Good morning everyone, hope everybody slept well.  Looks like we could get rain later.

 

I hate clothes shopping too but I am sure you will find the perfect outfit Yogi if you follow Summer's method, sounds like a plan.

Good morning everyone

 

Here it looks as if it will be another warm sunny day though it's forecast to be cooler and wetter tomorrow onwards.

 

My brother tends to visit every 6 weeks but as the weekend in 6 weeks coincides with the series of Rick Wakeman concerts in Gloucester (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) he's not coming then. As people will be coming here from around the world on Friday, it is very unlikely that other people will be able to get train tickets to get here. So he's coming here for the last weekend in June.

 

Good morning! It's a beautiful sunny day here we're making the most of it because it's supposed to turn wet & windy tomorrow. I slept very well thank you squiggle, and woke at first light to hear the dawn chorus El, will you be going to the show?

Good morning everyone. Pleased to say, the sun is shining!

Summer, I will take my future DiL with me on my outfit search and will do as you suggest.

Hopefully, the weather should be nice at the end of June, for your brother's next visit, El.

Squiggle, have you had any more bother recently with the badger (or the dreaded Moley)?

Summer, no I'm not going to any of the Rick Wakeman shows. Since I last looked at the website there have been changes. The concerts were originally going to be at the Rugby Ground on Saturday and Sunday. Now there are 2 concerts on Saturday at Blackfriars in Gloucester. The concerts on Sunday and Monday are now in Cheltenham at the Centaur at the racecourse. They seem to be on a smaller scale than I had originally expected as neither Blackfriars or the Centaur are a lot smaller than the rugby ground. Tickets for the Gloucester ones are sold out and the Cheltenham ones are £52 and £97.

Ouch that's quite a price tag! It would have to be something I really wanted to see to justify that price I wonder if you'll hear any of it, with sound carrying and all that.. The Lindisfarne gospels are going to be in Durham over the summer, and Mr Summer wants to go so it's likely we will. He says tickets are only about £7!

Hi Yogi haven't had a visit from the badger for a week or two but he will be back as evidently he has a certain territory and makes the rounds.  The trouble is last time he was coming every couple of days until his larder was empty, I don't mind filling in every few weeks but every couple of days drives you potty.  As for the mole, well they have mostly moved down the hill to the field at the bottom but I have had one coming back in the last week or so.  What I did about a week ago I cleared away the molehill and wiggled a broom handle around and discovered the tunnel.  So I sorted out a long pipe (used to be for a petrol can) and slowly poured Jeyes Fluid down the pipe hoping to get as far down the tunnel as possible.  That seemed to work for about a week and then yesterday evening I saw another molehill appearing.  So I quietly refilled my jug and went out and poured it really slowly into the centre.  I have visions of poor moley creeping home to the rest of his family ponging something awful   He soon stopped digging so I reckon I shall keep on with this and try to persuade him the field is a much better place to raise a family.

Lol squiggle, lets hope he takes the hint and doesn't enjoy the smell. He might be thanking you for making his home cleaner

Summer, Blackfriars is over a mile away from where I live so I doubt if I would hear much unless I had windows open. I'm not surprised at the prices as these are one-off concerts rather than a tour and if you are a Rick Wakeman fan you would be prepared to pay that sort of money.

I've not heard of him before, he must be good then

Yay for Jeyes Fluid! Let's hope the smell of it deters Moley and he sets up home elsewhere.

I don't know much about badgers, although I do know they can cause a lot of damage. Does he dig up worms and grubs from your lawn? 

Carpet fitter was supposed to come this morning. So far, he hasn't appeared and his phone is on answer-phone.

Best known for the keyboard player for The Strawbs and Yes and creating the albums Journey to the Centre of the Earth and Myths & Legends of King Arthur & the Knights of the Round Table in the 1970s.

I hate workmen who let you down, and make themselves unavailable too  

 

Yes Mr Badger is after worms, grubs, especially leatherjackets, the larva of the crane fly.

He's a devout Christian too

Maybe he's driving to your house so put the phone on answer phone.

I don't think so, El. We've been trying to contact him since 11am.

 What a disgusting diet!

 

That would explain the link between him and the mystery plays being performed in Gloucester during 2012/13, and why he's being permiited to perform at Blackfriars.

Not so good then

Nope.

Mr Yogi will be fuming!

El, was there a thread this morning, about Nike and written in German - or did I imagine it?

Well spotted Yogi, there was. Machel spotted it, we checked it and because it was a spammer thread with links to probably counterfeit Nike products we removed the thread from the forum as we have for similar threads in the past. Lori has been notified and will ban the new user who created the thread with the sole purpose of posting spam.

Thanks El, I was beginning to think I had dreamt it.

Oh no yogi that's infuriating! I hope he's got a very good reason for letting you down. And I hope you can find another carpet fitter too

Btw, I'll be out for dinner tonight so I won't be around, it's going to be a mad dash to get home, changed & out..! Anyone want a doggy bag of Indian food?

I certainly wouldn't fancy it

There's some very odd people in this world

Me please!

 

Mr Yogi got hold of the carpet fitter. He is now coming tomorrow.

Thanks Summer

I think it likely that the spammers just send out spam to random forums and they use computers to do this. So the users we get are not real people, just the ID that the spamming computers have created.

I meant the daft so and so's who sit there thinking up these spamming ideas, the programming involved etc.  There's got to be better ways to make a living.

I'm sure you will make the carpet fitter very welcome when he arrives and once the work is done, let rip at him

It's possible that if they have connection to the websites they've linked in the threads and the websites are selling counterfeit goods they profit out of it. Otherwise it seems a bit pointless.

 Good plan, El.

Hi all 
Hope you all well and had a nice weekend. 
Poor you squiggle, what a bother you have with your "lodgers"!
How annoying the carpet fitter not arriving Yogi 
Hope you had a nice weekend El, with your brother.
Have a nice evening out and enjoy your meal , Summer.
Weather been lovely here today, sun shining and very warm 

Hi Skylark. I hope you got a chance to enjoy the sunshine today.

Evening Yogi, yes been out and about 
How is the decorating going? Maddening about the carpet fitter eh? 

Someone around having a BBQ, the smell is going around my heart! I wish i had closed my windows earlier 

The flooring is laid, the curtains and blinds are up, the gigantic mirror (hubby wanted it) is up, the pics and the lampshades are up. The radiator cover is fitted and my bits and pieces are in place. Once the carpet is laid tomorrow, it will be finished! 

I know what you mean about the smell of the barbecue.

Well done! I bet you wont be decorating now for a while!