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Looks inneresting. A 1920s childhood. They don't make 'em like that any more....
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Morning.
Tuesday.
Grey.
Dark.
Dank.
Dreary.
Drizzly.
Misty.
Sunless.
Chilly in here at 14.7 deg, 15 deg in the kitchen, 15 deg in the leanto.
1009.5 mBar, 29.81 in Hg, 757.18...Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; Today, 12:23.
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As a fine example of losing momentum, sense, story, continuity, or anything else, Andromeda has just wrapped from S4 E22 to S5 E1 on Leg End....
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Morning.
Monday.
Grey.
Sunless.
Damp and misty earlier.
Chilly in here at 14.1 deg, 13 in the kitchen, 13 in the leanto, 12.6 deg in the saltinghouse.
1010.5 mBar, 29.84 in Hg, 757.94 Torr, 14.656 psi, (up from 1010 last night),...Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; Yesterday, 22:35.
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^^^
I still miss my cat who departed in 2010.
Morning.
Sunday.
Dreary.
Grey.
Drizzling side of damp.
Sunless.
Chilly in here at 13.5 deg, 13 deg in the kitchen, 13 deg in the leanto.
...Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 17 March 2024, 21:37.
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Morning.
Saturday.
OM.
Dry.
Grey.
Sunless.
Chilly in here at 13.1 deg, 12.5 deg in the kitchen, 11 deg in the leanto.
1015 mBar, 29.973 in Hg, 761.312 Torr, 14.72 psi, (up from 1012 last night),...Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 17 March 2024, 09:42.
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Morning.
Friday.
Grey.
Dark.
Dank.
Dreary.
Wet.
Sunless.
Chilly in here at 14 deg, 12.5 deg in the kitchen, 13 deg in the leanto.
1000 mBar, 29.53 in Hg, 750.062 Torr, 14.5 psi, (up from...Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 15 March 2024, 19:34.
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Morning.
Thursday apparently.
Wet.
Grey.
Dark.
Dank.
Dreary.
Wet.
Sunless.
Chilly in here at 13.8 deg, 12.5 in the kitchen, 13 in the leanto.
1001 mBar, 29.5595 in Hg, 750.8...Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 14 March 2024, 22:39.
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Morning.
Wednesday.
Wet, very wet.
Misty, very misty.
Sunless.
Grey, very grey.
Chilly in here at 13.8 deg, 12.5 in the kitchen & leanto.
1007 mBar, 29.7366 in Hg, 755.3 Torr, 14.6 psi, (down from 1008 last...Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 13 March 2024, 23:00.
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This. The 87th from "Cop Hater" in 1956 to "Fiddlers" in 2005. Sadly missed and not forgetting the Matthew Hope novels and some of the Evan Hunter oevre.
Steve Carella, Meyer Meyer, Arthur Brown. Kling. Cotton Hawes. "Fat Ollie" Weeks.
Must dig...Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 12 March 2024, 15:13.
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Morning.
Tuesday.
Wet.
Grey.
Dark.
Dank.
Dreary.
Chilly in here at 13.1 deg, 12.5 deg in the kitchen, 12 deg in the leanto.
1005 mBar, 29.6776 in Hg, 753.81199 Torr, 14.576 psi, (down from 1008 last...Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 17 March 2024, 19:27.
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Well there's a thing:
https://www.i-programmer.info/histor...m-osborne.html
"The Value of Power" by General Automation.
There's a copy upstairs somewhere.
https://www.amazon.com/Value-Power-M.../dp/B000MD9FS8
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Morning.
Monday.
Damp.
Grey.
Sunless.
Chilly in here at 13 deg, 12.5 in the kitchen, 12 deg in the leanto, 9 deg in the saltinghouse.
1004 mBar, 29.648 in Hg, 753.06 Torr, 14.56 psi, (up from 999 last night), 75% RH (GDR hair),...Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 11 March 2024, 22:59.
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Done. Off to Oxfam with it, having missed the latest donation.
Lots & lots of names from the past in that one, the fat newspaper pension stealing whale who "fell off" his boat being one. Did he jump or was he pushed?
Next: "The nuclear barons" by Peter...Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 15 March 2024, 10:40.
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Morning.
Sunday.
Damp.
Wanly sunny.
Chilly in here at 13.3 deg, 12.5 deg in the kitchen, 11.5 deg in the leanto.
992 mBar, 29.29 in Hg, 744.1 Torr, 14.3877 psi, (up from 989 last night), 75% RH (GDR hair), 69% RH (Lidl electric).
...Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 10 March 2024, 22:47.
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Strangelove Grandfather worked until he was 78 when his dementia meant he had to stop, and no pension so he was on National Assistance for the next 3 years until he popped his clogs.
The other Grandfather died at 64 from cancer of the oesophagus, so he never had any return on contributions...
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Hi, Elon How's things going with Twatter? Just askin' like. ...
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Apart from George Dixon who was shot dead by a vengeful Dirk Bogarde in "The Blue Lamp (1950)" only to be resurrected for another 20 years in Dock Green....
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