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I made the mistake of starting to watch on the Sky “Main Event” channel - they’ve added crowd noise in the background which is just too strange.....

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
What can I say? It's almost perfect.
Seen it dozens of times but it still kept me up past midnight last night.
 

Yes it is.

Laptop stand. 
 
set up right next to my now largely empty desk. 

Looks like a great setting for a water balloon fight! 

Laptop stand. 
 
set up right next to my now largely empty desk. 

Laptop stand. 
 
set up right next to my now largely empty desk. 

You are officially off my non-existent Christmas Card list

My recollection of that film is that it never gets interesting. It's hot, they go for a drive, they get where they are going.

My recollection of that film is that it never gets interesting. It's hot, they go for a drive, they get where they are going.

Hmm, looks familiar.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
What can I say? It's almost perfect.
Seen it dozens of times but it still kept me up past midnight last night.
 

They could at least give it a wash

Dog owners, who for some inexplicable reason, assume everyone would like to fuss over their dogs!
Just met up with big sis in her local park.  sat in our camping chairs.  Thermos cuppa each.  3 of us in total (2 of us from one household).
First time we've seen her since early March.  Was wonderful. (She's mid 60's and lives alone). 
All grass.  Very quiet, so very spacious, under the circumstances.  Nobody came within 20m of us (and we didn't cause anyone to divert in any way.  We saw 7 other people in 90 mins.  Dad and young son over the other side.  Bit of a kick about etc.  The other 5 were just strolling through.  3 of them were walking dogs.  Of those 3, 2 of them allowed their dogs (2 owners... 3 dogs) to approach us, and begin to sniff around etc.  Chairs/ankles/bags/shoes/thermos cups.  You name it, the dogs wanted to explore.
Neither owner made any attempt whatsoever, to curtail their dog's approach by calling them back, and literally had to be told to do so, before they reacted in any way!  (By Muckerette... I'm too much of a coward, and just tried shooing the dogs away directly... unsuccessfully, I hasten to add)
My sister isn't at all keen on dogs.  Muckerette is generally scared of them, or at the very least, doesn't trust them.  I can take 'em or leave 'em, and am more than comfortable around dogs... in the right setting!  But I certainly don't want 'em licking my friggin mug of coffee!
Whether dogs could be virus carriers or whether that is unproven/old wives tale, I care not one jot. 
Whether each particular dog is vicious or "just wants to play", I care even less!
Keep the Bamfords away.  If they cannot be trusted, then leash the duckers!  At the very least, for the better trained and more well behaved dogs... as all three of these seemed to be, if truth be told... try calling them back yourself, before they reach us, and before we feel the need to tell you to control your dogs!
 
I fully appreciate that most dogs like a fuss.  Who doesn't!
I fully appreciate that some people approach others' dogs, against the owners wishes.  I know this works both ways.
So... we won't approach your dog unless invited to do so (No thanks!), and you don't allow yours to approach us, unless we invite you to (Fat chance!).
 
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They might be having a dirty weekend in there............"If the caravans a rocking, don't come a knocking."

They could at least give it a wash

Well, the cases are unsolved

Just watched Solo which according to some comes after episode 3, to introduce Han Solo, chewbacca and the millennium falcon. Only a Star Wars story though so has no official number. Pretty good, fair bit of action and certainly better than the poor acting in episodes 1-3. 

Her indoors recently got a subscription to Disney+ because she wants to watch Hamilton or something.
I took the opportunity to rewatch all the Star Wars films in chronological order, keeping an open mind about the ones I didn't like originally (ie the prequels) and with a spirit of reassessment.
God the prequels are bad. Somebody should remake them with the following changes:
reduce the length of the action sequences. Each one has at least one that goes on about 3 times longer than it should (the chariot race, the car chase, the rescue of the chancellor, for example)
Get rid of these:
Hayden Christiansen
Jar Jar Binks
Darth Vader's 'Nooooo' ruining a potentially iconic scene in the third one.
The wholly ridiculous notion that a Jedi master is so wise that the only way for him to get the part for his spaceship is to place a bet on a small child to win the most fatally dangerous race in the galaxy. And, while we're at it, the whole idea of arriving on that planet and getting a part for their sparkly ship is the equivalent of me travelling back to the Dark Ages and asking if anyone's got a starter motor for a Mercedes S class.
Avoid the temptation to add in extraneous CGI. While we're at it, anyone want to restore the original 3 films to the state we loved (Another Dart Vader 'Nooo' has been added to Return of the Jedi)
Most of all, treat them as films for film audiences. People who haven't watched the cartoons or played any of the games. So, for example, remove any scenes that clearly have a game theme - the conveyor belt scene, for starters; don't expect people to know who General Greivous is etc.
In short get someone who isn't George Lucas to do it.

Nothing that's fit for human consumption should come in a bucket

So a documentary about making pipe tobacco?

Last Kingdom is back on Netflix. Lots of fighty stuff and quite a high quota of shagging.

The bloody polar bear. I’m still annoyed by that.