@Moonie posted:

It’s the first time since 1410 that white storks have been seen in the UK. The last pair that where seen was in Edinburgh, according to the radio news yesterday El 

aww lovely EL

night yogi moonsie summer velvet if you are around

@Yogi19 posted:

Evening all 

It has rained all day so my one load of washing had to go into the tumble dryer.

I didn’t start the colouring in, I read instead....then fell asleep whilst watching Death In Paradise on BBC iPlayer 

Great news about the white stork 

Awwww 

@~Sparkling Summer~ posted:

*night owls* 🦉 good evening and sweet dreams everyone I hope you’ve each had a good day. Mine’s been calm, but highly productive today’s walk blessed me with seeing a deer, hearing a woodpecker and picking some fragrant wild garlic to put into my dinner. Lockdown has many silver linings  

Hi Sweet 

I’ve never seen a deer or heard a woodpecker ‘in real life’ Sweet. You are lucky 

Nighty night, sleep well, sweet dreams Yogi, Rosss, Sweet et al  

Good morning everyone it's dull and cloudy this morning. Wonderful news about the storks EL especially with the parents trying and failing last year. 

Enjoy your day everyone

@~Sparkling Summer~ posted:

*night owls* 🦉 good evening and sweet dreams everyone I hope you’ve each had a good day. Mine’s been calm, but highly productive today’s walk blessed me with seeing a deer, hearing a woodpecker and picking some fragrant wild garlic to put into my dinner. Lockdown has many silver linings  

@~Sparkling Summer~ posted:

Hehe! Yogi didn’t see me  

 I’m so sorry I missed your post, Summer 

How fabulous to see a deer and hear a woodpecker 

I totally agree that the lockdown has had some silver linings. 

Good morning everyone 

A cloudy start to the day with a chance of rain later.

A lone blackbird was singing beautifully at 5am - I never tire of listening to him.

Have a good day and stay safe.

Good morning everyone

Fairly sunny and warm here today.

Yogi, you and Summer were posting virtually at the same time which is why you didn't see her post - I have missed posts as well for the same reason

I have seen deer in Oxford before but that's because there's a deer park near one of the universities

I've heard cuckoos many times during woodlands walks.

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning everyone   

A cool, cloudy start to the day here. Not much planned for today as no washing to do or shopping until tomorrow 

Have a great day everyone but as always stay safe 

Researchers setting up a project to create a 4D view of the Earth's interior:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-52701935

@El Loro posted:

Researchers setting up a project to create a 4D view of the Earth's interior:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-52701935

Very interesting that El 

@Moonie posted:

Very interesting that El 

It sort of reminded me of that James Mason version of Journey to the Centre of the Earth

That is one of the better films based on Jules Verne's novels. Not to be confused by the Kenneth More version (which has a slightly different title) - I haven't seen that one but that was a low budget Spanish film which was dubbed into English for the rest of the cast - both films are shown on television from time to time.

@El Loro posted:

It sort of reminded me of that James Mason version of Journey to the Centre of the Earth

That is one of the better films based on Jules Verne's novels. Not to be confused by the Kenneth More version (which has a slightly different title) - I haven't seen that one but that was a low budget Spanish film which was dubbed into English for the rest of the cast - both films are shown on television from time to time.

That was on a few weeks ago El 

Afternoon troops  

Hope all are well. And getting supplies. Never been so disillusioned by our great leaders ever but okay though.

Good news on the storks. Think Denmark have a few. Moons, is your park open? Our main one is shut. Mind you, Stay Home, Stay Safe, Protect Yourself !

Have a good day all, and all those related and close   

Velvet, I'm glad you are okay

Yes, I think yo are right with Denmark having some storks

@velvet donkey posted:

Afternoon troops  

 

Hope all are well. And getting supplies. Never been so disillusioned by our great leaders ever but okay though.

 

Good news on the storks. Think Denmark have a few. Moons, is your park open? Our main one is shut. Mind you, Stay Home, Stay Safe, Protect Yourself !

 

Have a good day all, and all those related and close   

Hi Velvet 
I hope all is well with you and the family 
Our park is always open. They removed all the fencing several decades ago 

The sun is shining now and it’s getting quite warm too 👍

One bedroom house and 1,400 plants in the house:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/...estershire-52675161/

@El Loro posted:

One bedroom house and 1,400 plants in the house:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/...estershire-52675161/

Good on him    

A warning on phishing emails being sent to people supposedly from HMRC chief executive, Jim Harra. Anyone who had been making claims under furlough or self-employment income support will have received genuine emails from him. Criminals are using his name to make it look as if an email is genuine.

The key is that any genuine email will not include any hyperlinks for people to click on whereas scammers will.

Con artists in this, of all things, need done.

Everyone is traceable - what's the problem? And the first is correct, I know.

@El Loro posted 06/05/20:

That current Muller advert:

I know it's not intended to be realistic but how many factual errors can you see during the advert (not related to the product itself)

The five factual errors I spotted in the advert were:
1 men and women had separate games in the ancient Greek Olympics
2 one reason for that was that the male athletes didn't wear any clothes whilst competing
3 The king seen during the advert would have had a crown made from laurel leaves, not a gold one
4 and he certainlly wouldn't have had boxer shorts , (would have been a loincloth)

5 my fifth error can be seen in the image seen above. The letter J didn't exist in the ancient Greek alphabet. At that time an apostrophe would have been used in from of an I so 'I It wouldn't have been pronouced as we say it but with a Y sound. That's still the case in some countries. So in Germany - "Yohann Sebastian Bark" - the k is almost silent and a bit strangled sound. In Hungary "Yo-hann-uh Konta"

In the International Phonetic Alphabet a J pronounced as a Y is called a yod.

And that is why you don't have a job in advertising El     

Too truthful   

@velvet donkey posted:

And that is why you don't have a job in advertising El     

 

Too truthful   

Found this youtube clip of a promotional business trying to get accountants to get them to create adverts:

Any accountantcy practice using that advert in this country would get into trouble. We are not allowed to say anything such as "we are the best and leading accountanting firm" No comparisons with other practices are permitted.

(if you wonder what QB certified means in that clip, it's that the practice has been certified by Quick Books)

Evening gang I’ve poured a cup of lavender tea and I’m settling down with some biscuits to watch Downton Abbey  

aw Moonie, really?! I’d love for you to see a deer, it’s quite majestic. 

@~Sparkling Summer~ posted:

Evening gang I’ve poured a cup of lavender tea and I’m settling down with some biscuits to watch Downton Abbey  

 

aw Moonie, really?! I’d love for you to see a deer, it’s quite majestic. 

I would love to see one too Sweet 🙂

I hope you enjoy Downton Abbey 🙂

Thank you last time they repeated them, I didn’t know until mid way through season 4, so I’m really happy to see the first ones again

did you enjoy the football at the weekend? 

El, thank you for the warning about the phishing scam, I’ve passed it onto my middle son 

Summer, I know how much you love Downton - enjoy the repeats.

Moonie, no washing?!  Hope you enjoyed your day.

Good to see you Velvet. Hope you and the family are well 

@Yogi19 posted:

El, thank you for the warning about the phishing scam, I’ve passed it onto my middle son 

Summer, I know how much you love Downton - enjoy the repeats.

Moonie, no washing?!  Hope you enjoyed your day.

Good to see you Velvet. Hope you and the family are well 

I know 
 My day has been fine fankoo. I hope yours has too 

@Yogi19 posted:

El, thank you for the warning about the phishing scam, I’ve passed it onto my middle son 

Summer, I know how much you love Downton - enjoy the repeats.

Moonie, no washing?!  Hope you enjoyed your day.

Good to see you Velvet. Hope you and the family are well 

Reciprocal Yogi         

I know it's hard   

@velvet donkey posted:

Reciprocal Yogi         

 

I know it'd hard   

We’ll get through it, Velvet 

@Moonie posted:

I know 
 My day has been fine fankoo. I hope yours has too 

Glad to hear it. My day was fine too 

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie, Velvet and Ros

Hug for the night owls 

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Yogi, Rosss, Velvet, Sweet and night visitors   

Noite good people    

night yogi moonsie velvet summer

Good morning everyone it's a little cloudy again this morning. Ooh Downton, goes to see what channel it's on.

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning everyone

Fairly sunny here and expected to be a bit warmer than yesterday. Tomorrow is forecast to get to 24° but then lower by Thursday.

Squiggle, I posted on Summer's Downton Abbey thread that it's on ITV 3 Mondays to Fridays, start times vary from 6.30 pm to 7 pm depending on length of episode but seem to be timed to end by 8 pm.

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning everyone 

Forecast is thick cloud, moderate breeze and rain later.

Have a good day and stay safe