BBC viewers photos sent in on the subject of winter walks:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-64567405
@El Loro posted:BBC viewers photos sent in on the subject of winter walks:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-64567405
Couple of nice pictures there EL 
The quizzical looking Robin is my favourite 
And the dog mid bounce 
Also liked the bridge in the park with the couple walking in the snow...shame about the wire fence to the right of the picture, I think that spoils it.
@slimfern posted:Couple of nice pictures there EL
The quizzical looking Robin is my favourite
And the dog mid bounce
Also liked the bridge in the park with the couple walking in the snow...shame about the wire fence to the right of the picture, I think that spoils it.
I liked those two too, Slim
@El Loro posted:BBC viewers photos sent in on the subject of winter walks:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-64567405
Afternoon El & Slim
I hope you are both having a nice Sunday . Some lovely photos there El. liked the Transylvania , Perthshire , and Icelandic ponies ones best âĶ.and I also quite liked the black and white swans one too .
@Baz posted:Afternoon El & Slim
Afternoon Baz
There was quite a mixture of photos there
@El Loro posted:BBC viewers photos sent in on the subject of winter walks:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-64567405
wow loved those EL -loved the Robin, stile, swans ,couple in the snow and the blackbird claw prints but tbh could have been a pigeon thankyou EL -all were stunning photos
night EL slim bazzy
Got emails this morning from British Gas to send them meter readings. I logged in to their website in the way I've done so in the past (in case the emails were a scam) but my electricity and gas accounts were also requesting meter readings.
Although I have smart meters there does seem to be a "connectivity issue" at British Gas's end in them getting smart meter readings at present which they say will get dealt with by them remotely "as soon as possible".
I wonder if it's connected with them changing my accounts from the old style to the present style which included a change by them of account numbers - that happened a few weeks ago so that seems quite likely.
@El Loro posted:Got emails this morning from British Gas to send them meter readings. I logged in to their website in the way I've done so in the past (in case the emails were a scam) but my electricity and gas accounts were also requesting meter readings.
Although I have smart meters there does seem to be a "connectivity issue" at British Gas's end in them getting smart meter readings at present which they say will get dealt with by them remotely "as soon as possible".
I wonder if it's connected with them changing my accounts from the old style to the present style which included a change by them of account numbers - that happened a few weeks ago so that seems quite likely.
You'd think that would be an easy enough task to do wouldn't you....but No! they always seem to muck it up somewhere along the line 
Hope you manage to get it sorted El
@slimfern posted:You'd think that would be an easy enough task to do wouldn't you....but No! they always seem to muck it up somewhere along the line
Hope you manage to get it sorted El
Thanks Slim I'm leaving it up to British Gas to sort out. Until they do I may have to send them my readings as in the days before smart meters. This isn't something which affects the energy supply and I pay by monthly direct debit rather than being on prepayment meters
For those who watch "Call the Midwife", the final episode of the current series 12 will be on Sunday 26th as next Sunday the BBC has got the BAFTAs film awards.
The 13th series had already been commissioned and the BBC has now commissioned series 14 and 15 so on screen until 2026 at least with the series moving into the 1970s.
@El Loro posted:Thanks Slim
At home I have a smart meter
Dad however doesn't, so readings are given by their automated phone system...easy enough to do ...not so easy to read the gas meter which is at the back of a kitchen cupboard almost on the floor...getting down is fine, getting back up can sometimes be a chore
@El Loro posted:For those who watch "Call the Midwife", the final episode of the current series 12 will be on Sunday 26th as next Sunday the BBC has got the BAFTAs film awards.
The 13th series had already been commissioned and the BBC has now commissioned series 14 and 15 so on screen until 2026 at least with the series moving into the 1970s.
I try to watch, but sometimes have to watch on iPlayer
Can't believe this series is almost over 
Thrilled that two more have been commissioned 
I won't be watching the BAFTAs...dislike those events, I think they are a waste of time and money. 
@slimfern posted:At home I have a smart meter
Dad however doesn't, so readings are given by their automated phone system...easy enough to do ...not so easy to read the gas meter which is at the back of a kitchen cupboard almost on the floor...getting down is fine, getting back up can sometimes be a chore
I have to crouch down to see to displays on my smart meters. First time I've looked at them since they were installed as in the old account system I could see them online. Looked up how to read them as one has to push buttons a number of times to get the screens showing the readings, rather different to the old meters which showed the readings without the need to press buttons
@slimfern posted:I try to watch, but sometimes have to watch on iPlayer
Can't believe this series is almost over
Thrilled that two more have been commissioned
I won't be watching the BAFTAs...dislike those events, I think they are a waste of time and money.
I record CTM episodes then watch them later, only just finished viewing the previous series
I don't watch things like the BAFTAs or the Oscars. I think I once watched part of the BAFTAs with the award of the Fellowship lifetime achievement award as the recipient was someone interesting (years ago and I don't remember who it was). Incidentally the first recipient back in 1971 was Alfred Hitchcock.
@El Loro posted:I have to crouch down to see to displays on my smart meters. First time I've looked at them since they were installed as in the old account system I could see them online. Looked up how to read them as one has to push buttons a number of times to get the screens showing the readings, rather different to the old meters which showed the readings without the need to press buttons
The readings for my smart meter is on a display placed on the countertop in my kitchen...no crouching necessary
@El Loro posted:I record CTM episodes then watch them later, only just finished viewing the previous series
I don't watch things like the BAFTAs or the Oscars. I think I once watched part of the BAFTAs with the award of the Fellowship lifetime achievement award as the recipient was someone interesting (years ago and I don't remember who it was). Incidentally the first recipient back in 1971 was Alfred Hitchcock.
Binge watched the first 10 series during lockdown, I hadn't seen it before.
Enjoyed it so made sure to watch series 11 and the current one
I have to say, I'm glad I wasn't having babies back then 
@slimfern posted:Binge watched the first 10 series during lockdown, I hadn't seen it before.
Enjoyed it so made sure to watch series 11 and the current one
I have to say, I'm glad I wasn't having babies back then
You can see why it's such a popular series and it continues to do well in the viewing numbers
@slimfern posted:Yes I can
Am not a fan though when a main character leaves
Wouldn't like to see Sisiter Monica Jones go anywhere for instance
Would be sad if Sister Monica Joan does leave though Judy Parfitt is 87
(by the way nuns don't use surnames as part of their name)
night EL slim
At present only two photos on this BBC page.
@Moonie I hope you are able to see the one taken by Sandhya Bhattaram in Welford, Northamptonshire which is a beautiful one of two swans.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-64619278
@El Loro posted:At present only two photos on this BBC page.
@Moonie I hope you are able to see the one taken by Sandhya Bhattaram in Welford, Northamptonshire which is a beautiful one of two swans.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-64619278
Hi El Iâve forwarded the link on to Moonie I hope you are having a good day. Iâve had a lot of those *parcel delivery* emails this week âĶneedless to say they got binned .
This was quoted by Victoria Coren Mitchell in yesterday's Only Connect:
âA Centaur has a man-stomach and a horse-stomach. And of course both want breakfast. So first of all he has porridge and pavenders and kidneys and bacon and omlette and cold ham and toast and marmalade and coffee and beer. And after that he tends to the horse part of himself by grazing for an hour or so and finishing up with a hot mash, some oats, and a bag of sugar. That's why it's such a serious thing to ask a Centaur to stay for the weekend. A very serious thing indeed.â
â The Silver Chair
(pavenders are a type of fish in the Narnia books)
@El Loro posted:This was quoted by Victoria Coren Mitchell in yesterday's Only Connect:
âA Centaur has a man-stomach and a horse-stomach. And of course both want breakfast. So first of all he has porridge and pavenders and kidneys and bacon and omlette and cold ham and toast and marmalade and coffee and beer. And after that he tends to the horse part of himself by grazing for an hour or so and finishing up with a hot mash, some oats, and a bag of sugar. That's why it's such a serious thing to ask a Centaur to stay for the weekend. A very serious thing indeed.â
â The Silver Chair
(pavenders are a type of fish in the Narnia books)
Yes I heard her saying that and remember thinking, ''Blimey that's one heck of a breakfast''
@El Loro posted:At present only two photos on this BBC page.
@Moonie I hope you are able to see the one taken by Sandhya Bhattaram in Welford, Northamptonshire which is a beautiful one of two swans.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-64619278
gorgeous swans
@slimfern posted:The toast and marmalade would be enough for me
and me slim and a cuppa
night EL slim bazzy
Link to a Youtube clip posted by someone who has created their concept of what the Lord of the Rings films might have looked like if it had been made many years ago by one of the classic international film directors. It's just under 5 minutes and consists of black and white imagined art stills.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-VvTnGafUE
Worth looking at some of the comments made.
night EL slim
A letter delivered over 100 years late
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-64647166
I note that Film 4 is showing "The Detective"AKA "Father Brown" (1954) this afternoon at 3pm (repeated next Wednesday at 3.30pm). Alec Guinness as Father Brown, Peter Finch as Flambeau, Joan Greenwood as Lady Warren (rather than Lady Felicia Montague in the tv series), Bernard Lee as Inspector Valentine (was played by Hugo Speer in the tv series).