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[NickFitz]

Lunch: a Pukka steak slice

The fog has cleared and it's sunny out now

[xoggoth]

Giving up with the little writing group, just me and other bloke there again.

Bing are retiring the Bing maps API at end of June, was going to do the migration to Azure Maps but it won't have OS maps so no point for us walky people. Still, can do fair amount of stuff with Garmin Basecamp. Another annoying technical thing is a Google update for my Pixel 4a which, according to some comments, renders it practically useless. Darn good thing I had mine in developer mode with updates turned off.

[NickFitz]

Tea: pork cutlet with chips and beans

This was accompanied by the latest Inside the Factory which revealed the dark magic behind Quavers, along with some interesting side quests to do with Bombay mix, filmed at a local factory over the road from the back of B&Q, and other snack-related topics

[WTFH]

Just been watching Glass Onion. Very enjoyable. Seemed quite topical.
Not for everyone though.

I’m hoping there’s another one. That lead actor - Daniel Craig - does a great southern drawl. A few more roles for him and he might become well known.

[ladymuck]

Just been watching Glass Onion. Very enjoyable. Seemed quite topical.
Not for everyone though.

I’m hoping there’s another one. That lead actor - Daniel Craig - does a great southern drawl. A few more roles for him and he might become well known.

I remember that. I think there was a sequel mooted at some point?


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HWMBO and I have had a very nice, relaxing day. Topped off with a lovely dinner at a place over the road from the hotel that looks, on paper, to be a potentially dodgy tourist trap but actually turned out to do delicious food with a great choice of wine.

[NickFitz]

No further telly tonight but in Apollo 13, they're still working out how to get everybody back home

It's interesting to read about various aspects of it all that were glossed over or omitted entirely from the film. Once I've finished the book, I think I'll watch the film again for purposes of comparison

Friday tomorrow! I don't need much in the way of shopping; indeed, I'm thinking I might be able to get away without doing any, but I'll see

Goodnight all

[WTFH]

Morning all
Not foggy this morning, just a bit cloudy.
Max decided to wake me at 5:20 and did not want to settle after that, so we had a long early walk.

TFIF, etc.

[WTFH]

I remember that. I think there was a sequel mooted at some point?

Turns out yes, there is a third one, due to be released later this year: Wake Up Dead Man

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Grey day out but dry withal - maybe a bit of a heavy dew, but no rain. Reasonably mild for the time of year too, being 3°C (though said to "feel like" 0°) with an expected high of 6° this afternoon. The barometers are up a bit more at 1023/1031mB

I still haven't decided whether to go shopping today but I probably will even if I don't need to, just out of habit

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Friday.

Grey.

Dark.

Dank.

Damp.

Dreary.

Sunless.

Cold in here at 10.9 deg, 9 deg in the kitchen, 7.5 deg in the leanto.

1030.5 mBar, 30.43 in Hg, 772.93 Torr, 14.95 psi, (up from 1029 last night), 64% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 20th of December 2019 NF had M&S haddock & M&S crinkly chips, though the origin of the beans was unstated, whereas BR14 had something else with brown sauce in tribute to the ailing Brillo, and I had almost watched all of S5 of Angel and was contemplating S2 of Joan of Arcadia and didn't watch "Peeping Tom (1960)" on the vintage film channel of yore.

Walk (unabbreviated) walked in the grey gloom.

Lunch: brunch.

Entertainment: the thing on R4 at 11:45 about the FBI use of wavelet functions algorithm for fingerprint analysis.

Thing about the tech bros and their concerns about masculine identity. Or something. <click>.

Shopping trip to Morrisons. I forgot some stuff.

Freecell score: 93%, running average: 81%.

Tea: soup etc.

Entertainment: PM.

The News Quiz.

The Directors: The late David Lynch.

Lucy Worsley: 1066 & all that. . . Strangely didn't mention that the Saes had stolen the country from the Welsh. or Harald Godwinson's massacre of the Welsh.

Strange Things Bollox on Blaze. <click> Rome's secret weapon on 5Select. Less bolloxy.