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[DoctorStrangelove]

20 years on and it's just about the only live thread left. .

Morning.

Tuesday?

Dark.

Dank.

Dreary.

Grey.

Drizzly.

Damp.

Chilly in here at 17 deg, 16 deg in the kitchen, 14.5 in the...

[DoctorStrangelove]

Done: off to Oxfam with it. Looks very much as if I don't have book 5 either.

Next: "Don't Panic: Douglas Adams and the H2G2" by Neil Gaiman. The updated 2003 edition: remaindered at £3.99....

[DoctorStrangelove]

You really couldn't make this crap up. Especially since it's showing the buttons as already clicked. ....

[DoctorStrangelove]

Done: read for the 2nd time: off to Oxfam with it.

Next: TBD....

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Monday.

Grey.

Dark.

Dank.

Dreary.

Drizzly.

Windy.

Sunless.

Chilly in here at 16.4 deg, 15.5 in the kitchen, 14 in the leanto.

1005 mBar, 29.6776 in Hg, 753.8 Torr,...

[DoctorStrangelove]

100% due to my extensive ignore list in the current version. .

Meanwhile on the 27th of February 2020 NF remembered the teacakes in the freezer. ....

[DoctorStrangelove]

Done: off to Oxfam with it. I didn't attempt to understand any of the codes/cyphers mentioned. The most recent mention was of the Krogers.

Next: TBD....

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Sunday.

Blue sky.

Sunny.

Chilly in here at 16.1 deg, 15.5 in the kitchen, 13.5 in the leanto.

1002 mBar, 29.59 in Hg, 751.6 Torr, 14.53 psi, (up from 999 last night), 62% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 27th...

[DoctorStrangelove]

Done: off to Oxfam with it. "Strength" by Poul Anderson and Mildred Downey Broxon was very good: the end of magic leading to the return of the glaciers and the fall of a civilisation held up by magic, presumably 14000 years ago in north America.

Next: TBD....

[DoctorStrangelove]

I was wondering exactly that only yesterday whilst listening to The 17 o'clock Saxe Coburg Gotha programme on R4....

[DoctorStrangelove]

G'day.

Saturday.

Damp/Dry/Wet/Torrential* *delete where applicable: all have applied.

Grey/Blue sky.

Sunny/black.

Cool in here at 17.3 deg, 16.5 in the kitchen, 15.5 in the leanto.

997 mBar, 29.44 in Hg, 747.8 Torr, 14.46...

[DoctorStrangelove]

Backend fetch failed? That's a new one.

Morning.

Friday. Curiously quiet out there: I don't like it.

Damp.

Grey.

Sunless.

Chilly in here at 16.4 deg, 15.5 in the kitchen, 14 in the leanto.

993 mBar, 29.3232 in...

[DoctorStrangelove]

Done: off to Oxfam with it.

Next: "The Magic May Return" edited by L. Niven. An anthology containing "Not Long Before The End" being the first of Niven's Warlock stories plus stories by other writers in the same vein....

[DoctorStrangelove]

Pips: get ready to squeak. .

[DoctorStrangelove]

And following on from Mr Springsteen there's another 45 minutes of my life gone, watching some French long distance rifle shooter doing a review of Hollywood sniper movies.

He's not impressed. .

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Thursday apparently: must be judging by the racket the recycling engineers made.

Dry.

Grey.

Sunless.

Even chillier in here at 15.7 deg, 15 in the kitchen, 12 in the leanto (was 10), 7.3 in the saltinghouse.

1001 mBar,...

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Wednesday. Should have done the washing yesterday.

Grey.

Dark.

Drizzly.

Sunless.

Chilly in here at 16.8 deg, 15.5 in the kitchen, 14 in the leanto.

996 mBar, 29.4 in Hg, 747 Torr, 14.445 psi, (down from...

[DoctorStrangelove]

The little piranha fish is no more. .

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Tuesday <checks clock> Yes. Tuesday.

Yet another horrible jobs dream. I hate those. Much as I've hated so many jobs.

Damp.

Wanly sunny.

High cloud.

Chilly in here at 16.4 deg, 15.5 in the kitchen, 14 in the...

[DoctorStrangelove]

Done: off to Oxfam with it. Took a long time to read those last 40 pages.

Next: TBD....