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[ladymuck]

Morning all

Sunny with wispy fluff. Dry but damp in patches from melting frost. Currently 0 degrees with a high of 1 expected. Barometer up to 1030 mBar

Sunrise 08:03; Sunset 16:16

HWMBO and I are on the train to Heathrow T5 where we will meet with a bunch of mad folk for a trip to Edinburgh.

[NickFitz]

Steak bake for lunch

[WTFH]

With The Wife gone, MMtSH and I had an early afternoon walk, came back and watched a bit of TV.
Decided to open a bottle of “Plum wine” that I had made 4 years ago. You’re supposed to keep it for 3-5 years, so now should be OK.
First glass tasted like it was just a plum flavoured drink. Second glass is implying that the alcohol is definitely there.

[NickFitz]

Tea has been brought from Nando's, as I hadn't had that in a while

I was impressed by the delivery guy. Watching his progress on the map, I assumed he must be in a car or on a motorbike, particularly given his rate of progress up the fairly steep hill by the cemetery. But it turned out he was on a pushbike!

[xoggoth]

Yeh, my van door problem was just due to mechanism iced up. Hope not get same problem tomorrow for me other volunteer thing. Darn, I should have sprayed some WD40 inside it.

[NickFitz]

After the usual round of Monkey Life there was the usual round of wildlife repeats, but I didn't watch anything else after them

I did manage a bit of tinkering with the GameplayKit stuff

And in February 1933, the Reichstag has burned, and Hindenburg has merrily signed the decrees suspending the constitution and handing absolute power to Hitler's government. The mass arrests have begun, with a few managing to make their escape from Germany at the last minute. One handy loophole was that as the Germans insisted Saarland was part of Germany, they didn't put much in the way of border security on the German side of it; but it was occupied by France under a League of Nations mandate, so it was a good way to get out even as stringent security was put in place at all other parts of the border

Goodnight all

[WTFH]

Morning all
Well, The Wife has made it to the departures lounge, and BA have swapped planes.
The Dog and I will shortly be going out for a walk.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

The fog has finally gone away but it remains pretty frosty out, though today will at least get a bit warmer: 0°C now but soaring to 4° later. The barometers have leapt further upwards to 1027/1035mB

Interestingly, all the cars now appear largely frost-free despite some frost lingering on the lawn. The drive also appears to be damp. Last night the weather app talked of snow flurries, though there was no evidence of these, but I wonder if there's been a small rain shower first thing?

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Sunday.

Damply dry.

Wanly sunny.

Not so cold at 10.2 deg in here, 7 deg in the kitchen & leanto, 6 deg in the saltinghouse.

1035 mBar, 30.56 in Hg, 776.313 Torr, 15 psi, (up from 1031 last night), 60% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 19th of December 2019 there were 9 posts by Brillo & one post by LM.

Last night's dream before waking involved some circuitry with some interface chip or other probably an 8255, and seemed to be in the lab. I think it also involved a long ago girlfriend at one point.

Walk (unabbreviated) walked in the wan sunshine. It felt rather warmer than recently and I could feel my fingers for quite a lot of the time.

Lunch: brunch.

Entertainment:

Freecell score: 100%, running average: 81%.

Tea: beans on toast etc.

Entertainment: thing on bbc sounds on newspapers.

Freecell score (W95): 93%, running average: 88%.

Book. Other book. Other other book.

The storm of 1990.

Mediaeval Dead: Skulls of Dornach.

[ladymuck]

Morning all, Edinburgh calling

Bright and dry, some cloud. Damp underfoot due to thawing frost. Currently 2 degrees with a high of 4 expected. Barometer at 1034 mBar.

Sunrise 08:37; Sunset 16:07

HWMBO and I are at the airport, awaiting our flight to Heathrow which has been delayed about an hour. Once we know we're actually leaving, I will book our coach tickets that will take us from Heathrow down to Gatwick.