test please delete

[SueEllen]

Well have got a train that goes the long way round.

[zeitghost]

Top movie!

Follow up with Ronin.

Just did.

Unfortunately the 2nd hand dvd proved to have a couple of scratches which threw the remarkably tolerant dvd player a bit, though it continued once it got its act together.

Other than that, a fine film.

Mad as a box of frogs () but enjoyable.

No Queen Amigdala in this one.

[zeitghost]

Wonderful.

Woken up by a strange dream whereby I'd neglected to teach the esteemed customers about PIC assembler programming for unknown reasons.

The anticipation of tomorrow's unbridled joy must be preying on my mind.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Grey day again. The rain seems to have moved on though

[zeitghost]

Sunday lunch was mediocre in the extreme & more than somewhat tasteless.

The gravy was crap and the lamb was not inspiring.

Quite disappointing really.

I look forward to tea, which will be another of those Morrisons steak pies that aren't as nice as the steak and kidney ones, with a side order of baked beans to keep the roughage element in the healthy <pfffffft> zone.

I should be farting like a good un tomorrow during the PIC assembler programming tedium.

I used to enjoy that* but something's changed in recent years.

*the PIC programming, just to keep it clear. I still enjoy the farting, especially since tomorrow's will be redolent of cabbage, sprouts, peas and baked beans. All I need is a nice bottle of Old Peculier and the lab should empty in seconds.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

OK, OK, afternoon

[NickFitz]

That's the wall washed down in the kitchen; give it a while to dry, and I can fill various small holes, preparatory to putting on the first coat of paint

Turns out washing a wall that's about fourteen or fifteen feet long by nine or ten feet high is quite tiring, even though the bottom part is nearly all beneath worktops/the sink, and is therefore not being included in the current process

Still, I daresay the exercise is good for me. Trouble is, I could now do with a snack, but all food prep takes place on that side of the room which is currently under a massive dust sheet; so I'll end up eating crisps and undoing any health benefits that might have accrued

[cojak]

I've just been to a rare, whistle-stop tour of my local(ish) Morrison's and I must say I regret not being able to peruse longer (they close at 4pm and I got there at 3.30).

I was still able to buy some nice braising steak and a bashed in (but still looking nice) cherry pie - not only did they look good but they were excellent value for money.

I think I'll go there again next week but take longer while I do so - their butchers area looked particularly good.

[eek]

I've just been to a rare, whistle-stop tour of my local(ish) Morrison's and I must say I regret not being able to peruse longer (they close at 4pm and I got there at 3.30).

I was still able to buy some nice braising steak and a bashed in (but still looking nice) cherry pie - not only did they look good but they were excellent value for money.

I think I'll go there again next week but take longer while I do so - their butchers area looked particularly good.

That reminds me of uni.... Visits to Presto / Safeway at 4:30 as things got discounted and the occasional trip to Gateshead's Tesco where things were stupidly cheap (it seemed to be a clearance store for a warehouse or two).

I remember there being pallets of biscuit tins in January at about 25p a tin...

[eek]

On the basis that timing is everything - I've just sent a status report on the data upload I'm doing this weekend.

The fact I could have done it at 5pm is utterly irrelevant - firstly because I want the 5 hour leeway, secondly because why wouldn't you send it as late as possible on a Saturday night

Oh and its only got 246,000 unchecked records to load overnight at approx. 5 records a second

Spent 3 hours this morning getting the next data load working correctly (wish I could blame someone but its my fault it didn't work) and now 100,000 into the next load.

The load is split into 2 lots of 130,000 as I got a timeout issue after approximately 200,000 records some time this morning. That load can run again tomorrow night....