COLD DARK ROOM

[Yvonne G]

Love Star Trek! Do you watch Orville? Similar but a comedy. We have really enjoyed it.

I've seen a couple episodes and couldn't quite figure out if it were meant to be funny and isn't or what. I watched it last night, and if I want to know whether or not earth gets killed I'll have to tune in either next week or, if that was the season finale, next season. In my mind, it's not as interesting or realistic as Star Trek, and the story last night wasn't as interesting as Star Trek's stories (but there was nothing else on that I wanted to watch.

 

[Yvonne G]

I have taken my car to the car wash, bought some onions and some daffodils (I don’t intend to consume the latter), and collected a letter from the sorting office that needed a signature. I’m now drinking tea whilst observing the nest box.

There hasn’t been a lot of action of any sort to see today. There was a bit of a scuffle this morning, but mostly the box has been empty. I hear a bird land at the entrance from time to time, but she hasn’t often been in.

JoesDad’s plane left 45 minutes late and also has to detour round Pakistan which adds an hour, so it will likely be 7.45pm before he lands. The upside is that the M25 motorway will be far less congested by the time he gets out of the airport, so his taxi ride home should be a bit quicker. I am still not expecting him before 10pm

Taxi? You mean you don't sit around the airport waiting for the plane to land so you can drive him home?

 

[Yvonne G]

Really? I thought Yvonne was talking about a rabbit!
(I've just looked it up and realise rabbit = lapin or lapine - I was close - but wrong!)
I thought 'a pencil is on the table' would be 'Un crayon est sur la table'
French was never my strong point in school in case you hadn't guessed.

LOL! I guess not. . . since I was speaking in Spanish!

 

[Yvonne G]

What Yvonne wrote is Spanish [emoji23]

Took me a while to realise too!

Reptilony said, "..I think cali people tend to learn spanish as a second language because of all the mexicans? Maybe @Yvonne knows a little?" but the post I quoted was too long for it to show the whole thing and that sentence was the last sentence in the quoted post. I was trying to be funny to show my extensive knowledge of the use of the Spanish language. That'll teach me to try to be funny.

 

[Lyn W]

Reptilony said, "..I think cali people tend to learn spanish as a second language because of all the mexicans? Maybe @Yvonne knows a little?" but the post I quoted was too long for it to show the whole thing and that sentence was the last sentence in the quoted post. I was trying to be funny to show my extensive knowledge of the use of the Spanish language. That'll teach me to try to be funny.

Well you did much better than me Yvonne , I don't even recognise Spanish when I see it never mind speak it!

 

[JoesMum]

Taxi? You mean you don't sit around the airport waiting for the plane to land so you can drive him home?

The company pays. I have done the airport shuttle in the past, but if his company are willing to send a taxi to get him that’s far better! Especially when the flight is delayed.

His flight arrival has been pushed back a further hour (two and a half hours late now). It must have hit head winds as well as had to fly round Pakistan. He’ll probably be home about 11pm now.

 

[Lyn W]

The company pays. I have done the airport shuttle in the past, but if his company are willing to send a taxi to get him that’s far better! Especially when the flight is delayed.

His flight arrival has been pushed back a further hour (two and a half hours late now). It must have hit head winds as well as had to fly round Pakistan. He’ll probably be home about 11pm now.

Oh no he'll be exhausted when he gets back.
Is he able to sleep on flights? I never used to be able to nod off with so much going on around me.

 

[Cathie G]

My mum would have said, 'If you don't stop arguing I'll knock your heads together!!' and that's exactly what's needed in our Parliament!

Same with our congress and senate. I had a devious plan in place with my 2 sons. They either found a way to get along or else. First they had to sit down for several minutes if they were fighting. I wouldn't listen to who blamed who. After about 10 minutes they had to kiss each other on the cheek. Since that thought was so disgusting, they usually found a way to not fight. Now I'm wondering if I was a bad mom...

 

[Yvonne G]

Well you did much better than me Yvonne , I don't even recognise Spanish when I see it never mind speak it!

I took it in high school, and can understand a few words, but not sentences. My grade was't a very good one. I never could think in spanish. I always had to think in english and translate it in my mind, which takes too long when taking tests to pass the course.

 

[Yvonne G]

The company pays. I have done the airport shuttle in the past, but if his company are willing to send a taxi to get him that’s far better! Especially when the flight is delayed.

His flight arrival has been pushed back a further hour (two and a half hours late now). It must have hit head winds as well as had to fly round Pakistan. He’ll probably be home about 11pm now.

Sheesh!

 

[JoesMum]

Oh no he'll be exhausted when he gets back.
Is he able to sleep on flights? I never used to be able to nod off with so much going on around me.

He has had plenty of practice at sleeping on planes due to many business trips. You never sleep properly though. What sleep you get isn’t as restful.

I suspect he will try not to sleep too much. It’s a daytime flight and he will want to sleep when he gets home. Hopefully his body lock hasn’t adjusted to India time as wasn’t there that long. India is 5.5 hours ahead of the UK.

 

[JoesMum]

Same with our congress and senate. I had a devious plan in place with my 2 sons. They either found a way to get along or else. First they had to sit down for several minutes if they were fighting. I wouldn't listen to who blamed who. After about 10 minutes they had to kiss each other on the cheek. Since that thought was so disgusting, they usually found a way to not fight. Now I'm wondering if I was a bad mom...

Sounds like a perfect plan to me [emoji23]

 

[Yvonne G]

Whew! At this rate it will be Autumn by the time I get my yard spring clean up done. I've finished the leopard yard and the desert tortoise yard but still have 5 more yards to go. And the leopard yard needs mowing again! It's heck to get old. I run out of steam way too soon.

 

[Cathie G]

Well I just got accepted lol! Uqar at Rimouski Qc [emoji16]

That's wonderful. It's great that you found something you are really interested in. I've been checking out aquariums and bettas all day. Pro's and con's of a 5g. I still want probably a 5g but 10g isn't out of the question. It depends on the dimensions of where it will be sitting. I do know I want a betta.

 

[Kristoff]

Really? I thought Yvonne was talking about a rabbit!
(I've just looked it up and realise rabbit = lapin or lapine - I was close - but wrong!)
I thought 'a pencil is on the table' would be 'Un crayon est sur la table'
French was never my strong point in school in case you hadn't guessed.

Huh? “La piz” is not “the piece of pizza that had been half bitten off”?

 

[Kristoff]

I could not hear it. [emoji17]

Sorry. It’s plain brilliant.

 

[Cathie G]

Hoho sorry im being intrusive!! « rendez-vous »!! It always makes me laugh when english people say french words! I got a friend James he’s from california and he got married to a Canadian and got two kids anyway the point is he had a so funny accent! A common thing USA people like to say is « Déjà-vu » I guess there’s no word for that in english? They say, « deja vous » which means something else and when anything is about France they say something like « I would like a « croissant » please » lol . And we here in Qc are way worse, people use anglisicm ALL the time in conversations...BUT we are WAY better at speaking english than actual Frenchs from France, we cringe badly when we hear them speak english and what’s weird is we protect the French language way more than they do they think speaking english is THE coolest thing and use even more anglisicm than us!! Btw I tried speaking a little spanish when I went to rep.dominicaine and it’s so hard!! The only thing I learned Is « quatro huevos por favor » which means four eggs please...I think cali people tend to learn spanish as a second language because of all the mexicans? Maybe @Yvonne knows a little?

It's really funny because all languages have different accents within the same language. I speak American English, but when I drove south I couldn't understand one word they were saying at first.

 

[Kristoff]

The company pays. I have done the airport shuttle in the past, but if his company are willing to send a taxi to get him that’s far better! Especially when the flight is delayed.

His flight arrival has been pushed back a further hour (two and a half hours late now). It must have hit head winds as well as had to fly round Pakistan. He’ll probably be home about 11pm now.

I wonder if his taxi will be equipped with a newspaper and a hammer.

 

[Kristoff]

He has had plenty of practice at sleeping on planes due to many business trips. You never sleep properly though. What sleep you get isn’t as restful.

I suspect he will try not to sleep too much. It’s a daytime flight and he will want to sleep when he gets home. Hopefully his body lock hasn’t adjusted to India time as wasn’t there that long. India is 5.5 hours ahead of the UK.

Yeah, it would be hard to unlock that... !

 

[Cathie G]

Thank you for this small history lesson! you seem to know a lot about Uk history, I bet you know « La bataille des plaines d’Abraham » that’s when UK destroyed Nouvelle-France and annexed us!!lol

Yea and we the statue of liberty to prove it.