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My little Nephew's reaction to Morph (the 70s kids TV show).

My little Nephew loves shows such as Waybuloo, In The Night Garden and Sarah & Duck. Yet, yesterday, he was sitting at home watch Waybuloo on Cbeebees, and I was reading online about Aardman Animations' Kickstarter campaign to bring it back being successful enough to make three more episodes than they planned.

Feeling a little nostalgic, I looked up the trailer for the new series. All of a sudden, my nephew lost interest in Waybuloo and looked at my monitor with an amazing look of wonder on his face. So, I looked up Morph on youtube. Found a few old episodes. He loved them. Bought back some happy memories for me too.

Personally, I think that Morph (along with a lot of kids TV shows) had a sort of magic that is a little bit lacking in modern shows. Yes, modern shows have state of the art animation that can be very realistic, but I think a lot of old animation techniques have a charm that CGI doesn't. Not that Morph had bad animation. On the contrary, Aardman were excellent at stop motion animation even then.

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Thanks Weenie

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I had exactly the same reaction to Morph from my 18mth old Grandson this Wednesday. There was a short report on the TV about the new Morph videos due to to be released on YouTube and young Jack sat entranced. Later in the day I found a couple of the old videos on YouTube and again he sat mesmerised by this animated lump of clay. Though he was upset when Morph broke into little pieces. ( the ice cream episode) :D

I have just received a DVD, Morph: The Morph Files which I ordered on Wednesday as part of the 4 for £10 offer from Amazon and look forward to a morning of reminiscences watch that DVD and the 3 others Bagpuss, The Clangers and Frankenstein's Cat. Happy days.

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Aardman, were great at stop motion, my favourite was Wallace and Gromit :)

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If you like Aardman then check out A Town Called Panic. Hilarious

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Morph. Was he the plasticine one who was on the art programme with Tony Hart (think I have the right person)? If so, I loved that myself and watched every episode. I don't think they make children's TV like they used to. I still find myself enjoying watching Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry.

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VisionOn first

edit actually looking it was after when Tony went solo. Fond memories of both

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Yes that was the one Mark and l must admit like many others that l was a big fan of Tony Harts art programme and sadly TV companies don't make them like they used to.

l get up early in the morning as l am not the best sleeper and l have been catching that old cartoon Topcat lately and that brings back many memories of when l was younger.:D

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Did you know Top Cat was originally called boss cat in the UK cuz the bbc did not want to endorse a cat food

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l learn something every day tiz.:D

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Here you go Den: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Top-Cat-Comp...ywords=top+cat

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A bargain in my book MG but the biggest shame is there were only 30 episodes.

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I got the first letter addressed to the new place this morning it was a hospital one but even so it's all feeling very real now that we're nearly all moved in. I may post a couple of pictures when we're done.

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Nice for you Dill, I bought Ink cartridges for my Epson printer, Not Cheap.

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I refill my Epson 680 ones with kits from Trago Mills (Jet tech) for £3.95 (Colour) and a chip resetter.

The price of pukka Epson carts is truely criminal.

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You must have bought them down here dear chap as there are no Trago Mills up in your neck of the wood.:)

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:)

No ink cartridges are sadly not cheap nashville, I got the fright of my life a couple of weeks ago when I bought them truly shocked at the price :eeek:

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I just buy from Amazon for mine get em that cheap without a chance of mess lol

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yes there are. The tip is to go for printers that supply reservoirs without the print head attached like epson and canon if they have the head attached ie lexmark and HP then you have to pay them for the privilege even if re manufactured

for example 2 full sets( 12 carts) for my printer for less than a tenner

http://www.amazon.co.uk/CiberDirect-Compatible-Cartridges-PX720WD-Printers/dp/B004B64WEO

the last ones I bought were 4 sets for 15 quid iirc and this was a couple of years ago and I am just on my last set now

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Mine is HP 300 and I think they are quite expensive although not the most expensive on the market.

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Mine is Epson SX425. I once bought some from Amazon & the Ink was not very good. It was £33 95 for M MULTIPACK But I had empty cartridges to hand back so I got a £3 discount

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Yep, Falmouth. When we come down to visit my Mother in Sennen we usually take a day trip over to Falmouth and the opportunity to visit Trago and pick up a bargain or two. :)

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All moved now just got to hand the old keys in :) all that remains is to sleep for toe days straight ;)

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Was that 'toe days' a Freudian slip. :D

Glad to hear you are all moved in. hopefully all that now needs doing will go smoothly.

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ditto
Just sit back and enjoy your new home dilli.

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l hope you all enjoy your new place dilli.

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Pull up the draw bridge and man the battlements. An Englishman's home etc. Enjoy your new house dilli.

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When's the house warming party?... ;)

All the best in your new home.

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The weather is lovely, hope the rest of the CF members is having nice weather. Children out playing having fun and laughing playing rounders although I suspect that they are making the rules up as they play. Hope the weather keeps up for their school summer holidays.

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Weather quite good in Glasgow. Hope it stays nice tonight as I am going to a Johnny Cash Tribute show.

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Looking good nashville, enjoy the tribute.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2648579

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Thanks Weenie I don,t usually go to tribute shows, just thought I would try it out. Will let you know how it goes,

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:tu:

After putting off clearing out kitchen cupboards and generally having a good clear out, I took the bull by the horns and did just that, even the cupboard under the sink "the junk one where I would be embarrassed to leave the door open" I hope everyone has a junk one or is it just me that stuffs everything and anything in a certain cupboard/drawer :confused: anyway job done and I feel a sense of achievement. I will admit I was shocked at just how much out of date medicine we had. So that is my happy thought finally stopped talking about cleaning out the kitchen cupboards and done it :)

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Discharged today from the eye clinic at the hospital, no tears in retina. Told to go back if any problems again with eyes, so very happy tonight.

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l am glad everything has turned out well for you today Mark.:tu:

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Pleased for you Mark, hope you don't need to go back anytime soon :)

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It's always nice to get the all clear :tu:

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Thanks. Bloke who did ultrasound was good, I hate people going near my eyes so he did the ultrasound over my eyelids with eyes closed.

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Good news Marc. Take care

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Amazing gig tonight. Been to see the Pixies at Castlefield Bowl.

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Glad you enjoyed

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The council gave us permission to take the fence down in our (concrete) garden so we can park the car right outside the bungalow, nice :)

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:tu:
Excellent dilli that will make it easier for you and Natalie getting in the shopping etc.

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That's excellent dilli.

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Great news, Nice to that a council does some good

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Things are finally moving forward with the insurance. Now whether it goes our way is another matter, it is now between our home insurance and the neighbours insurance "if they take the case on or not, if their insurance does not take neighbour on well that really is another story" Keeping everything crossed that it is over soon" and goes in our favour. The main reason I am happy is they have now contacted there insurance.

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Organising our 40th wedding anniversary weekend in London.Booked a Thames afternoon tea trip.Heard back from them that it was booked up and they offered an upgrade to the BBQ Thames trip instead for the same price..I'm trying to be pleased but at least his nibs is happier as he's not a cake fan..:D

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Good News ;)

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Good stuff :)

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I think so Nashville trying not to get my hopes up but it's hard just a a little bit scared TBH a very nerve-racking experience.

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Thanks dilli.

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Off to visit my daughter in Norwich tomorrow..:)

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It's always nice to have some Mother and daughter time, I Love spending time with my Mum although she is 80 now and does not really like to go out, although I can still managed to coax her to go out for the odd day out at the local garden centre. Enjoy your day Maggy J.

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You will have a lovely time Maggy J

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Some good news. Our department is in the process of being restructured, and a couple of weeks ago, I was called into the bosses office. He explained that my job was being downgraded, and he was telling me early so I could fight the decision. Fight, I did, with the help of my Line manager, and I think, to some extent, Unison (my union). The same boss who had told me a couple of weeks ago told me in a department meeting on Wednesday that I'd won my fight. His application to regrade my job had been successful, along with his application for an increase in staffing budget to enable him to employ more technical staff.

Why am I happy, bearing in mind that after a lot of fighting I am essentially back to square one? Simple. Things could have been a lot worse. I now know that my career and financial circumstances will not change for the foreseeable future. That's knowledge I've not had for a year now. Of course, I don't have a cast-iron guarantee that my job will stay forever, but who does?

There's also the salary drop. When I took this job, I was on a much lower salary than what it would have dropped to, but my circumstances were different then. I was quite comfortably off then, but I cannot afford to lose that much money now. I know that my salary would have been protected, but I'd still have had to look for another job. Something which I don't want to do, as I enjoy this job.

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good news then Stu :)

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Nice to hear the good news

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Excellent news Stuart.

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The house is so quiet with the wee one away on his camping trip. Enjoying the piece and quiet but missing him all the same.

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I've been doing the 5:2 Intermittent Fasting diet for a little under 2 weeks now, so far I've lost 9lb, without any extra exercise and otherwise eating fairly normally (maybe cutting out the odd bit of choccy or whatever) just joined the gym today, planning on going in the morning before work, yay :D

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Very well done - and let me know when you're ready to start running :D

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Well done :)

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Good for you Graham

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Got goven a PRIDE award at work for Drive. So chuffed to feel so appreciated.

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superb, well done :clap:

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Well done Angua.:tu:

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Good luck with it

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Well done

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Started BJJ a couple of weeks ago. Apparently I am easy to teach so that's good

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Good for you.

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I love this thread. so many happy things happening. Well done all of you and thank you all for sharing your happiness. :)

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Yes Nice to hear some happy stories.

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Osem Jnr achieved a Distinction grade in his A level IT.

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Excellent :)

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My happy thought.

Hospital again tomorrow - a day out!

I have a bet going with the missus as to if they manage to pick me up from the new place ;)

Yes I wrote - phoned - went to the transport desk to give them my new address last week but I don't trust these people ;)

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Excellent well done Osem Jnr :)

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Well Done that young man!!! Yet another pat on the back for him from me if you please. :)

Maybe they will surprise you dilli. It's about time they got their act together.

Good luck at the hospital and fingers crossed you get there on time. :)

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Thanks Dilli, Jo and Weenie. Taking him to test drive a car tomorrow so he's looking forward to that. :)

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Nope they went to the old address - so no hospital for me today. All rebooked for tomorrow.

Apparently the driver didn't actually look at the address on his work sheet (which is correct) - just assumed I was still living there.

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What an utter plonker. Hope he gets a mouthful from his manager. Incompetence at its very best.

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Enjoyed my visit to Norwich and my daughter..However the trip back was another matter..Dratted Roadworks,M25 hold ups and an extremely stupid GPS.

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Managed to get the wee ones school badge for his blazer and even if I do say so myself I did a pretty good job of sewing it on. Well chuffed with myself :D

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Pity about the roadworks Maggi, I bet your son looks a treat in his blazer, Weenie

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Thanks you nashville, I think he is very smart and grown up looking but then again I'm biased ;)

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Well wedding and the rest of the day were amazing. The honeymoon was also awesome.

Still on cloud 9 :)

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Beautiful bride you have there Stephen, wishing you & Mrs Stephen many happy years of marriage.

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You both look absolutely wonderful and may you both have many many years of happiness.

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Best wishes to you both.

My happy thought: Just emptied the Ali Baba basket of washing and it's all done and on the line drying.

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Lovely sunny day, lager chilling in the fridge for this afternoon (being naughty but who cares when it is a nice day) and golf on. No noise around atm, can the day get any better? Well, yes only one thing could make it even better: Poulter being in the lead tonight.

And finally got some sleep last night, had been up for 38 hours before I finally crashed last night at half 10. Neighbour kept me up the night before with a party. Inconsiderate lot.

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Excellent - congratulations :tu: :)

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My happy thought, the student doctor who is observing my treatment today. She is very distracting :)

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Naughty boy. Saying that, a locum my GP practice have taken on almost made me cancel my appointment on Monday and take a sit and wait one for her. Almost. Might have to see when she next has a clinic on and book an appointment for then...

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My happy thought is it's nearly Saturday and the wee one will be home from his camping trip with the BBs can't wait :) the house is too quiet without him missing Drew like mad tbh.

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LOL :)

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Lovely picture of you both, Hope you both have a wonderful life ;)

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My happy thought: My new West Ham shirt for the upcoming 2014/15 Season arrived today :)

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You must be quite excited with all the new signings Big Sam is making.

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I am, hopefully we'll finish a bit higher in the league this season :)

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Yes the new season going to be interesting to say the least.

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25C outside at the moment. Hotter in the house. Time for the air-con to go on in the bedroom. Nothing like a nice cool room for a good nights sleep. :)

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My parents live in Gosport and they say its been far too hot for them no matter what room they are in.

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Yes it's been a lovely day today :Sun:

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Aircon's pulled the bedroom down to 18 and falling. The contrast is quite amazing to the rest of the house that's around 25. :)

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Amusingly, when we were in North Cyprus last week (the average temperature was around 30 degrees at night), we had the air-con at 25 to cool the room down to be able to sleep. :D

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Glasgow are having a very hot week, but this weekend it has to change to rain

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Such a rare sight I thought I'd post a picture!

Yes for two weeks only I get to wear a shoe - my life is complete :)