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Home again, after an enjoyable afternoon mingling with extended family and eating too much
I also brought back possibly the final bits for me from the parental home, the only bulky item being a sewing machine. There's a couple of bears I had as a kid, which were handed down to me by my big sister, but she doesn't remember them so I've given them refuge here among the apes
In addition, a variety of other bits and pieces - largely stuff relating to 1960s Liverpool from a cursory glance
But one thing I'd been wondering about has turned up: a model Ford Anglia (Corgi or the like) mounted on a wooden base, with my Dad's name above the inscription "The first Ford made on Merseyside, 8th March 1963" which was given to him when he was among the honoured guests on the occasion of the opening of Ford's Halewood plant. I assume he was invited because of his work as a journalist and editor with the Liverpool Daily Post. I was pretty sure he still had it somewhere, but hadn't seen it for a while. I'm very pleased to have that
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Mention of I, Claudius reminded me that I read the other day that someone has re-edited Caligula, using the original film left on the cutting room floor. I think the Grauniad reported on it as it was aired at Cannes and is heading to select cinemas this month.
A thorough sweep up of the floor has been done. As there is no carpet, I don't need to get the vacuum out (might put it in storage). I ought to run a mop around as sweeping doesn't get all the dust but that's a step too far today.
The cloud keeps coming and going. Currently it's quite dull out but about 20 mins ago it was glorious sunshine.
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Morning.
Saturday.
Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove View PostGrey.
Dark.
Dank.
Dreary.
Sunless.
Wet with that very fine drizzle again.
Cool in here at 20.4 deg, 22 deg in the kitchen, 20 deg in the leanto.
1011.5 mBar, 29.869 in Hg, 758.68 Torr, 14.67 psi, (unchanged), 75% RH (Lidl electric).
Meanwhile on the 31st of October 2019 NF had a mundane haircut after watching the first ep of "I Claudius", Brillo nearly got offed by some inconsiderate driver turning left in front of him while he was on his bike, WTFH took the dog(tw) for a walk, and the flatulent one was present in the library computer room so I left for a trip to that Swansea.
Further to "Saving Private Ryan":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niland_brothers
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Morning all
Sunny with lumps of fluff. A nice breeze. Currently 21 degrees with a high of 24 expected. Cloud set to dissipate further as the day progresses. Barometer up to 1017 mBar.
Popped over the road to the farmers' market. A new (to me) stall has appeared, selling game produce. Turns out they're there every weekend but had been on holiday since pretty much when I moved in. Lots of venison and boar but also hare, which makes a change. The Carribbean sauce lady was back so HWMBO got me to pick up a load for him to take home after his next visit. Also picked up a tray of pullett eggs.
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Morning denizens
It's cloudy with a light breeze out there today. Warm enough at 18°C though, rising to 24° this afternoon. The barometers are up again at 1006/1013
Monkey Life has been moved earlier today, apparently because of some football thing in the afternoon. I certainly didn't ask for that
Having had croissants with strawberry jam for breakfast, I need to start getting ready to head to the BBQ soon
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Morning.
Saturday.
Grey.
Dark.
Dank.
Dreary.
Sunless.
Wet with that very fine drizzle again.
Cool in here at 20.4 deg, 22 deg in the kitchen, 20 deg in the leanto.
1011.5 mBar, 29.869 in Hg, 758.68 Torr, 14.67 psi, (unchanged), 75% RH (Lidl electric).
Meanwhile on the 31st of October 2019 NF had a mundane haircut after watching the first ep of "I Claudius", Brillo nearly got offed by some inconsiderate driver turning left in front of him while he was on his bike, WTFH took the dog(tw) for a walk, and the flatulent one was present in the library computer room so I left for a trip to that Swansea.Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; Today, 10:10.
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Tonight's major motion picture wasn't a premiere, but it's a few years since I watched it: Saving Private Ryan (1998). I still don't think it's the best war film ever, but the action sequences are exceptional
Early night now due to BBQ journey tomorrow
Goodnight all
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Tea has been a Sainsbury's special offer from last week, being assorted barbecue beef bits: short ribs, brisket, and burnt ends. Nice enough with chips, though those generic BBQ sauces all seem much of a muchness to me
It said it served four so I assumed it would serve two, as in one now with one portion left over, but maybe "serves three" is nearer the mark. Plenty to go in the fridge, at any rate
And it was accompanied by Trucking Hell
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Originally posted by ladymuck View PostLunch was a bacon and egg sandwich.
Following NF's discovery of a 7th rasher I thought I'd check to see how many were left in the packet bought from the farmers' market. I too had 7 rashers! Only three left now which will make for a well stacked sandwich.
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Another week done, so let the weekend commence!
I'm heading south for a BBQ tomorrow, with my siblings and also our cousins from our father's side
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After me morning walky went to a local pub and sat in garden gnoshing a cheese toasty. Very fat topless bloke sitting nearby with jeans way down showing me his bum crack. Why is it always blokes who do that??
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Lunch was a bacon and egg sandwich.
Following NF's discovery of a 7th rasher I thought I'd check to see how many were left in the packet bought from the farmers' market. I too had 7 rashers! Only three left now which will make for a well stacked sandwich.
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A somewhat busy morning delayed me, but I managed a lunchtime dash to the closer Sainsbury's for various bits. That one doesn't have a hot food counter, so lunch instead has been a cold chicken leg and a bag of plain crisps. I do like a bit of cold roast chicken in warm weather
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostTonight's viewing was The Body Detectives on C4, in which they investigate cold cases of missing people and unidentified bodies. This one was about a chap who was lost to the sea during a trip to the seaside in 1984, and they ended up exhuming a body that had been swept up on the coast of France ten days later and buried in the local cemetery. They actually showed the exhumation, which isn't something I've seen on telly before - French gravediggers scooping up handfuls of bones and dumping them in a new coffin to be taken to the lab
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