Alison and Hugh arrived yesterday to spend the night with us before their holiday to Gran Canaria. It was great to see them and we had a good chat before dinner; then watched the Winter Olympics closing ceremony together, which was quite entertaining. There was much music including some excellent excerpts from Italian opera, and of course the competitors all marched into the stadium in a happy mood.
The British commentator pointed out, “The Canadians are wearing gloves, no doubt to protect those all important fingers.” This was a funny and apt reference to the controversy during the curling, when a Canadian player was clearly seen applying his forefinger to the stone of the curling stone after he let go of the handle, thereby giving the stone an extra wee push after it entered the “no further contact” zone. He got away with it because apparently the players had already all signed off at the end of the match that it was played fairly, and that shot luckily didn’t actually affect the outcome of the match, but he still got into a shouting match with a Swedish player over it. The umpires kept a very close eye on the players during the rest of the matches so no harm done.
Alison and Hugh left very early in the morning while we were still asleep, and we will see them again next week on their way home.
I had lunch with the ladies today; Helen, Wendy, Maggie and Libby. We had lots of news to catch up on; Libby’s son Cameron got married on Valentine’s Day, and Maggie’s daughter Megan will be having her first child in a couple of weeks, and lots more. We had a good time in Il Pavone and the food was delicious. Late afternoon James had an appointment at Braehead and afterwards we decided that the traffic on the M8 would probably be very busy since it was about 5.30 p.m. so we spontaneously decided to go to the nearby Odeon cinema. We went to see a film of which we had not heard, called “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die” mainly because it was about to start! It turned out to be a good choice. It was about a strange man who appears in an American diner and tells the customers that he is from the future and needs their help to save the world. It had a really good plot with a twist at the end that I didn’t see coming. It starred Sam Rockwell who is always excellent, and it was quite funny as well as portraying a terrifying and believable future for the human race. My only criticism was that it was derivative of several other films and tv series that we haven’t seen, such as Terminator, Ghostbusters, and several episodes of Black Mirror. James and I both thoroughly enjoyed it.
The British commentator pointed out, “The Canadians are wearing gloves, no doubt to protect those all important fingers.” This was a funny and apt reference to the controversy during the curling, when a Canadian player was clearly seen applying his forefinger to the stone of the curling stone after he let go of the handle, thereby giving the stone an extra wee push after it entered the “no further contact” zone. He got away with it because apparently the players had already all signed off at the end of the match that it was played fairly, and that shot luckily didn’t actually affect the outcome of the match, but he still got into a shouting match with a Swedish player over it. The umpires kept a very close eye on the players during the rest of the matches so no harm done.
Alison and Hugh left very early in the morning while we were still asleep, and we will see them again next week on their way home.
I had lunch with the ladies today; Helen, Wendy, Maggie and Libby. We had lots of news to catch up on; Libby’s son Cameron got married on Valentine’s Day, and Maggie’s daughter Megan will be having her first child in a couple of weeks, and lots more. We had a good time in Il Pavone and the food was delicious. Late afternoon James had an appointment at Braehead and afterwards we decided that the traffic on the M8 would probably be very busy since it was about 5.30 p.m. so we spontaneously decided to go to the nearby Odeon cinema. We went to see a film of which we had not heard, called “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die” mainly because it was about to start! It turned out to be a good choice. It was about a strange man who appears in an American diner and tells the customers that he is from the future and needs their help to save the world. It had a really good plot with a twist at the end that I didn’t see coming. It starred Sam Rockwell who is always excellent, and it was quite funny as well as portraying a terrifying and believable future for the human race. My only criticism was that it was derivative of several other films and tv series that we haven’t seen, such as Terminator, Ghostbusters, and several episodes of Black Mirror. James and I both thoroughly enjoyed it.
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