How is your day going?

I see @Jimm_Scope gets seeds from the same place I've been buying from for years. They give instructions on how to save many seeds for subsequent years, which I've also done. If you're on a low income, they have a lower rate for P & P. I really can't go past them!

Thank you @Lou67 - my neighbour has just come around to collect his little dog, so now I have 3 doggy-free days before the next 3 days of looking after him. Time to catch up on the housework next! I'm keeping well, thank you, just wish it was the same for everyone

 Marydoll5 said:

@Lou67 I haven't watched USA traitors yet I'm saving it for during the week. I ended up after being left high and dry by NHS mental health services getting a private therapist and I'm working on a timeline and family tree to identify why I react to situations a certain way, especially the traumas. Its a lot of work but hopefully worth it. I decided it was a good use of PIP money. 

Hi @66Mustang hope alls good with you. 

@Teigr glad you survived lunch.

@Ada I am like lou in that I'm reminded of my ex husband who spent excessively on himself and me and the kids had nothing. You are important too and deserve equal to Mr instead of making all the sacrifices. You are such a good person and it's important to have self care. Please don't take this the wrong way.  You deserve so much more x

I’m sorry to hear that Mary I really hope things ease for you. Good luck with your family tree. 

thanks @Ada, sorry you didn't get much rest, i'm going to take it easy today, i hope you get some rest to, wishing a peaceful day to my scope gang xx 

Jimm_Scope said:

Sandy_123 said:

Hope it eases off for you @Lou67 I'm just watching the planes trying to land in the storm. Especially Dublin airport. I will have to go to the shop soon running low on milk

It can really show the skill that pilots have. Yes, a lot of it when cruising is now automated, but takeoff and landing is all the pilots skill and landing in that kind of weather really shows how much training they get. 

I recently started watching a youtube series by a pilot that goes into detail about airplane incidents and it's actually made me feel safer flying because they also go into how everything gets made safer afterwards.

Sorry for the late reply to this but flying is incredibly safe, statistically it's probably the safest method of transport/public transport that exists

Might be wrong, but I'm sure there was one calendar year quite recently where there wasn't a single reported commercial passenger airline plane crash, anywhere in the world, where passengers died

Pilots need a hell of a lot of flying hours before they are allowed to be in full charge of a passenger plane as well, like hundreds or even thousands of hours in some cases

Just adding this for curiosity/interest's sake but there was a poll taken a while back and the majority of people feel safest with a Scottish pilot for some reason, also sadly more people feel comfortable with a male pilot which is odd seeing as some of the major firsts in the flying world were by women, and we are not talking just "first woman" to do certain stuff but "first person" overall

The last flight I went on the pilot was an Arab and he kept cracking quite silly little jokes over the speaker system so all the passengers could hear which I thought was awesome and actually quite hilarious but I can understand might not have made people feel totally comfortable...  

Hi @rubin16  and everyone, I hope today is good for you all

I can understand the control thing actually, you are more likely to die driving a car but at least it would (more than likely) be your own fault, in a plane your fate is not up to you!!