@El Loro posted:

West Midlands moved into drought area as of yesterday by the Environment Agency, That includes my area. Not surprising given the lack of rain.
There's been a bit of drizzle here this morning.

Welcome to the club El

Here in Devon it's been the driest summer for over 50 years, apparently.

@slimfern posted:

Welcome to the club El

Here in Devon it's been the driest summer for over 50 years, apparently.

It's been the same here If my area was classified as the South West rather than the West Midlands, it would have already been classified as a drought area.
Environment Area classify this area as West Midlands, BBC weather as South West. Television in the county, part West Midlands, part West, part Oxford (south). My transmitter gets West Midlands.

Good afternoon Buddies

It started off cool and not that bright but now is a little brighter. Just the odd bout of drizzle

Have a nice day everyone

Goodnight Buddies, sleep well, sweet dreams

night EL slim moonsiee velvet

Good morning everyone

Very overcast here, a bit of drizzle, May be less cloudy later.

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning Buddies

It’s still raining here and will be according to two weather forecast sites until at least 1pm

Have a nice day everyone

Apparently a class 66 locomotive went along the M5 yesterday (being transported). There are no photos of this to show, One week it's part of an aircraft being transported on the M5, now a locomotive, I wonder what it will be next week

@El Loro posted:

Apparently a class 66 locomotive went along the M5 yesterday (being transported). There are no photos of this to show, One week it's part of an aircraft being transported on the M5, now a locomotive, I wonder what it will be next week

The Ark Royal

Mind you, you would need a huge transporter/transporters to move that

@Moonie posted:

The Ark Royal

Mind you, you would need a huge transporter/transporters to move that

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Buddies

night EL slim Moonsieee

Good morning everyone

Some sunshine here at present.

I hope everyone has a good day

I've mentioned the large blue butterfly in the past and news of the continued recovery in the south west in Somerset and the Cotswolds:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-62674800

@El Loro posted:

I've mentioned the large blue butterfly in the past and news of the continued recovery in the south west in Somerset and the Cotswolds:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-62674800

I saw that on the news yesterday El. Absolutely fantastic

Good morning Buddies

A cool start to the day here but looking good at the moment

Enjoy your day everyone

A film poser. What's the connection between the actors James Stewart and Michael Douglas?
It's a bit of a trick question

@El Loro posted:

A film poser. What's the connection between the actors James Stewart and Michael Douglas?
It's a bit of a trick question

I’m not going to google…

Did they have each other’s surnames before they became actors?

@Moonie posted:

I’m not going to google…

Did they have each other’s surnames before they became actors?

That's not correct but you're sort of are on the right track

@El Loro posted:

I've mentioned the large blue butterfly in the past and news of the continued recovery in the south west in Somerset and the Cotswolds:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-62674800

They look so delicate, and have such a beautiful colouring to them.

But living in an ants nest...that's a bit of a shocker

@El Loro posted:

That's not correct but you're sort of are on the right track

🤔 puts thinking cap on

@El Loro posted:

I've mentioned the large blue butterfly in the past and news of the continued recovery in the south west in Somerset and the Cotswolds:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-62674800

gorgeous butterfly  -feel sure I have seen one at some point in our garden but cant remember when-awful but clever that they live in an ant's nest

night EL slim moonsieee velvet

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Buddies

Good morning everyone

Cloudy here at present, may get brighter.

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning Buddies

It started off sunny but it’s clouded now. We may get the odd shower later

Have a lovely weekend everyone

@Moonie posted:

Good morning Buddies

It started off sunny but it’s clouded now. We may get the odd shower later

Have a lovely weekend everyone

You  want to be Tomasz Shafermaker . Remember his lockdown hair - feck I do. It was all over the place           

Have a good day Moons - I know you've a kind heart    

@El Loro posted:

A film poser. What's the connection between the actors James Stewart and Michael Douglas?
It's a bit of a trick question

James Stewart and ?
Michael Douglas and ?
Four known actors.

I can't think of any other fairly well known actors with the same connection

@El Loro posted:

James Stewart and ?
Michael Douglas and ?
Four known actors.

I can't think of any other fairly well known actors with the same connection

Still no idea

I've met James Stewart. Believe me he was the real deal. His autograph means something

James Stewart was in quite a few funny films.

He was a full scale Medalled dude in WW 11

@velvet donkey posted:

I've met James Stewart. Believe me he was the real deal. His autograph means something

James Stewart was in quite a few funny films.

He was a full scale Medalled dude in WW 11

I remember you mentioning that you had his autograph

Have a nice  day El    

@velvet donkey posted:

Have a nice  day El    

And you

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Buddies

night EL slim Moonsieeee velvet

Good morning everyone

Some sunshine here, forecast to become cloudy.

I hope everyone has a good day

@slimfern films on Talking Pictures tv channel during the coming week.
There's a Laurel & Hardy short on Wednesday at 11.30 "Below Zero" (1930)

Films include:
Tuesday 11.30am "The Singer not the Song" (1961) that's the film I've mentioned before with John Mills as a priest and Dirk Bogarde weirdly cast as a Mexican bandit
Wednesday 6.00am "Woman in the Dark" (1934) apparently a very creaky film with Fay Wray (of King Kong fame), Ralph Bellamy and Melvyn Douglas both of whom had long film careers making films when they were 80.
Thursday 9.05am "Dangerous Crossing" (1953) film noir on a cruise vessel - Jeanne Crain and Michael Rennie
Friday 6.00am "Scarlet Street" (1945) Fritz Lang film noit Edward G Robinson, Joan Bennett and Dan Duryea, good but grim.

The answer to my film poser was that Stewart Granger's birthname was James Stewart but he changed his name so as to avoid being confusion, similarly Michael Keaton's birthname was Michael Douglas and so he changed his name to avoid confusion.

@El Loro posted:

The answer to my film poser was that Stewart Granger's birthname was James Stewart but he changed his name so as to avoid being confusion, similarly Michael Keaton's birthname was Michael Douglas and so he changed his name to avoid confusion.

Brilliant El

Good morning Buddies

A bright start to the day here. No rain expected

Enjoy your Bank Holiday everyone