Done: off to Oxfam with it.
Next: "Crazy Horse & Custer" by Stephen E. Ambrose. 1975. When he still had curly hair as witnessed by his appearance on World at War.
It's all about General Custard. The Glory Hunter. And Crazy Horse, the chap who did away with him....
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Morning.
Wednesday.
Dark.
Dank.
Dreary.
Grey.
Sunless (though the light was really odd earlier).
Wet: lumpy rain, so plainly on the way to sleet.
Cold in here at 12 deg, 10 deg in the kitchen, 8 deg...Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; Yesterday, 23:24.
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I'm not sure but I think it was the first of the trilogy that I read, long long ago. Possibly indicated by it being 3/6d as opposed to the 5/- of Foundation & Empire.
Done: off to Oxfam with it.
Next: TBD....
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^^^ An Om for NF.
Morning.
Tuesday.
Wet, very wet.
Grey.
Sunless.
Cold in here at 14.2 deg, 12.5 deg in the kitchen, 11 deg in the leanto.
995 mBar (though it went up from 994 when I tapped it), 29.382 in Hg,...Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 19 November 2024, 21:57.
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Wot? You can warm up the house for practically zero cost? That's a win!...
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On the dam thing: Cofiwch Dryweryn as they say around here, apparently. .
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Morning.
Monday.
Damp.
Dreary.
Wanly sunny to start, grey & overcast & raining now.
Chilly in here at 14.5 deg, 12.5 deg in the kitchen, 12 deg in the leanto.
1009 mBar, 29.795 in Hg, 756.8 Torr, 14.634 psi, (unchanged),...Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 19 November 2024, 09:00.
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Done: very probably off to Oxfam with it.
Next: "Second Foundation" by I. Asimov. This one was 3/6d. (That's 17.5p by the way).
More Mule.
I remembered recently that in the long ago when I originally read this stuff I thought there really was an "Encyclopaedia...
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Morning.
Sunday.
Dry.
Wanly sunny.
Blue sky in parts.
Chilly in here at 13.8 deg (now 14.2), 12.5 deg in the kitchen, 11 deg in the leanto.
1015ish mBar, 29.972 in Hg, 761.3 Torr, 14.72 psi, (unchanged), 61% RH (Lidl electric)....Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 17 November 2024, 23:33.
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Morning.
Saturday.
Grey.
Sunless.
Dry apart from hints of drizzle up the hill.
Chilly in here at 14.2 deg, 12.5 deg in the kitchen, 12 deg in the leanto.
1017 mBar, 30.03 in Hg, 762.8 Torr, 14.75 psi, (down from 1020 last...Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 16 November 2024, 22:57.
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And after the Final Breath, along come the Infernal Revenue for their cut.
For some odd reason I'm quite proud of one of my distant ancestors assaulting a revenuer.
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Morning.
Friday apparently.
Some very odd dreams. . One of which was apocalyptic (1Mt imminent), the other was erotic and very strange, and another was in some sort of cinema.
Dry.
Sunny.
Cold in here at 13.8 deg, 12.5 deg in the...Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 15 November 2024, 23:49.
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Morning.
Thursday.
Dry.
Sunny.
Blue sky in parts.
Chilly in here at 14.1 deg, 12 deg in the kitchen, 11 deg in the leanto, 8.8 deg in the salting house.
1029 mBar, 30.386 in Hg, 771.8 Torr, 14.924 psi, (down from 1030 last...Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 14 November 2024, 23:08.
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I must have blinked & missed that bit. . Then again much of E3 was "watched" with the sound muted....
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