@El Loro posted:I hope you have a great birthday today, Moonie
(as today is also the 60th anniversary of the very first Dr Who programme, the first one being called "The Unearthly Child")
Thank you so much El 
@El Loro posted:Here's a football poser for Moonie. Have a look at the table for the FA Women's League Cup:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/fa-wsl-cup/table
and see if you can work out how the points shown are worked out.
I've worked out what's going on
I will give it my best shot El 
@Moonie posted:I have as many theories as there are groups but none of them apply to all the groups
Moonie, I worked out that at the end of each game, if one side has won they get 3 points and the other side 0 points so what you would expect.
It's what happens if the game is drawn. As usual each side gets 1 point. But then the game goes to a penalty shootout with the eventual winner getting an extra point.
For example Group A where the 5 teams have played 2 games each. Aston Villa won both so are on 6 points. Sheffield United and Blackburn Rovers lost both so are on 0 points. Durham won one (3 points), drew the other (1 point) and won the shootout (1 point) so a total of 5 points. That drawn match must have been against Sunderland. Sunderland won one (3 points) and drew the other (1 point) so a total of 4 points.
@slimfern posted:
There's a short clip of the newcomer which includes the mother giving birth to her on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaqJyM6og2M
@El Loro posted:There's a short clip of the newcomer which includes the mother giving birth to her on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaqJyM6og2M
Blimey! she made that look easy didn't she 
Baby he/she is such a cutie
@El Loro posted:Moonie, I worked out that at the end of each game, if one side has won they get 3 points and the other side 0 points so what you would expect.
It's what happens if the game is drawn. As usual each side gets 1 point. But then the game goes to a penalty shootout with the eventual winner getting an extra point.
For example Group A where the 5 teams have played 2 games each. Aston Villa won both so are on 6 points. Sheffield United and Blackburn Rovers lost both so are on 0 points. Durham won one (3 points), drew the other (1 point) and won the shootout (1 point) so a total of 5 points. That drawn match must have been against Sunderland. Sunderland won one (3 points) and drew the other (1 point) so a total of 4 points.
Good job you have a working brain El. I would never have worked that out 
@Moonie posted:Good job you have a working brain El. I would never have worked that out
Thanks Moonie
I was puzzled when I spotted that table as to get 5 points after 2 games wouldn't make sense. 0, 1, 2 (1+1), 3, 4 (3+1) or 6 (3+3) yes, but not 5.So there was something I was missing. Then I realised that it had to be something to do such as a penalty shootout. And that's what it was. (Durham won the shootout against Sunderland 3-1)
@El Loro posted:Thanks Moonie
I was puzzled when I spotted that table as to get 5 points after 2 games wouldn't make sense. 0, 1, 2 (1+1), 3, 4 (3+1) or 6 (3+3) yes, but not 5.So there was something I was missing. Then I realised that it had to be something to do such as a penalty shootout. And that's what it was. (Durham won the shootout against Sunderland 3-1)
Brilliant El 
@El Loro posted:There's a short clip of the newcomer which includes the mother giving birth to her on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaqJyM6og2M
awww gorgeous EL-real cutie -love it and live about 12 miles from Chester Zoo -love going there -thank you EL
night EL slim moonsieee velvet
Good morning everyone 
The wind direction is now from the north and it's getting colder. Forecast to become a sunny day here, temperature tonight expected to get down to around freezing. In this part of the country, the cold snap is currently forecast to last about two weeks, not expecting any significant snow.
I hope everyone has a good day
Apparently there are problems for HSBC customers who use mobile and online banking:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67514068
@El Loro posted:Apparently there are problems for HSBC customers who use mobile and online banking:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67514068
night EL slim moonsiee velvet bazzy
@El Loro posted:Good morning everyone
A sunny day here but -3° outside at present. Less cold tomorrow but rain, temperatures go down again Monday/Tuesday and not forecast to rise until Thursday the following week.
I hope everyone has a good day
Tis a lovely sunny day here too El 
We're not yet in the minus
If one looks at the League 1 table as it stands after this afternoon's matches, taking the number of points from the last 5 games of the teams in the bottom half, they show an interesting result. The team which has got most points (10) is Cheltenham. Still deep in the relegation zone but it's clear that the new manager is having an effect.
@El Loro posted:It worked, Moonie
Cheltenham beat Oxford 2-0
Thatâs great news
@El Loro posted:If one looks at the League 1 table as it stands after this afternoon's matches, taking the number of points from the last 5 games of the teams in the bottom half, they show an interesting result. The team which has got most points (10) is Cheltenham. Still deep in the relegation zone but it's clear that the new manager is having an effect.
Thatâs a positive
night EL slim moonsiee velvet
Slim, little new of interest on the Talking Pictures tv channel during the couple of weeks.
There's the 1966 remake of "Stagecoach" on Wednesday in the afternoon which I had mentioned recently. I've never bothered to watch it as it's not as good as the original. Has Bing Crosby in it, but I don't think he sings anything during the film.
They seem to be having another season of rarely shown films from the 1930s on Thursday afternoons, That George Formby film I mentioned a week ago was one of the, The next one on Thursday is "Mimi" (1935). Seems to be a very poor film. It's based on a French novel written in 1851. That novel was adapted by Puccini into his opera "La BohÃĻme". The film has the same story but isn't a film version of the opera though uses some of the music.
The character of Mimi was played by Gertrude Lawrence who was well known for her stage work. Her last major stage work as the original Anna in "The King and I". Her life story was made into "Star!" (1968) with Julie Andrews.
Photos of a halo seen around the Moon yesterday evening:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-67535849
(no mention of what the little pale green/blue circle above the Moon is in the second photo)