Hi Ros. Things are certainly livening up in the CBB house.

yes definitely not looking good for bobby though - the only bit of eye candy

No, I am very disappointed in Bobby, he has let us down.

if he behaved as he is doing at the mo - he would be a gonner anyway despite being nommed this time - think he would have been nommed soon anyway wot a waste

I know. We won't have anyone pretty to look at.

I know - not sure who I will support now - hope the main BB has slightly more eyecandy Baz will be bereft

Yes, Paddy and Darryn aren't going to do it for her.

don't think so

 See you in the CBB thread, Ros.

Popping in to say sweet dreams in here Squiggle, I love that you said the c-word jingle bells, jingle bells..

Goodnight Summer and Ros, signing out for now.

Good morning everyone

 

At present it's dry but leaden skies and it looks as if there will be heavy rain later here, but not as wet as to the south and east of where I live.

I was looking at the Met Office weather site and saw this for tomorrow and Sunday - it almost looks as if the country has put on its nightcap

 

Good morning everyone, that map is so cute EL It just needs a mug of Horlicks now!

 

Its quite chilly here this morning and drizzly, hope its better where you are

 

Especially for Summer 

Good morning everyone. It's a wee bit overcast here but, at times, I think the sun is trying to break through.

El, the map looks like it's wearing a Wee Willie Winkie cap.

Loving the skating Santa, Squiggle.

 

That's why I thought I must post the picture, and I'm glad you could see the same impression that I had.

 

Nice picture of Santa, but let's hope that's not a sign of this weekend's weather

Not the white stuff, not yet!

afternoon It's been raining heavy most of the day here and I've had no Internet coverage for most of the day, so a quick hello while I can and I'll pop back in from home later Hope everyone is keeping dry & warm today

Summer, how frustrating with your internet.

 

When you can, you may want to look at the BBC map they announced earlier this week showing mobile phone blackspots around the country. It goes right down to street level.

 

So far today, apart from a brief light shower it has been dry here, but very cloudy and not warm for August.

When you have got a spare moment you might be interested in this BBC link. It shows photos of 10 well known actors and singers taken when they were younger (probably in their teens) and how they now look. It's not possible to post the photos here due to copyright.

 

Its been bucketing down here EL but the garden is looking refreshed for its lovely drink of water and the fish pond is filling up nicely, I love to see it fill with rain water rather than me have to fill it with tap water and put in the water treatment to make it safe.

Aww Summer, no internet connection is very annoying. Is it all working properly now?

 

We had some sunshine this afternoon, then a terrible thunderstorm which lasted for ages. The dogs weren't impressed.

El, I'll have a look at that map later on, there are a few mobile phone blackspots around us.

 

Squiggle, you wouldn't need to top up your pond water if you lived up here.

I did love it up there Yogi, so did my hubby, but we decided it was a bit far from family.  Many parts of North Devon remind me of places in Scotland

That's nice, Squiggle.

I've never been to Devon, but I've heard how pretty it is.

Well I'm off to read, I will find out who gets evicted in the morning, leaving a hug for any night owls, sleep well when you do go up

I won't say who went, in case you have recorded the show and want to watch it, Squiggle.

I'm signing out too, goodnight all.

For Ros and Summer, if you are still around.

night yogi and squiggle

Sweet dreams squiggle & yogi I got my 3G back around 3pm- it was literally the weather that caused my blip, it's usually very good coverage at work. It gave me the chance to put my head in my book in-between clients though Tonight I took my bunnies to their holiday home- my SIL house, she's very excited to bunnysit them lol Heading to Cambridge tomorrow, but I'll pop in from wherever and whenever Happy bank holiday weekend to you all

good morning (bump)

It's raining here, it looks miserable. We're driving to Cambridge today so it could be a wet journey, party rings required I think *leaves breakfast platter of pancakes, porridges, fruits and mini pastries*

Good morning everyone

 

Thanks for breakfast Summer . I hope you have a nice day and hope the rain eases off. In Gloucester it was wet overnight but I think today is likely to be a mix of sun and showers.

 

I won't say who was evicted last night from CBB last night:

a) I don't want to spoil it for squiggle

and b) I don't watch it so don't know

Good morning everyone. Weather is dry with some low cloud atm.

El, @ b)

Summer, thank you for the lovely breakfast - it is so much more appetising than my RL diet one.

I'm sure your SiL will take good care of the bunnies for you. Have a great weekend and I hope the weather improves.

 

Good morning everyone, its bucketing down again.  Summer thanks for the delicious breakfast and I hope the weather improves for you and that the bunnies will be on their best behaviour for your SIL.  I think we are promised a dry day tomorrow here so I hope the bank holiday won't be a total washout for everyone.

 

Signing off for the moment, squiggle still clueless as to who went last night, but about to go for a poke through the forum to find out (and thank you Yogi for your restraint in not mentioning it )

I did some shopping this morning and popped into Boots in Cheltenham. I used to get Boots enamel protection toothpaste but over the last couple of years they (and the Gloucester branch) had stopped stocking it. So more recently I ordered it online from Boots (being Boots own brand means that I can't get it anywhereelse). Last time I needed to stock up I discovered that it was no longer mentioned on the website. That meant that I had to buy the Sensodyne equivalent. The Sensodyne one is more expensive and has a slightly odd taste whereas the Boots one has the normal minty taste.

 

So I was pleased when today I saw that the Cheltenham branch has started stocking them again. They've changed the box which is probably why it had been taken off their website. So I bought a few boxes and some other things coming to a total cost of about £28. At the time I thought that's more expensive than I was expecting but paid it. When I got home I thought I would have another look at the receipt. I worked out that I had been overcharged by about £14 .

 

I wasn't going to let this go as that's quite an overcharge. So I went back to Boots in Cheltenham, asked to see the manager, and she and the original till operator eventually agreed that I was right and that I had been overcharged. I got profuse apologies from both of them, my overpaid money back, and lots of extra points added to my Advantage card to compensate for this . It appears that the scanner went into overdrive and charged me for 9 boxes of toothpaste instead of 4. Of course I wonder just how many other people get overcharged in error without realising it.

Good job you spotted that EL.  Its no small amount to lose and, as you say, if you're not so careful about checking it could be an expensive mistake, hope no-one got caught out and didn't realise. And of course it involved you in lots of unnecessary travelling and time wasted sorting out a mistake that was not your fault.

Squiggle, I could have waited until I went there again which would have saved on the travelling and time, but I thought it was better to go back on the same day, and it's just as well that I did because the till operator remembered selling me the items. I had brought the goods with me so she would know that I wasn't trying something on and had removed the nonexistent boxes of toothpaste before coming back.

quick hello from Peterborough services

Hello Peterborough Services

I saw this on the BBC website and as it's now on Youtube I though I would post it