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[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Thursday.

Dry.

Blue sky in parts.

Sunny.

23.3 deg in here, 25 Hg deg in the kitchen, 22.5 alcohol deg in the leanto.

1011.5 mBar, 29.87 in Hg, 758.7 Torr, 14.67 psi, (down from 1012 last night), 72% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 28th of March 2020 LM and BR14 managed to squeeze a post or two past Brillo's drivel. BR14 was having a hard time.

Had the upstairs windows open all night, and only needed the cover sheet after 03:00 or so. No dreams to speak of, which made a pleasant change.

Walk (unabbreviated, towpath) walked. The canal is still flowing down that hole up by Calor Gas. Oddly there's a new patch of tarmac on the path. Maybe someone was investigating where the water is going.

Isn't the usual means of plugging such a leak simply dumping some bags of bentonite clay in the hole in the hope that it expands & plugs the leak?

Goodness me, that does seem to be technique that's used. How the feck did I know that?

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: scam watch. Toast: the Wilko debacle. I rather miss Wilko but there you go & there it went.

The vac has been run over the leanto, kitchen and living room, the doing of which has raised more of a sweat than is tolerable so that is it for today.

[NickFitz]

The bread turned out very well, judging by external appearances

Having sliced it and made a round of toast, I can confirm that it did indeed turn out well

My earliest efforts at wholemeal loaves when I got the breadmaker (a year ago next week!) were too dense, so I tried the thing of using 25% white flour. This helped, but they were still too dense, particularly at the bottom. Then, a little while back, I accidentally put in twice as much olive oil as intended (I use that instead of butter because it’s easier) and it came out much better. And this time I accidentally put in nearly twice as much again, and it’s just about right all the way down

[WTFH]

Morning all
05:12 wake up and out the door for a walk. Warming up now, even though it’s supposed to be cooler today.

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Sunny. No cloud. Currently 22 degrees ('feels like' 25) with a high of 30 expected. Barometer continues downwards to 1022 mBar.

Sunrise 04:53; Sunset 21:05 BST

Had a very good night's sleep; absolutely knackered this morning. Not happy that, after yesterday's cooler temperatures and the wonderful breeze in the evening, we're back to firey ball conditions. There was no exciting weather around these parts.

My pension adviser wants a chat. I wonder if that's to tell me my fund has nose dived since I asked him to disinvest (is that a real word?) from all things US. I could take a look, I suppose.

[NickFitz]

I was able to get the shopping done at lunchtime!

However, the ongoing roadworks between here and Not-As-Big Sainsbury's meant that I didn't get back until an hour after I'd gone, so there was no time for actual lunch

But I was able to guzzle down a few cold cocktail sausages during one of the meetings where they were telling us about various things I'm not that interested in

[NickFitz]

That’s the work week done!

Can’t believe it was only three days. It felt like it dragged on for ages, probably because there isn’t a huge amount to do and what there is tends towards the tedious

This is also the last week of submitting my timesheet through Hays’ creaky system, for as of Monday we all fall under the aegis of that newfangled PSR thing