Morning.
Thursday judging by the racket of the Recycling Engineers out on the road.
Dry.
Blue sky in parts.
Wanly sunny.
Chilly in here at 13.9 deg, 13 in the kitchen, 11.5 in the leanto.
1009 mBar, 29.795 in Hg, 756.8 Torr,...
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Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; Yesterday, 22:17.
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Is that similar to "Woe! Woe! and Thrice Woe! The End is Nigh"?
Askin' for a friend.
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My maths isn't up to it either.
Morning.
Wednesday.
Sunny.
.
Dry.
Blue sky.
Chilly in here at 13.8 deg, 13 something in the kitchen, 11.5 in the leanto, 8 in the saltinghouse.
1019.5 mBar, 30.1...Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; Yesterday, 08:15.
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Morning.
Tuesday?
Drily damp.
Grey.
Sunless.
Dreary.
NotSoChilly in here at 14.3 deg, 1 something.5 in the kitchen, 12 in the leanto.
1021 mBar, 30.15 in Hg, 765.8 Torr, 14.8 psi, (up from 1015 last night), 67%...Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 3 March 2026, 21:58.
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Done: off to Oxfam with it.
Next: "Intercept: the secret history of computers and spies from Bletchley Park to Cyber espionage" by Gordon Corera.
Tommy Flowers gets to star early on in this one.
Clifford Stoll: he of the sewing of shirts etc. and the...Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 4 March 2026, 16:01.
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Tom "Tooth Fairy" Noonan, 74.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/tom-noonan...054600089.html
From the Michael Mann Hannibal Lecktor epic "Manhunter (1986)".Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 2 March 2026, 13:47.
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Morning.
Monday.
Grey.
Wanly sunny.
NotSoChilly in here at 13.9 deg, 13 something in the kitchen, 12 in the leanto.
1005 mBar, 29.6776 in Hg, 753.8 Torr, 14.576 psi, (up from 1004 last night), 69% RH (Lidl electric).
Meanwhile...Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 3 March 2026, 12:12.
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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)....Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 1 March 2026, 22:43.
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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....Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 28 February 2026, 20:53.
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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,...Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 27 February 2026, 17:37.
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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 that's breaking at the photographs....Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; Yesterday, 16:46.
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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...Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 26 February 2026, 21:00.
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Oh deer oh deer
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....Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 25 February 2026, 13:04.
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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)....Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 25 February 2026, 23:33.
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Done:offback 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...
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