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21.6 deg in here, 23 in the kitchen, 20 in the leanto.
1015.5 mBar, 29.9876 in Hg, 761.7 Torr, 14.73 psi, (down from 1017 last night), 66% RH (Lidl electric).
Meanwhile on the 31st of March 2020 NF was trying to get the surgery to sort out his meds, whilst vetran and LM were speaking Spanish & quoting Bart Simpson. I wonder if LM found out how long that pineapple lasted. .
It’s a clear blue sky above while a ring of cumuli lurk low on the horizon It’s also pretty windy (19mph, gusts to 32mph), which started last night and will continue all day. As a result, the present 16°C “feels like” 11°; the expected high is 22°, and the barometers are heading downwards at 1007/1015mB
This evening’s viewing was the second episode of the Philadelphia mob thing, in which the FBI are realising that as soon as you put one boss away, a rival boss takes over
And in A Game of Birds and Wolves, the great success of the anti-U-boat game has led to a number of Wrens, often just out of school, becoming the world’s leading experts on anti-submarine warfare, despite having no seafaring experience beyond taking the ferry over the water to Birkenhead and back
Thursday tomorrow! And it’s Tech Debt Thursday, so with a bit of luck I’ll have time to do the shopping at lunchtime - I only need to go to Not-as-Big Sainsbury’s
The day at the office was as expected. The PM and I nearly missed a meeting because we were too busy gossiping. Then we went for a long lunch in the pub before leaving at 4pm.
21.8 deg in here, 22.9 in the kitchen, 20.5 in the leanto.
1018 mBar, 30.06 in Hg, 763.6 Torr, 14.76 psi, (up from 1015 last night), 65% RH (Lidl electric).
Meanwhile on the 31st of March 2020 LM posted a lot, vetran posted a bit, and NF popped in.
Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: Classic Movies: Kind Hearts and Coronets. Who says mass murder can't be funny?
Paul Murton on 3 remote Scottish Islands: Heillsgeir, Sula sgeir, North Rona. Remote is putting it mildly.
Am Dro Selebs: <click> Expedition Unknown thing about Stonehenge, SuperHenge, Avebury, Bryn Celli Ddu, Ring of Brodgar, Stones of Stennish and something they've found underwater which wasn't underwater 5000 years ago but might have inspired the henge concept.
It’s a fairly sunny start but the strands of high cloud seem to be starting to clump together; we had some brief spells of rain last night, but none are expected today (though that’s what they said yesterday). It’s 16°C with an expected high of 24°, and the barometers are much the same at 1011/1019mB
In A Game of Birds and Wolves, the war game is up and running in Tate & Lyle’s former offices on the top floor of Derby House, and is a huge success! Within the first few days they’d uncovered the U-boat tactic of casually catching up with a convoy on the surface at night, getting in amongst it, firing off a few torpedoes, then submerging and letting it move on ahead while the RN escorts all rushed around in different directions on the outside, assuming the attack must have come from out there somewhere
Tea has been a spicy lamb burger out of the freezer with chips and beans, largely because the beans needed to be used up
There’s also the fact that I didn’t go shopping last week, so I’m using up stuff that’s been lurking in the freezer for too long such as the burger
Accompanying this, the start of Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia, a Netflix documentary about cleaning up organised crime in the early 1990s… or at least trying to
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