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[NickFitz]

Tonight’s major motion picture premiere was Shelter (2026) in which Jason Statham plays a secretive man who turns out to have a hidden past as a deadly special forces operative. Nice to see him trying something new… But anyway, it may sound formulaic, but it’s a very good example of the formula and I enjoyed it a lot

Then a rewatch of Warfare (2025) which is also very good, if only for trying to be realistic about the appalling and brutal consequences of sending people to be shot and blown up. They should make politicians watch this before they go to sleep every night, though the ones who really need it right now would either fall asleep during it, or just not care

And then a further episode of Silo in which the truth is starting to become apparent to at least some people

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Tea has been an M&S rack of ribs with chips

To accompany this, Murder 24/7 on iPlayer, which is a continuation of the case from last series about the DPD driver who was murdered by a gang with machetes and such, apparently because of mistaken identity

[NickFitz]

Lunch was nothing, because I figured I could get something when I went shopping, if I went shopping. In the end, I did go shopping and have just got back, but a) I forgot to get anything specifically for today's lunch and b) it’s too late for lunch anyway, so I’ll just have a bag of crisps

I went via the old place, where I’m happy to report that the chestnut trees seem fine, as does the Polish café

Then on to M&S, but this time for clothes, not food; to wit, some new t-shirts and socks. I also got suckered into a pair of jeans that was on sale, and some more shirts that caught my fancy but which I’ll probably decide I don’t like after all once it’s too late to return them, after which I finally managed to escape

Over to Sainsbury’s, where the new Viz was secured. The new layout continues to confuse and generally disrupt my long-established habits; it’s like when they move the eggs, but for everything all at once

Also, they seem to have stopped making a few things around which I’d based some favourite recipes, so I need to work out how to deal with that

But I’m fairly sure I didn’t forget anything I actually needed this time, so I should be able to survive the next week despite going back to work

Coming back the other way, I was waiting at the lights at the junction where I turn off the outer ring road when I realised that the second car in front had a camera thing mounted on its roof, and thought I’d finally get to see a Google Street View car in the wild. The car between us was a taxi so when the lights changed and we turned, that took the bus lane which meant I was right behind the camera car, and lo! it was an Apple Maps Image Collection car instead

I ended up behind it for a mile or so until it turned off up Grace Road, so the Corolla will hopefully be appearing on your favourite Apple products soon

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

It’s cloudy, but more masses of cumuli rather than overcast, so some sunshine breaks through from time to time. It’ll b milder today: already at 20°C, it won’t get past 23° (and that only briefly), which is rather more tolerable. The barometers are trivially up at 1003/1011mB

I may go shopping, as it’s Viz-hits-the-shops day. But I may not. I’ve got a check-up at the dentist on Saturday afternoon, which means I’ll be on that side of the city and could go then. But I’m not keen on going there on a Saturday afternoon because it’s too busy. I suppose I could go tomorrow. I think I’ll just dither over what to do for a while longer

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Sunny with some cirrocumulus clouds wafting about (no, I don't know why I decided to look up the proper name). Currently 23 degrees ('feels like' 25) with a high of 27 expected. Barometer at 1016 mBar.

Sunrise 05:22; Sunset 20:53 BST

Not sure what I'll achieve with that extra 5 minutes of daylight.

This morning, I am online with gig1 for long enough to justify charging for it. Sadly they won't pay for more than a day a week and there's not enough work to fill that.

The search for the next gig continues. And I might have a look-see at some training courses to keep my brain ticking over as I was getting sucked into watching Homes Under the Hammer when I was at Mum's.

If anyone knows (or lives close to Rowland Hill Avenue, London, N17 7LU, and fancies picking up a suitcase, let me know!

It's about a 45 min drive away from me ; 1h40 on public transport but a much less effective get-away.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Thursday apparently.

Damply dry.

Grey.

Sunless.

22.6 deg in here, 23.8 in the kitchen, 22.5 in the leanto, 20 deg out the back.

1008.5 mBar, 29.78 in Hg, 756.44 Torr, 14.63 psi, (unchanged), 66% RH (Lidl electric: new Li cells due to the flatness of the previous).

Meanwhile at around 08:00 on April 2nd 2020 Brillo, Churchill, and MrMarkyMark popped in, with Brillo doing most of the popping.

Strange dreams involving a Rover P4. Most odd. Then I remembered that I'd dreamed about buying several P4s in the past. Even odder.

Walk (abbreviated, 3 miles) walked in the grey gloom. Legs complaining a little.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: Movies E4/4. 1960s part II. Easy Rider, The Wild Bunch etc.

Nazi Secret Bases: the Bruneval Raid.

Nazi Secret Bases: vengeance under the dome. V2 launch site. Tallboys sorted that fecker out.

Jack Hargreaves Old Country: a junk sale. I should hold one of those.

Tea: baked beans and baked spuds. Nice enough.

Entertainment: UFO bollox on Blaze.

TPTV: Strange but true with Michael Aspirin.

Bab5 S2 E16 "In the Shadow of Za'Ha'Dum". Sheridan's wife's death. He should take note of Kosh's warning. . Ah, it's the one where Vir tells Mr Morden how he looks forward to waving at him at some time in the future and Kosh tells Sheridan that he'll die if he goes to Za'Ha'Dum.

Digging for Britain. Pink hair.

Blazian UFO bollox. The truth may well be out there but it ain't on Blaze yet. . <click>

Who do you think you are? Harriet Walter: turns out her mum was in DNI in WWII.

Some DMAXian bollox about the Voynich manuscript, some treasure that was hidden in Yellowstone Park, and something else I've forgotten due to lack of innerest: oh yes, the Zodiac Killer code thing.

[xoggoth]

Flipping fire alarm went off last night after I'd got into bed, 2nd time it had done it within a few hours. No smoke that I could see and battery was ok so suppose I need a replacement alarm. Off to yet more mostly old lady stuff soon.

[WTFH]

Walk has been walked. It's overcast, and while it is not raining, we came home quite damp from the mist/low cloud.

[WTFH]

Morning all

[NickFitz]

More of Parable of the Talents read tonight, in which something good happened for a change - though it brought with it a foreshadowing of something bad…

I think today was the first day my system was completely clear of that cholesterol drug, as I felt much better and didn’t have any inexplicable bouts of tiredness!

Goodnight all

[WTFH]

My John Lewis credit card got hacked earlier. 17:35 an attempt to buy something from JL themselves. The card stopped it as suspicious. An hour later and 100+ transactions attempted to go through, one for a samsonite case, one for a graphics card, the rest were subscriptions to substacks along with multiple attempts to order from Aliexpress.
Card is now frozen and password reset for the email associated with it.

If anyone knows (or lives close to Rowland Hill Avenue, London, N17 7LU, and fancies picking up a suitcase, let me know!

[NickFitz]

Tea has been chicken madras with rice and naan

To go with this, another NYPD homicide case, this time about a cleaner in an office block in the Wall Street area who got into the lift with her trolley at the start of her shift, and disappeared

[ladymuck]

And I was most surprised to see a Crouch Recovery van (not a truck) whilst driving along the A280 that runs between Patching and Clapham. "That's a bit far from their usual patch", I thought.

[ladymuck]

After a lovely lunch with an old friend I haven't seen for nearly a year, I popped back to Mum's to bring the washing in and put it away, and then headed home. Currently in West London it's 32 degrees and the high was 34. I should have stayed on the coast where it's 10 degrees cooler!

Oddly, my basil plants survived the week quite well but my chilli plants are looking very sorry for themselves. I don't think they flowered enough for me to get a decent crop, sadly.

My own laundry has been done and is out on the airer in the garden.

[xoggoth]

Typical morning, spent with a couple of old lady neighbours, playing Scrabble.