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[ladymuck]

It was quite misty in parts on the drive through the South Downs National Park towards Surrey. The meal with the family was good and my uncle paid, which was even better.

I had an uneventful drive home. On getting indoors, I wrapped presents and packed a bag for my trip to Glasgow tomorrow evening.

[NickFitz]

Tonight's only TV was Inside the Factory in which Belgian chocolatiers explained how those Guylian chocolate seashell things are made

And then I read more of Sherston's Progress (the third part of the trilogy) in which he and his comrades were sent from Ireland, across France and the Mediterranean to Egypt and on up into Palestine, at which point they reversed course without ever going into action against the Turks and went all the way back to France, where the German Spring Offensive of 1918 required their attention

I'm feeling very glad to have all the "doing stuff" and "going places" parts of Christmas over

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

The rather foggy conditions in which I drove home yesterday persisted, getting even foggier by evening. And they've remained overnight, so today is foggy. Out of idle curiosity The distance to the block opposite (measured on Google Maps) is about 55m or 60 yards, and the fog isn't concealing it but is making it look slightly diffuse; so that's how foggy it is. It's 5°C at the moment and will creep up to 6° later, while the barometers are, I think, down a little at 1021/1030mB

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Dull and overcast. Damp but no active precipitation. Currently 6 degrees with a high of 7 expected. Low chance of rain all day. Barometer at 1033 mBar.

Working today. I think I may be the only one.

's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands was completed in 21 moves (5x5 map). I've been there, a lovely little walled city where the bonkers artist Hieronymus Bosch lived for most of his life. They have a fab (or did when I was last there) exhibition of his works there. All reproductions but that doesn't make them any less enjoyable to look at.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning Afternoon (if only just).

Friday.

Dry.

Grey.

Gloomy.

Misty.

Foggy.

Haar, Jim Laaaad.

Chilly in here at 12.7 deg, 12 deg in the kitchen, 11 deg in the leanto.

1029 mBar, 30.38 in Hg, 771.8 Torr, 14.924 psi, (down from 1029.5 last night), 66% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 14th of December 2019 NF eventually made it home but missed his brother, LM was subjected to 2ndary search of handbaaaag for no discernable reason & partook of the gin to make up for it whilst waiting, and the library computer room was replete with stinky again. Unknown to us all at the time, There Was A Storm Coming.

Walk (greatly augmented) walked in the grey gloom in the reverse direction to yesterday: this proved to be a mistake with the hilly bit at the end rather than the beginning.

Lunch: brunch. Nearly half of those BBE 2014 Weetabix are gone.

Freecell score: 82%, running average: 81%.

Tea: soup etc. Meh. And I've bitten my tongue so there's an enormous blood blister. Ho fecking hum. Seems to happen quite frequently now.

Entertainment: surfing the web for criticisms of Doctor Who. There's rather a lot. .

Book. Other book. Other other book: 3 lines & put back whence it came.

Having scanned the EPG it looks like another dreary Friday night's not viewing, though AC/DC on Sky Arts may warrant a look.

[NickFitz]

Pork pie for lunch

[sadkingbilly]

afternoon
v misty today, and PKB to boot.
Scunthorpe, United Kingdom in 31 moves! (6 x 6 map)

Why is Windoze networking an absolute clusterf*ck??
simple LAN, - 3 laptops, 1 PC.
does it work? does it feck!
geez, i Hate microsoft!

[ladymuck]

Foggy out. Or misty. Poor visibility either way.

My flight was first delayed an hour and then cancelled. I swiftly rebooked myself onto the next one, due to leave about 45 mins later. This too is delayed about an hour but hasn't (yet) been cancelled.

[xoggoth]

geez, i Hate microsoft!

I like it. Only got to PCs but all synching ok, was easy to set up via ethenet.

[NickFitz]

I finally gave in and subscribed to Netflix, as I want to be able to experience some of their exclusive cinematic masterpieces, such as Scorsese's The Irishman and the Indian SFX extravaganza RRR.

But first up, of course, had to be the surprise hit of the season Hot Frosty (2024) in which a young widow brings a handsome snowman to life with a magic scarf. It's surprisingly entertaining and although some would argue that the premise is unrealistic, we should bear in mind that a lot of things in The Hunt for Red October are equally unlikely to happen, or at least to happen in that way