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[sadkingbilly]

14 moves on 5x5 with 8 twofers

Morning all
Bit of apple tree pruning done yesterday along with dog walks and watching rugby. Now trying to work out how/why LM is going LHR-CDG-TUN-FRA-MUN-
…to get to Sydney. My conclusion is that it is either to save tax, to get points, or one of those “offers” where you get a really good deal on the long haul sector up front by having a connecting flight or two

nah, - it's 'cos she's a NUTTER!!

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Sunday.

Dry.

Was gloomy, now wanly sunny.

Chilly in here at 11.8 deg, 11 deg in the kitchen, 9.5 deg in the leanto.

1016.5 mBar, 30.017 in Hg, 762.44 Torr, 14.743 psi, (down from 1017 last night), 61% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 25th of December 2019 it was Merry Bah! Humbug! Carry on, nothing to see here.

Walk (unabbreviated) walked in the original greyish gloom, eventually supplanted by wan sunshine.

Completely & utterly knackered now. I wonder if I'm coming down with something. .

Lunch: brunch.

Entertainment: 20 minutes of Just a Minute.

Something or other that was on at 13:30ish.

Freecell score: 95%, running average: 81%. Rather less irritating than yesterday when it was all I could do to avoid punching the wall.

Book.

Tea: beans on toast etc.

Entertainment: that poetry programme pontificating about nothing in particular, I couldn't be arsed to find something else.

Shipping forecast.

18 o'clock news.

Sink hole thing on 4+1.

Alien Abduction: Travis Walton: Fire in the Sky guy. On Quest. One to beam up. <click>.

Viking Dead. on Blaze. <click>

Traitors on Blaze: Chinese spies stealing Tesla & Apple stuff. No comparison with last week's Blake of course whose spying killed dozens.

[NickFitz]

Just found out it's Groundhog Day today. Again

[eek]

nah, - it's 'cos she's a NUTTER!!

If she's going via CDG and not stopping over in Paris overnight - she's utterly mad - I avoid changing at CDG at all costs..

[eek]

Just found out it's Groundhog Day today. Again

6 more weeks of winter...

[NickFitz]

Lunch has been a beef bap (white) with some fries (reheated)

The fries were available because I made the rookie mistake of ordering a large portion from Five Guys last night. They take this extremely literally, apparently figuring that it means you and your extended family haven't eaten for three weeks so they'd better fill you all up

[NickFitz]

Turkey soup and a bit of wholemeal for tea

Accompanied by the second part of Murder Trial: Girl in the River on iPlayer

[NickFitz]

I finished Stories of Your Life and Others. It's very good, though I thought the final story was the weakest of the bunch.

And then I started reading Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter by Kate Conger and Ryan Mac. I'm expecting to be reading about some utterly dumb thing he did and then see in the news that he's just done it again but this time to the US Government

And earlier, I managed to sort out something I've been stuck on for ages in the SwiftUI/SpriteKit stuff

Monday again tomorrow. Oh well

Goodnight all

[ladymuck]

Afternoon all, San Francisco calling, local time 1533 on Sunday 2 February

Bright but cloudy. Currently 15 degrees and the high was 16. Slight chance of a shower. Barometer at 1016 mBar.

Sunrise 07:12; Sunset 17:35

Currently in the United Polaris lounge awaiting flight 6 from San Francisco to Auckland. Managed to get a bit of sleep on the 12 hour flight over here. Now have 6 hours to kill until we leave. Got an issue with the Auckland to Sydney flight that needs to be fixed before I can have a shower and bit of a rest.

[ladymuck]

If she's going via CDG and not stopping over in Paris overnight - she's utterly mad - I avoid changing at CDG at all costs..

It was indeed a right faff! Stayed airside and got the bus tour of pretty much the whole airport. Got stuck in security because someone was transporting breast milk with all the right paperwork but the security people were making a fuss, keeping on taking it out and then putting it back into its cool bag

Should have exited landside and then to the Air France desk for the proper Ultimate escort treatment.