Squiggle, I hope for you and me that I am right about the drought not affecting the south west as badly. I will be watching the BBC news at lunchtime and they are likely to mention it again then.

 

Hi all x

Hope your day is going well squiggle x I know what you mean about everything coming at once. Every time i get some money together, something crops up that has to be paid  

Watched Call the Midwife, last night, thoroughly enjoyed it, even Miranda and her typical clumsy character (that seems to be her trademark ) That was the last one,wasnt it? I suspect there will another series, hope so.

 

Hi Skylark.

I was sorry that Call The Midwife ended last night, I have thoroughly enjoyed the series.

I'm not of fan of Miranda Hart but I loved the character of Chummy. I hope she will still feature in any future series.

I agree with you both Yogi and Skylark I have loved Call The Midwife (even Miranda Hart).  In fact I am tempted to have a look at the books while I wait for a second series.

I enjoyed Call the Midwife as well. Becaause of its popularity the BBC has already confirmed that another series will be made. Jennifer Worth wrote a trilogy of memoirs: Call the Midwife, Shadows of the Workhouse, and Farewell to the East End. She did write a fourth book of her memoirs called In the Midst of Life but that was about her time at the Marie Curie Hospital in Hampstead caring for the terminally ill.

Thanks for that info EL, I was wondering in what order they were and it isn't easy to tell from the site what they are.

Good afternoon everyone.    It's nice to be back.  Had a great time with No.2 son last week, and a very busy weekend.  Hope you are all well.

 

The sun has been shining today but there was a really sharp frost this morning.  It's supposed to be milder for the rest of the week, which is a good thing as my blood pressure has been going up and up (only kidding) watching the markers for the oil tank going down all the time!!

 

I have also heard on the news that we are supposed to be in drought conditions in this area and I'm sure there will be a hosepipe ban this year.

 

Will pop in when I can.  Take care.  Love you all. 

Hi Joyron, nice to see you I am hoping that Spring is just around the corner now.  I am glad you had a good time with your son

 

Have you managed to see any of Call The Midwife? 

Hello Squiggle.    No I have not seen any of Call the Midwife yet, but I do have the series recorded.  I'm hoping to find time to start on it this week. 

I think you will really like it Joyron, I certainly have.

Joyron, I think you will like Call the Midwife as well. The 4th episode is very serious and the 5th is not quite as serious but the other 4 episodes are lighter.

Further to my post about the drought areas, these are the counties which have been declared as drought areas:

• Lincolnshire
• Cambridgeshire
• Hampshire
• West Sussex
• East Sussex
• Kent
• London
• Surrey
• Berkshire
• Hertfordshire
• Buckinghamshire
• Oxfordshire
• parts of Bedfordshire
• parts of Northamptonshire
• west Norfolk
• east Gloucestershire

Gloucester is not in east Gloucestershire. My water supplier is Severn Trent, I think the part of Gloucestershire affected is supplied by Thames Water.

Just in the infintesimally small likelyhood that Summer forgets, guess what tomorrow is - it's

 

 

PANCAKE DAY

Good idea to post a reminder EL 

Nice Pancake Day reminders, although I don't think there is any chance that Summer would forget.

I agree Yogi any more than she would forget when Christmas is on the way

 

Night night everyone, signing off to read, might even finish my book tonight (I have guessed who the killer is, hope I'm right)

You can tell me in the morning, if you guessed correctly.

Goodnight Squiggle.

Signing out now, goodnight all.

Hugs for the night owls.

*collects night owl hugs* Sweet dreams all Lol forget pancake day?! Not a chance! I've stocked up on supplies, including sugar free snacks for lent great reminders El, thank you I used to love those jif lemon ads where they squeeze lemon juice on an empty plate and then go "don't forget the pancakes on jif lon day" lol Welcome back joyron I'm glad your visit was good

Good pancake morning everyone

 

The weather here is fairly mild, blue sky with fluffy pancakes.

 

And for Summer - ignore the date on the advert as this goes back to 1985):

In case you didn't see this, the BBC said that Call the Midwife has been the most successful drama series on BBC1 since the current viewing ratings began in 2001. The BARB weekly ratings show that it has been even outdoing Coronation Street in the number of viewers.

Happy Pancake Day, everyone (especially Summer).

@ the Jif lemon advert, I remember it well.

El, I'm not surprised that Call The Midwife has been a success with the viewers, I thought it was a great series.

Joyron, I'm glad you had a lovely time with your son, and welcome back.

Dashing through the thread a bit this morning, a lot to get through. Good morning everyone, catch you later and yes Yogi I was right!

Good morning, Miss Marple.

Well done, squiggle

good morning! Happy pancake day!!!!!!!

Hi everybody.    I don't normally come in here, but I noticed peeps in here, so I hope you don't mind me popping in.  

Hi sparkles welcome!

I've just been watching El's clip of the jif lemon ad, it's brilliant! I love it

Morning all xx

In a bit of a rush got to be in town for noon and still have my PJ,s on  

Nice to see you Joyron and hi to sparkles xx

Hi Skylark, hope you're dressed now.

 

Hi Sparkles, feel free to pop in any time you like.

Lol yogi, I was thinking the same, I was picturing skylark popping up town in her pj's! My aunt actually went to the bank in her slippers once it totally slipped her mind and it wasn't until she was at the bank that she realised lol

A few years ago, Mr Yogi was sitting in the car at traffic lights when a woman ran into the back of the car. She was wearing her PJs, dressing gown and slippers. She said she was just popping round to her friend's so didn't bother getting dressed.

I've received the renewal notice for Keira's pet insurance and it's shot up quite a bit. I guess it's because she's getting older because we haven't made any claims to hike up the premiums.

I'll need to shop around to see if I can get it cheaper elsewhere.

A lot more companies seem to offer pet insurance now, it's probably worth shopping around yogi let me know if there's any particular companies that look good I dreamt of bramble again last night; we were in my childhood home and mr summer was feeding her peanuts whilst trying to get her to sit lol she also had a very long bushy tail for some strange reason! It was a fun dream though I had pancakes at lunch

Hi Summer, I wonder what your dream means - apart from the fact you want a puppy.

I've been rooting around and there are quite a few quotes which are about the same as we are paying now - and nearly £10 per month less than the renewal quote. The problem is that all policies do not offer the same benefits. Some will only pay for an ongoing illness for a maximum of 12 months and others will pay for a lifetime's treatment, and the maximum they will pay out can differ greatly, too. My head is spinning with it all.

Oh Lordy that sounds a bit mind boggling does Keira have any ongoing medical conditions? My dreams very very often involve my childhood home, funny that! I really do want my puppy too lol she's so so real in my dreams too

Not that I have a pet but I do wonder if pet insurance is a good idea or not. Like any insurance, the premiums which people pay goes into a pot. The money in the pot is then available for claims, to cover the insurance company's overheads, and the insurance company's profit. It therefore follows that the average person will over a period of time pay more in premiums than they will get back in claims. Someone will only have gained in the event of a totally unexpected huge bill, but unless that happens, they will have lost out.

 

The same applies to taking out an extended warranty on some electrical appliance - on average the customer will pay out more in premiums than they get back in claims.

 

Bear in mind that I am looking at this from an accountant's viewpoint and am ignoring the fact that for many, having an insurance gives piece of mind, and that piece of mind is more important than the cost of the insurance.

Aww Summer, I'm sure you'll get a puppy soon.

Summer, Keira doesn't have any ongoing medical conditions and we've never had to make a claim, so far.

El, I think you are absolutely right when you say most people will pay in more than they get out of Pet Insurance. For us, it is a peace of mind situation, as we'd never want to be in the position of having to put Keira to sleep, purely because we couldn't meet the cost of an illness. One of our neighbours had a situation with their dog, where he contracted the canine equivalent of MRSA, following a hernia op. He almost died and the costs spiralled into thousands of pounds, which they wouldn't have been able to pay without insurance.

I think you are so right Yogi, it's just peace of mind.  When something goes wrong with a beloved pet it can happen so quickly and the bills can take off and go astronomic, the last thing you want to do is to decide that you can't afford to make your pet well again