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[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Thursday.

Dark.

Dank.

Dreary.

Dire.

Wet.

Windyish.

Chilly in here at 13.5 deg, 12.5 in the kitchen, 12 in the leanto.

1006.5 mBar, 29.722 in Hg, 754.94 Torr, 14.598 psi, (down from 1009 last night), 68% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 7th of December 2019 the final Xmas family party & group hug happened in that Cardiff, the cancellation of half the trains causing trauma but I got there in the end but needed to get a taxi to the restaurant since I had no idea WTF it was, NF got soaked coming back home from the Chinese, and I ended up watching yet more BTVS & Angel once I'd staggered back home again.

Freecell score: 90%, running average: 80%.

Lunch: brunch.

Entertainment: none that I recall.

Book. Finished book. Started new book.

Wind rising. Rain falling. Time for a bonfire.

Bonfire bonfired. All the dry stuff went, the wet stuff is much too wet so we'll see how much is left tomorrow, I suspect a lot.

Got soaked to the skin. Time for a short sharp cold shower.

Tea: soup etc. Couldn't be arsed with anything else.

Entertainment: PM. Some UFO hunter bollox on Blaze waffling on about AUTEC whatever the feck that is. And some remote viewing & Atlantis thrown in for good measure. Does anyone take this bollox seriously?

Sky Arts: Discovering John Mills.

Classic Movies: The Story of Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

The bonfire is out.

It's dry & cold out there now.

Shouldn't a hedgehog be hibernating by now?

The clothes met the WM & the TD: the jeans have not survived the experience: the seat is now torn. Ho hum.

Dalgliesh. Not a patch on the 1980s version with Roy Marsden. Look out Anton Lesser is in it.

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Dull. Wet. Currently 14 degrees ('feels like' 12) and that's the high for the day. Rain overnight and this morning. More due this afternoon and into the evening. Barometer down to 1009 mBar.

Had a lovely dinner out with HWMBO last night. Had the bright idea of booking a flight to Glasgow with him this evening and then coming back Saturday morning. Found a bargain fare and booked it! Except, I didn't properly check the dates and I'd booked a trip in March 2025. Thank goodness for BA's policy of allowing cancellations within 24h of making the booking. The fare to go tonight was more than three times the 'bargain' I paid. He's not worth that much. And he's back next weekend anyway.

In UPS news, the 9.46 am update states that my parcel is out for delivery today. Coming from the Feltham depot, despite them saying they were transferring the parcel to a UPS facility in the destination city. I guess they realised it was already where it needed to be and just had to be put on a van. Let's see if it turns up today.

[xoggoth]

Eh, crappy night sleep last night. Maybe all that cake and wine at the local do last night didn't help.

Day to meself today, get bit more of me new PC set up. Got the most important bits done. What I like about Windows is the backward compatibilty. Got a couple of useful little progs I wrote years ago using VB6 1995 student edition and they still work.

[ladymuck]

Just noticed the estimated delivery time is 9.10 am - 11.10 am. I think it's missed that slot by some margin.

[NickFitz]

Lunch has been a pork and apple sauce bap (wholemeal) with a bag of plain crisps

Been doing some stuff that's moderately interesting today, for a change. I'll still be glad when five comes around and I'm done for the week, though

I think I'll submit my timesheet now before getting back to the fray

[ladymuck]

My parcel was delivered shortly after 12.30 pm. Therein concluding the Uninteresting Parcel Saga.

Interesting meeting this afternoon. Due to the small attendee list and certain people not being present, it only overran by 8 minutes and the overrun was not due to superfluous chit chat or obscure tangents being taken.

[NickFitz]

Work done, timesheet approved, and… WEEKEND!

Today was reasonably enjoyable actually, though I still find the project as a whole somewhat tedious

[ladymuck]

Raining.

I see there's a storm a'brewing, set to cause havoc this weekend

[NickFitz]

Raining.

I see there's a storm a'brewing, set to cause havoc this weekend

It's very windy already, with rain from time to time. Does this mean it's going to get even worse?

Tea has been shepherd's pie, there having been a bit of it left in the freezer

[NickFitz]

Tonight's viewing was the latest episode of 24 Hours in Police Custody in which we discover that Biggleswade is apparently a hotbed of crime

And in addition to a bit of mucking around with SwiftUI stuff, I read a couple of chapters of MI9 by Helen Fry. She's a proper historian so it's a bit dry at times, but still interesting

Early night now so I'm ready to make the most of Friday!

Goodnight all