{"id":8108,"date":"2023-01-22T20:40:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T20:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=8108"},"modified":"2023-03-23T23:21:33","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T23:21:33","slug":"misc-lazy-sundays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=8108","title":{"rendered":"MiSC: Lazy Sundays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Chester grabs hold of my arm, adorable!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Today was a terrifically relaxing Sunday, after a rather odd Saturday (about the latter*; least said, soonest mended!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What a funny boy!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For once we actually got properly stuck in to doing next to nothing<\/em>. And boy was it worth it! It\u2019s actually incredibly hard to really stop and do very little. Modern life has this way of making one feel permanently plugged in to myriad little chores and worries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course we didn\u2019t literally do absolutely nothing. It was Chinese New Year, so we had a Chinese meal, partly from the local takeaway, and partly home cooked. We ate at the dining table. A rare event! Mainly because it\u2019s usually overloaded with detritus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Sunday Scrabble board.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We also played our usual game of Sunday afternoon Scrabble, after taking some turns on Crash Bandicoot 2, on my ancient but still functioning PS1. Whilst playing Scrabble we watched The Fast Lady<\/em>, starring Stanley Baxter, James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips and Julie Christie. Goodness me, Christie really was something!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What a great poster!**<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I think we must\u2019ve watched this movie before? Either that, or it\u2019s almost identical to another we\u2019ve seen!? The weird thing is that I have memories of watching a film with almost exactly the same plot (and possibly even the same actors?) but in black and white, not colour. And with a different car at the centre of the action. A car with all kinds of weird pipes coming out of the engine? Or am I conflating two different films into one? But of a mystery either way!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screen blankets\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u2026 prevent frosting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And talking about cars: my Mazda needs these protective window doodads Teresa bought me, which keep the two main screens frost-free. And I\u2019ve also been putting a blanket in the boot, to wrap up the battery, and prevent it causing no-starts!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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-3\u00b0 according to my iPhone weather app.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

* This little asterisked note is a much later (23\/3\/\u201823) addition to this post; only much<\/em> later – the gravity of the situation at the time eluded me – have I come to realise what a complete effin\u2019 nightmare might ensue from my getting thrown out of our local \u2018Spoons, aka The Hippodrome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teresa and I used to be model customers, and regular patrons. Not because of Tim the Twat\u2019s appalling politics, or the enlightened way in which he runs his business, but because it was just good enough on the cost\/benefit scales, when it came to eating out as an occasional treat, to work well for us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am now a leper pariah, barred entrance!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A sporran affair: \u2018Och, worra lassie!\u2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

** If misleading: Leslie Phillips, his babes, and JRJ all really take a back seat to the two stars missing from this poster, Baxter & Christie!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today was a terrifically relaxing Sunday, after a rather odd Saturday (about the latter*; least said, soonest mended!). For once we actually got properly stuck in to doing next to nothing. And boy was it worth it! It\u2019s actually incredibly hard to really stop and do very little. Modern life has this way of making … <\/p>\n

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