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Over here, dreaming of a slightly off-white Christmas is good enough so long it deosn’t get too drab grey!
Here’s an uncredited song from Inspector Morse clipped for youtube:
Yes, backup is essential, especially through periods of elevated solar activity. DSL continues to work well, most modems support it, and I still chat to Mum through the copper telephone wires on a regular basis.
Bet this is all down to AT&T in lieu of maintenance costs, one way to bring them back on the ready – is – Trump anyone? 😛There once was an old saying:
Waste not, want not.
Nowadays it’s more like:
Waste not, What not.
On QI: Upside Down they showed among other things wine glasses, art, flags and faces, there’s also inverted beer bottles/glasses and more on Wikimedia such as animals, amusement rides and houses. Just to stodge up this page try this selection of three houses to choose a favourite from:
BTW Here’s a nice reflection from a street café a few years back:
A bottle and glass observation tower in a rest area!
Nico at AfkMods mentioned GOGs giveaway of the point and click The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav, downloading now. The manual for the KQ adventure-like looks really cool, the main gripe in game seems to be stuff lost in translation, oh well.
Even for a not so die-hard fan of movie musicals, Hairspray (2007_film) had a few good scenes, the transformation of John Travolta was nothing short of phenomenal. Soundtrack was a little short of amazing, with numbers like “(You’re) Timeless to Me”:
On FTA they played The Daughter, local fare, a well thought out and presented adaptation of Ibsen. Later that week there was Bad Eggs with which the viewing only made it to the end of the first half. Something off in the direction, the script and gags kind of worked even though everything looked and sounded out of place – although they weren’t really. You’ll have to see it yourself to understand this reaction though, which is something not recommended. 😛
Have just completed series 1 of Before We Die, an adaptation of the Swedish series, little interest has rendered the Wikipedia is rather bare. Not bad, some strange scene switches and unlikely developments might have been a turn off for some, as with the overdone effects, gloomy synths, and grey noise. Still, the yet to be mentioned series 2 presents a little better, launching it smack dab in the middle of true B-Grade-dom. 😛
You just didn’t want to confuse with DCI Tina Carter in series 1 with DCI Nicky Harris in series 2.
Edit: That was quick, so now onto Under the Banner of_Heaven (miniseries). Based on true crime, this carries a lot more weight in research and production. The seven episodes are longer too, up to 88 minutes in length, so plenty of character interplay and engrossing drama.Myths don’t die, they just get put into cold storage, a place one suspects Santa is familiar with in any case. 😛
The association of Santa with Christmas holidays may live on more as a Santa Pause in the way of celebrating the beginning of Christianity. As for now, no letup in the plastic landfill armageddon of decorations, trees and wrap, a somewhst bizarre outcome. 🙁
Merry Christmas, btw. 🙂Heh, first read the conviction as:
50 hours of community service at the Hangover Recreation Commission.
Sure would have been a novel AA initiative!
Yeah, the general reaction to brownouts is folks getting browned off, as in a dropout in the middle of cooking the Christmas turkey, the roast is not!
A few Christmases back gave Mum a straw/wicker donkey/burro figurine/piñata a bit like this: 😛
Wonder how it’s doing now.Not sure, probably costs more to produce and extract than the others, no mention of it in the research section. Heck, made a suggestion in the talk page, just in case someone gets the urge to go dig. 😛
It’s perfect – a little bit of thatching more so. Not a lot of info about the water as we know – that’s a critical component for hot bubbly spas in our chicken doodle coop!
Sounds like you have been doing lifting – could that be the culprit?
Another oil spill – they’ll want to blame it on the old ships. Wonder how much of it can be cleaned?There were intimations of Gotham, or even Sin City in Se7en through which Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt were guiding lights, the atmosphere and mood also kept the movie on course. By the very title, along with the early revelations, you knew pretty much well what was going to happen, which reduced the tension somewhat. But boy o boy, the surprise ending made up for any reservations! Recommended.
Later on FTA, no grand feats of derring-do with costume regalia, matching dialogue or breathtaking denouement to be found in To Leslie, rather a blunt and earthy script to see the lead characters on their way. One of those movies where the urge to switch channels could not be entirely sublimated as the high critical appraisal did not quite convince. It’s worth watching so long the usual expectations of derived movie entertainment can be mothballed prior to screening.At Amazon the Gotetiso and The Big Squeezer are tempting, other sites have TubeWringer and kwmobile, the buckle looks attractive.
Never had much success with suction cups, otherwise ebay has a few reliable-looking items such as this and the Shinhan roller, actually ended up with three of these, one for upstairs and one as gift. Login issue still present. 😛
And, no, other than Yodi or Freddo/Kermit the search for themed based functional squeezers turned out to be fruitless. Want a Zoidberg version of The Big Squeezer? Forget it. 😛
Ever dream of the ultimate chicken coop?
Over at Reddit there are names like Ova Office, The Chick Inn, The old Yolks Home, The Plot Chickens, the rule of the roost is sure to be Cluckingham Palace. 🙂
Thus -er- one for the vault, don’t count your chicken coops until they are thatched!Conversation at the fireplace is off limits then, so no fireside chats. 🙁
Good range in Moma then- have you shopped in the galleries before?
Always thought a space-age toothpaste tube squeezer would make a quirky gift for a family member, might be a little late for Christmas deliveries now.
Probably better off searching the mfg websites directly. Tried Ali Express? Great, the hunt is over – got a link to the ultimate Millennium Falcon?Mighty film, and a tear-jerker as well by the looks. Tend to shun movies with sub-titles over here – eyes – screen – and of course the native language component – without the German it’s Mona Lisa in monochrome. 😛
So many things about Get Out were terrific, the music of Michael Abels, the tension, character interplay, the mystery, so 90% here. And yes, it did lack that extra 10% of X-factor – mostly attributable to turns in the plot, thus rendering the high expectations lightly moistened. Recommended!
Right now streaming the complete Love/Hate box set – guns, whack jobs, drugs, hissy fits – what more do you want? The Brit answer to that at the time was the more historical (and hysterical) Peaky Blinders, a whopping six series so plenty on tap, (hopefully not too many of the spinal kind!) 🙂
Edit: On FTA tonight there was Prisoners which ticked all the boxes as a no-nonsense (granular minus the granola) story with heated exchanges in no short supply. Gyllenhaal is together engaging and enigmatic in the role as investigator.Wild selections there, over here there was Hans on ABC News Breakfast with Camp as Christmas, a lively alternative to Mariah:
At last, a KnowledgeBase! 🙂
Definitely a site requirement now the search has been parked, right now it’s fair to say most retrievable content of value on a given subject is broadcast far and wide throughout the various blog and forum topics. Quite a wide range of subject matter, and yes, to such length, depth, and degree on software that it has inevitably become softworn. 😛
What we want is a bot to regularly go foraging through all content and return with topical yet non-sensitive material for collation into a wiki-like system of web pages. Or how about an AI generated categorised collection of KB articles rehashed from chinwags of yesteryear? Could be 10 years from now such goings-on will become commonplace, creating a wonderful but slightly spooky rehashed homogeneity not just at StearnVault but everywhere!Just got it here as well, the install, as with on the last occasion was through the WU interface, relatively painless as an ISO was not required. Also ran GPEdit to prevent the well meaning but “flawed” WU downloading OEM driver updates. That is, funnily enough, has not to-date existed a policy of HP to tinker with WU, as everything driver related (including Intel) should be dealt with through their provided Support Assistant. Not bad in that respect. 🙂
Edit: Oh, and the current official known issues list, for the unofficial ones it’s easy, just Google “<an_expletive> W11“. 😛Heh, there’s also the real life Boeing MCAS saga which turned the planes into flying death traps. The FDA, like other large orgs is little more than a coterie of small fiefdoms ruled by folks who care for little more than the unbroken teflon of their backsides. These kinds of criticisms will, as you know, either be denied outright, or referred onto another departmental section, with the end result being that nothing will ever get done.
Fortunately, the use of E924 is banned in Australia, however Cyclamate is fine over here, go fig.
Trying to get my head around Godzilla’s forays into the real estate industry – could it be a Jurassic Park themed affair? 😛
Okay, now we know where to get the news from. 🙂There’s a guest login, only works if you get Messenger so it seems.
Most folks feel the best out of life is to get by doing just the bare minimum, until it’s holiday time at least. In many cases, the cattle truck operators are too “nice”, such pleasant demeanour brought on by threats to livelihood/well-being/life from unhinged farmers. 😛
Have not read The Jungle, the Wikipedia condensed plot synopsis is amazing in its graphic detail of Jurgis spiralling down through the gamut of all possible misfortunes that do befall, old predicaments re-emerge with a new twist and each rock-bottom is a portal to the next. But then, out of the blue, he chances upon Ostrinski, someone nice who talks to him about socialism, consequently upon which his troubles suddenly melt away and everyone lives happily ever after. Of course, the book will have a lot more to say on these events, thus surely dispelling any misconceptions acquired from the reading of the aforementioned plot summaries. 😛Pretty much the same reaction from some critics at the initial release, it was memorable enough inasmuch such a thing was never before attempted cinematically. In recollection the character dynamics worked well enough, the temptation for a repeat viewing was never there though.
Now streaming The Old Man, plenty in there of good entertainment value, including the rather mystifying mystery of why they never decided to include English subtitles for the rather lengthy Afghani scenes. 😛Ah, Mr. Monopoly served with marching orders – go to jail, go directly to jail, do not collect $200. Good job. 🙂
Good also for Facebook airing the ills experienced by carriers of livestock with Crap Loading Ramps, boasting a growing collection of magnificent and unforgettable images we can be all proud of. 🙂 -
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