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[NickFitz]

Lunch has been a couple of Christmas leftover sausage rolls

I need to make turkey soup. I've got the leftover thigh from the other day and my sister donated a leg and some meat from the Christmas bird, so that should be enough to make a medium-sized batch

[NickFitz]

For tea, the usual "special offer" from KFC

[NickFitz]

Today's viewing was the usual Monkey Life plus other wildlife stuff

And I did a bit of mucking around with getting SpriteKit stuff working in SwiftUI, again

This evening, I finished reading the George Sherston (i.e. Siegfried Sassoon) memoirs. He'd got to the point of quite looking forward to going to the front because he was fed up with boring admin stuff, but then his brigade was struck down by flu. Once that had passed, they were moved north and finally went to the front. And on his second night, having led a few men forward on a sneak attack on a German machine gun post, an overeager sergeant from his own company who didn't realise they weren't back yet shot him in the head as he returned to his own lines! Only a graze on the scalp and he was able to walk to the medical post, but this resulted in him getting shipped back to hospital in England again and, of course, the German side collapsed that autumn and there was no war to go back to

The turkey bits and veg are in the slow cooker now, so there should be soup some time tomorrow

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

The fog has lifted but it's still cloudy, though it may brighten upon a bit this afternoon. It's 5°C and expected to soar to 8°, with the barometers up a little at 1017/1025mB

The turkey soup has had the bones taken out, veg blended, and chopped meat added. I've also chucked in some pearl barley, just for a change. It should be ready by early afternoon, so it'll be soup for lunch

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Bright and dry. Windy. I could see sky half an hour ago. Currently 10 degrees ('feels like' 7) with a high of 11 expected. Rain expected off and on all day. Barometer down to 1020 mBar.

Yesterday's family get together was good. HWMBO cooked a huge turkey and a multitude of accompanying dishes, all on a Mexican/Peruvian theme. Snacking on left overs and finishing the clearing up is the plan for today.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Sunday.

Dark.

Grey.

Dreary.

Misty.

Foggy.

Drizzly.

Chilly in here at 11.8 deg, 10 deg in the kitchen, 9.5 deg in the leanto.

1027 mBar, 30.3272 in Hg, 770.313 Torr, 14.895 psi, (up from 1026 last night), 66% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 15th of December 2019 see yesterday.

Walk (greatly augmented) walked in the grey gloom, mist, fog, and drizzle, eventually the sun deigned to come out on my way back home.

Why does this look familiar:

https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...d.php?t=216621

Stone me it's like this house.

Lunch: brunch. Stone me (again), my mouth is sore. .

House roughly vacced after quite an interval* of not bothering. Had to dismantle vac, bang filter on wall, clean out various bits and improve its effectiveness no end. Seemed quite clogged up, which was odd.

Entertainment: "D Day minute by minute" on PBS. There'd be nothing to watch without Adolph. .

*Last vaccing was on the 27th of November if TPD is to be trusted these days. . We won't mention when the place was last dusted.

Tea: beans on toast etc. with added boiled eggs.

Entertainment: Impossible Engineering: Falkirk boat lift. Neat.

Impossible Engineering: stratolaunch: one of the late Paul Allen's projects.

A Welsh Xmas.

Thing about Cary Grant on ITV. Stone me.

The bit of the thing about the Falkirk Wheel that I missed whilst making tea.

[NickFitz]

Just had a couple of KFC hot wings to tide me over until the soup is ready

Big Jet TV is at LHR 27R watching planes taking off (and sometimes landing) in the fog

Meanwhile, the sky has mostly cleared here

[NickFitz]

The turkey and barley soup has turned out very nicely

[ladymuck]

Looking for something to watch and perusing what's included with Amazon Prime. I think it's going to either be The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023) or Black Adam (2024){2022).

[NickFitz]

Tea has been ribeye steak with fried onions and chips

No beans this time, because variety is the spice of life and a change is as good as a rest