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They'd been quite busy earlier, but not when I was there. This rendered any of the usual far-reaching explanations for lack of busy-ness untenable, so none were offered
Busy in Ladbrokes tonight. There must have been seven or eight people in there as I was coming back. None of them looked very cheerful; the fun must have stopped.
A mega movie night tonight, opening with The Thing (1982) (or, as John Carpenter modestly describes it on the title frame, John Carpenter’s The Thing). This is one of those films that’s been around long enough to be always described as a “classic” before I ever got around to watching it. And it’s very good indeed, if you like that kind of Thing
After that, as I ventured upon an M:I rewatch last night, I accepted the inevitable and carried on with Mission: Impossible II (2000). Much better pacing on this one, more akin to the recent ones. I wonder if there was good reason to believe that audiences weren’t yet ready for such fast-paced movies back in 1996 or whenever it was, but were ready by 2000?
And after that I thought a brief something more would be nice, but finished up with another couple of hours more, and don’t regret that extra time in the slightest for it was a rewatch of The Accountant (2016), which is brilliant and remains one of my favourite films of recent years
Nice lazy day today. HWMBO has been playing some game on the Switch designed by a Japanese virgin who has no idea what the female form actually looks like. Fire Emblem I think it's called.
I have been tinkering with my accounts as a VAT return is due at the end of the month. Contemplating whether to potter about in my patio and see if I can do something with the slowly dying bamboo I have previously wittered about.
HWMBO has now decided he's peckish and is prepping us a nice sounding brunch of potatoes, sausages, eggs and mushrooms.
It was sunny earlier but now it’s clouded over. No rain though
Very sunny here.
Just returned from a walk to Moss House Reservoir again, wearing my nice new* walking boots.
Met Frank who is the last, apart from me, of the little group who used to walk up there every Sunday morning come rain, shine, hail, snow, or murrain of beasts.
Malcolm popped his clogs, followed by Les some years later.
Frank looks like he's on his last legs but is still keeping going, albeit very slowly.
I took the path through the woods back down but it's very muddy these days after they felled the trees and fecked up the paths good & proper.
Some of it has changed so much that I get confused about where I am.
*That's if "new" describes something I bought last Easter.
I assume that if the “stretches for overtaking” are built, they’ll immediately and perpetually be occupied by HGVs that can manage 57mph overtaking ones that can only do 56mph
And then there is a 3rd lane for those doing 57.1mph.
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