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Hi again, Rusty!
Yes, there was to be a minute's silence right across Europe, so I believe, to honour the Paris victims .
We had our moment's silence at 11 o'clock at home on our own!
Not quite the same atmosphere as my being on Victoria Station for the Remembrance Day silence, but we were there in spirit.

I was just about to ask you why the Royal family should have code names for when any family member dies? but Ros has beaten me to it!
I've never heard of this before...?

Your son and his wife are well organised, doing their Christmas shopping so early (well, early for me!) - I cannot even get my lot to decide what they want!

Hello, Rosalind!
The code words for a Royal death has been in place for many years.
The late King George the Sixth's code was Hyde Park Corner.
I would imagine in years gone by, long before we had instant communication, or, possibly in times of war, it was thought to be necessary.
It is not anything I have explored, just a bit of info I happened across.
There is a lot of protocol etc with Royalty, so the "codes" may, or may not, have something to do with that.
For instance, every major newspaper will have obituaries written, right now, for the death of any major Royal.
A simple code will get get the process into operation.
That is only what I think, and others will have different opinions.

My husband often told me what a nice town Edinburgh was and how good it was for shopping.

I think I must have remained a child at heart - I still like Christmas presents to be a surprise (having listened carefully to whatever the family happened to have mentioned in the month or so before I did my shopping)

Hello again, Rosalind!
I do not know if this site accepts links any more, but...
if you type "Queen Mother Death Tay Bridge" into Google there are quite a few articles there about it.

Hi Rusty

The code names seem to be the funeral plans, which is fair enough. No doubt the plans have to be made well ahead. Apparently the Royal family help with them!
Actually I don't know why I put the ! because I have written my own funeral ceremony (not service). They will be surprised when "I have been so great a lover" is read out. (Rupert Brooke, and he loved blankets, china, waves, wet roofs etc)

I see that the Queen's funeral plans were stolen at one point!

The sun is shining - looks to be a lovely afternoon - going out now.......

Enjoy the day, everyone !

A wee update on the Great Parking Ticket Scandal.
There is a report in my local paper today.
The lifeboatmen were on an emergency "shout" (see Chambers).
Conditions were "horrendous" on the river.
The crews have dispensation to park on yellow lines, and notices to that effect for their car windscreens.
But two got tickets and have appealed online.
The council are investigating.
A bit of common sense needed here, I think!

Rusty, all will be well in the end, I feel sure! The lifeboat crew will not have to pay their fines and the traffic warden will have his / her knuckles rapped for the transgression!!
Have you done your duty as a taxi driver? Are your family back home from their shopping? I hope they had a successful trip? lots and lots of interestingly shaped parcels?
We had a pleasant walk this afternoon - we went to Crystal Palace Park - - of crossword clue fame!
It was chilly out- I was glad of woolly hat pulled down over my curls (no hatpin needed!), scarf and gloves!
Dog had a slight bleed from her nearly gone 'lump' - I think she must have caught one of her stitches? They are supposedly dissolvable but are taking a long time to go?
Anyway, vet check tomorrow morning!
I forgot to record the tennis, so missed it!

Good evening, Pigale!
Sorry, I seem to have ignored you today!
I trust that you are grand?
Anything going on in the village today?
Fine day here, but windy!

Hello, Elle,
I am impressed that you can manage without a hatpin!
There won't be many like you knocking about.
Yes, I have done my taxiing duty.
They were loaded with stuff!
(The Bridge is closed to double decked buses just now, I noticed!)
I hope the parking carry-on gets sorted out.
It is bad when the emergency services get parking tickets on errands of mercy! Not good for the city's image at all!
I am sure doggie is fine.
Dissolvable stitches is another area in which I am inexpert but the vet will keep you right, there.
Now, Crystal Palace Park? Is that a fair size?
There seems to be a lot of "green" throughout London and surrounding areas. The city planners appear to have got it right across the years? Is that your view?