Weekly Chat, Sunday October 11, 2009

Caerann: Oh my - are those live penguin cams. That looks like a fabuous site (and an option to hear the sounds from under the Antarctic?)  Amazing!   I had that site on and running with the NF cam in the background and started hearing what I assumed were Antarctic seals or walruses or something, but then realized it was the NF stag, sounding like he'd eaten something that doesn't agree with him.  Can't see a thing.   Oh dear, oh dear, must go to beD - ah - he's coming back!

Now nothing. As I was saying, must go to bed. Will have to check out the penguin cam site in the morning and will write a note to go to NF first.  I'm sure this pesky stag will show up the minute I go to hit the sign off button....oh - and I can hear him again, snorting away in the dark recesses of the woods. Wonder what time it gets light there....

OK Well,  I can hear him very close and crashing about in the undergrowth. Also, birds are tweeting, so things are waking up there.   This stag sounds like he needs some Alka Seltzer!   My husband is already in bed and is probably wondering what the heck is going on... oh dear, really must sign off. Night all.

Morning all (9am here)! Weather is rather chilly and sunny. It has been below zeroC nights, but it gets a bit warmer during day, up to 7C, but it`s been quite windy so it feels colder. The streets are getting icy and slipery, so must change to wintertires soon. Has been rather hectic at work so I`ve just read everybodys posts and enjoyed them, but been too "nacked" (how do you spell it? I can say it, but not sure about spelling) to post myself. Have a nice day/night etc everyone!

Morning all,

Really interesting all this talk about Dundee as I was born there and spent the 1st 24 years of my life there.

I worked for Jute Industries Ltd when I lived there and there were many mills both in Dundee and Brechin , Forfar and Stanley. Used to go auditing there. I remember on one occasion playing push penny with my boss on the board room table at Duke & Lowsons in Brechin.

My first wife used to work for D.C. Thomson in Dundee and later in Glasgow. On a saturday evening she used to receive the highland league football reports from the reporters who had been at the matches that day. As most of them had been drinking by evening the reports were pretty garbled so a lot of the time she had to improvise as they had to go in the Sunday paper.

As you probably know D.C. Thomson is famous for the Beano and the Dandy with characters such as Dennis The Menace , Desperate Dan and The Bash Street Kids.

Caerann thanks for that link I love penguins and it will be a real treat to see them in a natural habitat.

Morning all

I have a day off work today and have been catching up with the chat.  Steed and I live in Dundee so if you want any current info let me know.  OG:  many jute factories remain and have been turned into blocks of flats and there is one which is open as a museum.  There are a couple of derelict mills to the east of the city and one which featured on Brian Cox's programme which is in use by a plumbing/kitchen retailer but the building is in a mess.  DC Thompson also now own Brightsolid the web-based genealogy company.  I'm not really into conkers or porridge but love reading all the comments.  Catch up on the local news by reading the daily paper produced by DCT.  http://www.thecourier.co.uk

Plenty of geese in the skies above but I don't know which kind I'm afraid.  I'll have to swot up.  Isn't it great that R&M have both reached Africa safely.

'Morning everyone, like Annette I feel bad if I don't mention everyone but it''s not easy to do . So, I really wish you all a very good day.

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Auntie, the word is ‘knackered’ – in Cockney (London) rhyming slang we’d say ‘cream crackered’   for ‘knackered’ . Your knowledge of English and English colloquial speech (slang)  is amazing !!!  

Liz LFW         Merse = Flat land by a river, especially on the Solway Firth.  Also used to describe land on the East side of Scotland in Berwickshire lying between the Lammermuirs (a range of hills) and the Tweed. 

So many thanks for that ! Wish I could have showed you the lovely juvenile Osprey that has been hatched there.

Annette, I’m hanging my head in shame and I’m sure you’ve noticed MY extravagant use of  !  as well.  I think it’s the extravert in us over dosing. Lucky me Annette, I caught the stag and his grunts  on video cam.  The cam keeps panning around so sometime it’s just the forest glade. (What a nice word that is : ‘glade’)

Diane, very many thanks for the link to the New Forest Deer. I must be the last to find the site. Hark at the aircraft going into Heathrow (or is it Gatwick).

Careann: is it a live streaming video? Or an updating STILL type cam? Either way I get no movement. Sigh, It must be wonderful when the video is working properly.

Oh, there goes that Stag again  :) I hear him so plainly.

Caerann, thanks for the photo and the fab penguin cam. I could watch those guys all day:)

Auntie, I see Cirrus has posted for you and your english is excellent. Don't mention winter tyres just yet, I try and get into November before I put mine on! (sorry Annette!!!!!!! LOL)

Enjoyed all the other chat.

OK Caerann - think I got  it  -    just no penguins arround at the moment. Several cams to choose from but all penguinless currently.   :(