Good morning everyone, a mix of clouds and a tiny bit of blue sky this morning, quite a stiff breeze. I'm keeping a close eye on it EL, still coughing and my grandson is also still coughing and he's had it 3 weeks now. Time will tell, this is a bug with teeth.
Enjoy your day everyone 
Yogi, Philip Barry wrote the theatre play The Philaddelphia Story specifically for Katherine Hepburn to star in. She also financed the staging of the play, taking a share of the profits instead of a salary. Howard Hughes bought the film rights as a gift for her and then have them to her, She sold the rights to Louis B Mayer but with the provision that she had a right of veto over producer, director, screenwriter, and cast. Besides being an outstanding actress she was a shrewd businesswoman.
The play was adapted into the musical High Society years later by John Patrick as screenwriter for the film and Cole Porter for the songs. That was in 1956.
Years later that film was adapted back into a stage musical by Arthur Kopt (the writing) and the music used the music and songs from the film but was adapted by Susan Birkenhead.
So you've seen all three versions 
I was slightly surprised by the news today that the Church Commissioners (for the C of E) might take up the remnants of Wonga after being written to by Frank Field:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45534283
I know the Church Commissioners have been in the news re their shareholding in Amazon. It's not really news as the fact that they hold shares in it was clearly stated in their 2017 accounts. Also shown was Alphabet Inc which we know as Google. Those accounts also mention that amongst their engagements (where they engage with the companies they have shares in to try to get them to be more reponsible on areas such as the environment) last year they started an engagement on corporate tax. It's a 3 year project. It doesn't do into detail but I think that's where they are trying to get companies such as Amazon to be more responsible with their corporate taxes.
squiggle posted:Good morning everyone, a mix of clouds and a tiny bit of blue sky this morning, quite a stiff breeze. I'm keeping a close eye on it EL, still coughing and my grandson is also still coughing and he's had it 3 weeks now. Time will tell, this is a bug with teeth.
Enjoy your day everyone
Take care and go back to your GP if the antibiotics donât shift it.
El Loro posted:Yogi, Philip Barry wrote the theatre play The Philaddelphia Story specifically for Katherine Hepburn to star in. She also financed the staging of the play, taking a share of the profits instead of a salary. Howard Hughes bought the film rights as a gift for her and then have them to her, She sold the rights to Louis B Mayer but with the provision that she had a right of veto over producer, director, screenwriter, and cast. Besides being an outstanding actress she was a shrewd businesswoman.
The play was adapted into the musical High Society years later by John Patrick as screenwriter for the film and Cole Porter for the songs. That was in 1956.
Years later that film was adapted back into a stage musical by Arthur Kopt (the writing) and the music used the music and songs from the film but was adapted by Susan Birkenhead.
So you've seen all three versions
Yes, I have.
Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros
Hug for any night owls
Yogi19 posted:squiggle posted:Good morning everyone, a mix of clouds and a tiny bit of blue sky this morning, quite a stiff breeze. I'm keeping a close eye on it EL, still coughing and my grandson is also still coughing and he's had it 3 weeks now. Time will tell, this is a bug with teeth.
Enjoy your day everyone
Take care and go back to your GP if the antibiotics donât shift it.
yes take care
Yogi19 posted:Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros
Hug for any night owls
night yogi summer if you pop in
There's a BBC documentary this evening called "King Arthur's Britain: The Truth Unearthed". This is the description in the Radio Times:
Despite the title, this involving new documentary doesnât focus that heavily on a certain Mr Pendragon and his knights of the round table, instead delving into the murky historical period that Arthurian legends first sprang from â the Dark Ages.
Beginning at around 410BC following the departure of the Romans, this 200-year period famously saw British society and the economy collapse while bands of overseas invaders put the local Britons through hell (stylishly re-created using animation here), all while the written word nearly died out.
But how true is that interpretation? Professor Alice Roberts isnât so sure, describing the Dark Ages as âone of the most mysterious and misunderstood periods in British historyâ â and as she uses the latest archaeological techniques to uncover new secrets, some fresh light is cast on the old stories.
That's a very bad mistake by the Radio Times. Of course it should read 410 AD.
Good morning sunny and pleasant here, perfect for walking.. 
i hope you all have lovely weather too
squiggle how are you today?
that historical show sounds interesting El 
Good morning everyone, again very cloudy with a bit of a breeze today. Better than I was thanks Summer, 2 more antibiotics to go, I am very hopeful that they have managed to knock it on the head but I will closely monitor the situation in case it shows signs of returning. It's certainly been the most frightening bug I've ever had.
Enjoy your day everyone
Good morning everyone.
Heavy rain overnight, followed by sunshine this morning and now dark clouds looming.
Squiggle, if you donât feel much better once the antibiotics are finished, be sure to go back to your doctor
El, I will record that programme.
Have a good day, everyone.
This BBC clip posted today is cute but unsuitable for Baz or Eminem:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/...nd-suffolk-45539793/
Meet Mike the magpie and Boo the whippet:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/...lancashire-45536348/
Popping in to say goodnight, we all had a brilliant walk today and this evening took my mum out for tea, the weekends go by too fast.
Squiggle, Iâm glad youâre on the mend, long may it continue a good strong vitamin tonic wouldnât do any harm now xx
squiggle posted:Good morning everyone, again very cloudy with a bit of a breeze today. Better than I was thanks Summer, 2 more antibiotics to go, I am very hopeful that they have managed to knock it on the head but I will closely monitor the situation in case it shows signs of returning. It's certainly been the most frightening bug I've ever had.
Enjoy your day everyone
glad you are feeling better squiggle
night summer yogi and everybody
Good morning everyone
Cloudy here and rained overnight.
Squiggle,I hope you and your grandson are continuing to get better
The two best known contestants in the 2016/17 University Challenge series were Eric Monkman and Bobby Seagull. Although neither of their teams won the final they both showed formidable knowledge of just about anything. They've made a short 4 episode series starting on BBC2 tonight called "Monkman & Seagull's Genius Guide to Britain" They tour around the country (tonight England) in search of hidden gems of British scientific and technological ingenuity.
I hope everyone has a good day
Good morning all
Weather is dry and cloudy.
El, I remember Eric from OU.
Have a good day, all
Good morning everyone, lots of pale grey cloud but an improvement on the mist we had last night. Thank you EL, we are both coughing less so I'm hoping we're on the mend.
Enjoy your day everyone
The first "cheesegrater" to be sent into space is now in orbit around the Earth:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-45523677
It's actually called NovaSAR but unofficially the cheesegrater due to its appearance.
Isnât the moon made of cheese..? ðĪ Iâve seen Wallace & Gromit!
afternoon all a lovely morning here but now dark & overcast here.
I hope youâre all having a good day and the storm doesnât cause you any bother
Summer, we wait to see if Wallace and Gromit will use that cheesegrater to get some cheese off the moon
Although there's a warning here for strong winds tonight and tomorrow, the maximum gust is forecast at 44 mph so I'm not expecting to be particularly affected. It's more likely to be exposed areas and higher up areas affected.
squiggle posted:Good morning everyone, lots of pale grey cloud but an improvement on the mist we had last night. Thank you EL, we are both coughing less so I'm hoping we're on the mend.
Enjoy your day everyone
Glad to hear it.
~Sweet Summer Holidays~ posted:Isnât the moon made of cheese..? ðĪ Iâve seen Wallace & Gromit!
afternoon all
I hope youâre all having a good day and the storm doesnât cause you any bother
I love Wallace and Gromit
Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros.
Hug for any night owls
By the way, the notification emails of liked replies etc issue has returned for me. Although I have told Social Strata they have said that this may never get resolved. It's to do with the mail server this forum uses and the problems lies elsewhere so it's difficult for Social Strata to be able to do much. This must be affecting other forum members but not everyone. At least the red online alerts are still working.
Good morning everyone, grey and windy this morning, quite a miserable morning.
Enjoy your day everyone
Squigg;e, sounds as it your weather is just like mine. I think the next few days are not great but it may then settle down.
Getting some printer cartridges - I ordered them yesterday and on the tracking site I can see that the driver is currently at the far end of my road so the package should arrive shortly.
Good morning sunny and very windy here! I was going to put my washing out but I now think itâs unwise!
How are you today Squiggle?
Been a rather chaotic day. I had tried arranging the annual service & MOT for my car at Bristol Street Motors in Cheltenham as in previous years only to be told that they were so busy they can't take on any work until 17 October. Clearly they've got problems there. So I rang a local place and I'll get it done next Thursday.
And the huge client sent me some spreadsheets. I won't go into detail as it wouldn't interest anyone but there's quite a lot of extra work I will have to do as a result.
