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[NickFitz]

not vivaldi then? - i used to like vivaldi, until i had to deal with service desks. i wouldn't mind if they played the whole thing, but they loop a random piece. - philistines!

Mind, you, one lot in ireland, put me off van morrison for a while, too

This was some kind of modern pop music with a woman screeching. I blame the sound engineers for over compressing and autotuning it until it was literally painful to listen to - I had to hold the phone away for fear it would damage my hearing even further

The good news is: it's fixed!

Too many of the neighbours still awake to get up to 100Mbps at the moment, but it's around 44 down and 5 up, which is nearer the mark than a hundredth of that

[NickFitz]

The recycling bin has been trundled forth. There's very fine rain falling, though apparently it'll get heavier overnight

And I'm going to get an early night, as I think I'm still running a sleep deficit from the inordinately long day on Monday

After the last couple of (comparatively) busy weekends, it'll be nice to have one during which I don't have anything in particular to do

Goodnight all

[WTFH]

Morning all s’murky out there.

[barrydidit]

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Pissing down in Bradford today

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[barrydidit]

My Virgin service has been pretty flawless for the last 5 years. Except for the cost element - but when I move house i'll ditch all that telly stuff I don't watch and just have broadband. Which reminds me, I do need to schedule it's re-installation with a proper wall mounted box, rather than the cable poking through the floor approach which the old lady favoured.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Grey and murky here, though the rain seemed to have just about stopped when I popped down the check the bin gate at half seven.

After which I went back to bed until nine

[NickFitz]

Off to do the shopping, though I don't think I need that much

[DoctorStrangelove]

[NickFitz]

Shopping done, and car refuelled

[NickFitz]

A breast of lamb has been given a fast roast just to brown it, then diced and placed in the slow cooker along with a load of veg, rosemary, and gravy. Once cooked, this will be put in a large dish, covered with a layer of sliced spuds, and roasted to make enough hot pot to provide one meal now and, I reckon, two or three for the freezer

Or, on second thoughts, I might make hot pot with one portion and freeze the rest as-is so it takes up less room, and can potentially be repurposed.

And the laundry is on