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[NickFitz]

Morning denizens, and Happy Christmas!

It's a cloudy day but with a hint of a gap here and there that might lead to it brightening up later, and a bit breezy though not drastically so. Currently 9°C (feeling like 6°) with an expected high of 11°; the barometers are up yet more at 1020/1028mB

[NickFitz]

The perennial Christmas conundrum: do I take my laptop, or will the iPad do? I'll only be gone for twenty-four hours, most of which will involve driving, eating, drinking, or sleeping, so I'm not even going to bother taking a charger

Anyway, best be off. Have a good one everybody!

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning Afternoon.

Wednesday.

"Dry", yeah, right: wet wet wet, the drizzly wet that's wetter than a monsoon.

Grey.

Dark.

Sunless.

Dreary.

Chilly in here at 13.2 deg, 12.5 deg in the kitchen, 12 deg in the leanto.

1029 mBar, 30.386 in Hg, 771.8 Torr, 14.924 psi, (up from 1026 last night), 68% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 13th of December 2019 NF was on a remarkably convoluted journey to that Manchester, from the sounds of it for a CUK pissup of some kind, whereas I was watching yet more BTVS & Angel, though by this stage both were well past their best.

Walk walked in the grey gloomy drizzly misty fog: rather shorter than last year's trek: a mere 2 hours or so up to that Tonna, back down the tow path to that Neath, avoiding swans where necessary, then back home via a twisty path through town and no one mention the M X thing until half a mile from home when some miserable fecker came out with it. Bah Fecking Humbug I didn't say, being somewhat irritated.

Them next door were out for a while visiting somewhere or other but they're back now. Hope they stay there & leave me alone.

Season's TV: "Walking with the Ancients" on PBS.

Tea: Tesco battered haddock etc. Nice enough.

Wallace & Gromit on BBC1: that just about justifies the licence fee for this year.

"Ghost Ships" on Blaze: the Halifax Nova Scotia 2.9kt explosion in WWI.

Maigret's War of Nerves with Bruno Cremer on Talking Pictures TV.

[xoggoth]

Bum! Supposed to be at son's for xmas dinner but he had a power cut when meal was half cooked. Not back until after 18.30. Checked on power networks so not an invented excuse to avoid ghastly old father.

Update
About 1 min after above posterior got message from him to say power back. Going round in 30 mins.

[NickFitz]

Shout out to the occupants of the three cars that had come too close together and formed an unholy trinity just by Rothwell Lodge Farm on the A14 westbound

This incident, which looked as if it had damaged mostly metal and composite materials rather than people, delayed me by about twenty-five minutes, thereby reducing the number of peanuts I was able to get through before being called to the table for a very nice dinner

[ladymuck]

Afternoon all, Christmas greetings from West Sussex

It's been a dull and damp day today. Currently 9 degrees and the high was 10. Barometer at 1033 mBar

Lazy day, just me and Mum today. Although my brother did kindly pop round with a spare phone charger as I'd left mine at home. Another visitor was an old friend of mine who stopped by to say hello.

Mum is enjoying being fed three meals a day. I don't usually eat three proper meals a day so it's a bit of a struggle to keep up!

[xoggoth]

Back from son's and his gf's place. He's working later! NIce Xmouse pud.

[NickFitz]

I’ve decided I’ve had enough Christmas for one day, so I’ve retreated to bed. It’s been a nice time though

I’m planning to make a reasonably early start homewards tomorrow morning, and it’ll be good to get back home and not have to think about being festive for another year

Goodnight all