Today is the day I normally drive the bus to Swimming but, to celebrate another successful year, the group decided to go out for lunch instead. We went to the Country Club Casino for their buffet; I was handed an envelope with $30 to thank me for driving. Lunch was only $22.50 so I'm in front.
There were probably 200 in the dining room: 95% over 75 and 85% female. It's the same wherever you go now; there's a mature female-led recovery going on in the catering industry.
The buffet was pretty good but the only hot meat was Roast Turkey and the prawns had spent their recent life in plastic bags packed in Vietnam. Still, there was plenty to enjoy and a good range of desserts.
I've watched two movies this week about Winston Churchill, both made in 2017. I don't know why the interest in Churchill all of a sudden but both movies were worth watching. After reluctantly enjoying John Lithgow playing the great man in The Crown, I was resigned to a couple more caricatures in the latest offerings, but my fears were unfounded. Gary Oldman was a bit shouty in Darkest Hour, and he didn't quite capture Churchill's dour exterior, but Brian Cox really lived the part in Churchill. The only jarring note was the way his Scottish accent slipped through from time to time. Although, when I think of it, Churchill represented the constituency of Dundee for fourteen years so maybe he picked up scraps of the Doric?
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