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Dune part two is an absolute masterpiece in film making. Loved it so much I saw it twice.

Watched it on Monday. Absolutely class.

Does it matter if I haven't watched the first Dune film or read the book,to enjoy Dune 2?

It's on Netflix or other alternatives. I'd watch it before looking at 2 as it does provide the background.

Watched a great Australian horror film called Talk to Me, really good for that type of film. I'll give it a year or 2 b4 it gets a Hollywood remake.

Is that the one with the hand? Great movie. I'm not a massive fan of horrors but watched this at Halloween and really enjoyed it.

Was looking like a good away win for West ham this afternoon when 3-1 ahead 77 minutes played yet Newcastle came back to win 4-3.

They can thank VAR and the ref for a decent portion of that win. Gordon is a cheating rat and the ref was lapping up.

Has Markethill woman Little-Pengelly got a ticket for Sunday?

I think her husband is getting a new gig with the DE. Although 6 members of the board voted against his going by the report.

He's got the Interim Head of EA post. People will be keeping a tight eye on where the money is being spent.

Roadhouse. I've never seen the original so I lack nostalgia. This is about a 3/10. But every scene with mcgregor lowers the score. Hopefully that is his 1st and last film.

The original, I think, is very good. I don't know whose idea it was to put Conor mcgregor in this but it was a very bad one. The guy is a muppet.

It wasn't really a stretch for him. "Okay Connor in this scene I need you to act liked a swaggering coked up moron." 

Smyth to Saints and Zammit to Chiefs.

Will he lose his ''SIR'' title?

Imagine seeing these titles bestowed, career elevation through to the leader of the DUP, all this happening through the eyes of his victims. The world can be a very cruel place at times

He would have been earmarked for a cushy wee number in the Lords to see out his days.

Global warming my hole, cold wet and miserable March.

The spuds will be poor this year again.

We've just stumped out quite a load of £££ to redrain our pitch and the lad doing it struggled to get on it due to the rain, he's most of the main drains in, just needs to come back and finish the sand slitting over the top dressing once it's knitted a bit better.

Never been so persistently wet this winter that I can remember...

Send him round to do my garden when he's finished.

Snow here now!

I used Uber in Belfast last weekend and had no bother as it was a Sunday so no idea what their service is like on a Saturday night when the city is packed. I think the taxi service lost loads of drivers over Covid and many didn't return.

who, or what, is Beannchor

Bill Wolsey and family.

Merchant, Bullitt, Dirty Onion, The National, Little Wing pizzerias...

Dune part two is an absolute masterpiece in film making. Loved it so much I saw it twice.

Watched it on Monday. Absolutely class.

So why is a pint in Belfast £6+?
Is it solely because of some imaginary cabal price gouging (see Beannchor) or is there actually more to it?

Belfast city centre pubs pay 20% VAT, in Dublin it's 13.5% (was 9%). UKGov refuses to reduce VAT for hospitality & tourism.

There is no rates relief in Belfast city centre (or NI) for hospitality businesses that is available elsewhere in the UK. So when the council raise their non-domestic rates, pubs and restaurants here get slaughtered.

Despite handsome profits last year, Diageo have announced their latest price increase - this is the one that makes the news but other breweries and suppliers have also put their prices up in the past 12 months.

Many Belfast city centre pubs employ people on minimum wage. When that goes up next month, they will be paying their bar staff more. They then have to pay supervisors, managers etc more as well. If they hire external contractors such as a cleaning company, that bill will also increase.

Wetherspoons, despite being a messy, under-staffed, McDonald's that serves alcohol and cheap, nasty food, has still increased prices twice in the last 6 months. The industry is fucked.

I was in Belfast over the weekend and plenty of hoardings up around construction sites for new "coming soon" bars, restaurants etc. You'd think Belfast is a saturated market but business owners must think there is profit to be made from the tourist sector in particular.

Need some rain for the grass. Need some growth.

You got plenty of Rain since then!. It's been another sh*te month of weather and won't be surprised if it turns out to be the wettest March ever. Its been pretty much like this since the middle of last July and it's no wonder a lot of people in this country are depressed.

Brutal this morning. The travel agents will be lapping it up.

What are pubs paying Diageo per pint nowadays? Couldn't be much over £2?

Yeah nearly £2 on the button.

So a 7 quid pint has a fiver going to the publican - 440 for a keg. Obviously that doesn't take into account the many overheads a business owner has, but it's mad that small places operating at low volumes can charge much less and still keep going.

Received my car insurance renewal yesterday. Was £670 last year, no accidents or claims, 6 years no claim bonus and the feckers are looking £3760.

  they are wankers. Must be a Nigerian Prince running the insurance companies.