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[NickFitz]

Tonight's major motion picture premiere was The Foreigner (2017) in which an elderly Jackie Chan is hell bent on revenge after his daughter is killed by a bomb planted by a renegade nouveau IRA unit. But does he have a special set of skills…? I thought this was excellent, bringing revenge and action tropes together in a very dark political thriller. Highly recommended

And then Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016) which is a fitting ending to the saga

Finally, I decided to rewatch The Adjustment Bureau (2011) for no other reason than that I like it. I really ought to get around to reading the Philip K. Dick short story on which it, as with so many good films, is based

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

What a palaver. I put everything in 'cottons normal 30degrees' with a scoop of pink stuff, a wash capsule and some relatively smell free* softener, and hit the switch.

*why does every washing product have to smell like a french whorehouse?? FFS

But from now on, I can just select that option I configured, chuck the clothes in, and start it up - it deals with the detergent and stuff itself

[NickFitz]

Tea: lamb cutlets with chips and beans

Accompanied by a bit of Police Interceptors

[sadkingbilly]

Returning, and with the dishwasher having finished the load I set it to work on earlier, it was time to get the mundane laundry on

I used the machine's "washing assistant", which allows you to specify the types of thing you're washing, and also prevents you mixing things that shouldn't go in together. It then devises what it reckons are the optimal settings. This will be one of my most frequently used combinations, so I remembered to save it to "Favourites" (under the title "Mundane laundry", of course) so I can go straight to it without faffing around in future

And a few minutes after it had started, it pinged me via my phone to let me know that it expected to finish sooner than its initial estimate, due to the load being relatively small!

What a palaver. I put everything in 'cottons normal 30degrees' with a scoop of pink stuff, a wash capsule and some relatively smell free* softener, and hit the switch.

*why does every washing product have to smell like a french whorehouse?? FFS

[NickFitz]

I always find this interesting. My heating is never 'off'. There's a temperature set and should the flat drop below that, then the heating comes on. This means it's cold out. The past two mornings, the heating has been on when I've gotten up.

All this nonsense about deciding whether to heat a home by the date rather than the weather is beyond me.

I know! I should just leave it on, and let the thermostat deal with matters. I think I'll do that in future, as I've also realised that deciding something like that based on date rather than conditions is ridiculous

[NickFitz]

Lunch has been a roast pork and apple sauce bap (wholemeal)

With that done, I set to work preparing some large boxes and other packaging for recycling. I tend to let this stuff accumulate, until eventually it's getting in the way and I finally deal with it

So once I'd found the Stanley knife, which I'd left other than in its usual place on a bookshelf in the living room, I carved the boxes up into small bits which could easily be packed into recycling bags and topped up with cardboard envelopes from Amazon. Once I had two well-stuffed bags, I took them over to the recycling bins. First time I've been over there in a while, as I now habitually put stuff out for the management company people to take away in the morning; but these would have inconvenienced them, as they only bring one recycling bin and one general waste bin with them as they tour around the three blocks, and these were almost a bin load on their own

Returning, and with the dishwasher having finished the load I set it to work on earlier, it was time to get the mundane laundry on

I used the machine's "washing assistant", which allows you to specify the types of thing you're washing, and also prevents you mixing things that shouldn't go in together. It then devises what it reckons are the optimal settings. This will be one of my most frequently used combinations, so I remembered to save it to "Favourites" (under the title "Mundane laundry", of course) so I can go straight to it without faffing around in future

And a few minutes after it had started, it pinged me via my phone to let me know that it expected to finish sooner than its initial estimate, due to the load being relatively small!

[ladymuck]

When I was single, I used to turn the heating on if I had a date. Always made them feel warmly welcome.

[WTFH]

All this nonsense about deciding whether to heat a home by the date...

When I was single, I used to turn the heating on if I had a date. Always made them feel warmly welcome.

[xoggoth]

Volunteer litter picky thing this morning, loony lady 1 walk later. Lucky with weather yet again, nice and bright until I got into the car when it started pouring down. Finished just before I got home. Can't be coincidence, the weather god likes me, unlike the traffic god.

[ladymuck]

I had wondered if I could make it to the Autumnal Equinox before putting the heating back on, but the forecast for the next week has me thinking it might be going on sooner

I always find this interesting. My heating is never 'off'. There's a temperature set and should the flat drop below that, then the heating comes on. This means it's cold out. The past two mornings, the heating has been on when I've gotten up.

All this nonsense about deciding whether to heat a home by the date rather than the weather is beyond me.

[ladymuck]

Today's meeting has been done.

Laundry has been done - smalls and tops. All draped over the airer. Now onto jeans.

'Brunch' is a slice of toast with an egg on top.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

It's a cloudy day out, and judging by the undulations of the sycamore it's also quite windy. The current 14°C "feels like" 9°, apparently, and presumably the expected high of 16° won't feel much better. The barometers are back up a bit at 996/1004mB

I'd noticed my feet getting a bit cold over the last few nights so I chucked one of the furry throws over the bed last night, that being easier than digging out the two-thirds duvet. Result: feet not cold. I suppose I should go to the trouble of getting that duvet out as a longer term solution, but that'll do for now

With no shopping to do, I'm planning to do a bit of sorting out of some stuff around the flat. For a start, various things that have ended up adjacent to radiators will have to be moved, thrown out, or taken to the tip. I had wondered if I could make it to the Autumnal Equinox before putting the heating back on, but the forecast for the next week has me thinking it might be going on sooner

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Friday.

Grey.

Sunny.

Blue sky.

Cloudy.

Dry.

Torrential.

Cooler in here at 17.9 deg, 18 in the kitchen, 17 in the leanto.

1003 mBar, 29.62 in Hg, 752.3 Torr, 14.55 psi, (up from 999.5 last night), 71% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 15th of February 2020 AndyGarbs, Anonimouse, Scruff and BR14 popped in, I had an unusual way of turning off Nish Kumar on the wireless, xogg was preparing for a power cut by laying a fire and finding the gas burner, whilst NF noted that the shops across the way, aside from the Polish cafe, were closing early due to the inclemency of the weather, wind wise, while STIV was finished with, onwards to Highlander II, the ruination.

Amazingly enough, despite waking at 06:30, sleep returned & final awakening occurred at 08:50. Quite satisfying.

Oh, and looking out of the window, the full on murrain of beasts is currently heading up the valley.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: the Food programme. The 11:45 thing. Green crap about environmentally friendly steel production. Should go <click> fairly promptly.

Freecell score: 83%, running average: 84%.

Someone finked out the shooter.

Tea: Mr Brains faggots with peas etc.

Entertainment: the statistics thing, PM.

Nothing on the idiot lantern.

Freecell score: 67%, running average: 84%. WTF?

Book.

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Blue sky with occasional lumps of fluff wafting past. Currently 14 degrees with a high of 17 expected. There may be showers this afternoon / early evening. Barometer up to 1010 mBar.

Sunrise 06:32; Sunset 19:22 BST

Despite taking a while to get to sleep, I ended up sleeping uninterrupted until my alarm and then proceeded to doze through the radio alarm until it switched itself off. I then dozed off and on for a while longer before finally getting out of bed. It was about 9.15 am before I sat at my desk.

[WTFH]

Morning all
CBS, etc, autumnally cool. A very pleasant walk has been had - even if the road is closed, they still left a gap for me to walk past with Max.

TFIF, etc.
Heading back up to the old stomping ground this evening for the weekend. I think Max will enjoy running on the hills.