@velvet donkey posted:

My snooker players have to have character so I watch Williams and and O'Sullivan. Find the rest soulless. Like Mark       

I remember when Mark Williams said he would come to the after final press conference naked when if he won the 2018 world snooker title and he duly did albeit with a towel around his waist 

Williams and Hendry went to the world series of poker and paid the $10k entry fee, by character.

@Moonie posted:

Oh, I wonder why not in this country yet El?

I think that ITV uses Midsomer as something to show when they've got nothing else to show. Could be saving them to show around Christmas time.

@El Loro posted:

I think that ITV uses Midsomer as something to show when they've got nothing else to show. Could be saving them to show around Christmas time.

They could do better with catch up on Sky then. Whole series are missing, likewise Vera    

Apparently series 21 of Midsomer including the 2 unseen episodes are on Britbox. But can't check this without registering and it's only free for the first 30 days.

@velvet donkey posted:

They could do better with catch up on Sky then. Whole series are missing, likewise Vera    

You may find that all 10 series can be seen on Britbox

@El Loro posted:

Apparently series 21 of Midsomer including the 2 unseen episodes are on Britbox. But can't check this without registering and it's only free for the first 30 days.

Ah, right. Thanks El 

@El Loro posted:

You may find that all 10 series can be seen on Britbox

I think 1400 hundred odd a year to support Jerry Hall's enough     

And thanks.

Met Office has extended the thunderstorm warning to Thursday

@El Loro posted:

Met Office has extended the thunderstorm warning to Thursday

Same here El 

Evening all 

It has been sunny so I did some gardening in the morning.

Thunderstorms are forecast for Mon-Weds up here too.

I hope you’ve all had a good day 

@Yogi19 posted:

Evening all 

It has been sunny so I did some gardening in the morning.

Thunderstorms are forecast for Mon-Weds up here too.

I hope you’ve all had a good day 

Hi Yogi 

I‘m pleased you had a sunny day and hope you enjoyed getting out into the garden 

Evening Yogi      

Hope all is well in deluded Noddy land.

Let's see       

Evening Velvet 

All is well in Yogiland. Hope all is well with you? 

@Moonie posted:

Hi Yogi 

I‘m pleased you had a sunny day and hope you enjoyed getting out into the garden 

Evening Moonie 

It was a good day for drying my washing too 

@Yogi19 posted:

Evening Moonie 

It was a good day for drying my washing too 

 
The same here too Yogi  

@Moonie posted:

 
The same here too Yogi  

 Excellent 

It doesn’t take much to keep us happy 

@Yogi19 posted:

 Excellent 

It doesn’t take much to keep us happy 

Well, in the current situation we find ourselves, every little helps  

@Moonie posted:

Well, in the current situation we find ourselves, every little helps  

You are absolutely right. 
If there has been one positive to the pandemic, it has made me realise how little I need to make me happy - family❤️, friends❤️....and getting my haircut🙈

@Yogi19 posted:

You are absolutely right. 
If there has been one positive to the pandemic, it has made me realise how little I need to make me happy - family❤️, friends❤️....and getting my haircut🙈

 agreed 

@Moonie posted:

 agreed 

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie, Velvet and Ros 

Hug for any night owls 

@Yogi19 posted:

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie, Velvet and Ros 

Hug for any night owls 

Goodnight, sleep well, sweet  dreams Yogi, Rosss, Velvet and visitors  

night yogi moonsie velvet summer if you pop in

Here's one. Everyone thinks Noddy is having a good pandemic. We have the third worst figures behind England and Spain per capita. Don't be fooled.

Good morning everyone it's extremely overcast this morning, wall to wall grey and horribly humid. It's not going to be pleasant when the temperature starts to climb. I hope you're all having better weather than me.

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning everyone

Overcast here. May get a thunderstorm later. Higher risk of thunderstorms tomorrow, less so on Wednesday. Thursday may be very nasty. Very unsettled though not thundery on Friday, and next Sunday through to Tuesday.

I hope everyone has a good day

Talking Pictures is showing the 1954 film "Child's Play" this afternoon. I think it would have been made for children's Saturday morning matinees at cinemas in the days those were common.
Surprisingly watchable though unrealistic - father of one of the children is a scientist and gives his son an atomic chemistry set.

One of the children is played by Christopher Beeny. Of the adult cast, the best known is Mona Washbourne.
In a minor part, Bill the van driver is played by Peter Sallis. The science shown in the film is as plausible as that of Wallace and Gromit though the film is played straight rather than as a comedy.

It's on El. I'm sick of buying property abroad. Soon to be a lot trickier that is.

Anyway, hope all are okay       Dunno if it's warm enough in the west to see thunderstorms in the next few days but we'll see. I can remember hiding under the bed on someones instructions. I'd take those days back.

Stick in, stay safe - you know the score. It's Ennio    

Velvet, the forecasts for here are very different between the Met Office (heavy showers rather than thundery) and the BBC which is thunderstorms for a lot of the time from this afternoon to Friday morning.

Yep, they do vary but i find the Met Office pretty reliable       

Do you know I've been cooking for 40 years and I still can't measure rice. That's from someone who knows Nigella started as an in joke. Still is.

My first culinary adventure was goulash with fillet steak.That butcher couple were friends.

My mother once boiled some rice. She had no idea as to how much to boil.
The result was rather an overflow

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/rec...lainboiledrice_11036

The overflowing rice reminded me of an old Brothers Grimm folk story about an overflowing pot of porridge

Lotte Reiniger was renowned for her animation using silhouettes. Here's a sample of her work - "Snow-White and Rose-Red". This is another Brothers Grimm story. The Snow-White in this one is not the well known Snow White,
It's charming in a sweet and innocent way.
A word of warning - STOP WATCHING IT IMMEDIATELY YOU SEE "THE END" AT THE END. THERE'S A TECHNICAL PROBLEM IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS WHICH RESULTS IN A SERIOUSLY PAINFUL SOUND DISTORTION.
Posting a link to the Youtube clip rather than embedding it as it's best seen full screen and may be easier to stop in time before the noise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbYz4Se9FP4

I like your mind El      

Good evening all 

It has been very close today but the rain has arrived and it is starting to cool down.

Add me to the “always cooks too much rice“ list. I still cook enough for 5, instead of 2.

I hope you’ve all had a good day 

Evening Yogi. Hope all is well top down   

I still can't get my head around it. But it's real    

@velvet donkey posted:

Evening Yogi. Hope all is well top down   

 

I still can't get my head around it. But it's real    

Evening Velvet  Doing all we can to stay safe.

@Yogi19 posted:

Evening Velvet  Doing all we can to stay safe.

Good