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    Morning.

    Saturday.

    Damp.

    Blue sky.

    Apart from the direction whence the sun: hence: sunless.

    Chilly in here at 14.6 deg, 12.5 in the kitchen, 11 in the leanto.

    997 mBar, 29.44 in Hg, 747.8 Torr, 14.46 psi, (down from 1000 last night), 63% RH (Lidl electric).

    Meanwhile on the 3rd of March 2020 we discovered xogg had an Irish grandpa who lived in Brazil, Anonimouse had an exploding lightbulb experience, everyone had tea, LM watched a televised Infinite Monkey Cage & was unimpressed, I watched "A perfect world" with that Kevin Costner cove, and NFhad exploding lightbulbs as an extra cause of worry so he watched more of "The Killing S2" to get over it.

    Walk (unabbreviated, towpath) walked in the sunshine.

    Lots of water in the river & the canal is higher too. Probly explains why the marsh was flooded earlier.

    Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: MoneyBox <click> The commedy thing. <click>

    It started raining.

    Then it got dark.

    Meant to do something this afternoon but read a book instead. And 3 pages of the other book.

    Tea: Morrisons 5 bean soup. Nice enough.

    Entertainment: PM <click>

    Maigret: "The reluctant witnesses (1962)". It's amazing how the Beeb managed to get through in 50 minutes what the others took 2 hours over. . Mind you not nearly as many naked ladies as the French version. . Hadn't seen that episode before: indeed the club wasn't as, er, inneresting as the one visited by Bruno Cremer 25 years later. . Though it was enlivened by the presence of Wallace but no Grommit.

    "Breathless (1960)". It seemed long. And senseless. Not to mention plotless.

    The Cold War Nuke thing on Alba. 6/6.
    Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 30 November 2025, 09:36.
    When the fun stops, STOP.

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      Morning all

      Cloudy, dull, damp. A weather warning for rain is in force. Currently 12 degrees ('feels like' 9) and that's the high for the day. Barometer down to 1000 mBar.

      Sunrise 07:42; Subset 15:57 GMT.

      Dinner was very good. I got the price wrong. It was £35 for three courses (appetiser, starter, main) or £45 for four (with a dessert). Canapes were complimentary. Sadly my headache turned into a migraine and I wasn't my usual sparkling self.

      Today HWMBO and I are off to Glasgow. He's going home and I'm joining him for a week. No visit to Mum this weekend.

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        Afternoon denizens

        Cloud low down near the horizon but blue sky higher up, again. It seems to have rained a bit too, probably last night, and is expected to rain again soon. It’s currently 7°C, it being one of those days where the high of 10° happened early and we’re heading into a short colder spell, The barometers are down in anticipation, at 987/995mB

        The mundane laundry is about to be started, as I’ve just remembered it needs to be done

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          Lunch has been a bacon bap

          Getting cloudier out now, and the rain is due soon

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            Tea was brought to me from Popeyes

            It was also brought to somebody at the other end of the adjacent block! Well, not the same tea. But the guy delivered to one of the neighbours there first, then came over to me

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              Went to Exeter today. The Wife and The Dog were happy with my car choice. Now just need to get the dealer to deal.

              Anyway, TFBSZ
              …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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                Once again, today’s wildlife stuff was supplemented with an episode of Kingdom on iPlayer, in which the lions were having a hard time of it

                And in The Forgotten Soldier, he’s had two weeks of leave in Berlin in return for volunteering to join an infantry unit. But he spent a lot of it getting bombed by the Allies

                Goodnight all

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                  Morning.

                  Sunday.

                  Dry.

                  Blue sky.

                  Sunny.

                  Frosty side of chilly: 13.7 deg in here, 12 in the kitchen, 9.5 in the leanto.

                  1011 mBar, 29.854 in Hg, 758.3 Torr, 14.66 psi, (up from 1005 last night), 54% RH (Lidl electric).

                  Meanwhile on the 4th of March 2020 it was raining on WTFH.

                  Took a while to get off to sleep last night, which was a bit irritating.

                  Walk (unabbreviated, towpath) walked in the sunshine.

                  Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: Di ti di <click>.

                  Freecell score: 75%.

                  Scotland Yard (1956): the one about the chap being found poisoned in an airport lounge. Roger Delgado as a Lisbon policeman.

                  Tea: beans on toast plus scrambled egg.

                  Entertainment: some depressing thing about kid's playgrounds or something.

                  Look at Life: don't talk to me about life: here I am, brain the size of a planet & what do they ask me to do? "High, wide, and faster": the transport revolution: included a shot or two of the old A465 down the Clydach Gorge from Bryn Mawr to Abergavenny.

                  Sergeant Cork. S2 E1 "The case of the Fenian Man". . Remember the ep of Dad's Army they never showed again?

                  Blaze: discovered by disaster: well it's on whilst I'm playing Freecell.
                  Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 30 November 2025, 22:51.
                  When the fun stops, STOP.

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                    Morning all
                    …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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                      Morning denizens

                      Sunny day and a clear blue sky, barring a couple of tiny wisps, this morning. Not warm though: it’s 4°C but “feels like” 1°, with an expected high of 7°. The barometers are back up a bit at 1000/1008mB

                      So far this morning, I’ve got the bedding (duvet cover et al.) in the wash and stripped the bed to air. This may sound very organised, but note the order of events: the bedding in the wash is from last time; I just hadn’t got around to washing it yet

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