Morning all, and morning to all your entertaining animal family members - I've never had pets [we moved around quite a bit when I was a kid, and were often in housing that wasn't pet-friendly] and so I didn't realise they were such amusing little people, who obviously take pleasure in reading articles about 'whisker stress' and 'flat plates are essential', and then doing the exact opposite.
In fact, now I think about it, it seems likely that cats invented the concept of 'whisker stress', placed stories in the veterinary press, and are now laughing their whiskers off as they drink from their 'owners' glasses and mugs😂
And dogs went along with it, presumably cos they too enjoy seeing that FFS look on their human's faces
Deano, I want 'eccentric and suggestible but not mad' on a t-shirt
That storm in the south of England etc looks spectacular, and scary.
When I left that part of the world some time ago, the summers were already getting very hot, and I remember saying that London would become unbearable to the point of unworkable if it got much hotter. I thought it would take longer..
In France there's a big debate about air-conditioning: it appears to be the only way to make cities liveable-in and workable-in, but of course it adds to the problem, both in terms of energy consumption, and moving heat from inside to outside doesn't help the outside does it? 
Myrtle, it must be upsetting and disconcerting to see ambulances outside and wonder what has happened - I hope the accident was a minor one this time
Managing to keep up the number of accidents when it's a 20mph zone takes a special kind of stupidity dangerous road use, doesn't it?😠
I'm avoiding the very thought of dogs eating fish - cats eat fish, not dogs. Irrefutable scientific proof - Tom, Sylvester, Felix, they all ate fish, right? Pluto, Huckleberry Hound, Snoopy, they did not eat fish.
QED. I rest my case.😄