Oh I'm missing it yogi I'll get it on catch up later  

I'm kicking myself now, it's her actual birthday! 

~Sweetie Pie~ posted:

Oh I'm missing it yogi I'll get it on catch up later  

It's worth watching, there are lots of home movies, and current family members commenting on them.

Aw I bet it's really sweet I love how the younger royals look up to her, and are very affectionate when speaking about her 

~Sweetie Pie~ posted:

Aw I bet it's really sweet I love how the younger royals look up to her, and are very affectionate when speaking about her 

 They love their granny - as all children should.

When youngest son tells me I'm as soft as butter with PB, I tell him it's because I want her to have nothing but happy memories of her times with granny.

You can be as soft as you wish with your grandchildren yogi, it's her parents job to be the firm ones  

~Sweetie Pie~ posted:

You can be as soft as you wish with your grandchildren yogi, it's her parents job to be the firm ones  

 That's what I've told the three boys. 

I once saw a granny with two young grandchildren in Dobbies garden centre. She did nothing but moan at them and tick them off the whole way round the shop, and I swore I would never be a grumpy granny like her with my grandchildren.

Makes you wonder why she has them if that's how she's going to be. 

One thing I loved about my Gran was that she took the time to explain things to us, so if we stepped out of line we knew how and why, and what to do to correct it. She was strict, but fair and lovely at the same time. 

I think you sound like a kind & very fun granny, and I bet you'll be the same with all your future grandchildren too 

~Sweetie Pie~ posted:

Makes you wonder why she has them if that's how she's going to be. 

One thing I loved about my Gran was that she took the time to explain things to us, so if we stepped out of line we knew how and why, and what to do to correct it. She was strict, but fair and lovely at the same time. 

I think you sound like a kind & very fun granny, and I bet you'll be the same with all your future grandchildren too 

I bet the poor little souls' hearts sank when they heard she was taking them for the day!

Sounds like your gran got the balance right.

Fun and fair is the way to be.

velvet donkey posted:

Yogi19 posted:

~Sweetie Pie~ posted:

You can be as soft as you wish with your grandchildren yogi, it's her parents job to be the firm ones  

 That's what I've told the three boys. 

 

I once saw a granny with two young grandchildren in Dobbies garden centre. She did nothing but moan at them and tick them off the whole way round the shop, and I swore I would never be a grumpy granny like her with my grandchildren.

Life's too short Yogi. You are doing a great job and you're doing it right  

Thanks Velvet, I really appreciate you saying that.

velvet donkey posted:

Yogi19 posted:

velvet donkey posted:

Yogi19 posted:

~Sweetie Pie~ posted:

You can be as soft as you wish with your grandchildren yogi, it's her parents job to be the firm ones  

 That's what I've told the three boys. 

 

I once saw a granny with two young grandchildren in Dobbies garden centre. She did nothing but moan at them and tick them off the whole way round the shop, and I swore I would never be a grumpy granny like her with my grandchildren.

Life's too short Yogi. You are doing a great job and you're doing it right  

Thanks Velvet, I really appreciate you saying that.

The older you get the more you know it's about love    

 Very true.

I'm going to get off and read for a little while. 

Goodnight and sweet dreams Velvet and Summer.

Night owl hug for Ros and a hope-you-are-back-soon hug for Moonie.

That's beautiful velvet  

I'm going to take that thought with me to bed, thank you. 

Sweet dreams you two  

leaving goodnight hugs for Ros and for moonie, we miss you  

night lovely yogi summer and moons and moons -hope to see you soon

Good morning everyone

Cloudy here. Some rain forecast later today.

BBC isn't making another series of Dickensian
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36101651

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning everyone.

Weather is dry and sunny.

That's a shame about Dickensian, El. I thought it was quite popular.

PB day today, so I better go and get organised.

Have a good day everyone.

Yogi, I hope you have a good day with PB

Apparently the ratings for Dickensian had dropped from 5 million to 2 million so BBC cancelled it. I wonder if Channel 4 might pick it up as a 2 million viewers is higher than their Indian Summers series for instance,

Good morning everyone, rainy here but I can see all the plants trees and grass lapping it up so it's all good.

I hope you have a great day with PB Yogi, I think you're right about having fun with grandparents and also learning a few life lessons too.  I think our main advantage is that we have time and know that listening to children is very important.

Enjoy your day everyone

I've been running the monthly payroll for a client. It took a lot longer than normal. Firstly, as it was the first month of the new tax year, I had to "migrate" the standing data from the previous tax year. It was more complicated than normal as the employment allowance ceased to be available from April where the employer is a company with one director and no other employees. A couple of months ago I rang the payroll software people to as how to do this as I knew that a EPS form would have to be transmitted to HMRC electronically to notify them that the allowance had ceased. I was told that this would be done as part of the migration process.

When I ran the migration process I got a screen advising us of this change, I carried on and then got an error message - error number 5 with a message which meant little to me. I opened the current year's payroll and could see that the company was there so that I knew that it had been migrated. At the same time I got a message asking if I wanted to clear the flag re the employment allowance - Yes/No.

So I rang the payroll company. They said that the error message was in relation to the previous year so could be ignored. I was to click Yes as far as the flag message was concerned and on the following screen where it said Do I want to send an EPS to click No. I assumed that this would mean that rather than the EPS being sent immediately it would be sent when I ran the payroll for April.

So I then ran the payroll. Although I got confirmation that the ordinary monthly FPS had been sent, the EPS didn't appear to have. I had a look in the XML directory for the sofrware on my computer and could see that it had been created but not sent. So I rang the payroll people again. It took them about 10 minutes to sort it out (I gave them access to my computer for this). Clearly the instructions I was given earlier this morning were wrong and I wonder just how many other similar companies using this software will discover in months to come that they are wrongly getting the allowance though thought that they had notified HMRC.

In today's bulletin from the AccountingWeb site I saw an item about this Employment Allowance and asking what needed to be done in terms of notifying HMRC about it no longer being available to one director only companies. So I've posted my last comment above there. I should explain that the employment allowance claim is automatically carried forward each tax year unless you tell the HMRC otherwise. I think many similar companies are going to get caught over the next few months.

Good afternoon I'm just waiting to pick up my car, I'm pleased that it has passed its MOT  

el, you make me very glad that I pay my accountant to run payroll for me, they're worth every penny if it means saving me the stress of dealing with complications like that I very much hope that your feedback will help the error be corrected and that other companies might be saved the trouble! 

Yogi go I hope you are having a wonderdul

pb day

Thank you Summer and congratulations to your car passing its MOT

Just been out and got my hair cut - does  the statutory twirl

On the way there when I got to the main road I waited for cars to go past, A van came behind me and honked at me to drive on. I didn't for the simple reason that I could see a cyclist just coming up on the main road. Once the cyclist had passed I moved on.

The question is would you:
do what I did and wait
or do what the van driver wanted me to do which was to hit the cyclist so that the van could move on, presumably over the cyclist.

Salvador Dali's "slave market with the disappearing bust of Voltaire":

There's a BBC article today about how this painting has helped scientists work out how our brains communicate. Some people see something different in the painting from other people.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-s...lasgow-west-36105245

Note that the above image is a censored version of the painting which the BBC has used. The complete image can be seen on the following link. It's better quality than the above and is unlikely to offend any of you.
https://salvadordomingofeliped...-voltaire-194011.jpg

Velvet, thanks and I hope you have a good weekend as well

squiggle posted:

Good morning everyone, rainy here but I can see all the plants trees and grass lapping it up so it's all good.

 

I hope you have a great day with PB Yogi, I think you're right about having fun with grandparents and also learning a few life lessons too.  I think our main advantage is that we have time and know that listening to children is very important.

 

Enjoy your day everyone

On the button, Squiggle.

El Loro posted:

Just been out and got my hair cut - does  the statutory twirl

 

On the way there when I got to the main road I waited for cars to go past, A van came behind me and honked at me to drive on. I didn't for the simple reason that I could see a cyclist just coming up on the main road. Once the cyclist had passed I moved on.

 

The question is would you:
do what I did and wait
or do what the van driver wanted me to do which was to hit the cyclist so that the van could move on, presumably over the cyclist.

Lovely twirl, El.

I would have done the same as you and waited till the cyclist had passed. 

Summer, I'm so pleased your car passed its MOT.

Velvet, I hope you have a good weekend too.

I've had a great day with PB and got a visit from BB too.

Goodnight and sweet dreams everyone.

Hugs for the night owls.

night yogi and summer if you pop in

Fankoo Ros sweet dreams  

it was my intention to be here earlier but I have been asleep on the sofa I had a mug of hot chocolate after my dinner and that was it lol 

a friend recently gave me a sofa because she's moving in with her boyfriend.. It's ridiculously comfy and squishy, and will no doubt be the host of many, many snoozes for me Bramble has chosen to stay downstairs on it tonight 

yogi I'm glad you've had a lovely day it's always a pleasure to hear how the little ones are getting on 

velvet, well said, I hope Moonie is soon back with us too  

goodnight all

Good morning everyone

Sunny here today

Yogi, I'm glad you had a great day with PB and a visit from BB

Summer, that squishy sofa does sound very very comfortable

I hope Skylark and Moonie are back with us soon

Good morning everyone.

Happy St George's Day!

ATM, the weather is dry and bright.

Summer, that sofa sounds very comfortable.

I've got a busy day ahead but I'll pop in later.

Have a good day everyone.

Good morning everyone, a lovely morning, blue sky, blue sea, birds singing, great start to the weekend.   I have just seen a pair of bullfinches, male and female so I think they are scoping out a nesting site.  I think they nested here last year.  Such breathtakingly beautiful birds.

Summer I think we all have sofa envy now, very squishy and very comfy sounds perfect   Goodness EL that payroll stuff sounds very complex, I wouldn't know where to start.

Well said Yogi, happy St. George's Day to everyone, I am glad you now have two bundles of joy to bless your day.

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning sun shining and a cold air here, but it's bright and cheerful  

squiggle, your post is lovely to read 

Happy St Georges Day to you as well.

One of the stories about St George and the dragon:
http://www.storynory.com/2008/...orge-and-the-dragon/
There are similarities between that and the Greek legend of Perseus rescuing Andromeda (such as in the film Clash of the Titans  the original version,  I haven't seen the more recent version and don't know if it includes that),

Morning Buddies

Just popping in to say 'hello'

I am still alive and kicking but still not feeling that good tbh. I shall return 'proper' when I feel better

I am however keeping up with the Chronicles of PB and BB

Sweet, glad to see you are finally getting into your new place and sorting it out

Have a super weekend peeps. See you again soon

Moonie, nice to hear from you and I hope you feel better very soon

velvet donkey posted:

Moonie posted:

Morning Buddies

Just popping in to say 'hello'

I am still alive and kicking but still not feeling that good tbh. I shall return 'proper' when I feel better

 

I am however keeping up with the Chronicles of PB and BB

Sweet, glad to see you are finally getting into your new place and sorting it out

 

Have a super weekend peeps. See you again soon

I hope you feel better soon Moons   

And so say all of us

A nice story following Cheltenham being promoted last Saturday. The manager of Forest Green has sent a bottle of champagne to Cheltenham's manager to congratulate him. The Cheltenham manager has wished the Forest Green manager well for the play offs.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36103717

Cheltenham won again today and Forest Green lost leaving Cheltenham 12 points ahead of Forest Green. If Cheltenham win their last match next Saturday they'll break the 100 point barrier with 101 points. Forest Green haven't had a good run of matches having lost their last 2 matches and drawn the previous 5 so 2 points from 7 matches compared to Cheltenham's 15 points,

Gloucester City (in the league below Cheltenham) won their match which ensures their survival in that league.