@Yogi19 posted:

That’s good

My day has been quiet...which I was quite happy about

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

Good morning everyone it's windy and wet with a lot more rain to follow, so stay dry everybody.

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning everyone

A day of two halves. From kick off to half time, it's cloudy but dry. The second half is wet and windy.

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning everyone

It’s very windy. Light rain turning heavier this afternoon

Shopping to do, hopefully before the heavy rain comes

Have a nice weekend everyone

Moonie, I hope you get your shopping done before that heavy rain starts

Started raining as I went shopping this morning which was not forecast

Don't forget, the clocks go back an hour tonight.
Fjodor van den Broek, the horological conservator at Windsor Castle, will be busy today:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-54387428
Will take him about 15 hours this weekend to change all 400 clocks

@El Loro posted:

Moonie, I hope you get your shopping done before that heavy rain starts

Started raining as I went shopping this morning which was not forecast

I did thank you El

@El Loro posted:

Don't forget, the clocks go back an hour tonight.
Fjodor van den Broek, the horological conservator at Windsor Castle, will be busy today:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-54387428
Will take him about 15 hours this weekend to change all 400 clocks

Good grief

@Moonie posted:

I did thank you El

Good grief

I'm glad you were able to get home without being soaked

That man is certianly going to be busy

Cheltenham have another home match this afternoon. As the previous match the opposition is a team vert near the bottom. Cheltenham did win the previous match 1-0 but that was from an early penalty. I would hope for a more convincing win. As I have said, Cheltenham's home performances have been poorer than their away form.

Good luck for your team, though that's not until Monday,

@El Loro posted:

I'm glad you were able to get home without being soaked

That man is certianly going to be busy

Cheltenham have another home match this afternoon. As the previous match the opposition is a team vert near the bottom. Cheltenham did win the previous match 1-0 but that was from an early penalty. I would hope for a more convincing win. As I have said, Cheltenham's home performances have been poorer than their away form.

Good luck for your team, though that's not until Monday,

It’s chucking it down now El

Yep, I tend to keep an eye on Cheltenham nowadays, for some reason

Thanks

We are away at Brighton, kickoff 5-30

Watched a black and white western film called "The Tin Star" (1957). Surprisingly good film. Leads were Henry Fonda as a bounty hunter and Anthony Perkins  as a young inexperienced sheriff. One of those films where I thought that they were so right for their characters that I couldn't imagine anyone else doing it. That's one of the signs of a really good film. Can you imagine anyone other than Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz, or James Stewart in It's a Wonderful Life? The film isn't as good as those but the acting was just right.

The weather is dreadful here.  Radio commentators have said that they wouldn't be surprised if the players at Cheltenham had to come offf due to the downpour. Eased a bit but the weather is so poor that the players are having difficulties and it's not a good game as a result.

@El Loro posted:

The weather is dreadful here.  Radio commentators have said that they wouldn't be surprised if the players at Cheltenham had to come offf due to the downpour. Eased a bit but the weather is so poor that the players are having difficulties and it's not a good game as a result.

El, the rain is torrential here. Very windy and quite cold too

@Moonie posted:

El, the rain is torrential here. Very windy and quite cold too

You must be glad not to be out in that

@El Loro posted:

You must be glad not to be out in that

I certainly am

Back on the 10th I posted about my brother discovering that his landline phone connection being out. We had put it down to a scammer call not properly disconnecting after ringing. That was not the case. BT sorted it out by the following morning.

Then the same thing happened a week later. He contacted BT again and by the following day it was sorted out.

Then the same thing happened on Thursday. Clearly this was something else. He contacted BT again and this time got through to a person rather than having to leave a message. They accepted that there was a problem. They would send out an engineer to get this sorted out. Estimated time of completion was by next Wednesday. In the mean time they agreed to get his landline calles forwarded to his mobile phone for no charge.

I talked to my brother this morning for our Saturday chat. We do it at the same time each Saturday and have just under an hour as I get the first hour free at the weekend.

I said that this sounded as if the was some corrosion on the phone wire at either the end at the box at the house end or at the end in the BT cabinet (those green boxes on pavements).

This afternoon my brother rang to say that the engineer had sorted the problem out and had contacted him to let him know. It was one of the phone wires in the BT cabinet which had become corroded and so had to be replaced.

So, hopefully, my brother's land line is back in working order.

Goaless draw, not the most interesting game

@El Loro posted:

Back on the 10th I posted about my brother discovering that his landline phone connection being out. We had put it down to a scammer call not properly disconnecting after ringing. That was not the case. BT sorted it out by the following morning.

Then the same thing happened a week later. He contacted BT again and by the following day it was sorted out.

Then the same thing happened on Thursday. Clearly this was something else. He contacted BT again and this time got through to a person rather than having to leave a message. They accepted that there was a problem. They would send out an engineer to get this sorted out. Estimated time of completion was by next Wednesday. In the mean time they agreed to get his landline calles forwarded to his mobile phone for no charge.

I talked to my brother this morning for our Saturday chat. We do it at the same time each Saturday and have just under an hour as I get the first hour free at the weekend.

I said that this sounded as if the was some corrosion on the phone wire at either the end at the box at the house end or at the end in the BT cabinet (those green boxes on pavements).

This afternoon my brother rang to say that the engineer had sorted the problem out and had contacted him to let him know. It was one of the phone wires in the BT cabinet which had become corroded and so had to be replaced.

So, hopefully, my brother's land line is back in working order.

That’s great news about your brother’s landline El, hopefully

You had it spot on

I see your game was the only one that finished 0-0 in league 2 but still a point is better than non

@El Loro posted:

Goaless draw, not the most interesting game

@Moonie posted:

That’s great news about your brother’s landline El, hopefully

You had it spot on

I see your game was the only one that finished 0-0 in league 2 but still a point is better than non

Yes, that's good news What the engineer found was the most likely explanation. You may remember that before I switched to Virgin, I had major problems with getting any internet connection though the phone line was fine. A BT line though I was with Orange. I thought then that the problem was with corrosion somewhere along the phone cable between my house and the telephone pole. Gave up Orange who refused to do anything about it. Did talk to someone at BT who said that I should report Orange to Ofcom. I didn't bother because the last man I had spoken to at Orange would almost certainly have deleted any recording of our conversation. He would have realised that if I reported him he would have been sacked with no notice as it would have been considered gross misconduct. Didn't believe me, clearly wasn't interested in what I said, and had no intention of doing anything.

I think the external  wiring used (not the modern cable wiring) by BT is 4 core so a cable with 4 wires inside with the wires serving different purposes. So if one of those wires becomes corroded at one end, there are connection problems of one sort or another, Which wire does what is a question for an electrician

@El Loro posted:

Yes, that's good news What the engineer found was the most likely explanation. You may remember that before I switched to Virgin, I had major problems with getting any internet connection though the phone line was fine. A BT line though I was with Orange. I thought then that the problem was with corrosion somewhere along the phone cable between my house and the telephone pole. Gave up Orange who refused to do anything about it. Did talk to someone at BT who said that I should report Orange to Ofcom. I didn't bother because the last man I had spoken to at Orange would almost certainly have deleted any recording of our conversation. He would have realised that if I reported him he would have been sacked with no notice as it would have been considered gross misconduct. Didn't believe me, clearly wasn't interested in what I said, and had no intention of doing anything.

I think the external  wiring used (not the modern cable wiring) by BT is 4 core so a cable with 4 wires inside with the wires serving different purposes. So if one of those wires becomes corroded at one end, there are connection problems of one sort or another, Which wire does what is a question for an electrician

I have seen inside one of those green cabinets El

Thousands of wires with hundreds of terminals. It was like a maze of wiring

Dutch Eredivisie football...VVV-Venlo 0 -13 Ajax

@Moonie posted:

I have seen inside one of those green cabinets El

Thousands of wires with hundreds of terminals. It was like a maze of wiring

Dutch Eredivisie football...VVV-Venlo 0 -13 Ajax

I've seen the inside of those as well. Seen one of their engineers looking through all those wires. As you say, it's a maze.

VVV-Venio. I wonder if the VVV stands for veni, vici, vidi, the famous quote by Caesar after one of his victories (=I came, I saw, I conquered).
The VVV would now need to be changed to VNSV standing for victi sumus nos vidimus whiich according to Google translate is Latin for we came we saw we were conquered.
Venio is the Latin for coming so what I've said is plausible.

@El Loro posted:

I've seen the inside of those as well. Seen one of their engineers looking through all those wires. As you say, it's a maze.

VVV-Venio. I wonder if the VVV stands for veni, vici, vidi, the famous quote by Caesar on invading this country (=I came, I saw, I conquered).
The VVV would now need to be changed to VNSV standing for victi sumus nos vidimus whiich according to Google translate is Latin for we came we saw we were conquered.
Venio is the Latin for coming so what I've said is plausible.

This what Wikipedia says of the VVV, El...VVV stands for Venlose Voetbal Vereniging

Venlo is a border town on the Dutch-German in the Netherlands

Moonie, I misread venlo as venio which is why I thought of Latin.

I've had to amend what I said about the Caesar quote as it's a myth that he said that on invading this country. If he said it at all  it was at the battle of Zela which was in what is now Turkey,

@El Loro posted:

Moonie, I misread venlo as venio which is why I thought of Latin.

I've had to amend what I said about the Caesar quote as it's a myth that he said that on invading this country. If he said it at all  it was at the battle of Zela which was in what is now Turkey,

Me too the first time I looked at it

That’s interesting El

Hi and Bye tonight, got sidetracked in the Strictly thread

Hooe you’ve all had a good day, despite the heavy rain

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie and Ros

Hug for any night owls

@Yogi19 posted:

Hi and Bye tonight, got sidetracked in the Strictly thread

Hooe you’ve all had a good day, despite the heavy rain

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie and Ros

Hug for any night owls

Hi and bye Yogi

Good to see you here again. I hope you’re continuing to feel better

Nighty night, sleep well, sweet dreams

Nighty night, sleep well, sweet dreams Rosss and visitors

@El Loro posted:

Don't forget, the clocks go back an hour tonight.
Fjodor van den Broek, the horological conservator at Windsor Castle, will be busy today:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-54387428
Will take him about 15 hours this weekend to change all 400 clocks

wowwhat a job EL

night yogi moonsie ELsummer

Good morning everyone it's been nice to wake up to some blue sky this morning although we're still in for a wet day.

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning everyone

A bit of sunshine here. Likely to get some showers but not as bad as yesterday,

Lovely to hear from you, Yogi

I hope everyone has a good day

Nick Jonah Davis lives in rural Derbyshire and is a composer and guitarist. I heard this piece of music last night, it was released earlier this month. Partially folk music though I thought with an Indian influence. The peacock species with the spectacular plumage did originate in the Indian su-continent.

Good morning Buddies

Rain overnight. Currently dry but more rain expected later on today

I have nothing planned

Have a lovely Sunday everyone

Moonie, may be you'll come up with a cunning plan

@El Loro posted:

Moonie, may be you'll come up with a cunning plan

My cunning plan was........I manufactured some washing

@Moonie posted:

My cunning plan was........I manufactured some washing

I thought you might

@El Loro posted:

I thought you might

You know me to well

I am just watching a recorded Chinese soccer match. There is a foreign player who’s name is...Hulk and believe me he is built like the Hulk too

His real name is Givanildo Vieira de Sousa (born 25 July 1986), known as Hulk (Brazilian Portuguese)

The Hulk has just converted a penalty for SIPG FC