test please delete

[NickFitz]

Spag bol for tea

Must remember to put the mundane laundry on

[ladymuck]

Today on scrambled maps, I made the mistake of selecting Medan, Indonesia.

[WTFH]

Car is now showing on the government website. it's getting closer.

[NickFitz]

There were a couple of slices of gravy-coated beef and a solitary roast spud left over from dinner last night. So that was lunch

[NickFitz]

Meanwhile on the 6th of March 2020 Brillo popped in, LM & NF shared concerns with him, NF took the car for its MOT, and I was doing the washing.

That was the MOT which mentioned a nail in a rear tyre in an advisory that I didn’t notice at the time, resulting in a flat tyre a few weeks later, and a load of hassle to get it sorted out while the country was in lockdown

[NickFitz]

That sounds far too complicated

It is complicated! Each day worked accrues 0.965 hours (approximately, it turns out) of leave. Then when leave is taken, the accumulated total to that point is reduced, but those days also don’t accrue any additional leave. So it gets very confusing when you’re trying to work out how much there’ll be at some given time, several months in advance. I ended up creating the spreadsheet the other year because I was trying to work out in February how taking a week off for my birthday in April and another for my niece’s wedding in September would affect the time I planned to take off for Christmas

[ladymuck]

I realised the other day when “booking leave” that the agency’s “holiday year” ends on the last Friday of the month, so my carefully-calculated plan to include 29 to 31 December was foiled. They’ll just pay what’s outstanding anyway so it’s not like I lose anything by it, but it means I made a mistake setting up my leave-accumulation-and-consumption spreadsheet back in January

Mind you, I haven’t got the calculations absolutely correct anyway, as there’s an additional two hundredths of an hour (1.2 seconds) in the official figure that isn’t showing up in the spreadsheet. This demonstrates why it’s a good thing I’m not an accountant

That sounds far too complicated

[ladymuck]

Afternoon all

Dull. Damp, Drizzly. Overcast. Currently 13 degrees and that's the high for the day. Barometer down to 1016 mBar.

Sunrise 07:58; Sunset 15:53 GMT

Long meeting this morning and now I'm in the hairdresser's getting the greys painted over. ConsultancyCo have their Christmas party today, which I never intended to attend and so booked this "personal appointment" into my calendar instead.

[NickFitz]

I realised the other day when “booking leave” that the agency’s “holiday year” ends on the last Friday of the month, so my carefully-calculated plan to include 29 to 31 December was foiled. They’ll just pay what’s outstanding anyway so it’s not like I lose anything by it, but it means I made a mistake setting up my leave-accumulation-and-consumption spreadsheet back in January

Mind you, I haven’t got the calculations absolutely correct anyway, as there’s an additional two hundredths of an hour (1.2 seconds) in the official figure that isn’t showing up in the spreadsheet. This demonstrates why it’s a good thing I’m not an accountant

[NickFitz]

as for shopping, it gets delivered every Sunday, no crowds, no hassle, no stress.

I could do that but it’s literally the only time I get out of the flat, other than waiting outside for takeaway deliveries, or going round the corner to the shops