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[DoctorStrangelove]

Lunch has been the rest of the duck, pancakes and plum sauce

This morning, I did what I do best: be the only one of four people looking at something to spot that a configuration value that was supposed to be a floating point number was being passed as a string, which was why the thing being configured wasn't doing anything

To my mind, it ought to have complained about the invalid value rather than going into a silent sulk, but maybe whoever developed it had their reasons for doing it that way

Just as well it wasn't controlling a rocket. .

It wasn't controlling a rocket, was it? Just askin' like.

Shades of FORTRAN IV encode & decode from dear dead days far beyond recall.

[NickFitz]

Just as well it wasn't controlling a rocket. .

It wasn't controlling a rocket, was it? Just askin' like.

Shades of FORTRAN IV encode & decode from dear dead days far beyond recall.

No rockets, sadly. I think that would be the Ministry of Transport?

Speaking of transport, I've booked a visit from Halfords tomorrow with a new battery for the car which they will also fit, saving me the trouble of finding an 11mm spanner. They gave me the option of either choosing a two to three hour time slot for an additional thirty to fifty quid, or any time between 8am and 8pm for no extra charge beyond the £25 fitting fee. I chose the latter

Thinking about it, they didn't make clear whether the exorbitant charges for the shorter time slots included the £25 or were in addition to it. Either way, it's too much. But now, in theory, the car should start OK when I want to go shopping on Friday morning, which is expected to be very cold and might be more than the gradually failing battery can handle

[NickFitz]

Tea: sausage and onion casserole with chips and peas

Accompanied by a new episode of Traffic Cops

[ladymuck]

Good day at the office. Sat next to a friend of mine, had a coffee with another. Got offered an extension of three, maybe four, months.

Absolutely knackered though.

This evening's entertainment has been a couple of episodes of The Diplomat, which I think originally aired in 2023 on Alibi.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Another frosty start. Currently -4°C, and once again an expected high this afternoon of 2°. The barometers are up a touch more to 993/1002mB

Halfords haven't provided any more detailed estimate of when they'll be here than 08:00-20:00 but maybe they will once they get on the road. Or maybe they won't

Thursday! Just got to get through today and that's another week invoiced

[WTFH]

Morning all
273K out, and yesterday's snow/slush meant that walking was a tad treacherous, even with ice grips on my wellies. Got my heart rate up though, at one point I hit 138bpm.
Did The Wife's tax return last night, disappointed to find that she owes £154. Was tempted to: buy a coffee machine, liquidate a company, or something similar to see if that would reduce it a bit.