CaaC (John)

I think we all have got used to this setup now, the only issue which is not a major one really is you can't delete a post, you can only edit and correct, other than that its fine by me, worked out getting my Google Chrome Grammarly plus I love the Gif feature above.

Well, I posted the above from my mobile but it looks like on the laptop the smilies are the same and the original smilies are at the bottom of the list? Not a problem, really as long as we are up and running.

Seeing the above is all done and dusted I have started the ball rolling as promised and whacked £10 in for this years contribution from an old git like me.

Well, the smilies are back in order which should make @Gunnersauraus a happy chappie,

Webb is being prepared for launch on a European Ariane rocket from French Guiana The launch of the James Webb Space Telescope has been put back by at least four days to allow for more checks. It was to have been sent into orbit on 18 December and will now go up no earlier than the 22nd of the month. A US space agency statement said an "incident" had occurred during launch preparations that may have caused a sudden vibration in the observatory. A firm date for lift-off, on an Ariane rocket, would be confirmed following the investigation, Nasa added. JWST is the $10bn (£7.5bn; €9bn) successor to the veteran Hubble telescope. It's been designed to look deeper into the Universe than its predecessor and, as a consequence, detect events occurring further back in time - more than 13.5 billion years ago. Scientists also expect to use its more advanced capabilities to study the atmospheres of distant planets in the hope that signs of life might be detected. FULL REPORT

Bloody beautiful, I would have him/her any day, puppy or full-grown, wee Kaiden would love him to bits

Have a go at finding this, please, madam, please, XXXXX IC 1318: The Butterfly Nebula in Gas and Dust Image Credit & Copyright: Alan Pham Explanation: In the constellation of the swan near the nebula of the pelican lies the gas cloud of the butterfly next to a star known as the hen. That star, given the proper name Sadr, is just to the right of the featured frame, but the central Butterfly Nebula, designated IC 1318, is shown in high resolution. The intricate patterns in the bright gas and dark dust are caused by complex interactions between interstellar winds, radiation pressures, magnetic fields, and gravity. The featured telescopic view captures IC 1318's characteristic emission from ionized sulfur, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms mapped to the red, green, and blue hues of the popular Hubble Palette. The portion of the Butterfly Nebula pictured spans about 100 light years and lies about 4000 light years away. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210316.html

The Dolphin & Butterfly Nebula are my 2 favourites.

Well...the wife started watching it AGAIN so I couldn't resist watching it AGAIN, there are only 3 musicals that I could watch (and the wife) over and over again is James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy, Judy Garland snd the Wizard of Oz and the best out of the 3... Calamity Jane (1953) - Musical/Romance/Western - Dorris Day, Howard Keel, top marks for me and the songs are ace.

The daughter just sent this via text message, "Puddin is freaking out as Buddy the Gecko keeps poking her head out of her hutch in the glass enclosure and keeps looking at him."

They can all vanish for a while but some can come back eventually, biggest mysteries are @IgnisExcubitor, last posted July 2020 @True Blue, August 2020 @Berserker, January this year And @JoshBRFC hasn't posted for a couple of months but he is still active on Facebook.

Ask @Tommy, I think he upset Toinho with some remark he poated but Tommy said he was sorry later on.