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[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Another sunny start but with some widely-distributed wisps of high haze, and supposedly continuing "cloudy" all day. I believe it was supposed to get down to freezing overnight but it's back up to 5°C now, and expected to get as high as 11° later, though is that really a lot for late April? The barometers are steady at 992/1000mB

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Friday.

Damply dry.

Grey.

Wanly sunny.

Chilly inhere at 13.6 deg, 13 deg in the kitchen, 13.5 deg in the leanto.

1000 mBar, 29.53 in Hg, 750 Torr, 14.5 psi, (up from 999.5 last night), 77% RH (GDR hair), 67% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 21st of September there was more discussion of "Stargate", while NF had some of his scotch broth for lunch which was very nice, then, as is correct, went to the Chinese for his tea, having an extended conversation with the lady behind the counter on the state of the nation, people being generally unhappy, and other such things. The meal turned out well.

Weird dream: esteemed customers & me in a lab on a space station, obviously with gravity generator since we weren't floating about, managed to get them all to feck off (where to?) then found myself walking down some hill or other to the railway station, which was supposed to be Newport but looked nothing like it, only to find I'd forgotten my wallet and had 74.5 p in my pocket, 55 miles from home. WTF?

Walk (unabbreviated) walked in the grey gloom, wan sunshine, sprinkling of rain.

Lunch: scrambled egg etc.

Entertainment: Whatever the feck replaces Y&Y on a Friday.

TWATO.

The chap feeding himself for a year from what he can grow on his small holding.

House roughly vacced. I must be Bored. Now.

Veronica Mars S1 E19 "Hot dogs". The dog theft one.

Tea: soup etc.

The Mentalist S2 E22 "Red Letter". The people trafficking one.

"Walking with the Ancients": Bering sea land bridge: early Native Americans.

Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts. the Saxons & Normans I can feel the snore even yet.

Ancient Murders Unearthed. Some Italian prince who died in the 14th century of a recessive gene error: glycogenesis type 2, he had late onset since he was rather older than 1 when he pegged it.

Cursed Treasures.

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Bright and dry with wispy fluff. Currently 9 degrees with a high of 13 expected. No rain forecast but it is likely to cloud over this afternoon. Barometer down a snifter to 1006 mBar.

I didn't get the flat. A couple with a child got it because they wanted an 8 year term. Can't argue with that. I've decided I will quit my place and hope that something suitable presents itself within the next two months. I will pop down to my storage place tomorrow for a recce to see what room it's got and clear out the tat I'm never going to use. Then start planning what to put in it to make the move easier.

[ladymuck]

Hey DrS, have you been talking to The Metro??

https://metro.co.uk/2024/04/25/two-s...ndon-20716892/

‘This is 100% something a One Eyed Witch would warn as a sign of some disaster about to happen,’ wrote Doc Strangelove.

[NickFitz]

Lunch has been a few M&S honey & mustard cocktail sausages with a bag of plain crisps

[NickFitz]

Mundane laundry is on

Meanwhile, elsewhere in the kitchen, beef short ribs are slow cooking in a Guinness-based gravy. They turned out to be slightly too big for the slow cooker, so I'm using the InstantPot™ in slow cooker mode. They seem to be cooking a bit too slowly on the lowest setting though, as they still don't fit completely in the stock and that seems to be cool enough to not steam the half that's poking out very much. They were done well enough to peel the meat away from the bones, and I've turned it to its highest "slow cook" setting for the final three hours or so. The advantage of them being in there is that if they aren't properly deliquescing at the appointed time, I can just switch it over to pressure cooker mode. The gravy has already developed a nice, rich flavour so a quick blast of high pressure to finish the meat off should work out nicely

[NickFitz]

Tea, then has been braised beef short rib in Guinness gravy, with chips and peas. The beef concoction turned out really well so I'll have to remember whatever it was I chucked in there when I started making it first thing this morning, that being what passes for a recipe in my world

Lots left too, which is mildly inconvenient with limited freezer capacity. But I daresay I'll manage

This was accompanied by the rest of an episode of Trucking Hell that I'd partially watched

[NickFitz]

Tonight's major motion picture premiere has been Triangle of Sadness (2022) which follows an influencer couple who blag their way onto a cruise aboard a yacht full of multimillionaires where things go very wrong in a variety of drastic ways, ultimately leading to a modern rehash of the plot of The Admirable Crichton. I found it very entertaining, though those of a sensitive disposition might be somewhat discombobulated by the graphic sequence of passengers suffering from extreme seasickness when a storm strikes during the Captain's Dinner

And then a further episode of S3 of The Wire

Goodnight all

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Dull and damp. Currently 6 degrees with a high of 12 expected. Rain forecast this afternoon and into the evening. Barometer continues its downward trajectory to 1004 mBar.

Up early for a Saturday because the landlady is finally getting things fixed in the house where leaks have occured in the conservatory. It's like she decided to hedge her bets on me leaving to get the place in order for remarketing.

There's also works to be done in my little office and so I'm going to have to spend the morning dismantling my desk and kit to allow room for the repair of a fault noted on the check in report that has only gotten worse over the past 20 months or so.

Hopefully I can then go out to the storage unit.

Triangle of Sadness was an entertaining film, I might have to watch that again.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Me write to the Metro? .

Morning.

Saturday.

Damply dry again.

Grey.

Sunless.

Chilly in here at 13.5 deg, 12.5 in the kitchen, 13.5 in the leanto.

1000.25 mBar, 29.5373 in Hg, 750.25 Torr, 14.5 psi, (up from 1000 last night), 77% RH (GDR hair), 70% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 22nd of September 2019 NF was watching "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" followed by "The Siege (1998)" with Bruce Willis & Denzel Washington, whereas I watched "LA Confidential", and Xogg used to live in Bromley where once H.G. Wells had an abode (and a more recent plaque). Since it was a Sunday, the beef it was aroasting, and since it was wet no gardening transpired, which was gratefully received.

Shopping trip to Morrisons done dusted washed dried sanitised & put away.

Lunch: baked spud etc.

Entertainment: Money Box. <click>

Dead Ringers.

Walk (unabbreviated) walked in the grey gloom & cold wind. Strewth it's a bit chilly out there.

Bits of Star Trek IV.

Freecell score: 91%, running average: 86% (86.1%).

Tea: spag with Morrisons bol: not as nasty as the Tesco version about sums it up.

Entertainment: Toast on about Greenshield Stamps and Argos again

The Endless River on Sky Arts.

There's yet another (new) rehash of the tragic tale of Syd Barrett at 21:00.

Dixon of Dock Green S20 E1 "Eye Witness (1973)". George goes on holiday with an eye witness to a murder.

The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre S2 E8 "Backfire (1961)".

Goldeneye (1989): biopic of Ian Fleming.