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Show of Hands – Komedia, Bath
To be honest I’d not really listened to Show of Hands much before tonight, but went on the recommendation of some friends. It turned out to be a very enjoyable couple of hours of folk music and light-hearted banter at the hands of Steve Knightley, Phil Beer, and Miranda Sykes.
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Back problems are back.
Standing up for too long at the St George’s Day activities on Saturday wrecked my back again, at one point on Sunday I had to resort to crawling across the room as I couldn’t get up. However two days of painkillers and rest and it’s pretty much back to normal again, and after an hour at the Doctors this morning my painkillers have been restocked for the next few months.
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#170 – Letters from Iwo Jima
The “partner” film to Flags of our Fathers, portraying the Battle of Iwo Jima from the Japanese perspective.
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All good things come to an end
My two weeks off work is finally coming to an end, and to be honest I’ve enjoyed it so much I don’t really want to go back. However I’d soon run out of money if I just stayed at home all the time, so back to work I must go.
I’m also nearing the end of my two-week run through of Battlestar Galactica, it looks like it’ll be a good finale.
Posted in Misc, Television
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First road ride of the year
Just a quick spin out on the road bike today to try out my new disco slippers. The cleats need a minor adjustment, and they could probably do with a slightly thicker insole as I’m part way between sizes. I only rode out along the Bristol-Bath cycle track as far as Bitton and back, a quick 12 miles in mostly glorious sunshine with a brief stop to wave at the empty steam train.
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#58 – Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (Spirited Away)
I must confess that I’m not the greatest fan of Studio Ghibli films although Al and Dan love them. This is the first of three on the list, and the only one I’ve seen before.
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A partly productive day
Did some washing.
Watched some Family Guy – seen them before.
Watched Red Dwarf part 3 – utter rubbish.
Watched Primeval – which Cutter died?
Watched CSI:NY – bit dull.
Ate first Easter egg (of two).
Rebuilt 456
Crushed tip of thumb with a hammer – painful blood blister.
Power washed chairs, bench, and decking to remove cat vomit.
Rebuilt 456 again, this time with the forks the right way round.
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Red Dwarf: Back to Earth pt 3
4/10 again.
Somehow even more predictable than part 2, but not quite as bad. Did anyone not guess the ending within about 15 minutes of the start of part 1?
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Red Dwarf: Back to Earth pt 2
4/10, unoriginal crap.
Subsequently downgraded to 2/10.
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The return of Red Dwarf
Red Dwarf returns to our screens tonight almost 10 years to the day since the last episode aired, and just over 21 years since it first hit our screens. It’ll be interesting to see if it’s as good as it was in its prime. I’ll pause my Battlestar Galactica viewing for the evening so I can watch Red Dwarf, since buying the box set last Monday I’ve worked through the mini series, and all of seasons one and two, which seems as good a place as any to stop for a short while.
Sunday brings this year’s Paris-Roubaix, complete with 3.5 hours of coverage on Eurosport. Road to Roubaix and A Sunday in Hell have been watched in preparation, and 24 Solo also made an appearance as I found it while looking for the other DVDs and fancied watching it again.
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…and it’s back
My X-Trail has at last been returned, and other than the missing SVE badge from the boot it’s back to normal complete with all the junk I’d removed from it when it went away. The missing badge should appear in the post in due course, apparently they are struggling to get some parts at the moment which is slowing repairs down considerable. I was originally told mine would be away for two weeks, in fact it was four.
The hire car has also been returned to Enterprise. They gave me a copy of the bill as a receipt, it’s cost Dan’s insurers over £1330 in hire fees for the 28 days it’s been in my possession. I’m glad I wasn’t paying.
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It’s on it’s way…
My X-Trail is on it’s way back and should be here in an hour or so.
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#161 – Stand By Me
This used to be a favourite of mine, but this is the first time I’ve seen it for at least 10 years or so and it’s still as good as ever.
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End of a long Trek
After three and a bit months months, I’ve finished working my way through all 176 (or 178 depending on how you count) Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes.
I’ve started on Star Trek: Deep Space 9, although that’ll probably take a back seat as I came back from town earlier with a Battlestar Galactica box set. I’ve just finished watching the mini series, and have now on season 1.
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New cleats and disco slippers
You don’t really notice how bad cleats have got until you replace them with some new ones. I replaced the left cleat on my Sidi Dominators last night, and my foot no longer unclips unexpectedly which is handy. The right cleat has now outlasted two left cleats and is on it’s third.
After work yesterday I popped into the LBS looking for a new pair of road shoes having finally decided that my Sidi Genius ones are two narrow. My intention was to try some Bontrager Race shoes for size, then get the shop to order some Race Lite ones, however on trying them out the instep is way too high and uncomfortable, and they don’t import the different insoles which would solve the problem. I ended up buying some silver and black Northwave Typhoon S.B.S shoes which seem very comfortable from a quick shop test. A fresh set of cleats have been fitted, and now I just need to bring the Lemond out of it’s winter hibernation. Buying new road shoes has probably guaranteed a month of rain, this will be on top of the two weeks rain coming up because I’m on holiday after today.
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X-Trail delayed again
It’s going to be at least another week or so before the X-Trail is back. They’ve finally finished rebuilding it after removing most of the back end of the car including the rear axle, and it’s now being sent off to be repainted. I should get another update next Wednesday.
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Spiers & Boden – The Thekla, Bristol
A fairly quiet Thekla tonight, probably 80 or so people in there to see Spiers & Boden. Given the fact that the Thekla is a boat, there were plenty of nautical references throughout the evening. A musically excellent evening, slightly spoiled by groups of people stood at the bar talking loudly rather than paying any attention to the music and drowning it out at times. The support band couldn’t make it, so were replaced by Jim Moray playing around with a laptop and iTunes.
Tom Padget
The Old Lancashire Hornpipe / The Third Beekeeper
The Birth of Robin Hood
Three Tunes
Sportman’s Hornpipe
Brown Adam
Jiggery Pokerwork / Haul Away / Seven Stars
Captain Ward
The Rochdale Coconut Dance
Bold Sir Rylas
Cheshire Waltz
Child Morris
The Rain it Rains
Sloe Gin Set: Frozen Gin / Vinegar Reel / The Sloe
Princess Royal / Cuckoo’s Nest
Old Maui
Innocent When You Dream
Prickle Eye Bush (with Jim Moray on guitar)
April 1st “jokes”
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