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Hey, Rusty!
Does Miss B&Q aka Miss Orlando work part time at B&Q Q then? (otherwise why the nickname?)
It's good the girls work their way though Uni - even tho' they don't need to pay tuition fees. Our younger daughter has had quite a lot of money to pay off for fees and accommodation etc after she finished at Manchester Uni. Elder daughter was lucky enough to catch the last year of grants and was also sponsored by Racal. I think It's very hard for students these days.
Don't worry, you're not alone in not recognising some of these foreign breads.... I had to ask my friend (sotto voce!) what a ciabatta was!
I had to laugh though at your granddaughter's street cred being put in jeopardy!
Haven't you been having this lovely warm weather? I read some of your comments earlier. It's been beautiful here- and supposed to be the same tomorrow .
I hope the car is fixable- we need it to get about in looking for another one!

Hi all, I just noticed Rossim's comment about shrieking women and couldn't resist responding. Years ago I remember Wimbledon being serene. I loved it, - think Chrissie Evert, Virginia Wade and then somewhere along the line, I can't work out when, people started grunting and shrieking and it drove me nuts! I suppose I could watch it with the sound off but the gentle sounds of the game used to be a part of the enjoyment. I'm quite easy-going about most things but I'm allergic to grunting tennis! I find myself tutting at the television, anticipating the next grunt and then telling the TV off when it happens! That's not good is it?

No, but it's quite a funny prospect, Susan!
Rather like my husband arguing with the lady on the Sat Nav!
I agree with you though about the players 'grunting' -if it is somewhat distracting for us, the viewers , think what it must be like for their opponents1 I'm surprised there isn't a warning/ penalty if it's too noisy , rather like there is for racquet abuse.

Elle, Miss Orlando works part time at B&Q.
Usually in the cash office, but she is an expert paint colour mixer too.
We had no rain but not a great day.
I hope it is a nice day down your way for the Oaks at Epsom tomorrow.
Your car is fixable, but HAS to be fixed properly.
I have never heard of anybody that does not like black pudding.
Maybe you should go for a check up?

I hated black pudding as a child but had it recently with a baked potato and love it.I cant watch ladies tennis any mor the grunting and screaming is very off putting especially Sharapova it must be distracting for the other player and the men dont seem to do it,Cars are a dirty word in our house at the moment I dont drive anymore but my husband has 4 cars and is thinking about buying another,

I like black pudding, Doglet.
Good on a roll, too.
i don't mind the tennis, but I think the second serve should be done away with.
4 cars? Gee whizz!
One is enough hassle for me!
Fine morning up here!

Rusty, before you cart me off to the psychiatric unit, may I say that I LOVE white pudding, haggis and faggots! It's only black pudding that I don't like!
(Only joking!)
Not a very nice day here... warm but wet when I got up. Sunshining now, but we're forecast thunderstorms later - not auguring well for The Oaks if it's the same over at Epsom, but that's about 40 minutes drive away so could be ok there. Have you got a bet on?
How are you getting on with "Chappaquidick"? It was interesting hearing what Aristo had to say about the Kennedys, wasn't it? especially that guy's attitude about the damage done to his boat. 'A Kennedy can do no wrong!'
I think back in the '60s a lot of people thought that the brothers were, from their TV appearances, very charismatic and could never put a foot wrong. 'Heroes'!
It took a while for the scales to fall from people's eyes.
The case of Mary Jo certainly did it for Teddy Kennedy.

Doglet, I agree about the grunting being annoying, but it would never stop me from watching the tennis! If push came to shove, you could turn the volume off during the ladies' matches?
I wish they showed more of the doubles matches - we only have Freeview ( and our red button doesn't work) so we are limited as to watching only what the BBC choses to broadcast.
Do you have a special Sports Channel?
(We could do with one of your husband's cars, right now!)

Ah, Elle, I could not resist a wee dig about the black pudding!
Overcast here.
No, no bet so far; I shall see later on.
Just finished Chappaquiddick, thankfully.
I am in full agreement (although I know less) with Aristo.
The Kennedy men were dreadful. So, too, was their father, Joe. Involved with the mob in Chicago,
bootlegger, etc. Just shows what power, money and great PR can do. Joe was the US ambassador to Britain before the war.
And, yes, poor Mary Jo. Just a footnote in history now.
Elle, this red button of yours.
You can get replacement controls in Tesco/Asda etc.
Or, very cheaply on Amazon and eBay. Explore!
A non-working red button is not to be tolerated!

Have a wee look at this, Elle.
http://www.remote-controls-shop.co.uk/
It should give you an idea of the availability of your remote. But you also get universal ones that can work Sky etc.

Hi, Rusty!
Re the remote control........we haven't just sat on the problem!
We did get one of these replacement Universal controls for the TV, which should have incorporated all the functions of the Freeview box too.
And, in fact, it did, apart from the Red button, which controls which sports features you can hop between.
Everything works just perfectly , except that I can't jump from one tennis match to another , for instance.
I don't know what is amiss, as this is the only problem with the resetting of everything on the new remote control. Everything works well except the red button!
(I'm saying 'we' but I actually didn't do anything! It must be my husband's fault!! how's that for a good bit of buck passing??!)
Will study the link you kindly sent!