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[ladymuck]

Morning all

Blue sky again. No significant wisps. Gentle breeze. Currently 19 degrees ('feels like' 22) with a high of 24 expected. Barometer down to 1021 mBar.

Sunrise 05:33; Sunset 20:25 BST

Looks like a bit of a mixed bag weather-wise for the bank holiday weekend. More chance of rain in London on Sunday than down on the coast. This is good news as I was hoping to do a bit of sorting out in Mum's garden if it stayed mostly dry.

Back to today: not much going on. A bit of work to do, nothing too onerous.

[NickFitz]

Lunch was a chicken bap (wholemeal)

Been mucking about with forum stuff for much of the day

But I remembered to start a beef and Guinness casserole in the slow cooker this morning, so a wonderful aroma is filling the place

[NickFitz]

Tea has been beef & Guinness casserole with chips and peas. Turned out very well that casserole

[NickFitz]

Tonight’s major motion picture premiere was Apex (2026) on Netflix, in which an adventurous Charlize Theron heads into the bushland of Australia, only for some weirdo to try to hunt her like prey. He clearly hadn’t watched any of the many films that would have told him what a bad idea that is. It’s pretty good, I thought, though I got the feeling they were relying on the undoubted beauty of the scenery to pad out the first thirty minutes or so; it remains beautiful throughout, but there’s more stuff happening in front of it later in the film

And then a rewatch of A House of Dynamite (2025). It’s a good film, but I do now find myself wondering if the North Koreans are keeping an eye on the USA, assessing just when the Commander in Chief will be sufficiently addled that they can get away with something like this

Finally, the episode of Pluribus in which the foreshadowing of a few weeks ago started coming to fruition at the end. As I suggested, it’s a narrative device Vince Gilligan seems to often use, but knowing that doesn’t diminish its effectiveness

Goodnight all

[WTFH]

Morning all

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Saturday.

Our glorious leader was on Today.

Dry.

Grey.

Sunless.

17.5 deg in here, ?19? in the kitchen, 16 in the leanto.

1012 mBar, 29.88 in Hg, 759 Torr, 14.6778 psi, (down from 1015 last night), 65% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 26th of March 2020 we're still strange & eclectic as per yesterday.

Walk (unabbreviated, towpath) walked in the wan sunshine. Nice enough. Passed on the details of that Head Prefect chap I researched the other day to the couple who were enquiring about him. Seamus as he was familiarly known by we ones & twos back in the day, despite his name being Colin.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: The News Quiz. Am Dro (repeat) on S4C. Aberystwyth. Harlech, Wye valley, etc. <click>

More cleaning of the springs in the living room. I don't think I'll move the tellies this year.

Now outside a mug of mediocre yet consistent coffee.

Now put back together.

Tea: soup etc. Entertainment: PM.

Raining rather a lot. The lawn looks happier.

Maigret. S4 E6. "The Flemish Shoppe (1963)".

Blazian bollox: Holy Marvels. Funerals. So inneresting I fell asleep.

Blazian bollox: Battle Treasures: so good it could be on youtube. Assault weapons.

BBC Alba: Arctic Wars E1/6.

TPTV. Possibly more of the Rev Fanthorpe and Fortean Times from 1996 C4.

[ladymuck]

Morning all (just)

Cloudy but still sunny. Not much of a breeze. Currently 18 degrees ('feels like' 22) with a high of 21 expected. Cloud cover set to increase with a risk of rain early evening. Barometer down to 1017 mBar.

Sunrise 05:31; Sunset 20:26 BST

Waited in for the postman to bring my coffee order. Then popped to Boots to pick up a prescription that was ready on Tuesday.

The Caribbean sauce lady hasn't been at the farmers' market in a long time, and wasn't there when I walked through on my way to Boots. I could order off her website but the sauce I want isn't in stock.

Will be meeting friends for cocktails and a bite to eat later.

[NickFitz]

Afternoon denizens

Sunny and Simpsonesque out today, though rain is expected overnight from the weather that can presently be seen on the radar swirling around over the West Country. It’s 18°C and will be briefly hitting 19° later. The barometers are also under the incoming weather's influence, being down to 1003/1011mB

[NickFitz]

£50 on the Premium Bonds this month, in the form of two £25 prizes!

[xoggoth]

Could have gone to a music thing with not loony lady 3 today but felt too flipping tired. Performed a rare charitable action on me walk, guided a lost DOE group back to their meeting place.