Oh deer oh deer

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Done: off to Oxfam with it.

Next: "Fallout: a journey through the nuclear age: from the atom bomb to nuclear waste" by Fred Pearce....

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Morning.

Sunday.

Grey.

Sunless.

Misty.

Drizzly.

Chilly in here at 13.8 deg, 13 deg in the kitchen, 12 in the leanto.

1007.5 mBar, 29.75 in Hg, 755.7 Torr, 14.61 psi, (down from 1011 last night), 67% RH (Lidl electric)....

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The worlds of If indeed. The Road not Taken & all that.. Poetically Frosty innit.

Morning.

Saturday. WWIII day.

Dry.

Dark grey one side, hints of blue sky the other.

Sunless.

NotSoChilly in here at 14.2 deg, 13....

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Neil Sedaka, 86.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yrdr5d43yo

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In one of the current books:



The villagers thought he was crazy until a year or so later. ....

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Morning.

Friday.

Was sunny: now grey.

Was damp, now wet.

Was clear, now misty moisty drizzly.

NotSoChilly in here at 14.8 deg, 13. something in the kitchen, 12.5 in the leanto.

1002 mBar, 29.59 in Hg, 751.6 Torr, 14.532 psi,...

[DoctorStrangelove]

Done: off to Oxfam with it.

Next: "SOE's Secret Weapons Centre STATION 12" by Des Turner, which is made up of interviews with people who worked there back in the 40s. A reread from 2021.

A paperback that once again has a spine breaking at the photographs.
...

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Thursday.

Grey.

Misty.

Drizzly.

Sunless.

NotSoChilly in here at 14.8 deg, 13 in the kitchen, 13 in the leanto.

1010 mBar, 29.83 in Hg, 757.6 Torr, 14.65 psi, (down from 1011 last night), 67% RH (Lidl...

[DoctorStrangelove]

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/kentucky-m...211317666.html



Hell, he's goddamn lucky it wasn't deer hunting season* or he might have been shot.

*September to January. HTH....

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Wednesday.

Grey.

Sunless.

Dry.

NotSoChilly in here at 14.3 deg, 13 deg in the kitchen (thermometer display is now faulty), 13 deg in the leanto (classic alcohol thermometer: display not faulty and it doesn't need a battery)....

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Buy your baked beans now!

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Done: off back to Oxfam with it. He writes a good book it must be said: just don't drop them on your foot.. So that's "Austerity (45-51)", "Family (51-57) ", "Modernity (57-62)" and "Northern Wind (62-65)" done & dusted. Must be a good foot of books in...

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Tuesday.

Damp.

Wanly sunny.

Grey.

Chilly in here at 13.8 deg, 13 deg in the kitchen (thermometer is dying), 12 deg in the leanto, 12 deg in the saltinghouse.

1010 mBar, 29.83 in Hg, 757.6 Torr, 14.65 psi, (down from...

[DoctorStrangelove]

Done: off to Oxfam with it.

Next: "Taming the Infinite:the story of maths from the first numbers to chaos theory" by Ian Stewart. Remaindered at £2.99 reduced to £1.49.

Well there's a thing: completely forgotten how to get the roots of a quadratic, and every trig...

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Only a couple of 3M cassettes. Well there's a thing.

I remember the time the sprinkler main ruptured in the basement area of the Gorseinon plant where audio cassettes were made: it was 3 feet deep in water in roughly nothing flat, there being several million gallons of water available on...

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You need to worry when it says "Come with me if you want to live" or "Hasta la vista, baby". .

My Rover 90 P4 never did any of that: then again the only active devices were the radio valves in the HMV (Radiomobile) Wireless. ....

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I wonder if my long long ago ex boss still has that photo of him & AMW on his company's site. .

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Morning.

Monday.

Dry but picking with rain.

Grey.

Misty.

Sunless.

NotSoChilly in here at 14 deg, 12.5 deg in the kitchen, 12 deg in the leanto.

1011.5 mBar, 29.87 in Hg, 758.7 Torr, 14.67 psi, (down from 1012...

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Sunday.

Damp but no drizzle.

Wanly sunny.

Greyish.

Chilly in here at 13.4 deg, 12 in the kitchen, 12 in the leanto.

1012.5 mBar, 29.899 in Hg, 75.44 Torr, 14.685 psi, (unchanged), 66% RH (Lidl electric).
...

[DoctorStrangelove]

Done: off to Oxfam with it. It seemed loooong. Dunno why.

Next: "The Currents of Space" by I. Asimov (1952). Part of the non existent "Galactic Empire" trilogy which are early 50s standalone novels. 205 pages and 35p: printed 1973.

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