🦉🦉🦉🦉 hoot hoot!!! Where has the day gone?! 😲
Its been steadily busy here, and I've managed to take all the Halloween decorations down too. Then caught up with my cousin on the phone tonight and before I know it... bedtime again 
thanks for info El, I'm interested in Howard's End too 👍 I'm a big Hayley Atwell fan 
Yogi I hope Keira is looking & smelling lovely now ☺️ I'm glad she's doing well and is bathable once more 👏
i hope you've all had a lovely day, sweet dreams 
Good morning everyone 
Fairish weather here.
One of those companies who makes cold calls to people about surveys has been caught and fined:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41844033
As you may have realised, the results of the surveys are used to pinpoint people to target with other calls such as PPI and they use call centres in India, The Philippines, and North America,
So those calls from people who sound Chinese could be from The Philippines.
I hope everyone has a good day
Good morning everyone, not such a nice morning as yesterday very overcast. I'm glad you were able to give Keira a bath Yogi and she had a sleep after, she must feel good now after all she's been through.
Enjoy your day everyone
Good morning everyone.
Weather is dry with grey skies.
Squiggle, Keira is looking a lot brighter these days, and now she smells nicer too.
Summer, I’m sorry I keep missing you on here
El, it’s about time those companies got fined.
Have a good day everyone.
El Loro posted:Yogi, there's a change in the law which comes in from May 2018 which means that those cold calling companies can get fined substantially more than they can at present. The greater of 20 million euros or 4% of the company's gross sales for the previous year.
That’s good to hear.
Katie Melua's version of Sting's Fields of Gold is the official Children in Need single this year and has been released today. Field of Golds was one of Terry Wogan's favourite songs and this was selected as a tribute to him.
Official video on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPvFxbnPr1Q
The track is available on iTunes for 99p and at least 54p of each download will go to Children in Need.
Her version is beautiful and I hope millions of people download it.
El Loro posted:Another piece of classical musical which has been trivialised in a recent advert (can't remember what for), the Dies Irae from Verdi's Requiem. Considering that the subject matter is as serious as it can be, using it is a bit questionable IMO.
I think it’s an advert for the Peugeot 407.
Yogi, I don't think that's the one I'm thinking of. There was a Peugeot 407 ad which used that music but that was years ago: It's an ad I've seen in the last few days for something (such is the power of advertising that I can remember the music but not what the product was 
)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26NtbsngDyY
Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros and Summer
Sorry I missed you all y’day, hectic day and bramble was distressed at the fireworks- she even tried to jump in the bath with me! Needless to say, I ended my bath swiftly
happy weekend! Good morning 👋 🤗 I hope you all slept well and will have a lovely day today 
Good morning everyone.
After heavy rain during the night, it is now dry.
Poor Bramble, fireworks are very scary for some dogs.
Keira isn’t phased by then nowadays and often sleeps through the whizzing and banging.
Have a good day everyone.
Good morning everyone
Weather here has been similar to Yogi's heavy rain, but dry at present though very cloudy and there could be some more rain.
Likely to be a lot more individual firework displays locally than recent years as the council pulled the plug on the major event at the docks this time. The effect of the noise of fireworks on birds is a lot worse than for dogs.
I hope everyone has a good day
~Sweet Sequins & Sparkles~ posted:Sorry I missed you all y’day, hectic day
happy weekend! Good morning 👋 🤗 I hope you all slept well and will have a lovely day today
Awww poor Bramble 
Yogi19 posted:Good morning everyone.
After heavy rain during the night, it is now dry.
Poor Bramble, fireworks are very scary for some dogs.
Keira isn’t phased by then nowadays and often sleeps through the whizzing and banging.
Have a good day everyone.
Well done to Keira 
Brave lady
Moonie posted:‘Good’ morning everyone
The weather is cold, wet and windy. That’s enough about the start to the day here
I think I shall go into ‘hibernation mode’
I hope everyone has a great weekend
I don’t blame you
El Loro posted:Good morning everyone
Weather here has been similar to Yogi's heavy rain, but dry at present though very cloudy and there could be some more rain.
Likely to be a lot more individual firework displays locally than recent years as the council pulled the plug on the major event at the docks this time. The effect of the noise of fireworks on birds is a lot worse than for dogs.
I hope everyone has a good day
Poor birds
Good morning everyone, a bright and breezy morning here with quite a lot of blue sky. I hope poor Bramble is feeling better, I think we're probably in for a few nights the same though. Before we moved there used to be awful fireworks sounding like mortar shells, for several weeks, that was hard to live with.
Enjoy your day everyone
Another fatal crash on the A417 near Gloucester on the stretch of road which is a single carriageway:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-e...cestershire-41856381
Same stretch of road that I've mentioned before. Although there has been persistent campaigning to get something done by MPs and local councillors, Highways England say they won't start work until 2025.
El Loro posted:Another fatal crash on the A417 near Gloucester on the stretch of road which is a single carriageway:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-e...cestershire-41856381
Same stretch of road that I've mentioned before. Although there has been persistent campaigning to get something done by MPs and local councillors, Highways England say they won't start work until 2025.
My brother rang me first thing to ask if I had just rung him as my number appeared on his phone caller display. I said I hadn't and said that it could have been a cold caller using spoofing technology to look at numbers stored on his phone and to make that number appear on his display. I suggested he ring 1471 which he did and it turned out to be a different number, probably one of those which if you rang there would be no number recognised. The caller, probably a scammer, would have been trying to get at those people who only answer the phone if they recognise the number. Whoever rang my brother didn't say anything though that would have been because of ringing lots of numbers at the same time and it's just chance as to which of them gets answered.
The mystery of "Sue X" resolved:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-e...oxfordshire-41862525
Although the sporting headlines today may be about giantkillers Mansfield beating Cheltenham in the FA Cup this afternoon, Mansfield are effectively 14 places below Cheltenham. Mansfield were playing away at Cheltenham and their recent away performance had been 5 straight wins. So not a complete surprise.
I had a chap at my door at teatime, asking me to take part in a survey. He showed me a laminated card with his photograph and Christian name but no details of who was commissioning the survey. He was very persistent however I was very polite but firm in refusing.
We had a visit from middle son, followed by a visit from eldest son, DiL and the tiddlers. I now have BB’s first scribbles masterpiece on my fridge freezer and PB’s “clock” which she drew and cut out.
Off to see if I can find the Strictly spoiler.
Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros.
Night 🦉 hug for Summer
Yogi19 posted:Off to see if I can find the Strictly spoiler.
Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros.
Night 🦉 hug for Summer
Rocking Ros posted:Yogi19 posted:Off to see if I can find the Strictly spoiler.
Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros.
Night 🦉 hug for Summer
Not expecting that.
Good morning everyone.
I don’t seem to have adjusted to the clocks going back yet and keep waking up between 6-7am.
Weather is dry and a little misty/very low cloud atm.
No plans for today, I’m hoping for a quiet Sunday.
Have a good day, everyone.
Good morning everyone
Quite sunny here.
Yogi, that could have been a doorsteo scam so you were sensible not to participate. I would think that the legitimate surveyers would make it clear from the beginning who they represented. The only one I've had was the radio listeners one where the man had proper ID and said who he represented at the start.
I hope yout body clock readjusts soon, mine has
I hope everyone has a good day
Good morning everyone, a really stiff breeze has sprung up and it's making it feel quite cold, there's a bit of blue sky but you couldn't really call it a pleasant morning. I hope you all have better weather than me and can enjoy your Sunday, whatever you're up to.
We're having a sleepover so 2 lively children will be creating havoc anytime now
Enjoy your day everyone
El Loro posted:Good morning everyone
Quite sunny here.
Yogi, that could have been a doorsteo scam so you were sensible not to participate. I would think that the legitimate surveyers would make it clear from the beginning who they represented. The only one I've had was the radio listeners one where the man had proper ID and said who he represented at the start.
I hope yout body clock readjusts soon, mine has
I hope everyone has a good day
He was foreign (which may or may not be significant) and it’s possible, in his desperation to get me to participate, he simply forgot to mention which organisation had commissioned the survey but, I wasn’t taking any chances.
Fingers crossed my body clock catches us quickly
squiggle posted:Good morning everyone, a really stiff breeze has sprung up and it's making it feel quite cold, there's a bit of blue sky but you couldn't really call it a pleasant morning. I hope you all have better weather than me and can enjoy your Sunday, whatever you're up to.
We're having a sleepover so 2 lively children will be creating havoc anytime now
Enjoy your day everyone
I hope you have a wonderful time with the little ones
Good morning a bright & crisp day here, absolutely lovely. I’m visiting family & friends in Suffolk! I drive down here yesterday.
squiggle I hope you have a great time with the children
yogi- OMG strictly!
Squiggle, I don't know if you ever watch Pointless but if not you should watch the first round of yesterday's
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/...series-10-33-special
