Evening all

It has rained all day.

Sorry El, I have no idea about that programme with similar opening titles.

I did housework in the morning, then did very little in the afternoon.

I hope you’ve all had a good day

@Yogi19 posted:

Evening all

It has rained all day.

Sorry El, I have no idea about that programme with similar opening titles.

I did housework in the morning, then did very little in the afternoon.

I hope you’ve all had a good day

Hi Yogi

You’re learning

My day has been fine fankoo

@Moonie posted:

Hi Yogi

You’re learning

My day has been fine fankoo

I’m glad your day has been fine

Did you have some footie to watch today? Mr Y was watching snooker at one point.

@Yogi19 posted:

I’m glad your day has been fine

Did you have some footie to watch today? Mr Y was watching snooker at one point.

Fankoo

I have been watching footie, snooker and Midsomer Murders. I now have Nothing To Declare on. It’s about Australian customs

@Moonie posted:

Fankoo

I have been watching footie, snooker and Midsomer Murders. I now have Nothing To Declare on. It’s about Australian customs

I’ve seen Nothing to declare before. There are always people trying to sneak in banned foods

@Yogi19 posted:

I’ve seen Nothing to declare before. There are always people trying to sneak in banned foods

Yes there is and they seem to act so ‘innocent’ when they are found out too

@Moonie posted:

Yes there is and they seem to act so ‘innocent’ when they are found out too

I know, the silly fools.

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie and Ros

Hug for any night owls

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

night yogi moonsie

Good morning everyone it should be dry today with some rain this evening.

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning everyone

Fairly cloudy and dry start to the day. Rain forecast by evening.

I hope everyone has a good day

Thanks Yogi re trying to see if you know what programme I ws referring to re the opening credits to BBC's "A to A of Parliament"

Music is a bit similar to that of "Man in a Suitcase":

Good morning everyone

It’s cold and breezy but dry. Heavy rain expected this afternoon though

Nothing on today

Man in a Suitcase starring Richard Bradford as McGill

He always had a cigarette in his mouth

Have a lovely day everyone

Moonie, when we moved to our new house my parents spent the first few weeks decorating during the evenings. I and Penny, our dog, spent the evenings watching television. One of the programmes I watched was "Man in a Suitcase". It wasn't a series that stuck in my mind and I only saw some of the episodes. More memorable were the episodes of "The Saint" that I saw during that time. I also saw episodes of "The Baron" though those must have been repeats as they were originally broadcast before we moved. "The Baron" starred Steve Forrest who was the brother of Dana Andrews. It also starred Sue Lloyd.

Those would have been on ITV. On the BBC it was epsiodes from "The Man from U.N.C.L.E,"

I remember all those programs El

@El Loro posted:

Those would have been on ITV. On the BBC it was epsiodes from "The Man from U.N.C.L.E,"

Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin

@Moonie posted:

Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin

and Mr Waverley. Leo G Caroll also appeared in 6 of Alfred Hitchcock's films with "North by Northwest" being his best known film role. Unlikely to be related to Rocky Carroll, a regular in NCIS as has been David McCallum.

There's a very strong connection between:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (best known for his "Song of Hiawatha"),
Dorothy L Sayers (best known for her Lord Peter Wimsey books,
and Clive James, the late Australian critic, broadcaster and writer.

They all translated and published English versions of Dante Aligheiri's epic "Divine Comedy", the first part of which is Dante's Inferno.

Apparently, lots of people who watched last night's "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" thought that the £8,000 question for the first contestant was too hard to be an £8,000 question.

The question was “William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti were principal founders of which art movement?” and the 4 possible answers "Surrealism, Post-Impressionism, Pre-Raphaelite and Dadaism."

Contestant didn't know so used a "Phone a Friend" who didn't know. So he then used "Ask the Host", Jeremy Clarkson admitted he didn't have a clue.

So the contestant used the 50/50 to get rid of two incorrect answers. He then guessed at one of the two remaining answers and chose the wrong one.

And there's me knowing what the answer was as soon as the artists names were mentioned before the possible answers were shown.

(there was a BBC drama series back in 2009 called "Desperate Romantics", Rafe Spall was William Holman Hunt, Samuel Barnett was John Everett Millais and Aidan Turner was Dante Gabriel Rossetti)

@El Loro posted:

and Mr Waverley. Leo G Caroll also appeared in 6 of Alfred Hitchcock's films with "North by Northwest" being his best known film role. Unlikely to be related to Rocky Carroll, a regular in NCIS as has been David McCallum.

Yes, I remember him too

@El Loro posted:

Apparently, lots of people who watched last night's "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" thought that the £8,000 question for the first contestant was too hard to be an £8,000 question.

The question was “William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti were principal founders of which art movement?” and the 4 possible answers "Surrealism, Post-Impressionism, Pre-Raphaelite and Dadaism."

Contestant didn't know so used a "Phone a Friend" who didn't know. So he then used "Ask the Host", Jeremy Clarkson admitted he didn't have a clue.

So the contestant used the 50/50 to get rid of two incorrect answers. He then guessed at one of the two remaining answers and chose the wrong one.

And there's me knowing what the answer was as soon as the artists names were mentioned before the possible answers were shown.

(there was a BBC drama series back in 2009 called "Desperate Romantics", Rafe Spall was William Holman Hunt, Samuel Barnett was John Everett Millais and Aidan Turner was Dante Gabriel Rossetti)

I have heard of the first three but not “Dadaism”

Evening all It has rained all day.

I had a good sleep last night, I didn’t wake till 6.30am.

El, I remember watching The Man From Uncle

Moonie, I like that we are continuing to learn something new- often in this thread.

MrY was bored today and when he is bored he likes to annoy me. Do you remember the puppet Orville the duck?
MrY kept singing (in a high pitched voice!) “I wish I could fly right up to the sky but I can’t”....over and over again.
He was so close to being throttled.

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie

Ros, you were missed tonight

Hug for any night owls

@Yogi19 posted:

Evening all It has rained all day.

I had a good sleep last night, I didn’t wake till 6.30am.

El, I remember watching The Man From Uncle

Moonie, I like that we are continuing to learn something new- often in this thread.

MrY was bored today and when he is bored he likes to annoy me. Do you remember the puppet Orville the duck?
MrY kept singing (in a high pitched voice!) “I wish I could fly right up to the sky but I can’t”....over and over again.
He was so close to being throttled.

Hi and bye Yogi

I’m so pleased you you slept better last night. I hope you do tonight too

It really is

I do remember it. A really annoying song

I’m glad you didn’t do him bodily harm

@Yogi19 posted:

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie

Ros, you were missed tonight

Hug for any night owls

Nighty night, sleep well, Yogi and visitors

Good morning everyone it's going to be a wet and windy day today and there's talk of flooding this week.

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning everyone

Dry at present here, rain forecast to start this evening and may not end until early Thursday morning, windy particularly tomorrow. Yellow warning in place rather than the amber warning.

Yogi, I saw Orville the duck on the Christmas 2013 Pointless Celebrities episode

I hope everyone has a good day

I heard this recent choral work on the radio, Eric Whitaker's "Child of Wonder" from his "The Sacred Veil".
A beautiful piece of music, but, beware, this is extremely sad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUxxEfavlog

Moonie, I'm glad your heating has been sorted out today

@El Loro posted:

Moonie, I'm glad your heating has been sorted out today

Thanks El, me too

Good afternoon everyone

A warm day here, well in my abode it is now the heating has been sorted

Not warm outside though. Quite windy and cold. We have had  dry day bar the odd few spots

I hope you’re all having a good day and staying warm

@Moonie posted:

Thanks El, me too

Good afternoon everyone

A warm day here, well in my abode it is now the heating has been sorted

Not warm outside though. Quite windy and cold. We have had  dry day bar the odd few spots

I hope you’re all having a good day and staying warm

The rain has started here, it's going to be a wet evening and wetter tomorrow.

I'm not intending to go out tomorrow

@El Loro posted:

The rain has started here, it's going to be a wet evening and wetter tomorrow.

I'm not intending to go out tomorrow

The rain has just started here too El. Heavy rain here tomorrow and Thursday

I will be staying in tomorrow and Thursday

Evening all

It has rained all day and we had sleet at teatime.

I hope nobody gets flooded

I got 5 hours sleep last night - not great but not too bad.

Moonie, I’m really glad to gear your heating is sorted

I hope everyone had had a good day

@Yogi19 posted:

Evening all

It has rained all day and we had sleet at teatime.

I hope nobody gets flooded

I got 5 hours sleep last night - not great but not too bad.

Moonie, I’m really glad to gear your heating is sorted

I hope everyone had had a good day

Hi Yogi

Its raining here now too

Not good but better than none

Fankoo, me too

My day has been good fankoo

Hi Moonie, I’m glad your day has been good....and cosy now the heating is sorted

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie and Ros

Hug for the night owls

@Yogi19 posted:

Hi Moonie, I’m glad your day has been good....and cosy now the heating is sorted

Fankoo, me too

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