[14:20] <davef> It's official. New Years is canceled in Quebec. We now have a government mandated curfew from 10pm to 5am for the next three weeks. I however will not be told when to go home. I'm a 40yr old male and doesn't need anyone telling me when it's time to go to bed.
[14:20] <diddledani> you'll be in bed already?
[15:04] <davef> No. I've decided to put up a deck chair out on the sidewalk, drink in hand and see the new year in. I'm not going to let the government decide when I have to be home.
[16:54] <jlj> I'll be in bed, says the almost 50-year-old man. :-P
[18:08] <zxmpi> leccy blanket on watching babylon 5 like nature intended
[19:22] <zxmpi> https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/3768892/betty-white-dead-golden-girls-actress/
[20:45] <jlj> zxmpi: an inspiration; that life lived. Shame she didn't make that birthday, though.
[21:04] <davef> that's pretty much a final f-you from 2021
[21:05] <daftykins> pretty unknown to me, that one
[21:08] <jlj> Oh, man, Golden Girls was a staple in our household; made meals with frosty parents tolerable.
[21:10] <daftykins> :)
[21:41] <zxmpi> yeah if you haven't watched the joy that is golden girls do yourself a favour and give it a bash. absolutely brilliant
[21:43] <daftykins> it hasn't suffered with time then?
[21:46] <zxmpi> not that i can see
[21:51] <daftykins> probably a generational thing though
[23:51] <penguin42> daftykins: So hmm; Handbrake does a good job of ripping a dvd - but doesn't support the menus
[23:51] <daftykins> i think you ruled me out of that subject :D
[23:52] <daftykins> my personal preference is to dump all the cruft, no menus... trailers, logos etc
[23:52] <penguin42> oh well, Handbrake did that nicely
[23:52]  * penguin42 watched 12 monkeys
[23:53] <daftykins> it's mostly geared toward transcode so not of interest to me, with also applies to standard definition
[23:54] <diddledani> davef: they're onto you https://usercontent.irccloud-cdn.com/file/cI8JZq4P/image.png
[23:54] <daftykins> heh they'll be crawling the neighbourhoods to find him sat out front
[23:55] <penguin42> daftykins: I was also looking at vlc's ripping stuff which in theory can do menus, but I've not persuaded it to yet
[23:56] <davef> Abuse of our emergency alert system.. https://twitter.com/DavieDavieDave/status/1477065693992525830
[23:58] <penguin42> I admit to not understanding the purpose of curfews for this
[23:59] <davef> This is the second curfew. There's no evidence it worked the first time.
[23:59] <penguin42> it should be illegal however to set off fireworks in the 10 minutes before the new year