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Good afternoon everyone  

Windy, cold but dry for now 

 

Shopping done, rent paid, so me sorted again 

Sweet, I hope you and Miss Bramble are okay. Good to see you are busy 

El, we like to stretch our posts on occasions  

 

Have a super day everyone 

Moonie
El Loro posted:

The hoiho has won New Zealand's Bird of the Year competition.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-50374092

 

Apparently it's the rarest penguin in the world. It's anti-social and communicates with a high-pitched scream (which could be why it's so rare).

Aaaaaw!!!!

~Sparkling Summer~

Hi Moonie you’ve been productive! I feel like I haven’t seen you in ages, it’s good to see you  

 

it’s been crazy here, lots of redecoration and projects going on, friends in need and all my usual busy life stuff  

~Sparkling Summer~

If by any chance you can see the Sun at present (DO NOT LOOK AT IT) but Mercury is passing across the face of it. Doesn't often happen, the next time isn't until 2032. The transit ends at about 18.00.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-50377436

The transit can only happen when Mercury, the Sun and the Earth are in a straight line.

 

Trivial point re Mercury. Because of the speed it rotates as it's going round the Sun, each Mercurian day lasts two Mercurian years

El Loro
~Sparkling Summer~ posted:

Hi Moonie you’ve been productive! I feel like I haven’t seen you in ages, it’s good to see you  

 

it’s been crazy here, lots of redecoration and projects going on, friends in need and all my usual busy life stuff  

Hi Sweet 

Well, semi-productive anyway 

It does seem like quite a while Sweet. Nice to see you too 

Sounds just like you 

Moonie
Yogi19 posted:

Evening all 

lol at the screeching penguin, El 

Good to have you back, Summer 

Well done on getting your shopping done and rent paid, Moonie 

Fankoo Yogi 

I hope your day has been a good one  

Moonie
Moonie posted:
Yogi19 posted:

Evening all 

lol at the screeching penguin, El 

Good to have you back, Summer 

Well done on getting your shopping done and rent paid, Moonie 

Fankoo Yogi 

I hope your day has been a good one  


Busy but fine, thanks 

Yogi19
Yogi19 posted:
Moonie posted:
Yogi19 posted:

Evening all 

lol at the screeching penguin, El 

Good to have you back, Summer 

Well done on getting your shopping done and rent paid, Moonie 

Fankoo Yogi 

I hope your day has been a good one  


Busy but fine, thanks 

That’s good, not the busy but the fine  

Moonie
Moonie posted:
Yogi19 posted:
Moonie posted:
Yogi19 posted:

Evening all 

lol at the screeching penguin, El 

Good to have you back, Summer 

Well done on getting your shopping done and rent paid, Moonie 

Fankoo Yogi 

I hope your day has been a good one  


Busy but fine, thanks 

That’s good, not the busy but the fine  


Even busier tomorrow- got the tiddlers on a sleepover.

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie 

Hug for any night owls 

Yogi19
Yogi19 posted:
Moonie posted:
Yogi19 posted:
Moonie posted:
Yogi19 posted:

Evening all 

lol at the screeching penguin, El 

Good to have you back, Summer 

Well done on getting your shopping done and rent paid, Moonie 

Fankoo Yogi 

I hope your day has been a good one  


Busy but fine, thanks 

That’s good, not the busy but the fine  


Even busier tomorrow- got the tiddlers on a sleepover.

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie 

Hug for any night owls 

Oh, I hope you and the little ones have a lovely time together  

 

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Yogi, Rosss and night callers, should there be any   

Moonie

night EL moons summer if you pop in

El Loro posted:

If by any chance you can see the Sun at present (DO NOT LOOK AT IT) but Mercury is passing across the face of it. Doesn't often happen, the next time isn't until 2032. The transit ends at about 18.00.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-50377436

The transit can only happen when Mercury, the Sun and the Earth are in a straight line.

 

Trivial point re Mercury. Because of the speed it rotates as it's going round the Sun, each Mercurian day lasts two Mercurian years

that was really fascinating EL and  didn't realise it was happening

Rocking Ros Rose

Good morning everyone it's still incredibly windy here. It overturned my recycling box yesterday and scattered the cardboard everywhere. 

 

Summer will you have time for a Christmas theme this year as you usually do?

 

Enjoy your day everyone

squiggle

Good morning everyone

 

Some sunshine here, rain/showers possible later.

 

Squiggle, last week one day I discovered that my garden wheelie had moved a couple of feet - the wind must have been blowing hard enough for that to happen.

 

I hope everyone has a good day

El Loro

The composer Guy Farley has in the last year written "The Bader Suite" which is used to accompany the air displays of "Bader's Bus Company" which is the first diabled air display team. Obviously inspired by Douglas Bader ("Reach for the Sky"),

Here's the last of four pieces from that suite - called "The Return Home".

El Loro

Good morning everyone  

Cold, wet and windy. Not set to get any better either so I am not going anywhere 

I hope the weather is better where you are but I doubt it.

Even so, I hope to have a lovely day  

Moonie

Moonie, it's become very cloudy, windy and bits of rain here.

 

Just been to the local post office to return a box of files to a client - should get there tomorrow. When he sent me the box he'd used Royal Mail special delivery £26.60. I used ParcelForce express 24 which would have cost £21.12 but I got a discount so paid a net £17.95. 2 lever arch files both full with paper so heavy. He lives 100 miles away so travelling to deliver the files would be a lot more expensive and time consuming.

El Loro
El Loro posted:

Moonie, it's become very cloudy, windy and bits of rain here.

 

Just been to the local post office to return a box of files to a client - should get there tomorrow. When he sent me the box he'd used Royal Mail special delivery £26.60. I used ParcelForce express 24 which would have cost £21.12 but I got a discount so paid a net £17.95. 2 lever arch files both full with paper so heavy. He lives 100 miles away so travelling to deliver the files would be a lot more expensive and time consuming.

Nice discount El 

Moonie
Moonie posted:
El Loro posted:

Moonie, it's become very cloudy, windy and bits of rain here.

 

Just been to the local post office to return a box of files to a client - should get there tomorrow. When he sent me the box he'd used Royal Mail special delivery £26.60. I used ParcelForce express 24 which would have cost £21.12 but I got a discount so paid a net £17.95. 2 lever arch files both full with paper so heavy. He lives 100 miles away so travelling to deliver the files would be a lot more expensive and time consuming.

Nice discount El 

I have emailed that client so that he knows he should be able to send files to me for less cost than he has paid. I assume that his local Post Office covers ParcelForce as well as Royal Mail.

El Loro

An extraordinary clip on the BBC site:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/50381768

You've never seen anything like this

Don't be put off by the mention of the word football in the title of the link as the clip has little to do with football.

El Loro
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Good morning everyone

 

Dry with a bit of sunshine here. Forecast for tonight and throughout tomorrow is atrocious with one site showing 2 inches of rain here

 

I hope Yogi is having a good time with the tiddlers

 

I hope eevryone has a good day

El Loro
El Loro posted:

Good morning everyone

 

Dry with a bit of sunshine here. Forecast for tonight and throughout tomorrow is atrocious with one site showing 2 inches of rain here

 

I hope Yogi is having a good time with the tiddlers

 

I hope eevryone has a good day

A beautiful start to the day here. Sunshine, light breeze and dry 

I’m sure she is El 

Tomorrow here, 50% to 90% rain all day 

I may shop later 

Moonie

Moonie, the forecast here is like yours other than it's raining from 7 pm tonight through to midnight tomorrow so 29 hours. Amount of rain varies from site to site but it could be the wettest day in the last few years, just not as bad as the July 2007 flood event. I won't be going out tomorrow.

El Loro
El Loro posted:

Moonie, the forecast here is like yours other than it's raining from 7 pm tonight through to midnight tomorrow so 29 hours. Amount of rain varies from site to site but it could be the wettest day in the last few years, just not as bad as the July 2007 flood event. I won't be going out tomorrow.

It doesn’t bode well for the the people of South Yorkshire and the East Midlands, does it El? 

Shopping done at least until Saturday 

Moonie
Moonie posted:
El Loro posted:

Moonie, the forecast here is like yours other than it's raining from 7 pm tonight through to midnight tomorrow so 29 hours. Amount of rain varies from site to site but it could be the wettest day in the last few years, just not as bad as the July 2007 flood event. I won't be going out tomorrow.

It doesn’t bode well for the the people of South Yorkshire and the East Midlands, does it El? 

Shopping done at least until Saturday 

The rain isn't going to help matters for those areas

El Loro

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-50409541

but not as tall as King Kong.

In the original film, height varied - on Skull Island 5.5m but in New York 7.3m.
In the 1976 version 12.8m on Skull Island but 16.8m in New York.

In the Peter Jackson version, height remained at 7.6m.

El Loro
El Loro posted:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-50409541

but not as tall as King Kong.

In the original film, height varied - on Skull Island 5.5m but in New York 7.3m.
In the 1976 version 12.8m on Skull Island but 16.8m in New York.

In the Peter Jackson version, height remained at 7.6m.

What a beauty 

Moonie

Good morning everyone.

A frosty start to the day. I like frost, it makes everything look so pretty.

Squiggle, we haven’t had any snow up here yet.

We had a lovely time with the tiddlers.

Grocery shopping today - Moonie, I’ll get cakes.

Have a good day all 

Yogi19

Good morning everyone

 

Persistent rain here, heavy this morning, less so this afternoon. Not snowing here but there is at higher levels.

 

Squiggle, that is surprising for Devon to get snow this early

 

Yogi, I'm glad you had a lovely time with the tiddlers

Moonie will be pleased

 

I hope everyone has a good day

El Loro

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