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[WTFH]

Morning all
Early walk on wet ground but dry air. Now tipping it down.

New rate kicks in today... +10%

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Dry.

Grey.

Hints of sun.

Colder at 15.1 deg in here & the bedroom window was steamed up again.

1001 mBar, 29.559 in Hg, 750.8 Torr, 68% RH.

Tuesday.

Very odd noise at 02:45 of something big & metallic falling over outside.

I peered out of the windows but didn't see anything significant.

Had a walk around: didn't spot anything that might have fallen over: maybe It Was All A Dream.

Shopping trip to Morrisons & Tesco via shanks' pony done, dusted, washed, dried, sanitised, & put away.

Lunch: Heinz ham & lentil soup with Morrisons wholemeal sunflower & spelt bread, bramble jelly & marmalade sandwiches on same, a yellow corner yog, 0.91 pints of good Glengettie tea.

Entertainment: TWAO.

Looks like I've had my fill of Oz customs wallahs and their supercilious attitude.

Xogg: snip snip & Xogg's yer aunty.

In other other news, the batphone that was saying "emergency calls only" followed by "can't find network" managed to return to something approaching life so I called my landline so I won't have to do that again for 179 days.

Did the same thing on the other batphone, the one that got locked & they stole £20 credit off, then I unlocked it with a £5 voucher & still the £20 isn't there.

EE scum.

Walk (unabbreviated) walked in the pleasant sunshine & cold wind.

Quite bracing out there this afternoon & it's picking with rain now I've returned.

The tops of the mountains higher up the valley were looking suspiciously whitish.

Tea: Tesco breaded haddock (I wanted some battered today but they don't seem to stock it any more), some fruit cocktail, a yog, 0.91 pints of good Glengettie tea.

Entertainment: Discovering Shirley McClaine.

Quantum Leap S3 E15 "Piano Man".

NCIS LA S10 E23 "The Guardian": an ep about the Manchester Slaver by the sounds of it.

The Rookie S1 E14 "Plain Clothes Day".

Car SOS: Metro 6R4: well there's a thing: metal spraying to build up damaged metal surfaces. Must have cost a small fortune to put that thing back in running order. Tig welding the bell housing was impressive too.

Roswell S1 E24 "Destiny" commentary.

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Dull yet dry when I got up. Now dull and raining. Currently 8 degrees and that's the high for the day. Barometer down to 1000 mBar.

Last night's stew was very good. We watched Infinite (2021) which was rubbish. Bins were trundled and I noticed had been moved to their pavement position early this morning.

Back to work. Much to do as the other BA is off this week and I'm off next week. I have lots of prep work so they can do the business UAT and go live while I'm sunning myself on holiday.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Grey day out. The weather app asserts that it's snowing, but it isn't, or not here in the city at any rate. Currently 2°C with maybe 4° expected for a brief period around lunchtime, and it's supposed to get sunny by then too. Barometers down at 993/1001mB

[WTFH]

Snowing! (OK, sleet, but close enough)

[xoggoth]

Couple of halves of lager with 4 loony ladies in pub yesterday. Think I'll get gender reassignment, will fit in better. Not as though I use me bits these days anyway.

[xoggoth]

Another Google SV thing. 2nd driver for extra safety.

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.0411...7i16384!8i8192

[NickFitz]

Lunch: Scotch broth and multiseed bread. This was the last of the batch from early November, found nestling at the back of the bit of the freezer I keep soups in. Very tasty one

[WTFH]

Lunch: Tomato & Lentil soup with a slice of sourdough.

[ladymuck]

Lunch: Left over curry