Good morning Buddies

Wet and cold here. Expected high of 7 degrees

Enjoy your day everyone

A BBC collection of photos on the theme of signs of spring:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-68834711

There's a photo of some baby squirrels (called kittens), apparently clambering over each other according to the description and there's a photo of a swan couple.

@El Loro posted:

A BBC collection of photos on the theme of signs of spring:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-68834711

There's a photo of some baby squirrels (called kittens), apparently clambering over each other according to the description and there's a photo of a swan couple.

I was trying to figure out what animal the 'Ash Bud' was until I read the description

'Love' the two swans

and the last picture

Cheers for that El

If any of you watch "Vera" Brenda Blethyn has announced that the next series (the 14th) with 2 episodes to be filmed, will be the last with her. She's 78 so the announcement isn't surprising,

@El Loro posted:

If any of you watch "Vera" Brenda Blethyn has announced that the next series (the 14th) with 2 episodes to be filmed, will be the last with her. She's 78 so the announcement isn't surprising,

I don't watch it myself, but for anyone who wants to, there is a dedicated 'Vera' channel on ITVX

@El Loro posted:

If any of you watch "Vera" Brenda Blethyn has announced that the next series (the 14th) with 2 episodes to be filmed, will be the last with her. She's 78 so the announcement isn't surprising,

Yes, I was just reading that El …..tbh I was quite surprised she was that old

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Buddies

@El Loro posted:

A BBC collection of photos on the theme of signs of spring:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-68834711

There's a photo of some baby squirrels (called kittens), apparently clambering over each other according to the description and there's a photo of a swan couple.

awww love them  all  EL squirrels lambs geese were especially lovely -thank you

night EL slim moonsieee

Good morning everyone

Cloudy here, was a bit of rain earlier, but might stay dry for the rest of the day, high of 12° forecast.

I hope everyone has a good day

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

awww love them  all  EL squirrels lambs geese were especially lovely -thank you

Thanks Ros

Good morning Buddies

Rather cold here with a gentle breeze but dry, so far

Enjoy your day everyone

A gull screeching contest
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/...-derbyshire-68878025

Percy Edwards was a well known bird imitator on television. But you are less likely to have heard of Alec Shaw:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ualyZR5mhk

Just seen this trailer on Channel 5. It's not new but I haven't seen it before. I can't think of any trailer I've ever seen which is better,

@El Loro posted:

A gull screeching contest
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/...-derbyshire-68878025

He's very good isn't he

Let's hope the competition stays in Belgium though

@El Loro posted:

Percy Edwards was a well known bird imitator on television. But you are less likely to have heard of Alec Shaw:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ualyZR5mhk

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Buddies

@El Loro posted:

A gull screeching contest
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/...-derbyshire-68878025

Percy Edwards was a well known bird imitator on television. But you are less likely to have heard of Alec Shaw:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ualyZR5mhk

yes saw this tonight  - lovely boy brilliant
Percy Edwards brilliant and Alec  shaw  -not heard of him before - thank you EL

Good morning everyone

Very cloudy here and there may be some drizzle.

I hope everyone has a good day

Cheltenham won last night so might avoid relegation on Saturday, the last day of the season though have to win and that either Burton or Cambridge lose. Cheltenham's first 10 matches of the season was possibly the worst start to a season by an EFL side, 1 point and no goals scored. Based on the number of points and goals since, if that start had been similar to the rest of the season they would have been in 16th place rather than 21st,

@El Loro posted:

Cheltenham won last night so might avoid relegation on Saturday, the last day of the season though have to win and that either Burton or Cambridge lose. Cheltenham's first 10 matches of the season was possibly the worst start to a season by an EFL side, 1 point and no goals scored. Based on the number of points and goals since, if that start had been similar to the rest of the season they would have been in 16th place rather than 21st,

Good luck El

I hope Cheltenham survive

Good morning Buddies

Sunny, cloudy, breezy and cold. What a day

Have a good day everyone

@Moonie posted:

Good luck El

I hope Cheltenham survive

Thanks Moonie

BBC has a follow up clip of that boy imitating gull screeches
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-68890570

@El Loro posted:

BBC has a follow up clip of that boy imitating gull screeches
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-68890570

Brilliant El 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🥰🥰

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Buddies

night EL slim moonsieee

Good morning everyone

Cloudy day here with some rain forecast.

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning Buddies

It was sunny but cold earlier on but now it’s clouding over. Rain expected soon

The forum is still slow for me

Enjoy your day everyone

@Moonie posted:

Good morning Buddies

It was sunny but cold earlier on but now it’s clouding over. Rain expected soon

The forum is still slow for me

Enjoy your day everyone

Forum is slow for me too, Moonie. You may have seen that I did ask Lori and she came back to say that there was no sign of problems with servers and there hadn't been reports from users of other Crowdstack sites

That post took 51 seconds to go through. I did a couple of postings on a vert small thread to see if that had any effect. Postings took a shorter amount of time, around 10 seconds.

That one took 37 seconds

@El Loro posted:

That one took 37 seconds

I’ve cleared my cookies and rebooted my internet El. It’s made little difference

@El Loro posted:

That post took 51 seconds to go through. I did a couple of postings on a vert small thread to see if that had any effect. Postings took a shorter amount of time, around 10 seconds.

@El Loro posted:

That one took 37 seconds

Moving in & out of threads is very slow for me, more so than posting

@slimfern posted:

Moving in & out of threads is very slow for me, more so than posting

Having said that, that post took 29 seconds

@Lori the forum is the slowest it's been today. As others have commented, it's slow to get on the site, slow to move between pages, slow for posts to go through regardless of the size of the thread. Baz has also commented that PMs are also slow. I tested a posting on a PM and that took 23 seconds.
I did a test on the Downforeveryoneotjustme.com site, sometimes that could not get a response for gagajoy, sometimes it could.

Yes, I can see it, too. I've reported it, and they are restarting equipment to see if that fixes the high load that it seems to be under.

@Lori posted:

Yes, I can see it, too. I've reported it, and they are restarting equipment to see if that fixes the high load that it seems to be under.

Just testing to see how long this reply takes to go through

17 seconds

I see that there's a film called "IF" to be released soon and has a U certificate. It's not the 1968 Lindsay Anderson film "If".
The IF in this new film is short for Imaginary Friends.