Not the sort of thing one wants or expects in Cheltenham centre this morning
https://www.gloucestershire.po...entre/#5ad1e15a3cb73

I didn't see any of this as I had finished my shopping by then. There was some trouble last November when the two sides met at Nailsworth though nothing at the match itself, rather in town,

I wonder if any of you remember this road safety ad from just over 50 years ago:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/u...-birmingham-43754427
I do

The BBC1 lunchtime series of Shakespeare & Hathaway will be returning for a second series early next year. The first series was the BBC's biggest lunchtime success since Father Brown.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacent...espeare-and-hathaway

Evening all.

Unfortunately, we didn’t get any sun but it was mild.

I don’t know how I missed that Shakespeare &Hathaway programme, El.

Shame about the football supporters fighting 

*night owls* 🦉 

oh yogi im sending you some sunshine ☀️ in a jar! It’s not fair ours didn’t last long but kept trying throughout the day, it’s gone from 4 to 15 degrees in a day  

I’m turning in early tonight because i’m walking all day tomorrow, sweet dreams and have a lovely Sunday everyone  

Thank you for the sunshine in a jar 

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Summer and Ros

Hugs for any other night owls 

Yogi19 posted:

Thank you for the sunshine in a jar 

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Summer and Ros

Hugs for any other night owls 

awww yogi been gorgeous here

night yogi and summer

Good morning everyone

Back to being cloudy here and some rain forecast during the day.

Summer, I hope you have a great walk today and that the weather is kind to you

Yogi, the series of Shakespeare & Hathaway is no longer on the BBC iplayer. I think it is almost certain that the BBC will repeat the series either towards the end of the year or in the early part of next year. That's what they have done with Father Brown and The Coroner which come from the same producers.

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning everyone, back to cold and grey again, it was nice while it lasted.  Still they promise us warmer temperatures toward the end of the week which would be very pleasant.  Enjoy your long walk today Summer.

Enjoy your day everyone 

Good morning everyone 

Squiggle, the weather here was lovely and sunny when I woke but it has clouded over. At least we has some sun, even if it was fleetingly.

El, I’ll keep a lookout for repeats of Shakespeare and Hathaway, as I love Father Brown and like The Coroner.

Summer, enjoy your long walk 

Have a good day, everyone.

I think tomorrow could be sunnier than today and Wednesday onwards is when it's expected to be the warmest part of the year so far.

Yogi, I think Shakespeare & Hathaway felt closer to Father Brown in nature (though without the Christian aspects) than The Coroner.

For anyone who likes P G Wodehouse, there's a two part radio version of one of his Jeeves/Wooster books starting this afternoon on Radio 4. The cast is far from routine for a radio drama.

A technology journalist turned her one bed apartment into a smart home for a couple of months. This is her account of her experiences which is far from positive.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43747421

El Loro posted:

A technology journalist turned her one bed apartment into a smart home for a couple of months. This is her account of her experiences which is far from positive.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43747421

Quite worrying

velvet donkey posted:

Evening Yogi   

 

Ukridge is my fave PG El. They are all genius though 

Evening Velvet  Hope you’ve had a good day

velvet donkey posted:

Yogi19 posted:

velvet donkey posted:

Evening Yogi   

 

Ukridge is my fave PG El. They are all genius though 

Evening Velvet  Hope you’ve had a good day

I have and likewise     

 

I'm off now Yogi but have a good one tomorra  

That’s good.

I’m off too. Goodnight and sweet dreams, Velvet, Moonie and Ros

Hugs for the night owls.

nigh yogi velvet moons summer if you pop in

Good morning everyone

Sunny here at present, forecast to become cloudier but generally dry, then on Wednesday forecast is for sun and warm.

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning everyone, a very pleasant sunny morning. I hope it is where you all are too.

Enjoy your day everyone 

El Loro posted:

I'm getting more and more of those fake failed delivery emails. Latest one comes from "frank@fedex.co.uk". So looks genuine at first sight though their site is fedex.com. Format of the email is the same as others with them wanting me to download a shipping label which is their way of infecting my computer.

 

The clue is that the web address which it goes to is the same as previous emails and that the tracking number is 20 digits long which is longer than the normal Fedex tracking number (12 or 14 digits).

I got in touch with Fedex this morning to confirm that they had no record of any delivery with that tracking number and advised me to forward the email to "abuse@fedex.com".

So I've done that. I've also warned them that the link in the email (which is the same as the one I mentioned at the end of March) could be a ransomware trap.

I've also provided them with the ip address of the originator of the email. Though it is likely that the scammer would have faked that but at least it gives Fedex a chance of finding them.

I got a rapid response from Fedex saying that they are investigating it.

British spacecraft making HD clips of the Earth's surface capable of views from an altitude of 505 km. That's sufficient to be able to show moving cars.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/scie...environment-43775440
The clip shows firstly planes moving on the ground, secondly of cars though that has to be viewed at full screen to be able to make them visible. There's a third section but I couldn't make out what was moving on my screen.

BBC news item about a probe being launched by NASA today to monitor the singing of stars. As each one differs it's possible to find out information about them. Starts at 21 minutes 50 seconds in
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/...news-at-one-16042018

It slightly reminded me of the sound whales make when singing:

And you may remember the film Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home which was the one where the sound of humpback whales helped save Earth from destruction by a probe by their sound. 

Rocking Ros posted:

nigh yogi velvet moons summer if you pop in

Good afternoon Buddies  

Hope you are all having a good day 

Weather not bad here if a little breezy...

Shopped a little, gardened a little, rested a lot 

The garden is looking better though 

Have a great evening everyone  

Good afternoon Moonie

Sounds as if you've had a reasonably productive day
As you say, it's a bit breezy and I think tomorrow will be windier though calming down by Wednesday,

Good evening apologies for not turning in yesterday, I was too tired after the walk, which went fabulous no aches or pains, thankfully

i hope you all had a lovely weekend :hope: 

Interesting article re the smart home.. I don’t think these “smart” everything’s can be good for our health, let alone security. 

The weather has much much improved here, at last, thankfully I spontaneously cut my grass tonight!!!!  

moonie i’m glad you’re resting well good to see you 

sweet dreams everyone  

night summermoons glad you are feeling better

Good morning everyone

Cloudy and breezy here. May get some rain later in the day.

Summer, I'm glad that you had a fabulous walk I wonder if at some point in the future the reliance on smart devices and impact on health will become an issue.

A BBC article from yesterday about there being an enzyme which digests the PET commonly used in plastic bottles and may be helpful to recyclers:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/scie...environment-43783631

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning everyone, I'm not really missing Velvet , cold and grey and wet again in my part of the world - they promise us blistering weather tomorrow - I got my grandson to bring down the fan and I'm waiting in anticipation but after this morning I have my doubts.

Enjoy your day everyone 

Velvet, I'm glad to be able to report back to you that Squiggle is not missing

Squiggle, although the weather is forecast to become sunnier and warmer, I'm not expecting it to be as warm here as the south east - looks as it may get up to 22 C here rather than the high 20s being mentioned in forecasts.

Good morning winter here again today I'm pleased I cut the grass last night. 

I’m also pleased that Squiggle isn’t missing  

did any of you watch The Durrells this weekend? I caught up last night and thoroughly enjoyed it 

Summer, I've recorded Sunday's episode of The Durrells but haven't watched it yet. I may watch it this evening. I enjoy the series

So which of you, Squiggle, Yogi, Summer and Ros, will be the first person to set foot of Mars
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/scie...environment-43724105

Good afternoon Buddies  

Cold wind and drizzle here. That’s the weather forecast for today  

Oh, I came across a strange thing at the start of this month. I tuned my calendar from what I thought would be March to April. Having only realised a few days ago the ‘missing’ month when I thought I had forgotten to change it 

So, January, February, March, March, May 

I thought my brain was having and ‘away day’ at first 

Have a great day everyone  

Moonie, though the weather today is more like March 17th
A few months ago I bought the next week's Radio Times and later discovered that the television listings from Saturday to Thursday were missing, just Friday's there. I was able to get a replacement copy easily enough.

Call the Midwife but gorilla-style:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/w...-us-canada-43789348/

El Loro posted:

So which of you, Squiggle, Yogi, Summer and Ros, will be the first person to set foot of Mars
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/scie...environment-43724105

I nominate yogi! 

Lol Moonie, where have you been during this “missing” month then!  

I’m turning in 😴 sweet dreams everyone 🤗😘

Good morning everyone

Cloudy here at present, forecast to become sunny and warm though low 20s rather than mid 20s.

I reckon Moonie is in a parallel universe to the rest of us where the month of April doesn't exist. He gets an extra day this month to us

I hope everyone has a good day

~Sweet Pancakes~ posted:

El Loro posted:

So which of you, Squiggle, Yogi, Summer and Ros, will be the first person to set foot of Mars
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/scie...environment-43724105

I nominate yogi! 

I wonder how Yogi will respond