Assorted domesticities

[altariel]

The new fan has arrived, and comes in a gazillion tiny parts. Its squatting downstairs at the back of the house while I lurk upstairs at the front, summoning up my strength for what's going be a battle of wills worthy of The Krypton Factor.

Meanwhile, in the Metal Men poll: A late surge put Portugal ahead (wow, it's like livejournal mimicking life or something), so I expect to see the Doctor save the universe next week by repeatedly diving to the ground and getting the Cyber-Controller sent off.

I watched most of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow over the weekend. So far so good. Then The Sandbaggers season 2 DVD arrived, and everything has stopped for it.

Comments

[kathyh]

Sandbaggers Season 2!!! We looked the other week and it wasn't out. Dashing off to order it right now. Thanks.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Three episodes in and I think this season is better than the first one. Enjoy!

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

Good luck with the fan. If all else fails, you could just pick up the largest part, and create a breeze by waving it around a bit.

I've been watching The Omega Factor from the DVD rental place. It's scary!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

You know, that's not a bad idea...

It is very scary! We finished it up a couple of weeks back - let me know what you think when you've watched the lot.

[iainjcoleman.livejournal.com]

I'm looking forward to the bit where the Doctor kicks the Black Dalek in the bollocks.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

They shouldn't show this stuff before the watershed.

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

Being Very Old, I think I saw bits of it the first time round (there are a couple of things that I remember - one of them being the streetlights in the first episode). Some of it gives me the giggles, but then it promptly gets revenge by scaring the hell out of me.

[katlinel.livejournal.com]

The Omega Factor is still scary then? Good.

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. Yes, indeed.

I'm sorry you're still off. I hope you're getting better, though.

[katlinel.livejournal.com]

Good luck with the bits of fan. The one I bought for my office was only in three pieces so it wasn't such a daunting task.

Wishing dexterity (and sinisterity or whaever the word is) to your elegant hands!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Sinister hands, that's what I need.

I haven't quite got everything out of the box yet. The instructions list at least up to part 'O' in the alphabet. How hard can it be?!

[muninnhuginn]

Only bits of it? Shame on you ;-)

I was an addict--Sea of Souls is but a pale imitation (albeit with added Scots). The only thing I liked more was Star Cops.

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

Well, it's possible I saw the whole thing, but I have only one or two memories of it. I think it *may* have been on on the evening that my grandmother always came to visit, which could explain the disruption.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Sea of Souls got better across the run - I wonder if we'll get more? Much Star Cops love in this journal! :-D

[kerravonsen]

I expect to see the Doctor save the universe next week by repeatedly diving to the ground and getting the Cyber-Controller sent off.

(snort of laughter)

[kerravonsen]

I saw it too when it was first shown here -- it was my B7 replacement, being shown in the same timeslot. Then I decided it was too Occult and got rid of my tapes.

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

I'm really enjoying revisiting it after all this time; I suspect that this kind of thing is going to be my main use for online DVD rental. Next stop, Sapphire and Steel.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

;-D

[sugoll.livejournal.com]

The new fan has arrived

I can't be the only one who read that and thought, "Who's that, then?"

[altariel.livejournal.com]

It's like an advert for soapsuds: "New Biological Fan!"

[toft-froggy.livejournal.com]

EEEEE! Alec Guinness icon! SNAP!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Ooh, your icon is ever so good! Snap again!

[mikekellner.livejournal.com]

We bought a fan made in China, where they do not have unions, so workers are still forced to assemble products before they put them in the box.

mk

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Damn outsourcing!

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

I bought a deak fan for our living room yesterday. It was £6.99 in the Co-op. I was proud of myself for assembling it, even though the instructions seemed to relate to a slightly different model. However in came in only four parts, if you discount 1 nut and 1 bolt, so it was fairly straightforward.

[sugoll.livejournal.com]

Plus, the scary thought that fans are a commodity...

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Hmm, our local Co-op was only displaying BOGOF diet coke 6-packs last time I went in. Our fan is up and running now, after a brief panic about a missing piece.

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

Thankfully it seems to be a fair bit cooler here today.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Grey and muggy here. I'm still waiting for the thunderstorm I was promised yesterday. Although round about 4pm there was a huge flash of lightning (practically at me, I think the gods of weather must have caught up with reading my LJ), a grumble of thunder, and three or four rainspots on one window. A minor essay in the craft of storming, I think.