GrumpyRabbit

Is it still the case today? We had nothing around us yesterday, but this morning (Friday) they were all out with the flags and bunting. We’ve got a booze up masquerading as a street party planned tomorrow.

Technically he isn’t. His father renounced Judaism and Benjamin was baptised an Anglican along with his siblings at about age 12.

Ukrainian sailor in Majorca tried to sink yacht of Russian: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60553124

They’ve just made a series of the Ipcress Files with Joe Cole playing Harry Palmer https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220217-the-ipcress-file-the-rebel-spy-who-is-the-anti-james-bond.

Just finished watching Reacher on Amazon Prime. I’m a fan of the books and I thought this was true to them - entertaining and doesn’t take itself too seriously. Alan Ritchson makes a much more believable Reacher than the vertically challenged Mr Cruise.

Magawa, the mine-sniffing rat, dead. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-59951255

Looks like Tony was THE name for wonder horses at one point… https://www.globetrotting.com.au/tony-the-wonder-horse/

Geordi La Forge in “Star Trek: The Next Generation” plus all its spin-off films, and Kunta Kinte in the original “Roots” series.

Jimmy Carter