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[ladymuck]

Afternoon all

Cloudy with sunny gaps. Dry. Breezy. Currently 19 degrees and that's the high for the day. Slight chance of a shower later. Barometer at 1019 mBar.

Sunrise 05:03; Sunset 20:54 BST

Took yea olde jalopy to the garage for a look-see at the clutch / clutch pedal. Like all good car owners, I'd done some reading around the topic and waffled about clutch fluid and slave cylinders at the mechanic who most likely inwardly sighed at yet another numpty telling them how to do their job. Turns out I was right! The slave cylinder was completely dry and the clutch fluid was old and nasty. So they've flushed it all out and replaced with shiny new.

Some minor prep work done ahead of returning to the coal faces tomorrow, to make sure that there are no major surprises.

I did intend to do laundry but that'll give me something to tomorrow while I'm on billing time.

[xoggoth]

Group walk this morning folowed by meet at the pub. Been doing a bonfire this afternoon, smell of smoke, need a shower.

[NickFitz]

Tea has been BBQ beef short ribs and chips

Rather than braise the ribs as I usually do, I decided to experiment a bit. So I browned them and chucked them in a roasting tin with a carrot, onion, and some garlic cloves, covered it all tightly with foil, and stuck it in the oven at 100°C for about five hours. Then I made a glaze: some cherry tomatoes, mustard, red wine vinegar, sugar, honey, smoked and plain paprika, chilli flakes, thyme, bit of Cajun seasoning, dash of soy, dash of Worcester… probably some other stuff too. Boiled that lot up and reduced it till it was a nice thick sauce, then got the ribs out. Chucked the veg away, took the meat off the bones in one piece (well, two pieces), added the juices to the sauce and reduced that a bit further, then poured it over the meat and stuck it all back in at 180°. Turned the meat a few times and brushed the sauce over as it gradually turned into a glaze, until it was nicely browned and sticky. It turned out very well; I shall try that again

Though TBH I tried a fragment of just meat and fat that was left behind on the chopping board after boning, and that tasted really nice on its own! So I could have saved myself some faffing around and still enjoyed it

[NickFitz]

This evening’s viewing was the rest of the Police Interceptors I started last night

And in The Middle Kingdoms, it turns out Lithuania was once absolutely huge, incorporating swathes of modern Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia; while Poland managed a very effective PR campaign by presenting itself as the bulwark against hordes from the east

Thursday tomorrow! And a Bank Holiday weekend too!

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Mostly cloudy with sunnier spells at the moment, but the clouds are expected to predominate through the day. Still a bit breezy too. It’s getting milder though: already at 13°C (“feels like” 9°) and expected to soar to 21° this afternoon, as we build towards the heatwave that will see it reach 31° on Monday and stay in the mid-20s all next week. The barometers are shooting upwards at 1012/1020mB

Today is tech debt day, so with luck I’ll get to just do a few dependency upgrades first and can then tinker with some corner of the app that feels like it could do with some tidying. I’ll pop along to Not-as-Big Sainsbury’s at lunchtime and get the shopping out of the way, leaving the Bank Holiday weekend clear

[WTFH]

Morning all
Overcast but dry out, slept in until around 6am, so a foreshortened walk has been had.
Noticed that the waterbutt I use to top up the pond was full, so am currently topping up the pond. Need to remember to turn that off later - someone remind me please!

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Thursday.

Damply dry.

Grey.

Sunless.

Not quite verging on chilly in here at 16.2 deg, 15 in the kitchen, 15 in the leanto.

1020 mBar, 30.12 in Hg, 765 Torr, 14.794 psi, (up from 1017 last night), 70% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 28th of March 2020 AndyGarbs managed to get a post or two in edgeways amongst Brillo's drivel.

Walk (unabbreviated, towpath) walked in the grey gloom and light drizzle. More water in the river and the canal now.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: Weimar. More jollity & fun.

Just watched a thing on Daily Beast where a doctor reckons Trump will use nukes.

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Cloudy and dull. Breezy. Currently 17 degrees with a high of 22 expected. Barometer up to 1027 mBar.

Sunrise 05:01; Sunset 20:55 BST

Officially back at the coal face this morning. Not much going on. More AI generated slop from a couple of the consultants.

[sadkingbilly]

Morning all
just back from a few days in jockineseland <braveheart emoji>, and very nice they were.
good to catch up with old pals/bandmates.
I see the taxdodgers are in a frenzy again. oh, dear.

Morning all
Overcast but dry out, slept in until around 6am, so a foreshortened walk has been had.
Noticed that the waterbutt I use to top up the pond was full, so am currently topping up the pond. Need to remember to turn that off later - someone remind me please!

TURN IT OFF!!

[WTFH]

TURN IT OFF!!

I only just saw this - thanks for reminding me!