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That's good to know. I shall keep my eye (and ears) open and see if I can spot them.

Very exciting to see a pair! I shall have to do more research on this bird. Don't know much about it.

Ps re the blackcap. I now discover they're called the 'nightingales of the north' due to their beautiful song. I hope the one I saw this morning hangs around and sings.

Just seen a male blackcap in the garden. I don't think I've ever seen one in the garden before ....maybe my lack of observational skills rather than rarity though. A brief google suggests there are more spending the winter months in the UK now.

I like your 1970s dream/nightmare riff Sue! You weren't a designer on that latest Smiley film, were you? Not a single bright colour to be seen in the whole movie. Really captured the era. And, I have to confess, I still love all that 70s stuff in the right context.

Perhaps one of those sepia-tinted, 1970s-themed nightmares.

Sue Wrote: > Hope I haven't offended you - thought I'd better > say that in case the whole of your home has cork > floors :)) Only in my dreams Sue!

...you've probably got a point Sue.

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Not sure about cork tiles though, very 20th > century! But that's the genius of them! Very 'mid-century modern'. And in my view much more 'natural' than all these 'engineered' wood floors - which simply look like pricey laminate to me.

I think cork or brightly coloured rubber is good (wears well but needs treating annually). Otherwise paint the boards and mask with rugs as Sue suggests.

Thanks so much for posting this link nxjen! Comedy Gold. Can't remember the last time I've laughed so much.

Didn't think we'd get snow today.... looking at the weather map it must to be the tail end of the weather hitting East Anglia.

It's snowing! I hope the semi-hibernating frogs are well ensconced somewhere.

None of that is in conflict with EU legislation is it?

It's not really that simple though, is it? I see the government's error here as one of omission, not commission - but that's not reassuring. For me the central issue illustrated is that one couldn't trust these people to post a letter - let alone undertake the mammoth legislative task ahead of them.

dbboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How about priortising people's rights. Last time I checked the two things weren't mutually exclusive. Thanks Ilona. Have signed and shared.

Beautiful bird song in the garden this morning. I'm not good enough at identifying song to know which birds responsible! But really heartening. My neighbour is a great reader and told me about the Thomas Hood 'November' poem some years ago - 'No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds, November!'. Wish Thomas were alive today to experience this glorious morning!

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >> > Whats the word used on twitter for something that > sets you off "trigger" - use of the word traitor > sets me off :) > Quite agree. The debasement of public life and political language has been shockingly rapid. Whatever happens over the next two years, we won't get that back in a hurry.

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just don't think that would be in a UK newspaper I certainly agree that we don't get near full enough coverage on this issue. The paralysis that's overtaken political life since the referendum is to some extrent evident in the media too.

I'd suggest anyone pushing you to rate those 'identities' in order is insecure in their own sense of self. The Australian article is good. Can't say I see anything unexpected or strange in it though. Are you referring to Adonis, Clarke and Clegg's trip to Brussels?

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- I also > see myself as Welsh and Londoner over British or > European I suppose. I think you're allowed to be all those things.

Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.cityam.com/275935/david-davis-tells-ger > many-we-not-accept-post-brexit-trade > > This is rich coming from David Davis. Isn't > putting politics above prosperity what the Tories > have been doing all along? When I take a step back from simply being very angry that he's contributing to ruining the country, DD intrigues me. Is he, I wonder, simply very dim (the whole 'thick as mince' theory)? Or has he so surrounded himself with 'yes men', that he really has no idea of how his pronouncements sound to the world at large? I guess taking the latter course is a sign of great foolishness in itself.

BrandNewGuy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Alan Medic Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I'd like know re TM, why now? Maybe it going to > > break how the Ruskies messed with the > referendum. > > Looks like pure distraction to me. "Dear people of > Britain, Brexit is continuing to be a train crash, > so I... OOH LOOK, A SQUIRREL!" I'd agree with the squirrel theory.

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > They were comparing her to her successor. Quite possibly. What gets me is that there seems to be an endless supply of these people. A magic 'incompetent, nay downright scary, backbencher' tree.

I'm so sorry Lynne. That sounds like a very difficult situation - and frustrating to say the least! But yes. In my experience even different hospitals/clinics in the same district have no sharing of information. I had some split treatment between Kings' and St Thomas' and soon found that they were unable to access each other's scan results. I now carry a file with relevant medical records to every appointment.