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Tea has been brought to me from a Pakistani restaurant up a side road past the town end of the park. It was very good indeed, and very generous portions too. I'll definitely order from them again
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Morning denizens
Grey day out at the moment, though it's expected to turn sunny this afternoon. Reasonably mild for the time of year at 14°C with a predicted high of 16°. The barometers are down a bit at 998/1006mB
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Morning all
Overcast. Wet. Light rain falling. Currently 15 degrees with a high of 17 expected. Supposed to brighten up as the day progresses. Barometer down to 1007 mBar.
Off to Sussex by the Sea where the temperature is about the same and the general weather forecast is too.
My aunt and uncle have deigned to visit Mum, for the first time in 2 years since Dad died, and arranged dinner this evening in a local pub. They wanted to take Mum out this afternoon, "something touristy" they said. What the hell does that mean? So I have to get there before they do, to make sure she's up and dressed.
Staying over as dinner won't finish till late.
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Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove View PostMorning.
Saturday.
Damp.
Blue sky.
Misty.
Hints of sun.
Torrential overnight.
Chilly in here at 16.7 deg, 17 deg in the kitchen, 15 deg in the leanto, 13.6 deg in the saltinghouse.
1005.7 mBar, 29.698 in Hg, 745.34Torr, 14.586 psi, (up from 1001 last night), 69% RH (Lidl electric).
Shirts in the WM.
Shirts out of the WM & pegged out on the line.
Smalls in the WM.
Smalls out of the WM & pegged out on the line.
Cottons in the WM.
Meanwhile on the 22nd of November 2019 there was discussion of the late Millie, the gunshy gundog, plus discussion of Stackexchange & finding stuff one had posted years prior, or finding stuff posted by someone sacked for incompetence (wasn't me was it? Just askin' like ), whereas I had beans on toast for lunch and had finally remembered "Anachronism", this being a word that tortured me for 3 weeks when I couldn't bring it to mindldgit.
Whatever.
Walk (unabbreviated) walked in the sunshine. Curiously warm.
Cottons out of the WM & pegged out on the line.
Lunch: there was.
Shirts nearly dry, though the cotton twill shirts not so much: duly iRoned & airing upstairs.
Freecell score: 86%, running average: 78%.
Smalls in off the line.
Read book.
Socks in off the line.
Cottons in off the line & those requiring the iRon duly received its attentions: all airing upstairs.
Bed remade to avoid later trauma.
Tea: Mr Brains' faggots with peas etc. Rather nicer this time than last, must have done something a bit righter, maybe a touch of extra water before nuking.
Entertainment: read book.
The Bad Skin Clinic: lady with Turner syndrome having moles removed. Chap with a lipoma on his forehead botched by some Turkish quack duly fixed. Woman with some misdiagnosis that proved to be eczema: duly fixed. Chap with a birth mark: snipped off & nuked with a CO2 laser: nice result.
Feck all else to watch so: book.
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Morning.
Saturday.
Damp.
Blue sky.
Misty.
Hints of sun.
Torrential overnight.
Chilly in here at 16.7 deg, 17 deg in the kitchen, 15 deg in the leanto, 13.6 deg in the saltinghouse.
1005.7 mBar, 29.698 in Hg, 745.34Torr, 14.586 psi, (up from 1001 last night), 69% RH (Lidl electric).
Shirts in the WM.
Shirts out of the WM & pegged out on the line.
Smalls in the WM.
Smalls out of the WM & pegged out on the line.
Cottons in the WM.
Meanwhile on the 22nd of November 2019 there was discussion of the late Millie, the gunshy gundog, plus discussion of Stackexchange & finding stuff one had posted years prior, or finding stuff posted by someone sacked for incompetence (wasn't me was it? Just askin' like ), whereas I had beans on toast for lunch and had finally remembered "Anachronism", this being a word that tortured me for 3 weeks when I couldn't bring it to mindldgit.Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; Today, 08:24.
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Tonight's major motion picture premiere was Underwater (2020) in which a deep ocean mining operation comes under attack from strange creatures. It's pretty good as these things go
Remaining underwater but with creatures no stranger than Cold War opponents, next up was a rewatch of The Hunt for Red October (1990). This has been upscaled to 4K since I last watched it and as part of that process, they seem to have removed the name of the political officer from the subtitles for the Russian-language bits, though it's still audible on the soundtrack. Rather a futile process, given that his name is said later when the Russians' dialogue all happens in English. For the record, the subtitle reading something like "The Political Officer is waiting in your cabin" originally read "Political Officer Putin is waiting in your cabin", for that happens to be the name of the Political Officer, who - spoiler alert - comes to a rather unfortunate end
And although I may have finished The Wire (again) last week, that doesn't mean the policing of Baltimore is no longer under televisual scrutiny. So I watched E1 (there'll only be one S as it's a true story, or at least based thereon) of We Own This City, a dramatisation of the downfall of the Gun Trace Task Force of the Baltimore PD. Very good, with quite a few familiar faces from The Wire showing up, albeit in roles reflecting how much older they and we are nowadays
Goodnight all
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Tea has been a thick-cut ribeye steak with chips, fried onions and beans
Accompanied by a bit of Trucking Hell
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Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
If it's what I think you're referring to, they're just called felt pads - at least, that's what's on the the packet of ones I picked up from Robert Dyas a while back. Get a pack of four and replace them all as you're unlikely to get one that is exactly the same thickness.
The ones on there are plastic rather than felt, but felt ones will probably be better for the laminated wood floor in the bedroom. I found a pack of fifty on Amazon for a few quid, so that should do
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Turned into a lovely sunny day around these parts. This has prompted me to see if it will still rain later. Yes but now not until 4 am tomorrow, which is unlikely to trouble me.
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Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
It turns out the one I brought back is missing one of the pads on the bottom of its legs, so now I need to find out what they're called so I can search for replacements on Amazon and stop it wobbling
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So far this afternoon, I've moved six boxes over to the storage unit, and brought back a small table with drawer below. My parents had one of these each at the sides of their usual seats in their living room, and one of them will be just right as a bedside table here, replacing the rickety thing I got from Homebase many years ago
It turns out the one I brought back is missing one of the pads on the bottom of its legs, so now I need to find out what they're called so I can search for replacements on Amazon and stop it wobbling
Meanwhile in email, several identical messages from somebody testing an IT ticketing system with the address [email protected]
Also, an email from the Neighbourhood Watch lady back by the old place, who I still hadn't notified of my move. It appears the new landlord has let out the old stable, of frosty roof fame, for some kind of business activity. This is creating a nuisance, as they work late at night and cause what are described as "mini explosions". She's in the throes of trying to get the authorities to take action. So I've sent her the name and address of the new landlord and pointed out that there's very little chance he's ever applied for planning permission for light industrial use of the property, which would also be very unlikely to be granted
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Big Sainsbury's has been shopped at, largely successfully on the basis that I haven't yet remembered anything I meant to get but didn't except plain crisps
Lunch came from the food-that-once-knew-warmth counter: a couple of garlic & herb chicken thighs, along with the last bag of plain crisps remaining in the flat
The fog had cleared by the time I went out and it's starting to look as if it will soon brighten up out there, albeit still rather cloudy at the moment
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Afternoon all
Foggy start to the day. Overcast but feels quite bright. Currently 12 degrees with a high of 15 expected. No rain forecast until late evening / early hours of tomorrow morning. Barometer up to 1013 mBar.
A mere 3.5 hours of work to be done today to take me up to the 2 days I was due to work this week. Next week I'm back up to a 40h week .
Brunch was scrambled eggs on crumpets that I found in the freezer as I've still not bought any bread.
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Toasted teacake for breakfast
Off to Big Sainsbury's now. I do like having Fridays free
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