4th October, 2018.
It’s true …
I’ve had my boiler looked at …
Again.
Basically, the thing’s not been giving me hot water: none from the kitchen sink and some from the bathroom.
I had an initial visit from a repair man on Monday.
Who promptly told me it needed parts, and that there would be a follow up, yesterday.
Which turned up …
With the parts that had been ordered …
Only for the repairmen to find that they were the wrong parts …
I’m bound and determined to avoid the phrase, ‘Back to the Drawing Board.’
It says so in the Blogger’s Rulebook.
But sometimes …
~≈§≈~
Let’s move on, shall we?
Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga* and Debbi† putting in their answers: with both scoring five out of five.
Let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we?
Q1) 4th October, 1883, saw the founding of what: the Scouts, the Boys Brigade or the Pathfinders?
Q2) Which experimental space plane was launched on 4th October, 2004?
Q3) British Rail’s Intercity 125 went into service on 4th October, 1976: operating between London and where … ?
Q4) John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum started work on Mount Rushmore: on 4th October, 1927. Name any one of the one of the presidents on the mountain.
Q5) Finally … The extremely right wing British Union of Fascists clashed with protestors: on 4th October, 1936. In the Battle of where?
Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) Who was found ‘Not Guilty’ of murdering his wife: on 3rd October, 1995?A1) OJ Simpson.
Q2) A hunger strike at HMP Maze finished on 3rd October, 1981. The strike was by member of which group?
Q3) 3rd October, 1390, saw the birth of Humphrey of Lancaster. Humphrey was Duke of where?A3) Lancaster.
Q4) 3rd October, 1862, saw the birth of sportsman, Johnny Briggs. He played Rugby League: and which other sport?A4) Cricket.
Q5) Finally … 3rd October, 1804, saw US politician, Townsend Harris. He was the first US Consul General … to where?A5) Japan.
Here’s a thought …
“Violence is as American as cherry pie.”H. Rap Brown, born October 4, 1943.
And a song …
Today’s questions will be answered in tomorrow’s Teaser.
Have a good day.
* Hmmm … They’re both on iTunes pre-order, Olga: but you’re right, they both look interesting! We’ll have to see … once the pre-order process is over … ! (Actually, the trailer for Searching is mildly confusing. The trailer cuts between the main character, and what he’s doing on a computer screen. On a Mac: the same generation as the one I’m using. Very confusing, I was getting Korean Americans all over the place!).
† I think that would have been the 1956 remake of the original movie, Debbi! It’s supposed to be … well, did you ever hear of a kids TV show called Battle of the Planets? It was a remake of an original Japanese cartoon series. Basically, the US buyers bought the original — thinking “It’s a cartoon, it’s for kids,” — then cut it to ribbons: to take out the beheadings, sex, transgender villains, swearing, violence, sex and everything else. Oh, and introduced 7 Zark 7. I get the feeling the Raymond Burr cut of Godzilla’s a bit like that …
Q1) the Boys Brigade
ReplyDeleteQ2) I am not sure if you mean SpaceShipOne, but I found it got a prize that day, but it had fled quite a few times already. In fact, it was retired on the 4th October. I probably got the wrong one…
Q3) Bristol
Q4) Abraham Lincoln
Q5) Cable Street
Sorry about the boiler. It seems the new lodgers couldn't work out the new boiler in the flat either, although it is brand new, so I hope it is just a matter of not understanding the instructions (or forgetting to turn the gas on).
Searching mostly takes place on the computer screen, as a father is trying to help the search for his daughter by going through her computer and social accounts (yes, it's a Mac). There are very few shots and outside action, and even those mostly come from screens, so it is a very peculiar movie but it works well (and my mother enjoyed it as well, and she knows little of computers. We watched the dubbed Spanish version and they did a great job of actually having all the computer interfaces and the messages also in Spanish, so they must have filmed or included different versions of screen content for different languages. It must still work out much cheaper than old-style all-singing all-dancing special effects.
Interesting what Hollywood does, isn't it? Not always pretty or true to the original. :)
ReplyDelete1. The Boys Brigade
2. SpaceShipOne
3. Swansea
4. Thomas Jefferson
5. Cable Street
I just got through interviewing an author who lives in Northern England. Turns out he's a big Doctor Who and Terry Pratchett fan! That got us talking for a while. :)