Back again safely, quite a bit of minor flooding on the roads which brings home how much rain we have had.

 

All going well thanks Summer, the spokes arrived this morning and my youngest grandson has a day off tomorrow so hopefully some progress can be made.  My eldest grandson is learning a lot about his bike, I bought a Haynes Manual which is very helpful.  Have a lovely lunch out with your Mum

 

Nice to see you again moonie

 

David Suchet was on Radio Devon this morning, he sounds such a lovely man. It was so fascinating to hear him talking in his normal deep brown voice, then he spoke with a Belgian accent but then explained that as Poirot is, as described in the books, a walking brain, then the voice has to come high up in the chest and there it was the voice of Poirot.  He was mentioning about a programme tonight about being Poirot, don't know what time it is on but I think it sounds good.

Adorable!

 

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Skylark, it's so annoying when we get internet problems as we have become almost dependent on the internet for so many things. I hope yours goes away quickly. I'm with Virgin and you've said in the past that you can't in your area but although there have been a few times where my internet has been down, it has been only a few times and it's been sorted out by Virgin within a few hours. When I was with Orange, the problems were almost the whole time.

Virgin announced yesterday that they were going to increase their speeds over the next year or so. I'm currently on their basic speed which is 20mb. Although they will have to supply me with one of their superhubs, the basic advertised speed will be increased to 50mb.

They are aren't they

 

Squiggle, the programme you are referring to is on ITV after their 10.00 news so it starts a bit after 10.30. David Suchet is talking about his time as Poirot over the years. I don't know if you spotted in last week's episode that there's a scene where Poirot uses an English accent to imitate the voice of someone else, but David Suchet made a tiny mistake in that his voice did not sound like someone with a French accent trying to pretend to be English, but like someone who was English.

Evening all. Weather is very windy up here.

welcome back Moonie, good to see you around. Here is your PB update:

PB has gone home now. She was a good girl for her granny.  We had a sing-song, which she enjoyed. I only sing in the presence of babies and toddlers. Once children are old enough to appreciate good singing, I no longer subject them to mine. She loves books, especially the ones which have little lift up flaps. If she is anything like her dad and uncles, I'll soon be sellotaping the flaps back on.

I am recording tonight's episode of Poirot. I will have to brace myself to watch it - with a ready supply of tissues to hand.  Thanks for the heads up about the other programme, El, I shall record it too.

Skylark, I hope your internet problems sort themselves out.

Summer, did you have a nice lunch with your mum? Does she still have a few more days with you?

Squiggle, it's good that your grandson is good with bikes, I'm sure he'll soon have his brother's bike in a roadworthy condition. 

 

Fankoo muchly

 

At least she didn't cry at your singing Yogi She sounds like she is a real sweetheart..well I know she is  Maybe she is going to be a bookworm

I real pleased you both enjoyed each others company I can see you got your 'cuddles' top-up too

 

 

lol She actually seemed to enjoy my singing!

I wouldn't be surprised if she becomes a bookworm, as her mum and I both love books.

My cuddleometer is right up to the maximum.

Maybe a chip off the old young block then

Like 'cuddleometer'

 

So, how are things with you? Are you taking care of yourself and eating properly?

I'm fine fankoo and yes am taking care of myself and eating properly

 That's good, it means I don't have to get bossy with you.

Hmmm..well you still can be if you like

 Off to the naughty step you go!

someone nicked it

 

Off for a bath and a read. Hope to see you tomorrow, Moonie.

Leaving a hug for Summer, hope you had a lovely day with your mum.

Enjoy your bath Yogi. Enjoy your book/read Nite nite. Sleep well after and have sweet dreams

Popping in to say goodnight will catch up properly tomorrow.
Hope you all had a good day.

Lunch was lovely, and we went out for tea too!

and

 

for Sweet, Yogi and other night owls

 

Glad you and your mum had a lovely lunch and tea Sweet

Good morning everyone. Heavy rain and very windy overnight. Calmer this morning but sky is dark and overcast.

Love the night owls, Moonie.

Sounds like you had a good day with your mum, Summer.

Weekly grocery shopping to do this morning, catch up later.

Good morning everyone

 

Quite sunny here at present. Looks as if there's a cold snap next week from Tuesday to Thursday in my area.

 

Shortly before 7.30 on Radio 4 there was a short interview on their Today programme. I'm hoping that it will become available on their website some time today as it is an interview with Hercule Poirot.

 

Good morning everyone, very very windy here so I will have to be careful later as I drive up past the Coastguards, you feel the full force of the wind there.

 

So glad you had a lovely day Yogi and Summer.  I could just picture you and PB enjoying some cuddling, some singing and some book reading, it's the way to start them loving books that's for sure.

Here's the BBC Today audio interview with Hercule Poirot. Click either of the two buttons to play it. Only listen to it if you have seen yesterday's episode.

 

Good morning cold, windy and sunny here today. My mum is on her way home now, it's been a lovely visit

Moonie, great owls! Thanks for them I hope you're keeping warm & well fed

I can't believe it's 6 weeks until christmas- I haven't even written my cards!

I hope you all aren't too sad at the end of poirot- how was the final episode?

Morning 
Internet seems to  be behaving today, touch wood. Yes i read about fast Virgin, El, what joy that would be!
Aww lovely Yogi, glad you both had a nice time. I have some of those sellotaped books too! Granddaughter gets quite indignant when she roots around her old books, and says..who tore that! I say YOU did! 
Sounds like you having a great time with the family Summer.
Be careful driving in the high winds squiggle x
Nice to see you back Moonie x
Thanks El, i shall listen to that shortly . I got settled to watch Curtain, i remember glancing at the clock around 8.50 then woke up at 9.45 Caught the end though.....

Hi Summer, didnt see you there, we must have posted at the same time. Hope your mum gets home safely and glad it was a good visit x
As said i fell asleep during some of Curtain, will have to watch it again!

Good morning everyone

Cold, wet and windy here. Just got soaked shopping

Have a great day and stay warm

You may remember that a few days ago I posted that in the novel Curtain Poirot was still matchmaking as he tended to over the years. Yesterday's adaptation missed that out. This is an extract from very near the end of the book so that you can see what Agatha Christie had intended. I have made the text white in case you haven't seen the adaptation yet. Just hold your pointer button over the following white gap to be able to read it.

 

And you, my poor lonely Hastings? Ah, my heart bleeds for you, dear friend. Will you, for the last time, take the advice of your old Poirot?
After you have read this, take a train or a car or a series of buses and go to find Elizabeth Cole, who is also Elizabeth Litchfield. Let her read this, or tell her what is in it. Tell her that you, too, might have done what her sister Margaret did — only for Margaret Litchfield there was no watchful Poirot at hand. Take the nightmare away from her, show her that her father was killed, not by his daughter, but by that kind sympathetic family friend, that "honest Iago," Stephen Norton.
For it is not right, my friend, that a woman like that, still young, still attractive,
should refuse life because she believes herself to be tainted. No, it is not right. Tell her so, you, my friend, who are yourself still not unattractive to women ...

 

Although that scene was included in the adaptation there was no sense of any matchmaking.

 

Yes El i see what you mean ^^^^^. 
I listened to the interview and can understand when he said about his kids watching. What a lovely voice he has. He would be good doing audio books, if he hasnt already done so. 
Hi Moonie, hope you got dried out and had a nice hot drink xx

Skylark, David Suchet has done quite a few audio books. A lot of them are Poirot ones but he has done others, some of them are from the Bible, others are quite varied such as Blott on the Landscape,(the late Tom Sharpe) Shadowlands (that's about C S Lewis coping with the death of his wife), the Lake of Darkness (by Ruth Rendell).

 

Oh really, i did think he may have. I would like to hear the Bible ones, would it be from the Old Testament, or am i wrong...? x

Had a bit of a palaver there, sister picking Granddaughter from school and taking her for tea. I didnt have her on the list for those who can pick her up, thought i had. Anyway all sorted now. Glad the school is on the ball though

El, thanks for posting the David Suchet interview. He's a lovely man and his voice is wonderful. I agree with Skylark that his audio books must be a joy to listen to.

Skylark, your granddaughter's indignant, "Who tore that?" made me laugh. I can envisage PB saying exactly the same, in years to come.

Squiggle and Moonie, it sounds like you are having the worst of the weather. Hope you are both warm and cosy now.

Summer, I'm glad you and your mum enjoyed her visit. Will she join you for Christmas or does she prefer to stay in her own house?

Grocery shopping is done and all packed away.

A cup of tea awaits me, will be back later.

 

Skylark, David Suchet's audio books from the Bible are from both the Old and the New Testaments. Although his family were of Lithuanian Jewish heritage he grew up largely without religion. Then some 27 years ago he found faith and is a devout Christian. Last year he presented a BBC documentary about St Paul.

A Daily Express article last year about how he found faith and about the documentary http://www.express.co.uk/news/...s-how-he-found-faith

 

Thanks El, very interesting. I shall look and read after taking Kia out x

Hi Yogi, enjoy sitting down with your cuppa x 

It's 'brass monkeys' here and the clouds are clearing. The moon is out so a frost is on the cards  

 

Glad to be back home again, it's not so nice out there.

 

I agree David Suchet has the most wonderful voice and he seems such a lovely man.  So nice to hear how seriously he takes his faith.

 

Moonie hope you don't get too severe a frost.

Hi Squiggle

I'm breaking extra everything out for tonight so probably wont feel it anyway but thanks  

Article about the origin of this phrase and the well known version

It mentions the possibility that it refers to brass cannon balls on a boat which in cold weather would be painfully cold to touch and it mentions the other possibility which is what most of us think it refers to.

A man who used to be in our church choir discovered the cannon balls possibility so in winter would go round saying the well known phrase to people in the church thinking that he was being polite