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[NickFitz]

Afternoon denizens

Cloudy again here, and still somewhat breezy. It’s 16°C, which is the high for the day, but “feels like” 12°; the barometers have reversed course and are down to 991/998mB

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Tonight’s motion picture premiere was Barbarian (2022). TBH I only watched this because it’s “free” on Netflix but won’t be in a week or so, and people have spoken highly of it. It’s one of those horror movies where bad things happen to good people, of which there seem to be so many these...

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Tea has been homemade BBQ ribs, with chips

Still mostly cloudy out, but not in a rainy way

The magpie parents seem very protective this year. The other morning, one of them chivvied some pigeons that happened to be standing near the flowerbed when the young ones...

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Lunch has been the rest of the cold cocktail sausages

A bit late getting it though, as I was engrossed in mucking about with new forum stuff

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

It’s a cloudy day, though there’s some blue gaps to the west so maybe it’ll brighten up later, though the app doesn’t think so. The wind is a lot lighter but the current temperature of 12° still “feels like” 8°; the expected high is 16°, and the barometers...

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This evening’s viewing was E3 of Legends

And in The Middle Kingdoms, things went from bad to worse in the years up to 1945. But here comes Stalin, so maybe things will get better now?

Goodnight all

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Tea has been sweet & sour pork out of the freezer, with fried rice

Rain due soon, but then it’s expected to be a clear night. Still breezy though

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Another week done!

The young magpies seem to enjoy playing around beneath the rose bushes. I think they’re intrigued by the petals that have fallen with the winds of the past week or so, as one of them carried one out to the lawn and they all seemed to have a try at eating it...

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The young magpies are back!

The parents had continued their anxious patrolling of the area this morning, with no sign of the young ones. But the three of them are down on the lawn now, fussing around the mother! The wind’s dropped a bit, so maybe they’d done the sensible thing...

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Morning denizens

It’s a blustery day, with sunny spells as the clouds shift hither and yon, though rain is expected during much of the morning. It’s 13°C and “feels like” 6°, with an expected high of 17°, while the barometers have dropped sharply to 980/988mB ...

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This evening’s viewing was a bit of Police Interceptors

In The Middle Kingdoms, they’ve made a terrible mess of Central Europe after the Great War, shoehorning places together that don’t want to be together and creating new countries like Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia; a...

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Tea was initially an enigma, as it was some thing I’d put in the freezer without labelling it. It turned out to be the spicy chicken thighs with shallots and cherry tomatoes that I made the other week, so I made some chips to go with it. Pretty nice actually

The rain’s been...

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Quite Simpsonesque out now

Just £50 won on the Premium Bonds this month. Come on Ernie, you can do better than that!

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Lunch has been leftover chips and lamb from the other evening, because I made too much

The rain was occasional and more inclined to drizzle after some early downpours, and seems to have petered out altogether now

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

It’s a grey start today, with what seems to be a lot of layers of various thicknesses. It’s still breezy, and this is expected to continue, getting even breezier during or after the rain that’s expected to visit from the next hour or so to mid-afternoon. As...

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In The Middle Kingdoms, the Great War has made a right mess of everything. Hungary, which had seceded from Austria-Hungary, had the distinction of being the last of the Central European states to surrender in 1918. This was also its first official act as an independent nation

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Tea has been spag bol, which I’ve been meaning to make for ages but kept forgetting to

Nice sunny evening now, with young magpies ditzing around under the rose bushes

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Thunderstorm here too! But it started with distant rumblings about thirty minutes ago, passed over us with heavy rain, and has already gone. Looks like the sun’s about to come out now!

Today was one of those days where I identified a bug first thing, had to leave it to do something...

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Lunch has been leftover chicken chow mein, quickly refried in the wok

Using the wok is good because it forces me to tidy up anything left lying around on the wok burner side of the hob, as I’m convinced the massive flame will set fire to it if I don’t

The...

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Morning denizens

Last night’s rain continues, but is expected to peter out in a couple of hours. It’s 15°C (“feels like” 11°) and the expected high is only 18°; the barometers are, as might be expected, down at 990/997mB

This morning has brought confirmation...