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[NickFitz]

Lunch: a cold chicken leg. Made a nice change

Still haven’t detected any evidence that anything’s leaking. I started panicking when I realised that the pressure valve on the boiler was showing a lower number than I vaguely remembered it being at previously, which can be evidence of a leak. But a minute or so later the thermostat told it to warm the place up and it went back to where I expected it to be, so I think it’s fine

I really must get it serviced though; the previous owner had it done just before I moved in, at my instigation, but I haven’t got around to having it looked at since

[Pondlife]

Good Afternoon All,

Wind 11 kt from the North
Temperature 5°C
Humidity 70%
Pressure 1014 hPa
Visibility 10 km or more
Few clouds at a height of 3400 ft

Soup for lunch because, well, it's a weekday and that's all I ever have for lunch midweek. Homemade and this weeks seems more carroty and less spicy than normal.

Was up in Scotland for the weekend to watch Ice Hockey and I have determined that the best rink served food is in Fife.

[ladymuck]

Will wonders never cease? Someone has fixed the forum emailing feature and I'm now being alerted to things.

[NickFitz]

Another day done!

No rest just yet though, for the AGM of the Limited Company for where I live starts shortly on Zoom. Attendance isn’t mandatory, of course, but I vaguely feel like I ought to show up, if only to find out what the middle-aged middle-class white people are moaning about nowadays

[NickFitz]

Will wonders never cease? Someone has fixed the forum emailing feature and I'm now being alerted to things.

WTFH raised it with me, and I brought it to the attention of the new Powers That Be, and they fixed it

[NickFitz]

No rest just yet though, for the AGM of the Limited Company for where I live starts shortly on Zoom. Attendance isn’t mandatory, of course, but I vaguely feel like I ought to show up, if only to find out what the middle-aged middle-class white people are moaning about nowadays

Drain covers are a matter of concern for some, it turns out. And that perennial favourite, parking, was brought up of course. I’m OK with the suggestion that people who have visitors staying over the weekend should ask them to park on the road, but I don’t expect it’ll make much difference

The most amusing moment was when the matter of replacing the cast iron drainpipes on the two old blocks came up. Apparently, like-for-like replacement would cost around a million quid, which is a lot even when split across thirty-odd flats! The expressions on the faces of those who had their cameras on were a sight to behold. But they’re hoping to get planning permission to use ones made of plastic which look like the real thing and have previously been approved for use on listed buildings, so they should end up being charged quite a bit less

For our block, the only potential big ticket item is replacing the doors on the room of storerooms with new fire doors, which they’ve decided can be done out of the block's reserve fund

And apparently we in the new block can also expect a rebate on this year’s management fees, as whatever it all gets spent on hasn’t cost as much as they expected. I assume this will come in the form of a reduction on next year’s charges rather than sending us cheques or whatever, but every little helps!

My only contribution was to ask about the matter of wayleaves so we can get fibre to the premises. Apparently one of the old blocks is getting it in the very near future, the cabling having recently been installed to the building and work on the runs to the individual flats being about to start. It seems our block might be a bit trickier to get to as it could involve digging up the drive. But I’m going to start the process, as I appear to be the only one in this block who had heard of it being a possibility, or even knew what it was

[NickFitz]

Tea, hastily prepared after the AGM, has been lamb steaks and chips

[NickFitz]

Tonight’s viewing was the start of a Netflix documentary series about the Yorkshire Ripper. At least it was British, and therefore didn’t change the subject every thirty seconds

And later, I read more of Going Going Gone

Tomorrow, somebody will be coming round to inspect the flat door because of Grenfell. Weirdly, the other two blocks aren’t tall enough to require this annual check, though they’re almost as tall as this one; it’s the top floor that does it

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Quite a lot of thin layers of cloud stretch to the horizon in most directions, but there’s a lot of blue sky directly above and it seems to be clearing from the northwest-ish. Cold night though: it’s now back up to -1°C, though it “feels like” -7°; and the day itself will only make it to 4°. The barometers are back up a little at 1001/1010mB

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Thursday apparently.

Dry.

Sunny.

Frosty.

Chilly in here at 13.3 deg, 11 deg in the kitchen, 5 deg in the leanto, 2.6 deg in the saltinghouse.

1013.5 mBar, 29.93 in Hg, 760.2 Torr, 14.6995 psi, (up from 1012 last night), 50% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 1st of March I was watchiing "Homeland" whilst NF was watching "The Killing" S1, whereas on the 2nd AndyGarbs, Churchill, and Brillo popped in along with LM and everyone was cold.

Walk (towpath, unabbreviated) walked. Less cold today without yesterday's wind. Still took 3 miles to feel my fingers again.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: Y&Y scam watch <click>. Toast: the rise & fall of Blackberry.

We'll all go together when we go:

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Tea: beans on toast with scrambled egg. Nice enough. Entertainment: PM with the Orange Moron spouting about sedition. Well he should know, being as he started some.

The Nazi programme.

Maybe Julia Bradbury about Scottish railways.

Classic Movies: Escape from New York.

The directors: Discovering John Frankenheimer.

Not the space thing since I've already watched it on BBC2 NI.