@El Loro posted:Not suggesting anyone try this on Thursdays at 8 pm
It's from "Funny Face" (1957). Although it starred Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn, it's Kay Thompson with Fred in this.
I reckon Moonie and I could recreate that dance scene 
As the weather was so nice, Mr Yogi and I did some gardening. The lawns are cut and the paths are swept.
@Yogi19 posted:
Iâll lead, you follow
Did I ever tell you about the time Mr Y tried to follow a Rosemary Conley exercise video. It was one of the funniest things I have ever seen. I was in tears with laughter
ðĪ if youâre leading get ya steel toe caps on 
Sounds like that was a barrel of laughs even though it wasnât supposed to be 
@Moonie posted:ðĪ if youâre leading get ya steel toe caps on
Sounds like that was a barrel of laughs even though it wasnât supposed to be
Iâll get my middle son to lend me some safety boots
It was so funny, Moonie - we were just talking about it today and I was crying with laughter again
Goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie and Ros
Hug for the night owls
night yogi and moonsie summer if you are around
Good morning everyone it's very misty this morning but hopefully the sun will break through later.
Enjoy your day everyone 
Good morning all
Cloudy atm with sunshine forecast for the afternoon.
Have a good day and stay safe, everyone
You'll remember that my brother was a librarian until he was retired. This would amuse him
Librarians use the Dewey Decimal syatem for putting books in order, some people might do that in alphebetical order (by title or by author) and then there's this:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...and-suffolk-52412655
@El Loro posted:You'll remember that my brother was a librarian until he was retired. This would amuse him
Librarians use the Dewey Decimal syatem for putting books in order, some people might do that in alphebetical order (by title or by author) and then there's this:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...and-suffolk-52412655
I was reading that story earlier El
Its a gem
A BBC news article today:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...and-cumbria-52420392
It's about people with second-home owners in the Lake District who had declared those homes as holiday lets.
Holiday let properties are subject to business rates. Many of those would be of lowe enough rateable value so as to get small business rate relief so don't actually pay business rates. The ÂĢ10k grant being paid out by councils to businesses does apply to such holiday lets. The government needed to bring in the grant very quickly and recognised that there would be winners as well as losers in such a scheme..
I have only one client to has a holiday let property, the cottage next to her house. It's not a second home for her. It's only used by people taking one or two week holidays. She looks after the cottage and does all the cleaning etc. She said to me she disdn't think she would claim the ÂĢ10k grant as she didn't feel comfortable about it.
There are strict tax rules for properties to qualify as holiday lets. One of the rules is that the property has to be available to let for a minimum of 210 days a year. Another rules is that it has to be actually let for a minimum of 105 days a year. Although the owner can stay in the property that time cannot be included in either the 210 days or 105 days thresholds.
There are some tax beneifts for holiday letting compared to ordinary residential letting. Ordinary residential wouldn't qualify as holiday letting as there's another rule - for holiday letting purposes, those thresholds exclude any lets which are more than 31 days to the same person.
Here ends today's tax lecture
@El Loro posted:You'll remember that my brother was a librarian until he was retired. This would amuse him
Librarians use the Dewey Decimal syatem for putting books in order, some people might do that in alphebetical order (by title or by author) and then there's this:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...and-suffolk-52412655
Oops! I bet she was popular....not
Goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie and Ros
Hug for any night owls
night yogi and moonsie Summer if you pop in
Good morning everyone it's a clear morning again. I know we have rain forecast for midweek but it has been a lovely few days. The rain will be useful as we have a shrub to re-locate.
Enjoy your day everyone
Good morning everyone
Another dry and bright morning. Up here, it is also set to change up after tomorrow.
Hubby mowed the lawns yesterday and I did my sweeping up duties so the garden is looking tidy. I might sit under the big parasol today while we still have some good weather.
Have a good day and stay safe.
Good afternoon everyone
Another lovely sunny day here, so far at least
The coming week is set to be changeable though 
Just a little washing today. Already on the line
Squiggle, I hope you get the shrub re-locating weather you want
Hi El
Yogi, well done to you and Mr Y on your gardening exploits
I have just done a little gardening myself. More to follow later
Enjoy your Sunday everyone but stay safe
A virtual Chelsea Flower Show to be held between 18 and 23 May:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-52430933
@El Loro posted:A virtual Chelsea Flower Show to be held between 18 and 23 May:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-52430933
That will be a novelty EL
They should do some scratch and smell cards
@Moonie posted:That will be a novelty EL
They should do some scratch and smell cards
Doubt if the BBC will show it in Smell-O-Vision. That was used in a 1960 film called "Scent of Mystery" but no other. Whether people were put off by the gimmick or if the film was not good I don't know.
Here's a trailer for that film. Don't expect to smell anything, though, even though there were well known people in the film, the film is a stinker 
Incidentally, although not credited, the woman of mystery was played by Elizabeth Taylor.
@El Loro posted 09/03/20:Max Von Sydow, the film actor, has died, he was 90.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ent...inment-arts-51803195
I've seen very few of his films though Ingmar Berman's "The Seventh Seal" (1957) is a genuinely great fllm. A grim film about death and the Black Death is, if you understand it, actually quite uplifting. Far far better than any of the parodies of it. Back in 1995, the Vatican issued a list of films to mark 100 years of cinema. Not surprisingly, it's on that list of their 45 greatest films.
Per Olov Equist, the Swedish author, has died, he was 85.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-52432215
He co-wrote the screenplay for the Swedish 1987 film Pelle the Conqueror. The title is a bit misleading as the film is about a widower taking his 12 year old son from their home in Sweden in search of a better life in Denmark. The film won the Palme D'or at Cannes and also the Oscar for best foreign film. The widower ws played by Max Von Sydow who won various European film awards for his role and was nominated for an Oscar for best actor in a leading role (he never won an Oscar and this was one of his two nominations over the years).
El, Iâm glad you got your gardening done
Moonie, have you been washing today? Looks like the next few days wonât be so good for our washing going into the line.
The virtual Chelsea Flower show might be worth a look
@Yogi19 posted:El, Iâm glad you got your gardening done
Moonie, have you been washing today? Looks like the next few days wonât be so good for our washing going into the line.
The virtual Chelsea Flower show might be worth a look
Hi Yogi
Did a little washing. Dry, folded and put away. A little gardening
Itâs started to rain here an hour or so ago 
I hope all is well with you and the family and you have all had a good day
