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Fbg 6.8

Creative is this...the app crashed when I wanted to draw more on it, with more layers, so this is what you get...my last save on it!

Wildlife nighttime camera
The Fox & Merlin - this is Foxy Loxy who is friends with all the cats
I have in the past seen Merlin sitting on the ground literally a hands-width away from Foxy Loxy.
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Have your best day.

A cuppa next.


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I heard a few weeks ago that the Western Isles council had suffered a cyber attack but never heard any more about it. DIL was telling me yesterday that whoever has stolen the data is blackmailing the council so that they have no access to their records. This means that, among other things, their payroll details have been lost so they don't know how much to pay workers whose hours differ from week to week/month to month. It's ridiculous. I can't understand how they don't have their data backed up in a secure system (ie not connected to the internet). The Scottish Government apparently gave councils extra cash to cover cost of living increases but our council has had to use that extra cash to pay experts to try to recover their data. We were discussing the need for backups a few days ago on this thread, and some weeks back when we talked about pharmacies depending on unreliable systems, but I never imagined that our council wouldn't have done anything to keep data backed up. I criticised our GP surgery a couple of years ago because they transferred all their patient data onto a digital system without either keeping the paper copies or a reliable backup (which of course, led to serious problems when the new computer systems collapsed and took weeks to sort out). There may be a reason for organisations allowing their systems to be vulnerable in that way, but I can't see it.
 
dunelm said:
Good morning everyone on maybe dry maybe wet start to the day here in the dark and dangerous north. 5.3 on the scales of Osiris this morning. Twelfth night so all remaining jolly bad things to eat are now consigned to the bin like an old copy of that Donovan ditty Intergalactic Laxative - just a couple of uneaten mince pies in reality. Grandchildren will dive into other treats - enough for at least half a year. Don’t look at them! Art bit, wet on wet with the blockbuster video card. Hope your first Friday of the year behaves as a Friday should. Just finished my koffy so going to have some more.


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I like this blockbuster card painting very very much @dunelm
Your coffee smelt good...I think I fancy some more myself, but with a little cream...
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 6.8

Creative is this...the app crashed when I wanted to draw more on it, with more layers, so this is what you get...my last save on it!

Wildlife nighttime camera
The Fox & Merlin - this is Foxy Loxy who is friends with all the cats
I have in the past seen Merlin sitting on the ground literally a hands-width away from Foxy Loxy.
50 secs

Have your best day.

A cuppa next.


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Gennepher surrounded by and comforted by her garden paradise. Lovely image.
 
dunelm said:
Good morning everyone on maybe dry maybe wet start to the day here in the dark and dangerous north. 5.3 on the scales of Osiris this morning. Twelfth night so all remaining jolly bad things to eat are now consigned to the bin like an old copy of that Donovan ditty Intergalactic Laxative - just a couple of uneaten mince pies in reality. Grandchildren will dive into other treats - enough for at least half a year. Don’t look at them! Art bit, wet on wet with the blockbuster video card. Hope your first Friday of the year behaves as a Friday should. Just finished my koffy so going to have some more.


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First impression is of a calm, if watery scene but then you see the touches of colour and the little house, then the boat being rowed across the lake, then that other person doing what? Fishing? Washing clothes? Intriguing.
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 6.8

Creative is this...the app crashed when I wanted to draw more on it, with more layers, so this is what you get...my last save on it!

Wildlife nighttime camera
The Fox & Merlin - this is Foxy Loxy who is friends with all the cats
I have in the past seen Merlin sitting on the ground literally a hands-width away from Foxy Loxy.
50 secs

Have your best day.

A cuppa next.


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Psychedelic intergalactic wanderer
 
Annb said:
First impression is of a calm, if watery scene but then you see the touches of colour and the little house, then the boat being rowed across the lake, then that other person doing what? Fishing? Washing clothes? Intriguing.
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Thanks @Annb - that other person is a happy accident when applying the paint - the mysterious clothes washer.
 
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Good Morening Ladies and Gentlemen, if I missed any others out, get real, life can be tough, good but tough.

Blood sugars this morning were 7.5 oh hum.

Talking of tough, Mrs J has muttered those dreadful words, beard trim and hair cut, that’s my chance at playing in a ZZ Top tribute band gone for another year. At my age its best to say if you have hair flaunt it.

Now it’s time to begone or is it be gone, best wishes to those suffering flooding, power outages and other such delights.

Stay safe all.
 
dunelm said:
Not heard from @SlimLizzy for a while so I hope that you are OK and also your home as I see that there has been a lot of flooding in Northern France.
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Hi @dunelm thanks for your concern. Fortunately the flooding locally seems to be confined to fields and farmland, although a few roads became temporary waterways.
Have been out of routine for a while, which includes posting here. ( note to self no more sleeping in until 10am...)
We travelled to UK for Christmas. Came back in a storm. Very windy making driving down the motorways a bit nerve racking. We had to take evasive action to avoid being sideswiped - very scary! Ferry crossing was rough , I did take a sea sickness prevention pill. Haven't needed one for a while, but with the ferry rolling as soon as we were in open water , seemed better to be prepared.
The vitaminD3 seems to be working. My appetite returned on boxing day, so was able to take full advantage of the feast on offer. Also seem to have more energy, have been out clearing up the greenhouse ready for planting- although I got seriously distracted by a jigsaw puzzle for a few days.
MrSlim has a very nasty cold, enough to keep him in bed for most of the day which is unlike him. Have a nasty suspicion it might be covid... but he won't take a test and anyway apparently home tests are not effective until day five. Is this true???
MrSlim did not have a covid jab when I did due to a mistake at the pharmacie.
Hope you are all as well as usual.
Happy New Year to everyone. It's a big thing here in France. Many displays of cards in supermarkets. The French don't send Christmas cards. Or at least only a few.
Rebellion against the commercialisation (and cost) of Christmas has lead to a massive reduction in both cards sent and gifts given in our family.
 
5.8 this morning.
It has rained so much here. Our morning dog walk was a walk to the vet to pick up the tick and flea treatment.
There are plans to open a coffee shop and farm shop next to the vet which I am really looking forward to. Especially the coffee shop.
 
Morning all from a wet and breezy L.A on MIL's 94th birthday which basically means the rest of the day is so much froth though we do have some important business meetings planned . @dunelm and @gennepher thanks for sharing your art which are both wonderful - imho among my favourite. @SlimLizzy hug for Mr Slim and the crossing but winner for the effects of the D3. I caught a thought for the day type talk last Saturday which suggested leaving decorations up until Feb 2 so no rush.
 
ianpspurs said:
Morning all from a wet and breezy L.A on MIL's 94th birthday which basically means the rest of the day is so much froth though we do have some important business meetings planned . @dunelm and @gennepher thanks for sharing your art which are both wonderful - imho among my favourite. @SlimLizzy hug for Mr Slim and the crossing but winner for the effects of the D3. I caught a thought for the day type talk last Saturday which suggested leaving decorations up until Feb 2 so no rush.
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Thanks Ian
 
Lamont D said:
Mr Arteta has more skill and knowledge of footie than the whole of White Hart Lane followers put together, he just hasn't realised you can't actually walk the ball into the net!
And fancy having an Aussie rules manager in charge! He still thinks we need eighteen players!
Back to VAR, what a disgraceful decision that red card was at Selhurst Park tonight?
Typically Jurgen would have dived right through the barrier as someone tapped him.
He could fall over for the fatherland in the Olympics or Prancing on ice!
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Vivienne Lewis Silverton sends her regards and says cousin Daniel's appointment is doing just fine for the bottom line. We run a wide ranging entertainment business which happens to includes a premier league football club. Ange seems to understand the business model. Wrong Jurgen right nationality.
 
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SlimLizzy said:
Hi @dunelm thanks for your concern. Fortunately the flooding locally seems to be confined to fields and farmland, although a few roads became temporary waterways.
Have been out of routine for a while, which includes posting here. ( note to self no more sleeping in until 10am...)
We travelled to UK for Christmas. Came back in a storm. Very windy making driving down the motorways a bit nerve racking. We had to take evasive action to avoid being sideswiped - very scary! Ferry crossing was rough , I did take a sea sickness prevention pill. Haven't needed one for a while, but with the ferry rolling as soon as we were in open water , seemed better to be prepared.
The vitaminD3 seems to be working. My appetite returned on boxing day, so was able to take full advantage of the feast on offer. Also seem to have more energy, have been out clearing up the greenhouse ready for planting- although I got seriously distracted by a jigsaw puzzle for a few days.
MrSlim has a very nasty cold, enough to keep him in bed for most of the day which is unlike him. Have a nasty suspicion it might be covid... but he won't take a test and anyway apparently home tests are not effective until day five. Is this true???
MrSlim did not have a covid jab when I did due to a mistake at the pharmacie.
Hope you are all as well as usual.
Happy New Year to everyone. It's a big thing here in France. Many displays of cards in supermarkets. The French don't send Christmas cards. Or at least only a few.
Rebellion against the commercialisation (and cost) of Christmas has lead to a massive reduction in both cards sent and gifts given in our family.
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Hugs for the bad crossing, evasive action and MrSlim being unwell but good that the vit D3 is helping and that you are not flooded out. The River Charente, burst it’s banks so my parents couldn’t get to the supermarket for a few day but their house is high enough from the river and built on a flood plinth. I think you take a covid test if you have symptoms and after 5 days if no symptoms but you feel that you may have it.
 
ianpspurs said:
Morning all from a wet and breezy L.A on MIL's 94th birthday which basically means the rest of the day is so much froth though we do have some important business meetings planned . @dunelm and @gennepher thanks for sharing your art which are both wonderful - imho among my favourite. @SlimLizzy hug for Mr Slim and the crossing but winner for the effects of the D3. I caught a thought for the day type talk last Saturday which suggested leaving decorations up until Feb 2 so no rush.
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Thank you @ianpspurs. Happy birthday you your MIL, enjoy the froth.
 
ianpspurs said:
Morning all from a wet and breezy L.A on MIL's 94th birthday which basically means the rest of the day is so much froth though we do have some important business meetings planned . @dunelm and @gennepher thanks for sharing your art which are both wonderful - imho among my favourite. @SlimLizzy hug for Mr Slim and the crossing but winner for the effects of the D3. I caught a thought for the day type talk last Saturday which suggested leaving decorations up until Feb 2 so no rush.
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Happy birthday to your MIL, Ian. She (and you) deserves to make a good day of it.
 
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lindisfel said:
I pick up the Octavia this am, they fixed it after 3 hours work too late to go for yesterday so it was locked up all night.
It will be another £330.
This is not getting funny!

The farmer at the back rang me before new year to see how I was.
His farm is adjacent and is a block of about 1 mile by a third of a mile.
He's into butterflies and we got the first speckeld woods when they spread north in our garden and he came rushing down to see them because he hadn't had them on his estate.

He has classic cars and a very good car mechanic works from one of his barns and he will look at my car anytime although he works mainly on classics.

His property is in the picture, it goes over the top of th hill behind the house and the back road goes over the top to reach about 300 feet. On a clear day you can see all the Lakeland hills and Scotland from the Mull of Galloway to Carter Bar.

We were on the top parked looking to see if we could see the Red Arrows going back from Cumbria to Lincoln. Actually they went back via the valley over Keswick.

P turns up in a red immaculate four wheel Morgan, that looked as if it was newly made.

He later sold it to a guy in Yorkshire and it appeared in a TV programme, he thought they were idiots b.t.w. He had it restored.
You can see the hill in my logo. That was once was under the Eden Valley glacier as the southern side turned towards the plane that is the Solway and Irish Sea.

We had a good look at it and he wanted us to have a little drive down the road to get the feel. A nice offer but we are the wrong side of 70 to try out Morgans. Looking is enough.
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I will not describe my townie surroundings.


However, in the seventies, I was asked to build steering columns for Morgan vehicles. They used the same column as the Firenza, with different indicators and steering wheel, but built with the same lock mechanism.

I had forgotten all about that till you mentioned it Derek.
And Keswick is a favourite place of Mrs L. We have stayed in that area a few times.
 
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