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[NickFitz]

Tonight’s major motion picture premiere was Bad Boys II (2003), which is the one after the first one. Like that, it’s got a really good action film in it, which is interrupted from time to time by scenes that revolve around rather juvenile humour. But the action stuff is good, so one has to just shrug off the irrelevancies. They’re obviously just ripping off Lethal Weapon anyway with that aspect. But yes, the car chases and blowing stuff up bits are good, and take up most of the time, so I’ll let that other stuff pass

Then a rewatch - or possibly a premiere, because it hadn’t stuck in my memory - of RoboCop 3 (1993). This has a Rotten Tomatoes rating of around 14%, but I thought it was OK. I reckon it may well be happening for real in the USA soon, as it seems to align with the goals of the current administration, so maybe that will give its rating a bump

And then a further episode of S2 of Hijack. I assume they set this on the Berlin metro, rather than the Tube, because it would be impossible to construct a plot anybody could understand around the bizarre complexities that came together to form the London Underground

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Tea has been a ribeye steak with chips, fried onions, and beans

This was going to be accompanied by a police thing that I’d stopped watching ages ago, but couldn’t remember why. A few minutes reminded me: it’s constantly cutting to a couple of ex-cop talking heads who utter vague platitudes (“If somebody’s holding a firearm, that changes the situation” and the like) tangentially related to the clip being shown, though clearly not commenting specifically on it. This happens literally every ten seconds or so, and it’s so annoying that I gave up and switched to more of the motorway cops

[xoggoth]

Volunteer litter pick this morning, followed by walk with loony lady 1. Had to keep holding her hand while she navigated the mud.

Pleasantly surprised when I filled me van to see diesel cost is only about 10% higher. I thought it would be over 100% like my heating oil.

[NickFitz]

Lunch was a cold sausage bap (white)

Before that, I spent a couple of hours dealing with the post import process on the new forum software. Turns out there are a few tricky bits to do with ensuring quotes in posts are updated to point back to the source correctly, and one or two other bits like that

Unfortunately, I somehow managed to do my back in a bit more - it was playing up earlier in the week, but had been OK for the last couple of days. But when I stood up to get lunch, it suddenly complained very vigorously. So I’ve had to switch to the recliner to rest it for a while

[eek]

Afternoon all

Bright but cloudy. Breezy. Currently 8 degrees ('feels like' 5) with a high of 9 expected. Chance of light showers. Barometer down to 1001 mBar.

Sunrise 06:20; Sunset 18:02 GMT

I was woken around 1.45 am to the noise of much wind and rain. I then awoke again well before my alarm on account of the unreasonably early time it now gets bright.

A busier morning than a Friday should warrant, but productive. Many meetings this afternoon, which should also be illegal for a Friday.

Surely meetings are better than actual real work...

[ladymuck]

Afternoon all

Bright but cloudy. Breezy. Currently 8 degrees ('feels like' 5) with a high of 9 expected. Chance of light showers. Barometer down to 1001 mBar.

Sunrise 06:20; Sunset 18:02 GMT

I was woken around 1.45 am to the noise of much wind and rain. I then awoke again well before my alarm on account of the unreasonably early time it now gets bright.

A busier morning than a Friday should warrant, but productive. Many meetings this afternoon, which should also be illegal for a Friday.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

The rainy part of the storm has moved on in the night and though it’s still very windy, the sun is shining as the cirrostratus recedes to the east. It’s 5°C but “feels like” -4°, and the expected high for the day is only 9°. The barometers are down to 986/994mB, but expected to rise during the day

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Friday. <checks clock: yes, it's Friday>

Damp following torrential rain overnight.

Calm following on from the gales.

Blue sky in parts.

Sunny.

Chilly in here at 13.3 deg, 1? in the kitchen, 10.5 in the leanto.

997 mBar, 29.44 in Hg, 747.8 Torr, 14.46 psi, (up from 994 last night).

Meanwhile on the 20th of March 2020 Brillo, covbob, quackhandle, Phil the Greek, and LM popped in.

Some rain/hail just now, though the sun still shines with a blue sky in parts.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: food prog waffling on about bottled water. More of the Bliar Eyerack thing with push having come to shove.

Walk (unabbreviated, towpath) walked, initially in sunshine, then a sprinkling of rain, then hail, then sun again. Warm, it wasn't.

Now getting outside a mug of mediocre yet consistent coffee.

Tea: Brains faggots with peas & such. Nice enough. Entertainment: PM <click>.

PBS: "Bombshell": how the septics concealed the reality of Hiroshima.

Taggart S8 E4,5,6. "Ring of Deceit". Next week.

Taggart S8 E7 "Fatal inheritance". Taggart in a health farm. What could possibly go wrong?

[WTFH]

Morning all

TFIF, etc.
Not raining, and the wind has done a reasonable job in drying off the lanes, even if it is a rather chilly 5C out.
Off to the Arms Park tomorrow.

[NickFitz]

It’s been raining extremely heavily here. Eased off slightly now but still going, and it’s still very windy too

I read some more of The Three-Body Problem tonight

Friday tomorrow! And with the shopping done today, I only have one or two errands to run, picking up the monthly prescription and so on

Goodnight all

[ladymuck]

When I took the kitchen bin bag out to put in the big bin, I realised there had been rain at some point for the ground was damp.

[NickFitz]

Tea: shepherd’s pie

Along with that, the rest of the motorway cops thing I started watching last night

[ladymuck]

Just noticed: new series of Ambulance on BBC

[ladymuck]

The wind's up here too.

[NickFitz]

There were a few spots of rain at lunchtime, but now it’s become very windy and has started teeming down

And in other news: new series of Ambulance on iPlayer!