Pedants' Paradise

[oddoneout]

I discovered recently that EWM have a store in Northallerton - I thought EWM went under years ago.

They went into administration along with Pondens, Peacocks and Bon Marche, but have all come out the other side now over a period of time. EWM is opening a new store in Chesterfield.
The improved fortunes have been welcomed in my home town where half the space in the then-new shopping centre was occupied by those stores. When it all went pear-shaped EWM stayed open but the 3 other stores all closed. Pondens didn't return but Peacocks and recently BM have now opened again.

[Old Grumpy]

Reminds me of the sign to the left of the pre-dual carriagewayed A1 heading north, just after leaving Bawtry:

SLOW CHILDREN CROSSING

"Good to know we're now in Yorkshire" - said Dad!

Interesting history, Bawtry. Apparently it was in Nottinghamshire, then pre-Norman Conquest became part of the West Riding...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bawtry

[french frank]

Just reading my Guardian newsletter. There's a story about 'cloud milking', a zero-energy method of keeping newly planted forests watered:

"It started in the Canary Islands, and mimics the way laurel trees capture water droplets from fog by using sheets of plastic mesh erected in the path of the wind."

Is it just me?

Why has the Reply Window gone down to the bottom of the page? What did I do? Oh, I think I may have zoomed out too far.

[Pulcinella]

Just reading my Guardian newsletter. There's a story about 'cloud milking', a zero-energy method of keeping newly planted forests watered:

"It started in the Canary Islands, and mimics the way laurel trees capture water droplets from fog by using sheets of plastic mesh erected in the path of the wind."

Is it just me?

Why has the Reply Window gone down to the bottom of the page? What did I do? Oh, I think I may have zoomed out too far.

You've been lost in the fog erecting those plastic sheets.
The Reply Window has always been at the bottom on my iPad, and the reply stays there after having been posted until you refresh the page (at least in the view settings I use).

[french frank]

You've been lost in the fog erecting those plastic sheets.

I didn't need to do it myself - the laurel trees have been doing it naturally on their own.

The Reply Window has always been at the bottom on my iPad, and the reply stays there after having been posted until you refresh the page (at least in the view settings I use).

Correct. Until I did a bit of zooming out, the blue Post Reply button was on the left at the top. Click on it and the software scrolled down automatically to the reply window. But after zooming out on a different website the Post Reply button moved over to the right which confused me so I scrolled down manually to the bottom of the page to find the window. First: what's changed? Second: why? Third: Solution - all back to normal

[oddoneout]

From the blurb for tonight's concert

Here the solo violin represents Scheherezade himself,

[Serial_Apologist]

From the blurb for tonight's concert

Probably mixed up with Lucozade.

[french frank]

From the blurb for tonight's concert

Here the solo violin represents Scheherezade himself,

AI not programmed to identify the name.