Good afternoon gang, happy Friday 
i hope everyone is in good spirits
Back from that client, straightforward meeting as expected. Stayed dry whilst I was out. Very gloomy cloud cover and it's started raining again. Met Office map is showing white for rain here in a short while. That's the top end of their scale for rainfall at over 32 mm per hour. Doesn't mean that there will be over 32 mm in the hour, just that for a time they are forecasting it to rain at that rate. Typical rate for a thunderstorm downpour though there are no symbols for thunderstorms. At least I got back home before this starts. I pity those commuting home though.
Evening all 
Sunny in the morning, rainy in the afternoon and a warning of thunderstorms for tonight.
El, that was a beautiful rainbow ð 
Squiggle, Iâve never been to Cornwall but I think Iâd enjoy all the beautiful scenery.
I hope youâve all had a good day.
Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros
Hug for the night owls
Sweet dreams and lots of hugs for you all I ended up going to an exercise class and having tea at my friends house 
i hope you all had a good evening
night yogi summer moons
Good morning everyone it's a dry morning. I think we might get rain later but after that it just gets hotter and hotter for a few days. That does sound very hot EL. If I remember rightly the heat doesn't bother you overmuch??
Enjoy your day everyone
Good morning everyone
Some sunshine here, some rain forecast in the afternoon but not yesterday's near wash-out.
Squiggle, at present it's forecast to be a short heatwave in my area - Tuesday hot, but less hot by Wednesday. Yes, heat doesn't affect me as much as some people,
I hope everyone has a good day
Good morning everyone, definitely humid this morning, luckily it's not too hot, yet, and I hope the humidity levels drop before the heat arrives.
Wow the cygnets are growing really quickly Moonie, lovely pictures.
Enjoy your day everyone
Good morning all
Weather is dry and cool.
Moonie, the cygnet and coot pics are gorgeous.
lol at El and Moonieâs moon landing posts 
Summer, I hope you enjoyed your exercise class.
Squiggle, I hope it doesnât get too hot for you in the coming days.
Ros, have you stopped for school holidays yet?
Twickers, hope all is well with you
Have a good day, everyone.
Every week the BBC has a page of news photographs from around the world.
The third photo is one which Summer would want to see:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-49044782
Yogi19 posted:Good morning all
Weather is dry and cool.
Moonie, the cygnet and coot pics are gorgeous.
lol at El and Moonieâs moon landing posts
Summer, I hope you enjoyed your exercise class.
Squiggle, I hope it doesnât get too hot for you in the coming days.
Ros, have you stopped for school holidays yet?
Twickers, hope all is well with you
Have a good day, everyone.
Hi Yogi
Fankoo
Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros
Hug for any night owls
Yogi19 posted:Good morning all
Weather is dry and cool.
Moonie, the cygnet and coot pics are gorgeous.
lol at El and Moonieâs moon landing posts
Summer, I hope you enjoyed your exercise class.
Squiggle, I hope it doesnât get too hot for you in the coming days.
Ros, have you stopped for school holidays yet?
Twickers, hope all is well with you
Have a good day, everyone.
yes yogi - finished Friday until september 4th
El Loro posted:We had this hymn at church today. It's been years since I've heard it but I remember it well from my childhood. The words are from the Sarum primer of 1514 and the music by Henry Walford Davies written in 1910.
that is gorgeous EL - lovely choral singing have sung it recently
night yogi moons summer if you pop in
Good morning everyone it's a little cloudy this morning and still humid. Interesting pictures of the week. I hadn't seen about the World Trade Centre building being struck by lightning.
Enjoy your day everyone
Good morning everyone
Cloudy start here and going to be a warm day.
Met Office forecast highs for here: today 25, Tuesday 32, Wednesday 25, Thursday 28, Friday 23. So tomorrow is the really hot day. Varies across the country - London is similar on Tuesday, but Wednesday is 31 and Thursday 34 before cooler on Friday.
I hope evertone has a good day
BBC article called "The fight for Dragon Island":
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ext...ht_for_Dragon_Island
It's based on a 23 minute programme called "Living among the Dragons" which can be watched on iPlayer:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000733j/
I doubt this will be done on Strictly Come Dancing:
That's a very brief clip from Fritz Lang's 1922 film. I could post a clip of the complete film but as it's just over 4 hours long, I doubt if anyone would want to watch it
I think it's safe to say that Dr Mabuse is unrelated to Oti and Mots as he was a fictional villain, a criminal mastermind.
Evening all
Rainy in the morning and sunny now.
Enjoy the school holidays, Ros. Do you have plans to go away?
Have a good evening everyone. Goodnight and sweet dreams
Hug for the night owls
El Loro posted:Another choral performance from the Exeter University Singers. Less than 600 views of a rather good rendition of The Twelve Days of Christmas:
gorgeous EL
Yogi19 posted:Evening all
Rainy in the morning and sunny now.
Enjoy the school holidays, Ros. Do you have plans to go away?
Have a good evening everyone. Goodnight and sweet dreams
Hug for the night owls
night yogi not this year yogi just days out - spent a bit on the house summer moons
Good morning everyone it's a sunny morning with 100% humidity! The humidity is supposed to drop as the temperature climbs, I do hope so.
Enjoy your day everyone and try to stay cool
Good morning everyone
Sunny here and it's going to be a hot day - 31C. Thunderstorms possible this evenng and tonight.
Squiggle, the humidity here is 94% but is expected to go right down as the day gets hotter.
I hope everyone has a good day and doesn't get too hot
I see that David Hedison, the American actor had died, he was 92. Although best known as Felix Leiter in a couple of James Bond films I remember him mainly from the American television series "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea". One of Irwin Allen's series and huge fun to watch when I was a teenager. The lead was Richard Baseheart and Hedison was second in command.
Hope you're good El
You'll be relieved to know that I'm not going to post that Hattons of London advert for their Queen Victoria 200th anniversary gold coin which they've been airing for the last couple of months. If you've ever seen it you might have heard music in the background whilst the man is talking. The music is in fact taken from Handel's minuets section of his Music for the Royal Fireworks. Written in 1749 which was a mere 170 years before Victoria was born Here's the minuets section with some fireworks seen but not heard:
Evening all
Sunny and warm up here - not enjoying it atm.
Squiggle, I hope the humidity dropped in your area.
Ros, I enjoy day trips/weekends away as much as longer holidays - in fact, I think I prefer shorter trips.
El, I loved the music and the quiet fireworks
Twickers, I hope all is well with you
I wonder if Moonie has been up to the pond today, or if it was too hot?
Summer, I hope youâve had a good day
Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros
Hug for any night owls
night yogi summer moons
Good morning everyone it's deliciously cool this morning after an extremely warm and uncomfortable night. I hope everyone is coping with the high temperatures.
Enjoy your day everyone
Good morning everyone
Still warm here though won't get as hot as yesterday. Tomorrow is forecast to be another hot day but the temperature falls away by Friday. There was rain overnight but I didn't get woken up by any thunder.
Yogi, it would be nice if fireworks were generally quiet 
I hope eevryone has a good day
Good morning ð hot hot hot here, and boy do we know itâs the school holidays 
how are you all? I hope youâre keeping cool, calm and jolly. Iâve got an angry wisdom tooth so Iâm off to an emergency dental appointment at lunch time
Summer, I hope that dental appointment goes as well as it can - You may need someone to drive you back afterwards as you could well be a bit shaky afterwards. If the tooth is removed you shouldn't go back to work today:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/...th-removal/recovery/
The euphoria that England had for winning the cricket world cup recently has been totally and utterly destroyed this morning in the England v Ireland test match. England's batting has been destroyed by the Irish bowling. Such is the destruction that England needs to consider abandoning the Ashes test series due to start next week to avoid being humiliated even more.
Just as well that I've got some Irish ancestry
Thank you El ðĪ
El Loro posted:Summer, I hope that dental appointment goes as well as it can
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/...th-removal/recovery/
Iâm in the waiting room now. I donât think theyâll take any action today, theyâll probably assess it and make a plan for a further appointment
wish me luck gang!
~Sweet Pea~ posted:Thank you El ðĪ
El Loro posted:Summer, I hope that dental appointment goes as well as it can
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/...th-removal/recovery/Iâm in the waiting room now. I donât think theyâll take any action today, theyâll probably assess it and make a plan for a further appointment
wish me luck gang!
good luck, Summer
Thank you Iâm home now, with some antibiotics itâs called something like periceniculitis- a classic wisdom tooth flare up. They wonât refer for an extraction on the first complaint of it but if it reoccurs then they will. Itâs in a tricky place so iâll eventually need a radiographer to scan in so they can decide how best to pull it out.
Hopefully the medication will calm it all done though.
Why on earth do these teeth appear in midlife?? Lol
Summer, I think it might be pericoronitis or periodontiitis (different things which can affect wisdom teeth though periocoronitis sounds more likely). Wisdom teeth are the last to grow betwee the ages of 17 to 25. I think they are called wisdom on the basis that one is supposedly wise by then
El Loro posted:Summer, I think it might be pericoronitis or periodontiitis (different things which can affect wisdom teeth though periocoronitis sounds more likely). Wisdom teeth are the last to grow betwee the ages of 17 to 25. I think they are called wisdom on the basis that one is supposedly wise by then
Evening all
Summer, I hope the antibiotics help with the pain, until you can get the wisdom tooth removed
I like the idea of silent fireworks
Wow, that was a lot lot of lightning strikes, Moonie I hope they didnât do too much damage
El, thatâs handy, having some Irish ancestry in light of the cricket result
Squiggle, I hope itâs nice and cool for you now
Iâve got the bedroom windows open and the ceiling fan on - and MrY went up the loft and got the fan on a stand, to put beside our bed in advance of tomorrowâs anticipated heatwave.
I hope youâve all had a good day
Yogi19 posted:Evening all
Summer, I hope the antibiotics help with the pain, until you can get the wisdom tooth removed
I like the idea of silent fireworks
Wow, that was a lot lot of lightning strikes, Moonie
El, thatâs handy, having some Irish ancestry in light of the cricket result
Squiggle, I hope itâs nice and cool for you now
Iâve got the bedroom windows open and the ceiling fan on - and MrY went up the loft and got the fan on a stand, to put beside our bed in advance of tomorrowâs anticipated heatwave.
I hope youâve all had a good day
It is Yogi
I havenât heard of any damage ð
Moonie posted:Yogi19 posted:Evening all
Summer, I hope the antibiotics help with the pain, until you can get the wisdom tooth removed
I like the idea of silent fireworks
Wow, that was a lot lot of lightning strikes, Moonie
El, thatâs handy, having some Irish ancestry in light of the cricket result
Squiggle, I hope itâs nice and cool for you now
Iâve got the bedroom windows open and the ceiling fan on - and MrY went up the loft and got the fan on a stand, to put beside our bed in advance of tomorrowâs anticipated heatwave.
I hope youâve all had a good day
It is Yogi
I havenât heard of any damage ð
Thatâs good
Goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie and Ros
Night owl hug for Summer
Sorry to have just missed you yogi, sweet dreams
silent fireworks are a very good idea imo
its definitely the 2nd one El- periocoronitis thank you. Itâs not so bad today, and I feel like the inflammation is already subsiding a little bit
night yogi summer - sorry to hear about your wisdom tooth - nasty , moons
Good morning everyone it's going to be another hot day, the last one of this heatwave I hope.
Poor Summer I hope your wretched tooth settles down and there's no more flare-up.
Enjoy your day everyone
Good morning from a scorching north east!!!!! Stay cool and hydrated everyone
how are we all today?
Iâd love a storm ðĨĩ Iâve been grumpy this morning lol which is not like me. Some lunch has cheered me up
Is anyone else getting bombarded with thunder flies?!
Summer, I think you may get some thunderstorms soon. From what you saying that sounds quite likely.
Hereby enclosed, one box of thunderstorms 
Just stand back when you open it, use some electicity resistant gloves and electrical hazard safety boots, and ensure you are standing on something dry
BBC page of photos from Tuesday night's lightning, spectacular though one of the photos shows the damage done to the roof over a bedroom in a house:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49097387
Good day yesterday for Gloucestershire cricket beating Worcestershire in an exceptionally close 4 day match, certainly easily the closest county championship match in this country so far this year. Way too busy for me to have been able to go and watch it even though it was at Cheltenham College.
Highlights of the last day's play:
Viva Zapata!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-49108632
The reason for my quote is because of this 1952 Marlon Brando film:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0...nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1
I remember watching an episode of Pointless Celebrities. It was episode 15 of series 6 and the celebrities had connections with food among them were Jay Rayner. The two who got through to the final were Sean Wilson (who had become a cheese maker) and Emma Kennedy who had been a winner of Celebrity Masterchef.
The final question was to name a film made by any of Katherine Hepburn, Jack Nicholson or Marlon Brando for which they were nominated for an Oscar (so not necessarily win an Oscar).
The three films they came up with were Bringing Up Baby (Katherine Hepburn), On Golden Pond (also Katherine Hepburn) and Chinatown (Marlon Brando).
Good sensible answers but no pointless ones. Chinatown had 1. Bringing Up Baby wasn't right as although a very good film and starred Katherine Hepburn, she didn't get an Oscar Nomination. On Golden Pond was correct but 11 people had given that as an answer.
Of course, me being a bit of a film buff, this was my sort of question and I got two pointless answers, Films which many people wouldn't have heard of. Viva Zapata! was one of them (not that I've ever seen it as it's of no interest to me). The other one was the 1933 film Morning Glory with Katherine Hepburn. That is a film I've seen. A young aspiring actress arrives on the Broadway scene, she's taken under the wing of a number of theatre veterans who mentor her to success. It's a rather stagey film, and the male actors don't come across that well. But Katherine Hepburn, in a very early film for her, does have some memorable scenes such as her performing as Juliet (from Romeo and Juliet) at a party whilst she's intoxicated.
Her final scene is with her dresser (Helen Ware). The range of emotions Katherine Hepburn goes through in quite a short scene is remarkable and is why she justly won the Oscar. If the film as a whole was as good as that final scene it would rank as one of the greatest films made. Sadly it's not. I could post a clip of that final scene but as the events leading to it aren't there it would be out of context.
Fantastic lightening photos!!!!
Evening all
Very hot up here too. Got two fans on the go atm
Love the lightning pics
Well done to Gloucestershire 
No thunder flies up here, Summer
I hope you have all managed to stay relatively cool
Evening yogi are the fans working well?
We ended up getting the hose out and just soaking each other lol
Iâm off to bed, sweet dreams and stay cool yogi goodnight gang
~Sizzling Summer~ posted:Evening yogi
We ended up getting the hose out and just soaking each other lol
Evening Summer Yes, they did the trick
Goodnight and sweet dreams, Summer and Ros
Hug for any night owls
El Loro posted:BBC page of photos from Tuesday night's lightning, spectacular though one of the photos shows the damage done to the roof over a bedroom in a house:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49097387
yes that the roof one was near me EL -fantastic pics
night yogi summer moons
Good morning everyone
Cooler outside today but humid.
Ros, I'm glad it wasn't your house which was struck by lightning
The BBC cancelled the documentary "Inside the Bruderhof" last night at short notice supposedly because the 10.00 news was over-running. Rather questionable considering it was replaced by a repeat of a programme which was 20 minutes longer. On the BBC page for ITB they now say it will be shown on BBC Two on August the 7th at 2 in the morning. Although somewhat different, the Bruderhof have some similarities with the Amish.
I hope everyone has a good day
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BBC article about this:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-49096991
Good afternoon all
Cooler today but airless.
Ros, thank goodness it wasnât your house that was hit by lightning
El, I was going to record that documentary on the Bruderhof and hadnât realised it has been rescheduled so, thanks for the heads up.
Have a good day, everyone.
Yogi, I'm not sure that the Bruderhof documentary has been rescheduled. The BBC page for it no longer shows that August 7th date. That date could have been intended for the repeat showing.
The Bruderhof have a twitter account where they say that the BBC had told them that the documentary wouldn't get shown due to the News at 10 overrunning and would update people when they knew more.
https://twitter.com/TheBruderhof/
The BBC have some serious questions to answer about this as there's something very sinister about what's going on.
England managed to beat Ireland in the Test match today with Ireland being bowled out for 38 runs in their second innings. The change in the weather today was quite a factor as the conditions were favourable for bowling.
38 runs is the 7th lowest test score for an innings. It's the lowest total since 1932!
El Loro posted:Yogi, I'm not sure that the Bruderhof documentary has been rescheduled. The BBC page for it no longer shows that August 7th date. That date could have been intended for the repeat showing.
The Bruderhof have a twitter account where they say that the BBC had told them that the documentary wouldn't get shown due to the News at 10 overrunning and would update people when they knew more.
https://twitter.com/TheBruderhof/
The BBC have some serious questions to answer about this as there's something very sinister about what's going on.
Very strange, El.
I hope they do reschedule it as it sounded like it was going to be interesting.
Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros
Hugs for any night owls
Yogi19 posted:El Loro posted:Yogi, I'm not sure that the Bruderhof documentary has been rescheduled. The BBC page for it no longer shows that August 7th date. That date could have been intended for the repeat showing.
The Bruderhof have a twitter account where they say that the BBC had told them that the documentary wouldn't get shown due to the News at 10 overrunning and would update people when they knew more.
https://twitter.com/TheBruderhof/
The BBC have some serious questions to answer about this as there's something very sinister about what's going on.
Very strange, El.
I hope they do reschedule it as it sounded like it was going to be interesting.
yes agree yogi - it does seem a bit odd an does it does sound interesting
Yogi19 posted:Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros
Hugs for any night owls
night yogi moons summer
Good morning everyone it's so much nicer to have a cooler morning. Those lightning pictures were fantastic. Wow the damage to that roof!
I hope everyone is enjoying the cooler weather, it definitely got too hot for me.
Enjoy your day everyone
Good morning evetyone
Cloudy and cooler here. May get some rain depending as to how far to the west the rain in the east gets.
I've made a formal complaint to the BBC re the Bruderhof documentary on the basis that their statement for the cancellation of the News at 10 overrunning by 10 minutes so the documentary (lasting 40 minutes) with another documentary (lasting 60 minutes) is fundamentally flawed.
In due course they should respond and I'll let you know what they say. If nothing else they may say if and when the documentary will get shown,
I hope eveyone has a good day
Hi everyone.
Itâs raining today and Iâm glad
Squiggle, Iâm really enjoying the cooler weather.
El, Iâll be interested to hear the BBCâs response.
Have a good day, all.
Yogi, I'm glad you are happy with the rain
The BBC said in their automated reply that they would respond within 10 working days if possible. I think others will have complained though if they've just referred to the fact that it was cancelled they could just get a response saying that it was because the news overran. Mine is challenging that.
Good morning the heatwave has subsided and weâve gone cooler, with rain- hurrrrah!!!!!!! Iâm so much happier, the heat drains me ðĪŠ
happy weekend everyone my mum is coming to stay at mine for the weekend, sheâs got a special church service tomorrow for her, so tonight weâre celebrating with food and friends at mine
Just imagine the size of the dog who buried this bone