@ianRobinson I was thinking of heading out to a pub for a drink or two (not necessarily to stay out to midnight), but it is just too cold out there.

Staying home instead.

@jrconlin Volunteering to help over the festive season to polish the floor - good plan.

@flod Would this add-on help? https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/reddituntranslate/

#fxhelp

The Matrix Resurrections. Very enjoyable. One for the fans, I enjoyed all the tie ins to the original live action films. They did try to introduce possibly one too many characters - all had a part in the plot to some extent, but all the names were hard to track. It closes out the Matrix story.

4/4

2001:A Space Odyssey. Possibly the slowest, most graceful sci-fi I have ever watched. I can see why it was so groundbreaking. The cinematography is sparkling and there is a sense of measured artistry in every shot. The film feels crafted and I could appreciate how it set a benchmark for space […]

Oppenheimer: Good film. Clearly not 100% factual, but with a clear moral message. Matt Damon seemed to enjoy the role he was cast in. A film that makes you want to do a bit of reading around the topic afterwards to learn a little bit more which is no bad thing.

2/4

@krosylight @gabrielesvelto https://www.timhortons.com/ provider of sustenance.

@jik Thank you for that explanation. Having worked in financial services, I have come to appreciate that while some locales have different ways of doing things that may appear inefficient, underneath it all is a sense of what must have been decided at the time as "the right thing to do" for the […]

@jik They sent your cheques back to you? I still have a cheque book, unused since the start of the pandemic, but I have never experienced a bank sending them back with a statement.

The cheque book stub is where you would record what the cheque was for and that could then be tied back to the […]