Thanks for the heads up, El. I'll make sure I record the show.

FF button is a good idea, Squiggle.

I'm tempted to say that the Delete button is an even better idea

You could be right EL, I don't like the turn this series has taken.  I literally do sit with my finger on the FF button and if anything unsavoury pops up I hit it!

afternoon all, cold but very bright here today

Thanks for reminding me about the charity bake off! I had forgotten it was on and I really don't want to miss it.
Mary Berry is lovely, I wish I could adopt her!

Re Bramble & the chickens, had I known we were approaching a farmyard, I'd have put her on the lead in advance. I was experimenting with a new route and the farm literally appeared out of nowhere (so to speak) and the chicken was lurking outside of their gateway, so bramble was off like a rocket before I realised what was going on. I will try to be more cautious in future

Same sort of thing happened to my eldest son and I when we were out walking the dogs when Harv was still quite young and wasn't brilliant at recall. We were out in the middle of a rural walk when suddenly two sheep appeared out of nowhere. (They must have wandered off from somewhere as there were no other sheep around). Luckily, I spotted the sheep before the dogs and called Keira, who is great at recall, and Harv followed her back to us and we put them on lead. Although I was sure our dogs wouldn't have tried to hurt the sheep, they might have tried to 'play' with them and panicked them.

I remember being with my parents years ago on a walk. We had gone on a farmer's wheatfield and were not doing anything wrong (we were avoiding walking on the wheat) when an extremely angry farmer with a shotgun threatened us and told us to get out. We did so nothing came of it. I can't remember if our dog was with us but if she had she would have been on a lead and under control.

 

It's heavy rain here at present and really dark so very different from this morning.

Me too, I could see it was raining over in Wales, and within 5 minutes it had reached us and now it's quite miserable here too.

It's the same here, El.

Any of you got a lot of gopher wood and pitch? (Genesis 6.14)

 

 Shall I start lining up the animals in pairs?

Gopher it

Yogi, here's a pair of baby gophers to start with

 Aww, they are gorgeous. 

Off to catch up on Bletchley Circle. 

Goodnight Ros and Summer, sweet dreams.

Love to Moonie and Skylark.

same from  me -hugs for you all - night yogi

Evening I hope you all had a lovely day

Sweet dreams yogi

Leaving hugs for skylark & moonie

they are - really cute

Good morning everyone

 

A sunny morning here, rain forecast for this evening and tomorrow looks as if it will be damp all day.

 

My verdict on the recent series of Sherlock:

The first one "The Empty Hearse" was OK but I felt it was evasive on the key issue.

The second one "The Sign of Three" was a bit of a nonsense though there were good bits of it.

The third one "His Last Vow" was the best Sherlock of any of the three series and as close to perfect television as it's possible to be.

Good morning everyone. A bit of a frost overnight. I had to break the ice on the bird bath so they could get a drink and I heard hubby scraping the car windscreen, before he set off for work.

I've yet to see the third episode of Sherlock, El, but I am looking forward to it.

Having watched last night's, The Bletchley Circle, I have a question to ask. I will wait until you have all seen the episode though.

A family birthday today, so I need to pop out later.

Have a good day, everyone.

 

Good morning everyone

Happy birthday to your fm yogi- I hope you have cake

We watched the first episode of Bletchley last night on catch-up. We will catch up tonight, however I would have a question about the first part! Shoddy script?

Good morning everyone, bright and dry here but rain forecast later and for tomorrow.

 

I am saving Bletchley Circle up until CBB finishes, but don't that let you stop you asking your question Yogi.  Have a good day with your family Yogi.

 

Have a good day everyone, my daughter is coming over to wash some sheets as her washing machine caught fire

Caught fire?!
How did that happen?
Crikey, I often time my machine to work while I'm out and have it ready for when I arrive home

Caught fire?!
How did that happen?
Crikey, I often time my machine to work while I'm out and have it ready for when I arrive home

A Which report last September found that washing machines were the highest fire risk of household appliances causing more fires than any other. Dishwashers were the next highest, then ovens. Irons and electric blankets were comparatively low risk.

http://press.which.co.uk/which...nces-pose-fire-risk/

 

It frightened the life out of her, luckily she was in, she said flames were shooting out of it, she couldn't believe it.

You might want to make a note of this link which is to the Electrical Safety Council database of electrical products which have been recalled,

http://www.esc.org.uk/public/g...7X_bsCFanjwgodx1YAsg

Oh my goodness, I never leave the dishwasher unattended but I think I should stop doing it with the washing machine now
Is your daughter ok squiggle?

Yes she's fine Summer, she was very shaken up.  Somehow you don't associate it with things that contain water do you?

 

That must have been very scary for her, Squiggle.

I must admit, I often leave the washing machine and dishwasher on, when I'm out. I may have to rethink that practice from now on.

I'm frightened to open El's link now!

 

Real pea soup weather up here, and cold and damp too. *shivers*

Actually I don't think it spoils anything but. At some point they were describing the contents of someone's bag. X,Y,Z, and a book of second class stamps. I'm sure we didn't have them in the early sixties.

You are right, second class stamps were introduced in 1968.

 

I think you are right, Joe. According to this link, second class stamps were introduced in 1968 (if I am reading it correctly).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisda..._3067000/3067963.stm

Snap El.

Great minds think alike