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Back in the hall after lunch, and somebody is sat in the seat I was in
You don't get this problem at the Boring Conference. Frankly, it's not British
Even worse, this means I'm probably now sat where somebody else was. You see how the knock-on effects cascade, ending up making everyone look bad? This is why we have unspoken rules
I made the mistake of allowing Google Maps to direct me back to the motorway, and it took me up through Camden and over to Finchley Road, joining the M1 at the very beginning. My God, that's a terrible journey! The roads around the Swiss Cottage and West Hampstead area are terrible, and the bit by the start of the M1 is an absolute nightmare to navigate, even with a robot voice to guide you
In future I'm going over to Islington and up the A1 to get on at J3 J2. It may take twenty-five minutes longer, but at least most of the roads make sense, and the odd bits that don't are reasonably forgiving. Also, I know that route well so even the confusing bits are manageable
On the bright side, it reminded me that the late Alan Coren used to make a point of mentioning on Radio 4 that he lived in Cricklewood, purely because it annoyed some of his neighbours who liked to tell people that they lived in West Hampstead
Last edited by NickFitz; 16 September 2017, 18:51.
Reason: J3 doesn't exist… one of the ghost junctions.
Stopped watching Goon and watched The Red Pill. I can only conclude that people in their early 20s shouldn't make documentaries unless it is specifically about something they have properly lived.
Now watching Uncle Nino which is a made for TV feel good film.
"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR
Not that hungry after the chicken at lunchtime, so just a fish finger butty for tea - and it was absolutely delicious
What with the bins yesterday and London today, I haven't had a proper lie-in yet this weekend. I think I'll need an early night tonight, and have no intention of setting an alarm
The ZeitDIY has involved putting up another wallcupboard, and even getting the doors to match, putting up a "floating shelve" using 10 screws instead of the suggested 5, and installing 3 "undercabinent linked lights" in the cubbyhole that contains the cooker.
The 3 lights are now lighting said cubbyhole up like a lighthouse, so I may have gone a bit overboard on that.
I'll certainly be able to see what I'm cooking & no mistake.
The floating shelf is supposed to support 25kg, but I don't think that I'd trust those brackets.
It's only going to have saucepans on top of it any way, and you'd need a shedload of cast iron ones to amount to 25kg.
That lot being the first feature, the 2nd was S1E6 of "Person of Interest" which is in the process of introducing us to Mr Elias.
It's also getting much colder.
It's a balmy 17 deg C in here at the moment.
Almost reaching electric blanket temperatures.
The NZ Motorway cop thing was reasonably amusing, though I've seen them before.
The lune driving a flatbed truck at about 90mph sideways down a sliproad was pretty good, as was the Indian nurse driving the Wrong way down an on ramp, not to mention the drunks.
Last edited by zeitghost; 16 September 2017, 22:17.
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