And earlier, I had an orange! It’s been ages since I had one of those, which is silly really as I like them; I just don’t often remember to buy any
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Just had a small bowl of beef & Guinness stew for lunch. The flavours have developed nicely with a night in the fridge
And earlier, I had an orange! It’s been ages since I had one of those, which is silly really as I like them; I just don’t often remember to buy any
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And here we are! 365365. Nothing too fancy but pleasing all the same.Leave a comment:
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Afternoon all
Much rain overnight. Today started off sunny, then went cloudy, then clear sky and now occasional fluff. Currently 15 degrees and that's the high for the day. Rain due from late afternoon. Barometer still at 1002 mBar.
Sunrise 06:55; Sunset 16:34 GMT
As I couldn't use CUK forums, I did laundry and prepped my Q1 accounts for the purpose of doing my VAT return. That reminds me, I need to chase my year end accounts.
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Afternoon denizens
We’re back!
Until the next time it falls over…
It’s looking quite Simpsonesque here today, though perhaps in reverse as the clouds seem to be massing rather than dispersing. It’s 12°C, with the high of 13° already just a memory, and the barometers are much the same at 988/996mB. Looks like there may be some rain around teatime - which is now after sunset!
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God knows what's going on here now. I assume this will get posted one way or another. Probably end up stuck to the bottom of the first ever thread in General, given that it's the first thread on the board
I just happen to know this because I was looking through (a local copy from a few years ago of) the database today. Change is a-coming! And I've been asked to help work out how the hell to make it happen. So with luck, we'll soon have something that works again
Tonight's major motion picture premiere was 28 Years Later (2025) which I thought was very good. Lots of quite disturbing stuff in there, but that's what it's all about!
I didn't plan for it to be Hallowe'en when I watched that, it just worked out that way
But in that spirit, I then rewatched Late Night with the Devil (2023). Great stuff this, with spot-on 1970s design and the perfectly paced transition from Larry Sanders humour into deep horror
And then more of Alien Earth because it seems to be picking up a bit: Metamorphosis (TV Episode 2025)
Goodnight all 
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Ah, it's not completely broken. Have to use 'latest activity' view to see the posts.Leave a comment:
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Lunch earlier was a cold sausage in a finger roll. And tea, of course, has been the beef and Guinness stew, which turned out very well indeed
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Well I'm glad I decided to go and collect it earlier in the day.
The Metropolitan Line was on the wonk and it took a good 2 hours to get to Croxley. Then it started raining on me as I started the walk from the station to the trading estate.
However, on arriving at the garage, my baby car looked better than it did 17 years ago when I first bought her. They had done an amazing job. Expensive but I think worth it.
Photos here for thems that want to have a look: https://www.instagram.com/p/DQeqldOCHtI/?img_index=1
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Just added diced spuds to the beef & Guinness thing. I'd been in two minds about chucking them in or having it with chips, but decided in-stew was better. I'm gambling that the beef needs longer in there to be really tender, and will be just right by the time the spuds are done. And I sliced a bunch of small ones extremely thinly, so they'll break down and thicken it up when I give it a good stir an hour or so before serving
It's only been on for a couple of hours and already smells glorious!
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