@Moonie posted:Good morning one and all
Its windy but not much rain, so far
I probably won’t be going out today
Have a nice day everyone and stay safe
I've just returned from doing some local shopping as looking at the forecast this morning seems better than tomorrow morning when it will still be rather windy. Strongest gusts forecast for 4am tomorrow morning at 52mph locally,
The Winchcombe family who found the meteorite fragments on their drive have decided not to remain anonymous:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-56337876
@El Loro posted:I've just returned from doing some local shopping as looking at the forecast this morning seems better than tomorrow morning when it will still be rather windy. Strongest gusts forecast for 4am tomorrow morning at 52mph locally,
Good idea to do your shopping today El 
Evening all 
It has been very windy with heavy rain all day.
Squiggle, as a teenager in the 70’s I would have probably have enjoyed seeing Showaddywaddy
El, you were sensible to do your shopping today before the bad weather arrives 
Moonie, that’s exciting news about the big nest - maybe some new cygnets soon 🤞🏻
I hope everyone has had a good day
We've had none of that. Who knows
You're still in my top three.
@velvet donkey posted:We've had none of that. Who knows
You're still in my top three.
Hi Velvet No wind and rain?
@Yogi19 posted:Evening all
It has been very windy with heavy rain all day.
Squiggle, as a teenager in the 70’s I would have probably have enjoyed seeing Showaddywaddy
El, you were sensible to do your shopping today before the bad weather arrives
Moonie, that’s exciting news about the big nest - maybe some new cygnets soon 🤞🏻
I hope everyone has had a good day
Hi Yogi
It’s been windy but little rain here. We are getting our high winds and heavy rain overnight and tomorrow by the looks of it 
I hope you’re right. It would be lovely to have some baby cygnets around the place again
My day has been good fankoo, I hope yours has too in spite of the weather
@Moonie posted:Hi Yogi
It’s been windy but little rain here. We are getting our high winds and heavy rain overnight and tomorrow by the looks of it
I hope you’re right. It would be lovely to have some baby cygnets around the place again
My day has been good fankoo, I hope yours has too in spite of the weather
Hi Moonie
Batten down the hatches
It would be great if there were some babies - a real spirit lifter
Glad your day was good, mine was fine too
@Yogi19 posted:Hi Moonie
Batten down the hatches
It would be great if there were some babies - a real spirit lifter
Glad your day was good, mine was fine too
Hi Yogi
Yes, I think we are having the calm before the storm here. It’s very quiet outside. Nothing moving
Yes on both counts 😁😁😁
Fankoo and glad you had a fine day
Goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie, Velvet and Ros
Night owl hugs
Good morning everyone it's a very windy morning. The wind has been shrieking around the house all night and is due to keep on until early evening. Hopefully tonight might be quieter.
Enjoy your day everyone
Good morning everyone
Not as bad a night weather wise as I was expecting. Very windy but not much rain. One of my wheelie bins was blown over but as luck would have it, it was an empty one
We don’t appear to have suffered any damage
It was sunny earlier but it’s clouding over now. Still quite windy. The weather warning for today is still showing on the Met Office weather site 
Have a nice day but stay safe
Moonie, I think it more likely that an empty wheelie bin would get blown over as it's lighter than one which is full so heavier
As I had a Halifax account which has just matured and the new interest rate was very low I'm in the process of transferring it. Opening one with the Leeds and transferring the money from Halifax to my Lloyds current account was the easy part. Transferring it from Lloyds to Leeds isn't so easy. Lloyds need me to ring them to approve the transfer. Waiting to get through, 26 minutes so far. They said answering would take longer due to the lockdown and fewer staff. They said to expect an hour wait.
@El Loro posted:Moonie, I think it more likely that an empty wheelie bin would get blown over as it's lighter than one which is full so heavier
As I had a Halifax account which has just matured and the new interest rate was very low I'm in the process of transferring it. Opening one with the Leeds and transferring the money from Halifax to my Lloyds current account was the easy part. Transferring it from Lloyds to Leeds isn't so easy. Lloyds need me to ring them to approve the transfer. Waiting to get through, 26 minutes so far. They said answering would take longer due to the lockdown and fewer staff. They said to expect an hour wait.
That’s a good point El
It looks like you will have time to go and make a cuppa then 
@Moonie posted:That great
It was certainly worth the wait
Interest rates are very poor at present. Leeds better than many others at 0.45% for a 1 year bond (and slightly higher for longer term but interest rates might start creeping up over the next year). The Leeds one is only on offer for the rest of this month and may be into early April. I'm only referring to better known institutions.
@El Loro posted:Interest rates are very poor at present. Leeds better than many others at 0.45% for a 1 year bond (and slightly higher for longer term but interest rates might start creeping up over the next year). The Leeds one is only on offer for the rest of this month and may be into early April. I'm only referring to better known institutions.
BBC article with photos of a swimmer with a home-made mermaid tail:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...nds-islands-56359621
@El Loro posted:BBC article with photos of a swimmer with a home-made mermaid tail:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...nds-islands-56359621
Some lovely pictures there El and that mermaids tail is just stunning 
@Moonie posted:Some lovely pictures there El and that mermaids tail is just stunning
And a little film question. Excluding animated films can anyone name the following films with a mermaid in. Year of release and first letter of title (first letter of each word where more than one word):
Easiest (1984) S
Fairly easy and was followed by a sequel) (1948) M
Hardest (also 1948) M P A T M
All three films have been on television in recent years.
Afternoon all, just a flying visit.
Weather has been quite windy with heavy showers and the odd sunny spell.
Moonie, I’m glad the weather wasn’t as bad as expected last night.
El, the mermaid’s tail is gorgeous but it will be really cold swimming in that sea!
It’s Masterchef tonight and tomorrow night at 8pm so I won’t be around until Saturday. See you then
That BBC article with the mermaid mentions a television series. I've put a post about it on the Nature thread as I think it could be a gem of a series:
https://www.gagajoyjoy.com/top...4#667999816477773614
@Yogi19 posted:Afternoon all, just a flying visit.
Weather has been quite windy with heavy showers and the odd sunny spell.
Moonie, I’m glad the weather wasn’t as bad as expected last night.
El, the mermaid’s tail is gorgeous but it will be really cold swimming in that sea!
It’s Masterchef tonight and tomorrow night at 8pm so I won’t be around until Saturday. See you then
Hi Yogi
Fankoo, I’m glad too
Enjoy your “two days off”
See you again Saturday
Good morning everyone it's very very windy this morning and due to be so all day all night and until tomorrow afternoon!
Enjoy your day everyone
Good morning everyone
Some sunshine but mainly cloudy here, still breezy but not as bad as for Squiggle.
Huge email hack affecting businesses and organisations who use Microsoft Exchange Server email
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56365372
As it affects organisations who use computer servers it's less likely to affect individuals.
I hope everyone has a good day
