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    There was a new Police Interceptors to watch tonight, though it was basically the same as all the old ones

    And I didn't read very much of Eternity. I might set it aside and read something else

    Wednesday tomorrow, which is a bit nearer Friday

    Goodnight all

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      Morning denizens

      Rather a gloomy grey start, with evidence of overnight rain though it's not raining at the moment. It's expected to continue thus all day. Reasonably mild again at 12°C rising to 15°C, though the barometers are down some more to 974/982mB
      Last edited by NickFitz; 9 October 2024, 07:00.

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        Morning all
        Had to wear a head torch on the perambulation earlier. Sky clearing now, probably on 75% dark clouds.
        …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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          Morning.

          Wednesday.

          Drily damp.

          Sunny.

          Blue sky.

          Cool in here at 17 deg, 18.5 deg in the kitchen, 16.5 deg in the leanto (ok: it's warmed up in the living room due to the dehumidifier).

          984.3 mBar, 29.066 in Hg, 738.3 Torr, 14.276 psi, (up from 984 last night), 68% RH (Lidl electric: the dehumidifier is on).

          Meanwhile on the 20th of November 2019 LM got her first ZenChury, apparently it was cold in sluff according to vetran who was travelling to Potters Bar, whereas I was off down the dump with yet more garden waste, the stuff that I burn baby burn these days instead.

          And it's another morning where I work at 04:30 and read until 06:30. Which served to advance my way through the "Westerns" epic.

          Freecell score: 88%, running average: 78%.

          Flowers put on parents' grave by my sister & me.

          Examination of the grandparents' graves was alarming: WTF did all those brambles come from? Minor hacking thereof occurred but major operations needed shortly when armed with suitable protective gloves & cutting tools.

          No idea what state my other aunt's grave is in since it's only reachable in March when the above ground knotweed is dry and dead and the daffs are in flower to show WTF the grave is.

          Nice lunch with sis.

          Sat in the park until it rained, then went for another coffee. I even paid for this one. .

          Had a nice look around Neath, then another look around Neath from the top floor of the new multistory carpark.

          Came home & massacred yet more honeysuckle, during which another A400M flew overhead. I think "they" are monitoring my pruning efforts.

          Tea: soup etc.

          Entertainment: book.

          Maigret and the Judge's House (1991) with that Bruno Cremer chap who reminds me of my Dad.

          3 minutes of "Threads" which was quite enough.
          Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 9 October 2024, 22:33.
          When the fun stops, STOP.

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            Morning all

            Damp and overcast. It was quite bright first thing. Much rain overnight. Currently 14 degrees with a high of 17 expected. A break in the cloud anticipated this afternoon. Barometer down to 986 mBar.

            On site today. ConsultancyCo tried to tell me not to come in due to them not being here today but I have to be here for other reasons ...

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              Lunch has been a fish finger bap (wholemeal, red sauce)

              Somebody in the larger of the two Art Deco blocks has been having new flooring or carpeting laid this week, and they're using the carpet place that was across the road from the old flat. So I get the nostalgia kick of looking out of the living room window and seeing one of their vans parked across the lawn

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                A reminder that Threads is on BBC4 tonight

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                  Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
                  A reminder that Threads is on BBC4 tonight
                  <-Sheffield .

                  A reminder that Maigret is on TalkingPicturesTV at 21:00 this evening.

                  It's the one where the Judge is caught trying to dump a body in the river. .
                  When the fun stops, STOP.

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                    Tea has been gammon with chips, fried egg and beans, being some gammon roasted a long time ago which has been lurking undetected at the bottom of the freezer. Tasted mostly OK though

                    This was accompanied by Bombing Brighton: The Plot to Kill Thatcher which was very interesting, I thought - particularly the contributions from Patrick Magee, who planted the bomb.

                    I'm not going to watch Threads tonight as it finishes a bit late for my decrepit sleeping habits. But it'll be on iPlayer, at least for a while, as will (I hope) the other programmes about Porton Down and so on

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                      Today's "Scrambled Maps" was a bit of a bugger

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