Stormy Weather

[amateur51]

It's expected to get hot tomorrow for the Pussy Power demo outside the Russian Embassy. I'll make sure it does.

Do you have any details, please S_A?

Thinking about it, it will probably be too late for me to organise getting there - I shall be with you in spirit

[amateur51]

Did you hear BC tell about Gia (his wife) and their v young son watching him on TV?
She said "Who's that then?"
The little boy replied "That's Professor Brian Cox!".
Lovely story

Brilliant story - many thanks Osborn

[handsomefortune]

i should have thought there's a lot of creative opportunity (knitted add ons)! and scope for selling hand knitted balaclavas currently.... i've got plenty of wool, needles

all in all, a very fetching look imo. i like the tights and tunics too ....though i can't see my russian inlaw wanting to buy a balaclava somehow, it wouldn't go with her high heels & lipstick. a bit smudgey.

[Serial_Apologist]

Do you have any details, please S_A?

Thinking about it, it will probably be too late for me to organise getting there - I shall be with you in spirit

To all wellwishers, thanks, but after a quick phone round yesterday I cried off at the thought of being a stranger in a large possibly unruly crowd, stifling heat (still dehydrated from yesterday), bags likely to be searched, ("Aha, what's this pair of pliers for on-road bicycle repairs for, lad?"), and, remembering many things, plus how the fuzz dealt with demonstrators outside the Chinese embassy a few years ago, how one can "uncharacteristically" react to police heavy-handedness.

I feel a bit ashamed, tbh, but pre-framing consequences does come more to the fore with "advancing years", I find.

There'll no doubt be reports on the lunchtime news.

[Serial_Apologist]

i should have thought there's a lot of creative opportunity (knitted add ons)! and scope for selling hand knitted balaclavas currently.... i've got plenty of wool, needles

all in all, a very fetching look imo. i like the tights and tunics too ....though i can't see my russian inlaw wanting to buy a balaclava somehow, it wouldn't go with her high heels & lipstick. a bit smudgey.

For some silly reason this message reminds me of a story of two gay men in conversation. "My mother made me a homosexual", says the first. "If I gave her some wool, would she make me one?" askes the second.

[mangerton]

I don't think so - I'm contemplating making a will...

I think you might be right. It's been coming down in bucketloads all morning.

We are promised an improvement tomorrow, so we shall see.

[amateur51]

To all wellwishers, thanks, but after a quick phone round yesterday I cried off at the thought of being a stranger in a large possibly unruly crowd, stifling heat (still dehydrated from yesterday), bags likely to be searched, ("Aha, what's this pair of pliers for on-road bicycle repairs for, lad?"), and, remembering many things, plus how the fuzz dealt with demonstrators outside the Chinese embassy a few years ago, how one can "uncharacteristically" react to police heavy-handedness.

I feel a bit ashamed, tbh, but pre-framing consequences does come more to the fore with "advancing years", I find.

There'll no doubt be reports on the lunchtime news.

No shame there S_A - pure pragmatism. We'll save ourselves for the long haul

[Nick Armstrong]

Breezy in Oxford Street today. 400 yards was cordoned off due to a "suspect package", causing massive traffic and pedestrian congestion. "I bet this'll be in tonight's news", I told a woman, "Nah", she replied, "happens all the time here". She was right. The Marks and Sparks I was trying to get to was within the cordon; the other branch nearer the Tottenham Court Rd end didn't have the particular jacket I was after; and, god, they are a glum lot in Next. Where Charing Cross Road used to start at the north end, by Centrepoint, it's one huge boarded off building site. Took me ages to figure out from where to cycle down to Traf Square. So, a frustrating day, only alleviated by a pint of ice-cold lager sitting in the late sun outside the Crown and Hound in Dulwich village.

It's expected to get hot tomorrow for the Pussy Power demo outside the Russian Embassy. I'll make sure it does.

Wow I was lucky then - I cycled down there about 6.30 hot-pedal to the RVW prom, no sign of trouble... What time was it cordoned off?

And please - what is Pussy Power?

EDIT - As you were, it's about the arrested musicians in Moscow, I guess...

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

We'll save ourselves for the long haul

er as opposed to a long knit?

humid windy grey ... a day of portent? unlikely all quiet innit ...

[Nick Armstrong]

I think you might be right. It's been coming down in bucketloads all morning.

We are promised an improvement tomorrow, so we shall see.

Hope so, mangey

Glorious day here in the metrollopes: breezy, sunny - pretty ideal, not too sultry yet. It's going to get more hotter and humid as the weekend goes on...

[Serial_Apologist]

What time was it cordoned off?

When I came out of Next, (the branch nearest to Bond St), the bit between James St and Orchard St had been cordoned off, and traffic and pedestrians like me hoping to get past Selfridges to that particular M&S and Hyde Park Corner were being diverted right up James Street to Wigmore St, going west along Wigmore St, and turning down Orchard Street - on reaching Oxford Street the taping was suddenly being extended an extra block to Portman Street, police brusquely ordering people to "Come on now, move away, move away!" without explanation or apology. (No media present to witness, see?) This must've been between 3.30 and 4.30 pm. Nothing was even mentioned on BBC1 news at 6 pm, suggesting to me that closing down one of London's most important E-W traffic thoroughfares must nowadays be routine!

[amateur51]

To all wellwishers, thanks, but after a quick phone round yesterday I cried off at the thought of being a stranger in a large possibly unruly crowd, stifling heat (still dehydrated from yesterday), bags likely to be searched, ("Aha, what's this pair of pliers for on-road bicycle repairs for, lad?"), and, remembering many things, plus how the fuzz dealt with demonstrators outside the Chinese embassy a few years ago, how one can "uncharacteristically" react to police heavy-handedness.

I feel a bit ashamed, tbh, but pre-framing consequences does come more to the fore with "advancing years", I find.

There'll no doubt be reports on the lunchtime news.

They've been found guilty

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19297373

[handsomefortune]

2 yrs...... better than 7 though!

i don't suppose there's any chance that the virgin mary can intervene Herself?

[vinteuil]

- I'm contemplating making a will...

... can I give you some FREE advice? (Caliban, lawyer that he is, will curse me for this, but... ) - when you write your Will, make sure that you bequeath something - no matter how trivial - £10 say - to someone who might rightly expect something from you - a son, a daughter, a sibling, a niece, a nephew, etc. 'Cos then they cannot contest the Will on the grounds that - "O Serial surely must have meant to give me something but just forgot." - because, evidently, you had NOT forgotten them - you had consciously decided to give them only £10...

Caliban can now kick in with more sophisticated legal advice. But it may cost you. Ask what he charges for each fifteen minutes...

[mangerton]

... can I give you some FREE advice? (Caliban, lawyer that he is, will curse me for this, but... ) - when you write your Will, make sure that you bequeath something - no matter how trivial - £10 say - to someone who might rightly expect something from you - a son, a daughter, a sibling, a niece, a nephew, etc. 'Cos then they cannot contest the Will on the grounds that - "O Serial surely must have meant to give me something but just forgot." - because, evidently, you had NOT forgotten them - you had consciously decided to give them only £10...

Caliban can now kick in with more sophisticated legal advice. But it may cost you. Ask what he charges for each fifteen minutes...

This reminds me of the old joke..... "And to Joe, who I promised to remember in my will - Hi there, Joe!"

On topic: Pleased to report the sun is now shining. A remarkable change, as it was like a November morning today.