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    Morning.

    Thursday? <checks clock>

    Wet. Very very wet. Torrential at times overnight with the usual rivers of water in the road when I looked out of the front window at about 03:30ish.

    Grey.

    Wanly sunny.

    Cool in here at 20 deg, 21.5 in the kitchen, 19 in the leanto.

    995.5 mBar, 29.397 in Hg, 746.7 Torr, 14.44 psi, (down from 997 last night), 66% RH (Lidl electric).

    Meanwhile on the 12th of February 2020 Churchill popped in, as did AndyGarbs, and Simon Mac, WTFH was awake at 5 a.m. waiting for NF's weather forecast, NF was doing the washing, and LM had some curious concoction for lunch, and had the boiler serviced, and following my return from the 's meeting in Swansea, my big toe was painful.

    Walk (towpath) walked. Minor cloudburst on the way back down.

    Well that's filled the canal at Tonna lock: what was empty yesterday is now 18" deep. The bit I could have stepped across a stream 3" wide is now a foot or more wide & all the brooks are full too.

    River much more enthusiastic this morning: you wouldn't want to fall in that at the moment.

    Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: Electric cars.

    Gosh. Brief flood alert this morning:

    https://flood-warning.naturalresourc...ail/102WAFF18/

    Well there's a thing. I thought the river looked a bit enthusiastic.

    More work potching on the un-un balun: finally got the phasing correct. Did it make any difference to the reception of short wave? Of course not.

    Even unplugged the mains feed to the garage in case that was radiating the buzz, but nope, made zero difference.

    Tea: beans on toast with baked spud and scrambled egg. Nice enough.

    Entertainment: PM. <endless asylum seeker interview with a chap who's applied to Greece, Turkey, Austria, Germany, possibly France, and now he's here: click>

    I'm sure we'll give him asylum no problemo.

    Don't suppose there's feck all to watch on the idiot lantern this evening.
    Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; Yesterday, 16:45.
    When the fun stops, STOP.

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      Morning all

      Sunny with lumps of fluff. Currently 18 degrees ('feels like' 21) with a high of 29 expected. Rain forecast in increasing probability this afternoon/evening. Barometer down to 1002 mBar.

      Sunrise 06:08; Sunset 19:57 BST

      In the office today. A friend of mine reserved a desk for me so I don't have to sit with ConsultancyCo folk. Although, the one that's in at the moment is a nice chap.

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        Lunch: pork and apple sauce bap (wholemeal)

        Still sunny out, though a lot of cumuli seem to be gathering, possibly to provide the rain that's possible (now 35%) later

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          Afternoon all
          @NF, - sounds like EVRI's your courier.
          they. are. sh1te.
          I avoid buying from anyone who uses them, wherever possible.

          *PAYDAY tomorrow*
          *1st for a wee while, hence the
          Last edited by sadkingbilly; Yesterday, 12:36.

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            Originally posted by sadkingbilly View Post
            Afternoon all
            @NF, - sounds like EVRI's your courier.
            they. are. sh1te.
            I avoid buying from anyone who uses them, wherever possible.
            No, it was ArrowXL for the machine, with Amazon's uselessness last night as a bonus

            Amazon's order details page showed that they were making no attempt to redeliver, despite the message on there saying they would. As far as I could tell, they were expecting me to fill in a form explaining how to get to the front door they were at last night, and which every other Amazon driver realises has a large panel next to it with bell pushes for each flat and an intercom. So I've ordered another blanking cap and cancelled the original order, for which I get a refund, though not of the £1.99 I had to pay for same-day delivery

            Before that, I popped round to the little hardware shop on the shopping road. Turned out he had blanking caps in several sizes, but not the size I needed

            Originally posted by sadkingbilly View Post
            *PAYDAY tomorrow*
            *1st for a wee while, hence the

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              Plan B, or maybe W by now: Screwfix! They're only about five minutes from here, depending on the traffic lights, so I searched on their website and it offered something which appeared as if it might do the job. Ordered from the local store and got confirmation it was ready for me in seconds, so I drove down there and collected it. Getting back, I discovered that it's completely useless! Despite being sealed in McAlpine packaging with "1¼ inch" clearly printed on it, it appears to be much larger by a quarter of an inch at least, maybe more; and it also seems a bit more complicated than is required, being in four parts

              But as I was over that side of hereabouts, it gave me an excuse to make a minor detour on the way back. So it's been fish & chips from the VAT fraud chippy for tea!

              And Amazon have refunded the extra shipping charge too, possibly because I opted to get it on my Amazon gift card balance rather than in the bank, so they know it'll come back to them soon

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                Tonight's major motion picture rewatch was Demolition Man (1993). Good fun, and also extremely violent

                Shopping tomorrow! About time too

                Goodnight all

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