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Hey, Rusty!
Wow! I am indeed impressed!
(and as you say, nary a teenager in sight!)
It isn' t working for me though? at least , not using my desk top.....if I press down on "e" this is what happens......eeeeeeeeee?
No accent?
Maybe it works on a tablet? but the battery on my Hudl is flat......I shall try later and report back!
A Greek salad consists of tomatoes, feta cheese, onion, sliced cucumbers, and olives, with oregano and olive oil.
(Hopefully, I have that right - at least that is what I ate, under such a heading!)
Additionally in the middle of mine, I also had houmous on a bed of lettuce.
Delicious!
Have you been watching any of the tennis? Anything 'strange or startling' to report?
Just checked in on Lassie and her chicks - they must be eating a lot - they are very big!!
We have a glorious evening here now. You would never credit that a few hours ago we had such a massive thunderstorm!

Hello, Elle!
I tried houmous once and was nearly ill!
It is awful muck to be eating!
I typed the accents with my Chromebook, but there must be similar systems on other keyboards, surely?
Now, Elle, I have discovered a way to find out what type of aerial you need.
1, type "Wolfbane Reception Predictor" in search box.
2, Scroll down to "Reception Predictor", click.
3, Type in your postcode and press "Go".
4, Look along to the column on far right, and it will show you which type of aerial you need.
It looks a bit technical and you are no longer a young one, but I am sure you shall manage!
No tennis for me, the cycling was on.
Sharapova has earned herself a two year ban,
It was a heart failure drug she failed on.
What on earth was she taking that for?
The chicks are getting very big, right enough!
Good to see!

Hi Elle
The Greek salads I had in Crete didn't have lettuce and some (especially in the hills) had the dried bread (pretty hard) at the bottom, soaking up the oil and tomato juices. They didn't have peppers in either, as I have seen suggested. The simplest were absolutely fresh feta, tomatoes, cucumber, olive oil, oregano and a few olives. I've never had really good feta in this country.

One place I stayed (I think I have been 6 times!) you could buy yoghurt in a shallow terracotta bowl, which was returned to be refilled. This, with Greek honey, is one of my all time favourite foods.

Best ever plateful there was chips cooked over an open wood fire on a piece of foil, covered with chopped tomato sauce and a small amount of feta. 1 euro!

Hi, Rusty!
Thank you for finding out that information.
It is so very kind of you to go to so much trouble. I am most grateful.
Now, I have followed all that to the letter, and the results are quite surprising!
Apparently , being within the range of a local transmitter, all we should need is a simple set- top aerial.
The one we have just bought to replace the broken one is quite an expensive one so we should, in theory , be in excellent " working order".
So why no ITV4?
It is a mystery!
(And we are as young as we feel!)
I remember all the hype about Maria.... wasn't she taking meldonium, supposedly for a magnesium deficiency? and didn't diabetes also come into it somewhere?
So how did the cycling go? Where and what were you watching?

Hello, Ros!
No, the houmous and the lettuce were additions to the Greek salad.
But otherwise, I think I had it right?
I certainly enjoyed it!
I wouldn't know about the feta...I've only ever eaten it in this country.
I don't fancy the yoghurt and honey - I don't like honey! Too sweet!

Hello, Elle.
From my phone.
Ěé ê,ý ū, į ī,ø,â, æ,ś, ť,§, ş,ğ etc!

Hello, Elle!
I agree.
It was very, very, very, kind of me to try and help!
Well, that is good.
You have purchased the correct aerial at any rate.
The only other thing that I can think of, is if Freeview had a helpline you could ask where ITV4 is hiding?
They may even be able to check your system remotely?
It is not as if you lived at the back of beyond.
Maria is the healthiest looking lady I have ever saw and is in no need of heart failure medicine, I do not think.
The cycling is the Criterium du Dauphine.
It is a very important race in France, and is looked on as ideal preparation for Le Tour.
There is a cycling channel on Sky, called Bike, oddly enough.
On Saturday, there is a programme on it about one of my heroes of long ago. Raymond Poulidor, "Pou-Pou".
He always seemed to be getting beat by Jacques Anquetil but the French folk loved him, rather than Anquetil.
Hope Pigale sees this, she may remember him.

Hello, Elle!
Type, "Support Freeview" into your search box, and you shall find lots of info, help, phone numbers, etc.

Hi elle
Yes you did have it right, sorry. Except the bread, which I think few ever bother with now and I've never seen in Greek salad in England.
We had yoghurt and honey every day for breakfast! But not too much honey.
I'm reading "A Case of Exploding Mangoes!. It is said to be funny.mmmm

Hi, Rusty!
Thank you for that additional information about Freeview support.
I have had a quick look- yes, there is reams of gen.
I shall have a sort through tomorrow when I have more time, and see what I can gleam from it.
Certainly it's worth my trying the Helpline number.
You are right....those tablets Maria was taking are also for heart problems, altho I have a feeling it was the diabetes aspect that was stressed at the time? I could be wrong?
She was so foolish, throwing away her career like that...especially having received a warning notification.
I don't know of this cycling race that you mentioned, nor of Poulidor from your past.
I hope the programme about him proves interesting.
Good news about the tennis! Queens is being shown on BBC2 all next week!
I shall be in seventh heaven!



Hello, Ros!
Is "A Case of Exploding Mangoes" your present Book Club read?
It doesn't sound as though you are enjoying it very much?
Who selects which books to read?
Do the members take turns to choose?