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Up to 28°C in here now. Outside is 29°C, so I don't expect the rise to stop any time soon
Busy writing Python code to create zip files that will unpack to a different path from the one they were created at, because of AWS Lambda
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It's somehow even more disturbing that the pic they've chosen to illustrate "masturbation" is clearly a stock photo intended to represent "domestic violence" or "spousal abuse" or some suchOriginally posted by mudskipper View PostEver wondered why your pearly whites aren't quite as white as they used to be?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Whitening-F.../dp/B07M6R5BXP
Pic 4 has the answer.
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Darn it. Walking in woods and lost yet another pair of cheap glasses. Perhaps I can search for them on Google Earth.bloggoth
If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)Comment
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It's 25.3 in here now and about 26 in the salting house.
Nice breeze with THE WINDOWS OPEN.
Tea/dinner was the remains of the roast lamb with carrots and onions.
I managed not to overload it with smoked paprika this week by not putting any in there in the first place, just a touch of chili powder.
Now on page 550 of my latest tome and there's got to be knocking on for5034 pages of footnotes following the last page, bulked up by an index of 18 pages that follows that.
Dunno what tv will bring this evening now that Wild Bill has finished.When the fun stops, STOP.Comment
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Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove View PostIt's 25.3 in here now and about 26 in the salting house.
Nice breeze with THE WINDOWS OPEN.

It's gone down to 27.9 again in here, outside having also apparently cooled slightly to 27.Comment
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Down to 23.2 in here now.
Finished "Blood, Tears, and Folly".
It was long.
Even read some of the footnotes.
When the fun stops, STOP.Comment
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For tea tonight, I used some diced shin of beef and a can of bitter that's been lying around the place for ages, along with some vegetable matter, herbs, and seasoning, to make a steak and ale casserole in the InstantPot™ and it came out absolutely bloody lovely
Accompanied by peas and homemade potato wedges
Not getting any cooler in here
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On the box tonight, S1E1 of Bodies (TV Series 2004–2006), just to see if it's as good as I remember; it seems to be
Goodnight all
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