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[ladymuck]

My journey to Glasgow was uneventful. HWMBO's eldest picked me up from the airport.

On leaving Heathrow, there was much cloud. On arriving at Glasgow, it was bright and sunny and has remained that way.

Currently 7 degrees ('feels like' 5) and that's the high for the day. Barometer at 1039 mBar.

Sunrise 08:48; Sunset 15:48 GMT.

HWMBO is prepping for a blended family feast tomorrow and I'm just mithering about doing naff all.

[NickFitz]

I left the bed to air over Christmas, so I’ve just remade it with my fancy (and expensive) new bedding

With that done, I got dinner underway: roast whole shoulder of lamb

The robot meat thermometer cautioned that its battery was a bit low and might not last long enough, but if it gives up the ghost I can just use the normal one to tell when it’s done, like I always have before

[DoctorStrangelove]

"Tell me the temperature of the meat, HAL".

"I'm sorry Nick, I can't do that".

.

[NotAllThere]

I did roast lamb today. Roast at 130°C until reached 59°C. Then 20 minutes at 200.

Perfect.

[NickFitz]

Roast lamb dinner for tea turned out very nicely

Accompanying this, the rest of an episode of Coastguard SOS Search and Rescue that I started watching the other day; like Traffic Cops or Ambulance but wet and with sailors

[NickFitz]

Tonight’s major motion picture premiere was One Battle After Another (2025) in which a former revolutionary's past catches up with him and his daughter. One thing I’ve learned from having sometimes knocked about a bit further outside society’s norms than many people bother to venture is that there’s always some dickheads who are convinced they’re going to overturn the entire social order, and those dickheads are also wholly convinced that they’ll be Lenin and end up running everything the way it should be, and not the nameless loser who gets shot in the face whilst storming the Winter Palace at their behest. I thought this film picked up on that trait rather well, without being too obvious about it. It’s also interesting that, movie production schedules being what they are, the fascistic nature of the government forces was so blatant; the activities shown might as well have been documentary depictions of the activities of ICE in the USA right now, so one can only assume the creators saw what was coming and made the film while they still could. Very good, though also very unsettling

And then a rewatch of Violent Night (2022) in which Santa has to become John Wick in order to fulfil his mission. It’s no Holiday Inn, but I don’t see why that should stop it taking the prize for Best Christmas Film Ever (Other Than Die Hard)

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

"Tell me the temperature of the meat, HAL".

"I'm sorry Nick, I can't do that".

.

It lasted!

It gets recharged via an AA battery in its base, so I should probably replace that. It’s a bit silly really, and I managed perfectly well without it, but it’s also convenient to have it ping my watch to tell me I should take it out and leave it to rest in five minutes

[NickFitz]

I did roast lamb today. Roast at 130°C until reached 59°C. Then 20 minutes at 200.

Perfect.

I should probably have been equally diligent about it, but most of it is going to be made into Scotch broth anyway so I only need the bits round the edges to be right

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Saturday apparently, though who knows these days?

Dry.

Grey.

Hints of sun.

Chilly in here at 12.4 deg, 10 deg in the kitchen, 8 deg in the leanto.

1028.5 mBar, 30.37 in Hg, 771.44 Torr, 14.92 psi, (up from 1027 last night), 60% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 8th of March 2020 eek popped in and LM found it a lovely sunny day until suddenly it wasn't any more, though it was still clement where NF was, however BR14 was glum & a bacon sandwich didn't cure it, whereas my leg was still painful though all the unguents did help a bit, as recommended by Doctor Fitz. .

Walk (towpath, unabbreviated) walked, plus a shorter trip to the Gnoll.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: FOOC.

Book. Other book.

Tea: soup etc.

Entertainment: Maigret "A crime for Xmas (1961)" which was shown a month ago. Having been awake since 04:00 I dozed through bits of that.

"Lives well lived": Robert Redfort, Gene Hackman, Diane Keaton, Cleo Lane then Norman Tebbit <click> Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii (1972): Echoes. <click> Patricia Routledge, Prunella Scales, Brian Wilson.

Now halfway through some random bottle of white wine I found at the back of a cupboard. Made a change from yesterday's red something or other.

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Cloudy but with plenty of gaps. Dry. Currently 5 degrees ('feels like' 3) with a high of 7 expected. Barometer up to 1043 mBar.

Sunrise 08:48; Sunset 15:49 GMT

HWMBO has made some three bird concoction out of goose, chicken and pheasant that will be the centerpiece of today's family dinner. He's also made a Dundee cake (which smells amazing) and some mince pies, using a mincemeat I made in 2021 which has preserved remarkably well and tasted pretty good.