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[NickFitz]

There was a reasonable amount of wildlife stuff on the box today, and later a further episode of Planet Earth III

Meanwhile in Berlin, the Russians are ready to begin their final assault, Eisenhower has paused his forces at the Elbe because he’s a mug, and the Fuhrer continues to issue orders that depend on units that basically don’t exist any longer

Goodnight all

[ladymuck]

This evening HWMBO and I watched the new Naked Gun film. Very entertaining. We ended up also watching the entire credits because they snuck in silly things. I don't think I got them all.

[NickFitz]

Tea was brought to me from the South Indian place past the park. Very nice indeed, though it induced a great deal of gustatory rhinitis

[ladymuck]

The HHGTTG thing was a bit naff. Luckily it only lasted 90 minutes.

[WTFH]

Drove to Canada today and got home with still over 120 miles range, possibly helped by putting the car into self drive mode (except you can’t call it that, and you can’t let go of the steering wheel for more than 15 seconds, but there’s no need to steer, speed up or slow down, the car does it all.

[xoggoth]

Walk with loony lady 1, usual old place but quite nice.

[NickFitz]

Afternoon denizens

It’s cloudy with bits of blue showing here and there and a bit of a breeze, with some showers passing through from time to time. The current 8°C supposedly “feels like” 2° but I don’t think it’s that bad, based on poking my head out of the window. The day’s high of 9° has already come and gone, and the barometers are shuffling upwards at 986/994mB

[NotAllThere]

Sunny day.

Off to the gym in a few minutes - then swim and sauna. Later will nip to Germany to do some shopping. We've run out of fruit and veg.

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Blue sky and fluff. Wet ground, must have been a lot of overnight rain. Currently 9 degrees with a high of 10 expected. Barometer up to 998 mBar.

Sunrise 07:42; Sunset 16:49 GMT

HWMBO and I have been to the farmers' market where we procured a chicken and some sausages. HWMBO was not enthused by the vegetables which is what he actually wanted to buy.

I am off to Hammersmith in about 45 minutes to see the interactive Hitchhiker's Guide thing that's had some mixed reviews. Meeting my friend at Pret in the station, if I can remember where it is.

[DoctorStrangelove]

^^^ WNF&LMS. I've got jumpers suits older than that.

Morning.

Saturday.

Wet, very.

Grey, incredibly.

Sunless, totally.

Chilly, a bit, in here at 12.7 deg, 11.5 in the kitchen, 9.5 in the leanto.

990 mBar, 29.235 in Hg, 742.56 Torr, 14.359 ps, (up from 982 last night, which, in turn was up from the 976 at one point).

Meanwhile on the 14th of March 2020 NF, LM, and eek popped in and it appeared that There Was A Storm Coming. .

Well I'm glad I sorted that out: I conflated "Dominique" with "Domino", this last being the story of Laurence Harvey's daughter who gave up a modelling career to become a bounty hunter and came to a sad end.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: FOOC (which may go <click> a lot depending on what they're on about). <click> Book.

Walk (unabbreviated, towpath) walked in the sunshine, with a spot or two of rain here & there. Nice enough.

Entertainment: book. I wonder why I'm so uninterested in finishing "Robots and Empire": it's stuck since well before Xmas and shows no sign of unsticking any time soon. .

Living room, kitchen, and leanto duly vacced. Too tired to do more. Must be getting a bit or something.

Tea: soup etc. Entertainment: PM. Robinson thing <click> Book.

Maigret: "Love from Felicie (1961)". Brilliant acting from Lana Morris.

5: "The Assassinations of Queen Victoria". 8 attempted assassinations.

[WTFH]

Morning all
Sunshine and some blue skies out, for a change.
A very loud squall blew through about 21:00 yesterday, for a moment I thought it was a Chinook landing on the roof of the house.
Must fill the bid feeders today.

[NickFitz]

Not one, but two major motion picture premieres tonight!

First up was Dominique (2024) in which the eponymous heroine, a trained killer from Ukraine, ends up defending a worthy family from cartel thugs in Colombia. I worked out from IMDb that this character first appeared in another film some years ago, and there are some references back to that at the end, but it’s never a case of feeling like you’re watching a sequel without having seen the madness of George I and George II

It’s pretty good, albeit exceptionally violent. It also (spoiler alert) dodges the trope of the happy ending; if anything, it inverts it. The origin story doesn’t seem to be available but this one works well in its own right, though I wouldn’t mind seeing the first one too

And then Black Widow (2021) which is one of those Marvel films that assumes you’ve watched a dozen others first and leaves you wondering what 90% of the background to the story is about if you had better things to do with your life. Wonder Woman managed to be a Marvel film without any such demands, so they can do it if they want to. I can only conclude that they can’t be bothered, which is a shame as most of the film is really good! I just wish I wasn’t frequently left feeling like I’d forgotten to do my homework

Goodnight all

[ladymuck]

After dinner, I fancied a fillum. We have ended up watching Wrecking Crew on Amazon Prime. Very entertaining so far.

[ladymuck]

^^ WNFS

[NickFitz]

I am sad today. One of my colleagues, Mark, died two days ago, aged 38.

That really is no age <- manly