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The very helpful Amazon delivery guy was willing to carry all ~30kg of it up the stairs for me, but I reassured him that getting it to the lift would be more than sufficient
Up betimes for a Saturday, as the air conditioner is on a different Amazon delivery run to the usual one for small stuff that doesn't even leave the depot until around 11am. This one was on its way up the M1 by a quarter to nine, and is now only seven stops away
It's a drizzly grey start but warm for the time of day at 18°C, though it won't get any higher than 21°. The barometers are down some more at 998/1005mB
House stinking of cuprinol all night even with the upstairs windows open, though the bedroom was ok with the door closed.
Drily damp.
Wanly sunny.
Blue sky in parts.
Warm in here at 21.7 (was 22.5 before I opened the doors), 22 in the kitchen, 20 in the leanto, 18 in the saltinghouse.
1006 mBar, 29.707 in Hg, 754.56 Torr, 14.59 psi, (up from 1005 last night), 67% RH (Lidl electric).
Meanwhile on the 28th of October 2019 LM found it chilly on her walk to the tube, NF put the Monday links up and had sardine toasties for lunch whilst observing how quiet the Polish shop was now the leaves had fallen off the horse chestnut tree, and WTFH was trying to get himself blocked on twatter by some Tory MP or other, the one for somewhere in Devon, whereas I had a walk to the viewless point and discovered another couple of what used to be footpaths until they chopped all the trees down.
Morning all
Blue skies and sunshine, but Mad Max the Spannerhead is exhausted after running on the beach and swimming yesterday, so after I let him into the garden, he then went back to bed.
In the meantime, I’m wondering if my new mower will arrive today.
Tonight's major motion picture premiere was Flight (2012) in which Denzel Washington demonstrates that being pissed and coked up is the best preparation for landing an ailing airliner. Sully probably wouldn't agree. It's pretty good though
And then a rewatch of Cast Away (2000) in which Tom Hanks gets some alone time with a volleyball. Very good, as everybody probably knows by now
Finally, a further episode of S4 of The Wire in which the secret of the vacants is about to come to light
I should have got to sleep earlier as my air conditioner is being delivered tomorrow, with no suggestion of the time other than "before 10pm". I hope they don't turn up first thing
Visit to sunny Sussex by the sea completed and I scored a parking space right outside my flat, so I am very happy about that.
Popped into a car repair shop on the outskirts of Littlehampton that has a very good reputation, as endorsed by my Dad and brother, who have previously done repairs on yea olde jalopy. They quoted £500-600 to sort the rust on the rear wheel arch (same price as when they repaired the other side, pre-covid) and another £400 to sort out the front bumper if I get it done at the same time. Very good price and I know the work will be excellent so now I just need to work out a good time to travel down to leave the car there.
The reason for the low flights, Xog, was probably to avoid thunderclouds
Good point LM, but they seem to have been be lower for some time. Seem quite slow too. Maybe I'm hallucinating. Anyway put that flight radar thing in my favourites. PS just noticed it's favorites in Edge, why can't those yanks learn to spell?
Warm in here at 22.9 deg, 24.5 deg in the kitchen, 22.5 deg in the leanto.
1006 mBar, 29.707 in Hg, 754.56 Torr, 14.59 psi, (down from 1006 and a tad last night), 71% RH (Lidl electric).
Meanwhile on the 27th of October 2019 LM was watching TV, NF had a roast beef dinner, sales of M&S haddock were remarked upon, as was the ex German submariner I worked with in 3M back in the 70s, one of the 20% who survived.
Shopping trip to Aldi and Tesco done dusted washed dried sanitised & put away.
Much cooler out there today though I did raise a sweat on the way back.
Lunch: scrambled egg etc.
Entertainment: someone waffling on about climate change. TWATO.
More cleaning in the office junk room: in a fit of insanity I decided to move a bookcase (large) from the alcove it's lived in for the last 20 odd years: much spraying of black mould killer ensued along with much brushing of cuprinol kill 'em all it's the only way to be sure stuff on the floor boards & skirting boards. Last time I used that stuff I was ill for a week.
Tea (after a shower: water still unpleasantly warm): soup etc. That loaf of Morrisons bread is distinctly unfresh: I'll have to use it up quickly before it starts going blue.
Cloudy. Humid. Currently 19 degrees with a high of 28 expected. Weather app says it's foggy. No rain forecast. Barometer at 1012 mBar.
There was some rain early yesterday evening and I saw one flash of what might have been lightening. Horrible, sticky nights sleep.
The reason for the low flights, Xog, was probably to avoid thunderclouds. Heathrow was on easterlies yesterday and departing aircraft were taking off over my house well after the airport was supposed to be shut. I complained on twitter, as is my right.
Up early to drive down to Mum and take her to the doctor's for a B12 jab.
Morning all
TFIF, etc.
Found out a hilarious reason for a project go live date, but I suspect that some on here will be working on said project, or will be working for companies that are working on it, so I'm saying nothing.
This CBT-I stuff ain't helping me insomnia at all and bleedin' tired yesterday, so only went for short walk in town before boring shopping. Nicer than I imagined. On map looked like a boring track between houses but was actually a path overlooking a stream at the bottom of a steep gulley with trees on both sides so you'd never know you were in a town at all. There's a lot of nice places in the towns round here.
Not sure what's going on with flight paths from Gatwick, some planes seem much lower down recently. Almost worried they'll bonk me chimney.
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