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[NickFitz]

For tea tonight, an exotic foodstuff, available to very few: pasta

Spag bol to be precise. Exceedingly tasty it was, thanks to my excessive use of spices in the bol when I made it some weeks back

[BR14]

Think of them as different people who just happen to have the same names and occupations

tried that, thanks.
it's still pish.

[NickFitz]

tried that, thanks.
it's still pish.

Oh, I didn’t expect it to make it any better in itself

[NickFitz]

It just occurred to me that this vague lurginess which has been coming and going the past few days, and which seems to have cleared up for the most part today, is probably hay fever

I never used to get it but over the last few years it’s gradually become A Thing. But I’m still not used to it, so every year I go through the process of realising it all over again

I’ve dug out the non-drowsy-making anti-hay-fever tablets I bought last year just in time for it to stop bothering me, and shall give them a try if it returns.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Entertainment: Simon Schama's History of Britain E10 followed by something when I get around to it.

Entertainment (corrected): 4 episodes of Frankie Howerd's Up Pompeii, very funny.

Elementary S6 E21 wherein our heroes relocate.

Simon Schama's History of Britain E10 "Britannia Inc."

It just occurred to me that this vague lurginess which has been coming and going the past few days, and which seems to have cleared up for the most part today, is probably hay fever

Look on the bright side I've been on antihistamines since January and at the moment I'm on two different 1 a days.

It more or less keeps the symptoms down.

I rather like Elementary, it's quite watchable & Watson is rather toothsome in her way.

In other other news, during my stroll down the garden to dispose of that unwanted log splitter, I noticed that the gooseberries seem to have appreciated the endless sun of recent weeks & have responded by being a good deal earlier than one might have previously expected.

One bush has good sized berries on it.

My rampant pruning last year seems to have gee'ed the bushes up no end.

[ladymuck]

Much of the fun of hay fever is determining what pollen affects you.

I have some hayfever tablets that appear to have expired in March last year* that I'll take if I'm feeling grotty and remember. I am not 100% sure if I'm a sufferer as I know my symptoms are nothing like those of someone with a proper allergy. I get sniffles and the odd bout of unnecessary sneezing. Headaches I get regularly enough that I have no idea what triggers them anymore.





*A new packet was procured a few weeks ago but March 2019 is recent enough for me to be happy to use up the old ones.

[NickFitz]

Look on the bright side I've been on antihistamines since January and at the moment I'm on two different 1 a days.

It more or less keeps the symptoms down.

I’m vaguely hoping I’ll have got used to my late onset hayfever in four or five years

Much of the fun of hay fever is determining what pollen affects you.

I have some hayfever tablets that appear to have expired in March last year* that I'll take if I'm feeling grotty and remember. I am not 100% sure if I'm a sufferer as I know my symptoms are nothing like those of someone with a proper allergy. I get sniffles and the odd bout of unnecessary sneezing. Headaches I get regularly enough that I have no idea what triggers them anymore.

I never get headaches, which is the main reason I know something is out of kilter when I do. The thing that made me think of hayfever today was a sudden attack of sneezing as I was walking to the chemist’s. No reason for it unless… somebody’s garden, or a tree, or suchlike!

[NickFitz]

As it was Beltane, it seemed only right to mark the occasion by watching a film about simple country folk celebrating the occasion in the traditional manner

So it was The Wicker Man (1973), which I haven’t watched in a good few years. I’d forgotten how funny it is for much of the buildup, and Christopher Lee is clearly enjoying himself tremendously throughout. Wonderful stuff

After that: Batman (1989), being one of those well-known films that I’ve never seen. Very good, I thought, particularly given its age; I’m not surprised it got such good press at the time, as it must have been way ahead of anything else then

And finally I remembered a TV series, Tin Star, that I’d part watched, and so picked it up again. It’s pretty good; good enough that I ended up watching two further episodes: Bait (TV Episode 2017) and Cuckoo (TV Episode 2017).

Goodnight all

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Blue sky again. A chilly 9 degrees. Forecast says low chance of precipitation (10%) and reaching a heady 17 later. Cloud cover set to increase as the day progresses.

Up early for a Saturday. Couldn't sleep. Towels (bathroom and kitchen) in the WM. Bed linen next.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning all

Dry.

Sunny.

Polleny.

Blue sky with white fluffy clouds.

Apparently it's Saturday.