@El Loro posted:

Moonie, the Scotland women's team had quite a good day against Cyprus on Friday in the European Championship qualifiers
Cyprus 0-10 Scotland: Stuart McLaren opens with high-scoring win - BBC Sport

Now that’s what you call an away win

@Moonie posted:

Now that’s what you call an away win

Yes

I see your team went down yesterday El

Still in the top three though and with a game in hand too

The Baggies down to 10 men after 30 minutes

Still got a point though

From what I saw of sky sports updates we could have had at least 5 goals. Certainly 4 clear cut chances

One point is not enough where we are though

I’ve just been out to put some household refuse into the recycle bin. Very mild out there

Moonie. it was a disappointing day for Cheltenham Town. On Friday the Gloucester rugby team lost again, at the bottom of the table, and the poorest season in years. Also last week, it was decided that in football, the National League North and South seasons would be declared null and void. The Gloucester City side are very unhappy with that decision and are considering legal action. They are top of the table with 5 points more than the team in second place though have played 3 more games.
So the last few days haven't been good for local teams.

Time lapse clip of that moonflower blooming. Nothing happens at the beginning until it starts. Bloom is about half way up the trunk in the middle.

Cambridge moonflower: Time-lapse video captures 'UK first' - BBC News

@El Loro posted:

Moonie. it was a disappointing day for Cheltenham Town. On Friday the Gloucester rugby team lost again, at the bottom of the table, and the poorest season in years. Also last week, it was decided that in football, the National League North and South seasons would be declared null and void. The Gloucester City side are very unhappy with that decision and are considering legal action. They are top of the table with 5 points more than the team in second place though have played 3 more games.
So the last few days haven't been good for local teams.

I don’t like it when decide to to ‘cancel’ seasons so making them null and void. Especially when a team is 5 points ahead. It make a mockery of the season notwithstanding we are in a pandemic, it has to be said.

As you say, not a good day for your local teams.

@El Loro posted:

Time lapse clip of that moonflower blooming. Nothing happens at the beginning until it starts. Bloom is about half way up the trunk in the middle.

Cambridge moonflower: Time-lapse video captures 'UK first' - BBC News

Very majestic El

El, I have noticed videos post on the forum now open in the forum window. They use to open in a separate window, didn’t they?

@Moonie posted:

I don’t like it when decide to to ‘cancel’ seasons so making them null and void. Especially when a team is 5 points ahead. It make a mockery of the season notwithstanding we are in a pandemic, it has to be said.

As you say, not a good day for your local teams.

I agree with you on both

@Moonie posted:

Very majestic El

El, I have noticed videos post on the forum now open in the forum window. They use to open in a separate window, didn’t they?

At present I've been using Edge as the browser being the Windows 10 default. It looks as if links posted with that browser are different to Firefox in two ways. First is that with BBC links, the text which appears is the title of the article rather than the link address.

The other difference is that the default in the Add Reply box is with a link is None rather than New Window hence not opening in a separate window.

That is what is happening when I just paste the link in Add Reply. Let's see what happens if I use the Insert/Edit link  option in the row of icons and paste the address in the url line and leave the other lines as what they default to.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/...bridgeshire-56145741

That's working so it's as it was when I was using Firefox and defaults to a new window

@El Loro posted:

At present I've been using Edge as the browser being the Windows 10 default. It looks as if links posted with that browser are different to Firefox in two ways. First is that with BBC links, the text which appears is the title of the article rather than the link address.

The other difference is that the default in the Add Reply box is with a link is None rather than New Window hence not opening in a separate window.

That is what is happening when I just paste the link in Add Reply. Let's see what happens if I use the Insert/Edit link  option in the row of icons and paste the address in the url line and leave the other lines as what they default to.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/...bridgeshire-56145741

Thanks El

Have a look

https://www.gagajoyjoy.com/top...4#663495678522665524

@Moonie posted:

Have a look

https://www.gagajoyjoy.com/top...4#663495678522665524

Very nice to see your swan family and good that aerators have been put in the water to keep it fresh rather than the risk of stagnating

@El Loro posted:

Very nice to see your swan family and good that aerators have been put in the water to keep it fresh rather than the risk of stagnating

Thanks El and agreed. There should have been aerators in there years ago but better late than never

Evening all

A nice, dry and bright day for a change.

Did housework in the morning, then had a Strictly Fest on YouTube in the afternoon, watching all my favourites

Hope you’ve all had a good day

@Yogi19 posted:

Evening all

A nice, dry and bright day for a change.

Did housework in the morning, then had a Strictly Fest on YouTube in the afternoon, watching all my favourites

Hope you’ve all had a good day

Hi Yogi

Is shocked 😉

🤔 Housework then Strictly. Fair enough

My day had been good fankoo

😂We were in shock at the decent weather too

I’m glad your day was good

What are you watching tonight?

@Yogi19 posted:

😂We were in shock at the decent weather too

I’m glad your day was good

What are you watching tonight?

🤣🤣🤣

Fankoo

I am watching some Aussie football that I have recorded throughout the week. The one on now is number 5 or 6, not quite sure tbh

@Moonie posted:

🤣🤣🤣

Fankoo

I am watching some Aussie football that I have recorded throughout the week. The one on now is number 5 or 6, not quite sure tbh

You are having a Footie Fest

@Yogi19 posted:

You are having a Footie Fest

I am indeed

@Moonie posted:

I am indeed

😂

Any plans for tomorrow? I won’t be going any further than the kitchen

@Yogi19 posted:

😂

Any plans for tomorrow? I won’t be going any further than the kitchen

No plans as I have a parcel arriving sometime during the day. Not that I would be going out anyway as we are expecting heavy rain for the first part of the day

@Moonie posted:

No plans as I have a parcel arriving sometime during the day. Not that I would be going out anyway as we are expecting heavy rain for the first part of the day

Not more rain

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie and Ros

Hug for the night owls

@Yogi19 posted:

Not more rain

I’m afraid so

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

night yogi moonsie

Good morning everyone it's forecast to be a dry day with maybe a little sunshine. Such good news about the swans Moonie they look happy birds.

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning everyone

Some rain here at present though expected to stop this morning and settled weather for quite some time. Hopefully the saturated ground will get a chance to dry.

Moonie, I hope your weather improves soon There was a question in yesterday's Millionaire about pubs in literature, one of the 4 options was "The Moon Under Water"

I hope everyone has a good day

@squiggle posted:

Good morning everyone it's forecast to be a dry day with maybe a little sunshine. Such good news about the swans Moonie they look happy birds.

Enjoy your day everyone

Fankoo Squiggle

Very good news

@El Loro posted:

Good morning everyone

Some rain here at present though expected to stop this morning and settled weather for quite some time. Hopefully the saturated ground will get a chance to dry.

Moonie, I hope your weather improves soon There was a question in yesterday's Millionaire about pubs in literature, one of the 4 options was "The Moon Under Water"

I hope everyone has a good day

Thanks El

I love that name “The Moon Under Water”

Good morning everyone

It’s very wet here, not to cold or windy at present. The weather will be changing from heavy rain to cloudy by lunchtime. A high of 9 degrees

I hope it’s dryer where you are

Have great day everyone. Stay safe and dry

@Moonie posted:

Thanks El

I love that name “The Moon Under Water”

That was the name given by George Orwell in an essay as to his fictitious ideal pub. Since then Wetherspoons has given some of their pubs that name.

The question in Millionaire was which of these fictional pubs/inns was the pub/inn in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
The Tabard (the correct answer)
The Admiral Benbow Inn (that's the inn in Treasure Island)
The Golden Perch (that's in Lord of the Rings) or
The Moon Under Water (essay by George Orwell)

@El Loro posted:

That was the name given by George Orwell in an essay as to his fictitious ideal pub. Since then Wetherspoons has given some of their pubs that name.

I didn’t know that El

@El Loro posted:

The question in Millionaire was which of these fictional pubs/inns was the pub/inn in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
The Tabard
The Admiral Benbow Inn
The Golden Perch, or
The Moon Under Water

A complete guess, as I’m not a well read person, The Admiral Benbow Inn?

@Moonie posted:

A complete guess, as I’m not a well read person, The Admiral Benbow Inn?

I'll edit my question above to show where each pub/inn was from in faint text so not to spoil it for anyone else who wants a go

The rain has stopped and the sun has burst out

Tried to sort out the payroll software issue and got nowhere. Payroll company support hasn't bothered to contact me and it doesn't look as if it intends to.

So I've rang the client to tell him that I'm unable to do the payroll. I had already told him about the computer problems. About a year ago I had suggested that he do his own payroll as it would be cheaper for him. It's the only payroll I do and so the fee income I can charge for doing that payroll isn't much more than the cost of the payroll.

He does have a background of providing computer support for the software his company used to supply so he says that he'll do his own payroll. I'm now providing him with the information that I have for the payroll.

I'll keep on doing the company accounts and tax.