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[ladymuck]

Due to the day being a bit busy, I omitted to mention that all laundry was washed and put out on the line to dry.

The oven was also given a cursory clean but it turned out not to be all that mucky.

Finished work about half an hour ago due to one of the permies claiming at 4.25pm that their work was done and they'll be back on Weds. Turns out their work was not done and I had to draft a load of bug fixes for another permie to sort out tomorrow. I am very grumpy on behalf of the permie who picked up the work. They have a superb work ethic and know that without them giving up their Saturday our go live on Weds is at risk.

[NickFitz]

Tea: thick-cut ribeye steak with a nice side salad fried onions, chips and beans

[NickFitz]

Today - well, yesterday now - was the 35th anniversary of Sheffield (and most other places) being devastated in a nuclear attack. Yes, May 26th is Threads Day! So first up on the telescreen was Threads (TV Movie 1984) being the second time I've ever watched it. It doesn't get any easier on repeated viewing

After that, I needed something poles apart from that. It's been a while since I last rewatched The Devil Wears Prada (2006) but it seems to have served as a mind cleansing agent, at least for now. I daresay I'll find out if it really worked when I start to dream

Goodnight all

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Saturday.

Sunny.

Dry.

Cool in here at 19.1 deg, 20.5 deg in the kitchen, 18 deg in the leanto.

1023 mBar, 30.21 in Hg, 767.3131 Torr, 14.837 psi, (down from 1024 last night), 74% RH (GDR hair), 66% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 10th of June 2019 it was still sunny in Manchester and wet everywhere else.

Smalls in the WM.

Smalls out of the WM and pegged out on the line.

Shirts in the WM.

Nothing of any particular innerest on this Saturday's Wheeler Dealering: watched them all before.

Shirts out of the WM and pegged out on the line.

Cottons in the WM.

Walk (unabbreviated) walked in the unbearable heat.

Cottons out of the WM and pegged out on the line.

Lunch: baked potato with cheese and baked beans, a yog (non corner), bramble jelly and marmalade on slice of toast hot bread, 0.91*1.55 pints of good Glengettie tea.

Entertainment: The News Quiz. Remember when this was funny & sensible?

Shirts and other cottons in off the line & duly iRoned, shirts airing in the bedroom, cottons airing over the banisters.

Strewth wot a scorcher. It's 27 deg in the salting house. Where I did the iRoning whilst listening to ancient eps of The Infinite Monkey Cage.

Freecell score: 88%, running average: 85%.

Tea: spag bol, the last of the peach slices, a yog, 0.91*1.55 pints of good Glengettie tea.

Entertainment: PM.

Incredible Engineering Blunders: including the Bridgewater Place wind tunnel in Leeds.

Evidence of the unexplained on Blaze: more UFO bollox.

Maigret S1 E7 "A man of quality". It had old man Steptoe in it. . And Peter Barkworth.

The Four Just Men E21 "Money to burn". Charles Gray as a villain again, plus Frank Thornton.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Sunny and Simsonesque out. Currently 14°C, with 21° on the cards for later. The barometers are down a little at 1017/1025mB

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Blue sky and wispy stuff. Currently 14 degrees with a high of 22 expected. Barometer down to 1026 mBar.

Awoke before 7 am but don't know exactly when as I refused to look at the clock until 7.13 am. Got up about 8.30 am and pottered about before deciding to have a go a the hedge by the front gate as it was becoming difficult to get through the gate. I don't have the tools or the willingness to climb a ladder so now the hedge has a rather odd shape with a bulbous top.

Waiting on two shopping orders as I decided to shop with both Waitrose and Ocado in order to select the cheapest items from each. Much needed for next week as I have HWMBO and his kids in and out at various times.

[NickFitz]

Wasp in the kitchen!

It was trying to get through the window, having failed to grasp the nature of glass, so I managed to trap it inside a small container and safely release it to the outside world

[xoggoth]

Wasp in the kitchen!

It was trying to get through the window, having failed to grasp the nature of glass, so I managed to trap it inside a small container and safely release it to the outside world

Ah! Yer a nice chap Fizzy Knickers. Most people kill little waspies.

[NickFitz]

Ah! Yer a nice chap Fizzy Knickers. Most people kill little waspies.

I'm just worried that if I try to kill it and fail, it'll come back stronger than before and crush me utterly

[NickFitz]

Back home from the now traditional trip south to take my Dad to see my Mum in hospital (and see her myself, of course). Nice day for a drive, being very sunny with the vegetation and livestock working overtime to make the countryside look scenic

My Mum's now been transferred to a different hospital site where the fracture specialist unit is located. She seems in better spirits now she's getting the proper care there and with the physio able to give her at least a vague idea of how long rehab will take. It's also nearer home, which helps with the sense of making progress towards getting back there on a subconscious level, I reckon.

Sadly, though, this means no driving past the HQ of the Panaceans, so their shades didn't get a wave today