As of yesterday afternoon, all Freeview televisions can receive the Talking Pictures channel (channel 81). Until now it had only been possible on newer sets. That also applies to older recorders.
That may be of interest to older people who used to go the the cinema in the 40s and 50s on a regular basis so let them know and offer to help them retune if they don't know how to.
El Loro posted:That's sad Yogi but best not to think about it too much
I know it’s nature and the sparrowhawk needs to eat but not nice to witness.
I’ll try to put it out of my head.
Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros 
Night owl hug for Summer
Yogi19 posted:El Loro posted:Although the wren was shown on farthings because it was thought at the time thay they were the smallest British birds, there are smaller ones such as the goldcrest,
On the bird theme, I witnessed something sad today.
I was in the kitchen and heard high pitched screeching. In my garden, a sparrow hawk had caught a starling and killed it, before flying off with it.
hate it when our cat gets a bird -if we are home we can usually save it-sad yogi
night yogihug for summer if you pop in
Good morning everyone 
100% cloud cover here but slightly warmer outside. Some rain is forecast.
Brief power cut as I was getting up. It came back on but it set off an alarm possibly at a localish car showroom which had been going from time to time since.
I hope everyone has a good day
Rocking Ros posted:Yogi19 posted:El Loro posted:Although the wren was shown on farthings because it was thought at the time thay they were the smallest British birds, there are smaller ones such as the goldcrest,
On the bird theme, I witnessed something sad today.
I was in the kitchen and heard high pitched screeching. In my garden, a sparrow hawk had caught a starling and killed it, before flying off with it.
Nature is wonderful but (to us) it can, at times, seem cruel.
Good morning everyone.
It looks pretty damp, weather wise.
El, I hope that alarm stops ringing soon and you have no more problems with your power.
How are you feeling today, are you back to normal yet?
Moonie’s card writing has spurred me on and I’m going to make a start on mine this weekend.
Have a good day everyone
Good morning everyone, we have almost complete cloud cover, just a hint of blue, and as you say EL, it is a little warmer.
Enjoy your day everyone
Yogi, I've been out doing some routine shopping, that alarm has stopped which is what I thought as the showroom would have opened by now. Getting better, it's more the aftereffects, I shouldn't be contagious now.
The power cut affected the city centre due to an underground cable fault with over 11,000 properties affected. I'm on the outskirts so I assume that why my powercut was a few minutes - it happened at about 7 so I think many of the neighbours wouldn't have known about it. Most users were reconnected fairly quickly, but 150 properties didn't get power back until between 8.30 and 9.
By the way, with Talking Pictures channel being moved to a different Freeview multiplex, that would affect all Freeview sets which had been able to get it. Unless your set etc is set to autoretune, if you had been getting TP, you do need to retunr otherwise you'll won't be getting it.
A BBCA-Z of animal/bird/insect terms used in business. Some are better known thatn others:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/reso...t-sh/business_beasts
It's one of those where you scroll down to get to the next screen, and there are appropriate pictures along with the text.
Can you pass the UK citizenship test:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-42202080/
Although I got them right, one of them was a guess.
Yogi19 posted:Good morning everyone.
It looks pretty damp, weather wise.
El, I hope that alarm stops ringing soon and you have no more problems with your power.
How are you feeling today, are you back to normal yet?
Moonie’s card writing has spurred me on and I’m going to make a start on mine this weekend.
Have a good day everyone
I do have a good effect on some people sometimes Yogi 
El Loro posted:Can you pass the UK citizenship test:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-42202080/Although I got them right, one of them was a guess.
I got them all right.
I also passed the lengthy one that was on MSN 
Moonie posted:Yogi19 posted:Good morning everyone.
It looks pretty damp, weather wise.
El, I hope that alarm stops ringing soon and you have no more problems with your power.
How are you feeling today, are you back to normal yet?
Moonie’s card writing has spurred me on and I’m going to make a start on mine this weekend.
Have a good day everyone
I do have a good effect on some people sometimes Yogi
Indeed you do
Goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie and Ros
Night owl hug for Summer
night yogi moons summer if you pop in
Good evening I hope you’ve all had a lovely day mines been busy at work, followed by the staff Xmas party. I’ve survived it well and am tucked up in bed now 
El I hope you are feeling better
Good morning everyone
Very cloudy here, it may brighten up later on. Hopefully less damp than yesterday which was a bit wet much of the day.
Milder than recently. Forecast at present is for it to be fairly mild until Thursday, then from Friday onwards turning cold, possibly for a very very long time.
I hope eveyone has a good day
Good morning everyone
Weather is dry, atm.
El, I’m quite glad the weather will be cold for a while, as my waterlogged back lawn developed a black slime - caused by being too wet - and lots of frost is said to be the cure.
Summer, I hope you had a great time at your Christmas night out.
Have a good day, everyone.
Yogi19 posted:Moonie posted:Yogi19 posted:Good morning everyone.
It looks pretty damp, weather wise.
El, I hope that alarm stops ringing soon and you have no more problems with your power.
How are you feeling today, are you back to normal yet?
Moonie’s card writing has spurred me on and I’m going to make a start on mine this weekend.
Have a good day everyone
I do have a good effect on some people sometimes Yogi
Indeed you do
Awwww fankoo, you are so kind
~Sweet Sequins & Sparkles~ posted:Good evening
El I hope you are feeling better
Sweet, glad you enjoyed your Christmas party and made it home safely
Good morning everyone, another cloudy morning and we had rain overnight. That sounds very unpleasant Yogi, does your garden have a lot of clay? I hope the frost will clear it but it sounds as if it needs more drainage, ie spiking with a garden fork.
Enjoy your day everyone
squiggle posted:Good morning everyone, another cloudy morning and we had rain overnight. That sounds very unpleasant Yogi, does your garden have a lot of clay? I hope the frost will clear it but it sounds as if it needs more drainage, ie spiking with a garden fork.
Enjoy your day everyone
Hi Squiggle. That’s exactly what is needed and middle son has offered to do it for me.
When eldest son built the lovely sleeper wall at the edge of the lawn, we didn’t take into consideration that it would impact somewhat on drainage - the water used to run off onto the patio but now stays on the lawn.
Moonie posted:Good morning everyone
About the same here as yesterday, cold and damp though not so windy
Yogi, your lawn sounds like something out of one of those old horror films. The Black Slime
Lets hope it gets back to normal soon
Hi to El and squiggle
Have a lovely Sunday Buddies
As long as there are no swamp monsters in there!!
Yogi19 posted:squiggle posted:Good morning everyone, another cloudy morning and we had rain overnight. That sounds very unpleasant Yogi, does your garden have a lot of clay? I hope the frost will clear it but it sounds as if it needs more drainage, ie spiking with a garden fork.
Enjoy your day everyone
Hi Squiggle.
When eldest son built the lovely sleeper wall at the edge of the lawn, we didn’t take into consideration that it would impact somewhat on drainage - the water used to run off onto the patio but now stays on the lawn.
Moonie posted:Good morning everyone
About the same here as yesterday, cold and damp though not so windy
Yogi, your lawn sounds like something out of one of those old horror films. The Black Slime
Lets hope it gets back to normal soon
Hi to El and squiggle
Have a lovely Sunday Buddies
They wouldn’t dare invade your garden Yogi. PB would there defending house and family honour in a flash 
Moonie posted:Well done El for digging those masterpieces out
Some might not thank me for finding them
If I were to nominate one film which has a title reminiscent of a horror film which is a genuine masterpiece of international film making it would be the 1957 Japanese film called Throne of Blood outside Japan (the Japanese title means Spider Web Castle). Directed by Akira Kurosawa, it's based on Macbeth in the story outline but not text. Unless you are looking for a pure Shakespeare text to film version, it's the best Shakespeare film of all.
El Loro posted:Moonie posted:Well done El for digging those masterpieces out
Some might not thank me for finding them
If I were to nominate one film which has a title reminiscent of a horror film which is a genuine masterpiece of international film making it would be the 1957 Japanese film called Throne of Blood outside Japan (the Japanese title means Spider Web Castle). Directed by Akira Kurosawa, it's based on Macbeth in the story outline but not text. Unless you are looking for a pure Shakespeare text to film version, it's the best Shakespeare film of all.
You do have a point there El
Akira Kurosawa also directed The Seven Samurai which other films like The Magnificent Seven, to mention one, was based upon too
I thought The Seven Samurai was just superb
Moonie posted:El Loro posted:Moonie posted:Well done El for digging those masterpieces out
Some might not thank me for finding them
If I were to nominate one film which has a title reminiscent of a horror film which is a genuine masterpiece of international film making it would be the 1957 Japanese film called Throne of Blood outside Japan (the Japanese title means Spider Web Castle). Directed by Akira Kurosawa, it's based on Macbeth in the story outline but not text. Unless you are looking for a pure Shakespeare text to film version, it's the best Shakespeare film of all.
You do have a point there El
Akira Kurosawa also directed The Seven Samurai which other films like The Magnificent Seven, to mention one, was based upon too
I thought The Seven Samurai was just superb
And A Fistful of Dollars was sort of based on another one of Kurosawa's films Yojimbo
El Loro posted:Moonie posted:El Loro posted:Moonie posted:Well done El for digging those masterpieces out
Some might not thank me for finding them
If I were to nominate one film which has a title reminiscent of a horror film which is a genuine masterpiece of international film making it would be the 1957 Japanese film called Throne of Blood outside Japan (the Japanese title means Spider Web Castle). Directed by Akira Kurosawa, it's based on Macbeth in the story outline but not text. Unless you are looking for a pure Shakespeare text to film version, it's the best Shakespeare film of all.
You do have a point there El
Akira Kurosawa also directed The Seven Samurai which other films like The Magnificent Seven, to mention one, was based upon too
I thought The Seven Samurai was just superb
And A Fistful of Dollars was sort of based on another one of Kurosawa's films Yojimbo
Now that I didn’t know El
Moonie posted:Yogi19 posted:squiggle posted:Good morning everyone, another cloudy morning and we had rain overnight. That sounds very unpleasant Yogi, does your garden have a lot of clay? I hope the frost will clear it but it sounds as if it needs more drainage, ie spiking with a garden fork.
Enjoy your day everyone
Hi Squiggle.
When eldest son built the lovely sleeper wall at the edge of the lawn, we didn’t take into consideration that it would impact somewhat on drainage - the water used to run off onto the patio but now stays on the lawn.
Moonie posted:Good morning everyone
About the same here as yesterday, cold and damp though not so windy
Yogi, your lawn sounds like something out of one of those old horror films. The Black Slime
Lets hope it gets back to normal soon
Hi to El and squiggle
Have a lovely Sunday Buddies
They wouldn’t dare invade your garden Yogi. PB would there defending house and family honour in a flash
Yes, and BB helping her.
Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros
Night owl hug for Summer
night yogiand summer if you pop in
Good morning everyone
Weather is dry atm.
I think I need to invest in a new toaster. We have a four slice toaster but one side is burning the toast - even on the lowest setting, it is failing to pop up. I’ve had the window and back door opened for a while but my kitchen still smells of cremated toast.
I’m assembling my Christmas tree today but I’m letting the grandchildren decorate it tomorrow.
Have a good day everyone.
