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[NickFitz]

Ribeye steak with chips, fried onions, and beans for tea

To go along with it, the remainder of the Police Interceptors I started watching the other evening

[WTFH]

The shed has been successfully removed from the pallets and is now leaning against the utility room. Tomorrow is painting day.

[NickFitz]

The shed has been successfully removed from the pallets and is now leaning against the utility room. Tomorrow is painting day.

Jobsworths defeated!

[NickFitz]

Tonight’s motion picture premiere was Send Help (2026) in which a deserving employee is passed over for promotion when the boss’s son inherits the business. But then, on a business trip, their executive jet goes down in a storm and she and the new boss are the only survivors, cast away on an island; and she’s been trying to get on the show Survivor for ages and thus is well prepared for the situation, so who’s in charge now? I found this rather enjoyable. It seemed to be veering off course a bit towards the end, but it turned out it was just going in a direction I hadn’t anticipated. Worth a watch; it’s on Disney+ if you have that

Then a rewatch of Gran Turismo (2023) which is both a good story and fun if you like motorcars racing around

Finally, another episode of Pluribus

Goodnight all

[DoctorStrangelove]

^^^ Shades of "The Admirable Crichton (1957)" or the one with Anthony Hopkins ("The Edge"). .

Morning.

Saturday.

Dry.

Sunny.

Cooler in here at 17.3 deg, ?19? in the kitchen, 16 in the leanto.

1011.3 mBar, 29.86 in Hg, 758.5 Torr, 14.667666 psi, (up from 1010.5 last night), 63% RH (Lidl electric).

Awakened unbidden at 05:something & thankfully returned to the land of nod until something past 08.

The dream, as usual, involved some job or other, and this one had a woman in it again. Though no dreamy smell this time.

Meanwhile on the 27th of March 2020 AndyGarbs, BR14, and Churchill managed to squeeze a post in amongst Brillo's outpourings.

Walk (unabbreviated, towpath) walked in the wan sunshine. Quite warm out there. Car with smashed driver's window observed. The chap whose door I knocked on didn't know who it belonged to, other than it had been there for a fortnight. Taxed & MOT until July.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: Moneybox. The News Quiz repeat.

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Sunny with wispy fluff. Currently 18 with a high of 21 expected. Barometer up a smidge to 1018 mBar.

Sunrise 05:19; Sunset 20:37 BST

Today is my cousin's wedding, at some fancy stately home/castle thing in Kent. Having checked in with my brother earlier this morning, my Mum is trying her best to get out of going. This is despite her regularly complaining that she never goes out and hardly sees her family.

Hopefully yea olde jalopy will get me there and back, with whatever is going on with the clutch pedal not resulting in major failure today. I did get breakdown cover included in my car insurance last time I renewed, knowing she's getting on a bit, so I'll at least be able to get home.

[NickFitz]

Afternoon denizens

Nice day out, though it’s quite cloudy; might be stratocumulus? Occasional thinner patches mean it brightens up from time to time and isn’t actually gloomy. It’s 18°C and may reach 19° for a bit shortly; the barometers are up one more notch at 1006/1014mB

[NickFitz]

^^^ Shades of "The Admirable Crichton (1957)" or the one with Anthony Hopkins ("The Edge"). .

Yes, and more recently Triangle of Sadness (2022)

[ladymuck]

Well. Neither I nor my brother and Mum made it to the wedding.

Mum refused to get ready and eventually resigned herself to getting dressed so late that my brother couldn't get her there on time.

I got to my car only to discover that someone had tried to rip one of the wing mirrors off. It was left dangling by the wires. I wasn't going to drive it with that hanging off so had to figure out how to make it safe. Fortunately, the garage next door to me was open and the young lad in there was happy to help. However, by the time that was done, there was no way I'd get to the wedding on time.

Why people feel the need to vandalise other people's belongings is something I'll never understand.