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[NickFitz]

Lots of Monkey Life today, and then additional wildlife stuff which managed once again not to get too much into sharks

Meanwhile at MI5, both Downing Street and retired Peter Wright (at the instigation of Victor Rothschild) have, unbeknownst to each other, tried to get Chapman Pincher to do their dirty work for them. As one might have expected, this has turned out badly for all concerned - except Chapman Pincher, who has done very nicely out of it

Early night now as there's early Monkey Life tomorrow

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Tea has been from the South Indian restaurant over past the park, and was very tasty indeed

Earlier, lunch was a bit of beef & Guinness pie that needed finishing off

[WTFH]

Out for dinner later for The Wife^TM’s birthday (tomorrow). Been a fairly quiet day otherwise.

[NickFitz]

Just remembered to submit a Delay Repay claim for my trip to London last Wednesday, as by my reckoning we arrived 16 minutes late

[ladymuck]

Much laundry has been done and draped about. Although no rain is forecast, I don't trust the look of the clouds.

HWMBO and I also have been to the local supermarkets for various items of produce. Then a quick stop into Sainsbury's as Fevertree tonic is discounted on My Nectar Price.

[NickFitz]

Afternoon denizens

I didn't actually get up especially late today, but I've been distracted by Monkey Life and sorting out various bits in the kitchen

It's pretty cloudy out and there's a chance of a shower any time now. Currently 21°C which is as good as it'll get. The barometers are very slightly up at 1012/1020mB

Meanwhile across the landing, boxes are being brought in by the new neighbour(s)

It's unclear if they're a couple or a woman being helped by her dad, because the bloke has that look of indeterminate age that comes from having a shaved head and being ruddy of complexion from the sun; he could be any age from thirty to fifty, at least looking at him from up here

The lift is seeing more work in one day than it normally does in a week as, like me, they're doing it a carload at a time, but don't seem to have worked out the system of stacking them by the lift downstairs until they've got the whole load in, shifting it all into the lift in one go and then out again onto the landing here, before finally moving the boxes into the flat. Only one ride on the lift per load if you do it that way

[ladymuck]

Afternoon all

Cloudy and dull. A bit of a stiff breeze. Currently 20 degrees with a high of 21 expected. The weather app has a thunderstorm warning that seems to cover most of the country. Barometer down to 1018 mBar.

HWMBO and I popped over to the farmers' market. A few bits and bobs were purchased.

I need to check tyre pressures before I head down to Mum's tomorrow.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Saturday apparently. Ear still blocked.

Dry.

Sunny.

Blue sky.

Cool in here at 18.2 deg, 20.5 in the kitchen, 17 deg in the leanto.

1018 mBar, 30.06 in Hg, 763.56 Torr, 14.765 psi, (unchanged), 73% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 7th of November 2019 it was sunny for a while until I went for my walk whereupon it changed its mind.

Walk (unabbreviated) walked inthe sunshine.

Lunch: there was.

Entertainment: Fringe S3 E17, E18.

Hedges roughly trimmed.

Entertainment: Fringe S3 E19, E20, E21, E22.

Tea: there was.

Entertainment: Sky Arts: Johnny Cash track by track: "Hurt".

"Delicate Sound of Thunder".

The making of "Wish you were here".

The extras from Fringe S3 dvd 6.

[WTFH]

Morning all

CBS, etc

[NickFitz]

Tonight's major motion picture premiere was Miami Vice (2006). It's not very good. In fact, it's quite bad until the last forty to fifty minutes or so, when it picks up a bit. This confirmed the opinion I'd formed during the earlier hour and a bit: the story would have worked well as an episode of the original series, but was just being padded out with a bunch of stuff that's supposed to imbue a sense of glamour to fill a couple of hours. Look: guns! Look: a speedboat! Look: a man and woman having a shower together! Look: a different man and woman having a shower together, because we'd run out of ideas but couldn't bear the idea of maybe just making the film shorter! I'd forgotten it was written and directed by Michael Mann. It ain't no Heat, that's for sure

And then Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) which is, of course, excellent. The thing I like most about these is how realistic the ape behaviour is: it's not a bunch of apes mimicking human society, it's a bunch of apes behaving like apes who've become a bit more sophisticated but are, nonetheless, apes

Amidst the end-of-project excitement of the day I found the time to air and make the bed, so tonight I sleep in lovely clean bedding

Goodnight all