@Moonie posted:It’s lovely here now too
Met Office have issued yellow heat wave alert for next week for the south east of England though that could well change 
@El Loro posted:Met Office have issued yellow heat wave alert for next week for the south east of England though that could well change
I'll swap you and talk weather forecasts 
@El Loro posted:A beet farm trialling an unusual method of combatting pests without using pesticides:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...and-norfolk-62040807
fantastic-hope it works EL
@slimfern posted:
gorgeous slim
night EL slim moonsieee velvet
A new type of predatory dinosaur Meraxes gigas found in Argentina. May help to explain why some predatory dinosaurs such a T-rex had such small arms,
Artist's reconstruction of Meraxes gigas looks as if it's from a science fiction horror film:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-62088874
It's overcast here 
I am deffo movin - saff Not Essex. Devon or Dorset.
Hope all are okay. Okay's good these days. You'd need to be a builder to say well. He's still lying.
I will always be a Buddie
@El Loro posted:A new type of predatory dinosaur Meraxes gigas found in Argentina. May help to explain why some predatory dinosaurs such a T-rex had such small arms,
Artist's reconstruction of Meraxes gigas looks as if it's from a science fiction horror film:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-62088874
Small arms for mating purposes ...who would want to mate with that 
Animals are programmed. So are humans. Sex - rebirth.
It's the one thing about life I don't like.
Feck, animals are machines. So are birds
And then humans 
@velvet donkey posted:Animals are programmed. So are humans. Sex - rebirth.
It's the one thing about life I don't like.
Feck, animals are machines. So are birds
And then humans
As a mother of 5 ..I think I might know something about that
Got a phone call from "British Gas" about my business electricity meter, they had technical problems and needed my meter number on my bill. It's been quite some time since I had one of those calls. Not having any business tariff means that I know the caller is a fraudster targeting small businesses (phone number withheld so I can't report it).
Nobody phones me.
I am obviously not worth ripping off.
That affects my mindset. Seriously does
@El Loro posted:Got a phone call from "British Gas" about my business electricity meter, they had technical problems and needed my meter number on my bill. It's been quite some time since I had one of those calls. Not having any business tariff means that I know the caller is a fraudster targeting small businesses
I hope you weren't impolite El 
@velvet donkey posted:Nobody phones me.
I am obviously not worth ripping off.
That affects my mindset. Seriously does
It's not a club you would want to join believe me Velvet
Infact I think you'd be envied by many ....
@slimfern posted:It's not a club you would want to join believe me Velvet
Infact I think you'd be envied by many ....
True
@velvet donkey posted:Animals are programmed. So are humans. Sex - rebirth.
It's the one thing about life I don't like.
Feck, animals are machines. So are birds
And then humans
Who programmed them?
@velvet donkey posted:Who programmed them?
Sinclair? 
@slimfern posted:Sinclair?
My first calculator.
£20 then. RIP you genius. Could never say that about Sugar. Obnoxious little twat he is.
@velvet donkey posted:My first calculator.
£20 then. RIP you genius. Could never say that about Sugar. Obnoxious little twat he is.
Yes he was...
Although his vehiclular invention might make some question that statement
@velvet donkey posted:He is
I've never watched him......sugar that is.
A lot of the very rich are
@slimfern posted:Yes he was...
Although his vehiclular invention might make some question that statement
He pre-empted the electric car
@slimfern posted:I hope you weren't impolite El
The caller rang off before I could have a chance of being impolite
From time to time I get callers going on about business electricity tariffs and that my British Gas contract is to be renewed. Those would be from unregulated energy consultants hoping to get a commission by selling businesses electricity contracts. There's nothing I can do about those as they aren't breaking the law as it stands, just nuisances.
Rarely I get one like today's. That's 100% attempted fraud and if the callers ever get caught they would be facing a prison sentence.
@velvet donkey posted:He pre-empted the electric car
and got ridiculed for it (Sinclair C5)
Met Office have raised the heat wave alert today. They say:
"Current watch level: Level 3 - Heatwave Action
issued at:
There is a 90 % probability of Heat-Health Alert criteria being met between 0900 on Monday and 0900 on Friday in parts of England.
There is increased confidence that temperatures will rise through the weekend, becoming widely hot, locally very hot from Monday next week. The highest confidence is for southeastern and eastern areas where temperatures are expected to reach the low 30s. There is an increased confidence for thresholds to be reached across much of the Midlands, and perhaps eastern parts of southwest England and southern parts of the northwest England and Yorkshire and Humber regions. Temperatures are likely to stay close to threshold through Wednesday, especially in for southern areas. There is then uncertainty in maximum temperatures for later in the week and over the following weekend. There is the potential for a brief dip in temperatures on Thursday and early Friday, although still feeling very warm, which may result in alert levels being reduced. This will be followed by a return to hot or very hot temperatures from late Friday 15th and into the following week. This alert will be kept under review as confidence in the forecast increases.
An update will be issued when the alert level changes in any region. Alerts are issued once a day by 0900 if required and are not subject to amendment in between standard issue times. Note that the details of the forecast weather are valid at the time of issue but may change over the period that an alert remains in force."
@El Loro posted:Met Office have raised the heat wave alert today. They say:
"Current watch level: Level 3 - Heatwave Action
issued at:There is a 90 % probability of Heat-Health Alert criteria being met between 0900 on Monday and 0900 on Friday in parts of England.
There is increased confidence that temperatures will rise through the weekend, becoming widely hot, locally very hot from Monday next week. The highest confidence is for southeastern and eastern areas where temperatures are expected to reach the low 30s. There is an increased confidence for thresholds to be reached across much of the Midlands, and perhaps eastern parts of southwest England and southern parts of the northwest England and Yorkshire and Humber regions. Temperatures are likely to stay close to threshold through Wednesday, especially in for southern areas. There is then uncertainty in maximum temperatures for later in the week and over the following weekend. There is the potential for a brief dip in temperatures on Thursday and early Friday, although still feeling very warm, which may result in alert levels being reduced. This will be followed by a return to hot or very hot temperatures from late Friday 15th and into the following week. This alert will be kept under review as confidence in the forecast increases.
An update will be issued when the alert level changes in any region. Alerts are issued once a day by 0900 if required and are not subject to amendment in between standard issue times. Note that the details of the forecast weather are valid at the time of issue but may change over the period that an alert remains in force."
Eastern parts of the South-West....that's me!
Personally, I love the heat 
night EL slim moonsieee velvet
Hi Velvet
I used to have a client who was habitually angry and had a short fuse. He's the sort of person who if he had a dental or doctor appointment would get angry at the surgery if he had to wait more than a couple of minutes. I was always wary of him and wasn't too sorry to see him change to another accountant even though the fee was sizeable
@El Loro posted:Hi Velvet
I used to have a client who was habitually angry and had a short fuse. He's the sort of person who if he had a dental or doctor appointment would get angry at the surgery if he had to wait more than a couple of minutes. I was always wary of him and wasn't too sorry to see him change to another accountant even though the fee was sizeable
Having to wait at appointments can be pretty annoying