@El Loro posted:

3 little stories starting with the least surprising.
Years ago I went by train to London, As I was getting off, I met the son of the then church vicar who was about to board the train.

Years ago I had a phone call from a potential client. The client told me the name of the road he lived in which is a long road just under 2 miles long. We had a discussion and I agreed to meet him at his house. Turned out he lived next door to my parents, He hadn't lived there long so didn't know that.

Years ago I was told by someone at the church that he had been abroad in Hong Kong, On the flight there from either Gatwick or Heathrow he sat next to a stranger. They talked during the journey and it turned out that the curate who had recently left my local church had moved to the church (elsewhere in the county) where the stranger went to.

Tis a small world hey El 

Late last summer, we had a family visit the farm shop for some Ede's pickled onions, they were sat outside the pub across the road having a drink and came in on the off chance...
Turned out they were from Swindon (where my late husband was born), we got to chatting and it transpired that they were originally from an area in Devon, it was also the area that my Mum and Dad grew up, further to that...my Dad and their Grandfather used to go to the motorcross in the same group of friends.
My Dad remembered him surprisingly after all these years...mainly because the man was from a family of 12 children
My Dad was an only child.
The family were visiting a late brother's widow, who as it happens lives two doors down from Dad

As you say, Slim, tis a small world

@slimfern posted:

Tis a small world hey El 

Late last summer, we had a family visit the farm shop for some Ede's pickled onions, they were sat outside the pub across the road having a drink and came in on the off chance...
Turned out they were from Swindon (where my late husband was born), we got to chatting and it transpired that they were originally from an area in Devon, it was also the area that my Mum and Dad grew up, further to that...my Dad and their Grandfather used to go to the motorcross in the same group of friends.
My Dad remembered him surprisingly after all these years...mainly because the man was from a family of 12 children
My Dad was an only child.
The family were visiting a late brother's widow, who as it happens lives two doors down from Dad

awww lovely coincidences  EL and slim-lovely stories

night EL slim

Good morning everyone

Overnight rain here seems to have stopped, very cloudy though. Relatively mild night last night with a low of 11°.

I hope everyone has a good day

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

awww lovely coincidences  EL and slim-lovely stories

Thanks Ros

Client work started coming in to keep me occupied this month

@El Loro posted:

Client work started coming in to keep me occupied this month

That’s good El

@Baz posted:

That’s good El

Thanks Baz

night EL slim bazzy

Good morning everyone

Cloudy day here, may stay dry for much of the day.

I hope everyone has a good day

Although she didn't post, I see that Squiggle visited the forum just before Christmas

@slimfern a link to another Max Fleischer animation called "When Yuba plays the rumba on the tuba":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGuTqEr3984
There was a live sequence of the Mills Brothers singing the title song with a bouncing ball over the lyrics between the two pieces of animation but that's missing and the two pieces don't seem to be connected with each other.
There;s a surprise appearance at 2 minutes 39 seconds which lasts 5 seconds

@El Loro posted:

@slimfern a link to another Max Fleischer animation called "When Yuba plays the rumba on the tuba":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGuTqEr3984
There was a live sequence of the Mills Brothers singing the title song with a bouncing ball over the lyrics between the two pieces of animation but that's missing and the two pieces don't seem to be connected with each other.
There;s a surprise appearance at 2 minutes 39 seconds which lasts 5 seconds

Stan Laurel taking a bath

@slimfern posted:

Stan Laurel taking a bath

I thought you would be amused

Here's one as old as me El...with a bouncing Mickey head

Big changes in the cast of "Father Brown" for the series starting tomorrow.
Sorcha Cusack as Mrs McCarthy is replaced with Claudie Blakley as Mrs Devine. She was Emma Timmins in Lark Rise to Candleford,
Emma Kenny as Bunty has gone. She's replaced with Ruby-May Martinwood as Brenda Palmer. She made her debut in the 8th episode of the previous series.
Jack Deam as Inspector Mallory has gone and is replaced with the welcome return of Tom Chambers as Inspector Sullivan.

@slimfern posted:

Here's one as old as me El...with a bouncing Mickey head

Burl Ives

@El Loro posted:

Big changes in the cast of "Father Brown" for the series starting tomorrow.
Sorcha Cusack as Mrs McCarthy is replaced with Claudie Blakley as Mrs Devine. She was Emma Timmins in Lark Rise to Candleford,
Emma Kenny as Bunty has gone. She's replaced with Ruby-May Martinwood as Brenda Palmer. She made her debut in the 8th episode of the previous series.
Jack Deam as Inspector Mallory has gone and is replaced with the welcome return of Tom Chambers as Inspector Sullivan.

Hi El and Slim Hope you are both ok . Awwww I’m really glad Tom is coming back , but I will miss Mrs McCarthy. I still haven’t got used to losing Syd and Lady Felicia .

@Baz posted:

Hi El and Slim Hope you are both ok . Awwww I’m really glad Tom is coming back , but I will miss Mrs McCarthy. I still haven’t got used to losing Syd and Lady Felicia .

Hi Baz I'm fine and I hope you are

Lady Felicia is in the second episode
I think Flambeau will be back in one of the episodes .

@El Loro posted:

Hi Baz I'm fine and I hope you are

Lady Felicia is in the second episode
I think Flambeau will be back in one of the episodes .

Oh good ….on both counts

@El Loro posted:

Burl Ives

Yep! 

My daughter and I used to sing-a-long   

@slimfern posted:

Yep! 

My daughter and I used to sing-a-long   

Burl Ives sang that in the Hayley Mills film "Summer Magic" and here's a link to that scene in the film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYCanPfwEI8&t=31s

night EL slim Bazzy

Good morning everyone

Not as cloudy here as yesterday, dry for the time being.

I hope everyone has a good day

On the BBC's home page for "Father Brown" there's a photo of the 5 main characters in the new series at the top left:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03pmw4m

Just sent a lengthy email to a client, it's taken me 2 hours to write

@El Loro posted:

Just sent a lengthy email to a client, it's taken me 2 hours to write

Is it a novel El 

@slimfern posted:

Is it a novel El 

only in the sense that I wished him a happy new year - the word "novel" is derived from the Latin word "novus" meaning new

Nova Scotia, one of the territories in Canada is Latin for "New Scotland".

@El Loro posted:

On the BBC's home page for "Father Brown" there's a photo of the 5 main characters in the new series at the top left:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03pmw4m

Thanks El ….I’m looking forward to it .

@Baz posted:

Thanks El ….I’m looking forward to it .

I'm recording it at this moment

It's about a murderer using Kembleford's new model village to plan their attacks.
The series is filmed around the Cotswolds. I assume then that any scenes at that model village were filmed at the one in Bourton-on-the-Water. Clip of that village if you've never been there. It was built in the 1930s so before the 1950s period used by the series.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nAU0Cy1s8A

@El Loro posted:

I'm recording it at this moment

It's about a murderer using Kembleford's new model village to plan their attacks.
The series is filmed around the Cotswolds. I assume then that any scenes at that model village were filmed at the one in Bourton-on-the-Water. Clip of that village if you've never been there. It was built in the 1930s so before the 1950s period used by the series.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nAU0Cy1s8A

I’m recording it too….I hate the weekends , so I’ll save it for then l Oh , that’s interesting El .

@El Loro posted:

only in the sense that I wished him a happy new year - the word "novel" is derived from the Latin word "novus" meaning new

@El Loro posted:

Nova Scotia, one of the territories in Canada is Latin for "New Scotland".

night EL slim bazzy

Good morning everyone

Raining here and very dark clouds.

I hope Moonie is getting better

I hope everyone has a good day

Strange that there are two five letter words which are other names for elements which are virtually the same other than a different letter at the end. Azote is another word for nitrogen and azoth another word for mercury.

Not raining here as heavily as it was, atrocious driving conditions driving back home after shopping.

@El Loro posted:

Strange that there are two five letter words which are other names for elements which are virtually the same other than a different letter at the end. Azote is another word for nitrogen and azoth another word for mercury.

Not to be confused for each other

@El Loro posted:

Not raining here as heavily as it was, atrocious driving conditions driving back home after shopping.

Happy to see you got back safely El
It's rained so much here that the river is up to it's max again...