Just Sayin'

Yep.

Storage

What do you know- my fridge/freezer has now decided it wants to identify as a cupboard and no longer wishes to keep items cool. Just brilliant!

Lucky Me

Must be my age LOL.

Safety First

Quite possibly the best safety sign you'll ever see...

Drink Up!

If you're drinking rum before 10 AM it doesn't automatically mean you're an alcoholic. It may however mean you are a pirate LOL.

Happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day.

Decimal Silver

The UK' Royal Mint has issued this lovely silver sixpence, something of a novelty it might be argued. Our circulation coins have not included a 6p since the early 1970's, when the decimal system was adopted. There have been a few special releases such as this over the past few years. This one is however something of a standout: it will be unique in that the reverse shows the King's personal Royal Cypher. 

Enjoy these images of this historic coin, struck in 925 Sterling silver.

Warmer

Who'd have thought our hottest day of the year would actually arrive in Autumn LOL? This is also the first time since records began (mid-1800's) that September temperatures have exceeded 30 degrees Celsius for five days in a row. Amazing.

Read more from the Guardian.

Of course we can't say definitively what temperatures were like prior to 1850 but this is the date generally accepted by scientists as the end of the Little Ice Age. This was a period from around 1300 AD where global temperatures fell by at least 2 degrees. Some might therefore argue it is unsafe to use perhaps the coolest point in the past 2000 years as the benchmark to record global warming. I'll leave that to others to decide.

Certainly this current pleasant September makes up for an extremely poor July and August.

Hot-ish

After an extremely disappointing July and August for the UK, the weather has perked up somewhat. At least for a week, we can enjoy a bit more Summer despite it is now officially Autumn LOL.

Coffee?

 LOL!

Super And Blue

A blue moon and a super moon in one night. It's said to be blue because it is the second new moon in a calendar month and super because it is at its closest to planet Earth.

Super blue moon or blue super moon. You decide LOL.

Sydney

Just in time for the Australia - England World Cup semi-final, the postie delivered this beaut of a coin. The Sydney Opera House celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. The Royal Australia Mint (RAM) have issued this lovely 50c coin to mark this milestone.

Commiserations to the Matildas and the co-hosts Australia. It was a marvellous match. England's Lionesses are now through to the final and have arguably achieved far more than their male counterparts.

Goodbye Berkshire Records Office

Today the Berkshire Records Office celebrates 75 years. 

To mark this momentous occasion the service- which supports all councils across Berkshire (Bracknell Forest, Reading Borough, West Berkshire, the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Slough and Wokingham Borough) is changing its name to the Royal Berkshire Archives.

Read more here.