Meanwhile...

[Rocky]

So we've done this BYO dinner for a couple of years, but last night is the first time we have opted to adjourn to the afterwards. Boy, people were very drunk by the end of the evening.

I feel proud to have withstood the call of the demon drink.

Next test: just got a text from a very old friend from Australia who is in town Thursday and wants to meet for a beer.

There must be somewhere in the UK where it isn't January.........perhaps in that fantasy land where Rees Mogg, Boris and Raab live.

[Dunckel]

It's a simple fix, the hard part is stripping everything away to get to it.

Right, as supposed, the fix was easy, it just needed a clean and tightening.

However in tweaking the rest of the plumbing to seperate the tap I have caused another joint to weep. This is taking a lot more fixing and I have had to go and buy new parts. Argggh!

[Iris]

Next test: just got a text from a very old friend from Australia who is in town Thursday and wants to meet for a beer.

If Saturday night is good enough to count as Sunday, then Thursday night is already February.

[Joan]

just got a text from a very old friend from Australia who is in town until Thursday and wants to meet for a beer.

FTFM

There must be somewhere in the UK where it isn't January.........perhaps in that fantasy land where Rees Mogg, Boris and Raab live.

I think it January where they are, but just not the same century.

If Saturday night is good enough to count as Sunday, then Thursday night is already February.

As corrected above, he's presumably flying out on Thursday. So requires a bigger fudge than that.

More seriously, one of the reasons I am doing it is to make sure I can, so I can't just give up the second doing it is hard.

[Rocky]

FTFM


I think it January where they are, but just not the same century.
As corrected above, he's presumably flying out on Thursday. So requires a bigger fudge than that.

More seriously, one of the reasons I am doing it is to make sure I can, so I can't just give up the second doing it is hard.

Good for you, Joan.....I’m impressed

[LowlifeDes]

I think it January where they are, but just not the same century.

Going back past 1752 would only make it worse.

[Dunckel]

So I fixed it but a bit later the tap started leaking again, and the corrugated waste pipe cracked.

I now have a new tap and a whole new waste system. The tap is fitted, the waste will wait until tomorrow because I need a bit more pipe.

Ikea kitchens are great, but their plumbing stuff is non standard and quite pony. Lesson learned, I now have standard stuff throughout.

[Regulator]

So we've done this BYO dinner for a couple of years, but last night is the first time we have opted to adjourn to the afterwards. Boy, people were very drunk by the end of the evening.

I feel proud to have withstood the call of the demon drink.

Next test: just got a text from a very old friend from Australia who is in town Thursday and wants to meet for a beer.

Mr R had wine with his lunch. He had a bottle of wine with his dinner. He’s now sat with a beer.

I made do with fizzy water and coffee. It’s hard doing Janvier Sec when in la belle France.

[Iris]

Going back past 1752 would only make it worse.

By the time you're past 1752 it's very nearly six o'clock.

[Iris]

Anyway. This afternoon we went to see The Favourite - personal and political intrigue in the court of Queen Anne. Olivia Colman is outstanding, as she is in anything she does. Stylish, entertaining, complex, provocative - the sort of film I enjoy. And the music choices are entertaining - even if the first intrusion of Messiaen was surprising after lots of Handel and near offer. Whoever put the score together has a good ear and a deep knowledge. My favourite moment, and laugh-out-loud funny was the queen's ball, where baroque dancing (to Handel's Birthday Ode for Queen Anne, it turned out) meets disco. I recognise that sense of humour might be a little niche.

[JohnToo]

Anyway. This afternoon we went to see The Favourite - personal and political intrigue in the court of Queen Anne. Olivia Colman is outstanding, as she is in anything she does. Stylish, entertaining, complex, provocative - the sort of film I enjoy. And the music choices are entertaining - even if the first intrusion of Messiaen was surprising after lots of Handel and near offer. Whoever put the score together has a good ear and a deep knowledge. My favourite moment, and laugh-out-loud funny was the queen's ball, where baroque dancing (to Handel's Birthday Ode for Queen Anne, it turned out) meets disco. I recognise that sense of humour might be a little niche.

I agree Colman was good in The Favourite, but not that she’s good in everything she does -I don’t think she’s particularly suited to her current role in the BBC Les Mis.

The strongest point of The Favourite is the ever shifting power balances between three strong female leads. But we thought it was a little bit too tricksy in places. The unusual camera angles and lenses that were constructively provocative at the start palled a bit by the end, and we didn’t really see what the chapter headings added.

We caught up on Calvary with Brendon Gleeson from a couple of years ago last night. Very dark and disturbing but we’re not sure that they got the ending quite right.

[LowlifeDes]

She has been good, right from the start

[Rutabaga]

She has been good, right from the start

Uncanny, she still seems to be playing exactly the same role.

[Rutabaga]

The camerawork in 'The Favourite' made me feel sick!

I saw 'Colette' yesterday, it was very entertaining. Judging by the photographs of the real Colette and her entourage at the end it was a very faithful impersonation, but it was really a bit of a lightweight look at someone far more interesting than the film implies. I enjoyed it very much though.

[Joan]

Next test: just got a text from a very old friend from Australia who is in town Thursday and wants to meet for a beer.

Survived. I matched his beers for coffee then water. Finished with a curry. *oh, there's a curry emoji ! *. I got louder and more frank as the evening progressed. I am starting to think alcohol has no effect on me whatsoever.