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[NickFitz]

Lunch: Heinz oxtail soup with white toast

Very sunny out

And as I was typing, Halfords Man arrived and replaced the Corolla's battery!

It still took four or five goes to start though. Maybe it's the starter motor?

[NickFitz]

Just had a phone call from the dentist's to remind me I have an appointment with the hygienist on Saturday and asking if I wanted to switch to an earlier slot they had open. TBH I'd rather not go to the hygienist on Saturday at all, but if I have to then I suppose getting it out of the way earlier is the next best thing

Which reminds me that in standup this morning, somebody announced that they had a dental appointment at 2:30, which caused much amusement

[NickFitz]

That's the working week done!

[NickFitz]

Tea has been lamb steaks with chips and beans

Accompanied by Gregg-free Inside the Factory on the subject of sliced white bread, with asides covering wartime flour, bagels, toasters, and brewing

[NickFitz]

More of February 1933 read tonight. Getting close to the night of the Reichstag fire now; people are leaving Germany by circuitous routes to avoid attracting the attention of the authorities, and other people are casually saying goodbye after routine meetings but, we are told, will never see each other again. More of the same coming soon across an Atlantic Ocean near you

I also found time to mess around a little with SpriteKit's physics modelling, which has some interesting stuff in it

Goodnight all

[WTFH]

Morning all
Not as cold overnight, so only very slippy in places on our walk.

TFIF.etc

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Clear blue sky and expected to be sunny once the sun gets high enough, but it's a cold one: currently -4°C and expected to dip to -5° within the next hour or so, before rising to a high of 1° in the early afternoon. The barometers are up some more to 1007/1015mB

Given the extreme chilliness, I've decided to postpone any IRL shopping activities to this afternoon

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Friday.

Grey.

Frosty.

Dry.

Sunless.

Cold in here at 9.7 deg, 7 deg in the kitchen, 5 deg in the leanto, 2.5 deg in the saltinghouse.

1015 mBar, 29.97 in Hg, 761.31 Torr, 14.72 psi, (up from 1014 last night), 58% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 18th of December 2019 Brillo's diet had turned vegan due to visitor, BR14 condemned this, I was watching yet more Angel, though the commentary on one nearly sent me to sleep, whereas NF was watching, yes, The Wire, LM was worrying about HMRC and VAT MTD, and WTFH had bloody fingers from guitar playing. .

Poor night's sleep: I think I read rather too much Asimov yesterday.

Walk (unabbreviated) walked in the grey gloom. Spotted a woodpecker whilst on the trudge.

Lunch: brunch.

Entertainment: R4 thing about Islamaphobia.

TWATO.

Freecell score: 89%, running average:81%.

Tea: chicken in white sauce etc.

Entertainment: PM.

Railway thing.

Freecell score (W95): 78%, running average: 86%.

Lucy Worsley waffling on about Guido Fawkes, Robert Catesby etc.

The Lost Scrolls of Pompeii: New Revelations: one being that the scrolls are from Herculaneum.

[NickFitz]

Partial bedding wash on (mattress topper, pillow protectors)

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Crisp and clear. Some fluff about. Currently -2 ('feels like' -4) with a high of 2 expected. No precipitation forecast. Barometer up to 1019 mBar.

Sunrise 08:04; Sunset 16:15

It was -3 when I was scraping the ice off my car at 7.45 this morning. A meeting has been postponed that means I actually get to have some lunch at lunchtime today.

HWMBO will be on his way down later this afternoon and, as I'm in the area, I'll be picking him up. Last day of work for a week, as we're jetting off to Funchal on Monday, where it's 20 degrees or so.