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by merry
Tue May 14, 2024 9:48 pm
Forum: Sound & Vision
Topic: Eurovision!
Replies: 10
Views: 96

Eurovision!

Wildrover wrote: Mon May 13, 2024 4:54 pm I didn't like the Swiss song or the singer's outfit but there's no doubt their flag is a big plus.. :rofl
:lol :lol :lol
by merry
Tue May 14, 2024 9:46 pm
Forum: Snapshots
Topic: Bittern
Replies: 2
Views: 20

Bittern

Oh my goodness, Eccles, what an amazing capture!
by merry
Tue May 14, 2024 9:45 pm
Forum: Hell's Kitchen
Topic: New air fryer
Replies: 8
Views: 99

New air fryer

The big complicated ones can be £100. I paid about £45 for mine. Jacket potatoes are another good one. Microwave for 20 mins or so first then airfry till soft inside and crisp out. Much quicker and cheaper than a big oven, and taste Ovened rather than Microwaved. How's it going with your airfryer, E...
by merry
Tue May 14, 2024 9:15 pm
Forum: The Coffeeshop
Topic: May the fourth be with you
Replies: 29
Views: 304

May the fourth be with you

Are the pizzas served on floor boards. Yes - or sliced railway sleepers, I couldn't tell which. :devil :lol I had to eat from a floorboard when we went to Tewkesbury Park for our brunch the other week. I acted like it was the most normal thing in the world and we eat from floorboards all the time. ...
by merry
Tue May 14, 2024 9:12 pm
Forum: Stop Press
Topic: Northern Lights last night, wow!
Replies: 12
Views: 88

Northern Lights last night, wow!

Interesting discussion! and I enjoyed hearing about Mum's Grand Tour of Iceland :hugs

Not a sniff of them for me again. I took a couple of hopeful pics but nothing :(

I can't believe how lucky Sam and Juliet are with them! :huh
by merry
Sun May 12, 2024 10:33 am
Forum: Quizzes & Questions
Topic: Tough 2 (12 May)
Replies: 6
Views: 41

Tough 2 (12 May)

What links: 9 Stars; Rip It Up; The Race; American Idiot; All Rise; Galileo; Crush? 10 Boat; bottle indentation; former currency; gamble; kick? 11 Davis; Dellinger; Froines; Hayden; Hoffman; Rubin; Weiner? 12 The Emperor; Flights; Snow White and Russian Red; Solaris? 13 Old Indian coin; heavenly foo...
by merry
Sat May 11, 2024 7:29 pm
Forum: Stop Press
Topic: Northern Lights last night, wow!
Replies: 12
Views: 88

Northern Lights last night, wow!

Yep there's a few loons on Twitter all right @themetallicmoon · 15h Climate change is crazy, cannot believe this is happening, this is not natural! I’m an aerospace engineer and astrophysicist. The northern lights are very shy and only like the cold; the fact that they are straying this far toward t...
by merry
Sat May 11, 2024 7:00 pm
Forum: Stop Press
Topic: Northern Lights last night, wow!
Replies: 12
Views: 88

Northern Lights last night, wow!

Imagine if its just me and merry left running the country. :bed :bed :devil [br] Eccles if you see that 'high cloud' again tonight, try pointing your camera at it! Juliet said at first they thought it was just high cloud in a pale sky they were looking at, but then realised that WAS the NLs, the Mi...
by merry
Sat May 11, 2024 10:01 am
Forum: Sound & Vision
Topic: Eurovision!
Replies: 10
Views: 96

Eurovision!

We seem to have got out of the habit of watching this which was a must-see every year, but no doubt we'll catch some of it.

Apparently the Dutch entry is in doubt owing to 'an incident backstage' (no details yet.)
by merry
Sat May 11, 2024 9:59 am
Forum: The Mill at Milton
Topic: Tom's Dad's Radio Show - extra chat tonight!
Replies: 12
Views: 935

Tom's Dad's Radio Show - extra chat tonight!

It's TONIGHT!

Hopefully some of us will pop in and out of chat, but D J Schochna has a little competition from the Eurovision tonight... no contest if you ask me :love
by merry
Sat May 11, 2024 9:35 am
Forum: Quizzes & Questions
Topic: Tough 1 (11 May)
Replies: 6
Views: 42

Tough 1 (11 May)

1 Which couple’s tomb was “discovered” at Glastonbury Abbey in 1191? 2 The M’Naghten rules are concerned with the legal definition of what? 3 Which singer was nicknamed the Empress of the Blues? 4 What was Jesus’s native language? 5 “The Banker – Himself” was a credit on which TV show? 6 What only ...
by merry
Sat May 11, 2024 9:34 am
Forum: Quizzes & Questions
Topic: Tough 2 (5 May)
Replies: 5
Views: 60

Tough 2 (5 May)

That's another full house!! a double-full-house week! WELL DONE HF GANG! :party 9 Sporting left-handers: cricket; golf; tennis; snooker. 10 Lost Tudor palaces. 11 Songs by virtual bands: Gorillaz; the Archies; Alvin and the Chipmunks. 12 Gave names to toys: Barbie and Ken; teddy bears. 13 New Year: ...
by merry
Sat May 11, 2024 9:23 am
Forum: Quizzes & Questions
Topic: Tough 1 (4 May)
Replies: 5
Views: 54

Tough 1 (4 May)

8/8 YES!!!!! :clapping

I'm with Daisy's Daughter - love that song! mind you, once you get it into your head...


1 Dark energy.
2 Joseph Conrad (after Polish and French).
3 Red Bull.
4 Sandi Toksvig.
5 Driverless taxis.
6 Turkey (after the US).
7 Wellerman.
8 Wasps.
by merry
Sat May 11, 2024 9:07 am
Forum: Stop Press
Topic: Northern Lights last night, wow!
Replies: 12
Views: 88

Northern Lights last night, wow!

Hmmmm....

I've suddenly remembered Day of the Triffids :rofl

I shall be OK as I turned down the chance to leave my comfy bed in the middle of the night and go out for the spectacle :D
by merry
Sat May 11, 2024 8:57 am
Forum: Stop Press
Topic: Northern Lights last night, wow!
Replies: 12
Views: 88

Northern Lights last night, wow!

Juliet took these in the middle of the night! Anyone else see any?


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by merry
Fri May 10, 2024 10:40 am
Forum: Travellers' Tales
Topic: US trip 2024
Replies: 7
Views: 40

US trip 2024

Catching the Eclipse, too! :clapping
by merry
Fri May 10, 2024 10:40 am
Forum: Travellers' Tales
Topic: US trip 2024
Replies: 7
Views: 40

US trip 2024

Oh my goodness, WR, what a trip! Truly the holiday of a lifetime! (though hopefully there will be more of these to come) Lovely photographs and a great write-up! We do have some amazing travelogues going on on our board, don't we. That steak and lobster would be my dream dinner. I always find it tri...
by merry
Fri May 10, 2024 10:35 am
Forum: The Coffeeshop
Topic: May the fourth be with you
Replies: 29
Views: 304

May the fourth be with you

Lovely write-ups OC! I love looking at your menus and photos. Jeff did well if he managed all of that lasagne after his prawns! No wonder he didn't want dessert! All I can offer in the way of eating out is a hot Cheese and Onion Pasty I had from Cheltenham Town Hall canteen yesterday - where Juliet ...
by merry
Sun May 05, 2024 9:28 am
Forum: The Coffeeshop
Topic: May the fourth be with you
Replies: 29
Views: 304

May the fourth be with you

I have had an unsuccessful day and am not happy so what is new. My phone no longer works for apps and when out may be needed e.g. trains and buses times and places. So I bought a new phone and it's impossible to get back case off to put in the battery and I have damaged it trying so can't even retu...
by merry
Sun May 05, 2024 9:17 am
Forum: Quizzes & Questions
Topic: Tough 2 (5 May)
Replies: 5
Views: 60

Tough 2 (5 May)

What links: 9 Alastair Cook; Phil Mickelson; Martina Navratilova; Mark Williams? 10 Bridewell; Greenwich; Nonsuch; Richmond; Whitehall? 11 Clint Eastwood; Sugar, Sugar; the Chipmunk Song? 12 Ruth Handler’s children and Theodore Roosevelt? 13 Rosh Hashanah; Shogatsu; Songkran; Nowruz? 14 Anne Bonny; ...