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    This evening I went to meet a friend who I hadn't seen for a good two years. I was apprehensive but it turned out to be a good evening.

    Farringdon was bedlam on arrival and we were lucky to find a pub that had a couple of seats.

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      I finished reading I Am Legend tonight. It’s very good

      Friday tomorrow!

      Goodnight all

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        Morning all
        CBS, etc
        TFIF, etc
        …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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          Morning.

          Friday.

          Dry.

          Sunny.

          Blue sky.

          15.9 deg in here, 15 in the kitchen, 14 in the leanto.

          1019.5 mBar, 30.1 in Hg, 764.7 Torr, 14.787 psi, (down from 1020 last night), 63% RH (Lidl electric).

          Meanwhile on the 25th of March 2020 Brillo popped in a lot, whilst BR14, LM, NF, and I managed to squeeze a post in here & there.

          Walk (unabbreviated, towpath) walked. Shopping trip to Boots to get what I forgot about yesterday, only to find it wasn't in stock.

          Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: some oiks waffling on about religious revival.

          Instead the R4 thing about the 7 deadly sins.

          Box room back together. Somewhere in there is a screwdriver I've just lost FFS. I hate it when that happens.

          And a phone call on my bat phone. Haven't had one of those for ages.

          Now getting outside a mug of mediocre yet consistent coffee.

          I wonder WTF that screwdriver went. ​.

          Dismantled the boxroom again. Found the screwdriver downstairs in the office cum junkroom, exactly where I'd left it. .

          Added some screws to the bookcase which is showing its age.

          Put boxroom back together for the 2nd time.

          Vacced the sawdust off the carpet.

          Tea: chicken in white sauce etc. the etc. being augmented by some wegetables I bought from Tesco the other day in an experiment. I expect the house to become very fragrant over the next couple of hours.

          Entertainment: PM with Heggsy waffling on about how NATO let the Zionists and the Septics down so badly, and how they're reconsidering the status of The Falkland Islands.

          Expect the Septics to refer to them as Las Malvinas shortly. .

          Funny how the illusory "special relationship" only ever works one way.

          Taggart S10 E4 "Forbidden Fruit". A new year's day ep. The one about the fertility clinic where the doctor secretly sires 60 children.

          I can't remember if the real world versions of that were known back in 1994.
          Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 24 April 2026, 22:38.
          When the fun stops, STOP.

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            Morning denizens

            It’s another sunny day with a clear bleu sky, and expected to continue so. It’s 9°C and aiming for 17° again, with the barometers down a little at 1016/1024mB

            I’ll be going shopping shortly but I don’t need much, so I’ll just pop up to Not-as-Big Sainsbury’s

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              Shopping done!

              As predicted, not a huge amount to get. But I remembered to use a voucher for 80p that they’d sent me, being some Nectar Prices that hadn’t been applied the other week for some reason

              Upon returning home, I found a notification on my phone concerning another voucher for the same reason, this time for £1.34

              Still a nice, sunny day out. Just a few wisps of cloud starting to appear near the horizon

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                Afternoon all

                Another cloud-free day. Currently 17 degrees with a high of 18 expected. Feels chilly though, in the shade. Barometer down to 1025 mBar.

                Sunrise 05:47; Sunset 20:13 BST

                Only a few meetings, and no dramas. Just how I like it.

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                  afternoon all
                  just when all was going well, my estranged wife died intestate.
                  25 years apart, and NOW i've got to sort her tulip out AGAIN!
                  MAKE A WILL PEOPLE!!!
                  PLEASE!

                  <rant over>
                  He who Hingeth aboot, Getteth Hee Haw. https://forums.contractoruk.com/core...ies/smokin.gif

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                    Originally posted by sadkingbilly View Post
                    afternoon all
                    just when all was going well, my estranged wife died intestate.
                    25 years apart, and NOW i've got to sort her tulip out AGAIN!
                    MAKE A WILL PEOPLE!!!
                    PLEASE!
                    Did think to die intestate & nominate my useless nephew to sort out the chaos.

                    Trouble is it wouldn't be down to him/her/it, rather to his sister & my sister, so that idea has bitten the dust.

                    Have a manly .
                    Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 24 April 2026, 20:14.
                    When the fun stops, STOP.

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                      Originally posted by sadkingbilly View Post
                      afternoon all
                      just when all was going well, my estranged wife died intestate.
                      25 years apart, and NOW i've got to sort her tulip out AGAIN!
                      MAKE A WILL PEOPLE!!!
                      PLEASE!
                      Sorry to hear that. Yes, I ought to sort out a will; thanks for the reminder

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