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[sadkingbilly]

Hope it all went OK. I had a checkup on Monday and the results weren't great, but we've got a plan.

I think so, waiting for comms.
plans are good.

[NickFitz]

Tea: ribeye steak, chips, fried onions, and beans

Accompanied by the Norfolk CID thing

And earlier, I read some more of Trainspotting

[ladymuck]

Having just seen a trailer for a new film in the Final Destination franchise, I have been inspired to watch the original film that's now 25 years old

[NickFitz]

Having just seen a trailer for a new film in the Final Destination franchise, I have been inspired to watch the original film that's now 25 years old

That's almost as old as you!

[NickFitz]

Tonight's major motion picture premiere was The Apprentice (2024) in which a young Donald Trump learns how to be an absolute piece of tulip from an older absolute piece of tulip. This is one of those "based on a true story" films where it doesn't matter if it's historically accurate because it explains so well how that absolute piece of tulip, Donald Trump, came to be such an absolute piece of tulip

And then a rewatch of The Long Good Friday (1980); partly because somebody was watching it for the first time on BlueSky earlier, partly because it is (or was) Good Friday, but mainly because it's excellent and it's a couple of years since I last watched it

And thanks to the worthy efforts of the BFI in preserving stuff, the other excellent British film of that era is finally available in HD, so it seemed only right to watch that too: Scum (1979). Ray Winstone's performance is a perfect study in how to wait just long enough before saying "Yes, sir" that it's insolence, not obedience; and they know that; and they know that you know that; and they know that they can't do anything about that; and they know that you know that they know that

Goodnight all

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Saturday.

Damp.

Dreary.

Grey.

Sunless.

Chilly in here at 14.5 deg, 13 deg in the kitchen, 13 in the leanto.

1002 mBar, 29.589 in Hg, 751.56 Torr, 14.533 psi, (up from 1000 last night), 62% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 10th of January 2020 it was sunny & I was in with the hoi polloi, LM defrosted bol instead of turkey soup for lunch & found it a bit rich, whereas I recalled defrosting the makings of goulash instead of chilli con carne & found it not rich but disgusting (& ate it anyway), Brillo took a short ride on his bike & found it painful, NF was tempted to try some Pataks madras once the own brand stuff was finished, and a guinea pig was tapping on WTFH's door, whilst LondonManc & NLUK popped in for a quick visit.

Shopping trip to Morrisons done dusted washed dried sanitised & put away: enough bread & milk to survive tomorrow's horrific shop closure.

Walk (unabbreviated) walked in the grey gloom. Saw my shadow once or twice.

Lunch: brunch.

Entertainment: FOOC. Moneybox. The News Quiz.

Well there's a thing: just discovered the old bearded veteran in the tattoo parlour scene in "Nobody (2021)" was 6 years younger than me & is dead.

More spring cleaning: stuff in the kitchen moved & cleaned under, along with the hall.

Fitted a 13A plug to a NiCd charger thing that's sat in the junk room cum office for 10 years: it works but doesn't have enough ooomph at 500mA to unstick the nicads in an old drill.

Tea: soup etc. I think the mikro wavey is wearing out. I wonder if the old one down the garage is better or worse. One may need to find this out. Probably tomorrow).

There's a test where you heat 1 litre of water for 1:02 minutes and then measure the temperature rise.

Entertainment: PM. Followed by a repeat of Thursday's Sliced Bread about something or other. <click> <- in anticipation.

"How the Nazis lost the War": relying on bigger & better weapons (V1, V2, Horton flying wing, ME163 Koment, ME262, King Tiger, battleships that never went to sea) instead of stuff that was "good enough".

"The Gospel of Peter (with the Gospel of Judas thrown in for good measure)" on Blaze. Apparently they weren't Ancient Aliens so we were spared the fright haired Swiss chap. Which was good.

Bit of "Joe Kidd" <click> I'll wait for the bit I like: the impossible cold bore sniper shot with a take down straight pull bolt Ross 1910 rifle he's never fired before.

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Cloudy with a bit of stiff breeze. Currently 12 degrees with a high of 15 expected. There may be a shower this morning but the sun might find a gap in the clouds this afternoon. Barometer down to 1007 mBar.

Sunrise 05:57; Sunset 20:05 BST

Tired this morning. Thought I'd slept ok for the most part but it evidently wasn't very restful.

[ladymuck]

That's almost as old as you!

What a charmer! I'm not far short of being twice as old as that film

[NickFitz]

Afternoon denizens

Overcast again, though not in a rainy kind of way. It's 14°C which is as good as we'll get, and the barometers have tiptoed down one more notch to 998/1006mB

[ladymuck]

Well today has been interesting.

I stripped the bed, got the first load in the WM.

When it finished, I thought I may as well put it out in the garden as it's turned into a lovely afternoon.

On opening the back door, I noticed that the drain was blocked with leaves and had overflowed a bit. I cleared the drain, then decided, while I was at it, I'd clear the other drain and the bulk of the leaves that were cluttering up one side of the garden.

As garden waste is due to be collected on Tuesday, i thought I should take the full bag out to the bins at the front.

I wedged open the door to my flat.

I didn't wedge open the front communal door. As soon as I put down the bag, what did I hear? Yep, the front door very firmly slamming shut.

After expressing my displeasure in the form of a choice expletive or six, I then noticed a chap having a kip in his van.

I woke him up, and he kindly agreed to google a locksmith and let me use his phone to call them.

After 15 mins sitting in the sun (I used some of the time to pull up the weeds in the front garden), the locksmith arrived.

Drilled out the barrel, replaced it with a new lock and issued a hefty bill.

Now I have to get loads of keys cut for the flat upstairs, HWMBO, the landlady, etc.

Grumpy now because it's all 100% my fault and was totally avoidable.

I still haven't yet taken the bed linen out of the WM.