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LeMarchand

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  1. Colin From Accounts Season 2 is now on iPlayer. The opening episode has a surprisingly big star in it.
  2. I'm looking forward to seeing how they adapt the second game, though a bit worried by the "might take two seasons, might take more" announcements which seem more "how long can we milk this for?". I did find that the "revenge is bad, m'okay?" message of Part II was OTT, leaving the player no choice but to follow certain paths/do certain things. Hopefully as it isn't "you" doing those things, the show won't seem as straight-jacketed. Kaitlyn Dever is interesting casting as Abby, as I've only seen her playing "nice" characters. I assume she'll have been hitting the gym and, hopefully , have received some sort of counselling/advice on coping with the poop that will rain down on her for the stuff her character gets up to.
  3. I thought it was a CYA manoeuvre from Google and that you were confirming that the users were either of age to give consent or that you had "parental" permission to give consent on the behalf of kids. I made sure the affected services were only accessible by staff as the head wasn't sure if we had such permission.
  4. In that case... I'm sure Enviro are great but we were outside their catchment area, so your location may be something to factor in.
  5. My experience is that, if the minimum quantity of stuff that they can make money on is made, most companies will take most kit with the exception of smart boards. I imagine that if you've got (say) 20 laptops and a large skip's worth of other junk they might not be so keen.
  6. 2 single form primaries, one two form junior. No RADIUS. On the "must get around to looking at" list.
  7. KS1/2, so not really relevant for the OP, but staff only have access.
  8. Yet I suspect you paid a pretty sum for a surveyor whose report was full of weasel words to prevent you from suing them for basically doing the housing equivalent of walking around and kicking the tyres.
  9. This happened a couple of weeks ago, but seems to have passed me by. Jon Bon Jovi was filming a music video in Nashville and was involved in talking a woman down from jumping off a bridge.
  10. Teacup is loosely based on Robert R McCammon's "Stinger". Coming to US Peacock in October; I can't see a UK release. As an aside "Premium" has ads at $8, "Premium Plus" is ad free at $14, which seems way overpriced compared to, say, Disney. Teaser. Trailer (gets loud).
  11. Madame Web (Sky Movies) Paramedic Cassandra Webb,s future sight/some sort of ill-defined spidey powers (talk about nominative determinism!) are activated by a brush with death. She finds that she must protect three teenagers who she just happens to come into contact with. Not as awful as you might have been lead to believe, but not good either. Nothing makes much sense, including the early 2000s setting (even if the teenagers were planned to be adults in present day). Kudos to the hair, makeup and costuming department though and, possibly Sydney sweeney's acting. It's amazing what a pair of glasses can do as she was totally convincing as a naive teenager in this. Link a picture of her in "Anyone But You". Nothing you wouldn't see in the Daily Mail Sidebar of Shame, but probably not something you want to be seen looking at when at work: https://people.com/thmb/Km2kydIH_Knog5gbwTD4_Yn2_KM=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(685x0:687x2)/sydney-sweeney-glen-powell-filming-042523-2-e76fdb2a31ac439bb066dadee64286ed.jpg
  12. But it does have Ritu Arya. I'll take that swap!
  13. Not a Linux user, and no GUI, but could you use Clonezilla to clone the Ubuntu instance and then boot the VM using Clonezilla and restore the created image?
  14. Long shot: Try disabling the power saving on the Wi-Fi device (only have wired on my machine, but same principle):
  15. Kalki 2898 AD aka కల్కి 2898-ఎ.డి (Netflix/Prime Video) In the mythological past, the warrior Ashwatthama (Amitabh Bachchan) is cursed with immortality for hi evil deeds. He can only be redeemed by protecting the the mother of god during the end times. In 2898, it is the eve of those times. The earth is dying and the one surviving city, Kasi, is ruled over by The Supreme Yaskin who searches for a woman who can survive a technologically induced pregnancy long enough for him to be able to extract a serum from. He, and the elites, live in a inverted pyramid, The Complex, that hovers over the city while those below eke out an existence, dreaming of earning the million units that will allow them entry to The Complex. Brash bounty hunter Bhairava (Prabhas - Baahubali The Beginning/The Conclusion) is willing to do anything to get to The Complex, and when a woman (Deepika Padukone - Pathaan, Jawan, XXX: The Return of Xander Cage) who has carried her child long enough for Yaskin's plans manages to escape he sets out to capture her. Meanwhile, a young girl inadvertently awakens Ashwatthama who takes on the mantle of the pregnant woman's protector. ^^^That's a short version! Very disappointing. Way too long is spent setting up the bounty hunter before we get to the interesting stuff. At least the couple of songs aren't full on song and dance numbers, thus saving a bit of time. Unfortunately, just as things are getting interesting... it ends. Part 2 is already in production. If you do decide to watch it, I'd try Prime as Netflix only seem to have the Hindi version, which is dubbed from the original Telugu. If someone was to wait until the story is concluded and applied the scissors to the original versions, it could be quite fun. As it stands, I'd save your time.
  16. What happens if you untick "Presenter View"?
  17. Looks like they've got a better budget than the final season, which I never managed to finish. Due on Sky Sci-Fi mid-October (though it has already been pushed back by a few weeks). If you're interested, there are already way to many headlines revealing something you may not wish to be spoiled on as the Tubi US release has already started streaming.
  18. Not that I've been told, but yesterday I did notice that it was taking a while to find pupils in the system. Seems OK today, though.
  19. I'm guessing that the 3 meat sacks aren't full time. No need to panic from our end, as they'll still need us to plug the equipment in and change the display properties etc etc etc.
  20. Bodies on Netflix. Finally got around to finishing this. Always intriguing, but I'm not sure the timey wimey stuff works (why would it make the mark, just for starters?). Also, I'm sure that we saw one "dead" character seemingly cheat their fate, only for this to be ignored from that point on. Takes a while to come together, but worth a watch. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power on Prime Video. Seen the first four episodes, which I've generally enjoyed. The choice of a couple of actors to leave hasn't been too glaring in one instance (the prosthetics help), but the decision to kill off the other off screen rather than recast seems a bit odd. Not as odd as Galadriel's insistence that the rings can be used for good, though.
  21. When we collected Mum's ashes from the undertakers they provided a discreet strong paper bag. Easy to recycle or compost after the ashes were scattered. Recently collected Dad and his came in this (details removed to protect the well-meaning): Now, although this "upgrade" probably didn't cost much more in the scheme of things, it's not recyclable or easy to compost suggesting that they think it might be reused. By whom? Maybe if they'd done red or purple text on black you could give it to a goth kid, but it's hardly the sort of thing people are going to use for their shopping.
  22. The Union (Netflix) A couple of brief rude words in the trailer. The "ordinary Joe gets drawn into the world of spies" gets another outing. This time construction worker Mark Wahlberg is recruited by high school sweetheart Halle Berry, who works for "The Union, a blue-collar agency. The writers seem not to be aware of Chekov's Gun and introduce a couple of things that don't get a decent payoff (MW's fearlessness at height and the trust exercise shown in the trailer) but it's turn your brain off fun. Unless you're a big fan of the artist formerly known as Marky Mark and/or Halle Berry I'd say Apple's "Ghosted" (Chris Evans and Ana de Armas) is a superior example of this plot. Jackpot! (Prime Video) Brief swearing in trailer. LA 2030: The jackpot prize has grown, but so have the stakes. The winner gets a huge prize if they make it alive to sunset. Anyone who kills them without using a gun before then gets the prize instead. A would-be actress (Awkafina) becomes the latest winner, and only protection agent John Cena stands between her and the rest of the city. Despite the "Purge" like concept, this is actually an action comedy. Not a classic, but quite fun if you don't think about it too hard.
  23. Sad. I had a little engine as a lad, back in the days when you could trust kids not to set themselves alight with paraffin powered toys.
  24. I'm using the free version.
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