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[NickFitz]

Showoff.

Did you make the pastry or buy it?

I bought some frozen in a vain attempt to use up some of Strangelove Mater's vast stores of mincemeat.

I made some fairly mediocre mince pies and then gave it up as a bad job.

Buy it - I might learn how to make it one day, but I’m in no rush as the bought stuff is fine for my purposes

Just tried a slice of the tart (or flan? not sure what the distinction is) with some vanilla ice cream, and it was very nice indeed

[NickFitz]

A further episode of SWAT tonight, concerning some of those sovereign citizen nutjobs. Over here they just get themselves in trouble for not paying their parking tickets and what-have-you, but they really seem to go large over there where they can get guns and stuff

Goodnight all

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Grey.

Dark.

Dank.

Dreary.

Drizzly.

Depressing.

Ah, the weather's back to normal again.

[ladymuck]

Good morning fine people.

WFH today and tomorrow.

Raining this morning. Not too heavily but a nice respite from Monday/Tuesday.

Need to summon the wherewithall to get some work done.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Quite sunny out

This is contrary to what we were promised; we had showers overnight and should have had a grey start leading to more rain, but somehow this sunny spell got slotted in at the last minute, and now we don't get our well-earned rain until this afternoon and evening

Not too hot though: 17°C out there, 27° in here. It's expected to get to 21° outside, but no worse

[BR14]

Right!

i'm off.

and............
back again.
to a locked up house.
32 degrees.
geez.

better this morning, 24 now, laundry on, fish fed breakfast consumed.

normal service has resumed.

a bit jacob's though, it was bloody HOT over there.

[NickFitz]

and............
back again.
to a locked up house.
32 degrees.
geez.

better this morning, 24 now, laundry on, fish fed breakfast consumed.

normal service has resumed.

a bit jacob's though, it was bloody HOT over there.

Welcome back

I trust the polders were welcoming?

[BR14]

Welcome back

I trust the polders were welcoming?

ta muchly.

the gigs were rammed!

Sunday was very hot though, 27 C and no real wind.

great fun, still.

[ladymuck]

Ouch! Achy arms!

The Amazon Treasure Truck had the Kenwood KMix on special so I ordered first thing to pick up from Paddington station. HWMBO asks if I am taking a taxi home or bringing some means of wheeling it along. I brush this off as nonsense, it's 5 stops on the tube and a short walk either side, no problem!

It's 13.13kg don't you know. I didn't.

Got up and down the lovely mobility friendly stairs at Paddington ok.

Bit of a wait for the tube gave my arms time to recover.

Got it out of Earls Court Station fine.

Then the feebleness kicks in. I had to set myself little targets to reach while walking up Earls Court Road. Swearing at idiot pedestrians helps.

A short walk that takes me 5 minutes, that I do every day, took about 20!

My left arm was giving out when my right was still going strong.

But I do now have a very nice stand mixer for cake making.

[NickFitz]

Sausages in soft white rolls for lunch