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[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Tuesday.

Happy Birthday NF.

Dry.

Grey.

Chhilly in here at 15.5 deg, 15.5 deg in the kitchen, 13 in the leanto.

1012 mBar, 29.884343 in Hg, 759.1 Torr, 14.6778 psi, (up from 1010 last night), 61% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile, after the scouse on the 10th, on the 11th of January 2020 NF was reading a Nevil Shute novel until 2 a.m., LM had returned from a nice dinner with her parents but had failed to find a residents parking space so had to leap out early to see if she could find one, and I had a preapocalypse dream inspired by whatever news I'd heard about covid the previous day.

Woke again at stupid o'clock: gave up & read more of the Thorpe book. Stone me, talk about the road to hell being paved with good intent. .

Walk (unabbreviated) walked in the sunshine.

Lunch: brunch.

Entertainment: something waffling on about apes on R4.

The Great Spider Hunt continued today in the back bedroom. . Much dust removed, much polish sprayed.

Entertainment during coffee (Tesco, mediocre): History's Heroes: Dudley Clarke: the chap who was arrested wearing lady's clothing in Madrid in 1941. Odd, but hey! whatever floats yer boat. Involved in lots of deception operations.

Tea: Tesco battered haddock etc. Nice enough, just a tad overcooked for some reason.

Entertainment: PM.

Read book.

"How the Nazis lost the war": being high as a kite on crystal meth, or, in the case of dear old Adolph, as high as a kite on meth, opioids, coke, all supplied by his very own "Herr Doctor Feelgood".

Lucey Worsley waffling on about the Septics myths & leg ends about 1776 Oh. Snooker overran.

Sky Arts: thing about Kipling. He made very nice cakes. .

"HIGNIFY": the one with Victoria Coren Mitchell. Mmmmmm.

[WTFH]

A lovely walk was had, with mist in the valleys being burned off by a gently warming sun. 10k steps.

Checked in for our flights next month.

Nerdle, Globle and Scrambled Maps done. Now up to 10.9% on SM.

Been a very productive morning so far.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Sunny start, though it'll supposedly cloud over a bit before too long. It's 9°C with 15° on the cards, there's no rain expected, and the barometers are heading back up at 1004/1012mB

Thanks for the birthday greetings! I don't have any plans, other than a trip to the M&S Food Hall for some special bits and then over the road to Big Sainsbury's, because nothing says "birthday" like treating yourself to the kitchen bin liners you forgot to get last week

[xoggoth]

Yeh happy BD Fizzy Knickers!. Old farty arty thing this morning. I collect the money, maybe I could pretend that the venue has greatly raised it's prices and make a profit.

[NickFitz]

Cheers xog!

Shopping has been done. I skipped M&S in the end as you can now check Food Hall stocks for a specific store in their app, and they were out of the particular sausages I wanted. Nothing else I wanted from there was needed immediately, so I'll pop down at the end of the week - maybe they'll have rectified the sausage situation by then

So to Big Sainsbury's I did go, where among other items I treated myself to some storage jars with bamboo lids, as that's what you do at this age

They still seem to be doing the hot food later since the counter was removed and replaced with racks. This is a nuisance as lunch was going to be the M&S sausages, but garlic and herb or sweet chilli chicken thighs were the reserve option. So now I need to decide what to have instead

[ladymuck]

Afternoon all

Blue sky with lumps of fluff. Currently 15 degrees with a high of 16 expected. As ever there's a chance of a shower. Barometer up to 1016 mBar.

Sunrise 05:51; Sunset 20:10

Taking the day off due to .

HWMBO has just left to go to Wyboston to talk at people for the next three days.

[ladymuck]

Happy Birthday NF! Sounds like you're doing it in style

[NickFitz]

They still seem to be doing the hot food later since the counter was removed and replaced with racks. This is a nuisance as lunch was going to be the M&S sausages, but garlic and herb or sweet chilli chicken thighs were the reserve option. So now I need to decide what to have instead

Problem solved! I'd got garlic & herb seasoning and some chicken thighs. So I mixed up some of the former in olive oil with a bit of salt, brushed it over the latter, and whacked them in the oven. Homemade garlic & herb chicken thighs with a bag of plain crisps for lunch!

[NickFitz]

Happy Birthday NF! Sounds like you're doing it in style

Cheers! TBH just having the day off work is an absolute treat

[ladymuck]

I have spent the day on the sofa. Watched all.of the first series of Top Guns: Inside the RAF.

Now watching live TV in the form of Argos: How Do They Really Do It? on channel 5.