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[NickFitz]

Tonight's major motion picture premiere was The Woman in the Yard (2025) in which a family are dismayed and perplexed when a veiled woman clad in black turns up, sitting in front of their house, and moving a bit closer whenever they aren't looking. Quite a decent little horror story and, unlike many films nowadays, it knew how not to outstay its welcome by clocking in at around eighty minutes (not counting credits)

After that, onwards with the saga with a rewatch of Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010). A great improvement on the rather lacklustre one that preceded it, with plenty of mayhem augmented by good plotlines and some genuinely unpleasant baddies - the worst being the Hollywood producer who wasn't even infected

Finally, a further episode of Dune: Prophecy, to wit, Twice Born (TV Episode 2024) which was so good that it suckered me into watching the next episode, In Blood, Truth (TV Episode 2024) as well

Goodnight all

[ladymuck]

The afternoon was all rather pleasant, perfect timing for the walk down the road to pick up my freshly cleaned winter duvet. I also had an appointment for a pedicure that was very nicely done.

Invoicing done on my return home.

Watched Only Connect and the latest Fake or Fortune. Very tired again so dozed on the sofa while listening to Add to Playlist.

[NickFitz]

"Drain blown king"? I think you meant "drain blocking", autocorrect

Tea has been a rack of smoky BBQ ribs and chips

This was accompanied by the rest of the Trucking Hell I started watching last week

And the dishwasher happily did its thing without anywhere getting flooded!

[xoggoth]

Loony lady 1 earlier. Prob. loony lady 3 tomorrow.

[NickFitz]

Finally, a drain blown king cap that fits has arrived!

It doesn't seem to be a perfect seal, but only in the sense of running the tap for a while results in a tiny drop around the edge, which would probably evaporate before getting to the point of falling under most circumstances. I gave it an extra quarter turn or so after finger tight with a strap wrench, but I don't want to risk over tightening it and it's fine like that

So I have finally been able to put the dishwasher on - except I can only open the door about halfway down because the new machine is in the way

Oh well, it's just another minor annoyance. It's on now; I'll keep checking for drips or worse from time to time, but it'll probably be fine

[NickFitz]

The corner cupboard door has been reattached!

In the hassle of dealing with the delivery blokes on Tuesday, I'd adopted the straightforward approach of unscrewing the hinges from the door. But later investigation revealed that I could have just popped the hinges off where they attach to the cupboard by pressing a little tab at the back of each one

So I took them off and reattached them to the door, but it was quite unwieldy trying to get them lined up to attach to the cupboard again, and I gave up after a minute or two; the door stood neatly in the corner and wasn't getting in the way, at least as compared to the sodding great machine

But I just found an Amazon delivery box that was exactly the right height to rest the door on while lining up the hinges! With that, it only took about two seconds to get them clicked back into place, and they don't even need readjusting

[NickFitz]

Pukka steak slice for lunch

Some blue sky is starting to show up, letting the sun in occasionally

[eek]

CUK is running like a dead dog.

Anyway, happy birthday BrilloPad wherever you may be

LLandudno...

Edit which reminds me I should give him a ring..

[NickFitz]

Shopping done!

I ended up going to Not-As-Big Sainsbury's, because a check of the Viz calendar showed that I'll need to go to Big next week for the new issue

I found most things I wanted, though one element of a new recipe I'm planning to try wasn't available, and is apparently not stocked there. But it's more like a garnish, to a certain extent, in that I can still make the fundamental dish and get a feel for how to balance the flavours and spices and so on, then try enhancing it with that at a later date.

Most other stuff I wanted was there, though it was necessary to reach right to the back to get half-decent dates on most of the meat

I ended up buying rather a lot of meat, in fact, there being several dishes I fancy trying out or just haven't had in a bit. This means I'll be cooking most days next week, rather than grabbing something out of the freezer. But now that work involves stuff that's more along the lines of what I enjoy doing, I'm feeling a lot less fed up at the end of the working day, so I reckon I'll be OK with settling down for a bit of cooking most days

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Wet. There has been much rain this morning. Currently 16 degrees with a high of 19 expected. More rain forecast with potential for a break in the cloud mid afternoon before it comes back again. Barometer down to 993 mBar.

Sunrise 06:09; Sunset 19:54 BST

Went to bed super early last night as was completely knackered. Glad I can have a lie in tomorrow.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Cloudy grey day out, though any rain has supposedly already happened and it might even brighten up towards teatime. It's staying cooler, being 15°C now and aiming for 19°. The barometers are decidedly pessimistic, being down to 983/991mB

Off to do the shopping shortly. I may go to Big Sainsbury's, rather than dealing with the less extensive range of options at the nearer one

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Friday.

Currently damp, wet pencilled in for later.

Grey.

Wanly sunny, using some imagination.

Cool in here at 20.1 deg, 20.5 in the kitchen, 19 in the leanto.

990.5 mBar, 29.25 in Hg, 742.9 Torr, 14.37 psi, (down from 991 last night), 66% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 12th of February 2020 there was much discussion of washing machine temperatures, towels etc. while xogg got a cheque for 5p as a refund for his lost O2 phone, BR14 popped in whilst watching Hill Street Blues (hey hey hey! let's be careful out there! I wonder if he watched it all: we'll never know), and LM washed cottons at 60 deg, as did NF, in major bug killing mode.

The nightmare before waking involved me getting a contract somewhere in that south of Engerland where I'd started before signing the contract and local hotels were very expensive. I was glad to wake up & find it wasn't real. It was something to do with serial comms and security or something. Seemed unlikely to me but there you go.

Walk (towpath, unabbreviated) walked in the sunshine until 300 yards from home whereupon it rained on me.

The canal is looking much healthier with ample very brown water in it. Tree down over the tow path. I wonder how long it'll be before the PTB do sommat about it.

River much less in flood than yesterday.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: Food programme, thing about South African murder trial, noon o'clock news, next thing <click>

At least the afternoon's freecell sessions were better: 89% and 95%, running average: 83%.

Tea: chicken in white sauce etc.

Entertainment: Thing about cat ladies. PM.

Looks like there's bugger all to watch on the idiot lantern again: dozens of channels of dross & still nothing to watch. I suppose the bollox on Blaze at 21:00 might just be tolerable if I try hard.

Freecell score: 95%, running average: 83%. Last game was a bugger to get out.

Book.

Some bollox or other on Blaze.

Book. Other book. Other other book. Other other other book.

[WTFH]

Morning all

TFIF, etc.
Cool out, but it didn't rain on our walk, unlike the rain we had overnight which has refilled most of our water butts and got the pond over half full.

[NickFitz]

Tonight's major motion picture rewatch was Demolition Man (1993). Good fun, and also extremely violent

Shopping tomorrow! About time too

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Plan B, or maybe W by now: Screwfix! They're only about five minutes from here, depending on the traffic lights, so I searched on their website and it offered something which appeared as if it might do the job. Ordered from the local store and got confirmation it was ready for me in seconds, so I drove down there and collected it. Getting back, I discovered that it's completely useless! Despite being sealed in McAlpine packaging with "1¼ inch" clearly printed on it, it appears to be much larger by a quarter of an inch at least, maybe more; and it also seems a bit more complicated than is required, being in four parts

But as I was over that side of hereabouts, it gave me an excuse to make a minor detour on the way back. So it's been fish & chips from the VAT fraud chippy for tea!

And Amazon have refunded the extra shipping charge too, possibly because I opted to get it on my Amazon gift card balance rather than in the bank, so they know it'll come back to them soon