Writer's Block: Happy 420

[Error: unknown template qotd]I'm not entirely sure that watching films counts as 'free time'...!

I like to watch old films, mainly -- not exclusively, but I find the hit rate is much higher. I like watching silent films because I enjoy the interplay between the screen and the accompanist. I like watching old British films because I find the morality and thought-processes of the characters tend to match mine (in Hollywood movies I have an unfortunate tendency to find myself siding with the villain!)

I don't eat while watching films; the National Film Theatre doesn't like it, and eating while watching films at home is too messy. I do eat while reading, though.

Have I mentioned... Bread?

More modelling

I think I've finally got the sail for my model yacht sorted out, after unpicking all the careful mending I had done (which made the leading edge too thick to fit up the slot in the mast) and substituting a piece of woven cotton tape as a repair for the damaged area.

The halyards are definitely ornamental only. You could never use those little bits of string to haul the mainsail up the mast; it takes both hands and all my coaxing to get it up.

(The hull did float, by the way!)

Six replaced shrouds later... I'm now wondering how to set up the rest of the rigging. Forestay and backstay required, I think. Complicated stuff under the boom. Unfortunately none of the model Dragons on the Web seem to be rigged anything like this one (I'm starting to wonder if it was ever intended as a sailing model at all, or just as a replica for display).

One thing my Web researches have demonstrated is that these models are pretty expensive to buy new...