COLD DARK ROOM

[ZEROPILOT]

Hello Ed, I often read from reimported cars. Reimported to Germany from the USA, often from Florida.
But you know this car ?

What car?

 

[JoesMum]

Yes Linda, I use a computer. System: Linux mint and my laptop has windows 7. On both PC`s I am using Firefox as browser.

I was working on perhaps outdated operating system or browser. However, Win7 is in support (getting updates) until 2020 and Linux Mint still has a current version.

I am surprised that Firefox doesn't handle emojis. It might be worth trying to update Firefox to see if you have the most recent version.

I use Chrome on Windows 10, iOS and Android and it does work with emojis.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Good evening Adam,
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy ! Your donkey brought the full charge of sunshine and warmth, because the wonderful weather should last the whole week long.
TTTTTTThhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnkkkkk You !

Good evening, Bee!
Ahem.
Errrrrrrrrrrrr, any time my friend.
I'm glad that you have the good weather for a bit though.

 

[Bee62]

I like the old, air cooled 911 best.
My favorite car is still the 1981 and 1982 Toyota Starlet. The last of the TRUE rear wheel drive compact cars.
Absolutely no power. But cool.

Only a absolutely fan of Toyota like you can love the Starlet.
No power but cool..... LOL
The Porsche 911 is a legend !

 

[JoesMum]

Good evening all. We are on the train home.

We went to see a talk by wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan... such a good film-maker... a treat for daughter for her birthday. He was selling some photo prints and she bought one which he signed.

We were at the Royal Geographical Society which is in Kensington - just up the road from the Natural History where I was disturbed to see this so early in the season...

 

[Bee62]

I was working on perhaps outdated operating system or browser. However, Win7 is in support (getting updates) until 2020 and Linux Mint still has a current version.

I am surprised that Firefox doesn't handle emojis. It might be worth trying to update Firefox to see if you have the most recent version.

I use Chrome on Windows 10, iOS and Android and it does work with emojis.

I can try with an update on firefox.

 

[Bee62]

Good evening all. We are on the train home.

We went to see a talk by wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan... such a good film-maker... a treat for daughter for her birthday. He was selling some photo prints and she bought one which he signed.

We were at the Royal Geographical Society which is in Kensington - just up the road from the Natural History where I was disturbed to see this so early in the season...
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Oh no ! Much too early to my opinion.
In Germany the 1. of September all the christmas sweets appear in all supermarkets.
I hate it !

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Good evening all. We are on the train home.

We went to see a talk by wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan... such a good film-maker... a treat for daughter for her birthday. He was selling some photo prints and she bought one which he signed.

We were at the Royal Geographical Society which is in Kensington - just up the road from the Natural History where I was disturbed to see this so early in the season...
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Oh, goodness!
I used to work sometimes for and sometimes in the Natural History Museum
But there's no excuse for that!

 

[Big Charlie]

I was working on perhaps outdated operating system or browser. However, Win7 is in support (getting updates) until 2020 and Linux Mint still has a current version.

I am surprised that Firefox doesn't handle emojis. It might be worth trying to update Firefox to see if you have the most recent version.

I use Chrome on Windows 10, iOS and Android and it does work with emojis.

I'm using Firefox and I can see the emojis.

 

[JoesMum]

I'm using Firefox and I can see the emojis.

Hopefully Sabine can update it and it will then work. If she's on the most recent version then I'm out of ideas ... I think FF is up to version 56 now.

 

[Big Charlie]

Oh no ! Much too early to my opinion.
In Germany the 1. of September all the christmas sweets appear in all supermarkets.
I hate it !

We don't normally see Christmas stuff until after Halloween because they are trying to sell the Halloween candy and decorations. We have Thanksgiving the 4th week of November, and it used to be that we wouldn't see anything Christmas until after then. Not anymore. All the stores used to be closed on Thanksgiving and reopen early on Friday for Black Friday. Now they have Black Friday before Friday!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

We don't normally see Christmas stuff until after Halloween because they are trying to sell the Halloween candy and decorations. We have Thanksgiving the 4th week of November, and it used to be that we wouldn't see anything Christmas until after then. Not anymore. All the stores used to be closed on Thanksgiving and reopen early on Friday for Black Friday. Now they have Black Friday before Friday!

Pink Thursday?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

We don't normally see Christmas stuff until after Halloween because they are trying to sell the Halloween candy and decorations. We have Thanksgiving the 4th week of November, and it used to be that we wouldn't see anything Christmas until after then. Not anymore. All the stores used to be closed on Thanksgiving and reopen early on Friday for Black Friday. Now they have Black Friday before Friday!

Or do you mean Beige Wednesday ?

 

[JoesMum]

We don't normally see Christmas stuff until after Halloween because they are trying to sell the Halloween candy and decorations. We have Thanksgiving the 4th week of November, and it used to be that we wouldn't see anything Christmas until after then. Not anymore. All the stores used to be closed on Thanksgiving and reopen early on Friday for Black Friday. Now they have Black Friday before Friday!

Here in the UK, Christmas things start to trickle into the shops from September these days.

Christmas window and shop dressing is usually avoided until mid November, but there are always some offenders.

We don't celebrate Thanksgiving... but for some obscure reason shops started trying to jump on the Black Friday bandwaggon a couple of years ago. Last year fell completely flat so I do wonder if retailers will ditch that idea this year.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Not much happens here til December and even then it's just the big shopping centres and supermarkets.
Here in the medina we'll get a tree or two in the most touristy cafes and an inflatable Santa appearing for sale here and there.
Not much else, unsurprisingly, Christmas is not big here.
Which in some respects is quite a relief.

 

[Bee62]

Here in the UK, Christmas things start to trickle into the shops from September these days.

Christmas window and shop dressing is usually avoided until mid November, but there are always some offenders.

We don't celebrate Thanksgiving... but for some obscure reason shops started trying to jump on the Black Friday bandwaggon a couple of years ago. Last year fell completely flat so I do wonder if retailers will ditch that idea this year.

In Germany the christmas decoration in the streets and in shops is also avoided until : Sunday of dead, or, Eternity sunday, so called.
It is a Sunday in November when all people should think of the dead. It is a religious holiday.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Only a absolutely fan of Toyota like you can love the Starlet.
No power but cool..... LOL
The Porsche 911 is a legend !

I don't need fast cars.
I have a 204 mph motorcycle for my speed needs.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I don't need fast cars.
I have a 204 mph motorcycle for my speed needs.

I hire a donkey for mine.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

I hire a donkey for mine.

Rocket powered?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Rocket powered?

Carrot powered, usually.