on Tuesday morning.  I do my Co-op shopping then and I can go past her house.

My neighbour's wheelie went over and recycling boves went upside down thanks to the gusts. I did an emergency rescue for the boxes and contents and later the neighbour came out wearing a sou'wester hat and coat to complete the rescue

I think I was justified in what I said to the treasurer

I get you El     

Church, it counts   

Back on 4 January I posted that Cheltenham Town's main goalkeeper Scott Flinders had been taken to hospital with a suspected broken leg caused by an accident during the match (a genuine accident, not caused by a foul).

I realise that I hadn't provided an update. He had to have surgery and broken both the tibia and the fibula in the leg on the following day and is out of action for the rest of the season. Cheltenham Town were able to sign Owen Evans of Wigan Athletic on loan for the rest of the season - he had been on a loan spell with Macclesfield.

Good thinking to leave the accounts till Tuesday, El 

Poor footballer, that sounds like a nasty break.

Hi Velvet, hope you’ve hunkered down till the bad weather passes 

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros 

Hug for any night owls

night yogi summer - hope you enjoy yourself - did you go to D?? moons hope you are ok

Good morning everyone

At present Storm Dennis has eased here but more rain and windy conditions forecast today. Local weather site shows just over an inch of rain over the last 24 hours and the highest gust about 43 mph so bad but nowhere near as bad as many other places.

I hope everyone has a good day and that Storm Dennis hasn't been appalling for you

Good morning everyone 

Strong winds and showers forecast - dry and blustery atm.

Will be staying in today and tidying some cupboards - exciting! 

Have a good day, all.

Morning all   

Hope it's a good day

Think Ice Cube sang that    

Yogi, I think that's a good idea to stay indoors

You may find some treasure trove in the depths of your cupboards

Velvet, Peggy Lee sang "It's a Good Day".

I think the Ice Cube one you were thinking of was "It was a Good Day" - lyrics too offensive to post here.

Started watching a 1970 British film "Some Will, Some Won't" and gave up after a few minutes.

It's a poor remake of the 1951 film "Laughter in Paradise". LIP is a semi-serious comedy, SWSW is just played for laughs. Same characters and storylines in both.

Main actors:
LIP Alastair Sim / SWSW Michael Hordern (no Alastair Sim)
LIP Fay Compton/ SWSW Thora Hird (could be a good actress, but the first scene with her was why I gave up)
LIP Guy Middleton/SWSW Leslie Phillips (actually a good choice for the part antd the only plus)
LIP George Cole/ SWSW Ronnie Corbett (Cole was good for semi-serious roles, and I can't see Corbett as anything other than comedy).

Hi everyone just to let you know I'm posting this on my phone using mobile data as the ASDL cable is broken. The little clip has snapped off, it is quite old. I thought I'd ordered a replacement but it's the wrong one and has to go back.  I hope I've ordered the right one now. See you as soon as I can get back online. 

squiggle posted:

Hi everyone just to let you know I'm posting this on my phone using mobile data as the ASDL cable is broken. The little clip has snapped off, it is quite old. I thought I'd ordered a replacement but it's the wrong one and has to go back.  I hope I've ordered the right one now. See you as soon as I can get back online. 

Aww, hope you get the right one delivered quickly and are back with us soon 

Squiggle, I hope your ADSL cable arrives quickly so you can get back on here soon

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros 

Hug for any night owls

night yogi squiggle -hope you are back soonsummer moons -hope you are both ok

Good morning everyone

Forecast here is a showery breezy day.

I hope everyone has a good day and those absent return soon

Good morning very cold but sunny with blue skies here, Dennis wasn’t too rough on us. 
how are you all? 

I thought I’d posted on here yesterday! It can’t have gone through. 

El, I watched a couple of episodes of OUAT yesterday afternoon and I really enjoyed it. Cinderella was getting on my nerves with her whining but she seems to have found her strength now so hopefully I’ll not get annoyed by her lol 

my date went well, he’s definitely a dog person and I don’t watch gogglebox but now I think I understand people’s attraction to it because this lad is so entertaining I could have watched him all day lol 

Summer, I'm glad you've enjoyed those episodes of OUAT The actress who played Cinderella came from the Dominican Republic so has a Caribbean Spanish accent (and name).

I'm glad your date went well

El Loro posted 29/10/2014

Any of you thinking about upgrading to a Cray XC40 computer?

 

It's quite fast and should be adequate. It's actually very fast as it can do 16,000,000,000,000,000 calculations a second.

There are a few disadvantages such as it weighs 140 tonnes and takes up quite a lot of space. It's also on the expensive side at £97m.

That was the Met Office's purchase back in 2014.

They are replacing that and the other supercomputers they had with a new system at a mere cost of £1.2 billion.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-51504002

I’m sticking with the series El, it’s strange seeing a big change in the cast and storyline but I loved the previous 6 seasons so it would be a shame to not finish it all  

~Sparkling Summer~ posted:

I’m sticking with the series El, it’s strange seeing a big change in the cast and storyline but I loved the previous 6 seasons so it would be a shame to not finish it all  

I agree

Evening all 

Still strong winds, heavy rain and hail.

Had a lot of running about to do and a parent visit.

Hope you’ve all had a good day 

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros 

Hug for any night owls

night yogi summer glad your date went well moons hope you are ok

Good morning everyone

Some sunshine here at present. Showers forecast this afternoon.

Toughest challenge to the local flood defences since they were improved after the July 2007 floods. River level likely to be the highest since then but, hopefully, below.

I hope everyone has a good day

Off out to collect those church accounts papers.

And I'm back. Breezy and drizzly out there but not like Sunday.

I see that the Talking Pictures channel is showing a film I mentioned some time ago. "Helter Skelter" is a 1949 British film. It's supposedly a comedy but I found it unwatchable when I started watching it many years ago and gave up. Young woman develops hiccups and wanders around meeting various people who try to help her - that's the plot.

Although some people seemed to think it worth watching, it's the worst film I have ever attempted to watch.

At 10 pm this evening, not that that's a recommendation