Toonpack

No doubt Biden'll be getting the blame and Q will be spinning yet more conspiracies but 2 inches of snow in Texas and the place is fucked. My yank colleagues in Houston around 50% of them without any power since Sunday night and no sign of any of them back online last night (US time) Richest country in the world and can't keep the lights on !!!!! over 50% of Texas leccy comes from wind farms and solar evidently and it's all frozen up/knackered

That's not exactly it, from 2:04 on that the words come in, on TV intro starts with the words and much less orchestral and voice way higher in the mix

Regarding pitches, given home conditions are an advantage in themselves I would get rid of the toss and have visiting team have opening option every test. Would encourage pitches being prepared to last 5 days. Foakes should definitely play, how many runs does his fantastic glovework save (compared to others) I wonder. Was stat on twitter earlier today on stumpings: Foakes (6 tests) Made 5 Missed 1 Buttler (50 tests) Made 1 missed 5

Sadly not, but it has the line "facing tempests of dust" WTF is a tempest of dust ??? It is truly awesomely bad as opening credits go, show itself is OK.

Watching Versailles - canny costume drama (excellent costumes/sets tbh) about Louis XIV all court politics, plotting and intrigue, enjoying it so far and it does have a thread of historical accuracy running through it. BUT - it has the absolute shittest opening credits and "song" which do not fit in any way with what you expect to watch (the song is so fucking bad it's funny) - If you do nothing else give it a watch (the start of an episode) as would like to hear other's views on the shite bit

Cortege Love

He'll come suitably armed:

He’s right more often than Gemmill tbh

Comes in small cans containing quarter of a pint (aka a gill)

Seeing it made for a start

No doubt, but it's not acoustic and he has spider fingers

It's a nothing based nothing show pretending to be about food and travel. (and he's annoying as fuck) You'd expect a little bit more about the food rather than ooooh it's great, rinse and repeat, whilst he's sat with a pair of local chicks.

I didn't even get 1st episode finished, Brazil I think - ooooh isn't that a great view, ooooh isn't that view even better, This is a local delicacy ooooh that tastes great, this is another local delicacy ooooh that tastes even greater etc etc I did like Schitt's Creek mind, got better as it went along, first couple of episodes pretty meh though.

Not quite acoustic and his giant spider leg fingers are cheating

I think that pretend drink was the one more over message - or swing at everything

Must be going to bat through

That said Anderson is padded up !!

23 overs left in the day, bat one more and that leaves 20 for tonight, (minus 2 for change innings) could just fling the bat now though I guess and see how many they can get.

Well there you go, bloody unlucky, flicked his pad into the ball just before ball hits bat, I reckon they'll declare and have 20 overs tonight at them

They want to take any chance of India win out of the equation and make them bat defensively for time rather than attack, this lot chased 329 at the Gabba last game.

Crawley's not dropped but is out of first 2 tests, he slipped coming out of the changing rooms the other day and has injured his wrist

Middle Management will be first along the plank Some companies (multi national with UK offices - like the one I work for) are advertising some new roles for EU folks only (mine isn't doing this - yet)

Mate of a lad I work with, works for DXC (formerly HP) and they've just announced they're shutting their whole office at the Cobalt and all of their other non-secure offices worldwide, (secure offices work as part of MOD etc) and everyone is going onto home working. Lockdown/Covid has exploded the myth that home working is less productive/a skivers charter etc. Property tycoons are going to be fecked, along with many small businesses, sadly, who support business parks etc. Why pay for big offices for no gain.

FYP

This - and if only track and trace had been similarly handled eh ? Bastards called it NHS track and trace which it wasn't Of course vaccination programme isn't called what it is i.e NHS vaccination