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[NickFitz]

Thanks for the reminder. There was an interview with Brian Blessed and some other chap on R4 in the past two weeks and, in my half awake state at the time, got it in my head there was a remake coming out. Instead it seems it was actually to publicise the repeat and maybe try to drum up interest in a remake.

Nothing wrong with making a new series based on Graves' books, but they'll have their work cut out to supplant the original. People go on nowadays about the creaky sets and the makeup, but IMHO none of that matters when you're watching it because the acting is so exceptionally good

[wattaj]

Well, it has turned out to be not as sunny as hoped. Still dry until the evening when a downpour is expected through into tomorrow morning.

Went out for a bit to try out some frames for new glasses... it was not a happy experience: I have one of those faces that does not suit glasses, or a well lit room TBH, but such is life. I shall try one of the online merchants so that I can try keep my gurning visage private.

The highlight of today has been a call from an agent to see if I'd be interested in a role with a "provider of live streaming and on-demand video" i.e. a porn house, or supplier thereto.

I declined her kind offer and am now feeling quite virtuous.

[ladymuck]

Well, it has turned out to be not as sunny as hoped. Still dry until the evening when a downpour is expected through into tomorrow morning.

Went out for a bit to try out some frames for new glasses... it was not a happy experience: I have one of those faces that does not suit glasses, or a well lit room TBH, but such is life. I shall try one of the online merchants so that I can try keep my gurning visage private.

The highlight of today has been a call from an agent to see if I'd be interested in a role with a "provider of live streaming and on-demand video" i.e. a porn house, or supplier thereto.

I declined her kind offer and am now feeling quite virtuous.

Maybe someone spotting you gurning in the opticians and realised there was a niche in the market

[wattaj]

Maybe someone spotting you gurning in the opticians and realised there was a niche in the market

That market is very niche.

[wattaj]

Well, that was a hectic, if somewhat tiresome, end to the week. See you all again Monday.

[NickFitz]

Timesheet done, and I'm declaring a weekend!

Short week next week too, as I've booked Friday off

Today wasn't too bad; I realised that a thing which seemed like it might be rather clunky to use could easily be rewritten into a Python context manager, making it very easy to use. First time I've implemented a context manager in real life, and it works beautifully. I even wrote tests for it!

"Use" in this context (pun intended) means "use from further code I'm writing", as it's quite a low level component of a bigger thing. But the other devs will almost certainly have to write some stuff to use it as well, and doing it this way eliminates a bunch of possibilities for accidentally creating trivial bugs which they'd then come to me asking for help with, so it's a definite win

[ladymuck]

That'll make two short weeks, what with the 28th being a bank holiday.

I am safely ensconced in BA's First lounge at Heathrow. Journey on the Lizzie Line was uneventful, as was all the security nonsense. My flight is delayed half an hour, looks like there was an issue in Dublin this morning that the aircraft never recovered from.

Some edibles had, now contemplating beverages.

[NickFitz]

That'll make two short weeks, what with the 28th being a bank holiday.

That's the plan - as well as the Bank Holiday, I've booked the Tuesday off, so I'll have five free days altogether

Tea has been roast gammon with chips, fried egg and beans

[NickFitz]

Tonight's major motion picture premiere was Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019), in which everybody's favourite fairy godmother once again gets a bad press but triumphs in the end. I remember my Dad, maybe fifty years ago now, saying that the reason for Disney's success was that they had perfected the art of making movies for kids that adults enjoyed too, and this certainly fits the bill

And then a change of tone with a rewatch of Donnie Brasco (1997) which is not to be confused with that thing with a rabbit that I've never seen. This one is very good, with Al Pacino in particularly fine form as a mid-to-lower level mafioso, but features no rabbits.

Bit of rain from time to time this evening, and it seems a bit breezy out

Goodnight all

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Saturday apparently.

It must be since there's Wheeler Dealers S7 E7 Bond Bug on the telly. I thought I hadn't seen it before but it turns out I have. The subtitles are doing the needful doings of shutting the Tub o'Lard up.

Grey.

Dark.

Dreary.

Damp.

Sunless.

Windy.

Cool in here at 21.6 deg, 23.5 in the kitchen, 21.5 in the leanto.

1004 mBar, 29.648 in Hg, 753.06 Torr, 14.56 psi, (up from 998 last night),75% RH (GDR hair), 77% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 4th of July 2019 it was polleny, covbob took a pill, and Brillo resurrected a 12 year old thread Specifically in General.

Sun's out.

Lunch: baked potato with cheese & baked beans, a red corner yog, bramble jelly and marmalade on slices of toast, 0.91*1.55 pints of good Glengettie tea.

Entertainment: Money Box <click>

The Infinite Monkey Cage US tour: LA.

The Infinite Monkey Cage US tour: Chicago.

House very roughly vacced with a semidefunct Vax, though it still picks stuff up it doesn't destroy carpets as effectively as it used to.

Freecell score: 92%, running average: 86%.

Tea: spag with the last of the not so fiery bol, some peach slices, a yog, 0.91*1.55 pints of good Glengettie tea.

Entertainment: PM interspersed with Ancient Aliens bollox on Blaze. It's not dropping out today.

Ancient Astronauts: Nazca lines. The Truth is Out There.

Maigret S2 E6 1961 The Lost Sailor. Our hero finds a chap wandering about in the street stealing stuff off street vendors. Turns out he's been shot in the head. That can make your eyes water.

The Four Just Men E3 1960 Riot. Prison Riot in SepticLand with one of the Just Men taken prisoner.