It Was Time For The Monthly Fire Alarm Test,

which did not go well,

a couple of warning lights came on about 4 or 5 months ago on the main panel, the managing agent Prime Property Management, who liaise between us and the fire alarm company, have been advised of this the first month this happened and every month since then, but no action, then with the completion of todays tests it was found that 2 circuits are not working, that is anyone in the front 4 flats can not press the fire alarm button to warn other residents of a fire, again the now much more serious fault was reported, and meet with the reply, "I am out of the office now, I will reply when I return", well that was Friday midday, nothing so far so I guess there will be a reply on Monday, not a comforting thought that essential maintenance takes so long, during the rest of the afternoon I continued adding CDs to my computer and telephone, in the evening,

time for my read and sherry, after which it got decidedly cold, 

so the waistcoat it was, for tonight a shepherds pie, 'Cheers!', after a Outback Opal Hunters, as it happens today they were hunting rubies, I decided to watch a film I had not seen in years,

Treasure of the Sierra Madre, from the blurb:

'Fred C. Dobbs and Bob Curtin, both down on their luck in Tampico, Mexico in 1925, meet up with a grizzled prospector named Howard and decide to join with him in search of gold in the wilds of central Mexico. Through enormous difficulties, they eventually succeed in finding gold, but bandits, the elements, and most especially greed threaten to turn their success into disaster'

a enjoyable look at the power of greed and compassion, if you have not yet seen the movie and you like black & white movies give this one a try, Humphrey Bogart gives a stella performance as he spirals into madness, after which a Have I Got A Bit More News For You, followed by a Mrs. Brown's Boys before Diana returned home, then a coffee and feet up for a Lewis before we were both off to bed.