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[NickFitz]

Tea was brought to me from the Turkish place, because I couldn’t be bothered cooking and I had an £8 voucher I had to use there some time this week

The kitchen isn’t being completely neglected though: a wholemeal loaf is in the process of becoming in the breadmaker

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Currywurst for lunch

To go along with this, a bit of Ice Road Truckers

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A glorious time. After years of suffering, the relief was tremendous! ...

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Morning denizens

Grey day again, and things seem a little damp after some rain last night. Mild enough though: 7°C (“feels like” 5°) and aiming for 8° this afternoon - though that will coincide with the chance of more rain, continuing into the night (50-70%). The barometers...

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There was a reasonable amount of wildlife stuff on the box today, and later a further episode of Planet Earth III

Meanwhile in Berlin, the Russians are ready to begin their final assault, Eisenhower has paused his forces at the Elbe because he’s a mug, and the Fuhrer continues to issue...

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Tea was brought to me from the South Indian place past the park. Very nice indeed, though it induced a great deal of gustatory rhinitis

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Afternoon denizens

It’s cloudy with bits of blue showing here and there and a bit of a breeze, with some showers passing through from time to time. The current 8°C supposedly “feels like” 2° but I don’t think it’s that bad, based on poking my head out of the window. The...

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Not one, but two major motion picture premieres tonight!

First up was Dominique (2024) in which the eponymous heroine, a trained killer from Ukraine, ends up defending a worthy family from cartel thugs in Colombia. I worked out from IMDb that this character first appeared in another...

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That really is no age <- manly...

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Tea has been lamb steaks with chips and beans

I didn’t get around to having any lunch as I wasn’t feeling particularly hungry, so I ended up just having a bag of salt & vinegar crisps in the afternoon

It’s started raining here. Shouldn’t last though,...

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Morning denizens

Grey day with a bit of a breeze, though the rain that passed by earlier seems to have been brief, and no more is expected other than a possible (50%) visitation this evening. Not too chilly at 6°C (which “feels like” 0°) with an expected high of 8°, while...

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In Berlin, the Red Army has made its way to the Oder in about three weeks and established bridgeheads there. But then they had to get rid of the Germans kettled in East Prussia, which they did with great efficiency and exceptional brutality. Now they can turn their attention westwards again, and we...

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Tea: pork cutlet with chips and beans

This was accompanied by the remainder of the Inside the Factory Christmas special, meaning I can now move on to their less seasonal fare

And I’ve put the mundane laundry on. Doing this on Thursday evening seems to be...

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I noticed while doing my timesheet this afternoon that my extension to early August appears to have been sorted out, so: boomed!

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Another week done!

I managed some really productive stuff today in the interstices between meetings and things

Just popped round to the shops once I’d finished and I’m starting to find those “feels like” temperatures a bit more convincing. It didn’t...

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Lunch has been a bit of leftover oniony chicken casserole as it wouldn’t split into whole figures as portions for freezing, due to an odd number of chicken thighs

I managed to avoid being landed with too much tech debt stuff

There’s a long and dull "all...

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Morning denizens

Thursday!

It’s a bit misty this morning, presaging a cloudy day. The relatively mild 4°C “feels like” -1°, even though there isn’t much breeze; the day’s high will be 5° but only for a brief spell this afternoon. The barometers...

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Tonight I started reading Berlin: The Downfall 1945 in which The Red Army has launched its attack across the Vistula and, within days, has taken back much of Poland and also cut East Prussia off from the Reich. There’ll be no stopping them now!

Tomorrow’s the day we’re supposed...

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Tea was some leftover thing that’s been in the freezer for a while. I couldn’t remember what it was! I’ve occasionally thought about having it, then found something else instead with a known identity

But I decided to defrost it and see what turned up, and it revealed itself to...

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A reasonably productive afternoon was had

There was also an unexpected surprise in the form of nearly five grand arriving in my bank account. This comes down an inheritance chain: it was from a sum that was left by my great uncle to my Mum and Dad, then devolved solely to my Dad...