Brenda Fricker, 81.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0m70zremezo
Actress: "My left foot" and as "Pigeon Lady" in Home alone 2.
The poor woman had the trauma of appearing in a film that also featured the Orange Mother****ing Moron (may his...
DoctorStrangelove
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Done: off to Oxfam with it. Nice easy read.
Next: "Law of the desert born" by Louis L'Amour. A collection of oater short stories....Leave a comment:
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Morning.
Friday.
Dry.
Sunny.
Blue sky.
23.5 deg in here, 25.2 deg in the kitchen, 22.5 in the leanto, 18 out the back.
1010 mBar, 29.83 in Hg, 757.6 Torr, 14.65 psi, (unchanged), 57% RH (Lidl electric).
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Morning.
Thursday apparently.
Dry.
Blue sky (now: it wasn't when I woke at 04:30).
Sunny (ditto).
24.1 deg in here, 25.3 in the kitchen, 23 in the leanto, 22 out the back.
1013.5 mBar, 29.93 in Hg, 760.2 Torr, 14.7 psi, (down...Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; Yesterday, 06:57.Leave a comment:
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According to google that's definitely A Thing.
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Watch out for marauding grizzlies whilst you're at it. Can't be too careful these days.....
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Morning.
Wednesday.
Dry.
Sunny.
Warm in here at 24.1 deg, 25.7 deg in the kitchen (damn that mercury thread is fine & hard to read), 24 in the leanto, 24 out the back.
1015.5 mBar, 29.987 in Hg, 761.7 Torr, 14.73 psi, (up from 1014...Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 15 July 2026, 20:33.Leave a comment:
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The assembled congregation waits in eager anticipation for The Midnight Knock on the door.
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I'm not sure I've ever been "in demand".
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Morning.
Tuesday apparently.
Fecking bedroom door slammed at some time during the night. Just as well I don't have heart problems (that I know about)..
Dry.
Sunny.
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Done: off to Oxfam with it.
Next: "The Automotive Nightmare" by Alistair Aird. From the days when petrol was 50p per gallon and had proper lead in it to stop the pinking. It looks back (from 1972) to the days of 1966 when petrol was 4/6d a gallon and 5* had lots of lead in it....Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; Yesterday, 16:58.Leave a comment:
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"The Only Way to Win is Not To Play"..
The airport bombing thing is paywalled for me..
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Morning.
Monday.
Dry.
Sunny.
Blue sky.
24.1 deg in here, 25.5 in the kitchen, 23 in the leanto, 19 outside.
1014 mBar, 29.94 in Hg, 760.6 Torr, 14.7 psi, (unchanged), 59% RH (Lidl electric).
Meanwhile on the 1st...Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 13 July 2026, 22:06.Leave a comment:
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Done: off to Oxfam with it. Seemed inneresting in places, but the reading it backwards might be an indicator otherwise.
Next: "The Atom Rush: man's quest for radioactive materials" by Harald Steinert. As translated from the original German text & published by The Scientific...Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 13 July 2026, 19:08.Leave a comment:
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Morning.
Sunday.
Dry.
Sunny.
Blue sky.
24.1 deg in here, 26 in the kitchen, 24 in the leanto, 26 in the front bedroom, 21 out the back, 23 in the saltinghouse.
1014.6 mBar, 29.96 in Hg, 761 Torr, 14.72 psi, (up from 1013 last...Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 13 July 2026, 07:41.Leave a comment:
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Morning. Awake at sparrow fart yet again.
Saturday.
Dry.
Sunny.
Blue sky.
23.8 deg in here, 25.3 in the kitchen, 23.5 in the leanto, 23.5 in the saltinghouse, 20 outside, 26 in the front bedroom.
1011 mBar, 29.854 in Hg, 758.3...Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 12 July 2026, 07:53.Leave a comment:
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Wally Funk, 87.
Who she? One of the ladies on the Mercury program, finally made it into space at 82.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/wally-funk...034700233.htmlLeave a comment:
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Morning.
Friday.
Sunny.
Dry.
Blue sky.
22.8 deg in here, 24.5 in the kitchen, 22.5 in the leanto, 24.9 in the front bedroom.
1009 mBar, 29.795 in Hg, 756.8 Torr, 14.634 psi, (unchanged), 68% RH (Lidl electric).
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Morning.
Thursday.
Dry.
Sunny.
Blue sky.
22.1 deg in here, 23.5 in the kitchen, 21 in the leanto, 17 outside, 23.8 in the front bedroom, 76 in the porch, 18.9 in the saltinghouse.
1012 mBar, 29.88 in Hg, 759 Torr, 14.6778...Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 9 July 2026, 22:03.Leave a comment:
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Better to have it & not need it than need it & not have it.
Same thing applies to guns.. (c) "True Romance (1993)"....
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Morning.
Wednesday.
Dry.
Sunny.
Blue sky.
22.2 deg in here, 23.2 in the kitchen, 21 in the leanto.
1013.5 mBar, 29.93 in Hg, 760.2 Torr, 14.6995 psi, (up from 1012 last night), 68% RH (Lidl electric).
Meanwhile...Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 8 July 2026, 22:02.Leave a comment:
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