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  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 9,474 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    You're doing great with the walks @66Mustang nice one!

    Alas we're still on a backup generator @Lou67 and the wifi keeps cutting out, but at least I can still work. So glad you enjoyed your filthy Maccies, they're great as a treat. Though I swear everything's smaller these days?  
  • Lou67
    Lou67 Online Community Member Posts: 8,707 Championing

    @Albus_Scope
    Oh yeah forgot you sd about the back up generator that’s great, the wind will be causing havoc with the WiFi.
    Omg yes Mcds are definitely smaller your right everything’s smaller. We are paying more but what we receive is smaller 🙄
  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Online Community Member Posts: 14,991 Championing
    The thing I don't get with things getting smaller, something I vaguely remember from economics, it is often more economical to charge the customer more because once the sale has been made the quantity can often be increased for less money - increasing returns - if that makes sense?

    E.g. say an item is £1.00 they can increase the price by 5% and keep the size the same; but to keep the price the same they have to reduce the size by 15%. 

    I'm not sure if that makes sense :D 
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 62,803 Championing
    No I meant your power cut @Albus_Scope although maybe later I'm not sure. It's all in now @teigr forcast changed to 3 for rain. 
    Same @ada I'm shattered now. Just waiting for family to go
  • Marydoll5
    Marydoll5 Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 658 Championing
    I am doing a cosmetic tidy up as my partners son and wife are calling which is great. Can't hide the parcels though!

    Stay warm and safe this afternoon my new Scope friends
  • Lou67
    Lou67 Online Community Member Posts: 8,707 Championing

    Afternoon everyone I hope yous are all enjoying your day.
    Im having a lazy afternoon now, I went on the treadmill for a little while. 


    @66Mustang
    Im not sure about the ins and outs of the sizing off things I’m hopeless 😂 I just know a lot of things I used to get are now a lot smaller. 

    @Marydoll5
    Hi and nice to see you’ve hound sorry if I missed you before. 
    I hope you have a nice afternoon with your visitor’s.

    ❤️
  • Lou67
    Lou67 Online Community Member Posts: 8,707 Championing

    @Ada
    Hi I hope you’re doing well this afternoon, I had a look on Amazon for candles for you and there’s lots of cheap ones here a photo of one I saw, but there’s loads. 
  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Online Community Member Posts: 14,991 Championing
    @Ada

    Do you want candles for the light or the heat?

    If it's just the light, would you consider pretend electric LED candles with a battery? You can get some really realistic ones and they are brighter, safer, cheaper to run, and, have not checked this but perhaps better for the planet. The only thing they don't do is produce heat.

    My Dad used to laugh at them but he got a job as a fire alarm tester and learnt about fire safety and he is now a convert, he doesn't like real candles anymore due to the fire risk.
  • Lou67
    Lou67 Online Community Member Posts: 8,707 Championing

    @66Mustang
    I use one off them in my lantern on my window it looks great at night the battery’s don’t last that long that’s the only negative I found but I still really like them. 😊
  • Teigr
    Teigr Online Community Member Posts: 4,913 Championing
    Is it my imagination or do we have a storm of some description every other week?
  • Lou67
    Lou67 Online Community Member Posts: 8,707 Championing

    @Teigr
    Definitely not your imagination we have been getting them for ages now. 
    And who thinks up the names lol 
  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 9,474 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    I can actually answer that question @Lou67 :)

    The UK Met Office and Irish service Met Éireann launched their first "Name our Storms" campaign in 2015.

    Most years, they draw the names from a shortlist of favourites submitted by the public. And since 2019, they have been joined by the national weather service of the Netherlands, which also chips in a few suggested names each year.

    For the 2023-24 season, the Met Office has slightly changed its methods and has named a number of storms after prominent scientists, meteorologists and, in its words, others "who work to keep people safe in times of severe weather".

    In the past, storms have alternated between male and female names but that has altered this year in order to honour the right people.



    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67135325
  • Lou67
    Lou67 Online Community Member Posts: 8,707 Championing

    @Albus_Scope
    Thank you for that because I genuinely wondered were the names came from ❤️
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 62,803 Championing
    I'm hoping power don't go off here, the squirrel must be sea sick in the big tree at the bottom 9f the garden swaying like mad  
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 62,803 Championing
    Yes full force here at 6pm lots of disruptions to flights, trains ferries etc  stay safe everyone 
  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 9,474 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    Hope everyone manages to stay safe and their garden gnomes are glued down!

    My mothers partner is supposed to be on a plane this evening, but I doubt that's going to be happening now.

    I'm praying the fence stays in one piece. 
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 62,803 Championing
    I've secured my gate that won't be banging tonight. I bet ghd flight is cancelled @Albus_Scope or diverted
  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 9,474 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    Fingers crossed your green house will be spared @ada.

    I've got tomorrow off, so you can have all the hot cross buns until Tuesday. ;) 
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 62,803 Championing
    Enjoy your day off @Albus_Scope
  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 9,474 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    Haha, thanks @Beaver79, you've all been keeping me on my toes today. Make sure you keep the others in the team busy tomorrow. ;)

    And thank you @Sandy_123, by the sounds of things I'll be spending the day putting the garden back together.  :D 

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